The Rusalka

Episode aired Oct 18, 2015
TV-14
45m

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7.6/10

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Elizabeth and President Dalton's administration are met with hostility while trying to deal with the Russian government. Also, Dmitri is kidnapped and interrogated about being a Russian spy.... Read allElizabeth and President Dalton's administration are met with hostility while trying to deal with the Russian government. Also, Dmitri is kidnapped and interrogated about being a Russian spy. Jill Hennessy returns as Jane Fellows, Henry's defense intelligence agency superior.Elizabeth and President Dalton's administration are met with hostility while trying to deal with the Russian government. Also, Dmitri is kidnapped and interrogated about being a Russian spy. Jill Hennessy returns as Jane Fellows, Henry's defense intelligence agency superior.

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IMDb RATING

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426

YOUR RATING

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8dishlady69

Season 2: More of a Fan (No Spoilers)

While I wasn't a fan of the pilot for this show, I really did (and do) love the cast. We're in Season 2 now and there are important markers that are part of theoretical discussions in every college environment as well as a few political innuendos that brush (TOO?) close to the reality we face with the current "cowboy" administration. (No Spoilers. Watch the show, take a Poli Sci class or watch the news....)

7SimonSaysSmallScreen

Nice writing

The writers really nailed the Craig Sterling character. Someone apparently has experience with ambitious empty suits in a corporate setting. Sterling's way of manipulating conversations with the president to block McCord is written just the way it's done in reality. Vapid, pithy comments that can't be argued with but add nothing to the solution are the preferred tool of the, well, tool. They throw them into the discourse just when some real contribution is about to be made, in order to distract and hold focus on themselves. Very well-written dialogue.

Trivia
A "Rusalka", used as an insult to Elizabeth McCord, is a female water nymph creature in Slavic mythology that is said to lure handsome men to their watery demise.

Goofs
When Dmitri Petrov attends the reception, he is wearing shoulder boards of a Junior lieutenant instead those of a captain his colleague has although he pointedly mentions he has the rank of captain shortly before.

Quotes
Elizabeth McCord: [Opening her son's summer school report card] I'm excited.
Henry McCord: Really excited. And, listen, son, whatever's in there, we're both really proud of you.
Elizabeth McCord: Holy crap!
Henry McCord: Holy crap!