Caught it on Thursday night after DVRing and I floved it. Who knew Keri Russell could play such a hard edge? Other interesting things to me: - Although Russell is the credited lead and obviously more well-known than Rhys, if I'm not mistaken, Rhys had about 1.5x the screentime that she did, and drove far more of the action (fight in the alley with Timoshev, pretty much all garage scenes except of course the fight that KR was in, beating up the pedo, hovering menacingly with his silenced gun in the shadows at the end) than she did. This surprised me, and I never saw Rhys in anything before, but I loved it and thought he was great. - I thought the pilot avoided a problem frequently seen on the increasingly silly Homeland and some seasons of 24: the "too few speaking parts and extras" syndrome. On Homeland, in most episodes, the entire CIA consists of Danes and about four guys. Here, however, the FBI meetings seemed appropriately staffed, Agent John Boy the CIA liaison added depth as did Michael Gaston, and I just thought the show did an excellent job of world-building. It felt SOOO much more realistic than Homeland (which also suffers from the Charlotte filming location; I'm still not sure who thought that was a good idea). - The age of Russell's character was interesting. If her father was killed in Stalingrad when she was 2, that had to be in about 1942 (or early 1943 at the latest), meaning that Elizabeth was roughly 41 here in 1981. Since KR is only 36 or so (IIRC), I was surprised by this, as there seemed to be no reason for the discrepancy. Granted, only a few years, but still intriguing to me. - I thought the musical soundtrack was primo. "Tusk" - brilliant. I can even forgive the reuse of "In the Air Tonight" (partially in a moving car no less) because it's such an atmospheric song and it fit the mood perfectly. I hope they keep doing this. - I see what some are saying about the period authenticity, although I thought the clothes and hair were done pretty well. The mall was a problem, but they clearly wanted to have a scene in a store, and maybe budgetary constraints prevented them from doing a better job there. For what it's worth, they did say or imply that it had just opened, which I guess means that it wasn't Crystal City or Pentagon City, but maybe that helped explain its "futuristic" look. I dunno. It wasn't "Mad Men" but it didn't bug me. Honestly I think I would have added it to the DVR just based on the closing scene in the garage. 4.5/5 with the potential to go higher and I can't wait for Wednesday. Also: 13 episodes!!