Mimi Kennedy as CIA Director Susan Buckley Jaimie Alexander as Lieutenant Gail Sweet, a public affairs officer on the Grant whom Zeke has impregnated Melanie Chandra as Fareeda Massoud, Rafiq's younger sister Mary Faber as Ashley, Zeke's pharmacist ex-wife and drug supplier Meera Syal as Naeema, Rafiq's mother Joey Martin as Captain Stephens Carla Gugino as Joanne Larson, Walter's wife, United States Department of Defense general counsel and aspiring federal judge[10] John Larroquette as Robert Kittredge, the evangelical United States Ambassador to Pakistan Rex Linn as Rear Admiral (upper half) McBride, commander of the Grant carrier battle group Iqbal Theba as General Umair Zaman, a Pakistani general who stages a military coup Rob Brydon as Martin[11] Michelle Gomez as Vanessa[11] Bernard White as General Haroon Raja, Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence and Umair's half brother Iris Bahr as Israeli Foreign Minister Talia Levy