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Our favorite new Fall 2015 show is Quantico. The combo of Homeland + Melrose Place + How to Get Away with Murder = a glorious viewing experience. Here are five things to love about the series.

1. There is a juicy mystery. Someone set up Alex Parrish to take the fall for a terrorist attack. The culprit is one of her fellow trainees at Quantico. Maybe. Or perhaps it’s an official at the FBI. It could be a shadowy organization. The series likes curveballs and red herrings, just go with it.
2. Alex Parrish can do anything. She was covered with rubble after the explosion at Grand Central, walked away relatively unscathed, was interrogated and arrested, is the subject of a manhunt, swam the Hudson River from Manhattan to the Bronx and her makeup remained impeccable. What long-lasting formula does she use?
3. Quantico is pretty shameless (in a good way). Eye candy flirts and fights while keeping America safe. In the latest episode, one of training exercises involved pairs of students bound together in the pool, each duo was tasked with working together to free themselves. It was a valid reason to put Shelby Wyatt and Alex in a scenario that bordered on a slo-mo pillow fight and the men strolled around flaunting their pecs and abs in the locker room.
4. Everything Simon Sez (or does) is shady. Why does Quantico trainee Simon Asher wear fake glasses? Is he near-sighted? Is he far-sighted? Is he attempting to look cerebral and bookish? Is there some sort of high-tech spyware concealed in his glasses? Are the specs a red herring? He’s supposed to be gay but probably isn’t (according to the delightful ABC character bio). Simon got kicked out of the program, except he didn’t and is a secret agent. He’s helping Alex find out who set her up, except he turned on her and called the authorities. All of the characters are shifty, but Simon is a champ and therefore, one of our favorites.
5. Miranda Shaw is badass. The Quantico Deputy Director instructed the students to profile each other and told them they all did an impressive job. The classmates gathered in the hall to see their grades but instead found snippets of what their peers secretly wrote about them. It was the FBI’s version of a burn book. Shaw then ordered the class to vote three fellow trainees off the Quantico island, but they were tricked again, it was a test of loyalty; the trainees stuck together, so  they all passed — except for Simon (of course) who got in trouble for following the assignment. Bonus points: Miranda can drive an escape van and walk away from a flipped vehicle. Miranda is a helping of Annalise Keating mixed with Jack Bauer and a dash of Regina George. Miranda Shaw is everything.

Quantico airs Sundays at 10|9c on ABC

Elaine G. Flores, Chief Editor

Elaine is the chief editor of TV Recappers' Delight. She's an experienced entertainment reporter, reviewer, editor, blogger, columnist and Bon Vivant.