Jessica Brody (Morena Baccarin)Quiet and determined, Jessica Brody (Morena Baccarin) is the wife of Sergeant Nicholas Brody, who was captured in Iraq and presumed dead. He was a prisoner of war for eight years. Jessica and Nicholas were high school sweethearts and they have two children - teenager daughter, Dana, and son, Chris.When her husband went missing, Jessica was forced to raise their children alone and to solely maintain a stable environment for her family. Once she had accepted the fact that her husband was dead, Jessica began dating Mike, her husband's best friend. Mike became something of a surrogate father to her children. She struggles with how to handle her relationship with Mike once her husband returns home.Jessica is not sure how to reconnect with the husband she no longer knows or understands. She wants to help him but she does not know how.