‘The Diplomat’: David Gyasi Talks Dennison’s Moral Quandary In Season 2 & Ponders Whether An Ascension To Prime Minister Is In The Cards

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SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the second season of Netflix‘s The Diplomat. In The Diplomat, David Gyasi plays Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison who, as much as he holds an allegiance to his country, values his moral compass above all else.

That is, until Season 2, when things start to become much less black and white. He and Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) seemed to have been forming a quick alliance in Season 1, but that gets tested when Kate starts to make decisions without him and keep certain information from him in her quest to uncover the truth about what happened to that British aircraft carrier — and the car bomb that nearly killed her husband.

After Kate’s miscalculation nearly gets Margaret Roylin killed (and Dennison witnesses the Prime Minister nearly commit murder as a result of sad miscalculation), the Foreign Secretary is ready to switch sides, realigning with Prime Minister Nichol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear).

In the final episodes of Season 2, Dennison tells Kate their partnership is over, as is the sexual tension that has filled every moment they’re together. “That was a mistake … all of it,” he says.