Covert Affairs (2010)

Name: Covert Affairs
Rating: 6.9

Rating: 6.9

Synopsis

A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Auggie Anderson is a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.

First Air Date: 2010-07-13

Last Air Date: 2014-12-18

Number of Seasons: 5

Number of Episodes: 75

Created By: Matt Corman, Chris Ord

Networks: USA Network

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Top Cast

Piper Perabo as Annie Walker
Christopher Gorham as Auggie Anderson
Kari Matchett as Joan Campbell
Peter Gallagher as Arthur Campbell
Hill Harper as Calder Michaels
Anne Dudek as Danielle Brooks
Sendhil Ramamurthy as Jai Wilcox
Dylan Taylor as Eric Barber
Nic Bishop as Ryan McQuaid
Nazneen Contractor as Sydney

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Meet Annie Walker: smart, stunning and the CIA's newest field operative in one of their most secretive branches. Suddenly summoned by headquarters for active duty one month before training is over, she's quickly thrown into a shadowy world full of cons, killers and international crime rings. What she doesn't know is there's something - or someone - from her past that her bosses want badly enough to put her in harm's way. She just has to survive long enough to find out why.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Pilot (2010-07-13)

Annie Walker is removed from CIA training and thrust into the inner sanctum of the Agency for what appears to be their need of her exceptional linguistic skills, but there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after.
Ep. 2: Walter's Walk (2010-07-20)

New CIA agent Annie Walker is still forced to work on low-key cases until she is tipped off that a IRA cell operates in America.
Ep. 3: South Bound Suarez (2010-07-27)

Annie is tasked with getting close to Diego, a college student, in the hopes that his sister, Julia, will provide the CIA with intel on Victor Ponces, a corrupt Venezuelan government official. But when the CIA station agent looking into Ponces goes missing, Diego's trust in Annie means that she's going to have to finish the job.
Ep. 4: No Quarter (2010-08-03)

After a "simple brush pass" goes sour, Annie is stranded and on the run in Zurich with Eyal, a Mossad agent who can't be trusted. Meanwhile, as Auggie works to bring Annie home safely, Arthur and Joan are busy trying to track a leak coming from within the CIA ... and Auggie is near the top of the list
Ep. 5: In the Light (2010-08-10)

In order to stop a weapons shipment, Annie asks a former operative for help and attracts Henry Wilcox's and her former lover Ben Mercer's attention.
Ep. 6: Houses of the Holy (2010-08-17)

Annie is tasked with investigating a potential national security leak originating from the Senate Intelligence Committee. Elsewhere, Auggie is assigned as a stateside handler for his old special ops unit, and Annie is worried that her brother-in-law, Michael, is cheating on Danielle.
Ep. 7: Communication Breakdown (2010-08-24)

When communication systems throughout D.C. are shut down by a hacker, Auggie is put in the field to obtain the code for the CIA. But his excitement to be doing field work is tempered when he learns that the hacker responsible is Natasha Petrova ... who happens to be his ex-girlfriend.
Ep. 8: What Is and What Should Never Be (2010-08-31)

After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor — Ben Mercer — back into her life.
Ep. 9: Fool in the Rain (2010-09-07)

An Iranian trade delegation member attending the WTO conference in Toronto escapes his handlers and contacts the CIA, hoping to parlay stolen intelligence into safe passage to the United States.
Ep. 10: I Can't Quit You Baby (2010-09-14)

Annie needs to be recruited by smugglers; Arthur and Joan must bring Henry Wilcox back into the fold.
Ep. 11: When the Levee Breaks (2010-09-14)

Annie is forced to confront her past when Ben Mercer walks into CIA Headquarters.