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Covert Affairs
2010 - 2014 6.9 (236 votes) 5 Seasons
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Genres
Drama Action & Adventure
Networks
USA Network
Created By
Matt Corman
Chris Ord

Covert Affairs

Single woman. Double life

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Piper Perabo
Piper Perabo

Annie Walker

Christopher Gorham
Christopher Gorham

Auggie Anderson

Kari Matchett
Kari Matchett

Joan Campbell

Peter Gallagher
Peter Gallagher

Arthur Campbell

Nic Bishop
Nic Bishop

Ryan McQuaid

Hill Harper
Hill Harper

Calder Michaels

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2010)

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.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 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.

Runtime: 75 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: When the Levee Breaks
2010-09-14

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

Runtime: 42 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2011)

In season two, Annie's personal and professional lives crash into one another, and the balance of her relationships are forever changed.

16 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Begin the Begin
2011-06-07

When Annie and Ben go back to Washington DC, Ben goes missing. Annie is assigned to keep a professional tennis player from Estonia safe.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: Good Advices
2011-06-14

Annie meets Mossad agent Eyal Lavin again when they both try to turn a secretary working at the Syrian embassy in Paris into an asset.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: Bang and Blame
2011-06-21

The leak of a CIA Trainee's name brings Annie back to The Farm with the sensitive task to find the culprit without being exposed herself which would end her own CIA career.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 4: All the Right Friends
2011-06-28

Annie runs into a set up when she tries to exchange a spy named Carlo Reni in Argentina. They escape the assassin and go on the run, trying to find the one responsible before the assassin can finish the job.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 5: Around the Sun
2011-07-05

Annie looks into a potential leak at NASA, which could threaten the U.S.'s spy satellites. During the mission, she must also adjust to working with a new tech operative after Auggie moves to a new position.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 6: The Outsiders
2011-07-12

Annie and Reva are captured near the Polish-Belarusian border by a man (Peter Stormare) working for the secret Soviet police when they try to deploy surveillence cameras in the Bialowieza Forest. Meanwhile Jai assembles an extraction team to rescue them in Belarus.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 7: Half a World Away
2011-07-19

Auggie is aided by a flight attendant (Rebecca Mader) while on his vacation to the international jazz festival in Istanbul. His trip turns into a mission when he inadvertently records the voice of the man who injured him during the war in Afghanistan.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 8: Welcome to the Occupation
2011-07-26

When a covert CIA operative and friend of Joan's gets caught up in a hostage crisis in Mexico, Annie and Joan are sent to assess the situation under the cover of being a news team. But when Arthur decides that they need additional backup, he sends Ben Mercer to assist them.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Sad Professor
2011-08-02

Annie learns that her college professor Mark Ramsay was secretly working for the CIA when he was killed tracking a Pakistani spy ring. The CIA asks Annie to find the missing intel using her connection to Ramsay's widow Safia.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: World Leader Pretend
2011-08-09

While Annie runs the extraction of a Chinese scientist named Shen Yue who is willing to defect, she runs into complications and is forced to make a difficult choice.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: The Wake-Up Bomb
2011-11-01

Annie feels lonely during some downtime following a failed mission in Venice. Another assignment soon comes up, however, involving a chef tied to a Basque separatist movement.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 12: Uberlin
2011-11-08

While on the trail of Isaak Von Hagen, a known money launderer, Annie prepares to turn his wife, Elsa, into a CIA asset.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 13: A Girl Like You
2011-11-15

Annie is sent to find Mossad agent Eyal Lavin after it's discovered he's in Washington D.C. posing as a CIA operative.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 14: Horse to Water
2011-11-22

Annie keeps tabs on the daughter of a CIA analyst imprisoned for selling intelligence. After an asset is killed in Russia, the CIA suspects the woman could be helping her father.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 15: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
2011-11-29

A MI6 operative asks Annie for access to the Smithsonian. Since he doesn't know that Annie's a CIA agent, she decides to cooperate in order to find out what he's after.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 16: Letter Never Sent
2011-12-06

Annie and Danielle's vacation in Stockholm turns dangerous when Danielle is mistaken for a spy, putting her life in danger.

Runtime: 42 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2012)

Everything changes for savvy CIA operative Annie Walker in season three of Covert Affairs. Reassigned to a new and even more covert division of the Agency, Annie takes on missions that become personal and finds herself on dangerous forays into inhospitable territory, while a series of explosive revelations forces her to question her role and what (and who) matters most.

16 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Hang on to Yourself
2012-07-10

After tragedy shakes up the CIA, Annie and the rest of the DPD find themselves in an unfamiliar situation.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: Sound and Vision
2012-07-17

Annie and Auggie are brought together for a DPD assignment, sending them to Spain to acquire a computer virus that China also wants to obtain.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: The Last Thing You Should Do
2012-07-24

When a situation develops while Auggie is visiting Parker in Africa, Annie, Joan and Lena have to find a way to work together to bring him back safely.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 4: Speed of Life
2012-07-31

Annie investigates a break-in at a high-tech company and reaches out to the FBI for help. But her plan is complicated by Simon's unexpected arrival in town.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 5: This is Not America
2012-08-14

When proprietary American technology is found in an Iranian missile, Annie is sent to Israel where, along with Eyal Lavin, she attempts to discover who leaked the technology.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 6: Hello Stranger
2012-08-21

When the Prime Minister of Yemen arrives in the US for emergency heart surgery, Annie takes on a near-impossible assignment: with a three-hour window, no back-up, and the State Department warning the CIA not to interfere, Annie attempts to turn the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff into a CIA asset.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 7: Loving the Alien
2012-08-28

When Simon invites Annie on a trip to Cuba, she accepts, knowing this is her best opportunity to learn what Simon has been planning. But going to Cuba means Annie won't have any backup if she gets caught.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 8: Glass Spider
2012-09-04

After it's discovered that Jai was investigating Simon Fischer when he was killed, bringing Simon in becomes Arthur's top priority. In the hopes of protecting Simon, Annie requests that she be allowed to bring him in herself.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Suffragette City
2012-09-11

As the life of one the Agency’s best hangs in the balance, the team works to discover the truth after it’s revealed that one of their own might not be who they thought.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Let's Dance
2012-09-18

The CIA attempts to obtain proof that an enemy is hiding in Russia, in the hopes of bringing them to justice.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
2012-10-16

When Annie's mission in Russia goes awry, landing her in prison, Auggie, Joan, and Arthur work with an old friend to bring her home safely.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 12: Wishful Beginnings
2012-10-23

Things become complicated for Annie when Eyal Lavin and his boss, Rivka Singer, request the CIA's assistance tracking down a Mossad asset.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 13: Man in the Middle
2012-10-30

After receiving intel from Mossad warning that two suspected terrorists are planning to meet, Annie finds herself in a race against the clock to track down the meeting location before the targets get away.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 14: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
2012-11-06

When a crucial CIA asset disappears from protective custody, Annie and Eyal work to find her before they lose her forever.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 15: Quicksand
2012-11-13

With Auggie in Iraq and Joan out of the office, Annie turns to Eyal to help her track down Khalid Ansari.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 16: Lady Stardust
2012-11-20

When a fellow spy is taken hostage, Annie travels to Amsterdam to eliminate Khalid once and for all.

Runtime: 42 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2013)

No overview available.

16 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Vamos
2013-07-16

Annie forges a professional relationship with Henry Wilcox while also adjusting to her new romance with Auggie. But when Annie and Auggie head to Columbia searching for a new person of interest: the Puma, the spy game gets serious.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: Dig for Fire
2013-07-23

After a bombshell revelation rocks the CIA, Annie and Auggie combine forces with Arthur in an attempt to bring Henry’s hidden agenda to light. Joan finds a personal moment to confide in Annie.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: Into the White
2013-07-30

Annie returns to Colombia and must determine Teo Braga’s true allegiances in order to thwart a potential act of terrorism. Joan begins a round of interviews that could significantly alter her career trajectory within the CIA.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 4: Rock a My Soul
2013-08-06

As Annie and Auggie’s romance heats up, both begin to notice how it strains their working relationship within the CIA. Arthur and Henry almost come to blows.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 5: Here Comes Your Man
2013-08-13

Annie is sent to Vienna, and must cut all communication with Auggie. Meanwhile, Joan and Arthur decide to bring in reinforcements.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 6: Space (I Believe In)
2013-08-20

Annie gets involved in an FBI investigation in order to cover her tracks. Elsewhere, Henry presents Annie with a major opportunity.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 7: Crackity Jones
2013-08-27

Annie finds she has met her match when she has to work to halt the illegal sale of deadly weapons and is teamed up with a seasoned operative. Meanwhile, circumstances force Auggie to deal with past demons' and Calder's suspicions of Annie Walker grow.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 8: I've Been Waiting for You
2013-09-03

Annie convinces Teo to turn on one of his men, while Joan makes a decision. Elsewhere, Calder shows his true colors and Auggie faces trouble.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Hang Wire
2013-09-10

Annie must stop Teo from committing a terrible act. Elsewhere, Auggie discovers Calder's allegiances and Arthur seeks help in defending the Campbell name.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Levitate Me
2013-09-17

Annie makes a desperate attempt to take down Henry. Elsewhere, Calder and Annie finally face off.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: Dead
2013-10-17

Annie begins her first deep cover operation completely on her own. Meanwhile, Auggie, Joan, Arthur and the rest of the CIA manage the fallout from Annie’s "death" at Calder’s hands.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 12: Something Against You
2013-10-24

Despite his misgivings, Auggie decides to work with Calder on an alternate method to destroy Henry. Joan confronts Auggie about this alliance.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 13: No. 13 Baby
2013-10-31

Henry reaches out to his only ally within Langley, Calder. Joan reveals something during her deposition that puts a wedge between herself and Arthur. An old flame reveals she still holds a torch for Auggie.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 14: River Euphrates
2013-11-07

Annie travels to New York after receiving new intelligence. Elsewhere, Arthur's court date looms nearer, and Joan finds a solid lead.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 15: There Goes My Gun
2013-11-14

Annie, Auggie and Calder go on an unauthorized mission to Hong Kong in the hope of apprehending Henry's courier. Meanwhile, Joan and Arthur reveal a traitor who's been hiding in plain sight.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 16: Trompe le Monde
2013-11-21

Calder wonders if Joan is the only person he can trust when he returns to the United States with good news. Elsewhere, Annie and Auggie continue their work to bring Henry to justice.

Runtime: 42 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (2014)

No overview available.

16 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Shady Lane
2014-06-24

Annie and Auggie consider their future just as a connection from the past resurfaces and leads Annie on a race against time to prevent a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Elsewhere, tension mounts between Calder and Joan as they wait to see who will become the new DCS and Arthur considers about a career in the private sector.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: False Skorpion
2014-07-01

Annie thinks about working with Ryan McQuaid in an effort to catch a terrorist in Venezuela. Auggie is questioned by the NCTC.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
2014-07-08

After a botched escape attempt, Annie and McQuaid combine forces to get out of Venezuela. Joan works with Arthur and his new co-worker, Caitlyn Cook, to extract their fellow operatives. Calder’s clandestine affair takes on a new dimension.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 4: Silence Kit
2014-07-15

Annie begins a stake out which ends less than routinely after the CIA discovers that a member of the intelligence community may have leaked confidential intel. Joan and Arthur both vie for a piece of government funding, as Calder’s personal and professional lives collide.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 5: Elevate Me Later
2014-07-22

Auggie's emotional history with a potential asset complicates a mission when he and Annie switch roles as operative and handler in Paris. Joan attempts to play matchmaker for Calder. Arthur heads on his first operation abroad for McQuaid Security.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 6: Embassy Row
2014-07-29

While on an undercover mission, Annie must keep her guard up after she accepts an invitation to the Russian Embassy in Paris. Auggie attempts to juggle more than one relationship, while Joan unravels the details of Arthur’s most recent business trip.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 7: Brink of the Clouds
2014-08-05

Annie and McQuaid search for an off-grid ex-CIA agent in Azerbaijan; Auggie learns upsetting information about an old friend; Calder has a confrontation with Joan.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: Grounded
2014-08-12

Annie and Auggie dig into a conspiracy theory about the attack on the CIA; Joan and Calder must make a difficult decision.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Spit on a Stranger
2014-08-19

Annie begins an operation without support from the agency; Calder interrogates Auggie; McQuaid Security has a new recruit.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 10: Sensitive Euro Man
2014-08-26

Annie helps McQuaid with a difficult mission, against Auggie's wishes; Hayley's hunt for the truth becomes more dogged.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 11: Trigger Cut
2014-11-06

McQuaid's health hangs in the balance; Annie seeks information in Istanbul; Arthur takes control of McQuaid Security; Calder has a new recruit.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 12: Starlings of the Slipstream
2014-11-13

Annie searches for a rogue chemist in Germany; questions about Joan's time in the Balkans.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 13: She Believes
2014-11-20

After a startling revelation, Annie works with a new ally; McQuaid and Joan go into the field.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 14: Transport Is Arranged
2014-12-04

Annie and McQuaid must sneak into Russian territory in pursuit of Belenko.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 15: Frontwards
2014-12-11

Annie and McQuaid's relationship deepens while tracking down Belenko's next target.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 16: Gold Soundz
2014-12-18

With Russian Vega Force assassins on their trail, Annie and McQuaid work together to escape.

Runtime: 43 min

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