Covert Affairs

2010 • USA
4.7
1.32K reviews
TV-14
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Season 2 episodes (16)

1 Begin The Begin
6/7/11
After returning from a mission in Sri Lanka with Ben, Annie is assigned as the new handler for Nadia Levandi, a professional tennis player from Estonia and long-term CIA asset. But when Nadia tells the CIA to leave her alone, Annie begins to worry that Nadia is really trying to tell her that she's in danger.
2 Good Advices
6/14/11
Annie is sent to Paris to cultivate a new asset - Salma Devrient, a potentially vulnerable secretary who works at the Syrian Embassy. But while she's trying to get close to Salma, Annie runs into an old acquaintance - Mossad agent Eyal Lavin, whose presence can only mean that Israel has its sights on turning Salma as well. Guest starring Oded Fehr.
3 Bang and Blame
6/21/11
When a CIA Trainee's name is leaked online, Annie is sent back to Camp Peary (aka "The Farm") to find the leak. But if Annie isn't careful, she could become the next victim of the leak, which would mean the end of her own career. Guest starring Ben Lawson.
4 All The Right Friends
6/28/11
While in Argentina attempting to exchange a spy, an assassin attacks Annie and the spy, Carlo Reni. Forced on the run, Annie and Carlo have to evade arrest and figure out who set them up before the assassin can catch up with them. Guest starring Ignacio Serrichio and Benito Martinez.
5 Around The Sun
7/5/11
With Auggie starting his new job running the Office of Congressional Affairs, Annie adjusts to working with a new tech operative, Reva Kline, as they investigate a potential leak within NASA that could cripple the country's spy satellite fleet. Guest starring: Jaimie Alexander; Mark Moses.
6 The Outsiders
7/12/11
When Annie and Reva are sent to deploy surveillance cameras on the Poland-Belarus border, they are taken captive by members of the Belarusian Secret Police. As they work to escape their captors and make their way back to friendly soil, Joan sends Jai to Belarus to lead a covert rescue operation. Guest starring: Jaimie Alexander.
7 Half A World Away
7/19/11
While at the Istanbul Jazz Festival, Auggie hears something he never expected to hear again -- the voice of the man who blinded him. As Auggie tracks him down, Annie learns the full story behind Auggie's injury.
8 Welcome To The Occupation
7/26/11
When a covert CIA operative -- and friend of Joan's (Kari Matchett) -- 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. Guest Stars: Eion Bailey, Ben Lawson, Gregory Itzin, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Yancey Arias.
9 Sad Professor
8/2/11
Following the death of Annie's college professor, Mark Ramsay, Annie learns that he was, in fact, a CIA operative who was killed while tracking a Pakistani spy ring. Because of Annie's existing relationship with Mark, Annie is sent to reveal his secret spy life to his widow, Safia, in the hopes of finding the intel Mark was unable to deliver. Guest Stars: Laara Sadiq, Dylan Taylor.
10 World Leader Pretend
8/9/11
After convincing a Chinese scientist, Shen Yue, to defect to the United States, Annie is given a big opportunity: to run point on Shen's extraction while he's in Washington D.C. But when the operation becomes complicated, it forces Annie to make a choice that will change her relationship with Danielle forever. Guest Stars: Ben Lawson, Benedict Wong.
11 The Wake-Up Bomb
11/1/11
After failing a mission in Venice, Annie is quickly provided with a new assignment when she meets a chef with ties to the Basque separatist movement, ETA. Guest-starring Santiago Cabrera and Matias Varela.
12 Uberlin
11/8/11
While on the trail of Isaak Von Hagen, a known money launderer, Annie prepares to turn his wife, Elsa, into a CIA asset. Guest-starring Devin Kelley, Urs Remond and Nina Kronjager.
13 A Girl Like You
11/15/11
After discovering that Mossad agent Eyal Lavin is in Washington D.C., posing as a CIA operative, Annie is assigned to track Eyal and discover what he's doing in the United States. Guest-starring Oded Fehr, Devin Kelley and Noam Jenkins.
14 Horse to Water
11/22/11
When a CIA asset in Russia is killed, the Agency suspects he was exposed by a former CIA analyst imprisoned for selling secrets. Guest-starring Alexandra Holden.
15 What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
11/29/11
Annie allows herself to be recruited by by an MI6 operative in the hopes of finding out why MI6 is spying in the United States. Guest-starring Tony Curran.
16 Letters Never Sent
12/6/11
While on vacation in Stockholm with Danielle, Annie is asked to courier a package to a gala for the CIA. But after Danielle is mistaken for Annie at the event, it becomes clear that Annie's mission has put both their lives in jeopardy. Guest-starring Rena Sofer, Gregory Itzin and Joakim Natterqvist.

About this show

New jobs are tough -- especially when your new employer is the CIA. Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) is fluent in six languages, has traveled the world and is besting her fellow CIA trainees in every test. But that doesn't explain why she's suddenly summoned by CIA headquarters to report for active duty as a field operative one month before her training is over. She doesn't know there may be something -- or someone -- from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Annie's unofficial guide to the CIA is Auggie Anderson (Christopher Gorham), a tech ops expert who was blinded while on assignment. As Annie navigates this new world of intrigue, danger and bureaucratic red tape, Auggie is there to make sure this quick study won't be kept in the dark for long. Also starring Peter Gallagher, Kari Matchett, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Anne Dudek.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
1.32K reviews
A Google user
October 21, 2012
Keep up t he good "backstories", they prevent us from seeing the generic drama recipe by having solid backstories that have DEPTH. This show, suits, white collar, in plain sight... was the weakest of them all but that was bc of the absurdly unbelievable relationships with the baseball player. So NOT believable.
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Sandra Jimenez
October 25, 2013
I usually don't watch USA but I kept hearing about this show. So finally I decided to take some time off work and decided to watch the first episode ( season 1). Let me tell you I was immediately hooked. I purchased all 4 seasons and all I did for two weeks was watch covert affairs. It was awesome to see the progression of Annie's character and her " assignments" from rookie to one more of the best secret agents in the CIA. I also love the action and the different countries they go to.
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Kimberlee Brandon
August 14, 2014
Have watched the show (and loved it) since Episode 1, but it is starting to lose some of the charm it had in the beginning. Removing characters that ground the main character is always a bad idea! Was watching the old episode from season 1 where she and her sister are at Niagara Falls and I was loving the suspense mixed with the fun! I hope Annie can find her way back to that soon.
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