Covert Affairs
Covert Affairs
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Covert Affairs

Single woman. Double life

6.9 / 10
2010
5 seasons
75 episodes
Action & AdventureDrama

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.

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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.

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    5.4
    13-07-201075m

    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 s...

  • Walter's Walk

    2.Walter's Walk

    7.0
    20-07-201042m

    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.

  • South Bound Suarez

    3.South Bound Suarez

    7.0
    27-07-201042m

    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 governme...

  • No Quarter

    4.No Quarter

    7.8
    03-08-201042m

    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 saf...

  • In the Light

    5.In the Light

    6.8
    10-08-201042m

    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.

  • Houses of the Holy

    6.Houses of the Holy

    4.7
    17-08-201042m

    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 h...

  • Communication Breakdown

    7.Communication Breakdown

    6.8
    24-08-201042m

    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 temper...

  • What Is and What Should Never Be

    8.What Is and What Should Never Be

    6.8
    31-08-201042m

    After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor — Ben Mercer — back into her life.

  • Fool in the Rain

    9.Fool in the Rain

    7.0
    07-09-201042m

    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...

  • I Can't Quit You Baby

    10.I Can't Quit You Baby

    7.0
    14-09-201042m

    Annie needs to be recruited by smugglers; Arthur and Joan must bring Henry Wilcox back into the fold.

  • When the Levee Breaks

    11.When the Levee Breaks

    6.5
    14-09-201042m

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

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