The essential episodes of Covert Affairs
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Covert Affairs — each pick states its reason.
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
- 04
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.
- 05
What Is and What Should Never Be
After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor -- Ben Mercer -- back into her life.
- 06
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.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
Auggie, Joan and Arthur work with an old friend to bring Annie home from a Russian prison.
- 10
Eyal and his boss request the CIA's assistance in tracking a Mossad asset.
- 11
With Auggie in Iraq and Joan out of the office, Annie turns to Eyal to help her track down Khalid Ansari.
- 12
When a fellow spy is taken hostage, Annie travels to Amsterdam to eliminate Khalid once and for all.
- 13
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.
- 14
Annie begins a stakeout; the CIA learns that a member of the intelligence community may have leaked intel; Joan and Arthur compete for funding; Calder's personal and professional lives collide.
- 15
Annie and McQuaid struggle to escape Argentina with assassins hot on their trail; Belenko's final plan is put into action
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