The worst episodes of Covert Affairs
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
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.
- 02
Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
Annie and McQuaid join forces to escape Venezuela; Joan, Arthur and Caitlyn Cook work to extract the operatives; Calder's affair has a new dimension.
- 03
Annie and Auggie consider their future; Calder and Joan learn who will be the new DCS; Arthur considers a career in the private sector.
- 04
Annie gets involved in an FBI investigation in order to cover her tracks. Elsewhere, Henry presents Annie with a major opportunity.
- 05
Annie must stop Teo from committing a terrible act. Elsewhere, Auggie discovers Calder's allegiances and Arthur seeks help in defending the Campbell name.
- 06
Annie considers working with Ryan McQuaid to catch a terrorist in Venezuela; Auggie is questioned by the NCTC; Calder and Joan maneuver through their new working relationship.
- 07
While on the trail of Isaak Von Hagen, a known money launderer, Annie prepares to turn his wife, Elsa, into a CIA asset.
- 08
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 backup, 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.
- 09
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.
- 10
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.
- 11
Annie learns a college professor was a CIA operative.
- 12
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.
- 13
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.
- 14
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.
- 15
Annie must make a difficult choice after convincing a scientist to defect to the United States.
- 16
Auggie works with Calder on an alternate method to destroy Henry; Joan confronts Auggie.
- 17
Annie heads to New York to pursue a smoking gun; Arthur's court date nears; Joan is forced into the field.
- 18
Annie, Auggie and Calder go on an unsanctioned mission to Hong Kong; Joan and Arthur unveil a traitor.
- 19
Annie and Auggie try to bring Henry to justice; Calder returns to the United States.
- 20
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.
- 21
Annie and Auggie research a conspiracy theory that may shed light on the attack on the CIA. Elsewhere, Joan and Calder make a difficult decision.
- 22
Annie and McQuaid sneak into Russian territory to find Belenko while Auggie is involved in a confrontation resulting from unanswered questions from his past.
- 23
Ben disappears when he and Annie return to Washington, D.C.; Annie helps protect a Russian tennis player.
- 24
Annie and Reva are captured near the Polish-Belarusian border by a man working for the secret Soviet police when they try to deploy surveillance cameras in the Białowieża Forest. Meanwhile Jai assembles an extraction team to rescue them in Belarus.
- 25
Auggie is aided by a flight attendant 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. Annie later learns the whole story of Auggie's blindness.
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