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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 3 - South Bound Suarez
    7.1/10(468 votes)

    #1 - South Bound Suarez

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 1 - Begin the Begin
    7.1/10(362 votes)

    #2 - Begin the Begin

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 14 - Horse to Water
    7.1/10(308 votes)

    #3 - Horse to Water

    S2:E14

    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.

    Director:Rosemary Rodriguez
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 2 - Walter's Walk
    7.2/10(490 votes)

    #4 - Walter's Walk

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Tim Matheson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 9 - Fool in the Rain
    7.2/10(366 votes)

    #5 - Fool in the Rain

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 6 - Houses of the Holy
    7.3/10(402 votes)

    #6 - Houses of the Holy

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 4 - All the Right Friends
    7.3/10(331 votes)

    #7 - All the Right Friends

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 6 - The Outsiders
    7.3/10(330 votes)

    #8 - The Outsiders

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 12 - Uberlin
    7.3/10(313 votes)

    #9 - Uberlin

    S2:E12

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

    Director:Jonathan Glassner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Covert Affairs Season 3 Episode 6 - Hello Stranger
    7.3/10(304 votes)

    #10 - Hello Stranger

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Elodie Keene
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Covert Affairs Season 4 Episode 7 - Crackity Jones
    7.3/10(261 votes)

    #11 - Crackity Jones

    S4:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.4/10(682 votes)

    #12 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Tim Matheson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 5 - In the Light
    7.4/10(404 votes)

    #13 - In the Light

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Jonathan Glassner
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 8 - What Is and What Should Never Be
    7.4/10(391 votes)

    #14 - What Is and What Should Never Be

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 11 - When the Levee Breaks
    7.4/10(362 votes)

    #15 - When the Levee Breaks

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 5 - Around the Sun
    7.4/10(330 votes)

    #16 - Around the Sun

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Covert Affairs Season 5 Episode 5 - Elevate Me Later
    7.4/10(237 votes)

    #17 - Elevate Me Later

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Jamie Barber
    Writer:Karen Campbell

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  18. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 15 - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
    7.5/10(303 votes)

    #18 - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Covert Affairs Season 3 Episode 13 - Man in the Middle
    7.5/10(288 votes)

    #19 - Man in the Middle

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Covert Affairs Season 5 Episode 4 - Silence Kit
    7.5/10(231 votes)

    #20 - Silence Kit

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writer:Zak Schwartz

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  21. Covert Affairs Season 5 Episode 7 - Brink of the Clouds
    7.5/10(228 votes)

    #21 - Brink of the Clouds

    S5:E7

    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.

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writer:Hayley Tyler

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  22. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 7 - Communication Breakdown
    7.6/10(412 votes)

    #22 - Communication Breakdown

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Covert Affairs Season 1 Episode 10 - I Can't Quit You Baby
    7.6/10(382 votes)

    #23 - I Can't Quit You Baby

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 9 - Sad Professor
    7.6/10(314 votes)

    #24 - Sad Professor

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:J. Miller Tobin
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Covert Affairs Season 2 Episode 10 - World Leader Pretend
    7.6/10(317 votes)

    #25 - World Leader Pretend

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"South Bound Suarez" is the worst rated episode of "Covert Affairs". It scored 7.1/10 based on 468 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/27/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Begin the Begin".