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The Best Episodes of Covert Affairs Season 2

Every episode of Covert Affairs Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Covert Affairs Season 2!

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.

Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:USA Network

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Covert Affairs" season 2 is "Begin the Begin", rated 7/10 from 323 user votes. It was directed by Kate Woods and written by N/A. "Begin the Begin" aired on 6/7/2011 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Good Advices".

  • Begin the Begin
    7.0/10 323 votes

    #1 - Begin the Begin

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/2011

    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: N/A

  • Good Advices
    7.6/10 328 votes

    #2 - Good Advices

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2011

    Annie meets Mossad agent Eyal Lavin again when they both try to turn a secretary working at the Syrian embassy in Paris into an asset.

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: N/A

  • Bang and Blame
    7.7/10 317 votes

    #3 - Bang and Blame

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2011

    The leak of a CIA Trainee's name brings Annie back to The Farm with the sensitive task to find the culprit without being exposed herself which would end her own CIA career.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: N/A

  • All the Right Friends
    7.3/10 292 votes

    #4 - All the Right Friends

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Around the Sun
    7.4/10 295 votes

    #5 - Around the Sun

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Outsiders
    7.3/10 293 votes

    #6 - The Outsiders

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Half a World Away
    8.0/10 319 votes

    #7 - Half a World Away

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2011

    Auggie is aided by a flight attendant (Rebecca Mader) 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Welcome to the Occupation
    7.7/10 289 votes

    #8 - Welcome to the Occupation

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2011

    When a covert CIA operative and friend of Joan's 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.

    Director: John Fawcett

    Writer: N/A

  • Sad Professor
    7.5/10 279 votes

    #9 - Sad Professor

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/2/2011

    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: N/A

  • World Leader Pretend
    7.6/10 282 votes

    #10 - World Leader Pretend

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/9/2011

    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: N/A

  • The Wake-Up Bomb
    7.6/10 279 votes

    #11 - The Wake-Up Bomb

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/1/2011

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Uberlin
    7.3/10 277 votes

    #12 - Uberlin

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/8/2011

    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: N/A

  • A Girl Like You
    7.6/10 304 votes

    #13 - A Girl Like You

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/15/2011

    Annie is sent to find Mossad agent Eyal Lavin after it's discovered he's in Washington D.C. posing as a CIA operative.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Horse to Water
    7.1/10 276 votes

    #14 - Horse to Water

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 11/22/2011

    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: N/A

  • What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
    7.5/10 271 votes

    #15 - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 11/29/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Letter Never Sent
    7.8/10 302 votes

    #16 - Letter Never Sent

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/6/2011

    Annie and Danielle's vacation in Stockholm turns dangerous when Danielle is mistaken for a spy, putting her life in danger.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: N/A