7.1/10328 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
7.6/10334 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
7.7/10321 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
7.3/10296 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
7.4/10299 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
7.3/10299 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
8.0/10324 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
7.7/10294 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
7.5/10283 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
7.6/10287 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
7.6/10283 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
7.3/10282 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
7.6/10309 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
7.2/10280 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
7.5/10276 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
- 7.8/10307 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
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...
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:USA Network
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Begin the Begin" is the best rated episode of "Covert Affairs" season 2. It scored 7.1/10 based on 328 votes. Directed by Kate Woods and written by N/A, it aired on 6/7/2011. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Good Advices".