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The Worst Episodes of Covert Affairs

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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 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

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Covert Affairs" 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 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "South Bound Suarez".

  • 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

  • South Bound Suarez
    7.1/10 424 votes

    #2 - South Bound Suarez

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Horse to Water
    7.1/10 276 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Walter's Walk
    7.2/10 439 votes

    #4 - Walter's Walk

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2010

    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: N/A

  • Fool in the Rain
    7.2/10 325 votes

    #5 - Fool in the Rain

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2010

    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: N/A

  • Hello Stranger
    7.2/10 275 votes

    #6 - Hello Stranger

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/21/2012

    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: N/A

  • In the Light
    7.3/10 366 votes

    #7 - In the Light

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2010

    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: N/A

  • Houses of the Holy
    7.3/10 363 votes

    #8 - Houses of the Holy

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2010

    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: N/A

  • What Is and What Should Never Be
    7.3/10 348 votes

    #9 - What Is and What Should Never Be

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/31/2010

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • When the Levee Breaks
    7.3/10 321 votes

    #10 - When the Levee Breaks

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/14/2010

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

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: N/A

  • All the Right Friends
    7.3/10 292 votes

    #11 - 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

  • The Outsiders
    7.3/10 293 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Uberlin
    7.3/10 277 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Crackity Jones
    7.3/10 233 votes

    #14 - Crackity Jones

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/27/2013

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    7.4/10 619 votes

    #15 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2010

    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: N/A

  • Around the Sun
    7.4/10 295 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Communication Breakdown
    7.5/10 374 votes

    #17 - Communication Breakdown

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2010

    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: N/A

  • I Can't Quit You Baby
    7.5/10 339 votes

    #18 - I Can't Quit You Baby

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2010

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

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: N/A

  • Sad Professor
    7.5/10 279 votes

    #19 - 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

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

    #20 - 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

  • Man in the Middle
    7.5/10 259 votes

    #21 - Man in the Middle

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/30/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Silence Kit
    7.5/10 208 votes

    #22 - Silence Kit

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 7/15/2014

    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 Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Zak Schwartz

  • Elevate Me Later
    7.5/10 210 votes

    #23 - Elevate Me Later

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/22/2014

    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

  • Brink of the Clouds
    7.5/10 203 votes

    #24 - Brink of the Clouds

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 8/5/2014

    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 Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Hayley Tyler

  • Trigger Cut
    7.5/10 196 votes

    #25 - Trigger Cut

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/6/2014

    McQuaid's health hangs in the balance; Annie seeks information in Istanbul; Arthur takes control of McQuaid Security; Calder has a new recruit.

    Director: Stephen Kay

    Writer: Stephen Hootstein