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The Worst Episodes of Covert Affairs

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...

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  1. Background image for Speed of Life
    5.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Speed of Life

    S3:E4

    Annie investigates a break-in at a high-tech company and reaches out to the FBI for help. But her plan is complicated by Simon's unexpected arrival in town.

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    Director:Michael Smith
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Hang on to Yourself
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Hang on to Yourself

    S3:E1

    After tragedy shakes up the CIA, Annie and the rest of the DPD find themselves in an unfamiliar situation.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for This is Not America
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - This is Not America

    S3:E5

    When proprietary American technology is found in an Iranian missile, Annie is sent to Israel where, along with Eyal Lavin, she attempts to discover who leaked the technology.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Lady Stardust
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Lady Stardust

    S3:E16

    When a fellow spy is taken hostage, Annie travels to Amsterdam to eliminate Khalid once and for all.

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    Director:Renny Harlin
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Sound and Vision
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Sound and Vision

    S3:E2

    Annie and Auggie are brought together for a DPD assignment, sending them to Spain to acquire a computer virus that China also wants to obtain.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Hello Stranger
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Elodie Keene
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Loving the Alien
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Loving the Alien

    S3:E7

    When Simon invites Annie on a trip to Cuba, she accepts, knowing this is her best opportunity to learn what Simon has been planning. But going to Cuba means Annie won't have any backup if she gets caught.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Wishful Beginnings
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Wishful Beginnings

    S3:E12

    Things become complicated for Annie when Eyal Lavin and his boss, Rivka Singer, request the CIA's assistance tracking down a Mossad asset.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Man in the Middle
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

    S3:E14

    When a crucial CIA asset disappears from protective custody, Annie and Eyal work to find her before they lose her forever.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for South Bound Suarez
    7.0/10(448 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Begin the Begin
    7.0/10(342 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Last Thing You Should Do
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Last Thing You Should Do

    S3:E3

    When a situation develops while Auggie is visiting Parker in Africa, Annie, Joan and Lena have to find a way to work together to bring him back safely.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Let's Dance
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Let's Dance

    S3:E10

    The CIA attempts to obtain proof that an enemy is hiding in Russia, in the hopes of bringing them to justice.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Quicksand
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Quicksand

    S3:E15

    With Auggie in Iraq and Joan out of the office, Annie turns to Eyal to help her track down Khalid Ansari.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Horse to Water
    7.1/10(295 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. Background image for Walter's Walk
    7.2/10(466 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Director:Tim Matheson
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Fool in the Rain
    7.2/10(350 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for In the Light
    7.3/10(385 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Houses of the Holy
    7.3/10(383 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for What Is and What Should Never Be
    7.3/10(374 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for When the Levee Breaks
    7.3/10(343 votes)

    #22 - When the Levee Breaks

    S1:E11

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

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for All the Right Friends
    7.3/10(313 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Outsiders
    7.3/10(313 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Uberlin
    7.3/10(298 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Speed of Life" is the worst rated episode of "Covert Affairs". It scored 5.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Michael Smith and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/31/2012. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hang on to Yourself".