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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. 7.1/10(433 votes)

    #1 - South Bound Suarez

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    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:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.1/10(331 votes)

    #2 - Begin the Begin

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    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:N/A
  3. 7.2/10(450 votes)

    #3 - Walter's Walk

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    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:N/A
  4. 7.2/10(338 votes)

    #4 - Fool in the Rain

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    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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  5. 7.2/10(283 votes)

    #5 - Horse to Water

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    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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  6. 7.2/10(283 votes)

    #6 - Hello Stranger

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    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:N/A
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  8. 7.3/10(373 votes)

    #7 - In the Light

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    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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  9. 7.3/10(371 votes)

    #8 - Houses of the Holy

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    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
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  10. 7.3/10(361 votes)

    #9 - What Is and What Should Never Be

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    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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  11. 7.3/10(332 votes)

    #10 - When the Levee Breaks

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    S1:E11

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

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
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  12. 7.3/10(300 votes)

    #11 - All the Right Friends

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    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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  13. 7.3/10(302 votes)

    #12 - The Outsiders

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    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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  14. 7.3/10(285 votes)

    #13 - Uberlin

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    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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  15. 7.3/10(241 votes)

    #14 - Crackity Jones

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    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.

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  16. 7.4/10(632 votes)

    #15 - Pilot

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    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.

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    Director:Tim Matheson
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  17. 7.4/10(301 votes)

    #16 - Around the Sun

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    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.

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  18. 7.5/10(385 votes)

    #17 - Communication Breakdown

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    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.

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    Director:Kate Woods
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  19. 7.5/10(351 votes)

    #18 - I Can't Quit You Baby

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    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Ken Girotti
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  20. 7.5/10(286 votes)

    #19 - Sad Professor

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    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.

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  21. 7.5/10(279 votes)

    #20 - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

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    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.

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  22. 7.5/10(268 votes)

    #21 - Man in the Middle

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    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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  23. 7.5/10(215 votes)

    #22 - Silence Kit

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    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.

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  24. 7.5/10(218 votes)

    #23 - Elevate Me Later

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    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.

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  25. 7.5/10(211 votes)

    #24 - Brink of the Clouds

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    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.

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  26. 7.5/10(202 votes)

    #25 - Trigger Cut

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    S5:E11

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

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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 433 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/27/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Begin the Begin".