Season 1

Covert AffairsSeason 1

2010
11 Episodes

Meet Annie Walker: smart, stunning and the CIA's newest field operative in one of their most secretive branches. Suddenly summoned by headquarters for active duty one month before training is over, she's quickly thrown into a shadowy world full of cons, killers and international crime rings. What she doesn't know is there's something - or someone - from her past that her bosses want badly enough to put her in harm's way. She just has to survive long enough to find out why.

Episodes

Pilot
S01E01
5.4

Pilot

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.

13 Jul 201075m
Walter's Walk
S01E02
7.0

Walter's Walk

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.

20 Jul 201042m
South Bound Suarez
S01E03
7.0

South Bound Suarez

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.

27 Jul 201042m
No Quarter
S01E04
7.8

No Quarter

After a "simple brush pass" goes sour, Annie is stranded and on the run in Zurich with Eyal, a Mossad agent who can't be trusted. Meanwhile, as Auggie works to bring Annie home safely, Arthur and Joan are busy trying to track a leak coming from within the CIA ... and Auggie is near the top of the list

03 Aug 201042m
In the Light
S01E05
6.8

In the Light

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.

10 Aug 201042m
Houses of the Holy
S01E06
4.7

Houses of the Holy

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.

17 Aug 201042m
Communication Breakdown
S01E07
6.8

Communication Breakdown

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.

24 Aug 201042m
What Is and What Should Never Be
S01E08
6.8

What Is and What Should Never Be

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

31 Aug 201042m
Fool in the Rain
S01E09
7.0

Fool in the Rain

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.

07 Sept 201042m
I Can't Quit You Baby
S01E10
7.0

I Can't Quit You Baby

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

14 Sept 201042m
When the Levee Breaks
S01E11
6.5

When the Levee Breaks

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

14 Sept 201042m