Network: USA Network
Episodes: 75 (hour)
Seasons: Five
TV show dates: July 13, 2010 — December 18, 2014
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Anne Dudek, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Peter Gallagher, Eion Bailey, and Eric Lively.
TV show description:
This spy series revolves around a woman who finds herself being moved up the CIA ladder very quickly.
Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) is 28 years old and has great instincts and a certain persistence. She finds herself yanked out of her CIA training early and sent out into the field. Her first assignment doesn’t go well, but it only serves to make her more determined. Without the benefit of full training, she only has her instincts to rely on. She originally got into this line of work while trying to heal her broken heart. Since then, she’s only become more driven.
Danielle Brooks (Anne Dudek) is Annie’s married older sister and a parent to two daughters. She doesn’t know anything about Annie’s occupation, and thinks she’s just hung up on the her ex and emotionally unavailable.
Auggie Anderson (Christopher Gorham) is the new man in Annie’s life. He’s a former CIA special operative who was blinded while on a mission. He’s now in charge of the tech ops department and has an understanding of the massive bureaucracy within the CIA that most others don’t. Realizing Annie’s intelligence, he more or less becomes her guide, helping her find her way through the system. Annie is drawn to him platonically and she realizes Auggie’s a guy she can finally trust.
Arthur Campbell (Peter Gallagher) is the director of the Clandestine Service Department at the CIA. He recognizes a good fight when it presents itself, whether on the job or at home with his wife, Joan. That doesn’t always make him Mister Popularity.
Joan (Kari Matchett) works at the Agency, too, and is Annie’s direct boss. There haven’t been many women to climb this high in the Agency. She’s a lot like Annie, and that makes her even tougher on her. Joan suspects that Arthur is cheating on her and isn’t above using the CIA to get her answers.
Asked by Arthur to get close to Annie to gain her trust, Jai Wilcox (Sendhil Ramamurthy) is more than happy to fulfill the request. A former lacrosse star, he’s quite the lothario. A second generation CIA man, Jai tries to make his own path while also living up to his father’s expectations. As luck would have it, Annie is just his type, and they have a friendly and flirtatious chemistry with each other.
Episode #75 — Gold Soundz
Auggie and Deckard are safe on a plane headed back to DC but Annie and McQuaid still have to get out of Buenos Aires. They have Belenko in custody but the Russians want him dead and have sent in a Vega Force unit, their most deadly strike team, to do the job.
McQuaid is ready to ditch Belenko but Annie manages to convince him that Belenko’s intel on the FSB is too valuable to lose. McQuaid concedes, and then shocks Annie by proposing marriage — not once but twice.
Thanks to skill and teamwork — including some surprise help from Belenko — they defeat the elite team of assassins in a gun battle at the La Recoleta Cemetery.
Meanwhile, back at home, Calder leads a team to apprehend Belenko’s hired gun, Allen Langer. Unfortunately, the highly trained assassin manages to kill and impersonate a low-level CIA employee and enter the Langley headquarters. He’s there to kill two more people on his hit list — Auggie and Deckard.
Langer locks Auggie and Deckard in an interrogation room and releases a poisonous gas, but Calder rescues them. Langer is shot and the attack on the still unconcious Sydney is avenged.
A political operative asks Arthur to run for the US Senate, arranging to declassify the true story of his resignation from the CIA. Joan is placed in charge of a new special task force, and gets permission to reinstate Annie as a CIA agent — in spite of her heart condition.
Later, Auggie reveals to Annie that he’s leaving the CIA to travel the world with Natasha, who has received full immunity. As the episode comes to a close, Annie says “Got it,” indicating that she’s come to a decision about her marriage proposal and the invitation to join the CIA task force.
First aired: December 18, 2014.
What do you think? Do you like the Covert Affairs TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
Image courtesy USA Network.
Liked the show from the first episode. Don’t think it should have been cancelled.
Another mistake to cancel Covert. Before you know it you’ll really be ******** up and canceling Burn Notice and White Collar… oh wait… 🙁
One of the best shows on TV. Should not have been cancelled
Covert Affairs is a great TV show and should remain on USA. It far surpasses many of the other dramas and all of the TV comedies.
The only show that I waited for and kept me glued to the TV. More free time on my hands now. BIG BIG MISTAKE.
Show should approach Netflix and we can be done with USA network!
Too bad they are cancel the show. I liked it and many of my friends also. Lead person is a woman who is tough, not crying all the time when upset, can kick your butt, whats not to like?
You keep Satisfaction and leave Covert Affairs? really? And I watched White Collar also and before it ran its course Burn Notice. I like many of the programs on USA. I like the thriller types. oh well
couldn’t agree more. There’s a distinct lack of lead female characters who doesn’t cry all the time. A real shame they didn’t spend more time developing the character more and the show with more promotion.
I loved Covert Affairs & always anxiously waited for it’s return. I think it could have definitely gone for 6 seasons.
“Covert Affairs” was a reasonably entertaining show, which may have run out of plot alternatives. But it is better plotted than “Satisfaction”, which USA is inexplicably keeping. “Satisfaction”, I feel is most appropriate for the after eleven PM crowd. The plot’s sheer implausibility is staggering. A man who stumbles in on his wife while she is “in the act” would not solve his problems by becoming a gigolo and ignoring his wife’s extramarital activities. The acting of Covert Affairs is competent, while the female leads in Satisfaction should be nominated in the adult film awards best simulated sex category.
I was enjoyng this show very much and now it is cancelled. Typical TV boardroom decision from execs who, I suspect don,t watch their own TV shows !!
I believe the season finale ended with the possibility of new and greater story lines. Definitely worthy of a look.
another USA mistake. they constantly cancel shows if the ratings drop. i love this show and will truly miss it. i think i will stop watching this station because they have done this too many times. white collar was my favorite show and that was ended.
whoever is leading usa, is leading them into oblivion.
Big Mistake. Women like “Strong Woman” as lead character.
Best show on USA, Top 10 of all shows on TV now. BIG MISTAKE, HUGE mistake.
As long as I have your ear… White Collar WAS the best show on TV. If you are wondering why 2015 is down in revenue, look at the awesome shows you have cancelled.
Two of the shows I watched USA for are being cancelled. Covert Affaires is one of your best. Wait a moment didnt you all do the same thing with Monk?Frankly had it not been for this show (C.A) and re runs of NCIS LA. I would not be watching USA….I think this should be given some serious thought………
One of the best shows on TV. Intelligent scripts, lots of action and many twists and turns. Fine cast, excellent direction and wonderful location filming. HUGE mistake to kill this one.
I always looked forward to the action and plot of
Covert Affairs. Piper Perabo fun to watch and
EZ on the eyes. I don’t think it should have
been canceled! Should be brought back. New plot:
go after leader of Isis or Al Qaeda.