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State of Affairs

State of Affairs TV show on NBCNetwork: NBC
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One

TV show dates: November 17, 2014 — February 16, 2015
Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard, Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand, Cliff Chamberlain, Tommy Savas, and David Harbour.

TV show description:      
This dramatic thriller series follows a top CIA analyst named Charleston Tucker (Katherine Heigl) who assembles the President of the United States’ Daily Briefing (PDB). This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston and her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency.

Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with President Constance Payton (Alfre Woodard). She was once engaged to the president’s son, Aaron Payton (Mark Tallman), before a tragic terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice — including terrorist Omar Fatah (Farshad Farahat).

Navigating a complex personal life and a pressure-cooker profession is a challenge, and Charlie sometimes engages in boundary-pushing behavior to avoid facing her grief. But, when the clock strikes 2am, she’s all about her job — protecting her nation and serving her president while still trying to get to the bottom of her fiancé’s murder.

Other characters include CIA director briefer Lucas Newsome (Adam Kaufman); Charlie’s best friend and the CIA Secretary of Defense briefer, Maureen Jones (Sheila Vand); CIA State Department briefer Kurt Tannen (Cliff Chamberlain); CIA briefer to various agencies Dashiell Greer (Tommy Savas); and Chief of Staff David Patrick (David Harbour).

Series Finale:     
Episode #13 — Deadcheck
Exhausted, Charlie sits next to the hospital bed of Ray Navarro, waiting for him to wake up. She tells him everything: Bellerophon is over; Hakam never existed; Nick is dead; Kurt is still inside TKG and Jack Dawkins is on the ground in the Philippines, looking for any shred of evidence to confirm Fatah’s death. Charlie thinks he might find DNA, but not Fatah’s body. She believes this was Fatah’s plan all along – and she knows the president needs confirmation of death so she can announce the end of Ar Rissalah to the world. Nevertheless, Charlie is resigning right now, because there’s something she has to do, that can’t come back on the CIA. Navarro gives her his blessing, with the caveat that she tell the president everything she knows first… but the press conference has already begun; Charlie must wait to deliver her news until after it’s over. Payton is blindsided – did she just lie to 320 million Americans and the world? What now? Charlie explains that she’s resigned so she can track Fatah down and kill him. That way she keeps her promise to avenge Aaron’s murder, and Payton’s not a liar. Payton scribbles down the number for her private line on a scrap of paper. When it’s all done, Charlie is to call.

Charlie meets Syd in the back of a cargo plane, and he’s none too happy about her plans. Nevertheless he’s packed a bag with everything she’s going to need. But he’s worried, because now that she’s cut loose from the CIA, there’s no support. Back at the White House, Payton tells DP that she wants Senator Burke sent to jail, and she wants his un-redacted Senate report on the Kabul attack seized. DP thinks she’s acting too hastily, too aggressively, but she insists she won’t give up the battle when she’s not yet won the fight. Over at the CIA, Mo, Dash and Lucas are feeling put out that Charlie resigned without a word to them. Mo tries to get the everyone back on track, reminding that there’s still several Ar Rissalah bomb vests floating around, and they need to track down every last one.

It’s night time when Kurt gives Navarro a download about his time at TKG, especially the trouble that is Emily. She’s cloned CIA ops for TKG, which is protecting Fatah to preserve Ar Rissalah, the next great threat to America. TKG creates the problem, then they present a solution – it’s a highly profitable business model. Navarro orders Kurt to start reporting back to him in real time. There’s no way he’s going to let Charlie wade into deep water by herself.

The next day, POTUS agrees to meet with Victor Gantry, who has worked back channels to get into the Oval Office. She asks him to cut to the chase, so he presents a video of Fatah that surfaced a few hours ago. She wants him to turn the video over to the CIA immediately to establish a timeline, but he refuses – an act of treason. He knows Payton just lied to the entire world on TV; he knows Hakam is a straw man and he knows there’s a possibility Fatah is still alive. Victor’s not committing blackmail, but he suggesting a unique partnership. A third party like TKG can be quite handy when it comes to skirting the demands of bureaucracy. When Payton asks if he’s looking for a contract he corrects her. He’s looking for a hunting license. In Minneapolis, a drunk guy hits on a pretty girl with an Ar Rissalah tattoo. Hours later he wakes up in a mall wearing a bomb vest… and explodes! The CIA gets busy tracking the girl, but she’s already committed suicide. So it’s back to sqaure one, trying to link all their Ar Rissalah suspects together. Just then Charlie calls while driving her Land Rover through the Afghani countryside. When she explains Hakam doesn’t exist, Mo instantly knows Charlie’s on the hunt for Fatah. After learning about the mall bombing, Charlie advises Mo to ping all the Ar Rissalah chatter back to every single NSA listening station in Afghanistan, in hopes of tracking him down. Charlie’s positive Fatah will return to Afghanistan, because it’s where it all began, and he wants to keep building the legend of Hakam and Ar Rissalah. And if Mo really wants to find all the other vests… Kenneth Travers is the guy she needs to talk to.

Marshall Payton has decided that he’s done with his wife’s presidency – it’s all too much for him. He’s sorry, and she’ll always have his heart, but he needs to go back to their home in the Bay area. Meanwhile, Mo and Lucas question Kenneth, but he’s got little in the way of helpful intel. All he knows is that he and a guy named Mark were supposed to deliver two vests to Texas, one to a couple named Al and Enid. At a dead end, the team calls Charlie and patches them into their ops center to review the four Ar Rissalah targets Kenneth mentioned. Looking up at the stars, Charlie puts it together, Fatah is using the Pegasus constellation as some sort of map; its points should tell them exactly where the bombs will be. Charlie decides it’s time for her to unplug and focus on Fatah – where could he be? She flashes back to a discussion with Nick about Fatah’s tendency to disappear with the desert Bedouins. In the same conversation, he tells her that he loves her and that he’ll have her back, even in her darkest hour.

It’s taken a while, but DP has finally learned that Hakam never existed, and he’s angrily confronting Payton. And why didn’t she tell him she met with Victor Gantry? Is she going to hire a private army with the worst connections to the dark side of the spy trade? DP moves on to confront Senator Burke for leaking the photo of Nick, Charlie and Fatah, and it sounds like Burke is blaming Senator Green? Burke turns the tables, asking why DP came to warn him about his boss’ intentions. Sure, she doesn’t need any more enemies in the senate right now, but is this more about DP considering who he wants to be standing with in future?

A San Antonio man calls 911, claiming he can’t kill kids, and directs the cops to two bomb vests in a dumpster. Now the team’s scrambling to get the rest of them picked up before they explode. And Charlie was right about the listening stations, as a pattern related to Fatah’s possible location has begun to emerge at the Afghan-Pakistani border. Meanwhile, after confirming Victor is out of the building, Kurt breaches the server room and is hurriedly downloading TKG’s most sensitive data, unaware Emily’s on his trail. He’s almost out when Victor and Emily corner him in the parking garage. The mainframe pings Victor any time something happens – so what did Kurt steal? After a bit of verbal sparring and some talk about a surprise, Victor and Kurt uneasily part ways, just as Charlie calls the president to say she’s close. She’s found a promising encampment. Feeling emotional, Charlie talks about Aaron, wishing he was by her side. As the woman who would have been her mother-in-law, Constance promises Charlie that Aaron is there, and he’s going to help her finish it once ad for all.

Having helped locate and disarm all the vests, the team celebrates for about a minute, then double up on their support of Charlie. It’s late when DP brings the news to the president, along with the unredacted copy of the report she asked for – his final gift, which comes along with his letter of resignation. She needs a Chief of Staff who’s like-minded, and he’s just not the guy for the job. Across town, Kurt reports back for his first day back on the CIA team, and everyone’s pretty happy about it, especially Mo. Kurt explains everything that’s gone on with TKG, and the team explains that Charlie’s out in the field with only them on her six. Indeed, It’s early in the morning in the hills of Afghanistan when Charlie swings into action, a one-woman commando force infiltrating Fatah’s camp. Oddly, at the last moment, there’s a pop and a flash 500 yards behind her, and Fatah’s last guard falls to the dirt. Charlie confronts Fatah, forcing him to confirm that he is in fact Hakam.

Back at the White House, Payton and Victor Gantry face off, each accusing the other of their known wrongdoings. Victor thinks he has her over a barrel while Fatah roams free; he can supply her with Fatah’s exact location, and he knows the Air Force has F-22 Raptors ready to respond – right? Back in Afghanistan, Charlie and Fatah argue about faith and the fight, words escalating to shouted threats, about how both their peoples have killed and betrayed the other, over and over again. Ultimately, Charlie shoots him twice in the chest, then one more time in the back. She drops her pistol and picks up her cell to call the president, but there’s no answer. Charlie spies a jeep driving towards her, the driver waving. It seems crazy, but… could it be Nick? And could those be Raptors scrambling above her head? (Courtesy NBC.)
First aired: February 16, 2015.

  

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Renee Griffin
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Renee Griffin

Not necessarily a fan of Ms. Heigl, but the show is good and keeps getting better. A DC themed series based in reality…what a novelty! Give it another season

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December 9, 2014 1:21 pm
Anonymous
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Anonymous

Excellent show. Intelligently written with believable characters in significant roles.

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December 8, 2014 11:06 pm
Ashley
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Ashley

Love the show, exciting. Hope it comes back for a second season.

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December 8, 2014 10:50 pm
Judy
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Judy

I love this show and I love Kathryn Heigl or however you spell her name.

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December 4, 2014 7:13 pm
Bunny Scribner
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Bunny Scribner

Love the show we are big followers of the Blacklist show and yes yes keep the show going

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December 3, 2014 1:39 pm
Tracy
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Tracy

Katherine Heigl should be an unemployed actress. Producers made a huge mistake hiring her as a lead actress.

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November 28, 2014 5:03 pm
Ralph Williams
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Ralph Williams

I want this show to keep going! Couldn’t stop watching, found it exciting and captivating!

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November 28, 2014 2:33 am
Bill
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Bill

This is developing into a good show. Give it some time. Good detail and content–not just surface as many.
Keep it going for sure!!!!!

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November 27, 2014 9:55 am
Yes, please
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Yes, please

PLEASE keep this show going! You have a family bonding and loving this! We (43-44) are watching this with our daughter (17) and her friends/boyfriend (ages 16-20). WE LOVE THIS SHOW! Please give it a shot….

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November 25, 2014 8:19 pm
william
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william

All new shows deserve at least three episodes for evaluation.
I liked the show for its handling of the ongoing action and the realism.
Ms Heigl is a good actress–dont judge your feelings for her in other series.
Lets all give it a chance.

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November 19, 2014 12:37 pm
DONNAB
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DONNAB

I THINK IF LAST NIGHT WAS INDICATIVE OF THIS SHOW ALL SEASON THIS MIGHT BE A KEEPER. SINCE I WAS NOT A GREY’S FAN AND KNOW NOTHING OF THE BACK STORIES REGARDING MS HEIGL I AM UNBIASED IN HER DEFENSE I DID FIND HER CHARACTER BELIEVABLE. SHE IS HURTING BECAUSE I GOT FROM LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEHOW SHE WAS PART OF THE REASON HER EX FIANCE WAS KILLED. I REALLY LIKE ALFRE WOODARD. NOW I AM A FAN OF HOMELAND AND WHILE THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES, I THINK THIS SHOW IS ENOUGH DIFFERENT THAT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH.… Read more »

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November 18, 2014 1:34 pm
Roman Darien
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Roman Darien

I’m kinda with Ms Maven on this one. Katherine Heigel is unconvincing to me. She seems more suited for the sexual scenes she played on “Gray’s Anatomy”. Alfre Woodard, yes! She was great in this show & I really liked her in “Memphis Beat”…another fine show x’ed by the idiots in TV land. I felt “State of Affairs” started like a lot of shows…violence mixed with inside talk…no real substance, but it tied the characters up well by the end of the show. I’ll definitely watch it again, because I think one needs to watch a few episodes of most… Read more »

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November 18, 2014 12:40 pm
Chuck Lewis
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Chuck Lewis

Thankfully, this show is doomed. When the lead character says in the first 5 minutes it’s only matters when she cums, you know the writers are already bereft of ideas. Fatally flawed premise. Bad script. Bad acting. Good riddance!

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November 18, 2014 12:15 pm
Ralph Long
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Ralph Long

Please Renew This Fine TV Show!

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November 18, 2014 1:53 am
Theuresa Maven
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Theuresa Maven

I am only watching State of Affairs because of Alfre Woodard, one of the best actresses on stage, television, and in film, and am happy that NBC is giving her a chance to show her stuff. I have never been a fan of Ms. Heigel, and her behavior behind the scenes of Grey’s Anatomy, and the Isiah Washington debacle, but as my brother used to tell me, will watch the acting, and don’t get involved with the actor. As for the program, my first impression of the program is that Ms. Heigel’s character is a little too much like Carrie… Read more »

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