Scripted series · USA Network
Covert Affairs
Single woman. Double life
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Piper Perabo
Annie Walker
75 eps
Christopher Gorham
Auggie Anderson
75 eps
Kari Matchett
Joan Campbell
75 eps
Peter Gallagher
Arthur Campbell
75 eps
Nic Bishop
Ryan McQuaid
16 eps
Anne Dudek
Danielle Brooks
27 eps
Hill Harper
Calder Michaels
32 eps
Sendhil Ramamurthy
Jai Wilcox
27 eps
Michelle Ryan
Teresa Hamilton
3 eps
Riel Paley
Ticket Salesperson
1 eps
Amy Jo Johnson
Hayley Price
8 eps
Michael Therriault
Andrew Hollman
8 eps
Rossif Sutherland
Tony Salgado
4 eps
Richard Coyle
Simon Fischer
1 eps
Alexandra Dahlström
Carlijn
1 eps
Joe Delfin
Imran Umarov
1 eps
Eion Bailey
Ben Mercer
7 eps
Sarah Clarke
Lena Smith
11 eps
Lana Parrilla
Julia Suarez
1 eps
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Liza Hearn
7 eps
Misha Highstead
Waitress (uncredited)
1 eps
Jaimie Alexander
Reva Kline
2 eps
Michael Mando
Eduardo
1 eps
Oded Fehr
Eyal Lavine
3 eps
Anna Camp
Ashley Briggs
1 eps
Robin Wilcock
Bob Breiding
1 eps
Martin Roach
Commanding Officer
1 eps
Dylan Taylor
Eric Barber
27 eps
Athena Karkanis
Shireen
1 eps
Noam Jenkins
Vincent Rossabi
7 eps
Greg Bryk
Nils Crofft
1 eps
Daniel Kash
Mashkov
3 eps
Shauna MacDonald
Emma
1 eps
Jameson Kraemer
Tim
1 eps
Billy MacLellan
Daniel Cole
1 eps
Amanda Brugel
Olivia
5 eps
Melanie Scrofano
Woman #2
1 eps
Jean Christophe Loustau
CIA Agent
2 eps
Michael A. Goorjian
Borz Altan
3 eps
Nazneen Contractor
Sydney
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Covert Affairs actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Covert Affairs reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Spectacle.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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 exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Auggie Anderson is a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 75 episodes.
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Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201211 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201011 episodes
6.8IMDbMeet 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.
Best episode · S01E04 No Quarter
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201116 episodes
6.9IMDbIn season two, Annie's personal and professional lives crash into one another, and the balance of her relationships are forever changed.
Best episode · S02E07 Half a World Away
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201216 episodes
7.2IMDbEverything changes for savvy CIA operative Annie Walker in season three of Covert Affairs. Reassigned to a new and even more covert division of the Agency, Annie takes on missions that become personal and finds herself on dangerous forays into inhospitable territory, while a series of explosive revelations forces her to question her role and what (and who) matters most.
Best episode · S03E08 Glass Spider
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201316 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S04E15 There Goes My Gun
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201416 episodes
5.8IMDbBest episode · S05E01 Shady Lane
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
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
S02E07
Half a World Away
Auggie is aided by a flight attendant (Rebecca Mader) while on his vacation to the international jazz festival in Istanbul. His trip turns into a mission when he inadvertently records the voice of the man who injured him during the war in Afghanistan.
S02E13
A Girl Like You
Annie is sent to find Mossad agent Eyal Lavin after it's discovered he's in Washington D.C. posing as a CIA operative.
S02E03
Bang and Blame
The leak of a CIA Trainee's name brings Annie back to The Farm with the sensitive task to find the culprit without being exposed herself which would end her own CIA career.
- Directed by Allan Kroeker
S02E02
Good Advices
Annie meets Mossad agent Eyal Lavin again when they both try to turn a secretary working at the Syrian embassy in Paris into an asset.
- Directed by Ken Girotti
S02E14
Horse to Water
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.
- Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S05E16
Gold Soundz
- Directed by Stephen Kay
- Written by Chris Ord, Matt Corman
S05E14
Transport Is Arranged
- Directed by Emile B. Levisetti
- Written by Henry Alonso Myers
S05E12
Starlings of the Slipstream
- Directed by Christopher Gorham
- Written by Karen Campbell
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Chris Ord
Creator
Matt Corman
Showrunner
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Zak Schwartz
Writer
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Stephen Hootstein
Writer
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Karen Campbell
Writer
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Hayley Tyler
Writer
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Tamara Becher
Writer
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Joseph Sousa
Writer
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Henry Alonso Myers
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- James D. ParriottProducer
- Dave BartisProducer
- Doug LimanProducer
Writing
- Zak SchwartzWriter
- Stephen HootsteinWriter
- Karen CampbellWriter
- Chris OrdWriter
- Hayley TylerWriter
- Matt CormanWriter
Direction
- Rosemary RodriguezDirector
- John FawcettDirector
- Christine MooreDirector
- Kate WoodsDirector
- Andrew BernsteinDirector
- Allan KroekerDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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