Covert Affairs poster
7.7/10 (425 votes)
#1

No Quarter

S1:E4

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

7.5/10 (379 votes)
#2

Communication Breakdown

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.

7.5/10 (345 votes)
#3

I Can't Quit You Baby

S1:E10

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

7.4/10 (623 votes)
#4

Pilot

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.

7.3/10 (368 votes)
#5

In the Light

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.

7.3/10 (365 votes)
#6

Houses of the Holy

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.

7.3/10 (355 votes)
#7

What Is and What Should Never Be

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.

7.3/10 (326 votes)
#8

When the Levee Breaks

S1:E11

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

7.2/10 (445 votes)
#9

Walter's Walk

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.

7.2/10 (332 votes)
#10

Fool in the Rain

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.

7.1/10 (426 votes)
#11

South Bound Suarez

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.

7.1/10 (426 votes)
#1

South Bound Suarez

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.

7.2/10 (445 votes)
#2

Walter's Walk

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.

7.2/10 (332 votes)
#3

Fool in the Rain

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.

7.3/10 (368 votes)
#4

In the Light

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.

7.3/10 (365 votes)
#5

Houses of the Holy

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.

7.3/10 (355 votes)
#6

What Is and What Should Never Be

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.

7.3/10 (326 votes)
#7

When the Levee Breaks

S1:E11

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

7.4/10 (623 votes)
#8

Pilot

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.

7.5/10 (379 votes)
#9

Communication Breakdown

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.

7.5/10 (345 votes)
#10

I Can't Quit You Baby

S1:E10

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

7.7/10 (425 votes)
#11

No Quarter

S1:E4

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

7.4/10 (623 votes)

Pilot

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.

7.2/10 (445 votes)

Walter's Walk

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.

7.1/10 (426 votes)

South Bound Suarez

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.

7.7/10 (425 votes)

No Quarter

S1:E4

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

7.3/10 (368 votes)

In the Light

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.

7.3/10 (365 votes)

Houses of the Holy

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.

7.5/10 (379 votes)

Communication Breakdown

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.

7.3/10 (355 votes)

What Is and What Should Never Be

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.

7.2/10 (332 votes)

Fool in the Rain

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.

7.5/10 (345 votes)

I Can't Quit You Baby

S1:E10

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

7.3/10 (326 votes)

When the Levee Breaks

S1:E11

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

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
4 ★ 7.9 16
★ 8.3 Levitate Me
★ 7.3 Crackity Jones
3 ★ 7.8 16
★ 8.6 Glass Spider
★ 7.2 Hello Stranger
5 ★ 7.7 16
★ 8.1 Sensitive Euro Man
★ 7.5 Silence Kit
2 ★ 7.5 16
★ 8.0 Half a World Away
★ 7.1 Begin the Begin
1 ★ 7.3 11
★ 7.7 No Quarter
★ 7.1 South Bound Suarez