The BEST episodes of Covert Affairs
Every episode of Covert Affairs ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Covert Affairs!
A young CIA trainee, Annie Walker, is sent to work in the Domestic Protection Division (DPD) as a field agent. The series traces Annie's evolution from a wide-eyed young operative who fetches coffee for her co-workers to a hardened spy who does not balk at enhanced interrogation.
#1 - Letter Never Sent
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/6/2011
Annie and Danielle's vacation in Stockholm turns dangerous when Danielle is mistaken for a spy, putting her life in danger.
#2 - Levitate Me
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/17/2013
Annie makes a desperate attempt to take down Henry. Elsewhere, Calder and Annie finally face off.
#3 - Sad Professor
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/2/2011
Annie learns that her college professor Mark Ramsay was secretly working for the CIA when he was killed tracking a Pakistani spy ring. The CIA asks Annie to find the missing intel using her connection to Ramsay's widow Safia.
#4 - Half a World Away
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2011
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.
#5 - Welcome to the Occupation
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2011
When a covert CIA operative and friend of Joan's gets caught up in a hostage crisis in Mexico, Annie and Joan are sent to assess the situation under the cover of being a news team. But when Arthur decides that they need additional backup, he sends Ben Mercer to assist them.
#6 - World Leader Pretend
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/9/2011
While Annie runs the extraction of a Chinese scientist named Shen Yue who is willing to defect, she runs into complications and is forced to make a difficult choice.
#7 - Glass Spider
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/4/2012
After it's discovered that Jai was investigating Simon Fischer when he was killed, bringing Simon in becomes Arthur's top priority. In the hopes of protecting Simon, Annie requests that she be allowed to bring him in herself.
#8 - Let's Dance
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/18/2012
The CIA attempts to obtain proof that an enemy is hiding in Russia, in the hopes of bringing them to justice.
#9 - Bang and Blame
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2011
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.
#10 - Hang Wire
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2013
Annie must stop Teo from committing a terrible act. Elsewhere, Auggie discovers Calder's allegiances and Arthur seeks help in defending the Campbell name.
#11 - Lady Stardust
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/20/2012
When a fellow spy is taken hostage, Annie travels to Amsterdam to eliminate Khalid once and for all.
#12 - The Wake-Up Bomb
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/1/2011
Annie feels lonely during some downtime following a failed mission in Venice. Another assignment soon comes up, however, involving a chef tied to a Basque separatist movement.
#13 - The Outsiders
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2011
Annie and Reva are captured near the Polish-Belarusian border by a man (Peter Stormare) working for the secret Soviet police when they try to deploy surveillence cameras in the Bialowieza Forest. Meanwhile Jai assembles an extraction team to rescue them in Belarus.
#14 - Begin the Begin
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/2011
When Annie and Ben go back to Washington DC, Ben goes missing. Annie is assigned to keep a professional tennis player from Estonia safe.
#15 - When the Levee Breaks
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/14/2010
Annie is forced to confront her past when Ben Mercer walks into CIA Headquarters.
#16 - Around the Sun
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2011
Annie looks into a potential leak at NASA, which could threaten the U.S.'s spy satellites. During the mission, she must also adjust to working with a new tech operative after Auggie moves to a new position.
#17 - Sensitive Euro Man
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/26/2014
Annie helps McQuaid accomplish a tough mission against Auggie’s wishes. As a threat on U.S. soil appears imminent, Hayley becomes more dogged in her pursuit of the truth.
#18 - River Euphrates
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/7/2013
Annie travels to New York after receiving new intelligence. Elsewhere, Arthur's court date looms nearer, and Joan finds a solid lead.
#19 - Dead
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/17/2013
Annie begins her first deep cover operation completely on her own. Meanwhile, Auggie, Joan, Arthur and the rest of the CIA manage the fallout from Annie’s "death" at Calder’s hands.
#20 - Rock a My Soul
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/6/2013
As Annie and Auggie’s romance heats up, both begin to notice how it strains their working relationship within the CIA. Arthur and Henry almost come to blows.
#21 - Quicksand
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/13/2012
With Auggie in Iraq and Joan out of the office, Annie turns to Eyal to help her track down Khalid Ansari.
#22 - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/16/2012
When Annie's mission in Russia goes awry, landing her in prison, Auggie, Joan, and Arthur work with an old friend to bring her home safely.
#23 - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/29/2011
A MI6 operative asks Annie for access to the Smithsonian. Since he doesn't know that Annie's a CIA agent, she decides to cooperate in order to find out what he's after.
#24 - Uberlin
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/8/2011
While on the trail of Isaak Von Hagen, a known money launderer, Annie prepares to turn his wife, Elsa, into a CIA asset.
#25 - All the Right Friends
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2011
Annie runs into a set up when she tries to exchange a spy named Carlo Reni in Argentina. They escape the assassin and go on the run, trying to find the one responsible before the assassin can finish the job.