The BEST episodes of Covert Affairs season 2

Every episode of Covert Affairs season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Covert Affairs season 2!

"Covert Affairs" centers on a young CIA operative, Annie Walker, 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.

Last Updated: 9/7/2024Network: USA NetworkStatus: Ended
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Letter Never Sent
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8.01
1501 votes

#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.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
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Sad Professor
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8.00
1640 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Alex Berger
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Welcome to the Occupation
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7.94
1695 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: John Fawcett
Writer: Zak Schwartz
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Half a World Away
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7.94
1824 votes

#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.

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World Leader Pretend
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7.94
1726 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Kate Woods
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Bang and Blame
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7.86
1747 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
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The Outsiders
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7.83
1826 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Marc Roskin
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The Wake-Up Bomb
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7.82
1900 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Stephen Kay
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Begin the Begin
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7.80
2118 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Kate Woods
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All the Right Friends
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7.76
1785 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Stephen Kay
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Uberlin
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7.76
1973 votes

#11 - 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.

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Around the Sun
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7.74
1791 votes

#12 - 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.

Writer: Dana Calvo
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
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7.74
1770 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Omar Madha
Writer: Donald Joh
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Good Advices
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7.69
1668 votes

#14 - Good Advices

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2011

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.

Directors: Ken Girotti
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A Girl Like You
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7.67
1769 votes

#15 - A Girl Like You

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/15/2011

Annie is sent to find Mossad agent Eyal Lavin after it's discovered he's in Washington D.C. posing as a CIA operative.

Directors: Stephen Kay
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Horse to Water
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7.66
1739 votes

#16 - Horse to Water

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/22/2011

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.

Writer: Alex Berger
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