The WORST episodes of The Agency

Every episode of The Agency ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Agency!

The Agency follows the inner-workings of the CIA, as seen through the eyes of its agents, their missions and investigations into terrorist activities inside and outside of the US

Last Updated: 12/22/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
star
6.67
3 votes

#1 - Debbie Does Djakarta

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2003

Just how far will the CIA go to get what it wants? Gage and the team must try and stop an election in Indonesia which puts a terrorist supporter in the run for Pesident. James Graydon a former U.S. President wants to see the election go through nicely.

Directors: Adam Davidson
Writer: Erik Oleson
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6.67
3 votes

#2 - Sleeping Dogs Lie

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/28/2002

On his first day as the new Director of the CIA, former Senator Tom Gage is immediately confronted with a high-profile crisis when the Agency is linked to the death of a young Vietnamese man in Washington D.C. As Tom works with Jackson and Carl to learn how the CIA was involved, he discovers that when Robert was acting as the director of the CIA, his secret negotiations with a Middle Eastern prince were directly responsible for the Vietnamese man's murder. Tom must find a way to hide the Agency's involvement without implicating an innocent man for the crime. Meanwhile, Terri runs into a photographer whom she realizes is linked to a radical pro-life group that has bombed abortion clinics.

Directors: Arvin Brown
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6.85
13 votes

#3 - Viva Fidel!

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2001

After unearthing a secret plot by Castro's own men to assassinate him, the agents rush to thwart the plan in order to prevent the U.S. from being framed for his murder.

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: James Bannon
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7.00
5 votes

#4 - Air Lex

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2002

Gage must decide whether a hijacked plane carrying Stiles and Lex should be shot down

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Doris Egan
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7.17
36 votes

#5 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2001

Directors: Mikael Salomon
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7.20
5 votes

#6 - Moo

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/2002

Tom and Carl learn that a story about a war crime Tom allegedly committed during his service in Vietnam is about to be revealed in the press and that the source of the story has been found dead. Meanwhile, Matt and Jackson receive word that a visiting Eastern European dictator is near death and they enlist a hooker to help determine how ill he really is. At the same time, Joshua must deal with a museum curator when he accidentally destroys a cow costume that's part of an upcoming exhibit.

Directors: Robert Berlinger
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7.25
4 votes

#7 - Peacemakers

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/18/2002

The CIA tries to stop nuclear war between to countries.

Directors: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Mason Alley
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7.50
4 votes

#8 - Thanksgiving

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2002

Ouinn tells everybody stiles is missing now everyone puts their holiday plans on hold to find him.

Directors: Harry Winer
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7.50
6 votes

#9 - The Great Game

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2002

Terri, Stiles and Lex oversee the formation of a new Afghan Ministry of Intelligence in Kabul, Afghanistan, where Terri and Stiles' lives are threatened. Meanwhile, Gage deals with a new Afghan Intelligence Minister with a shaky past

Directors: Peter Markle
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7.60
10 votes

#10 - God's Work

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2001

When the CIA misidentifies a missionary plane in Colombian drug-trafficking airspace and the Colombians shoot it down, Director Pierce must try to clean up the mess, while the former CIA director tempts Carl to betray Pierce. Meanwhile, Matt and Lisa must contend with a dead body when a foreign agent dies while attempting to sell the CIA classified information.

Directors: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Mason Alley
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7.60
5 votes

#11 - Nocturne

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2001

The CIA conducts an internal investigation when it suspects Jackson of leaking sensitive information. In order to test Jackson's loyalty to the CIA, Matt and Carl secretly recruit the Persian cellist with whom he is romantically involved to gain information about a terrorist threat at the Yemeni embassy. Meanwhile, Terri must forge a 50-year-old document implicating the CIA in illegal activity involving the Dalai Lama that would prove calamitous for present-day Tibet should it fall into Chinese possession.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
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7.67
3 votes

#12 - Deadline

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2001

A ambitious journalist plans to run a career-making story about one of the Agency's great Cold War successes, which will expose and therefore cost the life of a now retired Russian general who risked his life to help Director Pierce and the CIA. The journalist refuses to kill the story, and Director Pierce and his team must do everything they can to protect the Russian, even if it means putting another life in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Terri's estranged husband begins divorce proceedings, and Matt pushes Jackson for answers about his brother's mysterious death.

Directors: Mikael Salomon
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7.75
4 votes

#13 - Coventry

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/2003

Lex learns that a possible bomb attack may occur in Australia, Gage doesn't want to act because terrorists may another attcak on the U.S.

Directors: J. Miller Tobin
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7.75
4 votes

#14 - Finale

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2002

A CIA Agent is taken Hostage.

Directors: Michael Nankin
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7.75
4 votes

#15 - In Our Own Backyard

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2001

CIA tries to uncover if someone has sneaked a Russian atomic bomb into the US.

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7.83
6 votes

#16 - The Greater Good

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/2002

Gage tells Matt to blow up a chemical weapons plant in sudan,even though 100 people work inside.

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8.00
4 votes

#17 - Closure

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2001

In an effort to learn the truth about his brother's mysterious death, Matt begins piecing together clues and finally forces his superiors to tell him the truth. As Matt begins to gather information about his brother Eric's final mission abroad, he poses painful questions about the mysterious death to his parents and finally forces Jackson, Carl and Director Pierce to explain the circumstances so he can get Eric's body back for a proper burial. Meanwhile, Jackson, Terri and Joshua are working to entrap an Indian Intelligence Bureau double-agent working for his own country against the CIA to acquire a submarine capable of launching nuclear weapons.

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8.00
4 votes

#18 - Mi Cena con Andrei

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2003

The agency is trying to find out the if the creator of the super virus is guilty because several people have died to the virus having thought to been sold. Stiles travels to Mexico City to see if the scientist is guilty. Stiles needs to find out where the virus is made, Stiles who came to Mexico begins to believe the scientist is innocent. Stiles enters the lab and finds a lot of empty vials. Gage finds out that scientist's records list 75 vials as well as 73 in the lab that don't contain the virus. They believe one of the scientist family members has the vial with the virus. Haisley learns that Stiles and Teri may have the wrong man. Stiles learns the scientist may have been making a vaccine for the virus.

Directors: Ian Toynton
Writer: Doris Egan
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8.00
3 votes

#19 - Unholy Alliances

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/2003

Gage goes to Israel to help with peace talks.

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8.00
6 votes

#20 - Elite Meat to Eat

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2002

Teri is taken to Stiles to his home. The Incident Response Team heads to Ireland to stop arms dealers.

Directors: Joe Chappelle
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8.00
7 votes

#21 - The Prisoner

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2002

When Gage discovers that a potential Iraqi defector has been held prisoner in the U.S. for the last 6 years, he authorizes a mission to take the man back to his homeland to identify a weapons site.

Directors: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Daniel Arkin
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8.00
2 votes

#22 - Doublecrossover

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2002

After a CIA agent is murdered, the agency joins with the police department of Washington, D.C. to investigate his murder.

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8.00
3 votes

#23 - Anthrax

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2001

Directors: Randy Zisk
Writer: Doug Palau
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star
8.03
33 votes

#24 - The Understudy

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/2002

Justin sells weapons to the mob.

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: James Duff
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8.14
7 votes

#25 - The Year Of Lying Dangerously

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2001

The local governor plans a political coup after some American miners are taken hostage in Indonesia.

Directors: Nick Gomez
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