User:MauchoEagle/draft3

Covert Affairs season 1
Season 3
Logo for Covert Affairs
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	USA Network
Original release	July 13 (2010-07-13) – August 14, 2010 (2010-08-14)
Season chronology

The first season of the the USA Network espionage/drama series Covert Affairs premiered on June 13th 2010 immediately after another, similar series White Collar.

Overview

Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) is a 28 year old CIA trainee who is suddenly pulled out of training and placed into the field to work in the fictional Domestic Protection Division (DPD). This promotion is believed to have something to do with Annie's exceptional linguistic skills. In the series' pilot, Annie is chosen for a mission to retrieve information from a Russian defector. The operation goes awry when the informant is shot dead. Annie is unsure that the person who was to give her the intel was who they said they are. Eventually, the real spy emerges and attempts to kill her but Annie is save by her former boyfriend, Ben Mercer. When she returns to CIA headquarters, Joan tells her that another officer came just in time to save her. Her career now thrusts her in to a life of danger-filled operations at the command of Joan Campbell (Kari Matchett), the current director of the DPD and wife of the Director of the National Clandestine Service, Arthur Campbell. Navigation through her new life is thanks in part to August "Augie" Anderson (Christopher Gorham), a military intelligence/special operations officer who, whiles on a mission, lost his eyesight. While the exact reasoning for Annie's sudden promotion are unknown, it may also be in relation to Annie's ex-boyfriend Ben Mercer (Eion Bailey) who is being targeted by the CIA. Jai Wilcox (Sendhil Ramamurthy), who is a CIA field officer who was transferred to the DPD, assists Annie in her new life. Wilcox is believed to have some ulterior motive. Annie lives in the guest house of her married sister, Danielle (Anne Dudek) who is unaware of her life at the CIA only knowing her cover-story that she works in the Acquisitions department of the Smithsonian Museum. Joan and Arthur are seeing a marital councilor because of the suspicions of Joan that Arthur is cheating on her.

In the series Augie, a visually-impaired agent who lost his sight during an operation to Afghanistan, has served a role in many different capacities. Minor roles of Auggie include the scenes where he is shown assisting Annie and in "No Quarter", Auggie is defending himself against claims from his superiors that he is a mole in the agency (the mole is later revealed in "When the Levee Breaks", the season finale episode, to be Jai's father Henry Wilcox). To a larger extent, in the episode "Houses of the Holy", Auggie is assigned the handler for the special operations unit he formerly worked for and in "Communication Breakdown", after a a short communications failure, he is assigned to retrieve the code from the computer hacker that forged the communications attack who is revealed to be Auggie's ex-girlfriend.

Joan Campbell is the Director of the Domestic Protection Division. She is in a higher rank that women get to in the male dominated agency. She is challenged with a task to keep her personal relationship with Arthur out of her work life. This task becomes harder when she suspects that Arthur is cheating on her. Throughout the series, there are scenes showing Joan and Arthur seeing a couples therapist.

Cast

Main

• Piper Perabo as Annie Walker — A CIA operative who is suddenly removed from training and placed in the field.
• Christopher Gorham as August "Auggie" Anderson — a blind ex-CIA officer who lost his eye sight during a mission and currently works in the Technical Operation Department of the DPD.
• Kari Matchett as Joan Campbell — the head of the Domestic Protection Division.
• Anne Dudek as Danielle Brooks - the older sister of Annie who houses Annie in her guest house. She is unaware of Annie's real-life at the CIA.
• Sendhil Ramamurthy as Jai Wilcox - a CIA officer who is assigned to the DPD.

Recurring

• Eion Bailey as Ben Mercer - an ex-CIA operative who is being pursued by the CIA.
• Peter Gallagher as Arthur Campbell - the Director of the National Clandestine Service (DCS) and husband of Joan Campbell.
• Gregory Itzin as Henry Wilcox - the former DCS and the mole inside the agency that is giving Liza, a reporter, information
• Emmanuelle Vaugier as Liza Hearn - a journalist who has information that can severely damage the reputation of the CIA.
• Evan Sabba as Michael Brooks - Danielle's husband.

Guest

• Rebecca Mader as Franka, A German national who gets involved with Auggie and his new mission.

Episodes

Main article: List of Covert Affairs episodes

Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"Pilot" "Welcome to the CIA"	Tim Matheson	Matt Corman & Chris Ord	July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)	CA101	4.88
A young CIA trainee, Annie Walker, is mysteriously sent out into the field. Auggie Anderson, a blind agent, is Annie's guide in her new life. Annie is a new CIA agent sent out into the field because of her language skills (she can speak six different languages). Her first mission is to retrieve information from a Russian spy at a hotel. As the exchange starts, the informant is killed. Annie makes it out of the room only to forget to retrieve the intel. She goes back to retrieve it and does not believe the person who died is who they say he is. She investigates more only to get in trouble about protocol and using civilians to help on a case. Eventually the real spy emerges and almost kills Annie, but her boyfriend (Ben, whom she is looking for) helps her by killing the spy. She is not too sure if she saw him, so she tells Joan (her boss). Joan dismisses it and says that another agent got there just in time to save Annie. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Joan and Arthur know who Ben is, but not what his intentions are. They decide to keep Annie in the field in hopes that Ben will reemerge from wherever he is hiding.
2	2	"Walter's Walk"	Felix Alcala	Matt Corman & Chris Ord	July 20, 2010 (2010-07-20)	CA102	5.21
Annie is assigned to "walk-in" duty where she meets a boy-genius and his mother. The boy has seemingly acquired real, viable intelligence that puts both him and his mother in danger. Annie is assigned to work on the case in conjunction with an MI-6 agent. While protecting the boy and his mother, she realizes that her supposed MI-6 partner is a double agent and is the one hunting down the boy.
3	3	"South Bound Suarez"	John Kretchmer	James Parriott	July 27, 2010 (2010-07-27)	CA103	4.83
Annie must get close to a Venezuelan college exchange student, Diego (Michael Steger), whose sister (Lana Parrilla) is romantically involved with a ruthless government agent from his native country. Annie travels to Venezuela in order to convince Diego's sister, Julia, to help the CIA with their case. After agreeing to help Annie out, Diego and Julia are flown out of the country to protect them. Julia's dangerous romantic partner finds her in the U.S. and the CIA is forced to kill him.
4	4	"No Quarter"	Allan Kroeker	Stephen Hootstein	August 3, 2010 (2010-08-03)	CA104	5.30
When a routine exchange is compromised in Zurich, Annie finds herself on the run from the authorities, and at odds with Eyal (Oded Fehr), a Mossad agent who is somehow linked to the mission's fate. The two operatives must work together to complete the mission and return home safely. Meanwhile, the CIA conducts an internal investigation to contain a leak within the agency, with Auggie under suspicion.
5	5	"In the Light"	Jonathan Glassner	Meredith Lavender & Marcie Ulin	August 10, 2010 (2010-08-10)	CA105	5.17
The DPD receives information about a shipment linked to a weapons dealer named Hasaan Waleed, and sends Annie to enlist Christopher McAuley (Eriq La Salle), an Ex-CIA operative with a grudge against the agency, to stop Hasaan before it's too late. Meanwhile, Annie's assassin romance from two years ago, Ben Mercer (Eion Bailey), makes an appearance in an unexpected way.
6	6	"Houses of the Holy"	Alex Chapple	Dana Calvo	August 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)	CA106	5.36
Annie is tasked by the DPD to uncover a leak within the Senate, but as Annie begins to hunt for the truth, she finds there's more beneath the surface than once thought. Also, Auggie is brought in as a handler for the Special Ops unit he used to work under, and Annie suspects her sister's husband, Michael, is cheating on Danielle (Anne Dudek).
7	7	"Communication Breakdown"	Kate Woods	Matthew Lau	August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)	CA107	5.87
A computer hacker (Liane Balaban) shuts down communication systems in the Washington D.C. area, and Auggie is tasked to get the code for the CIA. The hacker turns out to be his ex-girlfriend.
8	8	"What Is and What Should Never Be"	Rod Hardy	Brett Conrad	August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)	CA108	5.26
After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor; Ben Mercer (Eion Bailey), back into her life.
9	9	"Fool in the Rain"	Vincent Misiano	Stephen Hootstein	September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)	CA109	5.40
An Iranian trade delegate who escaped his handlers approaches the CIA to cut a deal. In exchange for entry to the United States, he is willing to hand over stolen intelligence.
10	10	"I Can't Quit You Baby"	Ken Girotti	James Parriott	September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)	CA110	4.59
Annie has a new assignment to convince smugglers to hire her. Meanwhile, Henry Wilcox is invited back by Arthur and Joan.
11	11	"When the Levee Breaks"	Allan Kroeker	Matt Corman & Chris Ord	September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)	CA111	5.23
Ben Mercer walks into the CIA Headquarters and confronts Annie with her past. The two travel back to Sri Lanka. It is revealed that Liza's source is Henry Wilcox and Joan has been asked to replace Arthur as head of DCS.

Production

Shooting for the season was done in Toronto, Ontario, Canada but was set in Washington, DC. The production companies for the series include Dutch Oven and Universal Cable Productions. The Executive producers for the series are Doug Liman, David Bartis and James Parriott and the producers are Dana Calvo, Sean Ryerson, Gene Klein. The director is Tim Matheson and writers for the series are Matt Corman and Chris Ord.