Covert Affairs (2010)

Action · Crime · Drama

A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is 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.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (33,820 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

7.39 avg 11 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.4	685
2	Walter's Walk	7.2	490
3	South Bound Suarez	7.1	467
4	No Quarter	7.7	457
5	In the Light	7.4	403
6	Houses of the Holy	7.3	397
7	Communication Breakdown	7.6	407
8	What Is and What Should Never Be	7.4	386
9	Fool in the Rain	7.2	363
10	I Can't Quit You, Baby	7.6	377
11	When the Levee Breaks	7.4	359

Season 2 (2011)

7.52 avg 16 episodes 7.1 → 7.9 45 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Begin the Begin	7.1	360
2	Good Advices	7.7	361
3	Bang and Blame	7.7	347
4	All the Right Friends	7.3	327
5	Around the Sun	7.4	323
6	The Outsiders	7.3	326
7	Half a World Away	8.0	349
8	Welcome to the Occupation	7.7	318
9	Sad Professor	7.6	308
10	World Leader Pretend	7.6	314
11	The Wake-Up Bomb	7.6	308
12	Uberlin	7.3	308
13	A Girl Like You	7.6	337
14	Horse to Water	7.1	304
15	What's the Frequency, Kenneth?	7.5	298
16	Letter Never Sent	7.9	326

Season 3 (2012)

7.91 avg 16 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 43 min avg

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Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hang on to Yourself	7.9	395
2	Sound and Vision	7.7	328
3	The Last Thing You Should Do	8.1	327
4	Speed of Life	7.8	313
5	This Is Not America	7.7	322
6	Hello Stranger	7.3	302
7	Loving the Alien	7.9	314
8	Glass Spider	8.6	392
9	Suffragette City	8.5	371
10	Let's Dance	7.9	314
11	Rock 'n' Roll Suicide	8.2	326
12	Wishful Beginnings	7.8	294
13	Man in the Middle	7.5	280
14	Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)	7.7	287
15	Quicksand	7.7	282
16	Lady Stardust	8.2	314

Season 4 (2013)

7.92 avg 16 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 44 min avg

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Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vamos	7.9	307
2	Dig for Fire	8.1	278
3	Into the White	7.7	257
4	Rock a My Soul	7.7	259
5	Here Comes Your Man	7.7	259
6	Space (I Believe In)	8.0	252
7	Crackity Jones	7.3	255
8	I've Been Waiting for You	7.7	245
9	Hang Wire	8.0	254
10	Levitate Me	8.4	303
11	Dead	7.9	255
12	Something Against You	7.8	244
13	No. 13 Baby	8.0	248
14	River Euphrates	8.0	232
15	There Goes My Gun	8.2	284
16	Trompe Le Monde	8.3	277

Season 5 (2014)

7.71 avg 16 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shady Lane	7.7	274
2	False Skorpion	7.6	242
3	Unseen Power of the Picket Fence	7.6	235
4	Silence Kit	7.5	234
5	Elevate Me Later	7.5	239
6	Embassy Row	7.7	241
7	Brink of the Clouds	7.6	229
8	Grounded	7.9	231
9	Spit on a Stranger	8.0	235
10	Sensitive Euro Man	8.2	246
11	Trigger Cut	7.6	221
12	Starlings of the Slipstream	7.7	215
13	She Believes	7.6	213
14	Transport Is Arranged	7.8	220
15	Frontwards	7.7	213
16	Gold Soundz	7.7	244