Episode
Covert Affairs: In the Light
Overview
In order to stop a weapons shipment, Annie asks a former operative for help and attracts Henry Wilcox's and her former lover Ben Mercer's attention.
Details
- Series
- Covert Affairs
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2010-08-10
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
In the Light is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Covert Affairs. It aired on 2010-08-10. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 4: No Quarter
After a "simple brush pass" goes sour, Annie is stranded and on the run in Zurich with Eyal, a Mossad agent who can't be trusted. Meanwhile, as Auggie works to bring Annie home safely, Arthur and Joan are busy trying to track a leak coming from within the CIA ... and Auggie is near the top of the list
Episode 6: Houses of the Holy
Annie is tasked with investigating a potential national security leak originating from the Senate Intelligence Committee. Elsewhere, Auggie is assigned as a stateside handler for his old special ops unit, and Annie is worried that her brother-in-law, Michael, is cheating on Danielle.
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Episode 7: Communication Breakdown
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Episode 2: Walter's Walk
New CIA agent Annie Walker is still forced to work on low-key cases until she is tipped off that a IRA cell operates in America.
Episode 8: What Is and What Should Never Be
After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor — Ben Mercer — back into her life.
Episode 1: Pilot
Annie Walker is removed from CIA training and thrust into the inner sanctum of the Agency for what appears to be their need of her exceptional linguistic skills, but there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after.
Episode 9: Fool in the Rain
An Iranian trade delegation member attending the WTO conference in Toronto escapes his handlers and contacts the CIA, hoping to parlay stolen intelligence into safe passage to the United States.
Episode 10: I Can't Quit You Baby
Annie needs to be recruited by smugglers; Arthur and Joan must bring Henry Wilcox back into the fold.
Episode 11: When the Levee Breaks
Annie is forced to confront her past when Ben Mercer walks into CIA Headquarters.