Episode
Covert Affairs: Wishful Beginnings
Overview
Things become complicated for Annie when Eyal Lavin and his boss, Rivka Singer, request the CIA's assistance tracking down a Mossad asset.
Details
- Series
- Covert Affairs
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2012-10-23
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Wishful Beginnings is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Covert Affairs. It aired on 2012-10-23. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 11: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
When Annie's mission in Russia goes awry, landing her in prison, Auggie, Joan, and Arthur work with an old friend to bring her home safely.
Episode 13: Man in the Middle
After receiving intel from Mossad warning that two suspected terrorists are planning to meet, Annie finds herself in a race against the clock to track down the meeting location before the targets get away.
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Episode 10: Let's Dance
The CIA attempts to obtain proof that an enemy is hiding in Russia, in the hopes of bringing them to justice.
Episode 14: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
When a crucial CIA asset disappears from protective custody, Annie and Eyal work to find her before they lose her forever.
Episode 9: Suffragette City
As the life of one the Agency’s best hangs in the balance, the team works to discover the truth after it’s revealed that one of their own might not be who they thought.
Episode 15: Quicksand
With Auggie in Iraq and Joan out of the office, Annie turns to Eyal to help her track down Khalid Ansari.
Episode 8: Glass Spider
After it's discovered that Jai was investigating Simon Fischer when he was killed, bringing Simon in becomes Arthur's top priority. In the hopes of protecting Simon, Annie requests that she be allowed to bring him in herself.
Episode 16: Lady Stardust
When a fellow spy is taken hostage, Annie travels to Amsterdam to eliminate Khalid once and for all.
Episode 7: Loving the Alien
When Simon invites Annie on a trip to Cuba, she accepts, knowing this is her best opportunity to learn what Simon has been planning. But going to Cuba means Annie won't have any backup if she gets caught.
Episode 6: Hello Stranger
When the Prime Minister of Yemen arrives in the US for emergency heart surgery, Annie takes on a near-impossible assignment: with a three-hour window, no back-up, and the State Department warning the CIA not to interfere, Annie attempts to turn the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff into a CIA asset.
Episode 5: This is Not America
When proprietary American technology is found in an Iranian missile, Annie is sent to Israel where, along with Eyal Lavin, she attempts to discover who leaked the technology.
Episode 4: Speed of Life
Annie investigates a break-in at a high-tech company and reaches out to the FBI for help. But her plan is complicated by Simon's unexpected arrival in town.