Wednesday, September 15, 2010

TV Review: Covert Affairs [2010]

SINGLE WOMAN. DOUBLE LIFE
Following the success of USA Network’s Burn Notice, a new spy series launched on July 13, 2010. Young CIA operative Annie Walker plays a single woman with a double life.


MAIN CAST
Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly)
Christopher Gorham (Harper’s Island)
Kari Matchett (24)
Peter Gallagher (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)
Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes)

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
Gregory Itzin (24)
Eion Bailey

CELEBRITY APPEARANCES
Oded Fehr (The Mummy, Resident Evil, Sleeper Cell)

SEASON 1 COVERT MISSIONS
01 – The CIA sends Annie on her first mission
02 – Low-key cases lead to an IRA cell operating in America
03 – Travels to deal with a corrupt government official in Venezuela
04 – Teams-up with a Mossad agent in Zurich
05 – Stopping a weapons shipment
06 – Find leak within Senate Intelligence Committee
07 – Tracking a communications hacker
08 – An art auction purchase leads her to Ben
09 – Iranian trade delegate deflects to United States
10 – Infiltrate a smuggling operation
11 – Season Finale: Annie Walker and Ben Mercer team-up in Sri Lanka

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5