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Piper Perabo is glamorous--but she's not afraid to break a sweat. Perabo, as Annie Walker, is the perfectly cast centerpiece of the USA Network's smashing series Covert Affairs, sort of like Alias meets Sex and the City with a dash of The Closer, but skewing younger. Perabo's Annie is a surprisingly three-dimensional TV CIA agent trainee--vulnerable, smart but green, ambitious but sensible, romantic, confident, and just a little klutzy. Annie's career--and life--take a giant turn when the agency moves her from her training to a super-secret mission--one that involves some person or people from her past. So plucky Annie is in danger, yet her wits seem to serve her well. And the beauty of Covert Affairs is that, as with The Closer, the supporting cast and its chemistry are as divine as its heroine. Christopher Gorham plays the blind agent Auggie, whom Annie assists in a series of ever more complex assignments. Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes), Anne Dudek (House), and the always-watchable Peter Gallagher round out the ensemble. Annie, like most of the USA Network's series stars, is likable, complex enough to be engaging, but light enough to make for a breezy viewing experience. Which is great praise for Covert Affairs--it's immersive and compulsively watchable. The boxed set contains loads of great extras, including a gag reel, a "blind tour" feature that shows the set from the perspective of the blind Auggie, a great feature about creating the CIA offices, and illuminating commentaries from the cast and crew. Annie, get your gun, indeed. --A.T. Hurley
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Season One - Episode List:
Episode 1: Pilot
Episode 2: Walter's Walk
Episode 3: South Bound Suarez
Episode 4: No Quarter
Episode 5: In the Light
Episode 6: Houses of the Holy
Episode 7: Communication Breakdown
Episode 8: What Is and What Should Never Be
Episode 9: Fool in the Rain
Episode 10: I Can't Quit You, Baby
Episode 11: When the Levee Breaks
Episode 1: Pilot
Episode 2: Walter's Walk
Episode 3: South Bound Suarez
Episode 4: No Quarter
Episode 5: In the Light
Episode 6: Houses of the Holy
Episode 7: Communication Breakdown
Episode 8: What Is and What Should Never Be
Episode 9: Fool in the Rain
Episode 10: I Can't Quit You, Baby
Episode 11: When the Levee Breaks
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perabo Perfection,
By Nostalgia Buff (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Covert Affairs: The Complete First Season (DVD)
I'm having difficulty in being wholly objective about the merits of Covert Affairs Season One, simply because I am a huge admirer of Piper Perabo's talents as an artist. I have watched each episode of Season One at least half a dozen times and still find new ways of appreciating her contribution to the series. If you are smitten with Ms. Perabo's role as Annie Walker in Covert Affairs, and haven't yet had the opportunity of viewing some of her movie roles to date, then you might consider purchasing or renting Lost & Delirious, Coyote Ugly and Imagine Me & You which, in my view, reinforce what a talented and diverse actor she is. Covert Affairs is light fare that, thankfully, doesn't immerse itself in trying to shock viewers with blood, gore and the odd missing limb. A throw-back, perhaps, to the MacGyver era of the 1980s. A welcome change, which probably explains why Covert Affairs has become a popular series in its first season.Simply put, there are actors and artists who make you feel good after watching their performance. Piper Perabo is one such person. Long may she and the series continue to entertain.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
She spies,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Covert Affairs: The Complete First Season (DVD)
Finally, a TV show about a female spy that ISN'T all about dressing her in sexy clothing. Instead, "Covert Affairs" is all about a young CIA agent's adventures, as she carries out taut, action-packed missions. It's an enjoyable, promising little series, and Piper Perabo makes an enjoyably earnest young agent.Annie Walker (Perabo) is undergoing training to be a CIA agent, and trying to forget her last romance -- her boyfriend Ben (Eion Baile) vanished without a trace, and she hasn't been able to find him. Then she's suddenly pulled out of the program, stationed in Washington, and sent out into the field to use her linguistic skills. So when she isn't trying to have a semi-normal social life and spending time with her sister's family, Annie is diving into some very hard missions under the guidance of blind agent Auggie (Christopher Gorham). She has to deal with a boy-genius, a deadly Venezuelan agent, a disastrous Zurich mission, a Senatorial leak, a computer hacker who wreck's D.C.'s communications, an Iranian refugee, smugglers, an art auction.... and the return of her former lover. At the same time, her bosses have discovered that someone inside the CIA is leaking information to a muckraking journalist. Disclaimer: I am not a CIA agent, and I don't know what it's like to be one. But I assume that "Covert Affairs" is a pretty good dramatic depiction of that agency -- there are some obvious flaws (husbands and wives cannot work together in government agencies), but it FEELS much more realistic than many other shows' depictions of the CIA. Every episode has a nice tight mesh of action, drama, and a bit of humor, as Annie grapples with life-threatening scenarios, hails of bullets, villainous agents and the possible deaths of innocents. But somehow she always manages to save the day, and the writers make sure to stay connected to her life with her family (such as when Annie's sister tries to set her up on a date). It also helps that Piper Perabo makes a really likable heroine -- Annie is a very earnest, sensible, kind young protagonist, but she also can kick butt. Gorham is a pretty awesome sidekick for her, especially since it's rare to see a disabled person in a TV show like this one. And we have some solid performances by Peter Gallagher and Kari Matchett as Annie's bosses (who are also stormily married), and the megahot Sendhil Ramamurthy. "Covert Affairs Season One" is a tight, action-packed little series with a likable heroine and some solid stories. Give it a try, and tune in next season.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good show, good cast,
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Very good story lines and a great cast to go along with it, I'm looking forward to purchasing subsequent seasons.
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