Covert Affairs: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Covert Affairs Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Shady Lane
Jun 24, 2014
Annie and Auggie consider their future just as a connection from the past resurfaces and leads Annie on a race against time to prevent a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Elsewhere, t
False Skorpion
Jul 1, 2014
Annie thinks about working with Ryan McQuaid in an effort to catch a terrorist in Venezuela. Auggie is questioned by the NCTC.
Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
Jul 8, 2014
After a botched escape attempt, Annie and McQuaid combine forces to get out of Venezuela. Joan works with Arthur and his new co-worker, Caitlyn Cook, to extract their fellow operat
Silence Kit
Jul 15, 2014
Annie begins a stake out which ends less than routinely after the CIA discovers that a member of the intelligence community may have leaked confidential intel. Joan and Arthur both
Elevate Me Later
Jul 22, 2014
Auggie's emotional history with a potential asset complicates a mission when he and Annie switch roles as operative and handler in Paris. Joan attempts to play matchmaker for Calde
Embassy Row
Jul 29, 2014
While on an undercover mission, Annie must keep her guard up after she accepts an invitation to the Russian Embassy in Paris. Auggie attempts to juggle more than one relationship,
Brink of the Clouds
Aug 5, 2014
Annie and McQuaid search for an off-grid ex-CIA agent in Azerbaijan; Auggie learns upsetting information about an old friend; Calder has a confrontation with Joan.
Grounded
Aug 12, 2014
Annie and Auggie dig into a conspiracy theory about the attack on the CIA; Joan and Calder must make a difficult decision.
Spit on a Stranger
Aug 19, 2014
Annie begins an operation without support from the agency; Calder interrogates Auggie; McQuaid Security has a new recruit.
Sensitive Euro Man
Aug 26, 2014
Annie helps McQuaid with a difficult mission, against Auggie's wishes; Hayley's hunt for the truth becomes more dogged.
Trigger Cut
Nov 6, 2014
McQuaid's health hangs in the balance; Annie seeks information in Istanbul; Arthur takes control of McQuaid Security; Calder has a new recruit.
Starlings of the Slipstream
Nov 13, 2014
Annie searches for a rogue chemist in Germany; questions about Joan's time in the Balkans.
She Believes
Nov 20, 2014
After a startling revelation, Annie works with a new ally; McQuaid and Joan go into the field.
Transport Is Arranged
Dec 4, 2014
Annie and McQuaid must sneak into Russian territory in pursuit of Belenko.
Frontwards
Dec 11, 2014
Annie and McQuaid's relationship deepens while tracking down Belenko's next target.
Gold Soundz
Dec 18, 2014
With Russian Vega Force assassins on their trail, Annie and McQuaid work together to escape.