Covert Affairs Season 5, Episode 8: Grounded

1

Shady Lane

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, tension mounts between Calder and Joan as they wait to see who will become the new DCS and Arthur considers about a career in the private sector.

45 min

2

False Skorpion

Annie thinks about working with Ryan McQuaid in an effort to catch a terrorist in Venezuela. Auggie is questioned by the NCTC.

42 min

3

Unseen Power of the Picket Fence

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 operatives. Calder’s clandestine affair takes on a new dimension.

44 min

4

Silence Kit

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 vie for a piece of government funding, as Calder’s personal and professional lives collide.

43 min

5

Elevate Me Later

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 Calder. Arthur heads on his first operation abroad for McQuaid Security.

42 min

6

Embassy Row

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, while Joan unravels the details of Arthur’s most recent business trip.

42 min

7

Brink of the Clouds

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.

42 min

8

Grounded

Annie and Auggie dig into a conspiracy theory about the attack on the CIA; Joan and Calder must make a difficult decision.

42 min

9

Spit on a Stranger

Annie begins an operation without support from the agency; Calder interrogates Auggie; McQuaid Security has a new recruit.

44 min

10

Sensitive Euro Man

Annie helps McQuaid with a difficult mission, against Auggie's wishes; Hayley's hunt for the truth becomes more dogged.

43 min

11

Trigger Cut

McQuaid's health hangs in the balance; Annie seeks information in Istanbul; Arthur takes control of McQuaid Security; Calder has a new recruit.

42 min

12

Starlings of the Slipstream

Annie searches for a rogue chemist in Germany; questions about Joan's time in the Balkans.

42 min

13

She Believes

After a startling revelation, Annie works with a new ally; McQuaid and Joan go into the field.

42 min

14

Transport Is Arranged

Annie and McQuaid must sneak into Russian territory in pursuit of Belenko.

43 min

15

Frontwards

Annie and McQuaid's relationship deepens while tracking down Belenko's next target.

43 min

16

Gold Soundz

With Russian Vega Force assassins on their trail, Annie and McQuaid work together to escape.

42 min