Category: Covert Affairs
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Season Premiere — Covert Affairs, “Begin the Begin”
Although they are known for their lightweight, summery nature, I like basically all of USA’s series. I guess I’d have to like them a lot to write my entire MA thesis about them. But even though I’ll watch almost anything USA Network puts on the air, there is certainly a clear distinction between what I…
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Season finale — Covert Affairs, “I Can’t Quit You, Baby” and “When the Levee Breaks”
I’ve intentionally stayed away from writing up my thoughts on Covert Affairs in recent weeks after the Auggie episode, but even if I did write each week, it’d feel like I was banging the same, boring drum every time. You know, kind of how the series has done to us over the summer.
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Covert Affairs, “Communication Breakdown”
It’s weird, I am actually excited to write about Covert Affairs today! Of course, that feeling suggests that there is also something wrong with the series, doesn’t it?
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Covert Affairs, “Houses of the Holy”
Last week, I ranted about how I didn’t really enjoy Covert Affairs that much, mostly because of Piper Perabo’s performance. I still feel that way, but for whatever reason, “Houses of the Holy” at least kept my interest a little more than the post-pilot efforts. I literally cannot explain it, but I totally enjoyed this…
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Covert Affairs, “No Quarter” and “In the Light”
I mistakenly forgot to post thoughts on the last few episodes of Covert Affairs, which I certainly apologize for. But in another way, I know why I didn’t post anything — the series isn’t really offer up much to talk about. I didn’t love the pilot episode like I did the pilots for Burn Notice…
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Covert Affairs, “Walter’s Walk” and “Southbound Suarez”
Once again, Comic Con delayed my watching and recapping of Covert Affairs, so here’s your double shot of analysis.
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Covert Affairs, “Pilot”
Covert Affairs is a welcome new series after a slew of recent debuts that were more or less duds. It’s not an amazing series, but it’s straight out of the USA brand factory: sleek, fun, light and with a little bit of ‘tude. The comparisons to Alias are apt, but that point has been beaten…
CB, PhD 