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Covert Affairs
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Communication Breakdown

  • Episode aired Aug 24, 2010
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 42m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Christopher Gorham in Covert Affairs (2010)
Covert Affairs: Clip 2
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Annie and Auggie work together in the field to obtain a code from a Russian hacker--a woman who also just so happens to be Auggie's ex-girlfriend.Annie and Auggie work together in the field to obtain a code from a Russian hacker--a woman who also just so happens to be Auggie's ex-girlfriend.Annie and Auggie work together in the field to obtain a code from a Russian hacker--a woman who also just so happens to be Auggie's ex-girlfriend.
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323
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    • Director
      • Kate Woods
    • Writers
      • Matt Corman
      • Chris Ord
      • Matthew Lau(executive story editor)
    • Stars
      • Piper Perabo
      • Christopher Gorham
      • Kari Matchett
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Kate Woods
    • Writers
      • Matt Corman
      • Chris Ord
      • Matthew Lau(executive story editor)
    • Stars
      • Piper Perabo
      • Christopher Gorham
      • Kari Matchett
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    • 1User review

    Videos4

    Covert Affairs: Clip 2
    Trailer 1:03
    Covert Affairs: Clip 2
    Covert Affairs: Clip 1
    Trailer 0:37
    Covert Affairs: Clip 1
    Covert Affairs: Communication Breakdown
    Trailer 0:31
    Covert Affairs: Communication Breakdown
    Covert Affairs: Clip 3
    Trailer 1:26
    Covert Affairs: Clip 3

    Photos15

    Emmanuelle Vaugier in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Christopher Gorham and Kari Matchett in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, and Sendhil Ramamurthy in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Christopher Gorham in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Christopher Gorham and Sendhil Ramamurthy in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Liane Balaban and Christopher Gorham in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Christopher Gorham in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Piper Perabo and Sendhil Ramamurthy in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Piper Perabo and Sendhil Ramamurthy in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Sendhil Ramamurthy in Covert Affairs (2010)

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    Piper Perabo
    Piper Perabo
    • Annie Walker
    Christopher Gorham
    Christopher Gorham
    • Auggie Anderson
    Kari Matchett
    Kari Matchett
    • Joan Campbell
    Anne Dudek
    Anne Dudek
    • Danielle Brooks
    Sendhil Ramamurthy
    Sendhil Ramamurthy
    • Jai Wilcox
    Liane Balaban
    Liane Balaban
    • Natasha Petrovna
    Emmanuelle Vaugier
    Emmanuelle Vaugier
    • Liza Hearn
    Dylan Taylor
    Dylan Taylor
    • Eric Barber
    Ty Kostyk
    • Karl the Hacker
    • (as Tyler Kostyk)
    Bart Bedford
    • Zack
    Arnold Pinnock
    Arnold Pinnock
    • Rod Phillips (FBI)
    Kristian Bruun
    Kristian Bruun
    • Hungry Passenger
    Melanie Peterson
    Melanie Peterson
    • Businesswoman
    Todd Dulmage
    • Businessman
    Adelaide Humphreys
    • Katia
    Melyssa Anishnabie
    • Convention Goer
    • (uncredited)
    Johnny Larocque
    Johnny Larocque
    • Bike Courier
    • (uncredited)
    Llyane Stanfield
    Llyane Stanfield
    • Shopper
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Kate Woods
    • Writers
      • Matt Corman
      • Chris Ord
      • Matthew Lau(executive story editor)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The episode is named after a song by Led Zeppelin.
    • Goofs
      In Communication Breakdown (2010) the device used to scan the boarding passes is not a card scanning device but a graphic calculator (Ti-83) used in most schools.
    • Quotes

      Auggie Anderson: [after bumping into a chair] Dude, a blind guy works here! Don't rearrange the furniture!

    • Soundtracks
      Can You Save Me
      Written by Apple Trees & Tangerines

      Performed by Apple Trees & Tangerines

    User reviews1

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    6/10
    Liane Belaban
    This episode is more about Auggie, about his back-story; his past life, his current mission, and the reason for his "walk of shame" in the previous episode - which turns out to be Liza Hearn, the journalist with her sights set on the CIA.

    Which means there is a whole lot less of my fave heroine in this one. Piper Perabo didn't exactly have a few afternoons off, but maybe a bit of a breather.

    The show is so damn good that Christopher Gorham, who I think failed in POPULAR, is even a star in my eyes. Auggie is a very likable character, and I don't often mention good male performances, so...

    Liane Belaban, as Auggie's former Russian girlfriend, with the anarchic outlook, really won me over, though. I even saw a whole lot of early Julia Roberts in her.

    The suspenseful train sequence (you know the whole time something's about to happen) brought to mind another spy movie, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. I'll just bet at least someone on the set thought about that one. Maybe all?
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    • Nov 28, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 24, 2010 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Hypnotic
      • Universal Cable Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16 : 9

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