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Covert Affairs
Jul. 16th, 2010 09:10 amWe watched the first episode of USA's new spy show, Covert Affairs last night. I like it better than USA's other spy show, the one with the annoying voiceover and exposition that everyone likes but me, Burn Notice.
The plot was a little thin, but I like the amount of detail on CIA life we're getting. It is refreshing to have a spy show use a real agency (mostly, and as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
peaseblossom says its not like the real CIA has a great track record on jurisdiction). I keep on hoping to see the statue of Nathan Hale in all the establishing "We're at Langley" shots. I also like that the spy tech is pretty realistic, and hope it stays that way.
I personally think my favorite characters are Keri Matchett and Peter Gallagher as the feuding CIA power couple/bureaucrats. I hope we see a lot more of them. I also want to see more of Clarke Peters as the Russian linguist upset his protege is now working for the CIA. His scene was a real plus and made Piper Perabo's character feel more fleshed out for me. The same went for the FBI agent who kept on riding her for being a CIA agent operating on US territory, all without Perabo's character really admitting it.
And finally we had a fight scene that looked like a real fight. And the protagonist actually was loosing. Lets hope the mystery ex-lover shows up to save the day trope is avoided in the future. Though his being some sort of spy (probably rouge) was pretty evident from the beginning.
In short, well worth watching. My only huge bone to pick is Christopher Gorham as Auggie Anderson. I like Gorham, and I adore the Auggie character. But would it be so hard to actually have hired a blind actor? I think that is just pure laziness.
The plot was a little thin, but I like the amount of detail on CIA life we're getting. It is refreshing to have a spy show use a real agency (mostly, and as
peaseblossom says its not like the real CIA has a great track record on jurisdiction). I keep on hoping to see the statue of Nathan Hale in all the establishing "We're at Langley" shots. I also like that the spy tech is pretty realistic, and hope it stays that way.I personally think my favorite characters are Keri Matchett and Peter Gallagher as the feuding CIA power couple/bureaucrats. I hope we see a lot more of them. I also want to see more of Clarke Peters as the Russian linguist upset his protege is now working for the CIA. His scene was a real plus and made Piper Perabo's character feel more fleshed out for me. The same went for the FBI agent who kept on riding her for being a CIA agent operating on US territory, all without Perabo's character really admitting it.
And finally we had a fight scene that looked like a real fight. And the protagonist actually was loosing. Lets hope the mystery ex-lover shows up to save the day trope is avoided in the future. Though his being some sort of spy (probably rouge) was pretty evident from the beginning.
In short, well worth watching. My only huge bone to pick is Christopher Gorham as Auggie Anderson. I like Gorham, and I adore the Auggie character. But would it be so hard to actually have hired a blind actor? I think that is just pure laziness.
