Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
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Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
Imagine that -- an Auggie-centric episode is better than an Annie-centric episode. And after this episode, does Auggie have a higher kill count than Annie?
Also, why does Annie always use her real name on assignment?
Based on the preview of next week's episode, it looks like this show pulled a Burn Notice and got to a specific plot point pretty quickly.
Imagine that -- an Auggie-centric episode is better than an Annie-centric episode. And after this episode, does Auggie have a higher kill count than Annie?
Also, why does Annie always use her real name on assignment?
Based on the preview of next week's episode, it looks like this show pulled a Burn Notice and got to a specific plot point pretty quickly.
Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
So each and every episode title is a Led Zeppelin song. Are the actual songs ever played in that show or is it like Eric Kripke's Supernatural where Led Zepp is kosher and unaffordable for TV?
I might take a look at it then.
So each and every episode title is a Led Zeppelin song. Are the actual songs ever played in that show or is it like Eric Kripke's Supernatural where Led Zepp is kosher and unaffordable for TV?
I might take a look at it then.
Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
I mostly like the show, but if we're faced with a weekly dose of Annie's cover job not explaining things to her sister, I'm going to get really annoyed. A job at the Smithsonian has to be the WORST cover story for an active CIA agent. Maybe the writers think the joke of "How is a job at the Smithsonian so stressful?" is funny enough to get a lot of mileage out of, but I'm already pretty tired of it.
That said, I'm in love with Christopher Gorham.
I mostly like the show, but if we're faced with a weekly dose of Annie's cover job not explaining things to her sister, I'm going to get really annoyed. A job at the Smithsonian has to be the WORST cover story for an active CIA agent. Maybe the writers think the joke of "How is a job at the Smithsonian so stressful?" is funny enough to get a lot of mileage out of, but I'm already pretty tired of it.
That said, I'm in love with Christopher Gorham.
Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
Well, she's a CIA agent who works mainly in Washington on domestic cases (which is a contradiction in terms, I think, but this is fiction). And the Smithsonian is a major Washington institution. We've already seen ways in which it can be a useful cover for her, such as allowing her to spy on a US Senator by pretending to be the consultant assigned to update the decor in his office.
If anything, the implausibility is the fictional conceit that a CIA agent's life is all about adventure and gunplay. In reality, most CIA work is probably about paperwork, surveillance, computer searches, talking to people, paying people off, things like that. So in real life, an art appraiser would probably be as good a cover as any, since such a person would have an excuse to travel a lot, deal with shipments to and from foreign countries, interact with wealthy and powerful people, etc.
For that matter, so far, most of Annie's nominal missions haven't been supposed to be about action and gunplay. The SOP for this show seems to be starting off with her assigned to what should be a fairly simple matter -- listening to random walk-ins who are probably mostly kooks, befriending someone whose sister the CIA wants as an asset, making a routine briefcase swap at an airport, convincing a retired agent to come in and consult, etc. -- but having things go wildly off-plan so that she gets dragged into a more intense situation than expected. So I don't see any incongruity in her cover, because it fits the level of intensity that her job is supposed to have. The contrivance is simply that so many things go wrong and drag her deeper into danger than she was intended to go.
Well, she's a CIA agent who works mainly in Washington on domestic cases (which is a contradiction in terms, I think, but this is fiction). And the Smithsonian is a major Washington institution. We've already seen ways in which it can be a useful cover for her, such as allowing her to spy on a US Senator by pretending to be the consultant assigned to update the decor in his office.
If anything, the implausibility is the fictional conceit that a CIA agent's life is all about adventure and gunplay. In reality, most CIA work is probably about paperwork, surveillance, computer searches, talking to people, paying people off, things like that. So in real life, an art appraiser would probably be as good a cover as any, since such a person would have an excuse to travel a lot, deal with shipments to and from foreign countries, interact with wealthy and powerful people, etc.
For that matter, so far, most of Annie's nominal missions haven't been supposed to be about action and gunplay. The SOP for this show seems to be starting off with her assigned to what should be a fairly simple matter -- listening to random walk-ins who are probably mostly kooks, befriending someone whose sister the CIA wants as an asset, making a routine briefcase swap at an airport, convincing a retired agent to come in and consult, etc. -- but having things go wildly off-plan so that she gets dragged into a more intense situation than expected. So I don't see any incongruity in her cover, because it fits the level of intensity that her job is supposed to have. The contrivance is simply that so many things go wrong and drag her deeper into danger than she was intended to go.
Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
I keep having to remind myself that this is Sendhil Ramamurthy's real accent (he was born in Chicago). I like his Mohinder voice better.
This episode didn't do much for me. I like the show better when it's more lightweight and caper-y, and I don't care for the Deep Dark Conspiracy arc. And the guy playing Ben Mercer is boring. I don't sense any chemistry between him and Perabo.
I keep having to remind myself that this is Sendhil Ramamurthy's real accent (he was born in Chicago). I like his Mohinder voice better.
This episode didn't do much for me. I like the show better when it's more lightweight and caper-y, and I don't care for the Deep Dark Conspiracy arc. And the guy playing Ben Mercer is boring. I don't sense any chemistry between him and Perabo.
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^That reminds me. The one splash shot of Mercer showing up in Annie's room right before the commercial break, my first thought was "What the hell is Paul Simon doing in Annie's room?"
The guy just looks different in every shot.
^That reminds me. The one splash shot of Mercer showing up in Annie's room right before the commercial break, my first thought was "What the hell is Paul Simon doing in Annie's room?"
The guy just looks different in every shot.
Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
^Was that Paul Simon the singer or the US senator?
^Was that Paul Simon the singer or the US senator?
Re: Covert Affairs (Piper Perabo, new USA series) - Discussion & Spoil
Two episodes for the season finale. And since thread activity has dropped dramatically since the pilot, there won't be a season two thread, at least not from me.
A new assignment Annie has to convince smugglers to hire her. Meanwhile, Henry Wilcox is invited back by Arthur and Joan.
Annie is forced to confront her past when Ben Mercer walks into CIA Headquarters, and the two are sent to Sri Lanka together to rescue Ben's former asset.
Two episodes for the season finale. And since thread activity has dropped dramatically since the pilot, there won't be a season two thread, at least not from me.
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Ohh, I hope they kill off Ben Mercer. I find him totally boring.
Ohh, I hope they kill off Ben Mercer. I find him totally boring.
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Me too but not enough to suffer thru this boring-ass show.
Me too but not enough to suffer thru this boring-ass show.
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I'm impressed by the location shooting in this show. They're not using greenscreens; it looks like they're actually sending their lead actors to locations like Niagara Falls, London, and Sri Lanka (I assume). That's remarkable to see in television, and it gives the show a refreshing look.
Too bad the storytelling is fairly cliched. Lots of predictable things here, like in the first episode, Annie getting called away right after arranging the Smithsonian tour, and in the second one, the climax with Mercer.
Another cliche that reared its head was putting glasses on a hot actress and depicting her as a frumpy character that men don't take interest in. Seriously? With a smile like that, she's not getting any action?
I'm impressed by the location shooting in this show. They're not using greenscreens; it looks like they're actually sending their lead actors to locations like Niagara Falls, London, and Sri Lanka (I assume). That's remarkable to see in television, and it gives the show a refreshing look.
Too bad the storytelling is fairly cliched. Lots of predictable things here, like in the first episode, Annie getting called away right after arranging the Smithsonian tour, and in the second one, the climax with Mercer.
Another cliche that reared its head was putting glasses on a hot actress and depicting her as a frumpy character that men don't take interest in. Seriously? With a smile like that, she's not getting any action?
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London was blue or green screen all throughout, except where the location was not identifiable as London.
Sri Lank was using blue or green screen too, but some scenes were on real locations I guess, the beach for example. Or they had good compositors for the background rocks.
I think they just send some film crew or hired one locally to film some generic background scenes for use as background later, the motor cycle chase scene was something else though.
Anyway, this show was boring as hell and I quit throughout the 11th episode, but watched it later to see what cliched solution they come up with, and they sure delivered with shooting Ben.
London was blue or green screen all throughout, except where the location was not identifiable as London.
Sri Lank was using blue or green screen too, but some scenes were on real locations I guess, the beach for example. Or they had good compositors for the background rocks.
I think they just send some film crew or hired one locally to film some generic background scenes for use as background later, the motor cycle chase scene was something else though.
Anyway, this show was boring as hell and I quit throughout the 11th episode, but watched it later to see what cliched solution they come up with, and they sure delivered with shooting Ben.
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