A character in Covert Affairs
Played by Christopher Gorham
Covert Affairs · 48 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Covert Affairs: in 14 of its 48 quotes
Most scenes with: Annie Walker (14)
Can I ask you a question?
AuggieI was special ops in Iraq. I got out of a humvee to look at what I thought was a dead dog. Next thing you know, I'm Ray Charles.
Oh. I was gonna ask what the headphones are for.
AuggieOversharing. My bad
Everyone here is so young.
AuggieThere was a hiring freeze that was unfrozen after 9/11. Fifty percent of the agency has five years experience or less.
That's both inspiring and weirdly unsettling.
AuggieYou'll find this is a weird place to work. Polygraphs every year, no cell phones allowed inside the building, no dating foreigners. In fact, the CIA highly encourages dating inside the agency. It keeps things in the circle of trust. It's like a Club Med without the free drinks.
This is one of those jobs where nothing is ever easy, isn't it?
Yeah, but look at the pension and the medical.
AuggieAnd a chance to spend tropical nights with twenty-year-old men.
He's sleeping on the couch!
AuggieWas that sigh? It sounded like a sigh. Like a troubled, guilty sigh. This is the business, Annie. It's what we do. The fact is, you should be feeling pretty good.
Yeah, well, my shoulder's still sore, and my sister can't understand how a car accident would cause me to lose a three hundred dollar carry-on she gave me for her birthday, and I've got a 20-year-old Lothario bragging that he spent the night with me in Caracas.
AuggieWell, aside from that—
[smiling] Aside from that, I'm fine!
[on the phone] Someone's a little cheeky this morning. Too bad, I was going to get you a souvenir.
AuggieYeah?
Yeah! A St. Bernard! Stuffed, of course. They kind of remind me of you.
AuggieGreat, I remind you of Cujo. It's the slobbering, isn't it?
Yeah, that and they're cute, dependable, and when you're feeling low they bring you booze.
Hey, Auggie, why did Joan say I might have a shot 'cause I'm new?
AuggieMcAuley is Christopher McAuley. He was a deep cover op who served for fifteen years and knew everyone who ever had anything to do with east Africa. One of his old contacts might know something about Hassan's movements, but McAuley retired five years ago.
Why do I feel like I'm still missing something?
AuggieWhen I say he retired I mean he had a nervous breakdown, quit the CIA, moved to the middle of nowhere Virginia and hasn't contacted us since. I can actually hear you frowning.
On a scale of none to a lot, how many people have tried to bring him in?
AuggieAlmost every single person in that room.
So this is basically a fool's errand?
AuggieYou can think of it as more of a hazing ritual if it makes you feel better.
What are you doing here?
AuggiePutting career advancement over my personal life. Plus, she couldn't remember the last book she read, and even I have standards. Want to talk about it? You might not know this, but I am an excellent listener.
Is that so?
AuggieIt's in my file.
How do you feel about what we do?
AuggieHmmm.
I mean, I know that manipulating people for information is pretty much my job description, but it always makes me feel --
AuggieDirty?
Tell me it's worth it.
AuggieTell me what "it" is and I'll tell you if it's worth it.
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Henry Wilcox said we're in the mud, all of us, whether we want to admit it or not.
AuggieDoes that bother you?
I'd like to know how dirty I'm going to get.
AuggieYour presence has been requested immediately.
What...now?
AuggieWell, however you want to interpret the words "requested" and "immediately."
AuggieFace it, Annie Walker. You've graduated.
I told you I was nervous before. I'm more nervous now.
AuggieWatch your six. Lena's ops can find a way to kind of get banged up.
You're not worried about me are you, Auggie?
AuggieI worry about a lot of things: global warming, the Cubs playoff hopes, the state of my old Corvette, but you? Never.
Are you listening to me?
AuggieWell, you asked why we're here in the safehouse, didn't you?
[smiles] No. I didn't.
AuggieOh.
The first thing a guy does when he gets married is stop listening. Or so I'm told. How much more time do you need?
AuggieTen, fifteen more minutes. Come here, you've got to check this out.
What am I looking at?
AuggiePoetry. No, actually I take that back. It's more like sheet music. Red Rover is using the basic building blocks of the Stuxnet virus, but this thing has got so much more soul. It's like a melody.
[smiles] I have to take your word for it.
AuggieZero data tags. Man in the middle attacks. Modular, sophisticated, it's like Miles in his kind of Blue Period.
You should have told me you were such a dork when you proposed. I might have said no.
Auggie[smiles] Whatever you say, dear.
AuggieI have to admit, my radar was a little off on this one.
You know what I like about you?
AuggieJust one thing.
Positivity. You see the best in people until they prove you wrong.
AuggieThat makes me a chump.
That makes you a romantic. [pause] And a little bit of a chump.
AuggieAnnie, listen to me, you need to get out of Russia.
You shouldn't be calling.
AuggieI know this is off-book, but your ambush has damaged State's negotiations and the Russians are looking for you.
The negotiations were bullshit. I'm the only one who's acting.
AuggieAnnie, please. You're a person of interest. Every moment you remain in Russia is a moment too long. Now, I can arrange a water egress for you through the Black Sea. Use your resources and protocols and get to Novorossiysk.
I'm sorry. I can't.
AuggieAnnie, do you remember that moment we talked about in the car, where you've gone too far? This is that moment. Now I need you to come home, and this isn't the Agency calling and I'm not Joan. There are things that I need to say to you face to face. Important things. Please.
Auggie, are you busy?
AuggieI'm the only one here who can work without a screen, so yes.
I just need a minute. I wanted to introduce you to Eyal Lavine.
Auggie[receives hug from Eyal] Oh. Hello.
It is so great to finally meet you.
AuggieAugust Anderson. Thanks for helping us out.
You know, I have to confess that after weeks of coded texts and encrypted emails, one forms a picture in one's mind.
AuggieYou didn't think I'd be blind.
I didn't think you'd be this short.
Auggie[laughs] Well, I didn't think you'd be this handsome.
[laughs] I like you, Auggie Anderson.
AuggieI'll try to take that as a compliment.
AuggieWe're talking about handing over agency assets. How many names are on that list? How many lives are we trading for one man?
Three assets in Riyadh, one in Dubai, but they're both collecting intel on OPEC, not the Ansari family.
AuggieThat designation doesn't mean anything.
Can't we get them off the board before Khalid gets to them?
AuggieYes, but the lives of those assets will be irrevocably changed.
I know. I pulled everything I could on the Ansari family looking for a way around this. I can't think of another plan. I don't want to give over those names, either, but somebody has to do something! Eyal needs my help, and I can't do nothing.
AuggieIs this about Russia?
And Paris, and Zurich, and West Virginia. It's about all of it.
AuggieYou once told me you didn't have feelings for him. Is that not true? Is that what's driving this?
Why do you keep asking me that?
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