Covert Affairs · Season 1, Episode 1
“Pilot” · Season 1, Episode 1
In this episode: Annie Walker (5), Auggie Anderson (2), Joan Campbell (1)
Trainees, listen up! This is no Granny-hop! This is low altitude, 2000 feet ATL. You snap, grip and rip, and we'll be picking you up on the ground with a spatula! Any questions? Okay! Now, who's first? [Walker raises her hand, causing the instructor to smile] Annie Walker. I should have guessed.
Look, whatever the problem is, I'll retake the exercise! Was it was the driving course, the deception training, or -- what was it?
You did better on the driving course than any woman we've ever had. You did better than anyone on deception training than anyone in a decade.
Oh. So is this about me hooking up with my Taekwondo instructor? 'Cause I checked the handbook. It's not against the rules. I'm going to shut up now and let you talk.
Can I ask you a question?
I 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.
Oversharing. My bad
Everyone here is so young.
There 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.
You'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.
You hot sync the devices in the room. He gets the bank codes for his payment and you get the intel, and that's it. Don't have a drink with him, don't sleep him.
You think I'd sleep with him?
I think he'd sleep with you.
What were you doing here Ms.—
Trusdale. Amber Trusdale. I had a business meeting.
What kind of business are you in?
[giggles] I don't want to get in trouble.
Look, we're not going to bust you if you say you're a... call girl?
We don't like to use that term.
[...]
Can I sit down? Look, I'm a good girl. I come from a churchgoing family in Akron. I just wanted to come forward and be honest. My mother told me to always do the right thing.
Hmm. What did she say about you being a hooker?
Now if I don't like being called a call girl, I certainly don't like being a hooker.
[...]
Let me ask you this: why did you really come back? And don't give me the 'good girl' act.
[bends down and retrieves two high-heeled shoes] For these. Christian Louboutins don't come cheap.
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