Covert Affairs, Season 3

Covert Affairs (2010 – 2014) is a USA Network spy television series starring Piper Perabo and Christopher Gorham. The one hour drama premiered on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The series is being executive produced by Doug Liman and David Bartis and co-ex… more »

Lena:
I like you, Annie. So I have an offer for you: become me.

Annie:
Excuse me?

Lena:
You would be an exquisite double within the CIA. No one would suspect you and I would conspire after all we've been through. It would be audacious, elegant. Just go back, tell them you couldn't find me. We could establish dead drops within a year.

Annie:
So what? You want me to betray my agency and my country? Why would I ever do that?

Lena:
For one thing, you would be incredibly rich, but mostly I'd like you to experience power. Real, true power. You would be in control. Something I think you're finally starting to realize will never happen while you're in the CIA.

Annie:
You think you have power, here in the woods? Alone?

Lena:
Yes. I had the power to summon you here to me, didn't I? And that kind of power, to compel people, to move the pieces, it's intoxicating.

Annie:
You're a traitor, Lena.

Lena:
CIA, FSB, America, Russia, these are all just words. The best spies have always known that the sides can change, it's the game itself that matters.

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