Annie and Auggie start looking forward to their future, but a familiar face from the past re-emerges. Annie soon finds herself in a race against time to stop a terrorist attack. The tension mounts between Calder and Joan, as both are expecting to have the promotion in the bag. Arthur wonders if he could move into the private sector.
Covert Affairs centers on a young CIA trainee, Annie Walker, mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Auggie Anderson is a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.