Sixty-five photos of national landmarks suddenly surface, all featuring the ar rissalah symbol. Meanwhile, a college student claiming to be an ar rissalah operative breaks into the White House. The 7th floor team works to figure out the identities of the picture takers as the hunt for Al Moosari continues. Charlie, now in Yemen, desperately tries to make contact with her asset while evading the Yemeni secret police. Nick's masked captor lets him go only to lead him to his next mission. Back at Langley, Lucas takes the lead on the interrogation of a potential, and very controversial, ar rissalah member. At the same time, President Payton must make a hard choice between getting a much-needed win or holding out for her long-term goal of hugging Sheikh Hakam.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 7 of State of Affairs was watched by 4,470,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Is State of Affairs Renewed or Cancelled for Season 2?

State of Affairs Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - Secrets & Lies
• s01e03 - Half the Sky
• s01e04 - Bang, Bang
• s01e05 - Ar Rissalah
• s01e06 - Masquerade
• s01e07 - Bellerophon
• s01e08 - Ghosts
• s01e09 - Cry Havoc
• s01e10 - The War at Home
• s01e11 - The Faithful
• s01e12 - Here and Now
• s01e13 - Deadcheck

State of Affairs Show Summary

Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and passing decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst - Charleston Tucker - assembles the President's Daily Briefing (PDB). This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston and her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with the President because she was once engaged to her son before a tragic terrorist attack took his life.

Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice. Navigating a complex personal life and a pressure-cooker profession is, of course, a challenge, and Charlie sometimes engages in boundary-pushing behavior to avoid facing her grief. But when the clock strikes 2 A.M., she is all about her job - protecting her nation, serving her President and still trying to get to the bottom of her fiance's cuddle that will reveal itself as a shocking mystery.