Covert Affairs Season 3 2012 (Spoilers)

hummingbird_206 · 07-11-2012, 01:32 PM

Wow, this season sure started with a lot of changes.

Jai is dead! Drat, I'll miss him.

Annie has a new boss. That will be interesting. I'm not crazy about Joan and Arthur so I'm hoping we'll see less of them.

Bierboy · 07-11-2012, 01:52 PM

Good riddance, I say. He was annoying at best.

The changes will be good for this show....

peacebringer · 07-11-2012, 01:58 PM

Looks to builiding an over-arching mystery this season. No big loss with Jai being gone, character did not provide much at all.

reddice · 07-11-2012, 03:33 PM

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Good riddance, I say. He was annoying at best.

The changes will be good for this show....

I hated him too. I was just saying to myself I hope he dies and then the car blew up. He character name was still in the opening though.
Although so far I am not liking this new season. Season 1 was the best. Season 2 was not my favorite. I will give it a couple of more episodes but it looks like I might bail on the show.

Church AV Guy · 07-11-2012, 04:08 PM

They certainly did allow the language to become mcuh more coarse.

So, she is working for Nina now. Is Jack going to show up and kill her AGAIN?

Ment · 07-11-2012, 04:12 PM

Annie's new boss, Lena Smith is a little scary. Course I got the 'where did I see her before' popup in the brain and its Sarah Clarke (played Dory -'Men of a Certain Age' also Nina Myers-'24'). Who does Lena report to...seemed like she is out of even Peter's sphere.

Gunnyman · 07-11-2012, 04:12 PM

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They certainly did allow the language to become mcuh more coarse.

So, she is working for Nina now. Is Jack going to show up and kill her AGAIN?

LOL
Whenever I see that actress I immediately think she's evil.

speedcouch · 07-12-2012, 01:55 PM

I get the feeling the whole deal with Jai's death is a con to get Annie temporarily working in a new division and same with Auggie. I think Jai will return soon.

As to the increase of language, I noticed it on all USA shows this season (Suits, Pysch, Burn Notice, etc.). Doesn't bother me bit since it is a cable channel, but I did notice it.

reddice · 07-12-2012, 05:23 PM

This show is the only one I watch on USA do I hope the language does not get worse (f-bombs) then I will stop for sure. I remembered the first season no cursing at all second season only a few episodes stand out but so far the S3E1 more than the last season already and many times it was not needed just the we say it because we can. End of my rant.

speedcouch · 07-12-2012, 05:44 PM

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This show is the only one I watch on USA do I hope the language does not get worse (f-bombs) then I will stop for sure. I remembered the first season no cursing at all second season only a few episodes stand out but so far the S3E1 more than the last season already and many times it was not needed just the we say it because we can. End of my rant.

They can't use f#$k except on premium movie channels, like HBO, not basic cable channels like USA.

Unbeliever · 07-12-2012, 06:15 PM

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They can't use f#$k except on premium movie channels, like HBO, not basic cable channels like USA.

There's no law or regulation against it. It's all self policed and/or "don't upset our sponsors".

--Carlos "Oh, Jeffery" V.

Amnesia · 07-12-2012, 06:47 PM

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(...) so far the S3E1 more than the last season already and many times it was not needed just the we say it because we can.

I didn't notice anything---who said what?

reddice · 07-12-2012, 07:46 PM

As I said aside I don't like the direction the show is heading. Come on Anne gets a new boss. We will see where it will end up.

JoBeth66 · 07-13-2012, 12:09 PM

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I get the feeling the whole deal with Jai's death is a con to get Annie temporarily working in a new division and same with Auggie. I think Jai will return soon.

Hubby said the same thing. Annie didn't SEE him get into the car, and they didn't show him getting into the car, so they definitely left themselves open for a 'surprise, he's not really dead' thing - sent him in deep cover somewhere, something.

I thought the whole ending of the first ep was a little...abrupt. So we get it, Annie is going to sleep with the contact because 'male agents do' and this is what her new boss encouraged her to do. But the next episode doesn't seem to have anything to do with the new contact (and I can't remember his name, I keep wanting to call him 'Jeff', because he's always going to be 'Jeff' and I had a hard time buying him as a bad guy, because, well, he sounds like Jeff).

So I'm guessing the fact that the tattoo matches the symbol on Jai's encrypted files is going to be part of the season's story arc, but it just felt unfinished.

hummingbird_206 · 07-13-2012, 12:37 PM

I'm hoping Jai isn't dead, but I think he is truly dead.

The new contact is Simon. I wonder what the German agents were up to trailing Annie? Obviously something to do with Simon, but on his team or not?

JoBeth66 · 07-13-2012, 12:48 PM

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I'm hoping Jai isn't dead, but I think he is truly dead.

The new contact is Simon. I wonder what the German agents were up to trailing Annie? Obviously something to do with Simon, but on his team or not?

I'm thinking since they were found dead, and he has their passports - not. But it could be a twist.

tivogurl · 07-13-2012, 01:03 PM

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Hubby said the same thing. Annie didn't SEE him get into the car, and they didn't show him getting into the car, so they definitely left themselves open for a 'surprise, he's not really dead' thing

Only if the writers are morons. Small bombs don't atomize human bodies, and the CIA definitely would have verifed the existence and identity of the body. If there was no body, then the DCI is complicit in his disappearance.

JoBeth66 · 07-13-2012, 01:15 PM

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Only if the writers are morons. Small bombs don't atomize human bodies, and the CIA definitely would have verifed the existence and identity of the body. If there was no body, then the DCI is complicit in his disappearance.

Which, if he was going into deep cover, would make sense.

I don't trust writers.

reddice · 07-13-2012, 06:13 PM

I thought I saw Jai go into the car before it blew up. I rolled it back and watched it again and saw him go into the car and then it blew up but suspense scripted shows like this no one is really dead and I bet you he will still be alive.

Bierboy · 07-13-2012, 06:39 PM

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....I think he is truly dead....

We can only hope...

Amnesia · 07-14-2012, 06:36 AM

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I thought I saw Jai go into the car before it blew up.

I don't see how it could be a set-up. Jai couldn't know that Annie would forget her umbrella---she was supposed to be right behind him, perhaps in the car itself.

super dave · 07-14-2012, 06:41 AM

Who was the guy that purposely bumped Annie when she got up with Jai to go out to the car, it was intentional, to slow her a bit?

Amnesia · 07-14-2012, 07:12 AM

Slow or not, she still would have outside when the bomb when off if she hadn't forgotten her umbrella (and probably close enough to be seriously injured). And she would have had a clear view as to whether or not Jai was behind the wheel...

Still, if she was 5 ft from the car, she still might easily have been killed...

jeepair · 07-16-2012, 06:41 AM

Perhpas Jai, who I assume is not dead, wanted Annie to follow and they both would be presumed dead. Perhaps on a secret mission? If I recall didn't Annie get bumped by someone in the cafe? Maybe the bomb wasn't for Annie to watch, but someone else?

As it is now, Annie is actually on the mission Jai wanted her for and all will probably work out in the end.

Its possible.

eddyj · 07-16-2012, 06:47 AM

I also suspect Jai is alive. When they showed the car, I could see no body in the driver's seat. But I didn't care enough to back up and freeze frame. I try not to put too much thought into this show, so I can enjoy it.

cheesesteak · 07-16-2012, 07:10 AM

I guess the CIA can transfer someone to another department whenever they want to.

Steveknj · 07-16-2012, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JoBeth66

Hubby said the same thing. Annie didn't SEE him get into the car, and they didn't show him getting into the car, so they definitely left themselves open for a 'surprise, he's not really dead' thing - sent him in deep cover somewhere, something.

I thought the whole ending of the first ep was a little...abrupt. So we get it, Annie is going to sleep with the contact because 'male agents do' and this is what her new boss encouraged her to do. But the next episode doesn't seem to have anything to do with the new contact (and I can't remember his name, I keep wanting to call him 'Jeff', because he's always going to be 'Jeff' and I had a hard time buying him as a bad guy, because, well, he sounds like Jeff).

So I'm guessing the fact that the tattoo matches the symbol on Jai's encrypted files is going to be part of the season's story arc, but it just felt unfinished.

Why would you call him Jeff?

GoHalos · 07-16-2012, 10:36 AM

We definitely saw him (or someone that looked like him) walking *very* close to the car just before it exploded, but I don't think they showed him getting in the car. I'm in the "he's dead" camp, but I wouldn't be shocked if he turns up alive.

Unbeliever · 07-16-2012, 11:41 AM

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Why would you call him Jeff?

That was Coyle's character's name on the BBC series "Coupling."

He left before the final season because he saw if he continued, he thought he was going to be typecast permanently as Jeff.

--Carlos V.

verdugan · 07-16-2012, 11:50 AM

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Why would you call him Jeff?

I'm with JoBeth66.

Richard Coyle played Jeff in the UK's Coupling series. Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are some of the best TV I've ever watched. (season 4 was not so good, Jeff left.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couplin...es)#Characters