Covert Affairs – Recap & Review – Horses To Water

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Covert Affairs
Horses to Water

Original Air Date: Nov 22, 2011

Karen – Sr Staff Writer
Karen@thetwocentscorp.com

The general theme of this episode focused on sisters and their relationships with each other and we even learn a bit about the fathers and relationships with their daughters. Unfortunately Annie is pulled away from a marathon that she was going to run with her sister. Poor Annie, she wants nothing but to spend some time with Danielle, but at least Danielle understands…a little bit better.

Arthur Campbell never ceases to amaze me with the way he can pick up on when someone is lying, but I guess that is why he is in charge, right? I don’t know about you, but I smiled and even got a bit tingly when he said: Joan, call in your team. He knows who the best is, and it just sounded so right.

Like I said, the main focus is on the daughters of a traitor that is imprisoned. Annie is told to get close to Grace who visits her father every week, and Annie’s sharp intuition tells her that Grace is not the bad person that spy headquarters is telling her she is.

Joan wants Annie to lie to Grace and Bebe and try to drive a wedge between the sisters, but Annie is quite disturbed by this request because she saw how close they are and sees their close relationship to be a lot like hers and Danielle’s. She actually stands up to Joan and backs out of the mission by standing up for her beliefs! I have a feeling that was the first time someone said that to Joan.

The intriguing conversation for me took place in Danielle’s kitchen as the girls talk about dad. What do we know about Mr. Walker? Where is he, and what lies has he told the family? And as the siblings disagree on…who was the favorite? 😉

I was glad to see Joan come to her senses and let Annie handle the case as she feels fit, but I was a bit bummed that she couldn’t talk to Auggie as she wanted to. Annie has come to rely on Auggie for advice and just a shoulder to lean on, but unfortunately he was with Jai at the time. I will talk about that later.

Through some honesty, Annie gets Grace to contact her sister, but only to have Bebe hold Annie at gunpoint where a pretty good girl-fight went on in the barn. Thankfully Gracie knew to do the “right thing” and helped Annie arrest her sister. The scary situation finally got Annie thinking; she asked and was approved for weapons training. About time!

The surprise of the night was when Jai asked Auggie to join him for a beer. Auggie, being the good guy that he is accepts the invitation even though he knows something is up. Seems Jai has resources and a healthy budget but can’t get anything done and asks Auggie for advice. Auggie tells him that it is not about how much money you have, it is a people driven agency and he just needs to hire some good guys.

We later find out that Jai took some of the guys that were Auggie’s team of men. When he confronts Jai, there is some heat rising from Aug and trust me you don’t mess with the Aug-master! But when Auggie says not to ask him for advice again, Jai had the balls to say that it was the last time he will need it. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far.

Favorite Auggie moments;
When Jai invites him to fancy place for drinks, he says he will bring his evening cane.
Also, the smart remark about not wearing any fragrance, since that is how Aug knows when Jai enters the room. I like to imagine he wears something awful like Aqua Velva.

Auggie telling Annie that he knows she had some riding ribbons because it was in her file, and that it is creepy he knows so much. Annie replies she is getting use to the creepiness.

When the surveillance team can’t find Bebe, Auggie says he might as well be looking for her, himself.

So what did you think? Were you screaming at Jai for being a bas##rd to Auggie? Are you glad Annie is finally getting weapons training? Leave me your TwoCents.

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