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Covert Affairs
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Just saw a trailer for that show on Norwegian television, and off of that trailer, it looked like a comedy version of Alias. Anyone seen this show, and is it Alias look a like?
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I watched the whole first season (the second season is already over).

But I wasn't too fond of the show. I wanted to like it because I liked the actress from Coyote Ugly.

But in the end it was just mediocre for my taste.

It's not like Alias. Alias had the advantage of having Bristow being a double agent and thus something to play off the other characters.

On Covert Affairs she's just a regular agent and her family (her sister is played by House's Cutthroat Bitch) hasn't that much screen time.


That being said, I'm normally rather fond of USA Network shows: White Collar, Suits, Burn Notice & Common Law which all have a special recipe to their standard plots (WC: con artist works for the FBI; Suits: not-really-a-lawyer works as a lawyer; BN: former spy works as P.I., CL: two male cops have to go to couple's counseling).

If CA has such a twist, I've forgotten it.
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I never watched Alias, but I do watch Covert Affairs and can tell you it is not a comedy.  It is a drama centering on a female CIA agent.  Season 3 is about to start, here in the states, and I am looking forward to it as I really liked seasons 1 and 2.
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Wasn't the premise of Covert Affairs how she became involved with the CIA and that she had been hiding it from her sister? My memory ain't what it used to be!
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Yea, that was the first season.  Those issues were resolved and caused new issues.
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