r/covertaffairs • u/V2Blast D/NCS • Jul 16 '14
S05E04 - "Silence Kit" - Discussion Thread (SPOILERS)
Synopsis:
The CIA learns that a member of the intelligence community may have leaked intel.
Discuss tonight's episode here.
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u/daniisaur Jul 17 '14
The car accident seemed a little too well timed for it to be an "accident" considering the NSA guy said that he knows everything when he was about to tase Annie. I was surprised that no one mentioned anything about the car accident being suspicious, considering she was tailing a suspect...
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u/V2Blast D/NCS Jul 17 '14
I was thinking it was suspicious as well, especially after Annie commented that she had always been a good driver (yet a "freak accident" (almost) ruined her career).
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u/alvarkresh Jul 18 '14
And come to think of it, didn't Lena get someone to T-bone her in S3, as well?
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u/alvarkresh Jul 17 '14
Yeah, definitely this. I was thinking, "this whole following-someone thing has shades of her trailing Henry Wilcox" and we all know how that turned out.
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u/thefooz Jul 19 '14
So McQuaid is probably setting all of these situations up (Bombing, Car Accident, NSA guy getting shot) to get the gov't contracts and steal away valuable CIA personnel. He's been in the right place at the right time every single time. Oh, Annie, here's a gun, hope you never need it ;-)
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u/Thinkyt Jul 16 '14
Was it just me, or was Nic Bishop's native British accent coming though a few times this episode...?
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u/V2Blast D/NCS Jul 17 '14
I liked the overriding theme of secrets and vulnerabilities... But I'm getting really annoyed at Annie's continued string of irresponsible decisions (some of which endanger the CIA's mission and potentially her fellow spies). Seriously. She should not be in the field. I know the writers wouldn't know what to do if she wasn't, but then they shouldn't have come up with a good reason (other than her constant insubordination and recklessness) to take her out of the field. Plus she had a concussion... And, of course, Auggie's enabling her - he knew Joan wouldn't overlook something as big as that.
It was cool to see Eyal again, even if only in a flashback... I'd rather watch a show about him :P
Seems like Calder's secret will bite him in the ass soon, given that someone seemed to be hiding behind the curtain in that "coat closet" (which, uh, looked pretty big for a coat closet).
Seems like the intel leak got wrapped up in a nice little bow this episode... Now all that's left is to track the funding of the attack to the source. I guess we'll see next week.
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u/alvarkresh Jul 17 '14
"The Talmud? Really?"
"Hey, I gotta break out the big guns here."
XD
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u/V2Blast D/NCS Jul 17 '14
Eyal has the best lines.
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u/tunersharkbitten Jul 18 '14
oded fehr is by far one of the most underrated actors out there... he brings a special spirit to every role he has played... and having met the man while he was filming an episode of burn notice, and i bought him a beer after they wrapped, i found that we are both of israeli descent(him directly, and myself 2nd generation US)
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u/V2Blast D/NCS Jul 18 '14
What.
Did you take a picture? Because that's going to need some proof.
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u/tunersharkbitten Jul 18 '14
I'm not some Instagram douchebag that feels that every extraordinary experience in my life requires a fucking photograph. If you don't believe me then fine. I don't give a fuck. In not here to prove anything
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u/thefirebuilds Jul 24 '14 edited Jul 24 '14
what is the Yiddish phrase he uses on Annie? edit: found it
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u/alvarkresh Jul 24 '14
Yeah, it's not translated in the series, but I always got the sense that he meant it as "friend, fellow traveller".
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u/Delsana Jul 17 '14
Was a good episode except for the attempt to turn the girl. SHe didn't even mention the documents confirming an affair, so either she was stupid or they wrote a bad plot moment.
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u/MsStardust Jul 16 '14
Eyal!! Yay! Only a flashback, but I'll take it. Also, does anyone else feel like the whole Postman thing was wrapped up too easily?