The Agency(2001)
Drama
First Air Date: 2001-09-27
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.9
Votes: 15
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 44
The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. The series was created by Michael Frost Beckner and was executive produced by Michael Frost Beckner, Shaun Cassidy Productions and Radiant Productions in association with Universal Network Television and CBS Productions. It aired from September 27, 2001 until May 17, 2003, lasting two seasons. It featured unprecedented filming from the actual CIA headquarters. The show was controversial regarding its exploration of current international affairs and its treatment of the ethical conflicts inherent in intelligence work. Beckner's pilot script, written in March 2001, posited a re-invented CIA tasked with a "War on Terror" after Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist organization plots a lethal attack on the west. The pilot was to premiere at CIA Headquarters on September 18, 2001 and set to air on CBS September 21, 2001, however, the actual 9/11 attacks convinced the network to hold the pilot and instead air a later episode. That first episode was aired later as the third episode of the first season. The September 11, 2001 terrorist events changed the way Americans viewed topical entertainment and "The Agency", at the time, was one of the most topical offering on network television. The producers of the series quickly responded to this new American perspective on world affairs, but CBS chose to cancel the show shortly after the second season's final episode.
Keywords
spycentral intelligence agency (cia)national security
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 22E01
Viva Fidel!
Air Date: 2001-09-27
After unearthing a secret plot by Castro's own men to assassinate him, the agents rush to thwart the plan in order to...
E02
God's Work
Air Date: 2001-10-04
When the CIA misidentifies a missionary plane in Colombian drug-trafficking airspace and the Colombians shoot it down...
E03
The Year Of Lying Dangerously
Air Date: 2001-10-18
The local governor plans a political coup after some American miners are taken hostage in Indonesia.
E04
In Our Own Backyard
Air Date: 2001-10-25
CIA tries to uncover if someone has sneaked a Russian atomic bomb into the US.
E05
Pilot
Air Date: 2001-11-01
No episode overview available.
E06
Anthrax
Air Date: 2001-11-08
No episode overview available.
E07
Closure
Air Date: 2001-11-15
In an effort to learn the truth about his brother's mysterious death, Matt begins piecing together clues and finally ...
E08
Nocturne
Air Date: 2001-11-29
The CIA conducts an internal investigation when it suspects Jackson of leaking sensitive information. In order to te...
E09
Rules Of The Game
Air Date: 2001-12-06
When the National Security Agency (NSA) learns of a plot to assassinate the King of Saudi Arabia, Matt and Lisa help ...
E10
Deadline
Air Date: 2001-12-20
A ambitious journalist plans to run a career-making story about one of the Agency's great Cold War successes, which w...
E11
Son Set
Air Date: 2002-01-17
After the young son of a British Intelligence officer is kidnapped and the man fails to report him missing, the CIA a...
E12
The Enemy Within
Air Date: 2002-01-24
After the daughter of the United States Ambassador to Greece is kidnapped by terrorists, Matt and Jackson attempt to ...
E13
The Golden Hour
Air Date: 2002-01-31
An assassination attempt on Lisa strikes Matt instead and leaves him hospitalized and fighting for his life. While Ro...
E14
The Gauntlet
Air Date: 2002-02-07
Matt and Terri learn about shipment. The CIA gets a new cheif.
E15
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Air Date: 2002-02-28
On his first day as the new Director of the CIA, former Senator Tom Gage is immediately confronted with a high-profil...
E16
The Plague Year
Air Date: 2002-03-07
The CIA tracks an Algerian suicide bomber as he enters the United States, but they don't realize that he is infected ...
E17
Moo
Air Date: 2002-03-28
Tom and Carl learn that a story about a war crime Tom allegedly committed during his service in Vietnam is about to b...
E18
The Greater Good
Air Date: 2002-04-04
Gage tells Matt to blow up a chemical weapons plant in sudan,even though 100 people work inside.
E19
Peacemakers
Air Date: 2002-04-18
The CIA tries to stop nuclear war between to countries.
E20
The Understudy
Air Date: 2002-04-25
Justin sells weapons to the mob.
E21
Doublecrossover
Air Date: 2002-05-02
After a CIA agent is murdered, the agency joins with the police department of Washington, D.C. to investigate his mur...
E22
Finale
Air Date: 2002-05-09
A CIA Agent is taken Hostage.
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