Covert Affairs (TV Series)

Pilot (2010)

Kari Matchett: Joan Campbell

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• Annie Walker : Stas is still out there.

  Joan Campbell : Stas is dead.

  Annie Walker : It doesn't add up. The bad intel, the way he was hitting on me, the fact that he stood near a window.

  Joan Campbell : Is that all?

  Annie Walker : And I was followed home last night, high speed tactical pursuit...

  Joan Campbell : I know. That could have been the FBI, it could have been an unstable boyfriend, it could have been us.

  Annie Walker : Was it you?

  Joan Campbell : No.

  Annie Walker : I knew it.

  Joan Campbell : Annie, this is all circumstantial. Get off the grassy knoll.

  Annie Walker : Stas was born and raised in Moscow. The guy I met with, used the word 'kiitsu'. It's an Estonian word, no Russian would ever say that.

  Joan Campbell : Did you discuss this with your professor?

  Annie Walker : [hesitates]  Yes.

  Joan Campbell : To discuss any aspect of what we do with anyone outside of this building, is not only a flagrant violation of your oath, but it could put your country in danger.

  Annie Walker : I'm sorry.

  Joan Campbell : Gather your things. Go back to the Farm. At this point, you're gonna be lucky if you get a desk job in HR. You may have been washed out of the entire program. Dismissed.

  [as Annie hesitates, sharply:] 

  Joan Campbell : Dismissed.

• Annie Walker : Where do I fit in?

  Joan Campbell : You've been assigned as Stas' handler. You'll go to the hotel room where we have him, wait for his call, and... bring this.

  [hands over device] 

  Annie Walker : A BlackBerry?

  Auggie Anderson : That is a dedicated two-way encoded transponder that only looks like a BlackBerry. He has one, you have one.

  Joan Campbell : You hot-synch the devices in the room. He gets the bank codes for his payment, and you get the intel. And that's it. Don't have a drink with him. Don't sleep with him.

  Annie Walker : You think I'd sleep with him?

  Joan Campbell : I think he'd sleep with you.

  Annie Walker : [frowns]  Did you call me in because I speak Russian?

  Joan Campbell : Yes, and you can also pass for a call girl.

  [Annie widens her eyes in surprise] 

  Joan Campbell : We want to make it look like Stas is here to buy guns and party, not sell secrets to us.

  Annie Walker : I'm surprised there was nobody already here who could do that.

  Joan Campbell : There was. She's gone. Let's leave it at that.

  [about to go, has one last thing to say:] 

  Joan Campbell : If you don't want the assignment, we can send you back to the Farm.

  Annie Walker : No. No, I'm here. I can do it. I... do... do I have to wear, like, a... costume?

  Joan Campbell : Hookers in D.C. are pretty conservative. What you're wearing now is fine.

  [hands over file, goes off, leaving Annie at a bit of a loss] 

• Annie Walker : Do you know who sent me here? I was just looking for some clarity.

  Joan Campbell : Clarity? You're in the wrong business, sweetie. The better question might be, why do you wanna be here? The CIA is not an easy place to be a woman.

  Annie Walker : I can handle a competitive workplace.

  Joan Campbell : Well, you're gonna be outnumbered four to one. Outnumbered by men who will hold the door for you, call you ma'am, and know how to fix a tire. But clarity, honesty? That's another story. How much do you know about the Domestic Protection Division?

  Annie Walker : I... actually never heard of it.

  Joan Campbell : Good. That's the way we want it.

• Arthur Campbell : Why can't you be a good CIA wife and just trust me?

  Joan Campbell : Because I'm not a CIA wife. I'm a wife who *works* for the CIA.