The Agency
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The Agency

★ 6.9/10 TMDB Premiered 2001-09-27 2 seasons 44 eps

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.

Last Episode Aired 2003-05-17
S2E22 — Our Man In Washington (2)

Terri is thought to be alive after Stiles & Agent Shelton discover her car and watch. Terri is kidnapped to find who Terri told about the double life of Joshua and how Terri found out. Terri still won't let her captors know who she told she then has a bomb hooked to her. Meanwhile Terri learns that Joshua was told to kidnap her and that she should trust him. Haisely then tells Quinn that Joshua may have taken Terri, Quinn finds the information hard to believe and wonders why Mr. Holland didn't say anything. Quinn tells Haisley that 12 years ago (when Quinn was director) He had Joshua feed information to Germany. Gage asks Holland to feed German information to the CIA while still trying to free Terri.

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Jason O'Mara
Jason O'Mara
A.B. Stiles
David Clennon
David Clennon
Joshua Nankin
Will Patton
Will Patton
Jackson Haisley
Paige Turco
Paige Turco
Terri Lowell
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll
Carl Reese
Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges
Tom Gage
Richard Speight Jr.
Richard Speight Jr.
Lex
Daniel Benzali
Daniel Benzali
Robert Quinn
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