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The Agency

Season 1 Episode 20: The Understudy

Haisley's life in danger when he takes the place of an agent dealing with the Russian mob after the agent realizes his contact already knows him and Gage must decide whether to let Haisley go on with the mission.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Viva Fidel

1. Viva Fidel

Aired: Sep 27, 2001

The Agency receives word that Fidel Castro will be assassinated when he visit...

Episode 2 God's Work

2. God's Work

Aired: Oct 4, 2001

The Agency is investigated for its involvement in the downing of a small plan...

Episode 4 In Our Own Backyard

4. In Our Own Backyard

Aired: Oct 25, 2001

A New Jersey couple is shot in their backyard, where investigators find a fal...

Episode 5 Pilot

5. Pilot

Aired: Nov 1, 2001

Callan attempts to recruit a Middle Eastern diplomat to help stop terrorists ...

Episode 6 Anthrax

6. Anthrax

Aired: Nov 8, 2001

When the Agency learns that someone has in their possession anthrax, they try...

Episode 7 Closure

7. Closure

Aired: Nov 15, 2001

Matt discovers the truth about the death of his brother Eric in 1999 while on...

Episode 8 Nocturne

8. Nocturne

Aired: Nov 29, 2001

Haisley is suspected of being a mole by a counterintelligence agent when the ...

Episode 9 Rules of the Game

9. Rules of the Game

Aired: Dec 6, 2001

The Agency has the terrorists suspected of plotting to assassinate the king o...

Episode 10 Deadline

10. Deadline

Aired: Dec 20, 2001

When a newspaper article reveals that a high ranking KGB man worked for the U...

Episode 11 Son Set

11. Son Set

Aired: Jan 17, 2002

When the son of a British official is kidnapped, and it's believed that it's ...

Episode 12 The Enemy Within

12. The Enemy Within

Aired: Jan 24, 2002

The daughter of a U.S. ambassador who was once an informant for Matt is kidna...

Episode 13 The Golden Hour

13. The Golden Hour

Aired: Jan 31, 2002

Matt and Lisa are shot at by a would-be assassin while they wait to drive pas...

Episode 14 The Gauntlet

14. The Gauntlet

Aired: Feb 7, 2002

Senator Tom Gage is appointed the new director of the Agency, while Matt and ...

Episode 15 Sleeping Dogs Lie

15. Sleeping Dogs Lie

Aired: Feb 28, 2002

On Gage's first as the new director of the Agency, a young Vietnamese man is ...

Episode 16 The Plague Year

16. The Plague Year

Aired: Mar 7, 2002

Matt trails a terrorist entering America from Mexico the Agency suspects is a...

Episode 17 Moo

17. Moo

Aired: Mar 28, 2002

An ex-corporal who served under Gage in Vietnam accuses him of murdering civi...

Episode 18 The Greater Good

18. The Greater Good

Aired: Apr 4, 2002

Gage gives Matt orders to plan a mission to blow up chemical-weapons plant in...

Episode 19 Peacemakers

19. Peacemakers

Aired: Apr 18, 2002

Gage meets with the chief intelligence officers from India and Pakistan to pr...

Episode 20 The Understudy

20. The Understudy

Aired: Apr 25, 2002

Haisley's life in danger when he takes the place of an agent dealing with the...

Episode 21 Doublecrossover

21. Doublecrossover

Aired: May 2, 2002

Gage is confronted by police chief Jack Mannion when a CIA agent is murdered ...

Episode 22 Finale

22. Finale

Aired: May 9, 2002

Matt and Terri lead a mission to rescue a CIA agent posing as an American dip...

Info about The Agency

Seasons: 2

Network: CBS

Genres:Drama, Thriller