The Agency

The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. It aired from September 27, 2001 until May 17, 2003, lasting two seasons. It featured unprecedented filming from the actual CIA headquarters. At times controversial regarding issues on international affairs, and ethical vs. unethical intelligence work, The Agency was originally conceived as a look at how the CIA was surviving in the post-Cold War era. Episodes often... more

The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. It aired from September 27, 2001 until May 17, 2003, lasting two seasons. It featured unprecedented filming from the actual CIA headquarters. At times controversial regarding issues on international affairs, and ethical vs. unethical intelligence work, The Agency was originally conceived as a look at how the CIA was surviving in the post-Cold War era. Episodes often involved the Director or Deputy Director learning of possible terrorist threats. There would then be a conference with the DCI, DDCI, the Clandestine Operations Officer (Matt Callan or A.B. Stiles) and representatives of the art department--responsible for creating necessary documents or innocuous looking weapons, needed by the Clandestine Operations officer(s) to fulfill their mission. In one instance, the art department painted a bowl of Semtex (a plastic explosive) to look like an antique bowl, so that an antique-collecting terrorist would... less