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Season 1 – State of Affairs

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Female CIA-analyst Charleston Tucker assembles President Roberta Payton's daily press briefing, a list of the most-urgent security issues facing the nation. The task requires moral and political decision-making by her team of analysts. Beyond a professional relationship with the president, she also has a personal one, having been engaged to marry Payton's son, before his death in a terrorist attack. As Charlie navigates a complicated personal life and a challenging job, she occasionally shows an edge to mask her grief, but she stands fully committed to the job.
State of Affairs — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

State of Affairs benefits from Alfre Woodard's talent, but this overly serious show is dragged down by Katherine Heigl's unsympathetic character and a surfeit of unintentional laughs.

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Willa Paskin Slate 11/20/2014
[The episode's last-minute big reveal is] promising because it calls into question Charlie's competence. Go to Full Review Diane Garrett TheWrap 11/19/2014
State of Affairs is so ludicrous it's impossible to take seriously. Go to Full Review Maureen Ryan HuffPost 11/19/2014
The show failed to convince me that Heigl's character -- a CIA analyst who prepares the president's daily briefing -- is actually good at her job, nor did any of the other events feel plausible or even plausibility-adjacent. Go to Full Review Matt Webb Mitovich TV Line 08/01/2016
Once intros are out of the way and the plot takes hold... State of Affairs becomes a drama I could like, though that just might be my well-chronicled blind love for anything D.C.-related speaking. Go to Full Review Zach Hollwedel Under the Radar 11/22/2014
5.5/10
State of Affairs opens surprisingly aggressively (in a good way) for a primetime drama. Go to Full Review Krystal Sondel TV Fanatic 11/22/2014
4.5/5
The hour flew by, and now another drama has been added to my weekly television card. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/22/2017 Great show! Don't know why it wasn't better received. See more 07/20/2015 State of Affairs feels like a network version of the TV Show Homeland...it does have it's differences but there are some similarities.The show focuses on Charleston Tucker (Catherine Heigl) Charleston is a CIA Analyst who does briefings for the President about what is the top threat to our nation. Charleston Tucker was engaged to the President's son until he was killed by terrorists after an ambush. Charleston is passionate about her work driven by the trauma of losing her fiance, and she clashes with Nick (Chris McKenna) that shares a secret with her about something in her past. Charleston's focus is one terrorist she has been after for years that she risks creating an asset off the books that wreaks havoc on her ability to conduct other investigations without sacrificing her asset. Twists & turns with suspenseful moment make this very watchable. The Season finale was a great twist. See more 05/07/2015 I enjoyed the series a lot. Even though many critics saying Heigl was not as good as could be and that Woodard have been the best actor in the series I'd rather disagree as Woodard just tends to annoy me - where as the plot and the story it self is different enough for it to stand out from other series of its like. It would be a shame if the show was cancelled, but then again, as the US audience not always appreciate the same as the European (or asian for that matter) I'm affraid it will go. See more 05/05/2015 The trouble with this is it is both unbelievable and boring. The last two episodes are the best - if you can last that long. See more 03/22/2015 This pastiche of Homeland, Madam Secretary, that thing with Piper Perabo and a wink and a nod to Spooks, NCIS and Hawaii 50 is unwatchable. Heigle should stick to stills. Talking, walking and acting convincingly all at the same time are challenging it would seem. And no amount of soft-focus mesh-lensed close ups are going to fix it. It's worse attributes however lie in the writing and plotting. It's a 'penny dreadful' telling of what unimaginative writers would have us believe goes on in Washington. My two-word review: Sub-standard. See more 03/22/2015 Wanna be Scadal with a white bitch See more Read all reviews
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Katherine Heigl

Charleston Tucker

Alfre Woodard

President Constance Payton

Adam Kaufman

Lucas Newsome

Sheila Vand

Maureen James

Cliff Chamberlain

Kurt Tannen

Tommy Savas

Dashiell Greer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 17, 2014 Pilot CIA analyst Charlie Tucker and President Payton consider how to avenge the death of Payton's son, who was killed a year ago in Kabul when a diplomatic convoy was attacked. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 24, 2014 Secrets & Lies A stranded Russian submarine contains stolen U.S. secrets; Charlie receives an incriminating picture; President Payton selects a new CIA director. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 1, 2014 Half the Sky Charlie remembers the first time she met Nick; members of a militant Islamist movement capture 21 Nigerian girls; the Chinese president comes to Camp David. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 8, 2014 Bang, Bang After Charlie and Nick receive a threatening text, Nick embarks on an investigation to find the source; information from a rival causes President Payton to question Charlie's faithfulness; Jack Dawkins must contain a smallpox contamination in Panama. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 15, 2014 Ar Rissalah President Payton has questions for Nick Vera after part of the convoy attack report is leaked; Kurt works up the courage to show Maureen his hand. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 22, 2014 Masquerade During a trip to Qatar with the president, Charlie deals with a local who claims to be a CIA asset, but the agency has no record of the man; Charlie takes a deadly risk in pursuit of the truth about her fiance's death. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 5, 2015 Bellerophon Photos of national landmarks featuring the är rissãlah symbol surface; Charlie tries to contact her asset in the Yemeni secret police; President Payton must make a major decision. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 12, 2015 Ghosts The team must locate Jack Dawkins when he is kidnapped and held for ransom; Maureen struggles when she substitutes as the president's briefer while Charlie is at Langley. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 19, 2015 Cry Havoc Charlie and the team think a sorority girl is still an active member of Ar Rissalah's American terrorist cell; Nick gets closer to Omar Fattah. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 26, 2015 The War at Home During a race to find missing bombs, Charlie must turn to a former adversary for help; President Payton is faced with a new political threat; Nick and Omar Fatah are followed. Details Episode 11 Aired Feb 2, 2015 The Faithful Charlie and Lucas help the FBI search for an Ar Rissalah terrorist who escaped custody in West Virginia; President Payton makes a deal with the media. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 9, 2015 Here and Now Charlie and President Payton must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to apprehend the world's most-wanted terrorist; details of Charlie and Nick's romantic past are revealed; Kurt gets in too deep. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 16, 2015 Deadcheck Charlie quits the CIA to track down and kill Omar Fatah; Victor Gantry threatens to tell the public that Sheikh Hakam doesn't exist; the seventh floor team vows to help Charlie. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Katherine Heigl, Nancy Heigl, Alexi Hawley, Robert Simonds, Sophie Watts, Henry Crumpton, Julia Franz, Rodney Faraon
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-14 (V|L)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Nov 17, 2014