The Agency

TV Series
2001–2003
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,998

605

Will Patton, Gil Bellows, Gloria Reuben, and Paige Turco in The Agency (2001)

Drama Thriller

A look at the inner workings of the CIA.A look at the inner workings of the CIA.A look at the inner workings of the CIA.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,998

605

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Episodes45

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Trivia
The show was originally conceived as a look at how the CIA was surviving in the post-Cold War era. When the World Trade Center was destroyed, it changed the entire focus of the show and required the replacement of the character of Alex Pierce.

Quotes
A.B. Stiles: You know, my daddy told me "When you go to war, always carry an American gun. That way, if you're captured, you tell them 'When my grandfather went to Germany to fight the Nazis, he carried this pistol, and it never jammed on him once.' And then you tell them 'When my father went to Vietnam to fight the Cong, he carried this pistol, and it never jammed on him once.' And while you're telling them this
[pulls a Glock from an ankle holster]
A.B. Stiles: you shoot them with an Austrian gun and come home alive.

Connections
Featured in CBS Sneak Peek (2001)

I think that The Agency is a wonderful show because it is not fake. Many of the shows out there today have wonderful acting but they don't seem real, they don't seem to hit home with some people. The Agency takes real things that have happened and turned them into Storylines and Scripts. Like the Anthrax and the smallpox episodes. Things that really happened. Even though the show is just a show and none of it is really real and we shouldn't depend on it for the answers but sometimes it gives us a sense of comfort because it shows us what the CIA does to handle national problems. I hope that this show stays on the air for a long time, as long as ER and NYPD Blue. I hope also that more people will start to watch the Agency to keep it on the air because it is a truly wonderful show.