Covert Affairs 108+109

[katikat]

So, I watched eps 108 (What Is and What Should Never Be) and 109 (Fool in the Rain) of Covert Affairs and honestly, I don't get why the show is so popular. I mean, Annie is a pretty bad agent - even though we were told she was first among her peers at the academy. Her home life is boring. Her affair with Ben is Boring - yes, it deserved a capital B. Joan and Arthur's marriage is BORING! The only interesting thing about the show is Auggie, who's simply awesome. Oh, and Jai's involvement in the whole Ben thing. Other than that...

What IS so special about this show that it was getting ratings up to 5+ mil. viewers and 1.6 demo last summer?

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[zosimos]

I don't know anything about the demographics for the show - but my mother loved it to the point of calling me and telling me all about it. I had expressed my dissatisfaction with Annie being (as much as I hate the term) too much of a Mary Sue/far too "perfect" with no noticeable flaws. My mother, on the other hand, likened it to Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as a show about "a smart, capable woman who doesn't let anyone tell her what to do. [sic]"

So I don't know how the breakdown of the demographics worked out, by my mother and her peers were watching the show for that reason.