The Agency (2001 TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = The Agency


caption = Main Cast of The Agency
rating =
format = Serial drama
runtime = 60 minutes
creator = Michael Frost Beckner
starring = Beau Bridges
Ronny Cox
Gil Bellows
Rocky Carroll
Gloria Reuben
Paige Turco
David Clennon
Richard Speight, Jr.
Jason O'Mara
with Daniel Benzali
and Will Patton
executive producers = Gail Katz
Wolfgang Peterson
Shaun Cassidy
country = USA
network = CBS
first_aired = September 27, 2001
last_aired = May 17, 2003
num_episodes = 44
list_episodes = List of The Agency episodes
imdb_id = 0285332
tv_com_id = 2126

"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.

Plot

The episodes usually 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. The focus would then be on the art department creating necessary documents or innocuous looking weapons which were needed for the Clandestine Operations officer(s) to fulfil their mission. In one instance, the art department painted a bowl of Semtex to look like an antique bowl so that a terrorist who collected antiques would buy it and was in this way eliminated.

The show did make controversy on international affairs and unethical intelligence work, but showed a very loose and simplified picture of how international conflict, security and terrorism works.

Cast

* Gil Bellows - Matt Callan (Season 1)
* Daniel Benzali - Deputy Director Robert Quinn (Episodes 14-44, recurring previously)
* Beau Bridges - Senator/Director Tom Gage (Episodes 14-44)
* Rocky Carroll - Carl Reese
* David Clennon - Joshua Nankin
* Ronny Cox - Director Alex Pierce (Episodes 1-10)
* Jason O'Mara - A.B. Stiles (Season 2)
* Will Patton - Jackson Haisley
* Gloria Reuben - Lisa Fabrizzi (Episodes 1-13, 21-22)
* Richard Speight, Jr. - Lex (Season 1, recurring previously)
* Paige Turco - Terri Lowell

Episodes

The Agency had 2 Seasons and 44 episodes. For more information see:

List of The Agency episodes

DVD releases

Trivia

*The show was not renewed for a third season by CBS. Due to this there were large petitions for CBS to renew The Agency for another season or simply another episode to conclude the cliffhanger - which is to date unresolved.
*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.

External links

*imdb title|id=0285332|title=The Agency
* [http://www.jasonandpaige.net/TheAgency1.html The Agency on Jason and Paige Fan Site]
* [http://www.tv.com/the-agency/show/2126/summary.html?q=the%20agency The Agency on TV.com ]
* [http://www.jasonomara.net/agency.html The Agency Jason O'Mara]