State of Affairs: Season 1

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NBC | Season Premiere Date: November 17, 2014

Starring: Adam Kaufman, Alfre Woodard, Katherine Heigl

Summary: CIA analyst Charleston "Charlie" Tucker (Katherine Heigl) advises President Constance Payton (Alfre Woodard) on national security matters.

Creator: Alexi Hawley and Joe Carnahan

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Deadcheck
Air Date: February 16, 2015
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S1:E12. Here and Now
Air Date: February 9, 2015
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S1:E11. The Faithful
Air Date: February 2, 2015

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Hank Stuever

Sep 19, 2014

The Claire Danes/Carrie Mathison comparisons are inevitable (especially when Heigl’s character numbs her grief with casual sex with strangers), but State of Affairs feels like an honest NBC upgrade. Read full review

Verne Gay

Nov 14, 2014

After this overheated effort to make Charlie interesting, or at least different, she's basically just another Carrie Mathison without the pills. Read full review

Matt Brennan

Nov 17, 2014

The series holds out the promise of a solid, if unspectacular, network procedural. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Nov 13, 2014

A total of nine executive producers, including Heigl and her mother, Nancy. That’s too many cooks for what turns out to be a half-baked hour of ridiculosity. Read full review

Kristi Turnquist

Nov 14, 2014

State of Affairs is another generic Washington D.C.-set thriller drawing on current events for story points (terrorist threats, hostage-taking, global unrest) in a way that feels opportunistic and, frankly, insensitive considering the real-world tragedies that are showing up in the news. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Nov 17, 2014

Cluttered and implausible, the series premiere of NBC’s State of Affairs, hints at the show that could be engaging underneath the poor filmmaking and even more frustrating writing and performances. Read full review

Mark Dawidziak

Nov 17, 2014

This incredibly trite and preposterous series are serious about all the hackneyed twaddle lumbering and stumbling into view Monday night. Just when you think it can't get more laughably bad, it does. Read full review

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mgauss

Apr 12, 2015

Great show. Good drama. Great faces. Critics are jeaulous. Beter than Homeland. Like the pace. Like the story. Keep it going. Really like it. Like the middle east stories.

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hardsell

Mar 3, 2015

One of the best shows on TV. Better than "Homeland", which I don't think is that great anyway. More entertaining than "The Blacklist", which doesn't really hold my interest. It's more realistic than many similar programs.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

ana_melinte90

Dec 18, 2014

This show is great! And Katherine Heigl really managed to impress me with her performance on this one. I don't get why this show is rated so poorly...

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LamontRaymond

Nov 19, 2014

Not as terrible as I expected it would be. In fact, after watching the pilot, I might have to go one more episode. We're letting it ride, people - going one episode at a time, here.

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

TheKiddy

Dec 20, 2014

The lead Catherine Heigl seems so uncomfortable and miscast, like a cheer leader pretending to be a spy or pretending to be an actress pretending to be a spy. I admit to not watching a whole lot of broadcast TV shows: I'm more of a cable kinda gal. But I am enthralled by Scandal and this isThe lead Catherine Heigl seems so uncomfortable and miscast, like a cheer leader pretending to be a spy or pretending to be an actress pretending to be a spy. I admit to not watching a whole lot of broadcast TV shows: I'm more of a cable kinda gal. But I am enthralled by Scandal and this is no Scandal -- and this character (as played) is no Olivia Pope.… Expand

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maeganbeth

Nov 18, 2014

Ugh. I had such high hopes for this show. I couldn't even get through the episode. The show is poorly written and is boring and so predictable. The actors don't really bring anything to the table and the episode didn't accomplish much of anything.

3 of 7 users found this helpful34

talonps1

Feb 3, 2015

Seriously, some series got canceled and this POS is made. If anything is ever true in hollywood it's this...TV and Movie execs are so drugged up and retarded they develop shows only people with limited intelligence truly enjoy anymore.

Case in point, this show and the 600 million copiesSeriously, some series got canceled and this POS is made. If anything is ever true in hollywood it's this...TV and Movie execs are so drugged up and retarded they develop shows only people with limited intelligence truly enjoy anymore.

Case in point, this show and the 600 million copies of CSI and Law & Order shows, absolutely pathetic.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 17, 2014
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  S1:E13. Deadcheck
  Air Date: February 16, 2015
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  S1:E12. Here and Now
  Air Date: February 9, 2015
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  S1:E11. The Faithful
  Air Date: February 2, 2015
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  S1:E10. The War at Home
  Air Date: January 26, 2015
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  S1:E9. Cry Havoc
  Air Date: January 19, 2015
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  S1:E8. Ghosts
  Air Date: January 12, 2015
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  S1:E7. Bellerophon
  Air Date: January 5, 2015
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  S1:E6. Masquerade
  Air Date: December 22, 2014
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  S1:E5. Ar Rissalah
  Air Date: December 15, 2014
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  S1:E4. Bang, Bang
  Air Date: December 8, 2014
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  S1:E3. Half the Sky
  Air Date: December 1, 2014
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  S1:E2. Secrets & Lies
  Air Date: November 24, 2014
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: November 17, 2014