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Series: The Agency

A short-lived series about inner workings of the CIA — a mix of Spy Drama, Government Procedural and office drama. The show lasted from September, 2001 to May, 2003.

Lots of Espionage Tropes, naturally.

This series provides examples of:

The Con: The agents sometimes use techniques lifted straight from Con Artists to get their objectives accomplished.
Everything's Better With Cows: The first season episode "Moo", with a World War II spy cow-suit.
Flock of Wolves: A sting operation to catch terrorists nets them agents from the FBI, Immigration, and the Secret Service, but no actual terrorists.
Interservice Rivalry
The Mole: One episode focused on the search for one.
Overt Operative: Some of the characters are overt employees, and thus don't have covers.
Playful Hacker: Lex
Spy From Weights And Measures: One agent's cover is as a Department of Commerce worker.
Spy Glasses: With infrared camera.
The Spymaster