Covert Affairs

The title of this episode is also the title of a song by the musical group R.E.M. from their 1994 album "Monster".

Doug de Boer, Rich Koop, Glen MacDonald, Julie Fitzgerald and Marc Roy, who played members of the bluegrass band in this episode, are actual members of the Canadian bluegrass band Hard Ryde.

Goof: When Ben and Annie climb through the windows, they are protected from the guards guns by the bullet-proof glass on either side of the pane that was broken. However, when Ben shatters the glass, three panes are broken, not just one. This is also seen later when they tie the ropes to the window supports to repel down the side of the building. If only one pane was broken, they would not have been able to tie on the ropes.

Annie's personal American passportlists the following details: date of birth (8 Aug 1980), place of birth (Wisconsin), date of issue (18 Jan 2010), date of expiration (18 Jan 2020), (issuing) authority (Philadelphia) and passport no. (3298981299182).

If Annie and Carlo landed anywhere northeast of Buenos Aires, they'd be in Uruguay, not Argentina. The province of Entre Ríos is north-northwest of Buenos Aires.

Carlo has the accent of an Argentine, not an Italian, and many of his Italian words are pronounced like they would be in Rio Platense Spanish rather than Italian. This makes sense, since Ignacio Serricchio is from Buenos Aires.

When Turnbull breaks into Annie's London hotel room and looks through her passport, we see that her date of birth is 08 August 80.