Episode 40: An introduction to Covert Affairs and why you should trust Corman & Ord

Daredevil: Born Again will be returning to our screens with many familiar names attached, but one pair of names may still be a mystery: showrunners Matt Corman & Chris Ord. To demystify the duo, a few of the biggest Covert Affairs fangirls on Team #SavedDaredevil are here to give Daredevil fans a primer on CA, and why Corman & Ord’s work on that series should assure us that Daredevil is in good hands.

SHOW NOTES

Some of Team #SavedDaredevil’s biggest Covert Affairs fangirls, Rhiannon, Shelby and Christine, sit down today to discuss the 2010 USA Network espionage series about Annie Walker (played by Piper Perabo), an idealistic young CIA trainee who is thrown into duty early as a field operative and guided by her handler, a blind CIA military intelligence agent, Auggie Anderson (Christopher Gorham). The five seasons of the show follow Annie as she develops her skills as a spy while balancing a double life. But why is this series being discussed at all on a Daredevil podcast? Because Covert Affairs is the most notable television credit for Daredevil: Born Again showrunners, Matt Corman and Chris Ord. We hope after listening to today’s pod, fans might feel reassured in Corman and Ord’s qualifications to handle Daredevil, and they might even find a new favorite show to binge. Enjoy!

  • 00:00 - Introduction

  • 01:15 - Explaining why a Daredevil podcast is dedicating a whole episode to Covert Affairs

  • 02:45 - Rhiannon and Shelby’s fandom friendship origin story

  • 03:40 - Covert Affairs’ rise during a different era of television

  • 07:00 - What exactly is Covert Affairs?

  • 11:45 - Corman and Ord as experienced television writers

  • 13:50 - Efficiency of shooting on-location in Covert Affairs + potential block shooting for Daredevil: Born Again

  • 15:30 - Digging into the details of Covert Affairs characters and storylines

  • 18:10 - CA’s great use of recurring + guest actors and creating relatable characters in TV

  • 23:30 - Henry Wilcox aka the Fisk of Covert Affairs

  • 27:20 - About Auggie Anderson and how they handle blindness on CA

  • 34:15 - Hyping up the women on CA and the fights

  • 35:50 - How Corman & Ord might similarly handle supporting characters on DD:BA

  • 38:14 - How to stream Covert Affairs

  • 39:23 - Recommended episodes to watch (full list in links)

  • 41:50 - Final thoughts

  • 42:50 - Wrapping up some relevant past quotes from Corman & Ord

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