Spy drama Covert Affairs is still trending in the UK a month after it was added to Prime Video.

The show, which ran for five seasons between 2010 and 2014, joined Amazon's streaming subscription service in May.

Since then, it's been consistently hanging around in the site's trending section, and at the time of writing, is right behind SpongeBob SquarePants and slightly above Fallout on JustWatch's TV show streaming charts, which covers all services.

The show follows Annie Walker, a CIA trainee who suddenly becomes a field operative. With her ability to speak seven languages and a dependable tech support guy in Auggie Anderson, she goes from relatively green agent to hardened super-spy.

Covert Affairs stars Angel Has Fallen's Piper Perabo, Ugly Betty's Christopher Gorham, Heroes' Sendhil Ramamurthy, Home and Away's Nic Bishop, The Mummy's Oded Fehr, and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' Amy Jo Johnson.

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Over its five seasons, reviews from critics were consistently positive, while the Rotten Tomatoes user score actually improved from season one to season five.

Looking at the critic reviews, plenty of publications compared the show to Alias, the early 2000s spy drama from JJ Abrams that starred Jennifer Garner in the lead role.

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Zap2It called the show "slick and likable" while Philadelphia Daily News wrote that it takes viewers on an "entertaining ride".

The Sydney Morning Herald called the show a "kooky dramedy" that is "full of implausibilities, but engaging all the same", while The Hollywood Reporter dubbed it "perfect summer television — just turn off the excess brain cells and let Agent Walker do the seduction, and the shooting, for you."

Covert Affairs is available to stream now for Prime Video subscribers.


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