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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.

Tropes used in The Agency include:

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

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-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.
+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.
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-* [[The Con]]: The agents sometimes use techniques lifted straight from [[Con Artist|Con Artists]] to get their objectives accomplished.
+* [[The Con]]: The agents sometimes use techniques lifted straight from [[Con Artist]]s 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.