‘State of Affairs’ Episode 1 Recap: Mystery Behind The President’s Death

"State of Affairs" premiere episode started with Charlie Tucker recalling the fateful night when her fiancé was killed in a terrorist attack. The events of the night were so traumatic that they have changed Charlie forever. Despite her emotional state, she has to maneuver through all the politics at the White House. [Warning: Spoiler Alert!]

Charlie Tucker is responsible for putting together the daily brief for the President of the U.S. She and her team come across a case of a U.S. citizen kidnapped in a foreign country by a splinter terrorist group. The kidnapped man looks very similar to Charlie's dead fiancé, who also happens to be the President's son.

The terrorist responsible for the death of Charlie's fiancé is Omar Fatah. The CIA receives intelligence that Fatah is close to the location of the kidnapped U.S citizen. There is only one military unit in the region and Charlie decides to hide the intelligence report about Fatah from the President, to give the U.S citizen a chance to be rescued.

There is also suspense in "State of Affairs." Charlie may not have been totally honest about what happened the night her fiancé died. Did her guilt drive her to save the man who looks like her fiancé? Or is it something else? It is later revealed that Omar Fatah may have been working for the CIA in the past.

Charlie's decision to suppress the intelligence report on Fatah gets her into trouble when the CIA director finds out that this information has not reached the President, and a meeting that he had requested with the president was cancelled. Charlie is suspended for her actions and nearly gets detained.

Some quick maneuvering and pulling some strings with the Secret Service helps Charlie to deflect the charges. The General who was with the CIA director, offering information about Fatah, had a cell phone hidden in his hat and turned out to be a spy. The revelation helps Charlie to brush off the allegations leveled by the CIA director.

There is, however, more trouble for Charlie in "State of Affairs." A man claiming to know what really happened on the night Charlie's fiancé died sends Charlie text messages from an untraceable phone. More clues about this mystery person may be revealed in the next episode, slated to air on Nov. 24, 2014.

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