Exclusive: Covert Affairs Taps Lie to Me Vet Brendan Hines

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Lie to Me alum Brendan Hines will guest star on the upcoming third season of USA Network’s Covert Affairs, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Hines — who currently recurs on ABC’s Scandal — will appear in Episode 3 as Wade, a Peace Corps volunteer with an appetite for living and a good heart, who works with Auggie’s gal pal Parker (guest star Devin Kelly).

Additionally, Mexican soap star Ana Claudia Talancon has been tapped to play a talented but paranoid Spanish hacker in Episode 2. Her character, Pilar, catches the CIA’s attention with a potentially deadly computer virus.

The new season of Covert Affairs kicks off on July 10 at 10/9c.


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