CIA Season 1 Episode 3 Release Date, Time & What to Expect — The Mole Hunt Is About to Begin

Two episodes in and CBS’s CIA has already served up a stolen weapon, a defecting spy, a drugged safehouse, and the jaw-dropping reveal that Colin Glass has a secret family. Episode 3 can’t come soon enough — and here’s everything you need to know before it drops.

CIASeason 1 Episode 3 — Key Details

📺 Tip: CIA airs as part of CBS’s packed Monday night block — right after FBI at 9 PM ET. Set that reminder now.

🕵️ Where We Left Off After Episode 2

Episode 2, “Fatal Defect,” ended on two massive cliffhangers. Bill returned home to an empty apartment — his engagement to Katie is quietly falling apart under the weight of this new, secretive job. Meanwhile, Colin — who had spent the entire episode preaching that family is a spy’s fatal weakness — walked through the front door of a warm, suburban home where a woman and a young boy named Max were waiting for him. Who are they? His real family? A cover? Nobody knows yet, and that’s exactly the point.

Throw in a barely-neutralised sleeper cell, Nikki’s undercover bravado at a tea bar, and the looming FBI intelligence tip about a mole inside CIA’s New York Station — and Episode 3 has a lot of threads to pull on.

🔍 What to Expect in Episode 3

With the mole subplot now firmly planted (introduced in Episode 1 by FBI’s Jubal Valentine), expect Colin and Bill’s already fragile trust to crack further. Every character in the New York Station becomes a suspect — including Nikki, Gina, and even Colin himself given his habit of operating in the shadows. The show has been layering serialised tension beneath its procedural case-of-the-week format, and Episode 3 looks set to turn up that heat considerably.

Bill’s personal life will also come to a head — his relationship with Katie has been quietly unravelling, and the show seems to be building toward a moment where his professional secrecy costs him something real and permanent. For more on the full cast and how the show fits into the larger Dick Wolf FBI television universe, it’s worth brushing up before Monday night.

📺 Full Season 1 Schedule (So Far)

Binge-reading before Monday? Check out TechnoSports’ full CIA Season 1 coverage for recaps, cast breakdowns, and streaming guides — and don’t miss our weekly TV tracker for all CBS shows this spring.

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