Madam Secretary Season 1 |
Episode 1 - [Pilot] |
Details : The new Secretary Of State Elizabeth McCord finds herself immediately faced with a maelstrom of difficult political challenges with an international hostage situation being her most important challenge. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jordan Baker as Susan Cole | Kevin Kilner as Robert Cole | Ato Essandoh as King Nungunde | Bob Schieffer as Himself | William Sadler as George | Mozhan Marnň as Roxanne Majidi | Director : David Semel | Writer : Barbara Hall | |
Air Date : Sep. 21, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 2 - [Another Benghazi] |
Details : Elizabeth has to deal with a crisis in Yemen and there's trouble on the home front for her as well after her oldest daughter Stevie manages to make the headlines for protesting a new policy at her university. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : David Semel | Writer : Barbara Hall | |
Air Date : Sep. 28, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 3 - [The Operative] |
Details : Elizabeth is confronted by a hostile reporter who is threatening to publish confidential documents. Elsewhere Henry is stuck in an international negotiation when his wife uses his job as leverage to make a deal with Pakistan. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Yorgo Constantine as Russian Foreign Minister Gorev | Cathy Haase as Ambassador Gabriela Reinhart | Yoshiro Kono as Advisor | Writer : David Grae | Director : Jeremy Webb | |
Air Date : Oct. 05, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 4 - [Just Another Normal Day] |
Details : A Chinese student comes between a peace treaty between Japan and China. Stevie and Alison continue to clash. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Tim Daly as Henry McCord | Erich Bergen as Blake Moran | Vikki Eugenis as Harper | Director : Eric Stoltz | Writer : Barbara Hall | |
Air Date : Oct. 12, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 5 - [Blame Canada] |
Details : Elizabeth negotiate's with Iran over their nuclear program. Jason works with his Dad on a school report. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Soraya Broukhim as Translator | Eric Martin Brown as Reporter | Director : Eriq La Salle | Writer : Paul Redford | |
Air Date : Oct. 19, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 6 - [The Call] |
Details : Elizabeth faces unexpected consequences when she makes a plea to the President to help with a dire situation in Western Africa. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Maameyaa Boafo as Komoyo | Louis Gossett Jr. as Father Laurent Vasseur | Owiso Odera as Amabassador Odilon Bokassa | Ned Eisenberg as Dan Pasternak | Rae C. Wright as French U.N. Ambassador | Lynne Wintersteller as Interviewer | Tom Kemp as Major Hicks | Stephen Sable as Agent Napier | Ebube Ibekwe as Nun | Director : Mark Piznarski | Writer : Matt Ward | |
Air Date : Oct. 26, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 7 - [Passage] |
Details : After Elizabeth takes Alison with her to India on her first state department trip abroad she is soon in crisis mode after a huge earthquake hits that causes an explosion at an American-owned factory. She is also separated from Alison. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Wood as Sarah Eckhart | Corey Cott as Scott Welland | Sakina Jaffrey as Foreign Minister Chondita Samant | John Shea as Ted Graham | Dion Graham as Diplomatic Security Head Agent Fred Cole | Shivam Chopra as Sanjay | Keith Carradine as Conrad Dalton | Director : Martha Coolidge | Writer : Alex Cooley | |
Air Date : Nov. 02, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
Episode 8 - [Need To Know] |
Details : Henry ends up being reactivated by the president into the NSA and he decides to keep his continued involvement in the spy game a secret from Elizabeth. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Victor Slezak as Prime Minister Vlad Diacov | Daniel Oreskes as General Kolba | Tom Degnan as Jim Ionesco | Tammy Blanchard as Claire Ionesco | Sathya Sridharan as NSA Tech | Anna Wood as Sarah Eckhart | Shirine Babb as Assistant | Alfredo Narciso as NTSB Chairman Humphrey Nelson | Amr El-Bayoumi as Guest | Ronald Guttman as Klaus Von Muhlberg | Luis Moreno as Seal Commander | Jakob Von Eichel as Soldier | Michael Torpey as Late Night Host | Tony Plana as Admiral Ed Parker | Director : Dennie Gordon | Writer : Alexander Maggio | |
Air Date : Nov. 09, 2014 |
Episode 9 - [So It Goes] |
Details : Elizabeth Henry and Isabelle investigate a plane crash that killed former Secretary of State Vincent Marsh. Nadine reenters the dating scene after she agrees to go on a date with a NASA scientist. |
Air Date : Nov. 16, 2014 |
Episode 10 - [Collateral Damage] |
Details : A deranged gunman manages to leave the State Department in lockdown. Matt has some information to tell Daisy's fiance. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Chris Richards as White House Photographer's Assistant (uncredited) | |
Air Date : Nov. 23, 2014 |
Episode 11 - [Game On] |
Details : Elizabeth Henry and Isabelle work together to find former Secretary of State Vincent Marsh’s secret bank account but soon uncover that one of Elizabeth’s staff members already has access to it. |
Air Date : Nov. 30, 2014 |
Episode 12 - [Standoff] |
Details : When a Texas state trooper is killed by a Mexican cartel smuggler Elizabeth arranges an extradition deal before going on vacation to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary in New York City. However when political issues arise around the case she is forced to cut their trip short. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jennifer Mudge as Kelly Banks | |
Air Date : Jan. 04, 2015 |
Episode 13 - [Chains Of Command] |
Details : Elizabeth pushes for the prosecution of a Bahraini diplomat after he is caught holding a maid hostage in his home. Also Henry's father comes to visit. |
Air Date : Jan. 11, 2015 |
Episode 14 - [Whisper Of The Ax] |
Details : Elizabeth is humiliated at a public budget hearing when her staff fails to find the corruption that exists in her microloan program. Also the investigation into Marsh's death continues. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Chantal Thuy as Nhung Chuang | |
Air Date : Mar. 01, 2015 |
Episode 15 - [The Ninth Circle] |
Details : Elizabeth heads to Turkey to mend political relations after the Turkish government releases a video that could be damaging to the CIA. Also Jason is threatened with expulsion after punching a bully at school. |
Air Date : Mar. 08, 2015 |
Episode 16 - [Tamerlane] |
Details : Elizabeth secretly travels to Iran in an attempt to prevent a coup that could impact President Dalton’s administration. Also she brings her staff up to speed on the investigation into Marsh’s death. |
Air Date : Mar. 15, 2015 |
Episode 17 - [Face The Nation] |
Details : As Elizabeth struggles to hold herself together emotionally following the attack in Iran she works to prevent an ecological disaster in the Amazon and prepares for a national television appearance on “Face the Nation.” Also she and Henry disagree about the level of protection Jason should have at his new school. |
Air Date : Mar. 22, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
Episode 18 - [The Time Is At Hand] |
Details : While Elizabeth seeks a diplomatic solution to a doomsday cult in Bolivia a congressman attempting to negotiate with its leader is taken hostage. Meanwhile Elizabeth and Henry meet Stevie’s much older boyfriend. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Glenn Fitzgerald as Révérend Wesley Finch | |
Air Date : Mar. 29, 2015 |
Episode 19 - [Spartan Figures] |
Details : Elizabeth and President Dalton work together to solve the Greek debt crisis but not everyone at home is happy with the agreement. Meanwhile Henry mulls over a new job offer and Stevie reconnects with her childhood friend the President’s son. |
Air Date : Apr. 05, 2015 |
Episode 20 - [The Necessary Art] |
Details : While Henry is in Russia giving a lecture on fundamentalism Elizabeth must navigate tricky political waters when a Russian nuclear submarine vanishes in American waters. Also Stevie breaks up with her older boyfriend. |
Air Date : Apr. 12, 2015 |
Episode 21 - [The Kill List] |
Details : As Elizabeth prepares for the arrival of Iranian President Shiraz to sign a nuclear treaty she uncovers a top secret plot to assassinate him on United States soil. At the same time she must deal with a massive protest by the Human Rights Campaign in response to Iran’s plans to stone a gay citizen to death. Also Elizabeth sees a therapist (Marsha Mason) to deal with her PTSD. |
Air Date : Apr. 26, 2015 |
Episode 22 - [There But For The Grace Of God] |
Details : When Elizabeth confronts her former friend Juliet she flashes back to when then-CIA Director Dalton offered her a job that would have changed the course of her life. Also Stevie and President Dalton’s son Harrison (Jason Ralph) begin a relationship that will have consequences. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Matt Meinsen | |
Air Date : May. 03, 2015 |