Madam Secretary (2014)

Drama · Thriller

After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (29,486 votes)
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.61 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 44 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.4	910
2	Another Benghazi	7.5	703
3	The Operative	7.5	647
4	Just Another Normal Day	7.5	613
5	Blame Canada	7.6	600
6	The Call	7.3	581
7	Passage	7.5	571
8	Need to Know	7.6	542
9	So It Goes	8.0	581
10	Collateral Damage	7.6	542
11	Game On	7.7	548
12	Standoff	7.3	524
13	Chains of Command	7.6	520
14	Whisper of the Ax	7.8	504
15	The Ninth Circle	7.7	505
16	Tamerlane	8.4	614
17	Face the Nation	7.7	516
18	The Time Is at Hand	7.4	476
19	Spartan Figures	7.2	494
20	The Necessary Art	7.6	479
21	The Kill List	7.8	490
22	There But for the Grace of God	7.7	502

Season 2 (2015)

7.72 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 43 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Show Must Go On	8.1	577
2	The Doability Doctrine	7.8	473
3	The Rusalka	7.6	434
4	Waiting for Taleju	7.6	429
5	The Long Shot	7.7	428
6	Catch and Release	7.7	440
7	You Say You Want a Revolution	7.8	443
8	Lights Out	8.1	487
9	Russian Roulette	8.1	469
10	The Greater Good	8.1	490
11	Unity Node	7.7	420
12	The Middle Way	7.4	420
13	Invasive Species	7.7	428
14	Left of the Boom	7.8	416
15	Right of the Boom	7.8	401
16	Hijriyyah	7.5	377
17	Higher Learning	7.5	379
18	On the Clock	7.1	386
19	Desperate Remedies	7.6	375
20	Ghost Detainee	7.3	366
21	Connection Lost	7.6	369
22	Render Safe	7.9	370
23	Vartius	8.1	433

Season 3 (2016)

7.44 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 7.3 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sea Change	7.7	384
2	The Linchpin	7.7	346
3	South China Sea	7.4	319
4	The Dissent Memo	7.4	319
5	The French Revolution	7.5	322
6	The Statement	7.6	319
7	Tectonic Shift	7.5	321
8	Breakout Capacity	7.5	314
9	Snap Back	7.8	308
10	The Race	7.7	310
11	Gift Horse	7.5	310
12	The Detour	7.2	307
13	The Beautiful Game	7.2	309
14	Labor of Love	6.9	299
15	Break in Diplomacy	7.4	307
16	Swept Away	7.3	297
17	Convergence	7.5	286
18	Good Bones	7.3	288
19	Global Relief	7.1	282
20	Extraordinary Hazard	7.3	278
21	The Seventh Floor	7.8	339
22	Revelation	7.5	293
23	Article 5	7.3	308

Season 4 (2017)

7.45 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 43 min avg

Big finale
Rebound

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	News Cycle	7.7	351
2	Off the Record	7.6	314
3	The Essentials	7.6	317
4	Shutdown	7.2	295
5	Persona Non Grata	7.5	292
6	Loophole	7.5	288
7	North to the Future	7.3	301
8	The Fourth Estate	7.4	292
9	Minefield	7.6	298
10	Women Transform the World	7.3	307
11	Mitya	7.7	319
12	Sound and Fury	7.9	386
13	Reading the Signs	7.2	283
14	Refuge	6.4	348
15	The Unnamed	7.1	276
16	My Funny Valentine	7.5	277
17	Phase Two	7.2	263
18	The Friendship Game	7.1	255
19	Thin Ice	7.2	286
20	The Things We Get to Say	8.1	313
21	Protocol	7.4	287
22	Night Watch	8.4	434

Season 5 (2018)

7.61 avg 20 episodes 7.4 → 8.0 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	E Pluribus Unum	7.4	556
2	The Chaos Game	7.5	298
3	The Magic Rake	7.8	316
4	Requiem	7.7	287
5	Ghosts	7.6	279
6	Eyjafjallajökull	7.4	312
7	Baby Steps	7.5	267
8	The Courage to Continue	7.6	264
9	Winter Garden	7.6	263
10	Family Separation: Part 1	7.8	465
11	Family Separation: Part 2	7.9	407
12	Strategic Ambiguity	7.6	259
13	Proxy War	7.4	257
14	Something Better	7.8	262
15	Between the Seats	7.5	256
16	The New Normal	7.5	332
17	The Common Defense	7.2	308
18	Ready	7.5	282
19	The Great Experiment	8.0	286
20	Better Angels	8.0	330

Season 6 (2019)

7.95 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 8.6 43 min avg

saved-best-for-last

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hail to the Chief	7.6	317
2	The Strike Zone	7.8	274
3	Killer Robots	7.7	253
4	Valor	7.9	254
5	Daisy	7.9	249
6	Deepfake	7.5	249
7	Accountability	7.8	237
8	Ships and Countries	7.7	228
9	Carpe Diem	9.0	388
10	Leaving the Station	8.6	474