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 (29,698 votes)
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.61 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 44 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.5	924
2	Another Benghazi	7.5	709
3	The Operative	7.5	651
4	Just Another Normal Day	7.5	617
5	Blame Canada	7.6	604
6	The Call	7.3	585
7	Passage	7.5	575
8	Need to Know	7.6	546
9	So It Goes	8.0	585
10	Collateral Damage	7.6	546
11	Game On	7.7	552
12	Standoff	7.3	529
13	Chains of Command	7.6	525
14	Whisper of the Ax	7.8	510
15	The Ninth Circle	7.7	510
16	Tamerlane	8.4	620
17	Face the Nation	7.7	521
18	The Time Is at Hand	7.4	482
19	Spartan Figures	7.2	499
20	The Necessary Art	7.6	483
21	The Kill List	7.8	496
22	There But for the Grace of God	7.7	508

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	584
2	The Doability Doctrine	7.8	478
3	The Rusalka	7.6	438
4	Waiting for Taleju	7.6	433
5	The Long Shot	7.7	431
6	Catch and Release	7.7	443
7	You Say You Want a Revolution	7.8	446
8	Lights Out	8.1	490
9	Russian Roulette	8.1	472
10	The Greater Good	8.1	494
11	Unity Node	7.7	423
12	The Middle Way	7.4	423
13	Invasive Species	7.7	431
14	Left of the Boom	7.8	419
15	Right of the Boom	7.8	404
16	Hijriyyah	7.5	380
17	Higher Learning	7.5	382
18	On the Clock	7.1	389
19	Desperate Remedies	7.6	378
20	Ghost Detainee	7.3	369
21	Connection Lost	7.6	372
22	Render Safe	7.9	372
23	Vartius	8.1	435

Season 3 (2016)

7.45 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 7.3 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sea Change	7.7	391
2	The Linchpin	7.7	351
3	South China Sea	7.5	324
4	The Dissent Memo	7.4	324
5	The French Revolution	7.6	327
6	The Statement	7.6	324
7	Tectonic Shift	7.5	326
8	Breakout Capacity	7.5	319
9	Snap Back	7.8	314
10	The Race	7.7	314
11	Gift Horse	7.5	314
12	The Detour	7.2	311
13	The Beautiful Game	7.2	314
14	Labor of Love	6.9	303
15	Break in Diplomacy	7.4	311
16	Swept Away	7.3	302
17	Convergence	7.5	290
18	Good Bones	7.3	292
19	Global Relief	7.1	286
20	Extraordinary Hazard	7.3	282
21	The Seventh Floor	7.8	344
22	Revelation	7.5	297
23	Article 5	7.3	311

Season 4 (2017)

7.46 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 43 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	News Cycle	7.7	355
2	Off the Record	7.6	317
3	The Essentials	7.6	320
4	Shutdown	7.2	299
5	Persona Non Grata	7.6	295
6	Loophole	7.5	290
7	North to the Future	7.3	304
8	The Fourth Estate	7.4	294
9	Minefield	7.6	300
10	Women Transform the World	7.3	309
11	Mitya	7.7	321
12	Sound and Fury	7.9	388
13	Reading the Signs	7.2	285
14	Refuge	6.4	351
15	The Unnamed	7.1	278
16	My Funny Valentine	7.5	281
17	Phase Two	7.2	265
18	The Friendship Game	7.1	257
19	Thin Ice	7.2	288
20	The Things We Get to Say	8.1	315
21	Protocol	7.5	288
22	Night Watch	8.4	439

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	561
2	The Chaos Game	7.5	301
3	The Magic Rake	7.8	319
4	Requiem	7.7	290
5	Ghosts	7.6	282
6	Eyjafjallajökull	7.4	315
7	Baby Steps	7.5	270
8	The Courage to Continue	7.6	267
9	Winter Garden	7.6	266
10	Family Separation: Part 1	7.8	467
11	Family Separation: Part 2	7.9	410
12	Strategic Ambiguity	7.6	262
13	Proxy War	7.4	260
14	Something Better	7.8	264
15	Between the Seats	7.5	258
16	The New Normal	7.5	335
17	The Common Defense	7.2	311
18	Ready	7.5	285
19	The Great Experiment	8.0	289
20	Better Angels	8.0	333

Season 6 (2019)

7.96 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 43 min avg

Saved best for last

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hail to the Chief	7.7	323
2	The Strike Zone	7.8	278
3	Killer Robots	7.7	257
4	Valor	7.9	258
5	Daisy	7.9	254
6	Deepfake	7.5	253
7	Accountability	7.8	241
8	Ships and Countries	7.7	232
9	Carpe Diem	9.0	392
10	Leaving the Station	8.6	478

Madam Secretary (2014)

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