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 (29,860 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -0.2 vs IMDb
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	932
2	Another Benghazi	7.5	713
3	The Operative	7.5	654
4	Just Another Normal Day	7.4	621
5	Blame Canada	7.6	606
6	The Call	7.3	586
7	Passage	7.5	577
8	Need to Know	7.6	548
9	So It Goes	8.0	587
10	Collateral Damage	7.6	548
11	Game On	7.7	554
12	Standoff	7.3	531
13	Chains of Command	7.6	527
14	Whisper of the Ax	7.8	511
15	The Ninth Circle	7.7	512
16	Tamerlane	8.4	622
17	Face the Nation	7.7	523
18	The Time Is at Hand	7.4	484
19	Spartan Figures	7.2	501
20	The Necessary Art	7.6	485
21	The Kill List	7.8	498
22	There But for the Grace of God	7.7	510

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	587
2	The Doability Doctrine	7.8	481
3	The Rusalka	7.6	440
4	Waiting for Taleju	7.6	435
5	The Long Shot	7.7	434
6	Catch and Release	7.7	446
7	You Say You Want a Revolution	7.8	449
8	Lights Out	8.1	492
9	Russian Roulette	8.1	475
10	The Greater Good	8.1	497
11	Unity Node	7.7	426
12	The Middle Way	7.4	426
13	Invasive Species	7.7	434
14	Left of the Boom	7.8	422
15	Right of the Boom	7.8	406
16	Hijriyyah	7.5	382
17	Higher Learning	7.5	384
18	On the Clock	7.1	390
19	Desperate Remedies	7.6	380
20	Ghost Detainee	7.3	371
21	Connection Lost	7.6	374
22	Render Safe	7.9	374
23	Vartius	8.1	437

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	393
2	The Linchpin	7.7	353
3	South China Sea	7.5	326
4	The Dissent Memo	7.4	326
5	The French Revolution	7.6	329
6	The Statement	7.6	326
7	Tectonic Shift	7.5	328
8	Breakout Capacity	7.5	321
9	Snap Back	7.8	317
10	The Race	7.7	316
11	Gift Horse	7.5	316
12	The Detour	7.2	313
13	The Beautiful Game	7.2	317
14	Labor of Love	6.9	306
15	Break in Diplomacy	7.4	314
16	Swept Away	7.3	304
17	Convergence	7.5	292
18	Good Bones	7.3	294
19	Global Relief	7.1	288
20	Extraordinary Hazard	7.3	284
21	The Seventh Floor	7.8	346
22	Revelation	7.5	299
23	Article 5	7.3	313

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	357
2	Off the Record	7.6	319
3	The Essentials	7.6	322
4	Shutdown	7.2	300
5	Persona Non Grata	7.6	297
6	Loophole	7.5	293
7	North to the Future	7.3	308
8	The Fourth Estate	7.4	297
9	Minefield	7.6	302
10	Women Transform the World	7.3	311
11	Mitya	7.7	323
12	Sound and Fury	7.9	390
13	Reading the Signs	7.2	286
14	Refuge	6.4	352
15	The Unnamed	7.1	279
16	My Funny Valentine	7.5	283
17	Phase Two	7.2	266
18	The Friendship Game	7.1	258
19	Thin Ice	7.2	290
20	The Things We Get to Say	8.1	316
21	Protocol	7.5	289
22	Night Watch	8.4	440

Season 5 (2018)

7.61 avg 20 episodes 7.3 → 8.0 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	E Pluribus Unum	7.3	564
2	The Chaos Game	7.5	302
3	The Magic Rake	7.8	320
4	Requiem	7.7	291
5	Ghosts	7.6	283
6	Eyjafjallajökull	7.4	316
7	Baby Steps	7.5	271
8	The Courage to Continue	7.6	268
9	Winter Garden	7.6	267
10	Family Separation: Part 1	7.8	468
11	Family Separation: Part 2	7.9	411
12	Strategic Ambiguity	7.6	263
13	Proxy War	7.4	261
14	Something Better	7.8	266
15	Between the Seats	7.5	260
16	The New Normal	7.5	337
17	The Common Defense	7.2	313
18	Ready	7.5	287
19	The Great Experiment	8.0	291
20	Better Angels	8.0	335

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	325
2	The Strike Zone	7.8	280
3	Killer Robots	7.7	259
4	Valor	7.9	260
5	Daisy	7.9	256
6	Deepfake	7.5	255
7	Accountability	7.8	243
8	Ships and Countries	7.7	234
9	Carpe Diem	9.0	393
10	Leaving the Station	8.6	479

Madam Secretary (2014)

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