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 (29,569 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	916
2	Another Benghazi	7.5	706
3	The Operative	7.5	650
4	Just Another Normal Day	7.5	616
5	Blame Canada	7.6	602
6	The Call	7.3	583
7	Passage	7.5	573
8	Need to Know	7.6	544
9	So It Goes	8.0	583
10	Collateral Damage	7.6	544
11	Game On	7.7	551
12	Standoff	7.3	527
13	Chains of Command	7.6	523
14	Whisper of the Ax	7.8	508
15	The Ninth Circle	7.7	509
16	Tamerlane	8.4	618
17	Face the Nation	7.7	519
18	The Time Is at Hand	7.4	480
19	Spartan Figures	7.2	497
20	The Necessary Art	7.6	482
21	The Kill List	7.8	493
22	There But for the Grace of God	7.7	505

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	580
2	The Doability Doctrine	7.8	474
3	The Rusalka	7.6	435
4	Waiting for Taleju	7.6	430
5	The Long Shot	7.7	429
6	Catch and Release	7.7	441
7	You Say You Want a Revolution	7.8	444
8	Lights Out	8.1	488
9	Russian Roulette	8.1	470
10	The Greater Good	8.1	492
11	Unity Node	7.7	421
12	The Middle Way	7.4	421
13	Invasive Species	7.7	429
14	Left of the Boom	7.8	417
15	Right of the Boom	7.8	402
16	Hijriyyah	7.5	378
17	Higher Learning	7.5	380
18	On the Clock	7.1	387
19	Desperate Remedies	7.6	376
20	Ghost Detainee	7.3	367
21	Connection Lost	7.6	370
22	Render Safe	7.9	371
23	Vartius	8.1	434

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	387
2	The Linchpin	7.7	349
3	South China Sea	7.5	322
4	The Dissent Memo	7.4	322
5	The French Revolution	7.5	325
6	The Statement	7.6	322
7	Tectonic Shift	7.5	324
8	Breakout Capacity	7.5	317
9	Snap Back	7.8	312
10	The Race	7.7	313
11	Gift Horse	7.5	312
12	The Detour	7.2	309
13	The Beautiful Game	7.2	312
14	Labor of Love	6.9	301
15	Break in Diplomacy	7.4	309
16	Swept Away	7.3	299
17	Convergence	7.5	288
18	Good Bones	7.3	290
19	Global Relief	7.1	284
20	Extraordinary Hazard	7.3	280
21	The Seventh Floor	7.8	341
22	Revelation	7.5	295
23	Article 5	7.3	310

Season 4 (2017)

7.45 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 43 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	News Cycle	7.7	352
2	Off the Record	7.6	316
3	The Essentials	7.6	318
4	Shutdown	7.2	296
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	278
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	7.5	286
22	Night Watch	8.4	435

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	464
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	333
17	The Common Defense	7.2	309
18	Ready	7.5	283
19	The Great Experiment	8.0	287
20	Better Angels	8.0	331

Season 6 (2019)

7.96 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 43 min avg

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Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hail to the Chief	7.7	319
2	The Strike Zone	7.8	276
3	Killer Robots	7.7	255
4	Valor	7.9	255
5	Daisy	7.9	252
6	Deepfake	7.5	250
7	Accountability	7.8	238
8	Ships and Countries	7.7	229
9	Carpe Diem	9.0	390
10	Leaving the Station	8.6	475

Madam Secretary (2014)

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