Madam Secretary (season 1)

Madam Secretary (season 1)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 22
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 21, 2014 – present

The first season of the American political drama series Madam Secretary began airing on September 21, 2014, on CBS in the United States. It was produced by CBS Television Studios, and Revelations Entertainment with series creator Barbara Hall serving as executive producer, alongside Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary, and Tracy Mercer.

The show features Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni) a former CIA analyst who is promoted to United States Secretary of State, after the previous one, Vincent Marsh (Brian Stokes Mitchell), was killed in a mysterious plane crash. She is married to Henry McCord (Tim Daly), a Georgetown theology professor, and prior NSA spy. They are the parents of Stephanie "Stevie" (Wallis Currie-Wood), Allison (Kathrine Herzer), and Jason (Even Roe).

On October 27, 2014, after airing only 6 episodes, CBS placed a full season order consisting of 22 episodes for the first season.[1] On January 12, 2015, Madam Secretary was renewed for a second season.[2]

The first episode premiered to 14.75 million viewers, and garnered a 2.0/5 adults 18-49 rating, winning its timeslot.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring

Episodes

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot"David SemelBarbara HallSeptember 21, 201414.75[3]
Elizabeth McCord, a former CIA analyst, gets recruited and trained by the current POTUS. Due to the death of the current Secretary of State in a plane crash, the President asks her to become the new Secretary of State, because she can think outside the box. Two months later, McCord is faced by an issue of two American kids held hostage in Syria. The POTUS's Chief of Staff plays a game to damage her reputation and then advises the President to not do anything about the kidnapping. But McCord convinces the President to get the boys out through back-channel sources. Meanwhile, one of her former CIA colleagues warns her that her predecessor may have been killed by the CIA. He is later found dead in a car crash, which McCord believes was not an accident.
22"Another Benghazi"David SemelBarbara HallSeptember 28, 201412.72[4]
When crowds surround the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, the Secretary, using her CIA analyst skills, believes it will be another Benghazi incident. She asks her ambassador to leave, but he refuses citing the political need of his presence. Her requests for additional security troops are rejected, and ultimately she uses her discretionary funds to avail of a private military security detail, of whom she was critical of earlier. Ultimately, her fears are realized when the embassy is bombed. However, the PMC security detail was successfully able to get the ambassador out, losing one of their own in the process.
33"The Operative"Jeremy WebbDavid GraeOctober 5, 201412.18[5]
When a former INR agent leaks diplomatic cables to a reporter, it causes a lot of embarrassment for the Secretary. However, when he also releases details of covert operatives and it causes the arrest of a spy in Pakistan, the problem escalates. But the Secretary, using some 'unusual' and off-the-record negotiations, brokers a deal between Russia and Pakistan in return for releasing the operative.
44"Just Another Normal Day"Eric StoltzJoan Rater & Tony PhelanOctober 12, 201411.45[6]
The Secretary is able to finalize a treaty between China and Japan over some disputed islands. However, within a few minutes before signing the treaty, China refuses, unless the U.S. deports a Chinese girl who had applied for asylum.
55"Blame Canada"Eriq La SallePaul RedfordOctober 19, 201412.28[7]

The Canadian ambassador asks the Secretary to read, approve and release an environmental report that will allow a joint Canada-U.S. pipeline to be built. She reads the report and finds out that it has been prepared by a lobby group that supports the pipeline and contains falsified data. The Canadian ambassador tries to pressure her to approve the report but she counters with her own pressure tactics.

The ongoing talks with Iran over dismantling their nuclear processing plants are deadlocked. Despite the Secretary's instructions, with the President's approval, to offer some trade ban relaxations in exchange, the Chief Negotiator only threatens military action during the talks which causes Iran to back-out completely. So she goes behind his back to talk to a member of Iran's negotiation team and makes the offer which Iran accepts, resolving the crisis. And then she fires the Chief Negotiator for lying to the President and herself. She later asks Blake to conduct a confidential investigation on Nadine, her Chief of Staff.
66"The Call"Mark PiznarskiMatt WardOctober 26, 201411.71[8]
When a former teacher of Henry McCord reaches out and warns of a possible genocide in his home country, Elizabeth asks the President to intervene. Though he initially refuses, hearing her speech that the world should have guts to intervene in this, he relents and authorizes logistical and air support. But when it is revealed that the former teacher's charity was allowing refugees to carry drugs for the warlords, complications arise in the coalition. Meanwhile, Nadine is cleared in the investigation, and she is informed by Elizabeth.
77"Passage"Martha CoolidgeAlex CooleyNovember 2, 201413.21[9]
The President 'suggests' that Elizabeth's first foreign trip should be to India, to help one of his biggest supporters. She brings her younger children with her. A massive earthquake hits that causes an explosion at an American-owned factory, and she is separated from Alison during the chaos. Meanwhile, Stevie sees her father with a young woman and suspects that he is having an affair, causing her to get drunk. But it turns out that he has been reactivated by the NSA and the young woman is actually Henry's handler.
88"Need to Know"Dennie GordonAlexander MaggioNovember 9, 201412.54[10]
The Moldovan prime minister's airplane disappears from the radar. The Secretary is concerned for him and for a U.S. agent with the Prime Minister. She plans a rescue mission to free them from the leader of a separatist movement in Moldova. Meanwhile, Henry is asked to plant a bug at the home of a scholar who is believed by the NSA to be connected to a terrorist.
99"So It Goes"James Whitmore, Jr.David GraeNovember 16, 201412.77[11]
Elizabeth, Henry, and Isabelle conduct their own investigation into the plane crash that killed former Secretary of State Vincent Marsh, leading to a very grave conclusion. Russell asks Matt to spy on the Secretary, and Nadine is asked out on a dinner by the NASA Administrator.
1010"Collateral Damage"Eric StoltzMatt WardNovember 23, 201412.41[12]
Threat from a deranged gunman causes a lock-down at the State Department. Elizabeth talks to Stevie about her CIA past, when an Iraqi translator threatens to do so to her and others. Matt tells Daisy's fiance about their affair.
1111"Game On"Randy ZiskPaul RedfordNovember 30, 201413.24[13]
Elizabeth and Henry visit Venezuela in search for a hidden bank account that belongs to Vincent Marsh. Stevie covers for Alison. Russel Jackson confronts Elizabeth about her investigation.
1212"Standoff"Gloria MuzioJoseph C. MuscatJanuary 4, 201511.69[14]
Elizabeth and Henry travel to New York on their anniversary for what is supposed to be a romantic reliving of their courtship. During her absence the Texas Governor causes a stand-off with Mexico over the extradition of a drug lord. The Secretary's team tries to sort out this issue without involving her, but ultimately has to call her. The Secretary does some unique arm-twisting to make the Governor stand down and resolve the issue. Meanwhile the scholar on whom Henry was spying reaches out to Henry and asks for asylum in return for revealing all that he knows.
1313"Chains of Command"Michael WaxmanAlex CooleyJanuary 11, 201512.13[15]
Elizabeth pushes for the prosecution of a diplomat after he is caught holding a maid hostage in his home. Also, Henry's father comes to visit.
1414"Whisper of the Ax"Eric StoltzBarbara HallMarch 1, 201511.64[16]
While defending the status of a microcredit system within the State Department budget, Elizabeth is blindsided by the revelation that the manager of the program has been embezzling money for gambling, throwing the status of the jobs of everyone on her staff in question. The operation tracking in the Iranian national who was connected to Secretary Marsh's disappearance goes horribly awry.
1515"The Ninth Circle"Nicole RubioAlexander MaggioMarch 8, 201510.82[17]
A furious Turkey releases the footage of the assassination of the US operative and the Iranian national on Turkish soil, leading Elizabeth to scramble to defuse the situation while Daisy uncomfortably trying to keep the media under wraps. The mystery over Juliette and her role in the operation's failure deepens with intel gathered from the Iranian's laptop.
1616"Tamerlane"Jonathan BrownDavid GraeMarch 15, 201511.26[18]
Director Munsey being placed under house arrest and complete lockdown buys Elizabeth, Russell and President Dalton a few days to attempt to unravel or back the impending coup. However, with the chosen successor dying of cancer and the coup too well set up to destabilize, Elizabeth can only go to Iran personally to attempt to defuse the situation.
1717"Face the Nation"Rob GreenleaMatt WardMarch 22, 201510.79[19]
A traumatized Elizabeth attempts to jump back into work, starting with the three-sided bidding war between an American oil company, the Chinese government, and an underdog environmental group over the Amazonian oil supplies. However, her PTSD ripples throughout her personal and professional life, slowing attempts to reassure the American public with an interview with Bob Schieffer, growing overprotective over Jason in his new school, and losing her temper while attempting to arbitrate the bidding war.
1818"The Time is at Hand"Anna FoersterJoy GregoryMarch 29, 201511.47[20]
1919"Spartan Figures"Tate DonovanLyla OliverApril 5, 20159.27[21]
2020"The Necessary Art"Dennie GordonPaul RedfordApril 12, 201511.39[22]
2121"The Kill List"Ed OrnelasDavid GraeApril 26, 201510.46[23]
2222"There But For the Grace of God"Eric StoltzBarbara HallMay 3, 2015

Ratings

No. Title Air date Ratings/
share

(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
18–49
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
18–49
Total viewers
(millions)
Xfinity On
Demand
(rank)
Season 1 (2014–15)
1 "Pilot" September 21, 2014 2.0/5[3] 14.75[3] N/A N/A N/A N/A 5[24]
2 "Another Benghazi" September 28, 2014 1.4/4[4] 12.72[4] 0.6 2.49 2.0 15.21[25] 16[26]
3 "The Operative" October 5, 2014 1.6/4[5] 12.33[27] 0.6 2.87 2.2[28] 15.20[27] 9[29]
4 "Just Another Normal Day" October 12, 2014 1.4/4[6] 11.45[6] N/A N/A N/A N/A[30] 13[31]
5 "Blame Canada" October 19, 2014 1.5/4[7] 12.28[7] N/A N/A N/A N/A[32] 15[33]
6 "The Call" October 26, 2014 1.5/4[8] 11.71[8] N/A N/A N/A N/A[34] 9[35]
7 "Passage" November 2, 2014 1.8/5[9] 13.21[9] N/A N/A N/A N/A[36] 10[37]
8 "Need to Know" November 9, 2014 1.4/4[10] 12.54[10] N/A 2.26 N/A 14.80[38] 18[39]
9 "So it Goes" November 16, 2014 1.5/4[11] 12.77[11] N/A N/A N/A N/A[40] 10[41]
10 "Collateral Damage" November 23, 2014 1.6/4[12] 12.41[12] N/A N/A N/A N/A[42] 7[43]
11 "Game On" November 30, 2014 1.9/5[13] 13.24[13] N/A 2.39 N/A 15.63[44] 6[45]
12 "Standoff" January 4, 2015 1.5/4[14] 11.69[14] 0.5 2.61 2.0 14.30[46] 3[47]
13 "Chains of Command" January 11, 2015 1.7/4[15] 12.13[15] N/A 2.63 N/A 14.75[48] 5[49]
14 "Whisper of the Ax" March 1, 2015 1.3/4[16] 11.64[16] N/A 2.88 N/A 14.52[50] N/A[51]
15 "The Ninth Circle" March 8, 2015 1.1/4[17] 10.82[17] N/A N/A N/A N/A[52] 15[53]
16 "Tamerlane" March 15, 2015 1.2/4[18] 11.26[18] N/A N/A N/A N/A[54] N/A[55]
17 "Face the Nation" March 22, 2015 1.3/4[19] 10.79[19] N/A 2.20 N/A 12.99[56] 8[57]
18 "The Time is at Hand" March 29, 2015 1.4/4[20] 11.47[20] N/A N/A N/A N/A 7[58]
19 "Spartan Figures" April 5, 2015 1.1/4[21] 9.27[21] N/A N/A N/A N/A 13[59]
20 "The Necessary Art" April 12, 2015 1.4/5[22] 11.39[22] TBA TBA TBA TBA 6[60]
21 "The Kill List" April 26, 2015 1.0/3[23] 10.46[23] TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
22 "There But For The Grace Of God" May 3, 2015 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

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