List of Madam Secretary episodes

Madam Secretary is an American political drama television series created by Barbara Hall and executive produced by Lori McCreary and Morgan Freeman. It stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth "Bess" Adams McCord, a CIA analyst who is promoted to United States Secretary of State. The series was renewed for a second season on January 12, 2015, which premiered on October 4, 2015.^[1] On March 25, 2016, CBS renewed the show for a third season.^[2]

As of May 1, 2016, 44 episodes of Madam Secretary have aired.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	22	September 21, 2014	May 3, 2015
	2	23[3]	October 4, 2015	May 8, 2016[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2014–15)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	David Semel	Barbara Hall	September 21, 2014	14.75[5]
2	2	"Another Benghazi"	David Semel	Barbara Hall	September 28, 2014	12.72[6]
3	3	"The Operative"	Jeremy Webb	David Grae	October 5, 2014	12.18[7]
4	4	"Just Another Normal Day"	Eric Stoltz	Joan Rater & Tony Phelan	October 12, 2014	11.45[8]
5	5	"Blame Canada"	Eriq La Salle	Paul Redford	October 19, 2014	12.28[9]
6	6	"The Call"	Mark Piznarski	Matt Ward	October 26, 2014	11.71[10]
7	7	"Passage"	Martha Coolidge	Alex Cooley	November 2, 2014	13.21[11]
8	8	"Need to Know"	Dennie Gordon	Alexander Maggio	November 9, 2014	12.54[12]
9	9	"So It Goes"	James Whitmore, Jr.	David Grae	November 16, 2014	12.77[13]
10	10	"Collateral Damage"	Eric Stoltz	Matt Ward	November 23, 2014	12.41[14]
11	11	"Game On"	Randy Zisk	Paul Redford	November 30, 2014	13.24[15]
12	12	"Standoff"	Gloria Muzio	Joseph C. Muscat	January 4, 2015	11.69[16]
13	13	"Chains of Command"	Michael Waxman	Alex Cooley	January 11, 2015	12.13[17]
14	14	"Whisper of the Ax"	Eric Stoltz	Barbara Hall	March 1, 2015	11.64[18]
15	15	"The Ninth Circle"	Nicole Rubio	Alexander Maggio	March 8, 2015	10.82[19]
16	16	"Tamerlane"	Jonathan Brown	David Grae	March 15, 2015	11.26[20]
17	17	"Face the Nation"	Rob Greenlea	Matt Ward	March 22, 2015	10.79[21]
18	18	"The Time is at Hand"	Anna Foerster	Joy Gregory	March 29, 2015	11.47[22]
19	19	"Spartan Figures"	Tate Donovan	Lyla Oliver	April 5, 2015	9.27[23]
20	20	"The Necessary Art"	Dennie Gordon	Paul Redford	April 12, 2015	11.39[24]
21	21	"The Kill List"	Ed Ornelas	David Grae	April 26, 2015	10.46[25]
22	22	"There But For the Grace of God"	Eric Stoltz	Barbara Hall	May 3, 2015	9.67[26]

Season 2 (2015–16)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
23	1	"The Show Must Go On"	Morgan Freeman	Barbara Hall	October 4, 2015	11.79[27]
24	2	"The Doability Doctrine"	Eric Stoltz	David Grae	October 11, 2015	11.15[28]
25	3	"The Rusalka"	Dennie Gordon	Matt Ward	October 18, 2015	9.61[29]
26	4	"Waiting for Taleju"	Felix Alcalá	Joy Gregory	October 25, 2015	10.81[30]
27	5	"The Long Shot"	Rob J. Greenlea	Moira Kirland	November 1, 2015	9.47[31]
28	6	"Catch and Release"	Charlotte Brandstrom	Alex Cooley	November 8, 2015	10.59[32]
29	7	"You Say You Want a Revolution"	Tate Donovan	Joan Rater & Tony Phelan	November 15, 2015	10.61[33]
30	8	"Lights Out"	Dennie Gordon	Alexander Maggio	November 22, 2015	9.91[34]
31	9	"Russian Roulette"	Jonathan Brown	Barbara Hall	November 29, 2015	9.96[35]
32	10	"The Greater Good"	Eric Stoltz	David Grae	December 13, 2015	10.14[36]
33	11	"Unity Node"	Jet Wilkinson	Matt Ward	January 10, 2016	8.97[37]
34	12	"The Middle Way"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Lyla Oliver	January 17, 2016	11.87[38]
35	13	"Invasive Species"	Tony Phelan	Moira Kirland	January 31, 2016	10.20[39]
36	14	"Left of the Boom"	Rob Greenlea	Joy Gregory	February 14, 2016	10.06[40]
37	15	"Right of the Boom"	Jonathan Brown	Alexander Maggio	February 21, 2016	10.73[41]
38	16	"Hijriyyah"	Charlotte Brandstrom	Alex Cooley	March 6, 2016	10.19[42]
39	17	"Higher Learning"	Kelly Jane Costello	Heather Cappiello	March 20, 2016	9.41[43]
40	18	"On the Clock"	Zetna Fuentes	Barbara Hall and David Grae	March 27, 2016	8.50[44]
41	19	"Desperate Remedies"	Rob Greenlea	Matt Ward	April 10, 2016	9.86[45]
42	20	"Ghost Detainee"	Charlotte Brandstrom	Moira Kirland	April 17, 2016	9.57[46]
43	21	"Connection Lost"	Jonathan Brown	Joy Gregory	April 24, 2016	9.57[47]
44	22	"Render Safe"	Felix Alcala	David Grae	May 1, 2016	9.90[48]
45	23	"Vartius"[49]	TBA	TBA	May 8, 2016	TBD

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External links

• Official website
• Madam Secretary at the Internet Movie Database