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Madam Secretary - Season 1
A series of powerful political drama revolves around the woman who left her job as an analyst at the CIA again at the request of the president to act as secretary of state. This woman is characterized by her ability to master language skills and creative thinking, in addition to her knowledge of the affairs of the Middle East. New Secretary Elisabeth McCord is trying to play an effective role in her new position, starting with her circumvention of the numerous protocols and negotiations on national and international issues. Elizabeth faces many complex political challenges but tries to reconcile her work as a politician and a mother, especially as her children find it difficult to adapt to new schools.
15 March 1982, California, USA
31 July 1966, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
25 May 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
24 March 1984, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
14 January 1975, Cairo, Egypt
23 September 1956, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
September 18, 2014
Tea Leoni is terrific and it's great to see her back on TV, but even she can't make some of the clunkier stuff work.
September 18, 2014
Madam Secretary starts off solidly, with an engaging performance by Téa Leoni. What may draw much of the attention with Sunday's premiere, though, is a jarring intersection between the show's plot and recent real-life events in the Mideast.
September 19, 2014
The problem is that Madam Secretary, at least through its first three episodes, is a pretty clunky enterprise.
September 18, 2014
Instead of feeling pleasantly optimistic, Madam Secretary is just really, really dull, as if someone tried to make a counterweight to Scandal with only the boring parts-plus one shamelessly ripped-off conspiracy theory.
September 19, 2014
I've seen The West Wing, was a big fan of The West Wing and this is no West Wing. If anything, it is the anti-West Wing or West Wing without the charm.
August 15, 2014
Its three main ingredients are uninteresting separately and add up to less than the sum of their parts.
September 19, 2014
It's often good at the seemingly little touches, like the patter of sharp dialogue that fills in character, motivation and personality.
