# List of Madam Secretary episodes

Madam Secretary is an American political drama television series created by Barbara Hall. It stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth "Bess" Adams McCord, an ex-CIA analyst who becomes the United States Secretary of State. Madam Secretary was ordered to series in May 2014, and premiered on September 21, 2014, on CBS.
Madam Secretary was renewed for a sixth and final season in May 2019, which premiered on October 6, 2019. During the course of the series, 120 episodes of Madam Secretary aired over six seasons, between September 21, 2014, and December 8, 2019.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21) | May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03) |
| 2 | 23 | 23 | October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) | May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08) |
| 3 | 23 | 23 | October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) | May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) |
| 4 | 22 | 22 | October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08) | May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20) |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) | April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21) |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) | December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2014–15)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | David Semel | Barbara Hall | September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21) | 14.75 |
| 2 | 2 | "Another Benghazi" | David Semel | Barbara Hall | September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28) | 12.72 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Operative" | Jeremy Webb | David Grae | October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05) | 12.18 |
| 4 | 4 | "Just Another Normal Day" | Eric Stoltz | Joan Rater & Tony Phelan | October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12) | 11.45 |
| 5 | 5 | "Blame Canada" | Eriq La Salle | Paul Redford | October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19) | 12.28 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Call" | Mark Piznarski | Matt Ward | October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26) | 11.71 |
| 7 | 7 | "Passage" | Martha Coolidge | Alex Cooley | November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02) | 13.21 |
| 8 | 8 | "Need to Know" | Dennie Gordon | Alexander Maggio | November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09) | 12.54 |
| 9 | 9 | "So It Goes" | James Whitmore Jr. | David Grae | November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16) | 12.77 |
| 10 | 10 | "Collateral Damage" | Eric Stoltz | Matt Ward | November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23) | 12.41 |
| 11 | 11 | "Game On" | Randy Zisk | Paul Redford | November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30) | 13.24 |
| 12 | 12 | "Standoff" | Gloria Muzio | Joseph C. Muscat | January 4, 2015 (2015-01-04) | 11.69 |
| 13 | 13 | "Chains of Command" | Michael Waxman | Alex Cooley | January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11) | 12.13 |
| 14 | 14 | "Whisper of the Ax" | Eric Stoltz | Barbara Hall | March 1, 2015 (2015-03-01) | 11.64 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Ninth Circle" | Nicole Rubio | Alexander Maggio | March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08) | 10.82 |
| 16 | 16 | "Tamerlane" | Jonathan Brown | David Grae | March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15) | 11.26 |
| 17 | 17 | "Face the Nation" | Rob Greenlea | Matt Ward | March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22) | 10.79 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Time is at Hand" | Anna Foerster | Joy Gregory | March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29) | 11.47 |
| 19 | 19 | "Spartan Figures" | Tate Donovan | Lyla Oliver | April 5, 2015 (2015-04-05) | 9.27 |
| 20 | 20 | "The Necessary Art" | Dennie Gordon | Paul Redford | April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12) | 11.39 |
| 21 | 21 | "The Kill List" | Ed Ornelas | David Grae | April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26) | 10.46 |
| 22 | 22 | "There But For the Grace of God" | Eric Stoltz | Barbara Hall | May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03) | 9.67 |

### Season 2 (2015–16)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "The Show Must Go On" | Morgan Freeman | Barbara Hall | October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) | 11.79 |
| 24 | 2 | "The Doability Doctrine" | Eric Stoltz | David Grae | October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) | 11.15 |
| 25 | 3 | "The Rusalka" | Dennie Gordon | Matt Ward | October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18) | 9.61 |
| 26 | 4 | "Waiting for Taleju" | Felix Alcalá | Joy Gregory | October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) | 10.81 |
| 27 | 5 | "The Long Shot" | Rob J. Greenlea | Moira Kirland | November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) | 9.47 |
| 28 | 6 | "Catch and Release" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Alex Cooley | November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08) | 10.59 |
| 29 | 7 | "You Say You Want a Revolution" | Tate Donovan | Joan Rater & Tony Phelan | November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15) | 10.61 |
| 30 | 8 | "Lights Out" | Dennie Gordon | Alexander Maggio | November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22) | 9.91 |
| 31 | 9 | "Russian Roulette" | Jonathan Brown | Barbara Hall | November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29) | 9.96 |
| 32 | 10 | "The Greater Good" | Eric Stoltz | David Grae | December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13) | 10.14 |
| 33 | 11 | "Unity Node" | Jet Wilkinson | Matt Ward | January 10, 2016 (2016-01-10) | 8.97 |
| 34 | 12 | "The Middle Way" | James Whitmore Jr. | Lyla Oliver | January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17) | 11.87 |
| 35 | 13 | "Invasive Species" | Tony Phelan | Moira Kirland | January 31, 2016 (2016-01-31) | 10.20 |
| 36 | 14 | "Left of the Boom" | Rob Greenlea | Joy Gregory | February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14) | 10.06 |
| 37 | 15 | "Right of the Boom" | Jonathan Brown | Alexander Maggio | February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21) | 10.73 |
| 38 | 16 | "Hijriyyah" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Alex Cooley | March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) | 10.19 |
| 39 | 17 | "Higher Learning" | Heather Cappiello | Kelly Jane Costello | March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20) | 9.41 |
| 40 | 18 | "On the Clock" | Zetna Fuentes | Barbara Hall and David Grae | March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27) | 8.50 |
| 41 | 19 | "Desperate Remedies" | Rob Greenlea | Matt Ward | April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) | 9.86 |
| 42 | 20 | "Ghost Detainee" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Moira Kirland | April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17) | 9.57 |
| 43 | 21 | "Connection Lost" | Jonathan Brown | Joy Gregory | April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24) | 9.57 |
| 44 | 22 | "Render Safe" | Felix Alcala | David Grae | May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01) | 9.90 |
| 45 | 23 | "Vartius" | Eric Stoltz | Barbara Hall | May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08) | 9.99 |

### Season 3 (2016–17)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 46 | 1 | "Sea Change" | Morgan Freeman | Barbara Hall | October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) | 9.20 |
| 47 | 2 | "The Linchpin" | Eric Stoltz | David Grae | October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16) | 9.10 |
| 48 | 3 | "South China Sea" | Rob Greenlea | Matt Ward | October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23) | 9.04 |
| 49 | 4 | "The Dissent Memo" | Felix Alcala | Joy Gregory | October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30) | 7.91 |
| 50 | 5 | "The French Revolution" | Jonathan Brown | Moira Kirland | November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06) | 8.24 |
| 51 | 6 | "The Statement" | Jet Wilkinson | Alex Cooley | November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13) | 9.26 |
| 52 | 7 | "Tectonic Shift" | Arlene Sanford | Lyla Oliver | November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20) | 8.52 |
| 53 | 8 | "Breakout Capacity" | James Whitmore Jr. | Alexander Maggio | November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27) | 8.97 |
| 54 | 9 | "Snap Back" | Sam Hoffman | Shalisha Francis | December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11) | 7.82 |
| 55 | 10 | "The Race" | Eric Stoltz | David Grae | December 18, 2016 (2016-12-18) | 9.05 |
| 56 | 11 | "Gift Horse" | Jonathan Brown | Barbara Hall | January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08) | 9.00 |
| 57 | 12 | "The Detour" | Martha Mitchell | Matt Ward | January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15) | 7.54 |
| 58 | 13 | "The Beautiful Game" | Felix Alcala | Joy Gregory | January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29) | 8.71 |
| 59 | 14 | "Labor of Love" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Moira Kirland | March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05) | 7.44 |
| 60 | 15 | "Break in Diplomacy" | Maggie Greenwald | Lyla Oliver | March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12) | 8.23 |
| 61 | 16 | "Swept Away" | Felix Alcala | Alex Cooley | March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19) | 7.62 |
| 62 | 17 | "Convergence" | James Whitmore Jr. | Alexander Maggio | March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26) | 8.77 |
| 63 | 18 | "Good Bones" | Rob Greenlea | Joy Gregory | April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09) | 7.58 |
| 64 | 19 | "Global Relief" | Jet Wilkinson | Moira Kirland | April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23) | 7.87 |
| 65 | 20 | "Extraordinary Hazard" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Mark Steilen | April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) | 7.88 |
| 66 | 21 | "The Seventh Floor" | Deborah Reinisch | Matt Ward | May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07) | 7.58 |
| 67 | 22 | "Revelation" | Jonathan Brown | David Grae | May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14) | 7.83 |
| 68 | 23 | "Article 5" | Eric Stoltz | Barbara Hall | May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) | 7.44 |

### Season 4 (2017–18)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 69 | 1 | "News Cycle" | Morgan Freeman | Barbara Hall | October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08) | 7.21 |
| 70 | 2 | "Off the Record" | Eric Stoltz | David Grae | October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15) | 6.36 |
| 71 | 3 | "The Essentials" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Matt Ward | October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) | 6.43 |
| 72 | 4 | "Shutdown" | Felix Alcala | Joy Gregory | October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29) | 5.83 |
| 73 | 5 | "Persona Non Grata" | John Murray | Alexander Maggio | November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05) | 5.92 |
| 74 | 6 | "Loophole" | Maggie Greenwald | Moira Kirland | November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12) | 6.63 |
| 75 | 7 | "North to the Future" | Sunu Gonera | Kristi Korzec | November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19) | 5.86 |
| 76 | 8 | "The Fourth Estate" | Sam Hoffman | Matt Chester | November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26) | 5.82 |
| 77 | 9 | "Minefield" | Rob Greenlea | Matt Ward | December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10) | 6.45 |
| 78 | 10 | "Women Transform the World" | Eric Stoltz | Lyla Oliver | December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17) | 5.53 |
| 79 | 11 | "Mitya" | Geoffrey Arend | Alexander Maggio | January 7, 2018 (2018-01-07) | 6.11 |
| 80 | 12 | "Sound and Fury" | Debbie Reinsich | Barbara Hall & David Grae | January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14) | 7.25 |
| 81 | 13 | "Reading the Signs" | Phil Bertelsen | Moira Kirland | March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) | 6.28 |
| 82 | 14 | "Refuge" | Eric Stoltz | Kristi Korzec | March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18) | 5.72 |
| 83 | 15 | "The Unnamed" | Felix Alcala | Joy Gregory | March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) | 6.14 |
| 84 | 16 | "My Funny Valentine" | Rob Greenlea | Matt Ward | April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01) | 5.75 |
| 85 | 17 | "Phase Two" | Martha Mitchell | Leland Jay Anderson | April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08) | 6.19 |
| 86 | 18 | "The Friendship Game" | Sam Hoffman | Lyla Oliver | April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22) | 6.06 |
| 87 | 19 | "Thin Ice" | Felix Alcala | Moira Kirkland & Alexander Maggio | April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29) | 6.03 |
| 88 | 20 | "The Things We Get to Say" | Sunu Gonera | Joy Gregory | May 6, 2018 (2018-05-06) | 5.91 |
| 89 | 21 | "Protocol" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Matt Ward | May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13) | 5.90 |
| 90 | 22 | "Night Watch" | Rob Greenlea | Barbara Hall & David Grae | May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20) | 6.22 |

### Season 5 (2018–19)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 91 | 1 | "E Pluribus Unum" | Eric Stoltz | Barbara Hall & David Grae | October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) | 6.13 |
| 92 | 2 | "The Chaos Game" | Felix Alcala | Joy Gregory | October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14) | 5.48 |
| 93 | 3 | "The Magic Rake" | John Murray | Matt Ward | October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21) | 5.80 |
| 94 | 4 | "Requiem" | Eric Stoltz | Keith Eisner | October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28) | 5.56 |
| 95 | 5 | "Ghosts" | Rob Greenlea | Lyla Oliver | November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04) | 5.23 |
| 96 | 6 | "Eyjafjallajökull" | Geoffrey Arend | Alexander Maggio | November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11) | 5.10 |
| 97 | 7 | "Baby Steps" | Kevin Dowling | Kristi Korzec | November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18) | 5.52 |
| 98 | 8 | "The Courage to Continue" | Sam Hoffman | Matt Chester | November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25) | 5.24 |
| 99 | 9 | "Winter Garden" | Eric Stoltz | Joy Gregory | December 9, 2018 (2018-12-09) | 5.35 |
| 100 | 10 | "Family Separation: Part 1" | Rob Greenlea | Barbara Hall & David Grae | December 23, 2018 (2018-12-23) | 6.60 |
| 101 | 11 | "Family Separation: Part 2" | Martha Mitchell | Barbara Hall & David Grae | January 6, 2019 (2019-01-06) | 5.44 |
| 102 | 12 | "Strategic Ambiguity" | Eric Stoltz | Matt Ward | January 13, 2019 (2019-01-13) | 6.02 |
| 103 | 13 | "Proxy War" | Felix Alcala | Keith Eisner | January 27, 2019 (2019-01-27) | 5.38 |
| 104 | 14 | "Something Better" | Charlotte Brandstrom | Sara Ray | February 17, 2019 (2019-02-17) | 4.99 |
| 105 | 15 | "Between the Seats" | Sam Hoffman | Lyla Oliver | March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03) | 5.19 |
| 106 | 16 | "The New Normal" | Felix Alcala | Alexander Maggio | March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17) | 5.43 |
| 107 | 17 | "The Common Defense" | Martha Mitchell | Kristi Korzec | March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24) | 4.92 |
| 108 | 18 | "Ready" | Sunu Gonera | Matt Chester | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) | 4.99 |
| 109 | 19 | "The Great Experiment" | Eric Stoltz | Joy Gregory | April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14) | 4.98 |
| 110 | 20 | "Better Angels" | John Murray | Matt Ward | April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21) | 4.79 |

### Season 6 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 111 | 1 | "Hail to the Chief" | Eric Stoltz | Barbara Hall & David Grae | October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) | 4.77 |
| 112 | 2 | "The Strike Zone" | Felix Alcala | Joy Gregory | October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13) | 4.51 |
| 113 | 3 | "Killer Robots" | Rob Greenlea | Keith Eisner | October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20) | 4.34 |
| 114 | 4 | "Valor" | James Whitmore Jr. | Lyla Oliver | October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27) | 3.99 |
| 115 | 5 | "Daisy" | Rob Greenlea | Alexander Maggio | November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03) | 3.82 |
| 116 | 6 | "Deepfake" | Leslie Libman | Matt Chester | November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10) | 3.90 |
| 117 | 7 | "Accountability" | Darnell Martin | Leland Jay Anderson | November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17) | 4.14 |
| 118 | 8 | "Ships and Countries" | Sam Hoffman | Joy Gregory | November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24) | 4.25 |
| 119 | 9 | "Carpe Diem" | Felix Alcala | David Grae | December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01) | 4.23 |
| 120 | 10 | "Leaving the Station" | Eric Stoltz | Barbara Hall | December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08) | 4.53 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Average |
| | 1 | 14.75 | 12.72 | 12.18 | 11.45 | 12.28 | 11.71 | 13.21 | 12.54 | 12.77 | 12.41 | 13.24 | 11.69 | 12.13 | 11.64 | 10.82 | 11.26 | 10.79 | 11.47 | 9.27 | 11.39 | 10.46 | 9.67 | – | 11.82 |
| | 2 | 11.79 | 11.15 | 9.61 | 10.81 | 9.47 | 10.59 | 10.61 | 9.91 | 9.96 | 10.14 | 8.97 | 11.87 | 10.20 | 10.06 | 10.73 | 10.19 | 9.41 | 8.50 | 9.86 | 9.57 | 9.57 | 9.90 | 9.99 | 10.10 |
| | 3 | 9.20 | 9.10 | 9.04 | 7.91 | 8.24 | 9.26 | 8.52 | 8.97 | 7.82 | 9.05 | 9.00 | 7.54 | 8.71 | 7.44 | 8.23 | 7.62 | 8.77 | 7.58 | 7.87 | 7.88 | 7.58 | 7.83 | 7.44 | 8.29 |
| | 4 | 7.21 | 6.36 | 6.43 | 5.83 | 5.92 | 6.63 | 5.86 | 5.82 | 6.45 | 5.53 | 6.11 | 7.25 | 6.28 | 5.72 | 6.14 | 5.75 | 6.19 | 6.06 | 6.03 | 5.91 | 5.90 | 6.22 | – | 6.16 |
| | 5 | 6.13 | 5.48 | 5.80 | 5.56 | 5.23 | 5.10 | 5.52 | 5.24 | 5.35 | 6.60 | 5.44 | 6.02 | 5.38 | 4.99 | 5.19 | 5.43 | 4.92 | 4.99 | 4.98 | 4.79 | – | – | – | 5.41 |
| | 6 | 4.77 | 4.51 | 4.34 | 3.99 | 3.82 | 3.90 | 4.14 | 4.25 | 4.23 | 4.53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.25 |