Madam Secretary season 3

Madam Secretary
Season 3
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No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) – May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)
Season chronology
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The third season of Madam Secretary , an American political drama television series, originally aired on CBS from October 2, 2016, through May 21, 2017. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios, with Barbara Hall as showrunner and executive producer. Madam Secretary was renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016.

The series follows Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni), the United States Secretary of State who, alongside President Conrad Dalton (Keith Carradine) and a dedicated staff led by Nadine Tolliver (Bebe Neuwirth), is instrumental in the shaping of a U.S. foreign policy. McCord is married to Henry (Tim Daly), a religious scholar and NSA handler.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Madam Secretary characters

Main

• Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, the United States Secretary of State
• Tim Daly as Henry McCord, Elizabeth's husband and a National Security Agency operative
• Keith Carradine as Conrad Dalton, President of the United States
• Erich Bergen as Blake Moran, Elizabeth's personal assistant
• Patina Miller as Daisy Grant, Elizabeth's press coordinator
• Geoffrey Arend as Matt Mahoney, Elizabeth's speechwriter
• Sebastian Arcelus as Jay Whitman, Elizabeth's policy advisor
• Katherine Herzer as Alison McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's younger daughter
• Evan Roe as Jason McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's son
• Wallis Currie-Wood as Stephanie "Stevie" McCord, Elizabeth and Henry's older daughter
• Željko Ivanek as Russell Jackson, White House Chief of Staff
• Bebe Neuwirth as Nadine Tolliver, Elizabeth's chief of staff

Recurring

• Johanna Day as National Security Advisor Admiral (retired) Ellen Hill
• Tony Plana as Admiral Ed Parker, a member of the Joint Chiefs
• Clifton Davis as Ephraim Ware, Director of National Intelligence
• Mandy Gonzalez as Lucy Knox, President Dalton's aide
• J. C. MacKenzie as Governor Sam Evans of Pennsylvania, the presidential nominee for Dalton's party
• Francis Jue as Chinese Foreign Minister Chen
• Stephanie J. Block as Abby Whitman, Jay's wife.
• Justine Lupe as Ronnie Baker, a United States Army captain seconded from United States Cyber Command
• Chris Petrovski as Dmitri Petrov, a former Russian spy who joins the Central Intelligence Agency to work for Henry

Guests

• Morgan Freeman as Frawley, the Chief Justice of the United States
• Jane Pauley as herself
• Carlos Gomez as Jose Campos
• Monna Sabouri as the Interpreter, a Russian and Persian speaking agent
• Justin Baldoni as Kevin Park ^[1]
• Joel de la Fuente as Datu Andrada, the President of the Philippines
• Christine Garver as Molly Reid

Episodes

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 [2]
Elizabeth pushes Conrad to acknowledge the threat of climate change and adjust American foreign policy, which breaks with the party's stance. At the primary debate, Conrad's statements endorse Elizabeth's advocacy, and the party nominates Governor Evans, his opponent. Elizabeth and Conrad negotiate with the foreign minister of Tunisia to establish a base there to replace the one in Bahrain that had been devastated by a cyclone. Henry discovers photographs of their children in his backpack, with no idea how they got there or who took them. Elizabeth urges Conrad to run as an independent and with a different candidate for vice president.
47	2	"The Linchpin"	Eric Stoltz	David Grae	October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)	9.10 [3]
The US diplomat who had arranged for the dictatorial president of Algeria to step down to assuage the country's insurgents dies suddenly. The Algerian president reneges on the agreement and hangs the man who was to have taken his place. Elizabeth negotiates with the chief of Algeria's military forces to replace the president. Henry unsuccessfully attempts to save a monastery in Algeria from being destroyed by the terrorist group. A swatting at Jason's school and an ominous note left in his locker indicate that the anonymous threats against Elizabeth's family are escalating.
48	3	"South China Sea"	Rob Greenlea	Matt Ward	October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)	9.04 [4]
A group of young activists land on an atoll in the South China Sea to make a video protesting China's devastating construction there and are captured by the Chinese military. Elizabeth and Conrad visit Vietnam to discuss providing them with additional military hardware. Chinese fighter jets start flying too close to US naval ships in the South China Sea. When one of the planes misjudges the distance and hits a ship's tower, killing three sailors, Elizabeth convinces Conrad to talk directly with China's president before jumping directly to a military response. Their stalker terrorizes Elizabeth's family by hacking into their home and turning lights and appliances on and off.
49	4	"The Dissent Memo"	Felix Alcala	Joy Gregory	October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)	7.91 [5]
Members of the Bureau of African Affairs issue a dissent memo, disagreeing with the State Department's policies regarding corruption in the presidential election in Angola. Elizabeth works with the CEO of a messaging app to counteract the Angolan president's shutdown of the internet. His opponent is elected. Henry's team tries to locate the terrorist group by tracking sales of looted antiquities. They send in a US agent to impersonate a French archeologist who is involved in selling artifacts to terrorists. Although the meet goes well, the agent is kidnapped immediately afterward.
50	5	"The French Revolution"	Jonathan Brown	Moira Kirland	November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)	8.24 [6]
Diplomatic difficulties arise when France takes an American agent into custody just before a US state dinner for the French. Elizabeth is ultimately able to smooth things over by inviting France to join Five Eyes. With cooperation from French intelligence, the US attacks a site in Algeria where the terrorist leader and his lieutenants from different regions are meeting and is able to take into custody multiple terrorists, as well as their computers and other electronics. Elizabeth's office in the State Department is vandalized by their stalker. The FBI is able to identify the vandal and use him to bait the stalker into making a payment through an anonymous app while they are watching its traffic. The culprit, an influential and wealthy party member, is arrested.
51	6	"The Statement"	Jet Wilkinson	Alex Cooley	November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)	9.26 [7]
A radicalized Muslim blows himself up in an Illinois coffee shop, killing multiple other people as well. Elizabeth learns that the person who funded the suicide bomber's training is highly placed in the Saudi government. She attempts to pressure the Saudi ambassador to take action but fails. The media learn that her speechwriter, Matt, had donated money to the mosque that the suicide bomber attended in Illinois, and Conrad's opponents for president capitalize on that to anger their voter bases. Russell tries to force Matt to make a public statement. Matt and Jay are attacked in a bar. At a summit, Elizabeth ambushes the representative from Saudi Arabia with the mother of a young girl killed in the attack, and the publicity convinces the Saudi government to arrest the culprit. Dmitri and his sister are reunited.
52	7	"Tectonic Shift"	Arlene Sanford	Lyla Oliver	November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)	8.52 [8]
A major earthquake devastates Venezuela. The president and the others in line for the presidency are all killed. An international non-profit group of medical personnel fly into Venezuela to render aid and are taken prisoner by a gang. The dead president's son contacts the US, claiming the presidency and offering to free the hostages if the US will recognize his claim. Conrad and his presidential opponents record a fake news broadcast of Conrad recognizing the son's claim and his opponents criticizing his action, which is then played for the son. After the hostages are freed, the son discovers that the recognition was a hoax. Elizabeth's brother and his family visit while he interviews for a job at Walter Reed Hospital.
53	8	"Breakout Capacity"	James Whitmore Jr.	Alexander Maggio	November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)	8.97 [9]
The election is over: none of the presidential candidates have enough electoral college votes, so the election will be decided by the House of Representatives. Elizabeth learns that Russia may be expanding their nuclear program, but then finds out that a rogue Russian is shipping a nuclear centrifuge to Iran. The Navy stops the ships and recoups the centrifuge. UN inspectors fly in to Iran to inspect their facilities and are stopped by Iranian soldiers.
54	9	"Snap Back"	Sam Hoffman	Shalisha Francis	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)	7.82 [10]
After Iran turns away the inspectors, Elizabeth scrambles to get the votes of the permanent members of the UN Security Council to reestablish the sanctions on Iran. From the Iranians being held by Russia, they learn that it was a dissenting member of the Iranian government who was trying to reestablish Iran's nuclear program. The Iranian ambassador tells Elizabeth that they will allow the inspectors in if Sam Evans takes back his claim that he intends to destroy the peace deal as soon as he takes office. Elizabeth is able to get Sam to admit that he does not really plan to do that while he is unknowingly on an open microphone. With the peace deal back in place, Russia releases the Iranians, but their plane is shot down by an unknown militant group. Elizabeth and Conrad suspect Israel. Russell collapses in his office.
55	10	"The Race"	Eric Stoltz	David Grae	December 18, 2016 (2016-12-18)	9.05 [11]
Russell is rushed into surgery for a bypass. Iran fires missiles at Israel; Israel counters by decimating an Iranian military base. Iran takes the Israeli minister of defence hostage. Israel sends planes to bomb a nuclear facility in Iran, but the US prevents it by using a cyberattack to take their navigational satellite offline. Elizabeth and Conrad manage to get Iran and Israel to discussions. Conrad gives a rousing speech, after which the president of Iran and prime minister of Israel shake hands. The House of Representatives elects Conrad as president for another term.
56	11	"Gift Horse"	Jonathan Brown	Barbara Hall	January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)	9.00 [12]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals agrees to hear Sam Evans's case against Conrad's inclusion on the Ohio ballot. Elizabeth receives a horse from Mongolia as an inauguration gift. China calls it a bribe and accuses the U.S. of taking sides in an upcoming referendum in Mongolia. Russia hacks a U.S. animal organization's website to leak the information that the horse, which Elizabeth cannot accept, will be killed if returned to Mongolia. Russell tells Evans that if he does not retract the suit, he will release the information about Evans's DNA test that shows he has the gene for early onset Alzheimer's. Stevie, as Russell's intern, is tasked with escorting the poet laureate who will speak at the inauguration. He gets drunk and argues with Jareth about the usefulness of poetry, then ends up putting Jareth's defense of quantum physics in the poem. Allie chooses Elizabeth's dress for the inaugural ball, then rethinks her choice. Henry convinces the head of a phone company to help the NSA track information related to terrorism.
57	12	"The Detour"	Martha Mitchell	Matt Ward	January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)	7.54 [13]
58	13	"The Beautiful Game"	Felix Alcala	Joy Gregory	January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29)	8.71 [14]
59	14	"Labor of Love"	Charlotte Brandstrom	Moira Kirland	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	7.44 [15]
60	15	"Break in Diplomacy"	Maggie Greenwald	Lyla Oliver	March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)	8.23 [16]
61	16	"Swept Away"	Felix Alcala	Alex Cooley	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	7.62 [17]
62	17	"Convergence"	James Whitmore Jr.	Alexander Maggio	March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	8.77 [18]
63	18	"Good Bones"	Rob Greenlea	Joy Gregory	April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)	7.58 [19]
64	19	"Global Relief"	Jet Wilkinson	Moira Kirland	April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)	7.87 [20]
65	20	"Extraordinary Hazard"	Charlotte Brandstrom	Mark Steilen	April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)	7.88 [21]
66	21	"The Seventh Floor"	Deborah Reinisch	Matt Ward	May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07)	7.58 [22]
67	22	"Revelation"	Jonathan Brown	David Grae	May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14)	7.83 [23]
68	23	"Article 5"	Eric Stoltz	Barbara Hall	May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)	7.44 [24]

Production

Development

Madam Secretary was renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016. ^[25]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Madam Secretary season 3

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Sea Change"	October 2, 2016	1.1/4	9.20 [2]	—	2.78	—	11.97 [26]
2	"The Linchpin"	October 16, 2016	1.1/4	9.10 [3]	—	2.69	—	11.79 [27]
3	"South China Sea"	October 23, 2016	1.1/3	9.04 [4]	—	2.90	—	11.95 [28]
4	"The Dissent Memo"	October 30, 2016	0.8/2	7.91 [5]	—	2.87	—	10.78 [29]
5	"The French Revolution"	November 6, 2016	1.0/3	8.24 [6]	—	3.06	—	11.30 [30]
6	"The Statement"	November 13, 2016	1.0/3	9.26 [7]	—	2.89	—	12.15 [31]
7	"Tectonic Shift"	November 20, 2016	1.0/3	8.52 [8]	—	3.07	—	11.58 [32]
8	"Breakout Capacity"	November 27, 2016	1.0/3	8.97 [9]	0.5	3.06	1.5	12.03 [33]
9	"Snap Back"	December 11, 2016	0.7/2	7.82 [10]	0.5	2.86	1.2	10.68 [34]
10	"The Race"	December 18, 2016	1.1/4	9.05 [11]	0.5	3.00	1.6	12.05 [35]
11	"Gift Horse"	January 8, 2017	0.9/3	9.00 [12]	0.5	3.03	1.4	12.03 [36]
12	"The Detour"	January 15, 2017	0.7/2	7.54 [13]	0.5	2.91	1.2	10.45 [37]
13	"The Beautiful Game"	January 29, 2017	0.9/3	8.71 [14]	—	2.65	—	11.36 [38]
14	"Labor of Love"	March 5, 2017	0.8/3	7.44 [15]	—	—	—	—
15	"Break in Diplomacy"	March 12, 2017	0.8/3	8.23 [16]	—	2.52	—	10.75 [39]
16	"Swept Away"	March 19, 2017	0.8/3	7.62 [17]	—	2.47	—	10.09 [40]
17	"Convergence"	March 26, 2017	1.1/4	8.77 [18]	—	2.39	—	11.17 [41]
18	"Good Bones"	April 9, 2017	0.8/3	7.58 [19]	—	2.46	—	10.04 [42]
19	"Global Relief"	April 23, 2017	0.7/3	7.87 [20]	0.5	2.71	1.2	10.58 [43]
20	"Extraordinary Hazard"	April 30, 2017	0.7/3	7.88 [21]	—	—	—	—
21	"The Seventh Floor"	May 7, 2017	0.7/3	7.58 [22]	—	2.47	—	10.05 [44]
22	"Revelation"	May 14, 2017	0.7/3	7.83 [23]	0.5	2.75	1.2	10.59 [45]
23	"Article 5"	May 21, 2017	0.7/3	7.44 [24]	—	2.75	—	10.19 [46]

Home media

The DVD release of season three is set to be released in Region 1 on September 19, 2017.

The Complete Third Season

Set details			Special features
23 episodes 991 minutes (Region 1) 6-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Languages: English Subtitles: English (Region 1)			Deleted Scenes
Release dates
United States	United Kingdom	Australia
September 19, 2017 [47]	September 25, 2017 [48]

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