With all the mindless crap on TV and streaming nowadays I really hate to see this series end. I watched it from the beginning and enjoyed a show that dealt with global issues, was intelligent drama and had great characters. It will be missed.
11 Reviews
I will miss this
lgander4124 January 2020
Epic Finale
johnc-51 February 2020
This show never got the credit it deserved. It was one of the best shows on TV and definitely the 2nd best political show ever made. This finale was PERFECT. I will miss Madam Secretary dearly. It was a winner and the finale was pristine.
Not happy the show was cancelled. But I enjoyed the finale....
reddawn32922 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I really liked this show. I'm a fan of the actors but also their characters. The McCords reflected a loving family with amazing, smart, and dedicated parents. The politics of the show were fun & interesting but I enjoyed the character arcs & storylines much more. Seeing Stevie find happiness & love was a perfect bookend. Sadly, it's still just TV reflecting a woman POTUS. I had no idea the show was ending abruptly until I saw the preview for this last episode. I'm not happy with the quick close of the show. The guest star list doesn't reflect who was actually in the episode. I assume they had to edit & cut a lot of the show. It was a nice try but it felt like a few things were cut to make this a series finale. I'm guessing it wasn't planned this way. For example, Demtri's sister Talia wasn't shown. Or Sarah McCord, whoever she is. Regardless, I will miss this show. Tim & Tea have amazing chemistry & they were a great team leading the McCord family. I also feel like the last few episodes were chopped up once the show got the axe. It was noticeable. I hate when a series ending isn't planned. It robs the audience of closure. It they did the best they could I suppose. I'd be sad regardless of the ending. Maybe the actual WH will house a great family like the McCord's some day. A girl can dream.....
Great way to end the series
charlespudlas15 December 2019
I missed the first three seasons but was able to binge watch to catch up. I have enjoyed the story from the start, as the writing took various elements from the front pages of the News, and incorporated them into the show. To keep it all non-partisan was fantastic. and throwing in many usual daily chores and duties we all have, all the while being able to keep their work on an even keel was very nice to see. I actually shed a tear when the show ended, knowing that the world has truly changed in the short time since the show started. Thank you to all those involved in the making of Madam Secretary, may you find more success in your future work.
Amazing and wonderful!
otamay-1832221 May 2020
From beginning to end this show highlighted characters that I have always hoped to see in politics. Empasis on truth, honesty, caring, kindness and way more. I felt the samw way about The West Wing. The acting was great, writing witty and real.
Good series, disappointing end.
ecopolst12 December 2019
Madam Secretary has been an excellent TV series. Acting never was all the great but the writers were very up to date and to the point. One could always see the current US political agenda reflected in the series. That is not the case with the this final episode. It ends up being a boring waste of reunions and peeks into lovelives of too many people all remote to the series.
The series strength has always been focus on politics. The final episode doesn't do that and suffers from it. A minor, sudden attempt at making law of a long standing political issue comes out of nowhere and goes nowhere. Thats the political content of the final episode. Acting is no better than usual for this series so we end up with a disappointing final episode. It's only strength is it at least collects many threads left open from earlier.
The series strength has always been focus on politics. The final episode doesn't do that and suffers from it. A minor, sudden attempt at making law of a long standing political issue comes out of nowhere and goes nowhere. Thats the political content of the final episode. Acting is no better than usual for this series so we end up with a disappointing final episode. It's only strength is it at least collects many threads left open from earlier.
stupid episode
tezzahols11 December 2019
I'll be glad to see the series finish, as the show went on it had potential, but fell into the feminist flag waving show, an episode about ERA, give me a break, the wedding, he says wife and husband ?, if the producers stayed with real world problems and left the meetoo agenda alone i'd be looking forward to another season.
So glad to see this series ending...
MasterChief7112 December 2019
As usual a complete piece of trash from beginning to end with no "Real" writer thought evoked at all. Let's just steal from the political headlines of the day and make it ours.
Started out as a decent series but it evolved into a liberal love-fest of which the country is growing sooooooooo weary of. So long and good riddance!
Started out as a decent series but it evolved into a liberal love-fest of which the country is growing sooooooooo weary of. So long and good riddance!
Weak ending...
Justin-354-21837917 February 2020
Issues? Tissues
Far_Out27 March 2022
Most shows would have been heavy handed about the vows themselves. Instead, it was very subtle about their part in this gender fest. They were very heavy-handed as expected in most other scenes.
If the wife had reached the point of cutting off all contact with the workaholic hubby, she wouldn't have accepted the solution. She would understand that it would only lead to a horrible resentment from him that he had to resign from the job in the place he was born to perform.
The General would never have left his country without a grant of full diplomatic recognition that he was the leader (President, whatever).
What on earth did Flo Avery do other than be born on an auspicious day?
What was the HONOR in meeting her as everyone practically genuflected before her? Cicely Tyson was an awesome bit of casting, though.
The conversation between Senator Daly (Ross) and the FG was excellent. How could a viewer emotionally doubt what Lacey was saying when it came to rights? TPTB took a page out of presidential candidate Alda on The West Wing. The data and situational beliefs each character offered was on point and unusually deep. Genuine and good faith all around. Rare on such a show, or TV, for that matter.
A very great problem with the decision to open up the guest list was not so much who to invite. It was who would get shut out?
I guess the farm-fresh Rose Garden managed to have its perfume tamed in two days?
MASH ended with a helicopter ride and this one with a train ride. The former made a great deal of sense with significance. The latter? Not so much.
If the wife had reached the point of cutting off all contact with the workaholic hubby, she wouldn't have accepted the solution. She would understand that it would only lead to a horrible resentment from him that he had to resign from the job in the place he was born to perform.
The General would never have left his country without a grant of full diplomatic recognition that he was the leader (President, whatever).
What on earth did Flo Avery do other than be born on an auspicious day?
What was the HONOR in meeting her as everyone practically genuflected before her? Cicely Tyson was an awesome bit of casting, though.
The conversation between Senator Daly (Ross) and the FG was excellent. How could a viewer emotionally doubt what Lacey was saying when it came to rights? TPTB took a page out of presidential candidate Alda on The West Wing. The data and situational beliefs each character offered was on point and unusually deep. Genuine and good faith all around. Rare on such a show, or TV, for that matter.
A very great problem with the decision to open up the guest list was not so much who to invite. It was who would get shut out?
I guess the farm-fresh Rose Garden managed to have its perfume tamed in two days?
MASH ended with a helicopter ride and this one with a train ride. The former made a great deal of sense with significance. The latter? Not so much.
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