Newly-appointed Secretary Of State Elizabeth McCord is immediately faced with a maelstrom of complex political challenges, and an international hostage situation is her t ...

When there's a crisis in Yemen, Elizabeth is worried about the ambassador who is a friend. When she can't sent in more troops and can't get the ambassador out, she needs ...

Elizabeth is confronted by a hostile reporter who threatens to publish confidential documents that were leaked from inside the State Department. Meanwhile, Henry is dragg ...

While Elizabeth works to successfully broker a peace treaty between China and Japan, a Chinese student seeking political asylum threatens the deal. Meanwhile, tensions ri ...

When Elizabeth faces the daunting task of negotiating with Iran over their escalating nuclear program, she is determined to deal with the situation in a peaceful manner, ...

Just before Elizabeth is about to make an important speech, Henry's teacher who's a priest from West Africa meets with her and tells her of acts of genocide in his countr ...

When Elizabeth brings Alison with her to India on her first state department trip abroad she's thrown into crisis mode when a massive earthquake hits that causes an explo ...

Elizabeth is meeting the Prime Minister of a country that is dealing with a rogue General. She sends one of her people who is formerly of the CIA to accompany him when he ...

Elizabeth, Henry and Isabelle launch their own investigation into the plane crash that killed former Secretary of State Vincent Marsh. Also, Nadine takes a step back into ...

When the State Department goes on lock down due to a deranged gunman outside the building, Elizabeth is confined with a delegation from Iraq whose translator threatens to ...

Elizabeth continues to look into her predecessor's death. Isabelle tells she discovered that he had a bank account in Venezuela and that one of the persons who has access ...

When a Texas state trooper is killed by a Mexican cartel smuggler, Elizabeth arranges an extradition deal before going on vacation to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversa ...

When the police respond to an alarm at the house of a Bahrain diplomat, they find that they're holding a woman captive. The police arrest him but he asserts his diplomati ...

Elizabeth appears before a committee to talk about one of her programs that involves micro loans. The Chairman, who appears to have it on for Liz and/or the program, reve ...

An American soldier is sent to Turkey on a covert mission pursuing the person who might know something about what happened to Secretaty Marsh. But the man is killed. And ...

Knowing that a coup in Iran is imminent, Elizabeth, Russell and the President are trying to decide what to do. Ultimately Elizabeth is sent to Iran to meet with a Ministe ...

As Elizabeth struggles to hold herself together emotionally following the attack in Iran, she works to prevent an ecological disaster in the Amazon, and prepares for a na ...

A man approaches Elizabeth and asks her to help get her daughter out of a cult in Bolivia. He says he was advised by his congressman to approach her. She talks to the con ...

Elizabeth and President Dalton work together to solve the Greek debt crisis, but not everyone at home is happy with the agreement. Meanwhile, Henry mulls over a new job o ...

A Russian nuclear submarine disappears in American waters, putting Elizabeth in a tricky situation. ...

As Elizabeth prepares for the arrival of Iranian President Shiraz to sign a nuclear treaty, she uncovers a top secret plot to assassinate him on United States soil. At th ...

When Elizabeth confronts her former friend Juliet, she flashes back to when then-CIA Director Dalton offered her a job that would have changed the course of her life. Als ...