Tea Leoni as Elizabeth McCord and Tim Daly as Henry McCord definitely bring on the drama in Barbara Hall’s Madam Secretary.
“A political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family.” – Created by Barbara Hall.
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However you describe this show’s genre – I really dig Madam Secretary. It’s one of the DVR’d shows that I’m finally catching up on.
It’s obviously based on Hillary Clinton in her role as Secretary of State. But they’ve gone in a definite alternate universe direction with things that have really caught my interest. At least to the point that I want to see how this television series plays out.
Several times I’ve thought about a book series I once read about a girl, Meg, whose mother becomes the first female President of the United States. Told from her perspective, the President’s Daughter series was something young-me devoured and it gave me a love of political dramas.
From The West Wing to Newsroom, I have a fascination for what’s going on in the background of societies. I honestly think I would enjoy a behind-the-scenes at the Roman villa historical drama as long as it was relatively accurate.
I binge-watched the first three seasons of Scandal, unable to keep my eyes from staring. But things got a little heavy for me. The ratio between gratuitousness and content went a bit over the allowable limit for my watching ability.
The not-overly graphic narrative-driven style of Madam Secretary is something easy to watch. I don’t know that I would watch the episodes over and over again, but it’s solidly watchable at least once.
Elizabeth McCord was kind of a frumpy character in the first season. But as the show has progressed, they’ve cleaned up her look quite a bit. They even make a point in the first season of having her be told by a stylist that she needed to work on her image.
I don’t know. I’m enjoying watching these DVR’d episodes and I’m hopeful that the rest of season 3 will go well.
And by the way, Tea Leoni’s EYES. Amiright? Yeah.
