{"id":23167,"date":"2020-04-10T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T17:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=23167"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:40:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T22:40:16","slug":"review-madam-secretary-series-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2020\/04\/review-madam-secretary-series-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Madam Secretary: The Complete Series DVD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The West Wing<\/em> this is not, but Madam Secretary<\/em><\/strong> is a fine enough television series with a respectable cast, though some of the writing, and dialogue especially, wasn\u2019t great.<\/p>\n

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Madam Secretary: The Complete Series<\/span>
\n(2014-19)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama<\/span>
\nParamount | NR \u2013 5193 min. \u2013 $89.98 | April 7, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 04\/10\/2020 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SERIES INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Barbara Hall (created by)
\nCast: <\/strong>T\u00e9a Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Zeljko Ivanek, Erich Bergen, Keith Carradine, Patina Miller, Geoffrey Arend, Wallis Currie-Wood, Evan Roe, Sara Ramirez, Kevin Rahm<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Episode Commentaries, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Gallery
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>32<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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SERIES SYNOPSIS
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Season 1<\/strong> -Meet Elizabeth McCord (T\u00c9A LEONI): wife, mother, Ph. D., former CIA analyst… and now, America’s newest Secretary of State. She left the world of covert intelligence behind for ethical reason to lead an academic lifestyle with her supportive husband Henry (TIM DALY) and her teenage children. Now the President needs her, and he knows from experience that Elizabeth has the knowledge and tenacity to advise on and steer the nation’s foreign policy. Facing international crises\u2013from embassy bombings to treaty negotiations\u2013Elizabeth’s maverick style puts her at odds with the President’s Machiavellian Chief of Staff, Russell Jackson (\u017dELJKO IVANEK). Earning the grudging respect of State Department insider Nadine Tolliver (BEBE NEUWIRTH), Elizabeth adapts to political maneuvering while uncovering dark secrets that threaten to unravel the administration.<\/p>\n

Season 2<\/strong> – As tensions mount with Russia and chaos brews in the Middle East, Elizabeth answers directly to President Conrad Dalton (KEITH CARRADINE). She tries to steer the world back from the brink of war while navigating the complex agenda of Chief of Staff Jackson. Through it all, she knows she can rely on her brilliant staff, spearheaded by seasoned State Department insider Nadine Tolliver.<\/p>\n

Season 3<\/strong> – As global tensions continue to mount, the McCord family becomes the focus in a sinister stalking case, the culprit of which no one could every suspect. If a personal target wasn’t enough, Elizabeth’s husband Henry is assigned to take down a violent doomsday cult that is preparing to strike. Meanwhile, Elizabeth uses her sage counsel to ensure President Dalton’s reelection, all while White House Chief of Staff Russell Jackson provides difficult demands of his own. She may be savvy in all corners of the world, but with the help of Nadine Tolliver and her brilliant team, Elizabeth is next to unstoppable.<\/p>\n

Season 4<\/strong> – McCord faces everything from international issues to personal upheavals. Whether she’s being accused of murdering a foreign diplomat, trying to contain a smallpox outbreak, or sending her daughter off to college, there’s no crisis she can’t handle. Her husband stirs controversy by recruiting a former member of the Russian military to work for the Agency. She continues to advise President Conrad Dalton, ever as she goes toe-to-toe with the White House Chief of Staff Russell Jackson. Navigating the complicated twists and turns of the D.C. machine gets even more challenging when the loyal Nadine Tolliver decides to retire. But Elizabeth’s team only gets stronger with the addition of brilliant political strategist Kat Sandoval (SARA RAMIREZ).<\/p>\n

Season 5<\/strong> – As McCord prepares to transition from her office to a presidential campaign, she’s going to need all the help she can get – including historic appearances from former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell as themselves.<\/p>\n

Season 6<\/strong> – As McCord debates third-world problems, confronts issues related to her decision to run for president, finesses foreign dignitaries at work and does battle with the president\u2019s combative chief of staff, Russell Jackson, that\u2019s just a warm-up for when she goes home to her supportive husband, theology-professor-turned-intelligence-operative Henry, and their three children, where \u201cpolitics\u201d and \u201ccompromise\u201d take on new meaning.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This 32-disc set is housed, like most of the CBS \u201cComplete Series\u201d releases, in a massive clear keep case, seasons 1-3 on the one side, 4-6 on the other and the case side-slides into a slip case<\/strong>. All of the features from the individual releases have been ported over. Below is a breakdown:<\/p>\n

Season 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Audio Commentaries<\/u><\/strong>\n
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    • \u2018Pilot\u2019 with Barbara Hall and Lori McCreary<\/li>\n
    • \u2018There But for the Grace of God\u2019 with T\u00e9a Leoni and Tim Daly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Deleted Scenes<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 \u2018The Call\u2019, \u2018So It Goes\u2019, \u2018Chains of Command\u2019, \u2018The Time is at Hand\u2019,<\/li>\n
    • FEATURETTES<\/strong>\n
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      • Extraordinary Credentials: The Making of Madam Secretary<\/em> Season One<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Madam Secretary <\/u><\/em><\/strong>at the Politico Playbook Luncheon<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Photo Gallery<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Launch Promos<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        • Deleted Scenes<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 \u2018The Show Must Go On\u2019, \u2018Waiting for Taleju\u2019, \u2018The Long Shot\u2019, \u2018Catch and Release\u2019, \u2018Lights Out\u2019, \u2018Russian Roulette\u2019, \u2018The Middle Way\u2019, \u2018Invasive Species\u2019, \u2018Left of the Boom\u2019, \u2018Vartius\u2019<\/li>\n
        • FEATURETTES<\/strong>\n
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          • Times Talks: Madam Secretary<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
          • Madam Secretary<\/u><\/em><\/strong> Season 2: Guest Stars<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
          • Politics Revealed: A Look at the Second Year<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
          • A Tour of the Oval Office<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            • Deleted Scenes<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 \u2018Sea Change\u2019, \u2018The Dissent Memo\u2019, \u2018The Statement\u2019, \u2018Tectonic Shift\u2019, \u2018The Race\u2019, \u2018Labor of Love\u2019, \u2018Swept Away\u2019, \u2018Good Bones\u2019, \u2018Global Relief\u2019, \u2018Extraordinary Hazard\u2019, \u2018The Seventh Floor\u2019, \u2018Article 5\u2019<\/li>\n
            • A Day in the Life: An Inside Look at Madam Secretary<\/em> Season 3<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Season 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Deleted Scenes<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 \u2018The Essentials\u2019, \u2018Persona Non Grata\u2019, \u2018Loophole\u2019, \u2018North to the Future\u2019, \u2018The Fourth Estate\u2019, \u2018Women Transform the World\u2019, \u2018Mitya\u2019, \u2018Reading the Signs\u2019, \u2018Phase Two\u2019, \u2018The Things We Get to Say\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                • Deleted Scenes<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 \u2018E Pluribus Unum\u2019, \u2018The Magic Rake\u2019, \u2018Requiem\u2019, \u2018Baby Steps\u2019, \u2018Strategic Ambiguity\u2019, \u2018Something Better\u2019, \u2018Ready\u2019, \u2018Carrying the Gold\u2019, \u2018Better Angels\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Season 6: <\/strong>No Features*<\/p>\n

                  Bonus Disc:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                  • Welcome to the State Department: A Set Tour with Erich Bergen<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Foreign Relations: Authenticating the Look of Madam Secretary<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • 1St Look<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Talent Takes<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Fall Campaign<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Family Dynamic<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Behind the Scenes of Madam Secretary<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Segment from \u201cEntertainment Tonight\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • The Esteemed Women of Sunday Nights: T\u00e9a Leoni<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                    VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5, AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5
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                    The series is presented with a 16×9 enhanced 1.78 aspect ratio video as originally televised and while there is some minor artifacting, at least the colors are good and the included Dolby Digital 5.1 track offers up clear dialogue from the center channel and some minor ambient noises making use of the front and rear speakers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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                    OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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                    The West Wing<\/em> this is not, but Madam Secretary<\/em><\/strong> is a fine enough television series with a respectable cast, though some of the writing, and dialogue especially, wasn\u2019t great and worse, heavy-handed, but I suppose of political wonks, this might be entertaining…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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