Madam Secretary — S01E04 — Just Another Normal Day
2014 · 44 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 486 VOTES · DIR. Eric Stoltz
Overview
While Elizabeth works to successfully broker a peace treaty between China and Japan, a Chinese student seeking political asylum threatens the deal. Meanwhile, tensions rise at home between Alison and Stevie during Alison's sleepover party.
Dialogue Timeline — 667 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 ATTENDANT OVER SPEAKER: We are now boarding group three.
00:02:09 and they divide the natural resources.
00:03:57 Great! Great! Excellent work, everybody!
00:05:34 You know what irks me?
00:07:14 and you said, "I know."
00:08:56 - It feels good. - Why does Daisy have on a weird face?
00:10:26 I can't make that promise.
00:12:23 It's just my mother. No.
00:13:54 Thomas Aquinas walks into a bar...
00:15:24 Hell, go through her entire online history
00:18:22 - Madam Secretary. Hi. Amy Ferber. - Nice to meet you.
00:19:59 So that all of DC can stop what they're doing
00:21:33 Threatened?
00:23:22 - The secretary needs to postpone again. - What?
00:25:31 I can't.
00:27:22 She's making up the story about political persecution.
00:29:01 That doesn't change the fact that she does not qualify for political asylum.
00:30:39 You do realize that by killing this woman,
00:32:45 And... I haven't been able to cry.
00:35:00 Minister Chen said something about not punishing children
00:37:41 You used her. Even though you promised you wouldn't.
00:39:25 I have come to see that he was much more
00:41:14 Well... What happ...? I mean, did something happen?
00:42:53 HENRY: Go ahead.
Cast & Characters
Téa Leoni
Elizabeth McCord
Tim Daly
Henry McCord
Željko Ivanek
Russell Jackson
Patina Miller
Daisy Grant
Erich Bergen
Blake Moran
Bebe Neuwirth
Nadine Tolliver
Sebastian Arcelus
Jay Whitman
Geoffrey Arend
Matt Mahoney
Wallis Currie-Wood
Stephanie 'Stevie' McCord
Kathrine Herzer
Alison McCord
Evan Roe
Jason McCord
David Carradine
President Conrad Dalton
Patrick Breen
Andrew Munsey
Marin Hinkle
CIA Agent Isabelle
Nilaja Sun
CIA Agent Juliet
Danni Wang
Fu Xinpei
Patricia Kalember
Kate Fletcher
Francis Jue
Ming Chen
James Saito
Shimbakura
Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Pam Foster
Edelen McWilliams
Amy Ferber
Megan Ling Greaves
Emily Ferber
Sharon Gee
Fu Xinwan
Vikki Eugenis
Harper
Kenneth Lee
Chinese Teacher
Young-H. Lee
Chinese Policeman
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed667
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line00:42:53
Production Record
DirectorEric Stoltz
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes486
Factoids
Episode
Madam Secretary, season 1, episode 4: Just Another Normal Day.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/61378/season/1/episode/4
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