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Season 1  "Standoff"  1x12

Aired 9 years ago - Jan 04, 2015

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 anniversary in New York City. However, when political issues arise around the case, she is forced to cut their trip short. Also, Elizabeth’s son injures himself while Blake is watching him.

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Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 1
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 2
Even before you were Secretary of State.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 3
That's Rafael Lopez.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 4
We don't have a choice.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 5
Born in Connecticut,
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 6
- Oh... - Oh.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 7
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 8
Oh, Jay, you're right.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 9
And it should not be about how Italy is run
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 10
Mom, everything is gonna be fine.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 11
for Deputy Cushing to give him a call
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 12
...was murdered.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 13
Why don't we set some ground rules
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 14
Who am I meeting with again?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 15
Oh, gosh, uh, a hundred bucks for a bottle of champagne?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 16
and get us this huge room.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 17
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 18
Wait-wait, how little?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 19
than a little sprain, okay?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 20
and finish what she started?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 21
Okay.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 22
Wh-Which hospital?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 23
we need more information before we can make any decisions.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 24
- I so don't think we should do that. - But the thing is...
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 25
Klaus manages, uh, an historical conservancy.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 26
Oh, Henry, it's not a romantic dinner.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 27
But not over religious beliefs, no, no.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 28
That this is somehow about getting close to my wife?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 29
Jackson wants the State Department to handle this.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 30
I'm sorry. I've been texting with Alison
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 31
Oh, how old is he?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 32
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 33
But then when Klaus just showed up like that,
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 34
Well, better safe than sorry. Come here.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 35
Yeah. No, yes, yes. Keep moving forward.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 36
Don't you think it's time to put an end
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 37
You may just have to answer to me one day.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 38
for years or a gun fight.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 39
Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 40
I'll see you back at home, okay?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 41
Which means that you're working
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 42
they might be inclined to seek out leverage
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 43
I heard you spoke to Ambassador Lopez.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 44
Do you have a game plan, Madam Secretary?
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 45
really depend on one's perspective.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 46
Well, if you're convicted in absentia,
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 47
unlawful restraint,
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 48
but there was none.
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 49
You have some work to do...
 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 50
The sarin gas is in a warehouse...

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Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 2
Even before you were Secretary of State.
#2 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 3
That's Rafael Lopez.
#3 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 4
We don't have a choice.
#4 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 5
Born in Connecticut,
#5 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 6
- Oh... - Oh.
#6 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 7 #7 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 8
Oh, Jay, you're right.
#8 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 9
And it should not be about how Italy is run
#9 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 10
Mom, everything is gonna be fine.
#10 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 11
for Deputy Cushing to give him a call
#11 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 12
...was murdered.
#12 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 13
Why don't we set some ground rules
#13 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 14
Who am I meeting with again?
#14 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 15
Oh, gosh, uh, a hundred bucks for a bottle of champagne?
#15 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 16
and get us this huge room.
#16 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 17 #17 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 18
Wait-wait, how little?
#18 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 19
than a little sprain, okay?
#19 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 20
and finish what she started?
#20 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 21
Okay.
#21 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 22
Wh-Which hospital?
#22 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 23
we need more information before we can make any decisions.
#23 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 24
- I so don't think we should do that. - But the thing is...
#24 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 25
Klaus manages, uh, an historical conservancy.
#25 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 26
Oh, Henry, it's not a romantic dinner.
#26 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 27
But not over religious beliefs, no, no.
#27 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 28
That this is somehow about getting close to my wife?
#28 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 29
Jackson wants the State Department to handle this.
#29 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 30
I'm sorry. I've been texting with Alison
#30 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 31
Oh, how old is he?
#31 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 32 #32 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 33
But then when Klaus just showed up like that,
#33 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 34
Well, better safe than sorry. Come here.
#34 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 35
Yeah. No, yes, yes. Keep moving forward.
#35 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 36
Don't you think it's time to put an end
#36 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 37
You may just have to answer to me one day.
#37 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 38
for years or a gun fight.
#38 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 39 #39 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 40
I'll see you back at home, okay?
#40 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 41
Which means that you're working
#41 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 42
they might be inclined to seek out leverage
#42 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 43
I heard you spoke to Ambassador Lopez.
#43 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 44
Do you have a game plan, Madam Secretary?
#44 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 45
really depend on one's perspective.
#45 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 46
Well, if you're convicted in absentia,
#46 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 47
unlawful restraint,
#47 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 48
but there was none.
#48 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 49
You have some work to do...
#49 Recap of Madam Secretary Season 1 Episode 12 (S01E12) - 50
The sarin gas is in a warehouse...
#50