The Doability Doctrine Analysis

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Madam Secretary returns with an all-new episode this Sunday. The episode is titled "The Doability Doctrine" and sees Elizabeth dealing with a kidnapped State Department employee.

That employee is Tom Garrity, and he is taken hostage in Afghanistan. The kidnappers strangely enough demand to speak to Elizabeth herself in Kabul. While Elizabeth is ready to give in, President Dalton disagrees and won't allow her to travel to Afghanistan. The situation leads to quite some tension between the Secretary of State and the President, which increases even more when it becomes clear who the captors are and what they want.

Meanwhile, Henry continues with his DIA mission to recruit Dmitri Petrov. However, there are complications that might impact the

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