List of Commander in Chief episodes

List of episodes of the American serial television drama, Commander in Chief.

While on a diplomatic mission in Paris, France, Vice President Mackenzie Allen is informed that President Teddy Bridges has suffered a possibly fatal stroke. Allen is shocked at the news, but is even more surprised when she is told of his wish that she resign should he be unable to continue acting as president (due to death or otherwise physical and/or mental restraints). Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton would assume the presidency. Despite grief about giving up the chance to be the first female and first independent in office and reservations about allowing Templeton, whose policies she does not agree with, to take office, Allen has her staff draft a resignation speech.

Upon the President's death, Allen is again asked by Templeton to step aside. But as she observes his prejudice towards Muslims, gays, and women, she chooses instead to take the oath of office and assume the presidency despite the challenges that lie ahead. After assuming office, she is faced with hostility from within the Bridges administration, making her all the more aware of what an outsider she has been. The Secretary of Labor and the president's personal secretary offer their resignations, while Allen asks Bridges' Chief of Staff, Jim Gardner, to remain in his post.

As her first action in office, Allen finishes a mission she championed as Vice President by confronting the Nigerian ambassador, making it clear that unless they release the woman who is sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside of marriage, the United States military will use force to see that she is rescued.

Faced with skepticism from political insiders and within her own family, Allen delivers a touching address to a joint session of Congress. As the President speaks, rather than risk U.S. invasion, the Nigerians quietly hand their prisoner over to the U.S. military and she is flown out of the country.

Allen faces the first political crisis of her presidency as her selection of a new Vice President is manipulated by Speaker Templeton. Templeton leaks incorrect information to the press regarding the nomination of a Republican former governor of Oklahoma named Tucker Baynes to fill the vacant seat of the Vice President. Meanwhile, the White House is still in disorder after the resignation of several other members of the Bridges administration, including the Press Secretary. Allen appoints her personal speech writer, Kelly Ludlow, to be the new Press Secretary.

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