CBS is promising a cliffhanger in next Sunday’s (December 13) new episode of Madam Secretary, titled “The Greater Good.”
In the episode, after they uncover a secret that could ruin Maria Ostrov’s (Angela Gots) reputation, Elizabeth and President Dalton head to Switzerland to meet with her and use the information as leverage to find a peaceful solution to the escalated conflict with Russia. Also, Dmitri requests to be released from his duties as a spy.
Madam Secretary stars Téa Leoni (Elizabeth McCord), Tim Daly (Henry McCord), Bebe Neuwirth (Nadine Tolliver), Zeljko Ivanek (Russell Jackson), Patina Miller (Daisy Grant), Erich Bergen (Blake Moran), Geoffrey Arend (Matt Mahoney), Kathrine Herzer (Alison McCord), Evan Roe (Jason McCord), Wallis Currie-Wood (Stephanie “Stevie” McCord), and Keith Carradine (President Conrad Dalton).
Recurring guest cast in “The Greater Good” includes Chris Petrovski (Dmitri Petrov), Jill Hennessy (Jane Fellows), Sebastian Arcelus (Jay Whitman), Angela Gots (Maria Ostrov), Zenon Zeleniuch (General Vladimir Doroshevich), Jordan Lage (General Kohl), and Clifton Davis (Ephraim Ware).
Guest stars in the episode include Olek Krupa (President Pavel Ostrov), Liba Vaynberg (Prostitute), Elan Even (Yuri Dyachenko), Will Abadie (Swiss Ambassador Claude Wuthrich), Iolanta O’neill (Russian Counterpart), Sean Dougherty (Driver), and David Vadim (Ukrainian Foreign Minister Luka Melnik).