While trying to coordinate the rescue of the crew of a damaged U.S. submarine off the coast of North Korea with help from Chinese, Mac must deal with war fever among her advisors and a leak from China to the North Korean government that threatens to start a nuclear war. Meanwhile, Speaker Templeton's wife secretly encourages Jayne Murray to accept Nathan's offer to rejoin his office as chief of Staff.

Commander in Chief Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - First Choice
• s01e03 - First Strike
• s01e04 - First Dance
• s01e05 - First... Do No Harm
• s01e06 - First Disaster
• s01e07 - First Scandal
• s01e08 - Rubie Dubidoux and the Brown Bound Express
• s01e09 - The Mom Who Came to Dinner
• s01e10 - Sub Enchanted Evening (1)
• s01e11 - No Nukes Is Good Nukes (2)
• s01e12 - Wind Beneath My Wing
• s01e13 - State of the Unions
• s01e14 - The Price You Pay
• s01e15 - Ties That Bind
• s01e16 - The Elephant in the Room
• s01e17 - Happy Birthday, Madam President
• s01e18 - Unfinished Business

Commander in Chief Show Summary

Mackenzie Allen, the 45-year old Independent Vice President, is about to enter a world in which no woman has ever stepped foot in before. While in attendance at a ceremony with her husband, Chief of Staff Rod Calloway, Mackenzie is given the startling news that President Bridges needs emergency brain surgery to treat a brain tumor. Mackenzie is given an additional shock when she is also informed that in the event the President doesn't make it through surgery, the party doesn't want her succeed him.

However, despite sexist insults from both the dying President and Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton, Mackenzie decides to fulfill her duty as Presidential successor and take her rightful place as Commander in Chief of the United States of America.