In the middle of the announcement of her new National Security Advisor, Anthony Prado, Mac is caught off guard by the breaking news of a terrorist smuggling explosives across the Canadian border. The way in which Mac and her Attorney General deal with the situation pits them squarely against each other, and Nathan Templeton takes great pleasure in publicly second-guessing Mac's every move. Meanwhile, it's Halloween, and Amy - who desperately wants to go trick-or-treating like a normal kid - is disappointed to learn that, due to security concerns, she may have to settle for a party this year instead. When Rod as First Gentleman finds himself fodder for late-night comics, it hits his son Horace especially hard.

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.