'Madam Secretary' Season 2 Episode 17 Recap:"Higher Learning"

Last Sunday's episode of the hit TV series 'Madam Secretary' was the kind of breather all of us needed. What with all the serious topics we had to see in the show, it was kind of fun seeing our protagonist act normal and do normal stuff that mothers do always. Curious on what we are talking about here? Read on and find out as we are about to have a recap of episode 17 titled "Higher Learning". 

Episode 17 circled around Elizabeth trying to make things normal for herself and her family and this time her way of doing that is by accompanying her daughter tour through colleges. Alison, on the other hand, was skeptical about the idea knowing that this would only put a spotlight to her and her family. But really, the lights would all be spotted to her mother's. 

Blake’s job of making Alison’s college tour as normal as possible pretty much failed from the get-go as they were greeted by the college’s marching band and a photo op with the dean. Not exactly the under-the-radar trip they were hoping for. Not long after the arrival, a group of protesting students confront Bess on her plans for dealing with the mining situation, to which she replies that the agreement was legal between the government and the U.S. company, so there’s no way to interfere.  

Good thing Stevie was there to help her sister out. 

Meanwhile, speaking of Chile, a problem arise as a group protested on an American company, Hercutel, for mining gold in their mountains. According to Bess’ team, the mining agreement between Hercutel and the Chilean government was completely legal, but now the president of Chile has changed her mind and accused the company of negotiating more than their fair share of profits, sparking the various protests.  

Bess' solution to this: telling Matt to draft a statement to the Chilean foreign minister to remind him of his responsibility to protect American workers and tell him that Chile’s economy will pretty much go to hell if they mess up their trade agreement with the U.S. You go girl! Bess talks to the foreign minister, threatening to cripple their economy, and Chile quickly agrees to reopen the mining operation in the morning. 

Aside from that, she also talked her way through out a lawsuit by marching over to the kid’s dorm room with his parents on Skype. Basically, she tells the kid that he was right to stand up and say something and because of him other protesters, the Inhawoji people finally stood up to take back their land and the student dropped the lawsuit. Bess is at it with her smart moves. 

So what is your favorite part of the episode? Comment them below.