7.0Season 1 • Episode 18
LatestAfter a critic of the Equal Rights Amendment passes away and his wife takes over his seat, Mac believes she can amend the Constitution and pass the ERA once and for all. Meanwhile Templeton turns a Get Out the Vote campaign meeting into a presidential debate, Rod is asked to write a story about his relationship with Mac, and Rebecca finally learns the identity of her IM buddy, and both are shocked at just who the other person is.
Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to become the first female president of the United States. Before that happens, however; Mackenzie, who serves as vice president, has to decide whether or not to go against the dying wishes of the current president, who has asked her to step down and let someone "more appropriate" fill his shoes in the Oval Office. Not only does the president want her to resign, so does the entire party that elected her in the first place. But when the moment of truth arrives, Mackenzie isn't willing to be a mere footnote in history. Instead of allowing her detractors to keep her down, she decides to trust her instincts and accept the most powerful job in the world.
Acting
Geena Davis's steel-magnolia energy carries every scene.
Writing
Rod Lurie's fantasy of competence in government.
Production
That Oval Office set cost $1 million and it SHOWS.
Creator
Rod Lurie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Geena Davis founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media after making this—she literally became her character.
The show premiered weeks after Hillary Clinton's 2005 'I'm staying in the Senate' announcement; critics called it her 'shadow campaign.' ABC canceled it after 18 episodes when ratings didn't justify the massive budget.
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