WHEN ELIZABETH BRINGS ALISON WITH HER TO INDIA ON GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, AN EARTHQUAKE HITS AND SHE'S SEPARATED FROM HER DAUGHTER DURING THE MAYHEM, ON "MADAM SECRETARY," SUNDAY, NOV. 2

Sakina Jaffrey Guest Stars as India's Foreign Minister Chondita Samant

"Passage" - When Elizabeth brings Alison with her to India on her first state department trip abroad, she's thrown into crisis mode when a massive earthquake hits that causes an explosion at an American-owned factory, and she's separated from Alison during the chaos, on MADAM SECRETARY, Sunday, Nov. 2 (8:31-9:30 PM, ET/8:01-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Téa Leoni (Elizabeth McCord)
Tim Daly (Henry McCord)
Bebe Neuwirth (Nadine Tolliver)
Željko 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)

RECURRING CAST:

Keith Carradine (President Conrad Dalton)

GUEST CAST:

Corey Cott (Scott Welland)
Sakina Jaffrey (Foreign Minister Chondita Samant)
John Shea (Ted Graham)
Dion Graham (Diplomatic Security Head Agent Fred Cole)
Shivam Chopra (Sanjay)
Anna Wood (Sarah Eckhart)

WRITTEN BY: Alex Cooley

DIRECTED BY: Martha Coolidge