It’s been a while since fans of “Madam Secretary” got a new episode of their favorite show, and people have taken the opportunity to discuss the possible upcoming developments. While many people expected the next episode to come with some exciting developments, the producers of the show actually outdid themselves in the eyes of most fans, as the latest episode got lots of positive comments from pretty much everyone.
The fate of Maria Ostrov was the main topic in fans’ discussions, and while it wasn’t actually confirmed that she would be the one to get killed by the explosion in the last episode, many people saw it as the only obvious outcome to that situation. And now that we’ve seen that Ostrov is dead, this raises some obvious questions about how the story will continue and what kinds of changes in the power balance of Ukraine we can expect.
It sounds like her death will have particularly messy consequences from a political standpoint, and the fallout from this incident might be greater than we thought. Of course, killing a character like that will obviously not be a small event in the story, but it’s hard to predict exactly how far the shockwave will spread. Things are made even more complicated by the revelation of who pulled the trigger – apparently, Ostrov has been in the crosshairs of an Ukrainian nationalist group for some time now, and they’ve finally been able to pull off their plans.
It’s not entirely clear just how much her death had to do with the fact that she previously killed her own husband, but this could be the beginning of a very convoluted sequence of events which can leave lots of bodies in its trail. And of course, this would be one of the perfect shows to pull off something like this, as murderous political intrigue is one of the main ingredients in its general plot.
And judging by online discussions, this is exactly what fans want to see too. Many people got drawn to “Madam Secretary” exactly because the show does such a great job of constantly putting its characters in compromising situations, so this is exactly the kind of continuation that the show’s core audience has been hoping for. On the other hand, there are also some opinions that the show has been moving a bit too fast with these developments and fans should be given some time to catch their breath, but this opinion seems to belong to a vocal minority at the moment.
Right now, the biggest issue on the horizon is the validity of the peace deal that was arranged with Ostrov before she was killed. Elizabeth was hopeful that the deal would hold up despite what happened, but that doesn’t seem to be the case, and an attack will still commence after a three-day mourning period for the late President. When that happens, there won’t be many options remaining for brokering a peace deal, and it’s very likely that things are headed for disaster.
Last but definitely not least, what’s happening with Dmitri? There are reports that the character has been killed off for good, but there is a lot of skepticism towards this idea among the show’s fans – even some critics are expressing doubt over the way everything occurred, and many are convinced that the death of the character was not genuine and we will be seeing him again in the future. Of course, a large part of that seems to be just wishful thinking, but one never knows.