MovieChat Forums > Madam Secretary (2014) Discussion > Time for Henry to go back to Academia

Time for Henry to go back to Academia

posted 9 years ago by wrightinchicago
8 replies | jump to latest

Seems every other week he's involved in a bombing, or overseas negotations, and on and on, and he should just go back to academia and get out of government affairs. That's what would solve their marriage.

[–] lamont-hard 9 years ago

What, and give up the best chemistry on the program between Henry and both his handlers, yes the one whom he had before Jill Hennessy was a babe also. You can't have him getting close to coeds. It's only a matter of time before he and his handler are lost in some woods or captured together and something clicks.

[–] brbroose 9 years ago

All the Henry story-lines seem added on and besides the point, as if the writers are tasked with giving Daly more to do. It definitely detracts.

[–] DWBeers 9 years ago

I would suggest the writers are attempting to give Henry a more masculine persona. Think Al Gore Type B personality attempting a Type A makeover. It will fail....

[–] iletaitunefois25 9 years ago

I totally agree!!! And quite frankly I so don't care about his storylines. I understand that he feels bad about Dimitri, but the fact that he's been sulking about it ever since drives me crazy. Imagine how many hard choices Elizabeth has to make every single day! He's clearly not suited for this kind of work.

[–] lamont-hard 9 years ago

I think Henry is making characters, The kids, his wife, his handlers....all around him stronger people, I think that is the message being put out by the writers. For lack of better words his character is like a sensitive first lady role.

[–] rph3664 9 years ago

I was thinking the same thing.

[–] Zhow 8 years ago

Agreed! He first was the Secretary of State's husband and a teacher, now he's a super spy, a hero who goes back to ground zero to help the injured and an agent deployed to Pakistan to kill Bin Laden Number 2. As if it was impossible for a man to be "just the husband" - they had to give him something virile to do, otherwise he would've been emasculated by his too powerful wife.

[–] chipbolton-76904 8 years ago

Agreed. His character's personality and ethics, as originally written, were perfect the the academic career but I do not like at all who he has become by working for the FBI. Looks like it was just a way to make his role larger but changed what was good about him too much.