The US Ambassador to Algeria dies at the time when Elizabeth wants to quell the civil war in the upcoming episode 2, titled "The Linchpin," of the third season of the American political drama "Madam Secretary."

Algeria is on the edge of a civil war so Elizabeth (Tea Leoni) decides to start negotiating for a regime change. However, her plans will not turn as smooth as she expected it to be when the US Ambassador to Algeria, Rory (Dakin Matthews), dies unexpectedly.

Henry (Tim Daly), on the other hand, is busy fighting to save religious antiquities in Algeria. This is after he learns that the pieces are being destroyed by Hizb al-Shahid. Meanwhile, the McCord children learn their own security detail after Jason's (Evan Roe) computer gets hacked.

The promo trailer for "The Linchpin" shows Elizabeth learning that someone is hacking the McCord children. According to the report from the security, it starts when the kids' school phone system gets hacked. She receives a message from the hacker saying, "We can get to your family anytime."

Meanwhile, actor Erich Bergen, who plays Blake Moran, revealed that some of the show's storyline reflects the real world. However, the US presidential campaign is not inspired from the real US elections.

"There is no character that is based on, or similar to, a Trump character on Madam Secretary because I don't know if that type of character would be believed in a fictional setting," he explained to Australian Associated Press. "I think he's so unique to reality which is why he's gotten as far as he has, it's because he is so shocking. I don't know if you put it in a fictional setting, I don't know if it would be as believed."

The actor also added that the show is more focused on running the country and less on the political campaign.

"Madam Secretary" season 3 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on CBS.