HAVENT WATCHED PAST EPISODE 6 SO IDK IF THIS QUESTION WILL BE ANSWERED LATER ON In season three with dealing with the election a question for real life came to mind. Since the designated survivor isn’t an elected official, can he run for office for two terms meaning he’d technically be in office for 10 years if he won both elections?

Haven’t seen this question on google for quora or Reddit so I was wondering the thoughts on how this would be if it happened in real life.

My personal theory is Lorraine got arrested, all the shit hit the fan and Moss used that to win the next election after Kirkman’s second term However, during Kirkman’s second term, President Kirkman got over the drama quickly and so did America, allowing him to have a decent presidency, not shadowed by the scandal.

He kept his staff the way it was, but Emily left and is now doing a job outside of politics. Seth’s bio daughter works as an intern and Mars and his wife are happy together with her as a senator in VA and him as the Chief of Staff.

Thoughts?

What the hell happened, man. Tom looks way older now, the best characters are gone, and the new characters are horrifically unlikeable.

I adored the first two seasons, this was one of my favorite shows of all time. Why does it go like this :(

Can someone explain to me why the hell would a senator sue the President/the federal government to prevent the use of a drone to blow up a meaningless bunker in the middle of nowhere, to kill a terrorist who's already killed nearly a thousand people, and has threatened to release fatal gas on the populace, simply because he's "a citizen of the US", and that bunker happens to be on US soil? Are you fucking kidding me? Not only that, but the lawyer seemed to be more than smug for being able to prevent it, despite knowing a delay can lead to human casualties. What the actual fuck?

Honestly, I don't think the drone should be used on the original target. Use it on the lawyer and the senator.

It should have been Frost... That was the better storyline.

As season 3 ended abruptly , i think pharma lobby was behind ending the show bcoz of awareness abt the shady business pharma companies indulge into.Whats u guy think?

Emily and Seth are supposedly dating, but we only see them kiss once, and they never go on a date or sleep together. Hanna and Aaron are part of a trade delegation to Cuba - and then - we never find out what happens. Whatever happens to the White House traitor? I see a lot of loose ends and I am only in the middle of the second season.

Yeah no fucking duh! As destabilizing as the civil war was, nearly the entire main three branches of government being destroyed in one moment is going to be even more destabilizing. Of course the nation is going to be in fucking turmoil

When the show first aired, I watched the first few episodes but then stopped. So I'm basically watching for the first time now. Something I've been thinking is that this show is surprisingly nonchalant about the fact that nearly the entirely government was destroyed at once. Obviously it's treated seriously, but so much just goes on as usual. Political back and forth, internal conflict over who gets what role, etc. Bringing all the governors into the SAME DAMN ROOM EVEN THOUGH ALL YOUR POLITICIANS BEING IN THE SAME ROOM IS WHY YOURE IN THIS SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. It's trying too hard to be The West Wing level of political drama.

I'm on the episode where Seth's friends try to convince him to bail because Kirkman is "incompetent and Seth doesn't want to be tied to a failed administration" as if it's just a regular elected official who's bumbling around. The government was destroyed. Of course there's going to be chaos. It can't just be business as usual

Season 1 was great: edgy (I'm a sucker for an edgy vibe, as in Homeland), great plot (I wish the show had delved into the personal stories in addition to the main plot, but okay, I can live with that), and a great cast. Season 2 went from an investigative thriller to a soap opera. I'm resilient and am trying to watch Season 3.

What I’m really curious about is why was she named the Designated survivor for the Republican Party? 

In the first season people are said to be turning out in droves to vote because of Kirkman voting in the emergency congressional election. DC has no representation in congress. Why is Kirkman voting in a congressional election when he lives in DC?

Kiefer playing as the prez makes me wonder if this is kinda a revamped 24? I own all of 24 on dvd, quite enjoyed that series in its time.

Just finished the show. First half of s1 was the peak, anyway.

Disgusted with the Dontae/Troy arc.

Regardless of how you look at it, Dontae had sex with Troy under false pretenses and that is rape.

The “you’re ok” phrase is dismissive as fuck and then trying to turn it around on Troy asking when he was last tested is wild.

What was even more wild to me was that the tone of the show seemed to agree with Dontae from this point out, and the fact they gave a relationship that started like that a “happy ending” makes me want to puke.

Dontae is beyond lucky that Troy was someone disciplined enough to not beat him to a pulp in that park. Gross.

I'm only on episode 4, and I'm enjoying it so far. But, the lack of grieving is odd to me. For example, Kimble Hookstraten is one of 2 survivors from Congress. All of her colleagues, staffers, etc are dead. She isn't the least bit shaken or upset, she's too busy thinking about her future. I don't care how cunning/political you are. When all of your counterparts are killed in the building you worked in everyday, I think you'd be a bit shook up!!

In S3 EP5 #nothingpersonal emily says to aaron that he and isabella where supposed to be tbe next prince harry and meghan markle, which means in this universe the tv show suits exist, and there are at least a fee actors including jake epstein(chuck) who plays an associate in suits, just interesting, seeing the connections

dude...why.

Binging Season One,

Malik Yoba. Loyal to his country and to his invisible family, whom we don't care about. In a relationship that was far from believable, while giving Hannah Wells the best hugs...yeah ok, we see you budding office romance. Goes from being a buttoned up FBI Director to Rambo over the death of his son (Understandable)(Since his son died unnecessarily and In the most despicable way ever...off screen). But why would we care.

Next up, fired and disgraced and laughed at, for losing a son and being extorted? WTF? Did he work for the FBI or my last first Job at an indoor amusement park?

He spends the first 3 episodes berating Hannah about coloring in the lines only, giving in every time she petulantly stopped her foot, for all his training to go out the window. Because Hannah doesn't need his help...Hannah doesn't need anyone's help. Fk you if you think Hannah needs your help. She's on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic, kicking ass. Alone, on a barge, bitches.

This show should be called Designated La Femme Nikita. (Though Maggie Q is my hero) (Apparently she was the writers too.) Action? Give it to Hannah. Not Woke.. Not demure at all.

But the one demential hard hitting FBI director who is supposed to have more experience than anyone, he's the loose cannon, with no connections not exonerated by the White House.... actually that's probably the most honest aspect. Only to get shot in the forest betrayed by a deer who was clearly a Russian double agent. Making his storyline absolutely pointless, fruitless..careless..all the less's.

Mike Ritter: Loyal Agent/Secret Service/Security Tech Guru/Man who held it down. We instantly fall in love with him. Moving to place himself in harms way, in front of the future President, when the Capitol Explodes.

Mike aka Designated Babysitter then chases the President's forgettable Son who clearly gets his hair from his mother, capitulated after being hogtied, says as they drive past his usual place of residence. "I thought we were going home" suddenly the picture of innocence after swapping tonsils with extra #4 in the club. To which Mike stoically replies as the White House slowly comes into view. "We are". Boom fell in love with Mike Ritter right there. Only to have him edged out n Season 2. Wtf is that? You know what that is? It's me finding a new show to binge. Toodaloo I came, I saw the capitol explode and the #obsessedwithdisastermovies, I'm leaving. Call me when we make black characters that should be regulars, regular.

I just finished the show, and what a crappy ending that was, it left so many unresolved storylines and bad endings, also I’m I the only one that thinks that season 3 kinda sucked

Just watch Hannah die. Right after I said honey I’d watch a spin off on a show just about Hannah and my wife replied me too. Then Hannah dies. I’m so freaking mad right now. I can’t remember a character who died that made me as mad as I am currently. I told my wife man I don’t even wanna watch the show now she said stop being a baby so I shut up and watched the next episode. Hahaha

Just found out Aaron Shore in designated died due to appendix cancer. He made a great chief of staff and national security advisor in the series. 🏆

He is a great man,and wanted to know who he lost in the bombing,he said he lost colleagues,friends people he loved was it ever said who he lost and loved?

Hi I'm watching this show for the first time and I'm on the Koreans parody chapters.

I thought president Moss left on good terms with Kirkman telling him to solve his issues a come back when ready, but it these episodes he is treated like he was fired in bad terms and act like a new villain, did I miss something or the story changed just to deliver a new enemy?

In the real world who is usually the United States designated survivor?

watching season 2 episode 8 and the Kabul CIA station chief says that she worked in Afghanistan for 4 years before she left the agency for the FBI when in season one she explains she left med school and joined the FBI because she wanted to "help people in her own way" ik this is major autism going on but its bothering me

Season 1: pretty much a perfect season of TV. strong, keep you guessing plotting, the premise is relatively well executed. great cliffhanger endings. overall what i would want from a political network conspiracy thriller tv show starring kiefer sutherland

Season 2: i liked some of the "plot of the week" parts, interesting to see the day to day elements of being president. missed having a larger conspiracy to follow and I think the Alex plot was interesting on paper but poorly handled. you could tell McElhone wanted off the show though not having a First Lady was a huge gap in the show.

Season 3: the change to Netflix led to so many changes that it was hard to get on board. and with only ten episodes it moved too fast. i appreciated in theory the more explicitly political themes but way too didactic and preachy. i warmed up to the new characters after a bit, but not having Hannah and Tom work together was a big mistake. she was off in her own show until the end. The HIV plot was irresponsible and vaguely homophobic, though Sasha was really well handled. I think a season 4 would have improved on the messy parts of season 3 because they would have ironed out the wrinkles of such a dramatic change.

I am watching this show for the first time, I just got to s2e12, and I am noticing a lot of events in this show have happened in real life recently. For example, there was a fire at Shenandoah National Park recently, back in march, there are astronauts trapped on the ISS right now, because the Boeing capsule failed on them. there have been a few other moments in the show when I had the thought "hey, that happened recently didn't it?" But I can't remember them all. It's definitely just coincidence, but still, I find it hard to believe just how many times something in the show happened in real life recently.

what year did this come out its so early 2000s coded i feel.. the acting is something !

anyway lol im a leftist and somehow didnt immediately realise this show would be heavy american propaganda.. gonna keep watching anyway i guess !

I’m currently binging the show but falling asleep and multitasking, so I’m missing a lot. Oh well! Can someone please help me understand the core conspiracy behind the Capitol bombing? So the perpetrators wanted to demolish the government and start from scratch with Keifer Sutherland’s character as the president. But if the perpetrators actually wanted Mcleish to be the president, then why not have Mcleish named one of the TWO designated survivors? What if Keifer Sutherland’s character chose a different VP for some reason? And let’s say the plan worked and the perpetrators assassinated the president so that Mcleish would be the present, what then? I’m just very confused And what the end game was here. And the rich guy behind the Capitol bombing, what did he get out of it? I tried googling it but couldn’t find answers.

So, I started watching this show with my pa like a month ago (slowly, as you'll see) because it was recommended by a youtuber whose judgement I usually align with. And the first few episodes proved me right, as I loved the premise. The idea of a normal bureaucrat becoming one of the most powerful people on the planet and having to make tough decisions is something that resonates with me and reminds me to Suzerain, one of my favourite games of all time. Then it started becoming a thriller and eventually "24, but Kiefer Sutherland is the president now", which isn't *bad* but not my cup of tea.

The reason I'm posting this is: is it me or is anyone stupid?! Probably the most clear cut case is how despite everything surrounding the incident indicating there's a mole inside people just seem oblivious to the fact that there's an enemy inside. But then, the director of the FBI, a man of reputation, kills a terrorist with valuable information the same week his son goes missing and nobody bats an eye? Agent Wells has an accident and she forgets to have the file that could save the country? And the President of Congress doesn't research eventually that there has been an accident with a police car right after the phone call? Now I'm in the end of episode 12, where MacLeigh dies in that graveyard: Agent Wells goes with a gun to detain the vice-president, while his former brother in arms is there all by herself without waiting 10 seconds for the other agents?! Why does it seem that everyone in DC is incompetent?!

The show is still interesting enough to make me watch season 1 but... should I bother with the rest? Anyone knows of any good political series with that premise I said ealier?