Kiefer Sutherland
Tom Kirkman
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- 1. Pilot Sep 21, 2016
- A cabinet member suddenly becomes the United States president after an attack on the U.S. Capitol.
- 2. The First Day Sep 28, 2016
- Amid chaos and confusion, President Kirkman steps into his role as commander in chief.
- 3. The Confession Oct 5, 2016
- President Kirkman and his staff try to keep a White House security breach a secret.
Designated Survivor is an American political thriller drama television series created by David Guggenheim. It aired for three seasons, beginning on ABC and then exclusively on Netflix for the third and final season.
Jul 25, 2019 · Fans of Designated Survivor rejoiced when Netflix snapped up the political thriller following its cancellation by ABC. The series, starring Kiefer Sutherland as President Tom Kirkman, spent two...
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Designated Survivor: Created by David Guggenheim. With Kiefer Sutherland, Adan Canto, Italia Ricci, Kal Penn. A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the line of succession.
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- 2016-09-21
- Action, Drama, Mystery
- 60
- Ruined: Trying to Imitate Popular Political Dramas
- Make It Better: Add More Weight The First Lady's Death
- Make It Better: Increase The Pace
- Ruined: Discarding The Action
- Make It Better: Turn Kirkman Into An Ass-Kicking President
- Ruined: Relying on Over-Used Plot Elements
- Make It Better: Pump Up The Threat Levels
- Make It Better: Witty Dialogue Instead of Too Much Cussing
Designated Survivor started off as an action/thriller/espionage series but by the end of the second season it had veered off to The West Wing territory. And in the third season, it tried too hard to imitate House Of Cards. This drastic change must have driven off plenty of original fans. More focus ought to have been placed on the dirty games and c...
First Lady Alex Kirkman had to die in Season 2 because Natascha McElhone, the actress who was playing her, was leaving the show. Of all the ways a major character could be killed off, it was decided that a reckless truck drive would ram into her motorcade. After Alex's death in Season 2, Episode 10, things went downhill for good. In a series that s...
Initially, the show's pace was okay, Twists and turns came in unlimited supply. But when it moved to Netflix, it was all a slow burn all of a sudden. Taking time to develop the plot is not necessarily a bad thing. Great shows likeThe Sopranoshave used the same strategy, However, in the modern TV landscape, telling viewers to be patient is a big ask...
The first season served a healthy amount of action sequences to viewers. The initial president and his entire cabinet got blown up as a result of a terrorist plot, leaving Kirkman as the only person who could take over because he was the designated survivor. Conspirators were getting hunted down every minute. Every episode had a fight scene or two ...
One of the reasons why Designated Survivor felt dull was watching President Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) do nothing but talk and walk. The same Kiefer Sutherland who shot or punched bad guys every two minutes in 24? Hell no! It's like watching Jason Statham play a very moral priest who later gets murdered without even fighting back. RELATED: 10 Best...
When Designated Survivorstarted it stood out because it presented a very different narrative. Literally no other TV show before it had ever had a plot where all government members got killed at the same time. The term "designated survivor" wasn't widely known either. By the third season, the show had stuck to Washington D.Cand was relying on politi...
More often than not, it felt like President Kirman had nothing much to worry about rather than his opponent in the presidential race. This was not good enough. There ought to be have been a serious threat in every single episode to make the show more interesting. The possibilities are endless. There could have been nuclear threats, assassination at...
At one point, the screenwriters figured that cussing was what would make the show really cool. When the show was at ABC, there was no cussing at all but when it moved to Netflix, the dirty mouths were let loose. This ended up being more awkward than fun. What was even sadder is that the cussing mostly came from characters who appeared more discipli...
- Staff Writer
When a devastating attack on the night of the State of the Union address claims the lives of the president and most of the Cabinet, the Housing and Urban Development secretary -- who was named the...
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Jul 9, 2023 · The Kiefer Sutherland-starring "Designated Survivor" premiered on ABC in 2016 and then moved to Netflix in 2019. Here's why each may have canceled it.
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IMDbPro. All topics. Episode list. Designated Survivor. Top-rated. Wed, Dec 14, 2016. S1.E10. The Oath. President Kirkman fears there could be a traitor in the White House when he discovers shocking information connected to the Capitol Bombing. Confiding in Emily, Kirkman puts her in charge of quietly investigating. 8.5/10. Rate. Top-rated.
