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- Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman, a lesser Cabinet member who, on the night of the State of the Union address, has been chosen as, well, the designated survivor. That is, he's the one sequestered away so the U.S. government still has a top official to run things in case of a freakish calamity.
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Apr 17, 2020 · 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.
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Kirkman is one of four characters to appear in all 53 episodes of Designated Survivor; the other three being Aaron Shore, Emily Rhodes, and Seth Wright. Kirkman is a registered Independent, which means he's not affiliated with any political party.
Premise. On the night of the State of the Union, an explosion destroys the Capitol Building, killing the president and everyone in the line of succession except for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Thomas Kirkman, who had been named the designated survivor.
Apr 8, 2020 · At the end of election day, Tom Kirkman finds himself re-elected as president after a fairly dirty campaign. In the episode of the American thriller series, titled...
Jun 7, 2019 · Tom Kirkman's (Kiefer Sutherland) everyman persona was a direct response to the real-life clown show that two-party politics has become, so Kirkman was thrust into the Oval Office...
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Sep 20, 2016 · Sutherland’s character, Tom Kirkman, is chosen as the so-called “designated survivor,” a low-level government official who sits in a secure, undisclosed location, ready to take charge in case...
Jun 12, 2019 · As Season 3 of Designated Survivor drew to a close -- and on the eve of Election Day no less! -- sitting POTUS Tom Kirkman (played by Kiefer Sutherland) was presented with quite the ethical...