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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...
- 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
Jun 7, 2019 · The show's move to Netflix means the FCC can go F-U-C itself, and Designated Survivor can let loose without fear of having its mouth washed out with soap. I've long pined to hear...
- Tim Surette
Season 3 – Designated Survivor. As a lower-level cabinet member, Tom Kirkman never imagined something would happen that would catapult him to the oval office. When a devastating attack on the...
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- September 21, 2016
- Kiefer Sutherland
Season 1 – Designated Survivor. As a lower-level cabinet member, Tom Kirkman never imagined something would happen that would catapult him to the oval office. When a devastating attack on the...
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- September 21, 2016
- Kiefer Sutherland
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave Season 1 of the series an approval rating of 87% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 7.07/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Kiefer Sutherland skillfully delivers the drama in Designated Survivor, a fast-paced, quickly engrossing escapist political action fantasy."
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Today, he's President Tom Kirkman -- the DESIGNATED SURVIVOR who must assume the presidency after an explosion kills the president, vice president, cabinet, and Congress. There's not much left of the U.S. government, and everyone around Tom has doubts about his ability to lead: his speechwriter Seth ( Kal Penn ), his chief of staff ( Italia ...
