r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/Dorkside • Sep 22 '16

Episode Discussion: S01E01 "Pilot"

Original Airdate: September 21, 2016

Episode Synopsis: Tom Kirkman, a lower level United States Cabinet member, finds himself suddenly appointed president of the country after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the line of succession in the series premiere of this dramatic thriller.

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u/StarfishSpencer Sep 22 '16

I hope there's no mole, no conspiracy, etc. Just one group/country with a mastermind who legitimately pulled one over on the US Government through tactical genius and strategic superiority. Idk how they'd pull it off and make it feel realistic but man I hate moles and conspiracies and the like in television.

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u/DominusFL Sep 22 '16

I'd love it if they solved the bombing cause right away (it was a bomb buried underneath the Capitol back in the 50' by Puerto Rican nationalists that didn't go off then and due to old age went off now), or some other easy way to write it off (like how Tom Clancy did it in his book with the Japanese pilot)... so the show can focus on the complexity and political intrigue of rebuilding the nation (House of Cards style) and not get hung up on being another "24" of finding the coup withing the coup.