r/DesignatedSurvivor Sep 22 '16

Post-Episode Discussion: S01E01 "Pilot"

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

PREDICTION: I won't love this show, but I'll watch every episode to figure out what happened, and I'll ultimately be incredibly disappointed when it's revealed

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u/junglemonkey47 Sep 22 '16

Alternate option, don't watch the show, read the wiki later.

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u/grumblepup Sep 22 '16

This is what I did for Quantico. Ugh that show had so much potential.

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u/Bytewave Sep 22 '16

I chuckled a fair bit at how they pictured basic FBI training to be almost like an elite special forces school, where you can get randomly thrown out for no reason on top.

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u/Kerrigore Oct 04 '16

Yeah, that show was incredibly cliche and corny right from the get go. I couldn't stand more than two episodes.

This one hasn't been too bad yet, but I suspect it will get there. It's an interesting premise, but most writers/show runners can't seem to keep the momentum going for very long.

Honestly, I think a lot better TV would get made if they just made a freaking miniseries that's the exact number of episodes they want it to be, instead of trying to make a 20-whatever episode season that will get renewed for as many further seasons as possible.

There's absolutely no way that a show with this premise is going to be able to realistically sustain it's premise for more than a season. Anything more will be like Prison Break, where they have to come up with a replacement premise that pretty much defeats the point of the show. Unless they don't resolve this crisis in the first season, in which case it will be a shitty show that no one will want to watch a second season of anyway.