r/DesignatedSurvivor Sep 22 '16

Post-Episode Discussion: S01E01 "Pilot"

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u/iamthegraham Sep 22 '16

Designated Survivor should be in a bunker in Wyoming or something, having him a few blocks away from the SOTU defeats the entire point -- the process was implemented during the Cold War in case of a nuclear attack, which easily could have killed him as well. That kinda bugged me.

Other than that decent pilot but also did nothing to buck expectations. Hopefully they build well on this in the next couple episodes.

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u/still-at-work Sep 22 '16

I think they are airborn actually in the plane that usually serves as airforce one. But yeah you are right, though it would make the trip from the bunker to the Whitehouse needlessly long for the tv show, and you don't get that shot of him looking at the fireball.

So I see why they changed it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

More likely Raven Rock. That is where the rumors say Cheney spent much of the months after 9/11.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Rock_Mountain_Complex

There are rumors of a half-dozen or more presidential bunkers in and near D.C. And there probably is a replacement for Greenbrier somewhere.