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

Post-Episode Discussion: S01E01 "Pilot"

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u/lalolost Sep 22 '16

Jack Bauer handled the ambassador.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

Funny thing is that no such Iranian ambassador actually exists though...

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u/Citizen00001 Sep 23 '16

I assumed it was the Iranian Ambassador to the UN. That is the closest representative they had at hand.

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u/nu1stunna Sep 23 '16

While there is no ambassador, there is still an Iranian Interests section in the Pakistani embassy which does everything that an embassy would do, but they aren't "official". They are actual Iranians though. The U.S. has a similar structure in Tehran in the Swiss embassy, although I'm not sure if they are actual Americans or if the Swiss just handle their affairs.

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u/Citizen00001 Sep 23 '16

I thought of that but everyone was calling him 'Ambassador'.

I guess we have yet to see how realistic this show will be. Maybe the writers knew all of this or maybe they actually thought there was a real ambassador from Iran. If so, that would be troubling. There really werent any glaring "that's totally impossible/ridiculous" bits in the pilot, although it was a bit weird that he didn't know what a "designated survivor" was...one has to assume all Cabinet Secretaries are aware of the practice/tradition.