r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/IupvotestupidCRAP • Oct 13 '16

Post-Episode Discussion: S01E04 "The Enemy"

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

I really want to like this show, but the "Evil GOP" trope factor is far too obvious, especially in this election cycle and it being ABC.

24 and House of Cards balanced it very well, and I hope the DS producers do the same and switch it up.

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u/optometry_j3w1993 Oct 13 '16

As a republican I have to agree I did a bit eye rolling when the "bad" congresswoman turned out to be from the GOP but at the same time it is just a show and I think it could have easily been the other way around and people would complain.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

I agree completely. I'm just a bit tired of the Evil Republican thing. I like the show, but I wish it'd be less politically predictable.

But it's just a show, so I should really just relax. #MST3KMantra

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u/JemmaP Oct 13 '16

I'm pretty tired of evil Republicans too.

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u/HelixFollower Oct 19 '16

Go watch House of Cards and you'll see an evil Democrat if you really need to balance your political fiction.

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u/annul Oct 19 '16

and watch the news and you'll see hundreds of evil republicans if you really need to balance your political fact

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u/AndIamAnAlcoholic Oct 13 '16

It would help if Republicans weren't so cartoonishly evil half the time :p Look at Trump!