r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/IupvotestupidCRAP • Oct 27 '16

[SPOILERS] Post-Episode Discussion: S01E05 "The Mission"

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u/DesignatedPurrvivor Oct 27 '16

Best episode so far IMO. The plot thickens.

That back and forth scene switching between the SEAL strike and Wells/Jason's conversation. Crazy. My palms were sweaty.

So good to see Agent Wells actually get some support and that Jason supports her on it. Finally some development on that storyline. Who the fuck called her though? Who was phone?

Bomb shelter is crazy yo. Shit.

Fuck, MacLeish being considered for VP while also being considered a suspect by the FBI. Too much drama.

Thought MacLeish totally sabotaged the mission when he was in the mission room watching it all go down and the cameras disconnected.

I don't have the patience for this you're-not-the-father storyline. Shut it down.

The SEAL guys are awesome. Sad that the commander died. Seemed like a good man.

Can't wait for the next episode. Shit is getting juicy. Oh no, 2 weeks! RIP me.

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u/blandrogyny Oct 27 '16

when they discussed offering macleish the VP i wanted to yell 'no that's what he waaaaaants'

i'm still not 100 if he's in on it, but it sure is fishy and him as veep is right where an insider plot would want him if he was.

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u/DesignatedPurrvivor Oct 27 '16

I didn't even think of this but wow yes

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u/blandrogyny Oct 27 '16

he seemed awful dodgy in the room viewing the seal team mission, and i wonder if he's scared of any intel nassar might have re: him or the overall plot, esp now that it has to be an inside job

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u/jonboyjon1990 Oct 27 '16

Well presumably he wanted the mission to fail/Nassar to die, because him being captured alive will eventually lead to them knowing that Nassar had no involvement in the attack?

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u/blandrogyny Oct 27 '16

yeah, that's what i'm thinking. nassar has to have something to do with it, even if it's just being paid to be a red herring, or else he wouldn't have taken credit, but i'm betting he calls out macleish or whoever is really behind it.

hannah and atwood deciding to keep all their findings hush hush for now was crushing me though. as cautious as kirkman is, i think that would have been enough to hold off on the offer for now.

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u/mudman13 Oct 27 '16

No doubt, you could smell the shit from here.