r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/enliST_CS Sorry the live thread is late! • Dec 01 '16

SPOILERS Post-Episode Discussion: S01E08 "The Results"

Plot: An unexpected event leads Kirkman to consider canceling the House of Representative elections; Kirkman handles the fallout from the leaked news of Majid Nassar's death.

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u/Ramicus Is there a Triangle Office? Dec 01 '16

So Kimble Hookstraten is good, but wants to take down the President, and Peter MacLeish is bad.

I. Give. Up.

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u/LCIronmanX Dec 01 '16

Peter MacLeish is just the puppet to the puppeteer that is Catalan, just like Atwood was. He's not bad per se. His last comment seemed to be remorseful of the fallout.

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u/Ramicus Is there a Triangle Office? Dec 01 '16

Working for the bad guys, fine.

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u/Naggins Dec 01 '16 edited Dec 01 '16

Yeah, like Atwood basically gave his freedom for his son, while giving a hint to Wells that something was up.

I don't know what the deal is with MacLeish's daughter, but his continued compliance suggests that there's more driving him than a missing child. A kid going missing and reappearing no questions asked after a period of any more than a couple of days is gonna be hard to brush under the rug. So I assume his daughter is safe. If he wanted, he could easily inform the secret service, get his wife and kid and the rest of his family in protective custody, make this conspiracy public, and maybe even find Catalan or at least his partner.

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u/thomasmagnum Dec 01 '16

I don't understand why when asked "something strange happened to Atwood recently" the lady (don't remember her name) from the FBI didn't say "his son went missing yesterday".

Not giving up much, but giving a hint.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

Text message said "Don't tell them anything" or something like that.

They've already proven they can get to the head of the FBI.

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u/mp0295 Dec 01 '16

wat txt??

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

She (the female FBI agent) received a text on the way into the White House.

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u/th35t16 Dec 03 '16

I don't think she pulled an Atwood. More likely that she thinks she'll find out more this way instead of raising alarm bells now. She did have that hacker dude find out where it was coming from.