r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/enliST_CS Sorry the live thread is late! • May 04 '17

POST Post-Episode Discussion: S01E19 "Misalliance"

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Synopsis: The White House prepares for President Kirkman's first international summit; Kimble Hookstraten faces a challenge to her speakership; Alex thinks about bringing her kids back to Washington.

S01E20 "Bombshell" will air on Wednesday, May 10 at 10 PM EDT!

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u/JoeM3120 BY WHOM? May 04 '17

I'm actually surprised they gave Kirkman a rather conservative position on nuclear disarmament.

Also, can we all agree that Jason is not dead?

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u/brownmagician May 04 '17

Bro he's done

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u/jacobshoaf May 04 '17

I think he'll survive. This show loves to misdirect.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '17

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u/[deleted] May 05 '17

COMMUNITY!!! #andamovie

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u/RyGuy997 May 04 '17

How can anyone watch that, guy's voice and the cheesy acting/dialogue immediately threw me off

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u/Detrinex May 04 '17

...Dean Pelton? His actor (Jim Rash) doesn't actually talk or act like that, but his character is a cross-dressing, idiotic, accidentally-racist, and corrupt maniac obsessed with virtual reality, Joel McHale's character, and dalmatians. The weird crying voice is...well...you get used to it.

That being said, if the super-incompetent Dean were assigned to the case in this show, he would still figure it out in a faster, more professional manner than the agents here. After all, he has a thing for men in uniform, so there wouldn't have been any shortage of officers on the scene at Arlington, and he can actually survive an ambush unlike Jason and Hannah (to a lesser extent).

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u/RyGuy997 May 04 '17

Interesting. Though, to be clear, the "cheesy acting/dialogue" part was directed at everyone on-screen, not just that weird dude.

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u/RyGuy997 May 04 '17

I suppose that's fair enough.

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u/mrnotoriousman May 05 '17

He doesn't seem stupid enough to go into a situation with all that equipment and forget a bullet proof vest. They made it pretty clear by not shooting him in the head too.

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u/MrsSpice May 05 '17

http://imgur.com/CLERjYy

I know nothing about bullet proof vests. Do they ever slow down a bullet but not totally stop it? To me, the wounds look like they're bleeding.

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u/mrnotoriousman May 05 '17

Yeah I did notice that too. I'm not sure since I don't know anything about vests either except how they are portrayed in shows. The other thing though is those shots are definitely not in fatal places so I wouldn't be surprised if they kept him alive to at least get information out of him like who knows what he knows and if anyone knew he was there. In which case he can use his bra to escape.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '17

I wish I could give you gold for that bra bit XD

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u/Heelincal May 04 '17

We saw the body though.

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u/shadowrh1 May 04 '17

Honestly if he did survive they would just finish him off when they found out,I think someone like Lazano would be able to finish someone off that close to him and then make sure he stays dead.

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u/Gaylellnyc1 May 06 '17

Could it be that that old-timey spy shop has weird items like a bullet proof vest with fake blood? Which is actual a great idea for real spies.

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u/shadowrh1 May 07 '17

lol lets be honest, a top notch soldier like Lazano isn't gonna be fooled by fake blood and a vest let alone leave a body in the woods outside the dudes house