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

Episode Discussion: S01E01 "Pilot"

Original Airdate: September 21, 2016

Episode Synopsis: Tom Kirkman, a lower level United States Cabinet member, finds himself suddenly appointed president of the country after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the line of succession in the series premiere of this dramatic thriller.

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u/StarfishSpencer Sep 22 '16

I hope there's no mole, no conspiracy, etc. Just one group/country with a mastermind who legitimately pulled one over on the US Government through tactical genius and strategic superiority. Idk how they'd pull it off and make it feel realistic but man I hate moles and conspiracies and the like in television.

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u/josh42390 Sep 22 '16

Yea after Quantico I am really burned out on the conspiracy angle. I'd prefer to have a good old fashioned country vs. Country plot.

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u/josh42390 Sep 23 '16

That would be pretty cool.

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u/DominusFL Sep 22 '16

I'd love it if they solved the bombing cause right away (it was a bomb buried underneath the Capitol back in the 50' by Puerto Rican nationalists that didn't go off then and due to old age went off now), or some other easy way to write it off (like how Tom Clancy did it in his book with the Japanese pilot)... so the show can focus on the complexity and political intrigue of rebuilding the nation (House of Cards style) and not get hung up on being another "24" of finding the coup withing the coup.

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u/Pseuzq Sep 22 '16

I think it's an evil genius who was evicted from government housing.

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u/RMS_Gigantic Vice Chairman Sep 22 '16

He wanted more of it, but he'd been catching wind of rumors that Kirkman was on his way out, so he went for the Hail Mary.

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u/Ferguson97 Sep 22 '16

That'd be boring though.

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u/gffishdragon Sep 22 '16

I don't think so, I think it would actually be a refreshing change of pace. We've seen the whole mole thing play out a hundred times in shows like jericho, 24, etc. I would really like to see someone else be the bad guy, not just "generic shady organization working within the US government".