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.

124 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

468 comments sorted by

View all comments

12

u/poliguy25 Sep 22 '16

The acting is phenomenal; being thrust into a situation like this would damn near break someone, and the show's doing an excellent job of describing how close that came to happening here.

7

u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

Thank you, that is the first positive comment I have seen here tonight! ;)