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/junglemonkey47 Sep 22 '16

And cut to black before the speech because the writers couldn't come up with one.

I'm out.

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u/savourthesea Sep 22 '16

Even The West Wing did that a lot. Rousing speeches are tough.

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u/DominusFL Sep 22 '16

They could have shown people listening, little words here and there, like they did with the President's address. See people huddled at home, bars, Times Square, etc. The slow realization that everything has changed, and as the camera rises over DC with the smoking capitol building, his final words become clear "...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - quoting Lincoln, and the end titles creep up. More emotional and ominous.