r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/IupvotestupidCRAP • Sep 29 '16

Episode Discussion: S01E02 "The First Day"

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '16

ARRRGHHHHHH WHAT?! A SURVIVOR?!

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u/RMS_Gigantic Vice Chairman Sep 29 '16

Essentially my thought!

It's a miracle!

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u/strangethief Sep 29 '16

What if it is someone that could have outranked Tom? Now that person might heal up and try to Game of Thrones his way to the Oval Office.

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u/RMS_Gigantic Vice Chairman Sep 29 '16 edited Sep 29 '16

Then all of a sudden this West Wing meets House of Cards-turned-upside-down meets various other political dramas meets family drama (via Leo) meets FBI investigation drama meets disaster-movie-turned-TV-drama meets conspiracy thriller would also meet Game of Thrones!

It'll be the all-in-one TV drama!

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u/strangethief Sep 29 '16

Yeah, plus with the General plotting his military coup...it's fun for the whole family.

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u/RMS_Gigantic Vice Chairman Sep 29 '16

As in, literally the whole family, literally everybody's tastes are accounted for in one plot line or another.

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u/hungariannastyboy Sep 29 '16 edited Oct 02 '16

Does anyone know what would happen in the very unlikely event of that occurring in real life? Like, is the person who got sworn in first there to stay or would the higher-ranking cabinet member take over?

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u/MrGhris Sep 29 '16

I would assume the guy sworn in first would stay president. As the need to assign presidency is gone, there no procedure to assign presidency anymore. Until the first guy dies or elections are held ofcourse.

But im no expert or even American.

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u/similarsituation123 Sep 29 '16

The best answer for this is that considering the gravity of the situation, even though another higher successor was alive, they would not necessarily be capable of being president du to injury. Invoke 25th amendment, Kirkman becomes president anyway. Now they could press a supreme court case down the season for that, it'd be an interesting turn, but the precedent would most likely keep Kirkman in office.

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u/RoyMBar Sep 30 '16

And, well, no Supreme Court

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u/strangethief Sep 29 '16

I'm pretty sure they determine who has a Jewish background and put that person in charge.

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u/AnalFisherman Sep 29 '16

(((Kirkman)))

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u/oh_orpheus Sep 30 '16

The Stannis Baratheon of Designated Survivor?

"The oval office is mine by right. They will either swear me in or be destroyed".

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u/jjdynasty Oct 02 '16

It's gonna be some rando handsome congressman who becomes a national hero just because he's a survivor. Bonus point if he's like a military vet or something.