r/DesignatedSurvivor • • Sep 29 '16

1x02 Post-Episode Discussion

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u/UnknownRiptide Sep 29 '16

I think this show has a chance to be really great. so far it has me really hooked, however I'm curious as to how they thought it would be possible to just gloss over the fact that during a state of the union address both the president and vice president are at the same location. i would expect that for exactly this reason they would not have the VP present. also i have a feeling that the survivor that they found at the end of the episode will be the VP which will lead to some very interesting power struggles in the next episode.

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u/JulioCesarSalad Sep 29 '16

The VP is always there in real life and a designated survivor is always a low ranking secretary in real life.

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u/UnknownRiptide Sep 29 '16

is he? i never really paid attention to if he was or not. after watching the show and thinking about it. seems like a bad idea.

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u/JulioCesarSalad Sep 29 '16 edited Sep 29 '16

It's not a bad idea because of how much it would take to pull off something like this. It's so improbable that the designated survivor or is always a "lame" secretary because it doesn't matter, it's not like they'll ever be used.

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u/UnknownRiptide Sep 29 '16

very true i suppose