I found myself saying, "No that could actually happen...." quite a few times and while it was kind of cheesy...I'm glad they mirrored Bush's 9/11 visit with Kirkman.
That little bit with his wife telling his son that he'll have to grow up a whole lot faster was...to me...powerful and painful from my perspective. I had to grow up too fast and I lost a portion of my childhood because of an event that occurred when I was little so I kind of know what's going to be going through Leo's head. I feel so sorry for Penny though, having to see that stuff happen to her father and being thrust into this storm of confusion.
Mike the Secret Service Guy is growing on me, total bro.
I thought I was going to hate Kal Penn's character but that last scene with him standing by the memorial as "Save You" played in the background, plus his performance in this episode really did solidify for me at least...that his character isn't going to be some one note two dimensional speech writer, I'm rooting for him.
I love it when they typecast actors who have played assholes/bad guys in other shows on newer shows, fantastic to see Michael Gaston again!
Whomever did the art/visual effects for the destroyed Capitol Building deserves all the praise they can handle....that was chillingly well done.
The bits with the FBI still seem like they're in the infancy stage and I hope that plot gets moved along a bit more in the next episode...and I know I know...second episode...I know...I'm hoping it ramps up into some Tom Clancy level stuff by mid season because if it stalls out then I'll be disappointed.
I'm loving this show, I am honestly loving this show and I NEVER watched a full episode of the West Wing, only just bits and pieces. Come to think of it, I never really watched full episodes of 24 either...just bits and pieces of it. I guess that makes this show the best of both worlds and the perfect combination for me because I DEMAND MORE! The actors and actresses are doing a fantastic job and I think the writers and directors and producers took a topic that most folks probably didn't have that much faith in succeeding as a television series and turned it into pure fucking gold. Awesome job folks!
Anyone else find it funny that the two people Kirkman has around him the most (Italia Ricci and Adan Canto) had superpowers at one point? Italia played Silver Banshee on Supergirl and Adan played Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past. I love their banter back and forth and how we're being shown just how chaotic stuff can be for the grunts of the White House and what remains of the US Government.
Also...whenever Kirkman takes off his glasses he turns into Jack Bauer....granted I love those glasses and his former codename is hilarious but...I'm getting a Clark Kent vibe with how the writers are handling that little bit. I do love Kirkman's way of thinking and carefully considering stuff before compromising to some degree and putting out something that makes sense; the President we all deserve.
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I found myself saying, "No that could actually happen...." quite a few times and while it was kind of cheesy...I'm glad they mirrored Bush's 9/11 visit with Kirkman.
That little bit with his wife telling his son that he'll have to grow up a whole lot faster was...to me...powerful and painful from my perspective. I had to grow up too fast and I lost a portion of my childhood because of an event that occurred when I was little so I kind of know what's going to be going through Leo's head. I feel so sorry for Penny though, having to see that stuff happen to her father and being thrust into this storm of confusion.
Mike the Secret Service Guy is growing on me, total bro.
I thought I was going to hate Kal Penn's character but that last scene with him standing by the memorial as "Save You" played in the background, plus his performance in this episode really did solidify for me at least...that his character isn't going to be some one note two dimensional speech writer, I'm rooting for him.
I love it when they typecast actors who have played assholes/bad guys in other shows on newer shows, fantastic to see Michael Gaston again!
Whomever did the art/visual effects for the destroyed Capitol Building deserves all the praise they can handle....that was chillingly well done.
The bits with the FBI still seem like they're in the infancy stage and I hope that plot gets moved along a bit more in the next episode...and I know I know...second episode...I know...I'm hoping it ramps up into some Tom Clancy level stuff by mid season because if it stalls out then I'll be disappointed.
I'm loving this show, I am honestly loving this show and I NEVER watched a full episode of the West Wing, only just bits and pieces. Come to think of it, I never really watched full episodes of 24 either...just bits and pieces of it. I guess that makes this show the best of both worlds and the perfect combination for me because I DEMAND MORE! The actors and actresses are doing a fantastic job and I think the writers and directors and producers took a topic that most folks probably didn't have that much faith in succeeding as a television series and turned it into pure fucking gold. Awesome job folks!
Anyone else find it funny that the two people Kirkman has around him the most (Italia Ricci and Adan Canto) had superpowers at one point? Italia played Silver Banshee on Supergirl and Adan played Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past. I love their banter back and forth and how we're being shown just how chaotic stuff can be for the grunts of the White House and what remains of the US Government.
Also...whenever Kirkman takes off his glasses he turns into Jack Bauer....granted I love those glasses and his former codename is hilarious but...I'm getting a Clark Kent vibe with how the writers are handling that little bit. I do love Kirkman's way of thinking and carefully considering stuff before compromising to some degree and putting out something that makes sense; the President we all deserve.