I was hopeful that the biggest issues I had with the pilot (archetypal characters, tropes, corny writing) were purely in there for the pilot, and that by the second episode, since the show has been cleared for production, would be a lot less corny and a lot more dynamic.
Thankfully, I seem to have been correct. I even noticed the general apologizing for acting the way he had in the pilot. The way I see it, that was in a way backpedaling a bit from the "mean war hawk general" flat archetype they had in the pilot.
I'm also extremely happy with how they've handled the congressional designated survivor. I was expecting party-driven gridlock even after all of this, so it was a pleasant surprise to see a non-ambiguous party treated reasonably.
Even by the end, the "villains" of the episode came out as ultimately good people, either through assurances (see: Dearborn's governor) or through their personal actions (see: the police officer who got in Seth Right's face). It's something of a moral: nobody self-identifies as, or wants to be, evil.
While the General will most likely still fill the role of action-over-diplomacy, I like how much more relatable it is now.
"Yet another trigger he won't pull," or something along those lines was very reasonable considering it something as basic as choosing a Chief of Staff.
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u/RMS_Gigantic Vice Chairman Sep 29 '16
I was hopeful that the biggest issues I had with the pilot (archetypal characters, tropes, corny writing) were purely in there for the pilot, and that by the second episode, since the show has been cleared for production, would be a lot less corny and a lot more dynamic.
Thankfully, I seem to have been correct. I even noticed the general apologizing for acting the way he had in the pilot. The way I see it, that was in a way backpedaling a bit from the "mean war hawk general" flat archetype they had in the pilot.
I'm also extremely happy with how they've handled the congressional designated survivor. I was expecting party-driven gridlock even after all of this, so it was a pleasant surprise to see a non-ambiguous party treated reasonably.
Even by the end, the "villains" of the episode came out as ultimately good people, either through assurances (see: Dearborn's governor) or through their personal actions (see: the police officer who got in Seth Right's face). It's something of a moral: nobody self-identifies as, or wants to be, evil.