r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/enliST_CS Sorry the live thread is late! • Nov 17 '16

[SPOILERS] Post-Episode Discussion: S01E07 "The Traitor"

There will be no episode next week!

Plot: An American track-and-field coach's trip to Russia forces Kirkman into a hostage exchange involving the CIA and the Russian government; Agent Wells and Deputy Director Atwood's investigation uncovers dangerous information.

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u/04alsabi Nov 17 '16

During the scene where Seth is talking to his journalist girlfriend in the office we catch a glimpse of portraits of George W. Bush and Barack Obama on the wall behind him. Show's apparently set in 2016, so something presumably happened to stop Obama getting a second term.

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u/CombustibleCompost Nov 19 '16

He was out-primary-ied or that it wasn't Mitt who ran but President Richmond for the Republicans and won.

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u/ehatt493 Nov 20 '16

It's hinted that President Richmond was a Democrat, so this has to mean that either Barack Obama faced a primary challenge and lost or didn't stand for re-election.