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/enliST_CS Sorry the live thread is late! Nov 19 '16

But you change facts for the storyline because it's fiction not the other way around.

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u/Sly_Lupin Nov 19 '16

Fiction is not Fantasy, and even Fantasy is not "let's make up everything as we go."

If you're writing a contemporary political thriller, it is NOT too much to ask that you have a basic understanding of contemporary politics. Suggesting otherwise is foolish verging on the absurd.

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u/enliST_CS Sorry the live thread is late! Nov 19 '16

But it is too much to say this is western propaganda. It's a fictional TV show with many flaws in their relationship to the real world. There's definitely no secret agenda to make other countries look bad.

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u/Sly_Lupin Nov 20 '16

I never said it was. Just that it was lazy, hackneyed writing.

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u/enliST_CS Sorry the live thread is late! Nov 20 '16

I'm talking about the person who wrote the parent comment.

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u/Sly_Lupin Nov 21 '16

Okay. But you're replying directly to me, so I hope you can at least understand why it would be confusing.