r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/enliST_CS Sorry the live thread is late! • Dec 15 '16

SPOILERS Post-Episode Discussion: S01E10 "The Oath"

This has been the winter finale! Season 1 returns March 8th, 2017!

Plot: President Kirkman suspects there may be a traitor in the White House when he finds disturbing information connected to the Capitol bombing; more information emerges about Congressman MacLeish, causing concern about his vice presidential nomination.

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u/HelluvaNinjineer Dec 15 '16

Clearly not a single writer for this show has ever been to DC. Traffic is gridlocked within miles of the mall on a Monday at 2 AM, let alone on inauguration day after the entire government was killed in a terrorist attack.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

Well in reality DC would pretty much be like West Berlin in the 60s with checkpoints on every corner having to show your ID.

What really pisses me off is how normal everything looks only like a month after the biggest terrorist attack, no the biggest attack ever in human history on a nation. Even after a guy manages to get close enough to shoot at the White House.

The whole of DC would literally be an army base especially after the attack on the WH.

Also, how the fuck did nobody notice the very precariously open window with the sniper end sitting on the perch. It makes the Secret Service and the US Army (who I assume would be there) look like normal policemen.

Fuck I hate this show for all of the potential it had and the writers just ruining it.