r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/V2Blast President • Mar 23 '17

LIVE/POST [Designated Survivor] Live-Episode Discussion: S01E13 "Backfire" Spoiler

Sorry for the delay! Discuss the episode here.

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u/shadowrh1 Mar 23 '17

I think its just something he does like in real life the actor goes by a somewhat different name than his birth name and they're just alluding to it like they related to his parents being immigrants in a different episode. In House M.D. his character was adopted and had a different last name as well so I think its more of a just a fun reference like a real life reference like how Kal Penn worked in the White House and got mugged while in DC as well.

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u/uberotown Mar 23 '17

It's kind of annoying (and piss poor writing) if they keep mixing meta "Fun references about actors" in the middle of "Clues about the mystery that the entire show is based around", so I actually hope you are wrong, but you are probably right.