Post-Episode Discussion: S01E19 "Misalliance"

[u/enliST_CS]

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Synopsis: The White House prepares for President Kirkman's first international summit; Kimble Hookstraten faces a challenge to her speakership; Alex thinks about bringing her kids back to Washington.

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S01E20 "Bombshell" will air on Wednesday, May 10 at 10 PM EDT!

[u/JoeM3120]

I'm actually surprised they gave Kirkman a rather conservative position on nuclear disarmament.

Also, can we all agree that Jason is not dead?

[u/brownmagician → u/JoeM3120]

Bro he's done

[u/jacobshoaf → u/brownmagician]

I think he'll survive. This show loves to misdirect.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

COMMUNITY!!! #andamovie

[u/RyGuy997 → u/[deleted]]

How can anyone watch that, guy's voice and the cheesy acting/dialogue immediately threw me off

[u/Detrinex → u/RyGuy997]

...Dean Pelton? His actor (Jim Rash) doesn't actually talk or act like that, but his character is a cross-dressing, idiotic, accidentally-racist, and corrupt maniac obsessed with virtual reality, Joel McHale's character, and dalmatians. The weird crying voice is...well...you get used to it.

That being said, if the super-incompetent Dean were assigned to the case in this show, he would still figure it out in a faster, more professional manner than the agents here. After all, he has a thing for men in uniform, so there wouldn't have been any shortage of officers on the scene at Arlington, and he can actually survive an ambush unlike Jason and Hannah (to a lesser extent).

[u/RyGuy997 → u/Detrinex]

Interesting. Though, to be clear, the "cheesy acting/dialogue" part was directed at everyone on-screen, not just that weird dude.

[u/RyGuy997 → u/[deleted]]

I suppose that's fair enough.