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Designated Survivor |OT| President Bauer Power Hour
- Thread starter Jarmel
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can't figure out where i've seen the actress that played the republican designated survivor
what's the reason kiefer became the president instead of her anyway? other than for plot reasons
She's the designated survivor for Congress. She's not in the line of succession.
User 479360
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Really? I found the second episode to be better.
ldcommando
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Had a good time as well. But I´m a Kiefer fanboy.
Maddocks
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When is Kiefer going to really take control of the room. Two times now he had a chance to just Yell out,"HEY FUCKERS IM PRESI-DENT!" and one time someone else said,"He president, so listen to him" and the other time he just walked out.
He needs to take control at least once, but man it needs to come soon. He didn't even sit in the President chair...come on Boss, this is not like you.
He needs to take control at least once, but man it needs to come soon. He didn't even sit in the President chair...come on Boss, this is not like you.
User 479360
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It's kind of funny that it's a Canadian actor who's the President.
I'm really hoping it's not the President or a member of Congress that would have outranked Kiefer. Having a power struggle this early doesn't sound interesting, and I'd rather they focus on Kiefer trying to deal with the country's issues while still acclimating to the job. Personally, my bet is on another FBI agent or Hannah's boyfriend.
Or...what if Designated Survivor has two meanings...and the person they found in the rubble is in on the whole thing?
I don't think it particularly matters whether the guy is higher ranked or not. Unless he's the President, he was assumed dead and someone else took his spot. We already know what the guy looks like and he doesn't look like the President.
He could be the VP though but again I don't think it particularly matters.
He could be the VP though but again I don't think it particularly matters.
That explains why I keep rooting for him.Did you notice that the black secret service agent is also in the Navy on The Last Ship
Ugh, 24 episode seasons are the worst. That means we will absolutely get a ton of annoying kid, and side character sub plots. That is the worst news. Just make a tight 10 - 13 episodes season with no filler, please.
CreeperBlocks
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I'm glad it got a full season order
I am starting to notice this show is a congruent of different kinds of wishful thinking going by the casting.
How did I forget this?Never forget.
Hollywood Reporter is now saying that Designated Survivor is getting a full season pickup: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/designated-survivor-speechless-get-speedy-933869
iceblade997
Member
Awesome that they picked it up for a full season. Perhaps it'd have been better as a 10-13 episode season, but this could well mean more action and more getting attached to the characters. We'll see how it goes - the show is really good so far.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
I'm hopeful that they get done with the Leo thing sometime within 1 episode in the original episode runs. Like Jack fucks up a decision and when Leo is off drug dealing he gets kidnapped by pissed people affected by Jack's decision or something obvious like that.
What do you mean?
And yeah, that season... God, fuck Day 6 to hell. Everything about it was beyond stupid.
The closest thing to getting Jack Bauer and Nikita together, Kal Penn both a versatile actor and having actual experience in the White House. I wonder what other actors that have been become synopsis for something they'll bring.
eyeball_kid
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Unless it turns into some Red Dawn type of situation. Jack gets evac'd to Cheyenne Mountain and leads a ragtag band of FBI, military, and Secret Service agents against a Russian decapitation attempt.
Jason Frost
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Did they change the 2 kids actors between the pilot and the second episode?
No, but there is often some small time between filming the pilot and starting the rest of the show. So they are 2-3 months older. It will matter less for the son (but even then, just look at his Girl Meets World appearances), but the daughter is still very young, so that will be noticeable.
AuthenticM
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I like what I have watched so far, but man, I am having a hard time seeing this season keep my attention for 22 episodes. Either they start going full 24 with conspiracies and moles everywhere, or they cut down the number of episodes. But something needs to happen.
Exploratory
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Serious? I thought the second episode was way better.
I hope Leo gets mauled by a cougar of either variety.
Spiral Insanity
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Man, this show is so fucking corny, badly acted, and horribly directed. I can't wait to watch more.
What's wrong with Kiefer Sutherland's nose? Alcohol?
What's wrong with Kiefer Sutherland's nose? Alcohol?
SargerusBR
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Ziltoidia 9
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Everything about Leo annoys the shit out of me.
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This episode felt... Strange. I don't think I liked it that much as the previous one. Except Kal, he was pretty awesome.
Freeza Under The Shower
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I see people posting this, and I'm not sure I'm watching the same show. It's relatively corny, yes, but it's not that bad -just not very subtle, but the acting makes up for some of it- and has not much trouble keeping my attention. Complaining that it's no West Wing is misplaced when it's also not broadcast on HBO.
I really don't want to see quickly written 22 episodes though. I think we're past the point in television were any lead writer can exert enough control on a writer's room that you get 22 relatively good episodes out of it. The West Wing was different in scope and available resources. They had access, and those people wanted the show to succeed. 24-2 here probably doesn't have those resources. Though I think they're filming on the sets made for The West Wing.
Maybe one season spread over two years? For now I'm actually cool with this, because it's not like I'm watching something waaay smarter than this on tv right now.
Ted Cruz ran this year.
How would those sets still exist? That show ended a decade ago.
Spiral Insanity
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How is it not corny or badly acted? The montage/music scene in E02.. and the writing/directing makes it feel like I'm watching some sort of made-for-school educational movie. It's really distracting to me. Oh and Kal Penn is awful.
Spiral Insanity
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BUT MOM I HAD A CALL
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
I recall reading they were kept intact, considering how often 'a oval office' is required and the set were really large and expensive. May have been the imdb trivia page though, with its lack of time stamps.. so yeah, let's assume they're gone.
Rabbi_Vole
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In the first episode, wouldnt Jack and his wife hear the explosion and feel the shockwave? The explosion looked pretty large.
Also, why weren't they rushed to an undisclosed location? They literally took them from a top secret hiding spot to the most obvious second target. Hell, jack and his wife were even out walking on the porch the same night the shit went down.
Also, why weren't they rushed to an undisclosed location? They literally took them from a top secret hiding spot to the most obvious second target. Hell, jack and his wife were even out walking on the porch the same night the shit went down.
Jason Frost
Member
Shit, my friend and I really thought that they were changed.
that sneaky congresswoman is behind all of it
CreeperBlocks
Banned
That Survivor seems suspicious.
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