Designated Survivor Episode Guide Episodes 001–053
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Designated Survivor Episode Guide Episodes 001–053 Last episode aired Friday June 07, 2019 www.abc.com c c 2019 www.tv.com c 2019 www.abc.com c 2019 www.netflix.com c 2019 celebdirtylaundry.com c 2019 www.buddytv.com c 2019 www. c 2019 tvline.com c 2019 tvfanatic.com myfantasysportstalk.com The summaries and recaps of all the Designated Survivor episodes were downloaded from http://www.tv.com and http://www.abc.com and http://www.netflix.com and http://celebdirtylaundry.com and http://www.buddytv. com and http://www.myfantasysportstalk.com and http://tvline.com and http://tvfanatic.com and processed through a perl program to transform them in a LATEX file, for pretty printing. So, do not blame me for errors in the text ! This booklet was LATEXed on June 12, 2019 by footstep11 with create_eps_guide v0.62 Contents Season 1 1 1 Pilot ...............................................3 2 The First Day . .5 3 The Confession . .7 4 The Enemy . 11 5 The Mission . 15 6 The Interrogation . 19 7 The Traitor . 23 8 The Results . 27 9 The Blueprint . 31 10 The Oath . 35 11 Warriors . 39 12 The End of the Beginning . 43 13 Backfire . 45 14 Commander-in-Chief . 49 15 One Hundred Days . 53 16 Party Lines . 55 17 The Ninth Seat . 57 18 Lazarus . 59 19 Misalliance . 63 20 Bombshell . 65 21 Brace for Impact . 67 Season 2 71 1 One Year In . 73 2 Sting of the Tail . 75 3 Outbreak . 77 4 Equilibrium . 79 5 Suckers . 83 6 Two Ships . 87 7 Family Ties . 91 8 Home .............................................. 95 9 Three-Letter Day . 99 10 Line of Fire . 101 11 Grief . 105 12 The Final Frontier . 107 13 Original Sin . 109 14 In the Dark . 111 15 Summit . 113 16 Fallout . 115 17 Overkill . 117 18 Kirkman Agonistes . 119 19 Capacity . 121 20 Bad Reception . 123 21 Target .............................................. 125 Designated Survivor Episode Guide 22 Run ............................................... 127 Season 3 129 1 #thesystemisbroken . 131 2 #slipperyslope . 133 3 #privacyplease . 135 4 #makehistory . 137 5 #nothingpersonal . 139 6 #whocares . 141 7 #identity/crisis . 143 8 #scaredsh*tless . 145 9 #undecided . 147 10 #truthorconsequences . 149 Actor Appearances 151 II Season One Designated Survivor Episode Guide Pilot Season 1 Episode Number: 1 Season Episode: 1 Originally aired: Wednesday September 21, 2016 Writer: David Guggenheim Director: Paul McGuigan Show Stars: Kiefer Sutherland (Tom Kirkman), Tanner Buchanan (Leo Kirkman), Natascha McElhone (Jessica Kirkman), Adan Canto (Aaron Shore), Italia Ricci (Emily Rhodes), LaMonica Garrett (Mike Ritter), Kal Penn (Seth Wright), Maggie Q (FBI Agent Hannah Wells) Recurring Role: Kevin R. McNally (Harris Cochran) Guest Stars: Mckenna Grace (Penny Kirkman), Malik Yoba (Jason Atwood), Arjay Smith (Agent Nolan), Alex Quijano (Lawrence), Richard Bekins (Presi- dent Richmond), Peter Outerbridge (Charlie Langdon), Rothaford Gray (Acting Defense Secretary), Krista Morin (Acting FBI Director), Doug MacLeod (IV) (Acting Secretary of State), Elias Zarou (Ambassador Fayad), Matt Smith (V) (Bomb Tech 1), Shawn Ahmed (Bomb Tech 2), Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah (Crying Woman), Adrian Griffin (DC Cop), Perry Mucci (FBI Tech), Darlene Cooke (DC Appellate Judge), Tyler Burton (Caleb), Nadine Roden (News Reporter 2), Rory O’Shea (News reporter 3), Dan Duran (News Reporter 1), Robin Cunningham (Major Cameron), Brendan Rowland (Secret Service Agent), Troy Blundell (Se- curity Guard), JaNae Armogan (Speechwriter 1), Scott Faulconbridge (Terrified Man), Kelly Penner (Speechwriter 2) Summary: After a terrorist attack on the US Capital during the annual State of the Union Address kills the President and his cabinet, Secretary of Hous- ing and Urban Development Thomas Kirkman, having been named the Designated Survivor during the address, is sworn in as President of the United States. He is soon thrust into a world he could not possibly comprehend. Secretary of State Tom Kirkman and his wife, Alex, are in Washington trying to talk their daughter into going to bed over the phone. She wants to know when they are coming home. They sit back and relax to watch TV. It goes fuzzy. The Secret Ser- vice come in. Kirkman goes to the window to see explosions happening outside. Earlier that morning, Tom makes breakfast for his family. His son isn’t thrilled. He’s a bad cook. Tom wants him to come home after school to watch his sister, he has the State of the Union to attend. Tom heads to work. He is talking to his assistant about the bug event. Tom meets with a member of the cabinet, Charlie. Tom finds out behind closed doors that he will be offered an Ambassador Ship under the UN. Tom isn’t thrilled. Tom’s wife, Alex, is angry. She wants him to fight against what is clearly a demotion. She doesn’t want to move the kids, Penny and Leo. Tom agrees. He is going to make this work. Back to the present, Tom and Alex are being rushed to safety now that he is a designated survivor. The Capitol has been attacked with no word on the president or his detail. The Secret 3 Designated Survivor Episode Guide Service gets word that the Capitol and the Congress are gone, they have been killed, making Tom the president of the United States. In a bar, onlookers watch the TV reports, the capital is burning with sirens in the background ringing out. An FBI agent gets into her car and leaves. Tom and Alex are sworn in as the president and first lady. They are quickly separated with Tom going to service operations, a command center with dozens of people working on securing the situation. Tom asks that everyone take a moment for their fallen friends. Tom wants to go around the table to meet everyone. No one is allowed to talk to the press. Tom’s head is spinning, he isn’t sure what to do. He runs to the bathroom and gets sick. A speech writer, Seth, is in the other stall. He doesn’t know that he’s talking to the new president, who he thinks needs to step aside. He calls Kirkman by the wrong name, Kirkland, calling him a follower, not a leader. They come face to face. Seth is embarrassed. He tells Seth he has 52 minutes to write a speech for the public. The FBI is working with EMS who is digging through the rubble for survivors. They don’t know who is responsible yet for the explosions. They start moving on collecting evidence. The city is a disaster of ash, fire and rescue crews. The speech writers are all upset that Kirkman has become the president. Meanwhile, Tom is trying to figure out how all of this happened. Alex also thinks it’s surreal. Penny is scared. Alex wonders if they should run, get out, now that they are a target. An agent interrupts them, Leo isn’t at his friend’s house. They need to track him down. Tom meets Major Cameron, who teaches him where all of the nuclear weapons are located. All 3 pages of US enemies are denying responsibility. Leo is busy clubbing and selling bags of drugs. After making an exchange, the Secret Service show up and take Leo in. They pinged his phone and found him. Leo wants to know where they are going, he thought he was headed home. Emily Rose, Tom’s assistant, is trying to get to him but she isn’t on the list. Seth is going over the speech with Tom and Alex. Seth reminds him that he can’t be relaxed, he needs to be stronger than ever before. He is speaking to the world. It looks like the Ukrainians are rushing to cut off the oil supply while the US is down on their luck and in turmoil. Emily has made it through the gates and she wants to see Tom. She wants to be by his side when he needs her the most. The General wants to do something to show force, to show US enemies that they are still strong even if they are down. Tom is against it. He doesn’t want to do anything just yet, even if the whole table is against him. He gives the General the go ahead to prep his bombers. Leo tells Penny he is scared but their dad isn’t. Tom overhears this. FBI Agent Wells is on her cell, trying to find someone she loves. A bomb is discovered in the rubble. Everyone runs for cover as a bomb sniffing dog and an officer circle around it. The bomb squad goes in, suited up, to remove the bomb as the FBI looks on. They clear the scene after it is determined to be a dud. Tom meets with the Ukrainian ambassador, he wants them to pull their destroyers back. He threatens to attack Iran if he doesn’t dock his destroyers. He means business and doesn’t want to get off on the wrong foot. Tom gives him 3 hours to pull back. Some of the FBI thinks its ISIS while Agent Wells thinks otherwise. She thinks its someone, a group, who do not want to claim credit for the attacks because they have more planned. Tom tells Alex that he has to do it. She tells him that she is always on his side. Harry and the General meet to talk about how they can remove Tom. He isn’t experienced. The US is in a state of war, the General reminds him. They have to do something. Seth brings Tom the speech and takes his glasses as he goes live to speak to the American public about the change.