Designated Survivor

Couldnt the surviving congressmen just make a new Speaker of the house who would become president?

>It's a Truman's wife leaves him because she got a role in an other TV show with Kiefer Sutherland episode

Actually, it isn't a major plot point, but that's what happens with his character in the new Independence Day movie

>tfw glasses fetish

RIP me.

>when he literally pulls down his pants and takes a shit on the Iranian ambassador

Is Raimi a show consultant?

>when he walks past the portraits of past presidents, stops at Obama and tells the servant to "remove that nigger"

Raimi is definitely on board, for better or worse.

That's just copying real life media and their ability to overstate the blatantly fucking obvious.

I kept seeing flashes of Jack Bauer.

I think he's signaling Fox "please please write a great script for season 10 so that I'd have no choice but to accept".

Cipher is behind it all.

I bet POTUS isn't really dead.

It's just a prank, Tom!

POTUS is building a new nation in secret.

Her pussy is already blown out after Mulder in Californication.

P L E B
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Is it just me or does nobody apart from Kirkman seems to be that upset?

They are all in the prank

Is anyone else scared that this is predictive programming?

Love when he takes off the glasses to get serious.

DESIGNATED

We could use a 9/11 sized attack. It would stop the faggots and niggers from whining about their inconsequential bullshit.

Nerdy and/or weird Kiefer > action man Jack Bauer Kiefer

Prove me wrong

I bet he planned the attack.

Kiefer doing actiony stuff in those glasses and the Cornell hoody would be the best desu.

DRIVER

>we won't have a qt IRL president for at least the next 4 years

JUST

At least we'll have a first lady that was born a woman

Holy shit, Bill Clinton's a woman?

I hope so.

Scott Eastwood has done only shit roles and you can tell he only got them because of his dad

regardless of if the role is good or not, having a famous parent is an easy entry point

All bullshit aside, the nation was crazy united after the attack.

>that post 9/11 pitch by Bush

>it's a Chief Kief stars in another shitty cable TV drama no one cares about

>The world is connected.

>But only his wife's son sees how.

What were they thinking?

>it's a Chief Kief shits on House of Cards episode and becomes president in 1 day

>david mazouz

into the trash

What the hell. Kiefer is younger than Brad pitt

nah man

>Jack Bauer: autism addition

I really don't get why can't he get a quality tv role post 24. This Designited Survior thing looks like it's gonna last 1 season.

Fitchner will always be superior

Ok that's what I was remembering. Was pretty drunk when I watched it so it was mostly a blur

>This Designited Survior thing looks like it's gonna last 1 season.

That's honestly all it should be, a high production mini-series with minimal commericals with an hour running time

Because he basically is Jack Bauer I just hope he can find a new long lasting serie and create a new persona like Richard Dean Anderson went from Mc giver to colonel O'Neal

That was a good show. It's the only one I've seen Kief in as a regular, though I've seen a couple of his films like Fire Walk With Me and Melancholia. Pretty solid actor.

>cable TV drama
Network. Designated Survivor and Touch were for network television.

Fuck I hate this kid

he set it up himself, screencap this

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VOCAL CHORD PARASIIIITTTEEESSSSS!!!

Snake for president.

Will he make Diamonds from their ashes.

Kief a qt.

He's never relied on his father for roles.

DESIGNATED SHITTING SURVIVOR

That's literally what the real life designated survivor position is for. During joint sessions of Congress where the President addresses the entire legislative branch, you would have absolutely everybody in the chain of command in the same room if it weren't for the designated survivor.

Congress apparently picks a couple of people as unofficial designated survivors as well. The casting for this show mentions a congresswoman being a designated survivor for Congress from the opposing political party, which sounds like it could be pretty fun when it comes time for Kirkman to get congressional approval for something.

With blackjack and hookers

Is ocelot his vp?

>Is this the new 24? the next Homeland?
Neither is gonna turn into a political show and get boring.

The butthurt general is in on it. Secret war hawk inside job plot incoming...The designated survivor was supposed to be this ineffectual guy they could push aside for their coupe, he's tougher than they though but still sticks to his principles..yadda yadda

"They haven't taken credit because they're not done yet...."

Dun Dun!

True story: the designated survivor is indeed actually supposed to be someone to basically act as a figurehead while their advisers run the show behind the scenes because they're more familiar with the classified projects the US is engaging in while the designated survivor is still just being read into them.

I'm Big POTUS, and you are too.

>Was blowing up the Capitol part of your plan?

Of course not.

OH NO

the very new homeland

Does this show have the potential to be kino?

Yes.

The cinematography sure as hell hits all of the right notes.

Someone fetch me the shot where the FBI investigation pans up to show the smoldering, smoking Capitol dome, because Google isn't helping me here.

There's also a certain edginess to premiering a show about a terror attack knocking out most of the US government 10 days after the anniversary of 9/11.

NOT ME

>McGiver
gay porno macgyver

It's the next scandal tbqh

I like how this show is, in a way, House of Cards turned on its head within the same setting.

Instead of a confident, corrupt president in constant pursuit of more power within an extremely stable US government, it's a self-doubting, wholesome president who's simply trying to get by in a US government that's teetering on collapse.

WE NEVER LOST CONTROL

>network television
It'll get canceled after one season

24 aired a week after 9/11 IIRC.

I need some Kiefer kino recommendations.

Dark City

24

That's pretty much it.

That's what happens if you hit the drink too hard

user...

Kept you waiting, huh.

Melancholia
The Vanishing
Flatliners

Stand By Me

That's a rare Kief.

For you.

He is so comfy in this show.

>Jack is secretly working for the La Li Lu Le Lo, who set up the bomb a 100 years after they died

Trump is a female?!

YOUR FACE, TWO FACE

>the President walks into the situation room
>nobody stands up or pays any attention

I know they're showing that he's beta and all, but that was a bit silly.

...

HE SHURFIVED?

I'M NUUUUUUUCLLLEEEAAAAARRRRRRR

He doesn't even look like the president with that damn hoodie

The IRL position of designated survivor is apparently comfy as fuck like that. They let you go virtually anywhere you want outside of Washington but within a certain radius of it, and then you just kick back and watch the address on TV while enjoying some snacks.

A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL CONGRESS.

he was barely in melancholia

>Pepe is a terrorist organization now
The fuck I thought Jack Bauer was supposed to be conservative. This is a liberal circlejerk plain and simple.

I like the hoodie.

is this show worth getting into?

is chief kief back in baur mode or what?

He's kind of a beta nobody at the start, though he did have a Bauer-ish moment near the end.

I liked this first episode. I am left wondering how they are gonna keep this suspenseful and worth watching without it seeming like the United States is suffering from a terrorist attack every week, but I think it has potential. My only gripe is that the President's son has his own subplot mixed in with political intrigue and the aftermath of the most devastating blow our government has suffered since the Burning of Washington. While it might be interesting to see how the world reacts should it be revealed that the President's son deals drugs, I have a feeling that it is going to be weak and poorly executed. I'm hoping it isn't though.

>christian white people are always the badguys in TV/movies
Why this? Seriously, when we are getting blown up by Muslim every fucking day...

How did he switch from a beta to big dick Jack mode so quickly?

>>Someone fetch me the shot where the FBI investigation pans up to show the smoldering, smoking Capitol dome, because Google isn't helping me here.

i like how that was presented as emotionally sad, or a bad thing

i would throw a party if all our do-nothing politicians bit the bullet

Battlestar Galactica already did this story.

kys google skype

>throw a party
>because almost every single member of government from all three branches went up in flames on Capitol Hill, except for the fucking Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and a few congressmen who were not there
>along with an unknown number of civilian casualties in the blast zone
>and as a result of this, a no-name Secretary that the majority of Americans have likely never heard of becomes President in this time of uncertainty and fear

Because having our entire government all die at the exact same time would just do wonders for the country

I hate the wife already.

How long until they do the cliche marital affair storyline?

he's behind the bombing

No, Kirkman is swore in already

yes, then we could finally elect new people who could actually do something instead of line their own pockets

why is the asian QT pretending to work on the paris and bruxelles attentats ?
Fbi only investigate in the US

Edgy.

Well, there's a certain amount of animus toward elected officials in this country, if you haven't been paying attention. Realistically I don't think this would be the end of America. It could be a catalyst for one of two things: massive scaling back of the government, or (far more likely) an unprecedented growth in the police state, ala 9/11.

The biggest damage would be the justification of more civil liberty erosion, in the name of safety. dusting out the Hill is the silver lining.

50$ says he bangs the qt assistant from his time as a Secretary of Housing.

She mentioned they monitored the chatter, which makes perfect sense.

I was finally able to watch the first episode. It seems like it could be really good as long as they don't try and make his wife a strong womyn character and him always scared and unsure what to do. First episode was good.

The FBI assisted France in the Paris investigations.

An attractive POTUS would be drowning in poon, so probably like 5 minutes into the third episode.

>massive scaling back of the government
>after every elected official blows up on Capitol Hill

Yeah, naw. The attack in the show is likely from a domestic source. When the enemy is within, you have no clear group or entity to retaliate against. If this happened in real life, whoever is in charge after the ashes settle is going to go full police state. Everyone is a potential enemy.

SHE will cuck him. With a journalist or an artist.

And who do you think would choose to run for office once 99.9% of positions are vacant? Upstanding do-gooders with your best interests at heart, or plants from literally any organization that wants to skew politics in their favor from the ground up?

Kief's mean tweet was actually mean.

Link?

I justed looked it and yeah that was mean.

It's the suit.

Also, fuck Kumar, those glasses are presidential.

eonline.com/news/796794/zac-efron-melissa-mccarthy-chris-evans-kate-hudson-ryan-gosling-and-more-stars-read-mean-tweets-on-jimmy-kimmel-live

You got to have a quorum for that sort of thing. The way it would work here is Kirkman would stabilize the country, organize new elections, and reconstitute all three branches from there.

Kiefer's so fucking based.

Do you think Julian Castro (current HUD secretary) would be prepared to be president? He was on the shortlist to be Hillary's VP

Is there any /operating/ in this show, i miss my Homeland nigga Quinn

>The Chief of Staff saying they need to start thinking about the second term near the beginning
>the next election cycle is coming up

Calling it now, the season 1 finale will be Kirkman deciding to run for election in his own right.

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>season 2 begins with kirkland winning election
>first episode ends with another terrorist attack and kirklands designated survivor is sworn in

Spoiler: It's the medic.

It's the surgeon general.

>general: he's not even elected! he shouldn't be our president!
>guy: I don't like what you're implying... you mean you should be president?
>general: Yes, I, an unelected general, should be our President. Even though this violates the process established by our previously elected representatives.

He's the red herring, he has to be on-the-nose.

I mean yeah obviously the D.S. won't be able to be read up on everything instantly and he should rely on his advisors while he gets up to speed, but there's nothing that legally says he'll have to always act as a figurehead. If you're the President, you're the President, period.

Has there ever been a chief of military character in movie history who wasn't portrayed as angry, chunky white dude obsessed with the idea of nuking everything on Earth?
Just once?

You mean a military character in charge of the entire army who doesnt think in a bellic way? Mmhhh... I wonder why.

This was my biggest disappointment about the show.

That made me think he'd just won reelection, but idk. Isn't that when cabinet changes are normally made?

The top military guy who wants to take the most offensive action possible is a super common straw man but I'm sure there's been plenty that aren't trigger happy.

I'm a writer for the show

The group responsible for the attack it was the Jews

>the chief of military character from literally the most famous White House show ever

I don't think you thought very hard about this question.

>inb4 "not a movie"

Designated Survivor isn't a movie either.

Fuck you buddy, Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?

Designated Shurfifer

I don't understand this meme.

Which subplot will be worst, the dumb son with drug problems or the retarded general who wants to nuke everyone and stage a coup?

We're not burying the Capitol at sea? What, then?

Son 100%

See the book Debt of Honor (1994) by Tom Clancy.

it's a born in Cred Forums meme that Kiefer is a drunk who slurs his lines all the time

He played the main character in the last couple of Metal Gear games, one of the first scenes of his performance that were shown off was a part where he's told some character presumed dead is a previous game has been found alive and he gives a raspy "She survived?!" in response.

youtu.be/i-HcAvQ3p7w?t=3m54s (3:54)

I don't get it. It sounds fine.

24: legacy is the new 24

i will watch both of them but i really hope DS fails like that other show he did, Touch, so we can have Jack again for a final season with Tony were they become international patriots with a metal gear or some epic shit

I think it's from people who'd never really heard Kiefer's acting before or something

They meme over this too: youtube.com/watch?v=gZmiz8UGAcg

Like, the idea that people can't understand what he's saying is just kinda weird to me.

WHERE'S MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER?

WHERE IS MY FAMILY?

WHERE IS THE BOMB.

WHERE'S THE BOMB?!

WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE?

THERE WERE THREE. WHERE'S THE OTHER?

WHERE ARE THE OTHERS.

WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS?

Same here. Kief the Chief > Hayter

SPEAK

SPIT IT OUT

TALK

GET DOWN

LIE DOWN

ON THE GROUND

DD

GET HIM

ATTACK

GOOD, GOOD DOG

OKAY, OKAY

STEALTH MODE

SEARCH MODE

INTERCEPT MODE

GIT, GIT

STAY BACK, STAY BACK

OUT WITH IT

COME ON

URANIUM? THEY'RE USING NUCLEAR FUEL FOR ARMOR NOW?

He's been having an affair with her since she started working with him. The drug dealer son will discover all this.

So what was up with the dud?

Admiral Adama

Caspere knew this

Presumably a backup in case the one(s) that went off didn't?

Or perhaps something that was deliberately meant to be found after the fact to mislead the investigation?

I'm pretty sure it was an actual plot point that Adama wanted to use the Galactica and anything else they could scrape together to go ham against the Cyclons and only the President pulling rank stopped it.

Kekman is kinda endearing.

This show is really god damn corny

It is such a typical corny as duck network drama. I remember why I stopped watching these things.

Still better than Madam secretary or Quantico

I assume so. But God these fucking shows are so cookie cutter so boring so mundane

It's truly amazing how far ahead cable is.

Awwww. Give him a hug.

>Kekman
I like this nickname

>Capitol blows up
>The secret service takes the designated survivor directly to the White House

This was the stupidest part of the episode. Why the fuck would they take him to the White House? Wouldn't they afraid that it would be bombed too?

>muh family subplots

Seriously, was the drug dealer son angle really necessary?

It's just carrying on the 24 curse, the human drama subplots were always the worst

cougar when?

>a day old thread on Cred Forums
jesus christ, really?

It's a new show and this is the only thread about it, I'm not surprised.

Saw the pilot last night. It was pretty good.

Watched the first few minutes until I had to go. Looks pretty fun. Interesting concept and Kiefer is cool.

Will check out the rest soon.

They said "The White House is clear" at the start

My prediction for episode 2 is that the general is going to make an attempt on Jack's life and Aaron is going to save Jack because he knows Jack fucks since he saw him BTFO the Iranian ambassador

They already killed the entire government, it would serve no purpose other than attacking a symbol.

Aaron seems bro tier, hopefully he doesn't get involved in conspiracies.

I can't wait to see Jack with glasses shut down the general. By the way, he's played by the same actor who played the Russian who sent Jack to Moscow at the end of LAD.

Symbols are important

I didn't catch that lol, I wonder if we'll get any othe 24 cameos

>scene with the ambassador
>Kiefer takes off his glasses
>"You may not know much about me..."
>starts plummeling and yelling at the ambassador
>director yells cut
>"you're not on 24, remember?"
>Kiefer gets sad
>there's too much sitting in this
>I wonder if the secret service actors could give me a prop gun to play with
>there's no booze in here
>I miss Mary and Carlos
>I should've married Sarah before Xavier did
>I want to yell at someone
>"where is the bomb" hehehe, those were the times
>I wish it was 2002 again
>people on Twitter think I'm dead
>;_;

So, how many episodes until they pull a survivor out who ranks above Jack?

It's also a very difficult target and apparently they're not finished yet.

>Season 2 is about a zombie attack
>there's a debate in the newly repopulated Congress about whether the zombie former president should be given his title back since he's no longer dead but it's still his term
>the season revolved around Tom Kirkman trying to defend his honor as president of the United States

>"Listen to me you shitskin, you pull back your forces or I'll annihilate your mudslime land until there's nothing left but sand and the smell of burnt kebab."

Uhhh, I get that he's slowly becoming less of a pushover, but was this really necessary?

>Kiefer will never make you burnt pancakes

JUST

Only time she was right the whole damn series

I can't wait until he goes all Jack Bauer on the people behind the attack.

He's not Michael Wilson, user.

The last episode will reveal that it was all a fever dream and Jack will wake up in a Russian prison.

Question:

Before the end of the episode, when he is beginning to adress the nation, he takes off his glasses; will he be able to read the speech without glasses?

>wussy ass faggot in a time of crisis reading from a script to address the nation

user, come the fuck on.

Giant prompter
He had Kumar write it for him 53 minutes prior

I think he had the paper in front of him.

Well, he still has to read from a screen prompter and who knows how blind he is.

*52

DAMN THE PATRIOTS

What's wrong with the La Li Lu Le Lo?

The assumption is that he's long-sighted, dude.