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Designated Survivor': Virginia Madsen Cast In Key Role On ABC ... | designated survivor full castHowever, the pilot establishes that Tom Kirkman is no Jack Bauer. He's a do-gooder who would rather break problems with his words, not his fists. The pilot of Appointed Survivor sets up this agitative premise, introduces the characters and teases a few abundant bigger mysteries, all with a arch cast.
The Appointed Survivor
The aperture four account are as acceptable as any accoutrement for a new show. The Secretary of Apartment and Urban Development, Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland), is watching the State of the Union. He's the appointed survivor, one affiliate of the presidential band of assumption who does not appear the accident aloof in case article adverse happens and he has to become the President. But that NEVER happens.
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Tom is a airy and air-conditioned bedmate and father, bubbler a beer, cutting a sweatshirt and actuality manipulated on the buzz by his ambrosial babe Penny into extending her bedtime. He's in abounding SOTU and Chill mode. Then the TV cuts out, his buzz buzzes and the Secret Service storms in. Article happened. Tom opens the window blind to acknowledge a behemothic access at the Capitol. No muss, no fuss, four account in and we accept a new POTUS!
15 Hours Earlier
After the agitative opening, we get some ambience for all of the above players. Tom is a bit of a pushover, at home and at work, accomplishing whatever he's told to do. His wife Alex is a advocate and his son Leo is a archetypal moody, alienated teen.
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Kiefer Sutherland's Designated Survivor loses a major cast member ... | designated survivor full castAt work, his arch of staff, Emily, is angrily loyal to him. Tom learns that his apartment affairs for low-income families were cut from the State of the Union and he tries to address to the president's arch of staff. However, the affair goes south back Tom learns that the admiral is planning on battlefront him and giving him some bruised ambassadorship in Montreal.
Tom aloof accepts his fate because that's the affectionate of guy he is, alike admitting his arch of agents and wife are both cogent him to action this. The appearance bound establishes Tom as addition who doesn't appetite to be a archetypal politician, kissing base to get ahead. He believes in accomplishing acceptable assignment and not "playing the game."
"Sir, You Are Now the President"
Back in the present, the Secret Service escorts Tom and his wife to safety. Back the advance agent, Mike, gets chat that the admiral and Congress are all asleep from the attack, they arch to the White House. Tom is now the Admiral of the United States of America!
They access at the White House area Tom is anon affidavit in as president, afflicted by all of the arrant staffers about him. The agent arch of staff, Aaron Shore, takes photos of the celebrated accident on his phone. Admiral Tom is aerated abroad to the presidential alembic while his wife is taken to the abode to delay for their kids. It's anarchic and animated for everyone.
Welcome to the War Room
In the bunker, the aggressive generals are all talking about activity to war while Aaron sets up a accent from the new admiral in one hour to the American public. Anybody is talking over anniversary added and Tom is like a deer in the headlights, way out of his league.
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Grimm - Season 4 - Full Set of Cast Promotional Photos | designated survivor full castAs the important, all-around decisions accumulation up, Tom runs to the bath to bandy up. In the added arrest is Seth Wright (Kal Penn), a low-level speechwriter. He has no abstraction who he's talking to and goes on and on about how they're all busted because the guy in allegation is some also-ran no one has anytime heard of. Seth suggests that this new admiral should aloof footfall abreast and let a accepted or the CIA administrator booty over, because at atomic they apperceive what they're doing.
When Seth exits the stall, he sees who he's been talking to and is arctic in fear. Tom is accommodating and asks if Seth absolutely believes he should footfall down. Seth absolutely accomplish up and says he does, but Tom stands his arena for once. He's the admiral and he tasks Seth with autograph a accent in the abutting 52 account to argue the American bodies that Tom Kirkman as admiral is a acceptable thing.
The New President's First Act
The Iranians move some ships in the Middle East and the generals booty this as a appearance of force, absent to do article about it. Tom doesn't appetite to aloof go to war or accomplish some big, adventurous move, he believes there's a better, added adept way to handle this crisis. So he's activity to do it his way.
And his way is BAD-ASS! Tom meets with the Iranian agent in the Oval Office and demands that they abolish their ships from the Strait of Hormuz or he'll be affected to advance Iran. He doesn't appetite to do it, but he promises that he will. In an instant, Admiral Tom Kirkman makes it bright that he's the man we appetite in charge, blame ass and demography names.
Despite his awesomeness in analytic this problem, the arch accepted still has apropos and talks to Aaron about possibly staging a accomplishment d'etat because Tom is unfit to be president. Appear on, dude, aloof accord him a chance.
Kirkman Ancestors Drama
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Designated Survivor - Malik Yoba Cast in a Heavily Recurring Role ... | designated survivor full castAlex, the new First Lady, is initially afraid that maybe they should aloof run because Tom actuality the new admiral makes their accomplished ancestors targets, but she bound gets over it. Elsewhere, Mike advance bottomward Tom's son, who was affairs drugs with his associate at a rave. Oh good, the First Son is a biologic dealer. This kid is activity to be added agitation than Kim Bauer anytime was.
The FBI Investigation
The appearance additionally gives us a accessory artifice involving the FBI analysis into the Capitol bombing led by Hannah Wells (Nikita's Maggie Q). She is absent by the man she loves called Scott not answering his phone. I'm calling it appropriate now, Scott, whoever he is, is the agitator who planned the attack.
The analysis finds an unexploded bomb, the affectionate that Afghani terrorists use. However, Hannah doesn't anticipate it's that simple because there's no babble from the accepted agitator groups demography acclaim for it. She believes that this massive agitator advance isn't over yet and there's added to come. A political abstruseness wouldn't be complete after an advancing conspiracy
Designated Survivor is off to a solid start, with a abundant accoutrement for lots of ball and political intrigue. With an black military, a agents that doesn't apperceive him, the abeyant for added agitator attacks and a drug-dealing son, how will Admiral Tom handle the pressures of the White House? I'm aflame to acquisition out.
Designated Survivor affectedness Wednesdays at 10/9c on ABC.
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