If we know anything about American politics, especially this year, it’s that perception is everything. If Designated Survivor is going to prove anything, it’s that you can blow up every lawmaker in the country and the people you replace them with will still be too stubborn to be willing to give the person who could pull of bipartisanship a fair shake. It’s thoroughly depressing, but it’s realistic. It’s also thoroughly depressing that the only thing that could unify people behind the candidate they need would be them understanding the urgent need for her given a deep conspiracy, and possibly another impending attack.
The good news is that Kirkman and Hookstraten work together very well. They were able to accomplish something incredible with that gun control bill. It proves that bipartisan, or in this case tripartisan, alliances can work. Work so well in fact, that Kirkman offers Hookstraten the Vice Presidency. She really is the right person for the job, but Senator Bowman is the mosquito you are itching to squash. He makes it look like Hookstraten vacationed lavishly on a trip during her first term where she got key votes for her first bill. It doesn’t matter that she’s completely innocent of impropriety, it’s all about how it looks. Bowman is such a snake that he knows that. Honestly, hats off to the few honest people in D.C. because it’s gotta be an ulcer waiting to happen.
Thank goodness Hookstraten is such a bulldog. Only someone with sharp teeth and a strong head could outwit Bowman. Not that I’m giving him a lot of credit. When considering the Vice Presidency, Hookstraten worried that her status as the “old guard” wouldn’t have much standing with the young, newly elected House. It is because she can speak to life in D.C. before and after the Capitol bombing that makes her such an asset. It’s just not enough, the damage is done. Optics are everything, and no matter how right she is for the job, neither Congress nor the American people won’t risk their votes on a sinking ship.
Leonard is not giving up on digging through every single circumstantial crumbs he can to find out what is going on in the White House. He’s getting close, too close. Even without his mysterious caller’s help, you can tell Leonard is a good reporter. Though you can tell he’s not a parent because he would have handled that confrontation with Atwood with more subtlety. The only thing Leonard hasn’t figured out is that Nestor Lozano is alive, and that’s because someone doesn’t want him to. Agent Wells digs a little deeper and finds the ringleader of Pan America, a former intelligence operator and millionaire named Patrick Lloyd. He has a large network with an unlimited amount of resources and too much plausible deniability to prove anything. He still needed someone inside the White House with high enough clearance to make it look like Lozano was dead. This week we see…someone, who both meets with Leonard and orders Wells kidnapped.
Is there any way Hookstraten can rise from the ashes? Can Hannah Wells be rescued in time before she and the country are reduced to ashes?
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