So…the last 48 hours have been, interesting. Whatever side of the aisle you’ve been on, pretty much everyone woke up this morning with their heads spinning. After all of this, it might be difficult to want to watch anything remotely political today, but Designated Survivor is one administration you can depend on. You can count on most of the administration to have died in a terrorist attack that is. Which is the silver lining to a very stressful election season; things could always be worse. President Kirkman has the grueling task of building the country back up from the ground, which becomes much more difficult than he anticipated.
The country is in higher spirits since Majid Nassar, the terrorist believed to be responsible for the Capitol bombing, was captured. While they wait for Nassar to talk, President Kirkman invites the country’s governors to the White House in an effort to rebuild the branches of government. The entire evening nosedives when one of Nassar’s followers opens fire on the White House. Mike takes the shooter out but is hit in the process. The one night the man decides to take off and he ends up paying for it in the most painful way. Not to worry, Mike pulls through. Actually talking to him once he’s healed up is the highlight of the President’s day. Kirkman gives FBI Director Atwood 24 hours to make progress with Nassar.
On top of fearing for his life, Kirkman has to deal with Florida Governor Rivera, who won’t allow a plane full of Syrian refugees to disembark in his state. He refuses to budge, even when Alex makes the smart remark that “Change does not mean we abandon our principles.” Chew on that America. Alex has to scramble to help the refugees, particularly a mother in pre-term labor. Rivera isn’t the only governor giving Kirkman a hard time. Governor Nichols of Arizona has no qualms about putting Kirkman on trial to ease the minds of the governors about his ability to lead. There’s no good answers down this road, but Kirkman agrees if it is the only way to move on. It makes things worse, with Kirkman seriously wondering if he can continue to do this. Thank goodness Aaron gives quite the pep talk. Unfortunately the governors put the President through one last horrific test. Suspend all U.S. immigration indefinitely, which includes those in the country on student and work VISAs, until the country feels safe again. There’s no good choice, but he can’t manage immigration without a government.
People need to find new reasons to hope, not just politically but personally. It’s rare that someone should make a romantic connection in the middle of all this, but Seth does with a Washington Post reporter named Alicia. Their spark is immediate. They both know the challenges of making dating work between a reporter and the press secretary, but they should still take prospects where they can. As reporters go Alicia is not overly pushy, but she is very good at her job. She’s the first one to approach Seth with the rumor that Leo might not be the President’s son.
Agent Wells and Director Atwood are the only ones who know that Congressman Peter MacLeish was in on the plan to blow up the Capitol, since his conspirators planned diligently for him to be the only survivor. Like I said things could be worse. Not knowing this President Kirkman offers MacLeish the Vice Presidency. When Atwood gets wind of this he realizes that they have one shot of getting Nassar to admit that he did not blow up the Capitol. There’s little doubt of Nassar’s feelings towards the U.S. He slips up with his lack of knowledge of MacLeish, proving the truth. Out of fear for his family, Nassar names the man who asked him to take credit. There is no Catalan in their databases, and Nassar ends up dead from mysterious circumstances before they can question him again.
Can we all at least agree to get behind President Kirkman?
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