Designated Survivor in the Media: Breaking News from the White House (Set)

[marinw]

Haven't watched any yet. Not at the top of my list!

[preeya]

Just watched S03E01. Totally revamped from the old network version.

Goose from Top Gun is Kirkman's Chief of Staff.

[AnimeMania]

When is are they going to create some new episode topics for the show or am I going to have to talk about female periods in the media section?

[orza]

Anyone can start a topic. Just follow the standard format for episode titles to avoid confusion.

[Duke2801]

We watched the first 2 episodes of season 3. It’s... not bad. They seem to have ditched Lyor and the son is nowhere to be seen. I’m enjoying Anthony Edwards on my tv again! 

So far, Seth and Emily just seem to be friends. 

It’s still not must-see tv for me, but I’m pretty sure I’ll watch the whole season. 

[Chas411]

Do we think they’ll put Emily and Aaron back together? I know it’s ridiculously fan girl of me but I don’t care - they were about the one element of the show that worked for me back in season one.

[preeya]

Topic sections for season 3 episodes have been opened.

[phoenics]

On 6/7/2019 at 9:02 AM, Chas411 said:

Any good? If it’s still a out Seth/Emily at least I’ll know to avoid.

No Seth/Emily.  But it's not what we wanted either.

😕 

14 hours ago, Chas411 said:

Do we think they’ll put Emily and Aaron back together? I know it’s ridiculously fan girl of me but I don’t care - they were about the one element of the show that worked for me back in season one.

They sort of do but not in a way that will make any of us happy.  I'm still mad about it.

[atlantaloves]

The entire season is binge worthy, I loved it!

[marinw]

Interview with Kiefer on q:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/kiefer-sutherland-on-country-music-the-rodeo-his-grandfather-tommy-douglas-and-more-1.5201161

[PumpkinLumpkin]

Cancelled Again, No Season 4

https://tvline.com/2019/07/24/designated-survivor-cancelled-season-4-netflix/

[marinw]

Not a surprise.

[Was-MArsenault]

I'm not surprised. 

[Duke2801]

That’s too bad, I enjoyed season 3 and found it a vast improvement over season 2. Ahh well, such is life. 

[tdp1117]

On 6/7/2019 at 6:08 PM, preeya said:

Just watched S03E01. Totally revamped from the old network version.

Goose from Top Gun is Kirkman's Chief of Staff.

I'm sure he's delighted to be called "Goose fro 'Top Gun'" after 33 years......smh

I think he got the part because the former ER showrunner took over.  I thought Anthony was fire in the role.  He plays badass really well.  We need more from him.  I think he's one of the most underappreciated actors in Hollywood.  

I'm sad it got canceled again.  However I'm not surprised.  Some people were put off by the language.  Well you can bet these Washington insiders don't talk like Sunday School teachers when the cameras aren't on them.  I think it's actually very realistic to show the language.  People need to join reality.  

[marinw]

Kiefer has a new show:

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/kiefer-sutherland-the-fugitive-remake-quibi-1203338949/

[Mama No Life]

On 9/13/2019 at 5:09 AM, tdp1117 said:

I'm sure he's delighted to be called "Goose fro 'Top Gun'" after 33 years......smh

I think he got the part because the former ER showrunner took over.  I thought Anthony was fire in the role.  He plays badass really well.  We need more from him.  I think he's one of the most underappreciated actors in Hollywood.  

I'm sad it got canceled again.  However I'm not surprised.  Some people were put off by the language.  Well you can bet these Washington insiders don't talk like Sunday School teachers when the cameras aren't on them.  I think it's actually very realistic to show the language.  People need to join reality.  

I thought Anthony Edwards was a huge bright spot this season. His character was flawed, obviously, but AE was terrific. 

Emily (well the actress) is an awful crier. 

[Ray Adverb]

I liked the first season because it was kind of a spy thriller.  It centered around Washington and was plenty political, but it felt like that took a back seat to the main theme of unraveling this mystery.

Then after that was done, it became more and more political in nature and it started to lose me.  By season 3, it just devolved into political porn, that thing where a TV show has everything in the political process working out for the "good guys".  And of course the good guys--the ones matching the writers' political philosophy--are always indisputably right.  It's easy to make a strong case for your view when you control the entire reality.

So I watched a few episodes of season 3 and then it just became unbearable.  Aaron's girlfriend and all her endless braying about Hispanic identity was exhausting to watch.  And Kirkman's pardoning of the Hispanic prisoner who was about 2 weeks away from completing his life sentence made no sense.  They might as well have just put a CGI halo around his head.

[marinw]

Some sad news about Kiefer's Mom:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/shirley-douglas-dies-at-86-1.5522758

[phoenics]

On 11/13/2019 at 9:35 AM, Ray Adverb said:

I liked the first season because it was kind of a spy thriller.  It centered around Washington and was plenty political, but it felt like that took a back seat to the main theme of unraveling this mystery.

Then after that was done, it became more and more political in nature and it started to lose me.

I agree here - I really loved the first season because it was like 24 meets The West Wing or Scandal and that was just so fun and exciting.  It was a big premise show and to go from THAT to a boring political drama just really irritated me.  But the problem with high concept shows is that it's hard to keep up the massive suspense without jumping the shark... so a lot of shows just either fizzle out or convert to boring drama.

I think DS could have made it if they'd really sat down to think through how to keep the suspense and drama up.  They should have grabbed some writers from 24 or Scandal.  There's plenty they could have done to keep the suspense element going and it's a shame they didn't.

[Artsda]

Absolutely heartbreaking. 💔 He has 2 toddlers too.