Pilot
- Episode aired Sep 21, 2016
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
3.7K
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A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Kevin McNally
- Harris Cochrane
- (as Kevin R. McNally)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs of 2016, the current Constitutional succession order currently following the death of the President is: 1 Vice President 2 Speaker of the House 3 President Pro Tempore of the Senate 4 Secretary of State 5 Secretary of the Treasury 6 Secretary of Defense 7 Attorney General 8 Secretary of the Interior 9 Secretary of Agriculture 10 Secretary of Commerce 11 Secretary of Labor 12 Secretary of Health and Human Services 13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 14 Secretary of Transportation 15 Secretary of Energy 16 Secretary of Education 17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs 18 Secretary of Homeland Security The order is based on when each Department became a Cabinet-level post.
- GoofsKirkman and his wife are at a secure location (which just happens to overlook Washington), eating popcorn and watching the president's speech. When the broadcast abruptly cuts off, Secret Service agents rush into the room as news reports of an explosion come on the air. Kirkman flings open the blast-door shutters just in time to see a fireball plume over the Capitol, and it's clear that he's in Rosslyn. The real designated survivors are nowhere near the nation's capital.
- Quotes
Tom Kirkman: Do you really believe I should step down?
Seth Wright: I do.
Tom Kirkman: You may be right. But for now, I'm all you got, and you have exactly... fifty-two minutes to write a speech convincing the American people that that's a good thing.
- ConnectionsReferences This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- SoundtracksAir Feat. Delaney Jane (Original Mix)
(uncredited)
Performed by Dzeko & Torres
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A bit thin
The premise of the whole show is a bit thin on the reality aspect. It seems outrageous to me that a building as complex as Capitol Hill could be as devastatingly obliterated as they had it. I'm no engineer but I guess one would need to put a charge on a whole lot of foundation columns to bring the entire building down like that. Even a half-blind security guard could see that much explosives coming inside what's supposed to be one of the most secure buildings in the country. But, of course, there won't be a tv show without suspending reality just a little bit.
Sutherland's acting hasn't convinced me yet that he is this out-of-his-depths underdog whose genuine heart always saves the day. For me Jack Bauer is in there somewhere trying to wake up this torture-induced dream so he can escape the Russian imprisonment he was politically traded for.
I will continue watching this though because I obviously still have a 24 hangover. I keep yelling at Sutherland, 'What are you doing in a suit inside an office when you should be on the ground hunting down these terrorists?' And after he told the Iranian ambassador, "Three hours, Mr. Ambassador," I totally expected the screen to split and hear the 24-clock start pounding the countdown.
- tunix_2008
- Jun 12, 2019
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