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global1

(25,242 posts)
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 01:13 AM Dec 2016

Has Anyone Here Been Watching 'Designated Survivor' With Kiefer Sutherland?.....

They are portraying a conspiracy inside the government that today looked like it eminated out of the White House.

It's a good program. It's got my interest and won't be back on until March now as today was kind of a season finale.

When you watch a program like this or the other program that's just as good - 'Scandal' - they make you wonder what really goes on behind the scenes.

We're in the midst of what looks like some sort of conspiracy or coup going on - involving the Russians, hackers, Repugs, Trumps people, etc - and we're getting some info trickling out every day that makes the situation seem more dire. Yet you wonder what is going on behind the scenes that somebody knows - and we still don't.

I have sympathy for President Obama - because you have to wonder what he knows; what's going through his mind; and how he might ultimately deal with it.

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Has Anyone Here Been Watching 'Designated Survivor' With Kiefer Sutherland?..... (Original Post) global1 Dec 2016 OP
Looks like reality TV..... nt MADem Dec 2016 #1
I stopped watching - Sutherland's whisper talking drives me nuts, and his face lift is terrible. Native Dec 2016 #2
Have Been Watching erpowers Dec 2016 #3
Excellent show, as is Scandal. Greybnk48 Dec 2016 #4

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
3. Have Been Watching
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 11:39 AM
Dec 2016

I have been watching and it makes me want to be on the inside in order to see what really happens within our government on a daily basis. I have from a very young age wanted to know what insiders like the President and the intelligence community know about what is happening in the world and in the United States. I have often wondered if we are being told the truth about what is happening.

I think the show is pretty good, but I wish they had made Kiefer Sutherland's character a stronger person. He was a little too weak. I think he needed to stand up for himself and the Constitution more during the season. That being said, I did like the Winter finale and I will try to remember to watch the show when it comes back in March. I wish ABC was bringing it back sooner.

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
4. Excellent show, as is Scandal.
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 11:49 AM
Dec 2016

I think the same things when watch these shows, and House of Cards. Kevin Spacey has said he modeled his character after Kevin McCarthy of California who is a soulless ball of blind ambition.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has said that VEEP is actually reality t.v.

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