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* UpToEleven: On a scale from one to ten, Tom embarasses Leo eleven.
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When the Capitol Building is blown up by terrorists, Housing and Urban Development Secretary and [[TitleDrop designated survivor]] Tom Kirkman is sworn in as President of the United States after learning that his predecessor and the whole of the rest of the government are dead. He struggles to adjust to his new role and to prove he is capable of leading the country.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.
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[[HowWeGotHere 15 hours earlier]]: Kirkman is informed that President Richmond has cut any mentions of Kirkman's proposed new housing programs from the speech. In fact, after the State of the Union the President intends to appoint a new HUD Secretary and will be [[KickedUpstairs kicking Kirkman upstairs]] by naming him Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal. Kirkman will also be the designated survivor for the speech to keep him away from the public and the media. The flashback ends with Kirkman asking what a designated survivor is.
Back in the present, the Kirkmans and their Secret Service detail are escorted to the White House. They are informed that President Richmond, the rest of the cabinet, and most members of Congress were killed in the explosion. As the [[UnexpectedSuccessor only surviving member of the line of succession]] Tom Kirkman is now the President of the United
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells rushes to the scene of the bombing and examines a recovered bomb that apparently malfunctioned. She begins to suspect that all is not as it
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* CastingGag: Tom Kirkman is told he'll get reassigned to Montreal as an American ambassador in Canada. Kiefer Sutherland is a Canadian playing a member of the government of the United States of America.
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* CastingGag: Tom Kirkman is told he'll get reassigned to Montreal as an the American ambassador in Canada. to ICAO. Kiefer Sutherland is himself a Canadian playing a member of the government of the United States of America.Canadian.
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* BrutalHonesty: Kirman informs the Iranian ambassador that he's the straightest shooter he will find in Washington.
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* GilliganCut: A dark example. Leo tells his sister that their father is not scared of anything. Cut to the Capitol ruins where Agent Wells keeps trying to reach her boyfriend by phone and a bomb dog is whining.
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* CastingGag: Tom Kirkman is told he'll get reassigned to Montreal as an American ambassador in Canada. Kiefer Sutherland is a Canadian playing a member of the government of the United States of America.
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* AnswerCut: When Tom is told what his role is on the phone, he asks: "What's a designated survivor?" Cut to the Capitol building being blown up and Tom being the only surviving member of the government.
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Double-troping isn't allowed as far as I recall.
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* MonumentalDamage[=/=]SceneryGorn: The House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol is reduced to a pile of smouldering rubble.
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* MonumentalDamage[=/=]SceneryGorn: MonumentalDamage: The House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol is reduced to a pile of smouldering rubble.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: Kirkman becomes this when a seemingly routine address to Congress ends up in the deaths of [[spoiler:almost]] everyone present.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: Kirkman becomes this when a seemingly routine address to Congress ends up in the deaths of [[spoiler:almost]] almost everyone present.
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* {{Irony}}: At the start of the day of the State of the Union, Tom tells his assistant that "at the end of the day, I'm not the President of the United States".
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* {{Irony}}: At the start of the day of the State of the Union, Tom tells his assistant that "at the end of the day, I'm not the President of the United States". At the end of the day, he ''is'' the President of the United States.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When we first see Alex, she seems to be talking to a business associate or another lawyer on the phone. Turns out she's talking to her eight-year-old daughter and trying to convince her to go to bed.
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* UpToEleven: On a scale from one to ten, Tom embarasses Leo eleven.
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* AssholeVictim: President Richmond removes mention of all of Tom's programs from his speech, and then has him fired while his Chief of Staff (who also qualifies) tries to pass it off to Tom like it's a promotion. Still, their deaths are treated sympathetically and Kirkman doesn't hold a grudge.
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* SnowyScreenOfDeath: Alex and Tom Kirkman are watching President Richmond's address on television when the feed from the Capitol abruptly cuts into static. Kirkman immediately looks out the window, only to be greeted by the [[MushroomCloud rising fireball]] from the bombs exploding.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Kirkman was informed on the day of the attack that he was going to be appointed the new ambassador to the ICAO in Montreal, Canada and replaced as HUD Secretary. As the Capitol attack took place that very evening, the appointment never took effect.
* SnowyScreenOfDeath: Alex and Tom Kirkman are watching President Richmond's address on television when the feed from the Capitol abruptly cuts into static. Kirkman immediately looks out the window, only to be greeted by the[[MushroomCloud [[EverythingMakesAMushroom rising fireball]] from the bombs exploding.
* SnowyScreenOfDeath: Alex and Tom Kirkman are watching President Richmond's address on television when the feed from the Capitol abruptly cuts into static. Kirkman immediately looks out the window, only to be greeted by the
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Kirkman was informed on the day of the attack that he was going to be [[ReassignedToAntarctica appointed the new ambassador to the ICAO in Montreal, Canada]] and replaced as HUD Secretary. As the Capitol attack took place that very evening, the appointment never took effect.
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--> '''Ritter:''' It's confirmed, "Eagle" is gone. Congress, the Cabinet, [[EverybodysDeadDave none of them made it]]. ... Mr. Secretary, we're enacting continuity-of-government. A D.C. appellate judge will meet us at the White House. Sir, you are now the President of the United States.
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When the Capitol Building is blown up by terrorists, designated survivor Tom Kirkman is sworn in as President after learning that his predecessor and the whole of the rest of the government is dead. He struggles to adjust to his new role and to prove he is capable of leading the country.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.
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When the Capitol Building is blown up by terrorists, Housing and Urban Development Secretary and [[TitleDrop designated survivor survivor]] Tom Kirkman is sworn in as President of the United States after learning that his predecessor and the whole of the rest of the government is are dead. He struggles to adjust to his new role and to prove he is capable of leading the country.
country.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as itseems.seems.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* BigBulkyBomb: The Capitol is half-demolished by a series of them.
* TheConspiracy: The start of their overt actions in-universe, although clearly their plots were in motion for a significant amount of time leading up to the Capitol bombing.
* FishOutOfWater: Tom Kirkman is initially this, before he starts to adjust to suddenly being President.
* HeroicBSOD: A collective one at the sight of the exploding Capitol.
* IncrediblyObviousBomb: Agent Wells begins to suspect that the perpetrators left one or more of these to divert attention onto Al-Sakar.
* TheLostLenore: Agent Wells was in a relationship with one of the victims of the Capitol bombing.
* MonumentalDamage[=/=]SceneryGorn: The House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol is reduced to a pile of smouldering rubble.
* SnowyScreenOfDeath: Alex and Tom Kirkman are watching President Richmond's address on television when the feed from the Capitol abruptly cuts into static. Kirkman immediately looks out the window, only to be greeted by the [[MushroomCloud rising fireball]] from the bombs exploding.
* StressVomit: Kirkman ducks into a washroom to take one of these, where he ends up meeting Seth Wright.
* TwentyFifthAmendment: Invoked in the wake of the Capitol attack.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The episode was aired in the fall of 2016, but is set in January 2017, at the start of what would have been President Richmond's second term.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Kirkman becomes this when a seemingly routine address to Congress ends up in the deaths of [[spoiler:almost]] everyone present.
* WhamLine: See below.
* WhamShot: Kirkman opening the window to see a MushroomCloud where the Capitol used to be.
* YouAreInCommandNow:
** Towards Kirkman, from Mike Ritter, the leader of his security team.
--> '''Ritter:''' It's confirmed, "Eagle" is gone. Congress, the Cabinet, [[EverybodysDeadDave none of them made it]]. ... Mr. Secretary, we're enacting continuity-of-government. A D.C. appellate judge will meet us at the White House. Sir, you are now the President of the United States.
** By extension, this also applies to much of Kirkman's staff and the surviving officials who were not at the Capitol when the bombing took place. Ritter is now the chief of security for the President; Alex Kirkman is now the First Lady of the United States; Aaron Shore is the new White House Chief of Staff; and Jason Atwood becomes the new Deputy Director (or acting Director) of the FBI.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Kirkman was informed on the day of the attack that he was going to be [[ReassignedToAntarctica appointed the new ambassador to the ICAO in Montreal, Canada]] and replaced as HUD Secretary. As the Capitol attack took place that very evening, the appointment never took effect.
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Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as it
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* BigBulkyBomb: The Capitol is half-demolished by a series of them.
* TheConspiracy: The start of their overt actions in-universe, although clearly their plots were in motion for a significant amount of time leading up to the Capitol bombing.
* FishOutOfWater: Tom Kirkman is initially this, before he starts to adjust to suddenly being President.
* HeroicBSOD: A collective one at the sight of the exploding Capitol.
* IncrediblyObviousBomb: Agent Wells begins to suspect that the perpetrators left one or more of these to divert attention onto Al-Sakar.
* TheLostLenore: Agent Wells was in a relationship with one of the victims of the Capitol bombing.
* MonumentalDamage[=/=]SceneryGorn: The House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol is reduced to a pile of smouldering rubble.
* SnowyScreenOfDeath: Alex and Tom Kirkman are watching President Richmond's address on television when the feed from the Capitol abruptly cuts into static. Kirkman immediately looks out the window, only to be greeted by the [[MushroomCloud rising fireball]] from the bombs exploding.
* StressVomit: Kirkman ducks into a washroom to take one of these, where he ends up meeting Seth Wright.
* TwentyFifthAmendment: Invoked in the wake of the Capitol attack.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The episode was aired in the fall of 2016, but is set in January 2017, at the start of what would have been President Richmond's second term.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Kirkman becomes this when a seemingly routine address to Congress ends up in the deaths of [[spoiler:almost]] everyone present.
* WhamLine: See below.
* WhamShot: Kirkman opening the window to see a MushroomCloud where the Capitol used to be.
* YouAreInCommandNow:
** Towards Kirkman, from Mike Ritter, the leader of his security team.
--> '''Ritter:''' It's confirmed, "Eagle" is gone. Congress, the Cabinet, [[EverybodysDeadDave none of them made it]]. ... Mr. Secretary, we're enacting continuity-of-government. A D.C. appellate judge will meet us at the White House. Sir, you are now the President of the United States.
** By extension, this also applies to much of Kirkman's staff and the surviving officials who were not at the Capitol when the bombing took place. Ritter is now the chief of security for the President; Alex Kirkman is now the First Lady of the United States; Aaron Shore is the new White House Chief of Staff; and Jason Atwood becomes the new Deputy Director (or acting Director) of the FBI.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Kirkman was informed on the day of the attack that he was going to be [[ReassignedToAntarctica appointed the new ambassador to the ICAO in Montreal, Canada]] and replaced as HUD Secretary. As the Capitol attack took place that very evening, the appointment never took effect.
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When the Capitol Building is blown up by terrorists, designated survivor Tom Kirkman is sworn in as President after learning that his predecessor and the whole of the rest of the government is dead. He struggles to adjust to his new role and to prove he is capable of leading the country.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.
