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Mid-teens.


* WouldHurtAChild: The police in Michigan end up killing a teenage boy, Danny Fayed.
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Written by Creator/DavidGuggenheim & Creator/JonHarmonFeldman

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When civil rights are abused by Governor Royce of Michigan, Kirkman struggles to establish his authority. Meanwhile another designated survivor -- Speaker Hookstratten -- has stepped forward and a survivor of the Capitol bombing has been discovered in the rubble. Hannah Wells' suspicions that the FBI is being pointed in the wrong direction continue to grow.

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When civil rights are abused by Governor Royce of Michigan, President Kirkman struggles to establish his authority. Meanwhile Meanwhile, another designated survivor -- Speaker Hookstratten Representative Kimble Hookstraten -- has stepped forward and a survivor of the Capitol bombing has been discovered in the rubble. Hannah Wells' suspicions that the FBI is being pointed in the wrong direction continue to grow.grow.

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!!Tropes in this episode:
* AntagonisticGovernor: Governor Royce from Michigan.
* TheDeadHaveNames[=/=]PosthumousCharacter: The slain teenager in Dearborn, Michigan is named as Danny Fayed.
* SoleSurvivor: Averted. Representative Hookstraten is revealed to have been the Republicans' designated survivor, while fellow Representative Peter [=MacLeish=] is pulled alive from the rubble. [[spoiler:[=MacLeish=]'s survival is later found to have been engineered by TheConspiracy.]]
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Kirkman now has company; Hookstraten is TheRemnant of the Republican caucus in Congress, while [=MacLeish=] is what remains of the Democrats' representation in the House.
* WouldHurtAChild: The police in Michigan end up killing a teenage boy, Danny Fayed.
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When civil rights are abused by Governor Royce of Michigan, Kirkman struggles to establish his authority. Meanwhile another designated survivor -- Speaker Hookstratten -- has stepped forward and a survivor of the Capitol bombing has been discovered in the rubble. Hannah Wells' suspicions that the FBI is being pointed in the wrong direction continue to grow.

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