Directed by Brad Turner
Written by David Guggenheim & Jon Harmon Feldman
When civil rights are abused by Governor Royce of Michigan, President Kirkman struggles to establish his authority. Meanwhile, another designated survivor — 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.
Tropes in this episode:
- Antagonistic Governor: Governor Royce from Michigan.
- The Dead Have Names/Posthumous Character: The slain teenager in Dearborn, Michigan is named as Danny Fayed.
- Sole Survivor: Averted. Representative Hookstraten is revealed to have been the Republicans' designated survivor, while fellow Representative Peter MacLeish is pulled alive from the rubble. MacLeish's survival is later found to have been engineered by The Conspiracy.
- Unexpected Successor: Kirkman now has company; Hookstraten is The Remnant of the Republican caucus in Congress, while MacLeish is what remains of the Democrats' representation in the House.
