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** The conspirators cross this in the ''very first episode'' by bombing the U.S. Capitol and killing a thousand American citizens to further their own power. This is only reinforced when [[spoiler:they get wind of Atwood's investigations, abduct his son, and brag about it to his face]].
** Arguably Majid Nassar as well, even though he wasn't behind the bombing itself, when he takes children at gunpoint as human shields and threatens to execute them in the face of a Navy S.E.A.L. team. He is ''not'' missed when he is poisoned shortly thereafter in prison.
** The conspirators cross this in the ''very first episode'' by bombing the U.S. Capitol and killing a thousand American citizens to further their own power. This is only reinforced when [[spoiler:they get wind of Atwood's investigations, abduct his son, and brag about it to his face]].
** Arguably Majid Nassar as well, even though he wasn't behind the bombing itself, when he takes children at gunpoint as human shields and threatens to execute them in the face of a Navy S.E.A.L. team. He is ''not'' missed when he is poisoned shortly thereafter in prison.
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* {{Narm}}: Kirkman meeting the soldiers who'll be going after Nassar is such a ClicheStorm of building up to someone's tragic death that it's a miracle no one says they're [[{{Retirony}} two weeks from retirement]].
** [[spoiler: It's the commander who dies]].
* ParanoiaFuel: The entirety of "The Mission".
** [[spoiler: It's the commander who dies]].
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* {{Narm}}: Kirkman meeting the soldiers who'll be going after Nassar is such a ClicheStorm of building up to someone's tragic death that it's a miracle no one says they're [[{{Retirony}} two weeks from retirement]].
**retirement]]. [[spoiler: It's the commander who dies]].
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** The conspirators [[AdultFear abducting Atwood's son]] in "The Traitor", complete with a SmugSnake operative taunting him about it.
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** Also the death of Nassar in "The Interrogation".
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'', not just in its choice of lead, but also in its composer (Creator/SeanCallery).
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** [[spoiler: It's the commander who dies]].
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* ParanoiaFuel: The entirety of "The Mission".
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** [[StrawmanHasAPoint Scrappy Has A Point]]: In The First Day, after he fails to keep his little sister away from the news, he points out "it's not his job to be a parent." He is in fact entirely correct. Looking after the first family is the job of the Secret Service, and that includes agents specially trained to work with young children.
** [[StrawmanHasAPoint Scrappy Has A Point]]: In The First Day, after he fails to keep his little sister away from the news, he points out "it's not his job to be a parent." He is in fact entirely correct. Looking after the first family is the job of the Secret Service, and that includes agents specially trained to work with young children.
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Scrappy Has A Point.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: The tendency to blame the "scary brown people" for terrorism is thoroughly nailed to the wall, in a quite timely message.
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* TheScrappy: Leo, whose extremely stock "troubled teen" story is quite jaw-droppingly out of sync with the rest of the show, and has many reviewers wondering if the writing team seriously thought the designated survivor conceit concept itself couldn't make for a good enough story all on its own.
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Standard SANTBD misuse.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Fans mentioned that [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer Bauer]] would make a good president. Then the show was announced with Kiefer [[Creator/KieferSutherland Kiefer]] as the president of the US.
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* TheScrappy: Leo, whose extremely stock "troubled teen" story is quite jaw-droppingly out of sync with the rest of the show, and has many reviewers wondering if the writing team seriously thought the designated survivor conceit itself couldn't make for a good enough story all on its own.own.
** To its credit, it does not seem like it will last the entire season. Maybe just the first few episodes.
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* TheScrappy: Leo, whose extremely stock "troubled teen" story is quite jaw-droppingly out of sync with the rest of the show, and has many reviewers wondering if the writing team seriously thought the designated survivor conceit itself couldn't make for a good enough story all on its own.
* TheScrappy: Leo, whose extremely stock "troubled teen" story is quite jaw-droppingly out of sync with the rest of the show, and has many reviewers wondering if the writing team seriously thought the designated survivor conceit itself couldn't make for a good enough story all on its own.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Fans mentioned that Jack Bauer would make a good president. Then the show was announced with Kiefer as the president of the US.
* PlayingAgainstType: Kiefer Sutherland, perhaps best known for his portrayal of eminent {{Badass}} Jack Bauer on ''Series/TwentyFour'', is a laid-back, mild-mannered, bespectacled family man / civil servant with kind of a nerd vibe coming off of him.US.
* PlayingAgainstType: Kiefer Sutherland, perhaps best known for his portrayal of eminent {{Badass}} Jack Bauer on ''Series/TwentyFour'', is a laid-back, mild-mannered, bespectacled family man / civil servant with kind of a nerd vibe coming off of him.
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Moving to trivia since it's a trivia trope
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* PlayingAgainstType: Kiefer Sutherland, perhaps best known for his portrayal of eminent {{Badass}} Jack Bauer on ''{{Series/Twenty-Four}}'', ''Series/TwentyFour, is a laid-back, mild-mannered, bespectacled family man / civil servant with kind of a nerd vibe coming off of him.
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