Designated Survivor
Declare your independence.
Created by David Guggenheim
A political thriller that balances the weight of sudden presidential responsibility with intimate character study, grounded in conspiracy and constitutional crisis but sustained by earnest idealism.
Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
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Usa PresidentAffectationPoliticsPresidentConspiracyTerrorismBitingMourningQuestioningMeditativeMysteriousUsa PoliticsThoughtfulSomberPhilosophicalUnassumingReflectiveComplexLovingPoliticalIntrospectiveIrreverentInspirationalGrandIntimateProvocativeDirectDramaticSuspensefulCriticalThrillerTenseSentimentalExcitingIntenseAdoringAppreciativeBoldComfortingCommandingCompassionateDefiantDignifiedEarnestEmpatheticHopefulInformativeModestOptimisticPowerfulSincereTragicVibrant
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