Designated Survivor
TV Show • 2016 • Drama
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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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Does someone attempt suicide?
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There's child marriage in one episode of season 3.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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A character in season 3 has a fentanyl addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Frequent drinking is present.
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We see several hundred dead birds in season 3
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Is there a dead animal?
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There’s one dead bird in beginning of episode 1 (5:50), and hundreds in the last minute of the episode (48:30)
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Are there snakes?
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only political ones (‘:
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Assault
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Someone is coerced into sex my a man in season 2. They're recognize that man had a position of power over them and they don't know if it was truly consensual. This man also sexually harassed 2 other women.
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Is there pedophilia?
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A foreign leader has a child bride but it's only briefly discussed
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Is someone buried alive?
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Someone is found under rubble
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Someone is shot and falls off a bridge. They survive the fall, but we do not know this at first.
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Children
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A character's son is kidnapped and murdered
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Does someone cheat?
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There are multiple politicians who are mentioned to have affairs; in season 3 particularly, a recurring character cheats on his wife who is struggling with addiction
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Fear
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Not intentional but I did jump really hard when a window was broken in season 3
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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season 1 episode 1, like 18 minutes in. it’s tom and it’s graphic (it also had me in tears lmao)
season 1 episode 20, about 2 minutes in. it’s seth, he does it 3 times. no visual just sound. it ends @ 2:40
season 1 episode 20, about 2 minutes in. it’s seth, he does it 3 times. no visual just sound. it ends @ 2:40
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Half of the show is propaganda for the FBI. They glamourize criminal actions done by law enforcement like breaking and entering without a warrant and stealing private medical records.
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Someone has a therapist
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Does someone have cancer?
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Yes, someone's mom in season 3 and someone's wife in season 1
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A character's mom who has cancer considers medically assisted suicide
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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A main character is a chronic dieter.
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Is there misophonia?
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Character crunches chips in another’s ear
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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The main character not only suffers from PTSD, but also faces skepticism and backlash when his therapist's notes are leaked to the public. It is debated that his mental state is cause for removal from office. Some of the comments/accusations made by characters about his diagnoses are a bit hard to hear.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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A thin character "watches her w****t"
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There's an episode where two characters are trapped in an elevator which some might consider claustrophobic
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Tom develops PTSD later in the show and has panic attacks
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Several women miscarry though not on screen during season 3
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Is there childbirth?
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It is briefly talked about between an aunt and niece.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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There’s a scene where Tom is holding a baby in season 2
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Are there fat jokes?
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A main character is a dieter, which may be upsetting to some viewers. Multiple jokes have been made across the series about dieting/losing weight.
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In season 3 episode 6 45:20. A trans woman in the women's washroom has the cops called on her and is called a man.
Also in episode 7 the same trans character is misgendered again.
Also in episode 7 the same trans character is misgendered again.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Season 2 around episodes 17/18/19, Tom is humiliated in front of a committee by a lawyer arguing he isn't mentally fit to hold office. Mentions specific diagnoses of Tom and of his family, and mentions hospitalization.
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Is there hate speech?
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There's not a separate category for this, but there is also two Latino characters in a relationship who have different opinions about how to treat their heritage. There are many heated conversations/arguments about this
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Throughout the show there are multiple scenes where characters are shown having sex or the immediate before/after of it
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Depends on how you interpret it. But regardless of what side you're on there's something to be sad about.
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A main character is killed in a car crash very suddenly and unexpectedly. This affects everyone and some develop PTSD.
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in s1 e11, there is a hospital scene where you can see a bloody bullet hole through someones chest, and there is a decent amount of blood
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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There's a dirty bomb that kills 6 people. It doesn't disperse any radiation or kill an entire city or anything so not a classic nuclear explosion.
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