Washington is thrown into catastrophe.
In the opening episode of Netflix’s Designated Survivor an explosion during the State of the Union address kills the President, the Vice President, and nearly every member of the Cabinet and Congress — catapulting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) into the presidency overnight.
Kirkman, a mild-mannered academic turned reluctant politician, happens to be the “designated survivor,” the person sequestered during
