Designated Survivor (2016) - Season 1 Edit

A D.C. appellate judge will meet us at the White House.

A listing of every classified location

A working mother only needs four.

Aaron, where are we going?

Aaron.

About what has happened at the Capitol today,

Above and beyond for his entire term.

After you.

Against every watch list.

Agent Wells, the bomb is...

Agent Wells, you're SIOC, okay, you're not a field agent.

Agent Wells. I was looking for you.

Ah, God.

Ah, the good ol' days.

Alex, please.

Alex.

All clear. Open it up.

All of it, everything you and I have

All right, back to work.

All right, Eric, I want the license plates

All right, get in touch with the NSA.

All right, listen up.

All right.

All right. Clear the area!

All right. Then let's go see the Chief of Staff.

All US military bases are on full alert,

Already done. We're going there now.

America doesn't need another friend right now.

An attack from who?

An attack from who?

An explosion... should I say an unconfirmed explosion...

An unelected president, yes.

And a full, swift show of force is the only way to remind them

And all I'm saying is that I think

And America's colors burn brightest

And choke off the Western world's main supply of oil.

And classmates through PRISM

And how can you be so certain of that?

And I let you stay up an extra hour tomorrow night

And I need to write a program for him.

And I serve at the pleasure of the President.

And it's Dad's job to make sure we're all safe.

And Leo wasn't there.

And let me guess... You can?

And none, not a single one of our talking points are included.

And not just here at home...

And now is not the time to test us.

And our kids?

And our nation remains on high alert.

And staffers at the White House

And taking up positions along the Strait of Hormuz.

And that is?

And that's one theory.

And the Iranians are just seizing the moment.

And the Iranians have tried to close off the Strait of Hormuz

And the USS Eisenhower is currently hard charging

And their fathers and...

And there are still plenty we haven't heard from.

And there are times when history makes us.

And there we go.

And we finally settled into Washington.

And we need to get specific.

And we need to get specific.

And we've got lots left to do, I mean...

And when I got into this, we had a deal.

And you have...

Any survivors?

Anyone claiming responsibility?

Are asking the same question as the rest of the country.

Are keeping silent about it.

Are they?

Are we putting them in danger?

Are you kidding?

Are you okay?

Are you scared?

Are you serious?

As my first act as Commander in Chief, to attack Iran.

As their primary IEDs.

As you're gonna find in Washington.

Attack on our country since 9/11.

Back up now!

Because all warfare is based on deception

Because I kissed her good night almost two hours ago.

Because if it's what I think it is,

Because if not, she is gonna walk all over you.

Because right now, it's hard to tell.

Because some bad people did something bad tonight,

Because this was foreseen.

Before being appointed

Bomb's a dud.

Both.

But as both of us know,

But as of yet, no one has claimed responsibility

But for now, I'm all you got,

But I believe you have been misinformed.

But I can't help but feel...

But I have to do it.

But I... But I... I need...

But nevertheless, you will feel the full impact of them

But no pressure plate.

But that's how it's gonna be. The speech is locked.

But the devastating attack on yours.

But the President's looking to make a change.

But the question is, how do we pay for it?

But what you should know

But why are we "hard charging" a US aircraft carrier anywhere?

But why are we here?

But why?

But you also know better than anyone else

By a Mideast terror group...

By extending to you and the American people

By the Iranians to take advantage of the night's events

Bye, Mommy.

Bye, peanut.

Call me when you get this.

Calling to deny responsibility for the attack.

Can you do that?

Canada.

Capable of launching nuclear weapons.

Capitol's been attacked.

Celebrating the three lines I got into a 10,000 word speech.

Cellphone, landline, Skype... Whatever we got.

Charlie, there's not a single mention

Clear the area now!

Clear the perimeter!

Come here. Come here.

Come on, Charlie. We've done some good work here.

Come on. It's a big night for me.

Come on. You used to always laugh at my jokes.

Come on. You've always said you're always on my side.

Convincing the American people that that's a good thing.

Copy that.

Could one of you please find me something heavy

Could one of you please find me something heavy

Dad! Get out here!

Dad's not scared of anything.

Declare war?

Did you know President Richmond fired him this morning?

Did you lose someone?

Do we know who's responsible for this?

Do you even know who's in charge right now?

Do you have any other devices on you?

Do you know what I'm hearing now?

Do you need my fingerprints or an eye scan or something?

Do you really believe everything you just said?

Does the President value the Secretary's opinion, Charlie?

Don't need me behind a computer. You need me here.

Don't they realize what a huge asset you are for them?

During President Richmond's State of the Union address.

Eagle is gone.

Easy, Hannibal.

Easy.

Either ISIS, Al Qaeda, or the Taliban...

Em.

EMS is digging through the rubble.

Even Leo's making friends.

Everyone is at a complete loss for words.

Exactly 52 minutes to write a speech

Exactly. We need to alert every one of our embassies

Excellent.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Fat chance of that happening.

Figurehead.

For far too long,

For the beautiful girl sitting at the counter.

For the last 35 years,

From the East Room, okay?

From the Strait of Hormuz.

Give me a kiss.

Give us a moment.

Go away!

Go to war with the President of the United States?

Going off just moments ago

Good night, Daddy.

Good night, little pea.

Goodbye.

Great.

Guy's never been elected to anything.

Hannah, you hearing this?

Hannah, you were supposed to report to HQ.

Haven't seen one of those before.

He has no business running the country?

He never was.

He ran HUD. They find affordable homes for people,

He slipped me a final copy of Richmond's address

He was next in the line of succession.

He was the designated survivor tonight.

He would like to offer you an ambassadorship

He's laying down a new dubstep track,

He's making breakfast?

He's the one the country's gonna be turning to

Hello?

Hemostat.

Here come the greatest hits.

Heroes one and all.

Hey, hey! Hey!

Hey, I need you to watch your sister tonight, okay?

Hey, I'm slaving over here.

Hey, it's me.

Hey, Scott?

Hey, you finish your English paper yet?

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hi, Daddy.

Hi. This is Scott.

Hi. This is Scott. I'm not available right now.

Housing reform.

How about the end of days?

How many more ways can I say this?

How many people... We haven't even processed.

How'd you find me?

How's Penny?

I am Secretary Kirkman's Chief of Staff.

I am.

I appreciate that.

I call it my civic responsibility.

I came here to make money and have some fun.

I can't talk right now, Emily. I need to get back to the PEOC.

I didn't play Richmond's game all the time.

I do.

I don't remember this suit.

I finally got past the gate. What's going on?

I got this.

I guess I've had it long enough to try it out.

I had to borrow it.

I have a three page phone list

I have supported this president

I I checked all the license plates in the area

I I I don't know...

I imagine it would. You said it two years ago

I just don't feel comfortable showing that kind of force yet.

I just have to.

I just needed a minute.

I just sold my last two.

I just spoke to Gillings at Cabinet Affairs.

I just spoke to our agents at his residence

I know it's not the right thing to say,

I know this is gonna change everything for us,

I know what it is, Aaron.

I know what to look for.

I know you're scared, peanut, but everything's gonna be okay.

I know.

I know.

I know.

I know. And you don't want me in there.

I know... Watching your sister.

I love my job.

I love you.

I love you.

I mean...

I need to know you're okay.

I need you all to be quiet right now.

I need you heading up a crisis team at the operations center.

I need your government issued BlackBerry.

I saw you coming out of Charlie's office earlier this morning.

I think we all lost someone.

I think we're doing everything that's expected of us, Harris.

I thought you said you were gonna get some sleep.

I thought you were taking me home.

I told Caleb I'd help him out with something.

I told them I'd give them my decision tomorrow.

I understand alerting our bases,

I understood "him."

I used to be nine.

I want a secure perimeter, at least five blocks out.

I want every drone waiting on full staff

I want the Air Force flying in 15 minutes.

I want TSA screening equipment installed now.

I was 10 blocks away.

I was just in there this morning.

I wasn't gonna be one of those guys.

I will... when he says something I disagree with.

I wouldn't be out of a job?

I wrote it, and I don't even know what it says.

I, Thomas Adam Kirkman, do solemnly swear...

I'll commute.

I'll just get some toast.

I'll let him know.

I'll meet you outside.

I'm always on your side...

I'm as mad as hell. But at the end of the day,

I'm asking, because I can't even remember his name.

I'm gonna hazard a guess and say you're not here

I'm hungry! I want some breakfast!

I'm not available right now.

I'm not gonna sit on my ass and hope for the best here.

I'm not the guy for this.

I'm not the President of the United States.

I'm okay.

I'm saying that if they did this,

I'm sorry, but no one could have foreseen this.

I'm sure you remember Aaron Shore, my Deputy Chief of Staff.

I'm telling you, man, I got half a mind to make a run to Canada.

I'm telling you. We need to take a look at the AB 33 section,

I've been with Secretary Kirkman's staff for three years.

I've got an idea.

I've got the State of the Union.

I've got to go.

If any of them are stolen or owned by anyone on a watch list,

If he'll put back in the Secretary's housing initiatives.

If I don't...

If it doesn't work, we'll try yours.

If the country's gonna survive,

If there is anything our people can do

If you are choosing this moment for a pissing contest, Aaron...

If you do not comply with my demands.

In anticipation of our counterattacks.

In Atlanta at the Conference for the New Urbanism.

In case you haven't noticed.

In our darkest hour.

In Port Washington, New York.

In response to this tremendous act of cowardice,

In the event of an imminent strike,

In the morning, our economy is going to go over a cliff,

In the weeks leading up to the big ones...

Incredibly alarming live shot.

Inform the surviving joint chiefs we are going to DEFCON 2.

Intelligence sources are being tight lipped

Is an unexploded munition you think was used

Is Daddy?

Is he here?

Is that a fact?

Is that even a real thing, Charlie?

Is that I'm about as straight a shooter

Is that Richmond can promise all he wants tonight...

Is this even happening?

It doesn't matter because I won't like it

It doesn't matter. You're gonna be asleep by then, right?

It doesn't work that way.

It wasn't easy.

It works anywhere on Earth as well as beneath it.

It'll be with you whenever you leave the White House.

It's a Soviet era anti tank mine.

It's business as usual.

It's called politics.

It's clear.

It's confirmed.

It's in Montreal. It's under the U.N.

It's me again.

It's not always up to us how history plays itself out.

It's not even in the vicinity of what we agreed on.

It's okay. We're all feeling it.

It's Penny.

It's President Kirkman now, and you're not authorized.

It's the President's domestic agenda, Em.

It's the President's domestic agenda, Em.

It's time to war up.

It's your domestic agenda, Mr. Secretary.

Jason... please, I need to be here.

Jihadist terror groups have been using them for years

Just as we're on our knees,

Just get me a meeting with Langdon as soon as possible.

Just hold the Bible. Thank you.

Just sit down.

Kirkland's a follower.

Kirkman worked in academia as an educator...

Kirkman. Tom Kirkman.

Langdon actually tried to pass it off as a promotion.

Leave us alone! You are not loved!

Leaving Bandar Abbas port

Leo. Perfect timing. What do you want?

Let it all out, man.

Let me go, woman!

Let me talk to her.

Let me talk to her. Come on.

Let's move.

Let's not get off on the wrong foot here tonight.

Let's take a moment for our fallen friends,

Like running for our lives.

Listen to me.

Look what happened tonight.

Look, can you please just check again?

Look, don't get me wrong.

Look, he appointed you, but he can't fire you.

Look, I already told you you're not on the cleared list.

Look, it affords you the rank of ambassador

Ma'am, please hold the Bible.

Ma'am.

Ma'am...

Make sure that Haz Mat knows...

Make sure that they know...

Make us proud.

Mark, bomb disposal techs, CSI,

Maybe let one of the generals take over or the CIA director,

Maybe we should go around the table.

Maybe, but it'll be out there.

Maybe, but then I'd be just like one of those guys,

Mike knows him.

Mike, please, just tell us what you know.

Mike?

Mm. Yes.

Mommy!

Mr. Ambassador, dock your destroyers

Mr. Ambassador, this way.

Mr. Ambassador, you may not know much about me,

Mr. Ambassador.

Mr. Ambassador.

Mr. Ambassador.

Mr. President, excuse me,

Mr. President, I will speak with my government.

Mr. President, I would...

Mr. President, in the event of an attack...

Mr. President, the UN is in emergency session.

Mr. President, this is a purposeful provocation

Mr. President, this is the nuclear football.

Mr. President, you need to be

Mr. President, you're gonna have to come with me now.

Mr. President, you're live in five, four, three...

Mr. President.

Mr. President.

Mr. President.

Mr. President. This way, please.

Mr. Secretary, get away from the window, now!

Mr. Secretary, we need to leave now.

Mr. Secretary, we're enacting continuity of government.

Mr. Secretary, you need to put the phone down.

Mrs. Kirkman, the Secret Service

My country's most sincere sympathies

My daughter's asleep, and I know that

My defense department has war gamed this out.

My fellow Americans...

My name is Emily Rhodes.

National Sleep Foundation recommends seven hours

No breaks in any of the routines

No one comes in or out without tin.

No one is relocated their wives or children

No one's debating its value here, Emily.

No such destroyers into the Strait of Hormuz.

No, Alex. The real problem is

No, I know. Ours just went black, too.

No, it's Doug. I need you here right away.

No, Leo.

No, no. Please, sit down.

No, not yet.

No, not yet.

No, sir. It's not like the movies.

No, that's not possible.

No, you can't talk to Dad.

No! This is not a quid pro quo.

No. No.

No. Stop it. I have work to do.

Nobody around here ever gives up power.

Nobody talks to any press of any office or agency

Nolan. Lawrence.

None of them made it.

Not all good.

Not even housing reform?

Not what's not.

Nothing so far.

Nothing.

Now he's the President.

Now shut up and let me work.

Now, I have chosen to believe

Now, if you'll excuse me...

Of any of my programs in the speech tonight?

Of course it's a thing.

Of course, we're reaching out

Of course.

Of every car parked in the next three blocks scanned.

Of exactly what happened...

Of President of the United States...

Of President of the United States..."

Of some kind of explosion in or around the Capitol building.

Of the mosques or camps we're inside,

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Don't tell me that.

Oh, my God.

Oh, Tom, come on!

Oh, yeah, yeah. Kirkland. That's right.

Oh.

Oh.

Okay, and I'll make my argument for it.

Okay, General.

Okay, little pea. How do you like your eggs?

Okay, now I really want to know.

Okay, okay.

Okay, so, what do you think the presidential voice is?

Okay, you tell them we'll be live in 60 minutes

Okay? The message is muddled.

Okay.

Okay. Removing the outer case.

Okay. You're gonna get what you deserve.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do I embarrass you?

On this horrific tragedy.

Only one course of action, and that is action.

Or doesn't matter 'cause I won't understand?

Or the lead story on the morning news

Or you suffer the consequences."

Patch me into 24 hour watch at the Pentagon.

Penny Kirkman, your daughter.

Penny loves her school.

Penny who?

Penny, y you need to go to sleep right now.

Penny!

Perimeter is secure.

Pick up. Come on.

Please call me back and... And tell me you're okay.

Please give me a sec.

Please leave me a message after the beep.

Please leave me a message after the beep.

Please, allow me to begin

Please, Mr. Ambassador,

Please!

Please.

Please.

Pleasure doing business with you.

President Kirkman needs people he knows by his side.

Really?

Rest assured, we will do it.

Right, where were we?

Right?

Right.

Run the phone records of all your friends

Running the free world.

Same way we always do.

Sat imagery shows 10 Iranian Navy destroyers

Sat imagery shows 10 Iranian Navy destroyers

Save 'em. We got to bounce anyway.

Scared. Confused.

Scrambled eggs coming up

Scrambled or scrambled?

Screw that.

Secret Service... They're the best in the world at this.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,

See if you can get it to work.

See? All good.

Send him in.

Seth Wright.

Seth Wright. You're a speechwriter.

Shared by our fathers, our mothers,

She can't keep pulling this.

Sir, place your left hand on the Bible and repeat after me.

Sir, please.

Sir, please.

Sir, tonight, you're speaking to the world.

Sir, you are now the President of the United States.

So do I, and it's a two person job.

So do you, Tom.

So help me God.

So I am having a difficult time believing

So we can hang out?

So you should believe me when I tell you that I do not want,

So, how many more bags you got?

So, what if they're just getting started?

So, you're saying the bomb isn't one of theirs.

So, you've made up your mind?

Somebody who actually knows what the hell they're doing?

Something needs to be done, Aaron.

Something was coming, you know?

Sorry, Emily, but in there, it's code word clearance only.

Sorry. I thought I was alone.

Sounds good to me.

Step back from the gate.

Still got three left.

Still too early to determine.

Stronger than you've ever been before.

Swear to God, I don't know how the hell

Thank you for your prayers, Madam Prime Minister.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you, Mr. Ambassador.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That doesn't give you any authority, Harris.

That he should just step aside,

That is his call...

That is the mark of a successful political speech.

That makes no sense.

That needs to change.

That our flag is still flying strong tonight.

That the U.S. is on a war footing

That they just up and decided to do that tonight.

That your country is not playing on our emotions tonight,

That's all I want.

That's gonna work anymore.

That's made with bread, right?

That's my girl.

That's my point, Emily. This is no contest.

That's not what I'm talking about.

That's the real problem.

That's weird.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is gone.

The chatter we were getting was off the charts.

The Civil Aviation Committee...

The Constitution of the United States,

The Constitution of the United States."

The hell with secure comms.

The lowest rung on the ladder.

The Presidential Emergency Operations Center.

The question is, how do we pay for it?

The State of the Union to tell you this,

The Strait of Hormuz is where

The United States Capitol Building in flames.

The wealthiest 1% have seen their fortunes only grow

The White House never respected you.

The whole world is watching us right now.

The world thinks it can test us right now,

There are different ways to show force.

There are still thousands of them in Afghanistan.

There are times when we make history,

There is a reason the people who did this

There's a designated survivor, Nikki?

There's still no word on the President or his detail.

These are programs that can help millions of low income families.

These are the launch codes, verification codes,

They'd be crowing right now.

They're gonna find Leo.

They're gonna step on our throat.

They're not very presidential, sir.

They're the only promises we're allowed to make.

They're waiting for me to give them the green light,

This Congress isn't gonna lift a finger to help him.

This conversation's going to be treading dangerously close

This figurehead paid attention during the Cabinet meetings,

This is "You do what I say when I say it

This is a crucial moment for our nation,

This is insane.

This is Major Cameron.

This is not some consumer group

This is really not how I saw today going.

This is Ritter.

This is the most devastating

Thomas Adam Kirkman was born December 29th, 1967,

Three hours.

Till I get to the office.

Till we could piece together enough chatter keywords

To all of our sources...

To blow up our Capitol.

To conspiracy to commit treason.

To convey to each host nation

To discuss which color tie the President is wearing tonight.

To function as a normal human being.

To hit Mr. Wright with? Thank you.

To light the way for every American."

To look for anything biological or radiological in the area.

To our entire domestic agenda.

To the creep spring,

To the detonator.

To the International Civil Aviation Organization.

To trace your digital footprint to the club.

Toast, toast.

Tom Kirkman will not get us through this.

Tom, maybe we should.

Tom, you can't do that.

Tom!

Tom...

Tonight is about what's in the State of the Union,

Towards the Fifth Fleet stationed in the Persian Gulf.

Uh, "All of us here know there is work to be done.

Uh, correction... Only gets four.

Uh, it's beyond bedti...

Uh, Mr. President, let me explain.

Uh, Mr. President.

Uh, Mr. President.

Uh, no, ma'am.

Uh, no, ma'am.

Uh, no. I can't do it. I'm busy.

Uh, the AB 33 section.

Uh, the presidential voice.

Uh, you can't take this lying down.

Uh...

Uh...

Um, scrambled, please.

Under threat of me ripping your insides out.

Unfortunately.

Unless you pull your destroyers back to Bandar Abbas

Until you're done, right?

Waiting for a photo op with a figurehead.

Was the Chairman of the International House of Pancakes unavailable?

We all need that right now.

We are getting reports

We are going to do this my way.

We are still working to get all the information

We are still...

We can't do this to our family.

We can't just let the White House take an eraser

We catalog what we find and where we found it.

We don't know.

We got something over here!

We got to get our kids here.

We got to give them something, Karen.

We had to open up an ops center at NSA,

We have a Housing and Urban Development Secretary

We have a responsibility

We have to get him patched in now...

We just didn't know what it was.

We need a leader.

We need to act swiftly and definitively.

We need to tell the American people how we're doing,

We pinged your phone.

We should also talk about leaking your plan to Politico

We should remember that.

We'll make this work.

We're a target now.

We're all feeling the same way tonight.

We're gonna get through this.

We're in a state of war.

We're in Washington.

We're sheltering in place until we know more.

We're still working to set up a secure comm.

We're under attack. What more authority do you want?

We've already sent agents to bring them here.

We've got a bomb!

We've just been attacked.

We've lost contact with the Capitol.

Well done. Now, go forth.

Well, a lot's happened since then,

Well, General,

Well, get it done.

Well, it is for me, too.

Well, maybe he'll surprise you.

Well, now it's about the second term.

Well, then I'm coming with you.

Well, this can't be good if it won't even wait

Well, Tom, we were gonna wait till after

What are you doing here?

What are you doing out here?

What do you got?

What do you mean, not all good?

What do you see?

What do you want me to do, General?

What do you want me to do?

What exactly are you talking about here?

What if you go to bed right now

What is it, Tom?

What is it?

What the hell am I doing here, Alex?

What the hell am I doing here, Alex?

What you need to understand is the Iranians respect

What?

What?

What?

What's a designated survivor?

What's going on, Charlie?

What's your name?

When are you and Mommy coming home?

When is the Iranian ambassador due to arrive?

When we meet challenges head on.

When you do plan on being comfortable?

Where are you?

Where is he?

Where we dealt with this very issue.

Where's the CIA director?

Which makes Kirkman a glorified real estate agent.

Which, apparently, I don't have.