Your Next Weekend Binge: A New Season of Designated Survivor Comes to Netflix
June 7, 2019 – 1:03 PM – 0 Comments
By K.L. Connie Wang Parade @BeTheBuddha
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An absurd premise based in reality, Designated Survivor ran for two seasons on ABC before being canceled in May 2018. A few months later it was announced that Netflix would pick up a third season of the show. We're always excited to see more Kiefer Sutherland!
When Secretary of Housing and Development Thomas Kirkman (Sutherland) is named the Designated Survivor before the State of the Union address, he and everyone around him expect nothing will come of it. Being a Designated Survivor seems more of a ritualistic formality than anything else. But when an explosion rocks the Capitol building killing the President and everyone in the line of succession, Kirkman is thrust into the role of President of the United States.
In the new season, it's an election year and President Kirkman is running as an independent. He ultimately asks his former Deputy Chief of Staff and National Security Advisor Aaron Shore (Adan Canto) to be his running mate. Anthony Edwards also joins the cast in the new season.
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With threats of bioterrorism looming on U.S. shores, former FBI agent Hannah Wells (Maggie Q) takes the initiative to track down those behind it all. Will her tenacity and cavalier ways finally be the end of her?
Over at the White House, Chief of Staff Emily Rhodes (Italia Ricci) is emotionally drained as she cares for her terminally ill mother and eventually seeks comfort in the arms of a co-worker.
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Kal Penn rounds out the new cast as Press Secretary Seth Wright. Penn actually worked in the White House as the Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement during the Obama administration and serves as a political consultant on the show.
All 10 episodes of the new season of Designated Survivor premiere Friday, June 7 on Netflix. The first two seasons are available now on the streaming service.