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Kiefer Sutherland | ... |
Tom Kirkman
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Natascha McElhone | ... |
Alex Kirkman
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Adan Canto | ... |
Aaron Shore
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Italia Ricci | ... |
Emily Rhodes
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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LaMonica Garrett | ... |
Mike Ritter
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Tanner Buchanan | ... |
Leo Kirkman
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Kal Penn | ... |
Seth Wright
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Maggie Q | ... |
Hannah Wells
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Ashley Zukerman | ... |
Peter MacLeish
(10 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Malik Yoba | ... |
Jason Atwood
(9 episodes, 2016)
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A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Was really excited when I read the synopsis for this. Political intrigue, a scenario that I haven't seen on screen before and Kiefer Sutherland - what's not to like? Well, just about everything as it turns out so far...
I won't bother going into any of the story as it's really not worth wasting the energy on, suffice to say this is exactly the kind of glossy, play-safe, cliché-filled, USA, USA propaganda rubbish that I thought we had resigned to the annals of history.
With so many TV shows of recent years delivering outstanding material (Breaking Bad, Sopranos, GOT, House Of Cards, True Detective etc etc), this just falls by the wayside in every respect.
The concept is great and the acting is okay, but the script and the story line are beyond cheesy. To echo what another reviewer said - Sutherland's character goes from being freaked out that he is all of a sudden the leader of the free World, to delivering lines that sound like they jumped right out of the pages of the Independence Day script in Episode 2 (no slur on ID there - that was supposed to be a fun and entertaining movie). This on the other hand isn't, it's taking itself far too seriously with nothing gritty to back it up.
It may have been a good show in the late 90's, but we've moved on a lot from then.