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Designated Survivor Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
One Year In
Wed, Sep 27, 201742 mins
Now, one year into office, Kirkman is a Commander-in-chief determined to rebuild the capitol and capture the terrorists behind the catastrophic attack on the United States. When Ukrainian nationalists hijack a Russian Air flight, the president is faced with a hostage situation in which his diplomatic skills are put to the test.
Episode 2
Sting of the Tail
Wed, Oct 4, 201742 mins
Chuck is able to identify on surveillance footage that Patrick Lloyd has returned to Washington, DC. The team is easily able to track him without ever seeing his face. Having tracked him for several months now, Hannah and Damian realize that he has either truly eluded them or is leading them into a trap of some sorts. Lloyd's reemergence is at a bad time for Tom who, with Alex and Alex's mother Eva, is going into the annual correspondents dinner, which is supposed to be light-hearted. That light-hearted tone is not helped by Seth being the speech writer, he who has to insert a few jokes, in the process realizing that he has a different sense of humor than the average Joe or Jane. In the Lloyd matter, Tom has to balance the need for national security against his vow to the public to be transparent in the matter. He does however understand that he is not a one-person show as government and has to keep Congress and a Homeland Security Senate Subcommittee abreast of what's happening. When Hannah and Damian believe they have Lloyd cornered, Tom has to make an even more difficult decision to do what he believes will be the best thing for public safety - especially if thousands of lives are at risk - against doing something potentially considered illegal. If they get wind that he is contemplating doing the latter, civil libertarians may make the decision for him. That decision for Tom becomes even more difficult when he believes Lloyd's grudge is now personal against him, which also means against his family.
Episode 3
Outbreak
Wed, Oct 11, 201742 mins
The activities at the White House this day include Kendra's first major assignment of mediation between affected stakeholders of what to do about a statue of a Confederate war general in Tennessee, he who is now deemed a racist - keeping the statue at its current prominent location which has an unexpected supporter - and the unveiling of a creature biologically named after Tom. Lyor finds the choice of creature offensive to his boss while Seth has to figure out a way to spin it positively to the public. These issues take a back seat when a public health crisis occurs, with a deadly avian flu outbreak in South Carroll Parish, Louisiana. First reports are that there is a forty percent fatality rate of those infected. Dr. Tammy Bruner with the CDC believes the outbreak will spread throughout the country in the matter of days if not contained despite the relatively isolated nature of South Carroll Parish. Dr. Bruner heads to the front line to deal with the outbreak. Although she reports back that there are no current pharmaceuticals to prevent the flu and that the development of a vaccine would take months, she believes there is an experimental drug developed for a different purpose by a pharmaceutical company owned by Carlton Mackie that may control the flu. Although Mackie is somewhat cooperative in his initial meeting with Tom, Tom learns that Mackie has different priorities, such as making money and ensuring the long term viability of his company, which, if he gets his way, would result in unnecessary immediate deaths in South Carroll Parish, a relatively poor and predominantly black community. The other goings-on in the White House this day could affect what happens between Tom and Mackie. Meanwhile, Chuck is trying to decrypt the file Lloyd sent to the cloud before the drone strike, while Hannah and Damian continue to follow up on the incident at the First Lady's mother's house. They know that Lloyd's actions there were not by accident, he leaving a trail of bread crumbs to what he wants them to discover whatever it is.
Episode 4
Equilibrium
Wed, Oct 18, 201741 mins
Trade negotiations between the US and Mexico are going badly, with no one on either side happy with what the other has put forward, and certain negotiators on both sides taking hard lines. This standoff has led to American truckers placing roadblocks at the US-Mexico border crossings, not allowing specifically Mexican truckers to cross into the United States with their goods. A Mexican trucker by the name of Jose Menez runs one of those border crossings, in the process being shot dead by the gunfire by border officials and civilians on both sides of the border. It is eventually determined that he was killed by an American bullet. Tom and those in the White House have now not only to deal with the trade impasse but the fact that a Mexican citizen was killed on American soil by an American bullet. Tom has to decide how far to go to deal with the issue, including if he should exploit the grief and suffering of Menez's wife, an undocumented Mexican long having lived in the States. Although Aaron knows that his first priority is to carry out the President's agenda, he gets caught in the middle of this issue as a Mexican-American, certain people who he thinks are trying to exploit that fact for their own benefit. With this issue dominating the goings-on in the White House, Emily can't be distracted by the work of an officious bureaucrat named Maya Dunning, whose sole purpose in the White House at this time is to deal with a broken vase, albeit an expensive one, in the office wing of the building. Maya is determined to discover who broke it, she, based on circumstantial evidence, believing that it was Penny. As it a matter that crosses the line between his professional and personal life, Tom has to take the time out of his busy schedule to deal with the matter. Meanwhile, Hannah, in figuring out what to do with the circumstantial evidence that looks like Alex's mom accepted a bribe thirty years ago in the awarding of a government contract, speaks to John off the record. Despite Hannah's first priority being to protect the President, she still needs to find out the truth and in the process has to protect herself in how she proceeds solely in carrying out her job responsibilities.
Episode 5
Suckers
Wed, Oct 25, 201742 mins
When a senator appears on the national news and misrepresents a private conversation with the president, Kirkman must win back the American people's trust, while MI-6 Agent Damian Rennett joins forces with FBI Agent Hannah Wells to help solve an international murder.
Episode 6
Two Ships
Wed, Nov 1, 201743 mins
When a U.S. Navy ship containing secret surveillance becomes stranded in enemy waters, President Kirkman must negotiate the crew and ship's release. If captured, the technology on board would create a massive threat to national security. Meanwhile. Chief of Staff Emily Rhodes reconnects with someone from her childhood.
Episode 7
Family Ties
Wed, Nov 15, 201741 mins
Tom is being hit on multiple sides, with Lyor, Emily, Seth and Aaron trying to mitigate the problem by trying to push whichever they deem the least harmful item to Tom and the administration to the top of the news cycle. Leading into a NATO summit in DC, they learn that Turkish president Fatih Turan, who Tom does not much like, wants to raise significantly the leases on strategic air fields in Turkey, they believing to build up a war chest for an upcoming election. If Tom doesn't agree, Turan may hand the leases over to the Russians which would give them the upper hand in the Middle East. At a joint press conference with Tom and Turan where the prepared scripts are exchanges of diplomatic niceties regarding the items to be discussed at the summit, Turan blindsides Tom by going off script, accusing Tom of harboring who Turan sees as his primary political opponent, Nuresh Sahin, who he wants extradited back to Turkey to face charges of treason for an unsuccessful coup. Tom, who has seen no concrete evidence to support Turan's claim and knows that Sahin will be immediately executed if he is sent back to Turkey, has to decide if Sahin, one man and a non-American at that, is expendable within the bigger picture, Sahin who is in the US as a visiting scholar. Secretary of State Moss is supposed to represent the US at one of the summit's more important meetings, however Hannah informs the administration that Moss is now a person of interest in the still unsolved Charlotte Thorn assassination. Moss not being forthright in that investigation led by Hannah and Damian may further tarnish the administration. At one of the protests outside the Turkish embassy, Leo, who is walking to a restaurant with his new girlfriend Sibyl, is approached by one of the protesters. Their resulting altercation has Leo pushing the man to the ground in an effort to protect Sibyl. That man, Peter Jan, presses assault charges against Leo. Eva, on Kendra's counsel, decides voluntarily to be questioned by Forstell in the hopes that he does not know about Eva running into Eric Little six months ago. Concurrently, Tiffany Gimble of the White House press corps, she representing one of the smaller but more determined media outlets, approaches Seth wanting an exclusive with the President regarding some information she has about the investigation of Eva, Seth and Tom not knowing what Tiffany does or does not know most specifically with regard to that issue with Eric Little six months ago. If Tom and his staff discover truths in any of these matters, they may find that some of the issues are interrelated and can be dealt with by exposing those connections.
Episode 8
Home
Wed, Nov 29, 201743 mins
While on a secret mission to Afghanistan, President Kirkman meets with two infamous warlords and must determine whom he can trust to hand over territories to the United States, while Seth has a run-in with Washington D.C. police that puts his job, reputation and future in the White House on the line.
Episode 9
Three-Letter Day
Wed, Dec 6, 201741 mins
After sorting through thousands of letters all requesting something of the president, the White House staff are assigned three, with Emily, Seth, Aaron, Lyor and Kendra joining forces to get answers and possibly save a life. Meanwhile, Hannah and Damian continue to chase down leads to exonerate the first lady, but in the end, Hannah learns the truth may be closer than she thinks.
Episode 10
Line of Fire
Wed, Dec 13, 201742 mins
It's Christmastime and President Kirkman is alerted to a group of religious extremists who refuse to evacuate when a forest fire threatens to engulf their cabin. Deploying Emily and Aaron to help diffuse the situation, Kirkman must act quickly to save multiple lives at stake. Meanwhile, the First Lady finally gives her testimony to the FBI director, while what happens next changes the lives of the Kirkman family forever.
Episode 11
Grief
Wed, Feb 28, 201843 mins
It's been ten weeks since Alex was killed in a tragic traffic accident. Since, Tom has been a ghost of a president, he not having made any significant decisions which is crippling the country. Although his senior staff realizes it, Tom himself doesn't, and as such they have recommended that he go into therapy with Dr. Adam Louden. The outcome of that therapy will be tested concerning a trade mission to Cuba organized between US Senator Sanchez and Cuban President Ortega. Beyond a bipartisan group of senators and congresspeople, the mission includes key business people hoping to do business in Cuba, with Aaron and Hannah, the latter on probation due to the point blank shooting of Damian Rennett, providing White House staff services. That mission turns into a crisis when the American trade representatives, including Aaron and Hannah, are taken hostage by a rebel group opposed to Ortega and his dealings with the Americans. The situation is already difficult enough due to the tenuous nature of the relationship between the US and Cuba without Tom's hesitancy, his world view now to keep as many people safe which in the long run may actually jeopardize more lives. Something that Hannah secretly learns as a hostage may be key if she can only get that information back to the White House. Meanwhile, Lyor has gone through yet another assistant, the next candidate, Tricia Sims, who he dismisses before she even really begins, which may be a mistake on his part. And Emily and Seth's personal relationship seems to be stalled, at least on Emily's side.
Episode 12
The Final Frontier
Wed, Mar 7, 201843 mins
Damian, coming in from the cold, is being interrogated by Hannah and Aaron regarding his status as a double agent working for the Russians. Because of what happens external to the interrogation, Hannah and Aaron have no other option but to believe his assertion that he has information and can assist in following up on leads on an issue with which Tom and those in the war room are currently dealing. A software malfunction - what ends up being a computer hack - with the Soyuz space capsule at the International Space Station (ISS) has led to a depletion of potable water at the ISS, they needing to get over the malfunction even to get a capsule to the ISS to deliver fresh water. The astronauts at the ISS are in imminent danger if the situation cannot be overcome. While Hannah and Damian work on the issue of the hack which does involve the Russians peripherally, Tom calls in a consultant from the business community, that act which has unintended consequences in the White House in Lyor's previous dealings with her. On the diplomatic front, the Russians cooperating with whatever the White House decides may not be easy, despite there being two Russian astronauts at the ISS, those difficulties due to national security issues. This diplomacy may have some negative fallout with which Tom may not fully comprehend in his continued grief. Meanwhile, Tom also has to deal with some issues concerning Penny, who, unlike her general sensitive nature, has lately been getting into fights at school. While knowing that the fights have something to do with Alex's death, Tom just telling Penny not to get into the fights may not deal with the core issue on which Penny's principal may be able to shed some light.
Episode 13
Original Sin
Wed, Mar 14, 201842 mins
The leaked surveillance footage of Tom's visit to the prison to confront Evan Beeman is causing him and the White House PR problems, Tom who refuses to address the "unpresidential nature" of the footage publicly. Hannah and Aaron are following up on the leak, they figuring that it may be connected to the ISS hack, meaning that they still need Damian's assistance, he who purports not to know anything about the prison footage hack. As Hannah and Aaron follow up on leads regarding that issue, Lyor believes that another emerging issue may overtake the prison footage on the news cycle. A group on a White House tour stage a sit-in, they being members of the Ocheole Nation, a non-recognized native tribe based in the Florida panhandle. Their leader, Lacy Cousins, wants to meet with Tom. Their issue, which is not federal jurisdiction, is that they are being displaced in the next phase of a land development, this not the first time it has happened. The initial phase was contracted to Tom's architectural firm eighteen years ago, the displacement of the Ocheole at that time of which Tom was not aware when he signed the contract. With each displacement, the Ocheole become more dispersed as a people to the point of near extinction. Tom has to find a way to make this right, which may require bringing in his old right hand man at the firm, Billy Winton, and the developer, Alton Prast. The negotiation is not as clear cut as he would like. Through the process, Lyor gets sidetracked by something he sees with one of the Ocheole at the sit-in. Meanwhile, the initial meeting of the trustees of Alex's foundation post her death are meeting at the White House, all the trustees hand picked by her. One of those trustees is Trey Kirkman, Tom's younger brother from whom he is virtually estranged, despite Alex having kept him in Leo and Penny's lives. Trey's actions at the meeting may bring to a head the issues that exist between the brothers.
Episode 14
In the Dark
Wed, Mar 21, 201842 mins
A power outage, caused by the latest computer hack, has left the entire Washington DC area in the dark, the generator at the White House which can provide power for eight hours. While Chuck deals with the hacks themselves including this one and trying to work to figure out a technological solution to overcome it, the power outage has caused major problems. With his ankle bracelet not functioning, Damian is able to escape from the safe house. With what surveillance is still operational, Hannah goes on his trail and finds something about his goings-on that hit her a little more personally. Emily and Lyor are MIA after a meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Omono to rubber stamp a deferment of payment on a Japanese loan of $600 million due at midnight. However, without information from the missing pair, Omono has denied the request. The power outage has made electronic transfer of the moneys before the deadline near impossible. With Emily missing, Aaron is doing double duty being officially Acting Chief of Staff. The outage delays interviews Tom would have had with potential vice-presidential candidates, Tom who has to be careful in his choice of nominee following the issue with Peter MacLeish's treason as VP. Tom, who would gladly go without a VP until the next election especially as he has not yet had a satisfactory interview with any of the choices Emily and Lyor have brought before him, has a deadline to beat a damning article to be published on the vetting process. And without power at city hall, Tom offers the White House to DC Mayor Eleanor Darby as a command center to deal with issues concerning the outage. In the process, Tom and Mayor Darby, who have generally had a cordial enough professional relationship, butt heads in how to deal with the looting and what looks to be the imminent rioting. On a good news/bad news item, Tom at least has Trey, with who he has reconciled and who has just moved to DC after being fired from his New York job, to be his personal support especially for Penny. With Emily missing, Seth learns that despite what he thought was their official break-up, that Emily has bought him something for their six month anniversary. He not only has to buy a reciprocal gift, but has to figure out what it is and how to get it within the circumstances of the work commitments and the power outage. And in reality, Emily and Lyor are stuck in a darkened, powerless elevator. In their confinement, they may either bond as human beings in learning more about the other - something difficult for Lyor - or kill each other in their differences.
Episode 15
Summit
Wed, Mar 28, 201841 mins
The rogue dictatorship regime of East Hun Chiu, led by Chairman Kim, fires a missile as a test over the west backed West Hun Chiu - led by President Han - the two countries who are already at official war, a demilitarized zone separating the two countries. East Hun Chiu's actions are just before Tom is to host a summit at Camp David between the two countries to start the negotiations to peace, Tom who has to advance the summit due to Chairman Kim's provocative action. Tom knows that the key to peace is each country feeling safe from the other, which may require military styled steps to achieve. As such, Tom calls in a new friend for a favor in advancing the talks. But when the talks look like they may be derailed by an issue external to the talks themselves, Tom has to decide if he should/could call in the assistance of Cornelius, who may still be smarting after being fired by Tom, especially as a former President himself. Adding to the complicated situation is that the US administration learns Kim's son, Joon Kim, wants to defect to the west in feeling his father's paranoia which has already led to him killing anyone he felt disloyal to his regime. Tom can't let Chairman Kim know what's happening with Joon, Tom who feels Joon would be an asset to inform them if Chairman Kim is working on a nuclear program, which he has long denied. Joon has his own demands before cooperating, namely to get his girlfriend, Jung-Min, out as well, as once the Chairman learns of Joon's defection, Joon fears Jung-Min would not be safe. The problem is that Jung-Min is ensconced behind the fortress that is the East Hun Chiu consulate. Meanwhile, Lyor runs into an old colleague, Greg Bowen, at the summit, he who is officially part of the East Hun Chiu delegation, the two men who detest each other. What is obvious to Seth but to which Lyor seems totally oblivious is that the two men are alike in their idiosyncrasies. By the end of the summit, Seth will learn just how much alike the two men really are. And for insurance purposes, Kendra is asking both Seth and Emily to sign official disclosures as to their relationship in light of the White House's non-fraternization policy, the disclosure to prevent issues such as Seth, Emily's official subordinate, from ever claiming anything like sexual harassment. This process places their relationship into a different light, especially for Emily. She is dealing with this issue as she also has been tasked with finding the mole in the administration who has been leaking sensitive information to the media.
Episode 16
Fallout
Wed, Apr 4, 201842 mins
Following the Camp David summit with Chairman Kim and his entourage still in the US, Tom and his staff learn that there is a dirty bomb on American soil, the evidence pointing to Kim and the East Hun Chiu regime the ones behind the bomb. Although Kim denies the direct accusation, Tom is able to keep Kim in the US on the guise of his own safety of not knowing where the bomb is, keeping him in the hope that his operatives will not detonate it in fear of what would happen to Kim in the hands of the Americans. While the White House staff follows the leads of how any of the radioactive materials could have made their way into the US, Hannah and Detective Blakey, who still have Joon in protective custody, hope to pry him for information into further activities of his father related to the matter. When the bomb is discovered to be somewhere in the metropolitan DC area, Tom, the senior members of the executive branch and his senior staff have to go into lock-down into the bunker. Tom, however, believes it still better not to make a public announcement of a bomb until they know the exact location in fear of mass panic. As such, Seth has to run interference especially with the media, which may not be that easy seeing as to the tenacity of reporter Simon Day, who had previously been made privy to other government secrets. As the White House goes into lock-down, Hannah and Blakey believe the origination of the bomb is not quite what it appears on the surface, albeit it still originating with East Hun Chiu. This event marks the first direct contact between Forstell and Tom since the First Lady's death, Forstell who believes his relationship with his Commander-in-Chief boss strained because of the events with the First Lady. And Emily wants Kendra to to begin the proceedings to appoint a special prosecutor to deal with President Moss and what could be considered his treasonous activities. This item could place a wedge between Emily and Kendra, the latter who needs the process to follow the letter of the law.
Episode 17
Overkill
Wed, Apr 11, 201843 mins
Tom has ordered missile strikes on Kunami in retaliation for the dirty bomb the Kunami government detonated in the Washington DC metro station, and against Lyor's advice Tom has no qualms about calling it a declaration of war. The strikes will continue until the Emir of Kunami unconditionally surrenders, which includes an admission that he was behind the bombing. Those diplomatic discussions with the Emir are being handled through the Kunami Ambassador to the US, the discussions which seem to be stalled. Through the process, Tom has to decide what the end goal is, namely if the abdication of the Emir is sufficient to stop the missile strikes. The US receives intelligence as to a means to contact Amal Hamzi, the Kunami opposition leader who has been in hiding, his ascension to power which would end the conflict. Being in hiding, he is incommunicado via modern technological means. As such, Hannah, acting on behalf of the President to make an official offer of support, accompanied by a Navy SEAL team, need go clandestinely into Kunami territory to find Hamzi, they needing to trust that their Kunami handlers are indeed leading them to Hamzi. Tricia is unaware that her brother, Sgt. Royce Sims, is part of the Kunami mission, she turning to Mike as former special ops for some reassurance that not hearing from Royce of late means nothing. Meanwhile, Damian and Chuck continue to work on finding out the source of the hacks. While they do make some progress, Chuck does not take too kindly to sitting side-by-side with someone who tried to kill Hannah and who will be provided immunity if his efforts do indeed find the source of the hacks.
Episode 18
Kirkman Agonistes
Wed, Apr 18, 201841 mins
The latest issue in the continuing series of computer hacks has Dr. Louden's private recordings outlining Tom's therapy sessions made public, those therapy sessions which were not known to the public let alone the salacious nature of what snippets have been released thus far, which portray Tom as being possibly unstable mentally. With Dr. Louden admitting that there are about seven hours of recordings, Tom knows the leaks of the recordings will only continue and probably get worse in terms of what is divulged. To deal with the recordings, the White House staff want to portray Tom as the victim and that the recordings were meant to be for Dr. Louden's own use within the context of the private sessions. Dr. Louden, in turn, has to decide how much he will state publicly in the sanctity of taking the Hippocratic oath which is meant to protect patients, such as Tom. The staff also needs to find Tom's political supporters to bolster the administration under these trying circumstances. They may not only find that those supporters are hard to come by, but that the recordings will have a negative impact on the day-to-day dealings the White House has with government as well as non-government officials. In the process, Tom finds that he will have a fight for his political life. Under the circumstances, one staffer contemplates falling on the proverbial sword for some past misjudgment, which if it comes to light, would further damage Tom's credibility. The staff in general also advises Tom to cancel all public appearances, including at the National Science Fair which he was supposed to co-judge with Dr. Frost at the White House. Meanwhile, Aaron, Hannah, Damian and Chuck continue to investigate the source of the hacks. Because senior staff comprises the majority of the people who knew about the therapy sessions, they the ones who advised him to go into therapy, they move to the top of the suspect list as being behind the hacks. All the team knows is that the hacker goes by the handle "Gamine", an anagram for Enigma in reference to Dr. Alan Turing. Damian turns to an old source for some intel, this move which if known may further place Damian's credibility in jeopardy.
Episode 19
Capacity
Wed, Apr 25, 201843 mins
The secret 25th Amendment proceedings are underway, with Ethan West only officially calling four witnesses: Dr. Louden, Aaron, Emily and Tom himself, although he is free is call whomever else he wants as the proceedings progress. Despite Kendra's assurances that they will win, Tom knows that his chances of ending the day as President are slim at best, especially as it is incumbent on them to prove that he deserves to keep the job. As things go from bad to worse, other testimony may have other repercussions on Tom's presidency regardless of the outcome. Some of the senior staff also muse about the "what if"s as they too may be out of jobs by day's end. Meanwhile, Tom still has to finalize the budget by the end of the day, failure to do so which will cause the government to shut down. Getting wind of the 25th Amendment proceedings, the majority Senate leaders decide to play hardball in requesting some last minute changes to the budget to which Tom had not previously agreed. Tom has to decide within this matter what he wants his legacy as president to be in either caving in to the demands or holding strong forcing the shutdown. And Hannah is certain that Dr. Frost is behind the hacks despite not having that conclusive piece of evidence. The evidence that Hannah does have is not enough to convince either Aaron or more importantly Tom, whose directive to Hannah is to find that conclusive evidence. Hannah has to decide what to do under the circumstances, as friends have died in service at the hands of the hacker, as there is the national security aspect making stopping the hacker of some urgency, and as Dr. Frost herself ends up having some connection to the 25th Amendment proceedings.
Episode 20
Bad Reception
Wed, May 2, 201843 mins
The US is in sensitive unofficial talks with the government of Bhutan regarding Bhutan's want to extract oil from an ecologically sensitive neighboring island which requires bipartisan approval and which the US will not grant. As leverage, Bhutan is holding an American citizen, Matthew Jennings, for some minor graffiti he did in Bhutan, he possibly sentenced to a lengthy and harsh prison term. While the US administration will not negotiate Matthew's release using the oil development as a bargaining chip, a diplomatic incident occurs at the White House which only inflames the situation, with the Bhutanese government blaming the American's for the incident. Matthew's life is at risk because of it. Mike and Chuck are tasked with trying to find out who was the cause of the incident at the White House and how to diffuse the issue with the Bhultanese government based on whatever their findings. Tom also learns that Matthew has new pro bono counsel whose sole mission is to free Matthew at any cost which may work against US policy on the matter. Meanwhile, Steven Flannery, Kendra's former boss and a mentor, is approached by Emily on Kendra's advice to fill a judge vacancy on the DC appellate court. In vetting Flannery, White House staff finds one "blip" in his history. In White House staff investigating that blip to see if it will affect his nomination, Kendra, based on that discovery, reviews her friend's nomination and their own history in a more critical light. And despite being fired, Hannah, in her loyalty to the President, continues to try and find conclusive evidence that Dr. Frost is the behind the series of hacks. In the process, she calls in help from a friend of Tom's and a White House staffer, the latter whose career could be on the line if it is discovered that he used White House resources to assist Hannah.
Episode 21
Target
Wed, May 9, 201843 mins
Tom, Emily and Aaron have managed to achieve bipartisan support for the ambitious defense plan and associated budget. But by the time it comes ready to approve the budget, both the Senate majority and minority leader renege on that support all having to do with both parties trying to woo Tom in being their presidential nominee in the next election sixteen months away, the likelihood of an incumbent winning being higher, and Tom turning both of them down, he preferring to remain an Independent if he does decide to seek reelection. The team has to decide how Tom should handle the situation as if both the Republicans and Democrats will continue to play hardball with him unless he sides with one of them, he will be a lame duck president for the remainder of his term with the likelihood that he won't see a second term even if he wants one. In the process, they learn that one side does have a fallback candidate which would also make Tom's run for a second term more difficult. Another problem that Tom is facing is that President Moss, despite not being the hacker, is making waves about Tom's inexperience making him a poor Commander in Chief. Tom is still angry about what he sees as Cornelius' disloyalty in leaking classified information to the press to further his own agenda. Tom, on feedback from Lyor and Emily, thinks he has a way to deal with Moss using an independent third party. Meanwhile, Kendra takes some time for herself to go on an unexpected date, the first in quite a while, but one that has larger repercussions within the White House. This aspect of her life coincides with a break-in at her apartment. With some information that comes to light, the investigators and Kendra believe the break-in was targeted and has something to do with one of her old cases. The investigation has the possibility to lead to tragic consequences on multiple levels. And Hannah has handed in her badge and gun so that she can go after Valeria Poreskova without placing a black mark on the White House. She will find that not having the backing of her usual supports in an official capacity may be problematic as she discovers that Valeria has her own game plan already in place to combat Hannah's moves.
Episode 22
Run
Wed, May 16, 201842 mins
As President Kirkman continues to deal with the turmoil surrounding the hacker and Congressional investigation, a natural disaster threatens the lives of two White House staffers. Meanwhile, Kirkman's closest allies are surprised when the president makes an announcement no one saw coming.
