Designated Survivor was once a great series! Keifer Sutherland was the perfect pick to play everyman Tom Kirkman who due to a national crisis becomes the President of the United States. The writing was sharp and focused, the cast - especially Adan Canto, Italia Ricci and Maggie Q- played crisply against each other as a team without falling into over the top melodrama.
But that was Season One and Two.
Season Three is when it all starts to fall apart. The "freedom" provided on Netflix has resulted in unnecessary foul language, brief glimpses of male nudity, a good amount of not so discreet sex, and a more obvious political agenda. Yet, it is beyond these items that put the series on a downward slope. Now there's too many writers and too many subplots that seem forced. What a waste of a talented cast!
Can it recover from feeling more like Grey's Anatomy or Dallas? Who knows. It's just a guessing game, but it would be a shame if it cannot. Whether it does or not, they've lost me as a viewer.
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