Designated Survivor Kills it With Satisfying First Two Seasons

Designated Survivor presents to the audience a perfect mix of political drama and intense action throughout its two seasons. This Netflix original series stars Kiefer Sutherland mostly now for his paper in the series 24 when he acted as the counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer, but in this series we see him in a total different role with new characteristics.

The first two seasons of Designated Survivor have been very satisfying for me and many other fans around the world since it provides the perfect mix of political drama, action and love that everyone likes. The series is also a perfect view of what the government looks from the inside, all the corruption, the fights and the fakeness that the politicians in the US government live every day and it is perfectly portrayed in this T.V program.

The political drama throughout the whole show is actually very catchy, it shows how bad relationships between politicians in any government can get. They show how fake this relationships can be, but also how much treason can get involved too, and the program shows this with a huge conspiracy that is going on to take down the actual government by some extremist group. This kind of conspiracy theory to take down the government is very similar what happens in House of Cards, which is also a Netflix original series and it shows the inside of a corrupt administration, and the man behind it, and even though the drama in this other show is way more intense than in Designated Survivor, they share many things.

Designated Survivor is also full with action that gives an extra thrill to the series. You only have to see at how the show starts to know that is full with action. The series starts with a huge bomb that explodes in the capitol while the State of the Union speech and everybody in the government dies, so the Designated Survivor who is the inexperienced secretary of urban development Tom Kirkman(Kiefer Sutherland) has to step in and take office as the President of the United states of America. For me this is a great idea to start a series because it sets the topic for the rest of series since the beginning, and gives the audience an incredible hype from the start. You could relate this type of action and terrorist attack to the move Air Force One by Harrisons Ford, where hijackers take control of the presidential plane and try to kill everyone in them, even though this is a movie and Designated Survivor is a series, in both you can see the hate for the United States and how far people would get to take the government down.

The special effects in this series are very present since the show is full of action and explosions, but for me they are not as good as they should be. When you are watching the show and an explosion occurs, you can immediately tell that it is fake, and since they are very present through the series, these fake explosions take away a lot of credibility to the T.V program. This special effects seem as if they were done in Imovie, you could say that the special effects that a basic computer program like Imovie can make are very similar to the ones that are present in every episode of Designated Survivor, which is nothing good for this show or any show in the industry..

The main character of the show is Kiefer Sutherland that acts as president Tom Kirkman, that takes office after a sudden terrorist attack and he has to lead the country through this tough situation. Sutherlands paper is as a kind, noble and serviceable man that won’t hurt nobody, and I think that this role actually fits him very well because you can see it in his expression and in the way he acts that he doesn’t force to be this way, even though some people may differ because they are used to the Kiefer Sutherland that acted as Jack bauer in 24. In this other TV show Sutherland is a super tough guy who kills everything that goes in his way and won’t even blink about it, so that is why some people may critique him while acting this new role.

Even though this series is still very new and very unknown, it is becoming one of Netflix most watched series that would only support what I said which is that it is an excellent choice to watch, and I recommend it to everyone who searches for an action thrill but also wants to get involved with a huge but very entertaining political drama.