Sneak Peek
“The Enemy” – Kirkman learns who is behind the attack and needs to grapple not only with the prospect of war, but brewing domestic troubles as well. Kirkman taps Emily to monitor the domestic situation, while Alex may be in for more than she bargains for when she seeks out help from Hookstraten, on ABC’s “Designated Survivor,” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 (10:00—11:00 p.m. EDT).
“Designated Survivor” stars Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman, Natascha McElhone as Alex Kirkman, Adan Canto as Aaron Shore, Italia Ricci as Emily Rhodes, LaMonica Garrett as Mike Ritter with Kal Penn as Seth Wright and Maggie Q as Hannah Wells.
Guest starring are Virginia Madsen as Congresswoman Kimble Hookstraten and Kevin R. McNally as Harris Cochran.
“The Enemy” was written by Dana Ledoux Miller & Jon Harmon Feldman. Paul Edwards is the director.
“Designated Survivor” stars Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman, Natascha McElhone as Alex Kirkman, Adan Canto as Aaron Shore, Italia Ricci as Emily Rhodes, LaMonica Garrett as Mike Ritter with Kal Penn as Seth Wright and Maggie Q as Hannah Wells.
Guest starring are Virginia Madsen as Congresswoman Kimble Hookstraten and Kevin R. McNally as Harris Cochran.
“The Enemy” was written by Dana Ledoux Miller & Jon Harmon Feldman. Paul Edwards is the director.
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Promo & Post Mortem Interview
Have you been writing toward a 22-episode season, or does the pickup change the game for plotting out the season?
It doesn't change things. We always had different signposts we were building to. We had a longer arc in mind if we were going to get the opportunity to tell those stories. Now that we are, we'll just dive into that. But it's not changing the short-term, and it allows us to fully explore the long term.
Let's dive into this week's episode, which introduces Peter MacLeish, a war hero, congressman and the sole survivor of the premiere's explosion. Can you talk through the development of this idea that there would be an undesignated survivor — someone who might be designated for another more nefarious purpose altogether?
The goal was, without giving anything away, to create a character who was going to survive and would raise questions about the nature of his survival. It was very much by design, a guy we want our audience to have questions about. He's going to be a big part of things [moving forward], both for reasons that we see, and also for reasons that I hope will come as a surprise. He'll be important not only to Hannah's storyline, but to the president's storyline as well.
It doesn't change things. We always had different signposts we were building to. We had a longer arc in mind if we were going to get the opportunity to tell those stories. Now that we are, we'll just dive into that. But it's not changing the short-term, and it allows us to fully explore the long term.
Let's dive into this week's episode, which introduces Peter MacLeish, a war hero, congressman and the sole survivor of the premiere's explosion. Can you talk through the development of this idea that there would be an undesignated survivor — someone who might be designated for another more nefarious purpose altogether?
The goal was, without giving anything away, to create a character who was going to survive and would raise questions about the nature of his survival. It was very much by design, a guy we want our audience to have questions about. He's going to be a big part of things [moving forward], both for reasons that we see, and also for reasons that I hope will come as a surprise. He'll be important not only to Hannah's storyline, but to the president's storyline as well.
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