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PRESIDENT KIRKMAN SEES A THERAPIST TO DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE, ALEX, IN THE MIDSEASON RETURN OF ABC’S ‘DESIGNATED SURVIVOR, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28
Timothy Busfield Directs and Guest Stars as Dr. Adam Louden
“Grief” – It’s been ten weeks since his wife, Alex, was killed in a car accident; and President Kirkman’s senior staff insist he seek professional help in dealing with his loss, forcing him to reluctantly see therapist Dr. Adam Louden (Timothy Busfield). Meanwhile, FBI Agent Hannah Wells and Aaron Shore travel to Cuba as part of a trade delegation, but the trip does not go according to plan. With lives in the balance, Kirkman is challenged with a decision that will test his role as commander in chief during this time of personal tragedy, on the midseason return of ABC’s “Designated Survivor,” WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28 (10:00–11:00 p.m. EST), streaming and on demand.
“Designated Survivor” stars Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman, Paulo Costanzo as Lyor Boone, Adan Canto as Aaron Shore, Italia Ricci as Emily Rhodes, LaMonica Garrett as Mike Ritter, Zoe McLellan as Kendra Daynes, Ben Lawson as Damian Rennett, Kal Penn as Seth Wright and Maggie Q as Hannah Wells.
Guest Starring are Timothy Busfield as Dr. Adam Louden, Tanner Buchanan as Leo Kirkman and McKenna Grace as Penny Kirkman.
“Grief” was written by Keith Eisner and directed by Timothy Busfield.
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TVLine Post-Mortem Interview
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TVLINE | What exactly set this in motion? Natascha had another opportunity she wanted to pursue?
Natascha had this great opportunity on a cable show (Hulu’s The First, set on Mars and starring Sean Penn) that she really wanted to do and which was going to limit her availability. It posed a question for us: Do we figure out a way to temporarily absent her from the show? Or not even absent her but have her involved on a lesser basis? And what occurred to us is we had an opportunity here to do something that TV hasn’t done before, which is show a president who is a widower in office. We loved that as a prospect. We love Natascha as an actress as well, so it was difficult to figure out the right thing to do, but once the opportunity popped up, it became clear that this is the road [to take].
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Return Date Revealed
ABC ANNOUNCES THE MIDSEASON RETURN OF ‘DESIGNATED SURVIVOR’ IN 2018
ABC has announced that “Designated Survivor” will make its midseason return on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 2018, at 10 p.m. EST/PST.
On tonight’s winter finale episode of “Designated Survivor,” titled “Line of Fire,” it’s Christmas time 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 defuse 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, on the winter finale of ABC’s “Designated Survivor,” WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand.
“Designated Survivor” stars Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman, Natascha McElhone as Alex Kirkman, Paulo Costanzo as Lyor Boone, Adan Canto as Aaron Shore, Italia Ricci as Emily Rhodes, LaMonica Garrett as Mike Ritter, Zoe McLellan as Kendra Daynes, Ben Lawson as Damian Rennett Kal Penn as Seth Wright and Maggie Q as Hannah Wells.
“Line of Fire” was written by Keith Eisner and directed by Chris Grismer.
“Designated Survivor” is from The Mark Gordon Company and ABC Studios. David Guggenheim is creator and executive producer. In addition to Guggenheim, the series is executive produced by Mark Gordon, Kiefer Sutherland, Simon Kinberg, Nick Pepper, Jeff Melvoin, Suzan Bymel, Aditya Sood and Keith Eisner, who serves as showrunner on the series.
ABC has announced that “Designated Survivor” will make its midseason return on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 2018, at 10 p.m. EST/PST.
On tonight’s winter finale episode of “Designated Survivor,” titled “Line of Fire,” it’s Christmas time 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 defuse 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, on the winter finale of ABC’s “Designated Survivor,” WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand.
“Designated Survivor” stars Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman, Natascha McElhone as Alex Kirkman, Paulo Costanzo as Lyor Boone, Adan Canto as Aaron Shore, Italia Ricci as Emily Rhodes, LaMonica Garrett as Mike Ritter, Zoe McLellan as Kendra Daynes, Ben Lawson as Damian Rennett Kal Penn as Seth Wright and Maggie Q as Hannah Wells.
“Line of Fire” was written by Keith Eisner and directed by Chris Grismer.
“Designated Survivor” is from The Mark Gordon Company and ABC Studios. David Guggenheim is creator and executive producer. In addition to Guggenheim, the series is executive produced by Mark Gordon, Kiefer Sutherland, Simon Kinberg, Nick Pepper, Jeff Melvoin, Suzan Bymel, Aditya Sood and Keith Eisner, who serves as showrunner on the series.
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