Designated Survivor Season Two Premiere- "One Year In"

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It's been one year since the events of last season and so much has happened with President Kirkman. He's still trying to rebuild the capital and Patrick Lloyd, the mastermind behind the attack is yet to be arrested. Agent Hannah Wells is tracking down Lloyd in Amsterdam and she gets into it with an MI6 Agent, Damian Rennett (Ben Lawson) who's also tracking down Lloyd. Back home, The President is dealing with another crisis involving Ukranian terrorists hijacking a Russian Plane in Chicago. The plane has 165 passengers on board including an old friend of Kirkman's. The terrorists eventually surrender and all the passengers get off except Kirkman's friend who stays back to take care of a sick man. Unfortunately, the spark from the runway causes the passenger's oxygen tank to explode and they both die. Kirkman takes this very hard but is able to give a speech to his employees and motivate them, especially Seth who was almost quitting, to keep working hard. 

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Paulo Constazo has been added to the cast as Political Director, Lyor Boone and I won't really say there's anything interesting about this character and the way he talks. He just seems like he's going be involved in a lot of irrelevant dialogues. Hannah Wells searching for Lloyd was not exciting to watch and I got lost somewhere along the line. The episode introduced us to the new characters and it wasn't really an intense premiere but hopefully it'll kick in as the season continues. I don't know if using Lloyd as the main villain will do any good for the show, I want to see new terrorists. Natasha McElhone, who lays Alex Kirkman is departing the show to join Hulu's upcoming drama The First. "One Year In" is a decent start for the ABC thriller and I can't wait for all the twists they have in store for us, hopefully it'll be better than the last season. 


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