Designated Survivor (2016–2019)
5/10
The only thing missing is a Bobby Ewing "dream revelation".
14 November 2018
I viewed the 1st & 2nd seasons - 43 episodes. This show had such huge potential (S1E1) but the writers injected too much convoluted blather and who-done-its to make the show now totally unwatchable.

Pick any character... is he good? - nope, bad - shot and killed - no survived (oops), now good again - holder of top secret info, bad again - but we can get that info from somewhere else, bomb explodes, killed again, really dead this time... (top secret info points to the next character, repeat) wow - Whisky Tango Foxtrot.

Instead of writing some coherent story arcs - the narrative seems to be based on how many episodes an actor was hired to perform (not the other way around). There are some main characters (good), some supporting staff (ok), some minor characters (fine, no problem)... but the point-of-focus characters seem to be constantly jumping-the-shark in order to get a paycheck. Stop, stop, stop. Stop reinventing situations just to keep some actor around for another episode. It's becoming totally unwatchable.
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