4.753 minSeason 3 • Episode 10
LatestOn election day, Kirkman turns to his therapist to assuage his conscience about the events -- and his own decisions -- of the momentous prior 36 hours.
Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Acting
Kiefer's whisper-yelling as commander-in-chief shouldn't work but absolutely does
Production
The pilot's attack sequence — genuinely shocking network TV filmmaking
Writing
Kal Penn's speechwriter zingers steal every scene he's in
Creator
David Guggenheim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kal Penn left his actual White House job (Obama's Associate Director of Public Engagement) to take this role — art imitates life imitates art.
The show's 2016 premiere accidentally predicted modern political chaos; by season 3's 2019 Netflix revival, Kirkman's 'both parties are broken' centrism felt almost quaint.
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