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Three-Letter Day

  • Episode aired Dec 6, 2017
  • TV-14
  • 41m
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7.2/10
1.1K
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Italia Ricci in Designated Survivor (2016)
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After sorting through thousands of letters all requesting something of the president, the White House staff are assigned three, with Emily, Seth, Aaron, Lyor and Kendra joining forces to get... Read allAfter sorting through thousands of letters all requesting something of the president, the White House staff are assigned three, with Emily, Seth, Aaron, Lyor and Kendra joining forces to get answers and possibly save a life. Meanwhile, Hannah and Damian continue to chase down lea... Read allAfter sorting through thousands of letters all requesting something of the president, the White House staff are assigned three, with Emily, Seth, Aaron, Lyor and Kendra joining forces to get answers and possibly save a life. Meanwhile, Hannah and Damian continue to chase down leads to exonerate the first lady, but in the end, Hannah learns the truth may be closer than... Read all

  • Director
    • Jeannot Szwarc
  • Writers
    • David Guggenheim
    • Bill Chais
    • Ashley Gable
  • Stars
    • Kiefer Sutherland
    • Natascha McElhone
    • Paulo Costanzo
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Writers
      • David Guggenheim
      • Bill Chais
      • Ashley Gable
    • Stars
      • Kiefer Sutherland
      • Natascha McElhone
      • Paulo Costanzo
    • 5User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kiefer Sutherland
    Kiefer Sutherland
    • President Tom Kirkman
    Natascha McElhone
    Natascha McElhone
    • Alex Kirkman
    Paulo Costanzo
    Paulo Costanzo
    • Lyor Boone
    Adan Canto
    Adan Canto
    • Aaron Shore
    Italia Ricci
    Italia Ricci
    • Emily Rhodes
    LaMonica Garrett
    LaMonica Garrett
    • Mike Ritter
    Zoe McLellan
    Zoe McLellan
    • Kendra Daynes
    Ben Lawson
    Ben Lawson
    • Damian Rennett
    Kal Penn
    Kal Penn
    • Seth Wright
    Maggie Q
    Maggie Q
    • FBI SA Hannah Wells
    Reed Diamond
    Reed Diamond
    • John Forstell
    Jake Epstein
    Jake Epstein
    • Chuck Russink
    David Ferry
    • Chandler Dern
    Phil Abrams
    Phil Abrams
    • Eddie Adamson
    Beth Littleford
    Beth Littleford
    • Helen Adamson
    Joanna Douglas
    Joanna Douglas
    • Allison Goff
    Clark Backo
    Clark Backo
    • Ava
    Thomas Mitchell
    • Colonel Baines
    • Director
      • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Writers
      • David Guggenheim
      • Bill Chais
      • Ashley Gable
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    7stephenhjones-93485

    Character change for the worse!

    I'm really enjoying the series even if I'm late to the party and I think Tom Kirkman would make an impressive president. The one thing that's really annoying me is the change in character to his wife the First Lady Alex. In the first season she was kind , intelligent and a fair and reasonable mind at the presidents side understanding he had a hard job however this season with the addition of the drama with her mother she's turned into an irrational and emotional liability. Massive fall from grace.
    8Hitchcoc

    An Interesting Effort

    This was remindful of MASH which used to interrupt their general plots with a new twist. Here, the President chooses three letters from the thousands he receives and send members of his staff out to investigate the information contained therein. What I liked about these is that the solutions were not at all simple. The beekeeping one was a bit silly, but it was still a departure. I'm also really tired of the President's wife and her whining.
    7acichero

    interesting episode

    Just a comparison. no criticism Designated survivor - 3 letter day West wing. - Big block of cheese day

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    • Goofs
      During the review of Sergeant Goff's actions a Corporal Mankowitz is mentioned as a member of his unit. A picture of Goff shows him to be a member of the US Army's 3rd Special Forces Group, the minimum rank for any Special forces unit in the US Army is E-5 (three stripe Sergeant).
    • Connections
      References Jeopardy! (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Box Full of Letters
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      Performed by Wilco

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    • Release date
      • December 6, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Filming locations
      • Lake Shore Boulevard and Eleventh Street, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada(Wells receives call from Daynes)
    • Production companies
      • The Mark Gordon Company
      • Kinberg Genre
      • ABC Signature
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    • Runtime
      41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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