As attorney Ethan West's investigation begins, he calls upon President Kirkman's closest advisers and staff.As attorney Ethan West's investigation begins, he calls upon President Kirkman's closest advisers and staff.As attorney Ethan West's investigation begins, he calls upon President Kirkman's closest advisers and staff.
- Mike Ritter
- (credit only)
- Eleanor Darby
- (as Aunjanue Ellis)
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- TriviaAll entries contain spoilers
- GoofsThe president has no direct hiring/firing authority over a civil servant, including FBI agents. Therefore, Kirkman could not directly fire an FBI agent.
- Quotes
Eleanor Darby: Mr. President, I came to inform you that the Cabinet has concluded its deliberations.
Tom Kirkman: I understand. Let's get this over with.
Eleanor Darby: The majority of the Cabinet wishes you to... continue in your capacity of President.
Tom Kirkman: I was not expecting that. Please thank them for this opportunity and their support. Needless to say, this has been a difficult time.
Eleanor Darby: Well, sir, it's behind you now. It's behind all of us.
Tom Kirkman: [she turns to leave] Madam Vice President... what made them come to this decision?
Eleanor Darby: Two things, sir. Your staff's loyalty to you through everything. Loyalty is a consequence of leadership. And leadership is a touchstone of competence.
Tom Kirkman: And the second thing?
Eleanor Darby: You. You, sir. The Tom Kirkman who started this job twenty months ago - ambivalent, aspirational, honest to a fault - is the same Tom Kirkman that they saw today. You have not changed one bit, sir.
However, I have to ask, did they really need to so glaringly point us toward the real source of the leaks and hacks (and I hope that no one else out there still thinks it might be Kim Raver's character, although she would have been the better choice, given her history with Keifer Sutherland in "24")? Couldn't they have been a tad more subtle about the real criminal?
Still, a good episode, with the usual government lackeys behaving like sharks circling a sinking ship full of orphans, Maggie Q's meltdown under extreme stress, and Michael J. Fox's unctuous prosecutor. Would have given it 8 stars if not for that elephant in the room clue they shoved in front of our faces.
- luislast
- Apr 26, 2018