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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, October 14, 2016 - 3:00 pm 
It' good to see our 'Jack' back in action. This is the best show to come down the pike in ages. So well written, smart and keeps us on our toes.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 8:33 am
any guessess on what room 105 is about?
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 10:30 am
Is that the same room in the basement where the space-ant-people were plotting to take over the world on BrainDead??
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 1:21 pm
LOL Sanfran, Im reading your sentence and thinking I dont remember any space ant people! then realized you were referring to a different show LOL
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, October 17, 2016 - 4:53 am
Wife and I were discussing the Room 105 hint. About the only building we could eliminate was the Pentagon which has a very complicated numbering system and nothing that simple. We figure it could be a room in the Capitol building or maybe the House or Senate Office buildings. Could be where the bomb was hidden or be an office belonging to or with a connection to a potential insider/plotter.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, October 17, 2016 - 6:26 am
It just now occurred to me why I like this show so much. It's an old fashioned 'who-done-it'. Just my kind of mystery.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Monday, October 17, 2016 - 6:41 am
IF they are using a real life room number, then Room 105 doesnt make sense for the Capitol Building or any of House or Senate buildings - since virtually all of them have letters attached to the room number (to identify either the wing or actual building)....
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, October 17, 2016 - 6:54 am
Good info Legalboxer. Pentagon is the same way. Numbering system is first the floor, then ring, then corridor, then room. My office was 1E667 which meant 1st floor, E ring, 6th corridor, and finally the exact room. Once you learned the layout it was actually very easy to navigate. Your IF is a good point though and it could be any building with just a made up number.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, October 17, 2016 - 12:01 pm
Is that the same room in the basement where the space-ant-people were plotting to take over the world on BrainDead??:-)
SFJF, I immediately thought of that, too!!! Great minds . . .
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 5:47 am
Well after all Room 105 was an "office" in the Capitol. Probably doesn't match with the real office numbering system, call it poetic license on the writers' part. Had that happen in the Pentagon 25 +/- years ago. Some "alien invasion" show came up with an office in the Pentagon that wasn't there. Closest space to the office number they used was a janitor closet about the size of an old phone booth.
Have to say we didn't think this particular show was all that good. Almost like they tried to cover too many story lines simultaneously and for us it led to a choppy story line.
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 7:24 am
The fact that there would be a space in the building used as a shield against a bomb attack doesn't surprise me but that it was recently built it's another fact. Clearly the survivor needs to be investigated further, and the president wants to make him vice-president? Where is his good instinct he was showing at the beginning of the show? The FBI is now certain the survivor was involved and yet they are unable to say anything to the President? Why? This isn't the FBI we see in other shows...
The mission was also a bit mysterious, was the mission commander hurt in the crash caused by the sandstorm or did he just conveniently leave his men to fend for themselves because someone ordered him to fail the mission? Conspiracy theories ran amok in my head...
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 4:00 pm
This is what I wrote to my DD...and her reply:
I'D LIKE TO COME UPSIDE THAT CONGRESSMAN'S HEAD WITH ONE OF OUR CAST IRON SKILLETS. I STILL THINK IT'S A TAKEOVER OF THE US BY THOSE SNEAKY CANADIANS. ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD MY CANADIAN FRIENDS.
Don't ever turn your back on a Canadian!
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 6:56 pm
I told my hubby that this show is taking too long to tell the story and he said yeah, it is moving slow. My hubby is VERY patient with shows so for him to say that surprised me. We came to the conclusion that were unfairly expecting Jack Bauer like action. In the end we deleted it last night. I said I will just read here whats going on.
Now, to get him to watch This is Us with me!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, November 03, 2016 - 12:33 pm
I gave up on this show two weeks ago.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, November 03, 2016 - 3:03 pm
"We came to the conclusion that were unfairly expecting Jack Bauer like action."
I read an article somewhere before this show started that said something like Kiefer Sutherland's character is a far cry from "Jack Baur", that he will not be the action hero some may expect....but that his character will be a thoughtful, reasonable man who suddenly finds the presidency thrust upon him in a time of crisis.
I enjoy this show because he isn't a Jack Bauer type character and the show is not a nonstop action show like "24". I got tired of "24" (I didn't even watch the last couple of seasons), but The Designated Survivor is a fairly unique set up for a TV show.
Lots of other shows (especially on The CW) have "Jack Bauer" type characters, only they wear masks and capes and have special powers and secret identities. (Jack Bauer's superpower was being able to get from one end of L.A. to the other and back again while taking time out to kill hundreds of bad guys and disarm a couple of bombs along the way.....all within one hour each week.)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, November 03, 2016 - 3:15 pm
Yes that guy could travel! 
It is an adjustment watching him play a very different character but I'm enjoying the show. I find a lot of shows move the story forward too quickly these days.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, November 03, 2016 - 5:26 pm
We never watched 24 so we don't have that issue. My husband and I don't tend to have the same taste in tv, but we are enjoying watching this show together.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Thursday, November 03, 2016 - 6:54 pm
I do like the characters on this show and want to know what happens. I just want the cliff notes lol
Other shows I want to watch over again like This is Us and Walking dead
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Cass_cat
Member
05-09-2011
| Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 9:49 am
I guess I'm in the patient-viewer column... because I really like this show. I don't think we've been given a timeline... so I'm not sure how much time has elapsed since the bombing... but I saw the President's analog watch and the date read "12"... and the SOTU address is in January... so I'm guessing it's now February. Considering everything that happened... the show is moving right along... not sure what everyone's expectations were for this show.
For me it's showing the government slowly get up and running... Governors appointing Senators, etc. The shows not running at a rapid pace because what they are depicting can not be done rapidly...
I really like the thoughtful approach this show is giving us... seems more realistic to me...
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 1:45 pm
I also think it's moving along just fine and for one moment I was reminded of the similarity with this new president Trump, who is considered and 'outsider' by his own party, and makes me wonder if Trump too will be ready to step down because of the others' rejection of him. But while it is understandable that a 'designated survivor' was not elected by the people and so more easily rebuffed by whoever doesn't like him, Trump was elected and if they make him uncomfortable or push him around the way it's happening with the 'designated survivor' I wonder what could happen. So, I'm glad that this is just a show, but some scenarios are intriguing...
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, November 25, 2016 - 1:46 pm
I gave up on this show. I think it is a great show and what's not to love about Keifer but I can't take the unrelenting stress of the show. Even the NCIS shows have a bit of levity in them.
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Cass_cat
Member
05-09-2011
| Monday, December 05, 2016 - 11:35 am
I'm not sure the writers could inject a bit of levity into this show... the subject is just too serious... IMHO that is.
When they announced the winter break coming after this week's episode I said to myself I sure hope they "GIVE US SOMETHING"! Meaning... please let us see some progress with finding out who was responsible for bombing. I want them to get the FBI Director cleared and his son returned.
Looks like the female Representative is going to be a nasty-evil character... and the Representative vying to be VP might not be a baddie.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 05, 2016 - 12:13 pm
I've deleted this show from my schedule. It gives me anxiety and I wasn't really enjoying it. So hope y'all enjoy it for me. I really wanted to be invested in it, it's a stellar cast, but I am going through some stuff right now and anxiety is the last thing I need.
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Monday, December 05, 2016 - 4:54 pm
I didn't think the FBI director would do it but I guess the safety of his son was more important to him than his arrest and the blame. I think however there were several ways to free his son, the powerful FBI should have been able to free his son. If they keep up with these weak plot ideas, I'll give up on this show.
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Cass_cat
Member
05-09-2011
| Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 10:14 am
Given the choice he had... well... he had no choice. Unless he wanted to effectively kill his son.
That's the problem with people in powerful positions... I think they can easily be manipulated into doing things they would not think of doing under normal circumstances.
I still like this show... but I find it depressing. I will continue to watch but sometimes I let 2-3 pile up before watching...
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