The White House battles a whistleblower
TonightsDesignated Survivorhas a little bit of everything.
Lets start with a whistleblowing federal employee whose actions might lead us to the truth behind the Capitol bombing.
The next morning, the White House is in a panic over the security breach.
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So, what does the whistleblower have on Kirkman?
A years-old memo Emily sent insulting some old senator who likes to grope women.
Unfortunately, its a particularly powerful senator whose support the president will need in Congress.
And the senator is demanded Emily be fired.
Emily does the supposedly noble thing and offers her resignation, but Kirkman rejects it.
Meanwhile, the government finally hunts down Thompsons location: Hes at the Venezuelan embassy.
In other words, hes technically on foreign soil and cant be extradited.
With some help from Emily, a light bulb goes off in Aarons head.
What Thompsonreallywants is a sit-down with POTUS.
Aaron arranges a meeting between Thompson and Kirkman.
The president give the senator an ultimatum: Retire or Kirkman himself will release the incriminating documents.
Needless to say, the senator accepts and Emily gets to keep her job.
With that out of the way, Kirkman finally sits down with Thompson to hear him out.
Thompson ends up being somewhat of an ally; he respects and supports the President and his ethics.
He whispers a cryptic message: Careful who you issue file 12-80C to, sir.
What does that mean?
(One might even call it ablueprint.)
It seems to be concrete proof someone on the inside was involved in the attack.
Kirkman takes his glasses off dramatically.
Theres a traitor among us.
He throws her a bone: If Jason didnt kill Nassar, who did?
Because shes too smart to throw out her conspiracy theories in this newly dangerous climate, she doesnt bite.
She goes back to the drawing board to do some more research her prime suspect: MacLeish.
Interestingly, they all stick to the party line MacLeish is a hero almost down to the word.
Apparently, his unit shot down several Afghani villages, leaving countless of innocents dead.
Speaking of which, MacLeishs televised congressional confirmation hearing goes swimmingly.
Look at him, its like hes channeling Camelot, remarks Maggie Q. Evenlookslike a Kennedy.
Will she be kidnapped?
Will MacLeish be confirmed after all?
Well have to wait until next week to find out.
