In this week’s episode (airing Wednesday night at 10/9c on ABC), Kirkman must find a way to make two sides happy when it comes to the proposed removal of a Confederate statue.
Designated Survivor airs Wednesday nights at 10/9c on ABC.
The debate over the appropriateness of monuments honoring Confederate figures has made the leap from the real world to primetime television, and as usual, Designated Survivor’s President Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) has an answer.
That’s no easy task considering the volatile history it represents, which has seeped into our social climate today.