I got hooked into Designated Survivor - its basically 24 meets the West Wing.
Pretty good - but I can see the cheese starting to knock on the door.
The first season was interesting, but buy the 3/4 Mark I got sick of it. Like you said, Kroger Sutherland's character is too goody goody. The underlying story was decent, the scrawny FBI agent sprinting in heels was ridiculous. The constant popping up of crisis was silly. It's like, "Oh golly gee what else can go wrong, I'll just use my moral standard and super nice personality to win the day and be non offensive while doing it. By the way I have a super hot wife who would never be with a dork like me in a million years"
It's such a farfetched leap from what the political world really is.
They do get bonus points for casting Italia Ricci though.
It's not a series... but you gotta watch
Bird Box
This movie was intense, but I didn't like the time leap. It was too convenient. The idea of being able to raise and nurse two babies to what I was assuming was age four was too much to not address. The ending was dumb, because it was too easy. When you realize the movie wasn't about the demons, but about Sandra Bullocks character and her emotional state, it seemed like they tried to be clever and disguise a chick flick by disguising it as a horror movie.
This movie was way overhyped.
On a sidenote: There is an acquaintance of mine that I'm Fakebook friends with. He always tries to be cutting edge so he stays relevant and popular. He sees Birdbox as soon as it comes out and immediately posts it on his timeline. ' So, I saw Birdbox, let me just say, wow. Discuss' All of his female friends were fantasized by the drama and intensity, but most of us were, meh. By the end of his post he was saying it sucked. I don't know why I'm friends with that dude. Obligated, I guess.
Supposedly, Bandersnatch is what Birdbox was supposed to be. Haven't seen it though.
