# List of Designated Survivor episodes

Designated Survivor is an American political drama television series created by David Guggenheim, starring Kiefer Sutherland, airing on ABC. The series revolves around former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Tom Kirkman (Sutherland), who is sworn in as President of the United States after a bombing kills his predecessor and everyone else in the line of succession during the State of the Union Address. The series premiered on September 21, 2016, and was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 27, 2017.
During the course of the series, 53 episodes of Designated Survivor aired over three seasons. In May 2018, ABC canceled the series after two seasons. On September 5, 2018, Netflix picked up the series for a third season of 10 episodes, that premiered on June 7, 2019. On July 24, 2019, Netflix canceled the series.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Network |
| 1 | 21 | 21 | September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) | May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) | ABC |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27) | May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16) | ABC |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) | Netflix |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2016–17)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Paul McGuigan | David Guggenheim | September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) | 10.04 |
| 2 | 2 | "The First Day" | Brad Turner | Story by : Jon Harmon Feldman Teleplay by : David Guggenheim | September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28) | 7.97 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Confession" | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Jennifer Johnson & Paul Redford | October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05) | 7.05 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Enemy" | Paul Edwards | Dana Ledoux Miller & Jon Harmon Feldman | October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12) | 7.00 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Mission" | Paul Edwards | Sang Kyu Kim & Michael Russell Gunn | October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26) | 5.96 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Interrogation" | Michael Katleman | Barbie Kligman & Jenna Richman | November 9, 2016 (2016-11-09) | 5.56 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Traitor" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Jennifer Johnson & Michael Russell Gunn | November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) | 5.52 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Results" | Chris Grismer | Paul Redford & Sang Kyu Kim | November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30) | 5.45 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Blueprint" | Richard J. Lewis | Dana Ledoux Miller & Michael Russell Gunn | December 7, 2016 (2016-12-07) | 5.18 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Oath" | Frederick E. O. Toye | David Guggenheim | December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14) | 6.18 |
| 11 | 11 | "Warriors" | Stephen Surjik | Paul Redford & Carol Flint | March 8, 2017 (2017-03-08) | 5.86 |
| 12 | 12 | "The End of the Beginning" | Mike Listo | David Guggenheim | March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15) | 5.74 |
| 13 | 13 | "Backfire" | Tara Nicole Weyr | Sang Kyu Kim & Pierluigi Cothran | March 22, 2017 (2017-03-22) | 5.21 |
| 14 | 14 | "Commander-in-Chief" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Michael Russel Gunn | March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29) | 5.15 |
| 15 | 15 | "One Hundred Days" | Kenneth Fink | Dana Ledoux Miller | April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05) | 5.19 |
| 16 | 16 | "Party Lines" | Mike Listo | Jenna Richman | April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) | 4.82 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Ninth Seat" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Paul Redford | April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19) | 5.06 |
| 18 | 18 | "Lazarus" | Chris Grismer | Jennifer Johnson | April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26) | 5.11 |
| 19 | 19 | "Misalliance" | Norberto Barba | Dana Ledoux Miller & Jenna Richman | May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03) | 4.62 |
| 20 | 20 | "Bombshell" | Sharat Raju | Sang Kyu Kim | May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) | 4.92 |
| 21 | 21 | "Brace for Impact" | Frederick E. O. Toye | David Guggenheim | May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) | 5.07 |

### Season 2 (2017–18)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
| 22 | 1 | "One Year In" | Chris Grismer | Keith Eisner | September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27) | 5.50 |
| 23 | 2 | "Sting of the Tail" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Keith Eisner | October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04) | 4.80 |
| 24 | 3 | "Outbreak" | Chris Grismer | Ashley Gable | October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11) | 4.61 |
| 25 | 4 | "Equilibrium" | Joe Lazarov | Paul Redford & Keith Eisner | October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18) | 4.34 |
| 26 | 5 | "Suckers" | Fred Gerber | Bill Chais | October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25) | 3.94 |
| 27 | 6 | "Two Ships" | Leslie Libman | Jessica Grasl | November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01) | 3.92 |
| 28 | 7 | "Family Ties" | Milan Cheylov | Pierluigi Cothran | November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15) | 4.05 |
| 29 | 8 | "Home" | Ian Toynton | Pat Cunnane | November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29) | 4.03 |
| 30 | 9 | "Three-Letter Day" | Jeannot Szwarc | Bill Chais & Ashley Arena | December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06) | 3.87 |
| 31 | 10 | "Line of Fire" | Chris Grismer | Keith Eisner | December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13) | 4.38 |
| 32 | 11 | "Grief" | Timothy Busfield | Keith Eisner | February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28) | 3.72 |
| 33 | 12 | "The Final Frontier" | Sharat Raju | Jeff Melvoin | March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07) | 3.60 |
| 34 | 13 | "Original Sin" | Bosede Williams | Ashley Gable | March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) | 3.69 |
| 35 | 14 | "In the Dark" | Carol Banker | Bill Chais | March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) | 3.98 |
| 36 | 15 | "Summit" | Chris Grismer | Jessica Grasl | March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28) | 3.80 |
| 37 | 16 | "Fallout" | Joe Lazarov | Tom Garrigus | April 4, 2018 (2018-04-04) | 3.84 |
| 38 | 17 | "Overkill" | Jeff T. Thomas | Jeff Melvoin & Tracey Rice | April 11, 2018 (2018-04-11) | 3.29 |
| 39 | 18 | "Kirkman Agonistes" | Leslie Libman | Pierluigi D. Cothran & Patrick Cunnane | April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18) | 3.51 |
| 40 | 19 | "Capacity" | David Warry-Smith | Keith Eisner | April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25) | 3.36 |
| 41 | 20 | "Bad Reception" | Chris Grismer | Tom Garrigus & Jessica Grasl | May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02) | 3.47 |
| 42 | 21 | "Target" | Timothy Busfield | Bill Chais & Ashley Gable | May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09) | 3.29 |
| 43 | 22 | "Run" | Chris Grismer | Keith Eisner | May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16) | 3.54 |

### Season 3 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 44 | 1 | "#thesystemisbroken" | Chris Grismer | Adam Stein | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 45 | 2 | "#slipperyslope" | Peter Leto | Dawn DeNoon | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 46 | 3 | "#privacyplease" | Timothy Busfield | Peter Noah | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 47 | 4 | "#makehistory" | Chris Grismer | Ricardo Pérez González | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 48 | 5 | "#nothingpersonal" | Peter Leto | Kendra Chanae Chapman | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 49 | 6 | "#whocares" | Chris Grismer | Drew Westcott | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 50 | 7 | "#identity/crisis" | Sudz Sutherland | Adam Stein | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 51 | 8 | "#scaredshitless" | Sudz Sutherland | Kendra Chanae Chapman & Ricardo Pérez González | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 52 | 9 | "#undecided" | Peter Leto | Dawn DeNoon | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |
| 53 | 10 | "#truthorconsequences" | Chris Grismer | Peter Noah | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) |