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This show had a great premise, and the first episodes were pretty interesting ...


but it quickly turned more braindead than Dumb and Dumber movie.

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Terrorism seems like a dated topic in 2020.

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The first season ended on a fantastic cliffanger with a powerful villain. But maybe the fact that Trump was elected before season 2, and that the villain looked too much like a 'right wing' terrorist scared the show runners , so they dropped the whole thing, and the show became a bland "West wing" wannabe, with nothing to care about.

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Well, that's our Liberal Media for you ... always standing up and looking out for Republican values.
?? Hey, wait a minute??

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They're not really liberal. They like ratings above all. The plot of season one with clearly right wing extremists and a dictator-wannabe blond villain ( remember, Trump was just elected) probably felt too close to home , and they didn't want to be called "Liberals"

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