Netflix review: designated survivor/ season 3 22

Just because you can include every curse word in the book doesn't mean you need to. Designated Survivor WAS one of my favorite shows and had great stories, great characters, and great drama in Seasons 1 & 2 on ABC. All of that is still true in Season 3, but unfortunately under Netflix's creative control, all of a sudden every character now has a potty mouth. When will Hollywood figure out that entertaining stories can be told without all that trash language? I am one of the vast neglected population of people who don't use that kind of language and would prefer not to hear it. We shouldn't be forced to watch nothing but The Hallmark Channel to avoid it.

Netflix rescued "Designated Survivor" only to turn it into trash. The first two seasons were well written, well acted, and delivered a positive, inspirational message about politics in general and the presidency in particular. But after squirming three about half of season three's third episode, I turned it off and will never return to it.

Netflix has succeeded in ruining "Designated Survivor." I no longer care about any of the characters or any of the politics or any of the narratives. The ugly, obscene, profane language has overwhelmed everything. And the middle school sex scene pandering is an affront to loyal viewers of the series.

Netflix, you should be ashamed of yourself. I am certainly ashamed for you.

I enjoyed designated survivor season 1 and 2 but this season 3 is horrible. I am very disappointed in so much cursing. The profanity is unbelievable! The “F” bomb is dropped so many times. Maybe I am old school, but I was raised to be polite and not to curse like that. The gay sex scene was way too much to see. This is not what I want to see. I do not like a porn type movie nor in my home. Where are morals in today’s times? Shame on you Netflix!

So true, what plonker was it that thought that It could change from a 'family type show' for the first 2 series to this obscene version. We only got as far as a few minutes til the swearing started before turning it off//.Its a shame that Netflix thinks that a high proportion of its customers want to hear continual profanity and gay sex in so many of there programs, unless things improve soon we will be switching off for good

I agree completely. I felt betrayed after they won me over with such an excellent first 2 seasons. Netflix is losing touch with its audience but how do we actually get our voices heard? I can’t imagine they’d be reading this thread. So how do we get this seen by the right people?

My husband I were excited to see that there would be a season 3 of Designated Survivor. However I agree that this show has turned into an obscene version of itself. The language is horrible! It was a great show without all the swear words. We are no longer watching what was once a fun show to watch.

Loved 1 and 2. Discussed at 3, shame on you for ruining a great family show. Someone should get sacked!

Series 3 so disgusting!

I too was disgusted by the gay porn and will never watch the show again!

I agree with all of you. We are a Christian family and were glad to find a show with little or no profanity and sex scenes. I have never been in a situation in real life where people talk that way. At least not all of the time. We also have dropped the show from our viewing list. Netflix needs to clean up their act.

Unlike some of the other commenters, I do/have watched other netflix original content with sex and f-words. But I turned on season 3 because I liked season 1 and 2 just like they were. No sex and no profanity. I feel like someone used bait and switch on me.

My family loved season 1&2 but we will NOT be watching anymore of season 3. I could not believe how many times the f word was used. It seemed like almost every character had to say it. No reason for it at all! Then gay sex scene was awful and was the last straw. Netflix, you ruined the show! Shame on you!

Maybe sounds repetitive but like so many others season 3 of Designated Survivor has been disgusting. Loved sitting down and getting drawn into season 1 and 2, but from the opening of 3 it's been horribly done. The characters I loved are now a big turn off. Why cant you just make a good clean show that inspires instead of forcing your views and trash down people's throat. I think I'll be cancelling Netflix. It's been my fault supporting this type of behavior

Same for me, I started watching season 3 and was immediately turned off by the new vulgarity. I tried to muddle through it and then we see Kirkman sitting in the toilet. Really necessary? But then we get to episode 3 i think, and the absolutely disgusting gay sex scene stopped me right there. I could not get to the remote fast enough to keep from throwing up. I can tolerate a little innuendo regardless of which sex, but a scene with man on top of man going all out, making sounds that would scare the hell out of any animal at a zoo, was vomiticious. That was very unnecessary to get a point across. So I am done with that series and don't give a damn how it turned out. Very Very disappointing, but alas, in this day and age, not surprising.

I am from the UK, in British produced shows, we get the occasional f-word, when it seems appropriate to the character. We certainly don't get the quantity of absolutely appalling, out of character, language that ruined season 3, certainly no motherf***ers (this must be the worst). I enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 but the language in season 3 was enough to put me off even without the scene of two black homosexual men having sex. There was apparently an agenda of topics which the film makers felt they had to include: white people being horrible to black people, everybody being horrible to transgenders and poor homosexual black men with HIV. I will not be watching any more Designated Survivor.

I loved season 1&2, but Netflix ruined season 3. The "F" word, "Sh" and "C" word...could hardly concentrate on the show itself. They got rid of some good characters. What happened to the President's brother? And that great computer guy? They replaced suspense and drama in season 1&2 to shove their agenda down our throats. I applaud the people who stopped watching the show. I wanted to stop, but also wanted to see how it ended. (I did fast forward through some scenes.) Upon completion tonight, wish I would have not watched any of season 3. I changed my thumbs up of the show to a thumbs down.

The show depicts the states politics of the times. Our current administration is hyper focused on trans rights, gay rights, social agendas, hand outs, and investigations and covering their own [censored] while pointing fingers at the other person. Show points that out. We watch the bashing of character, bad language and anger from our leaders. This is today’s reality but no one is turning off the news and asking for better. Seems to me Netflix is giving us a dose of today’s reality. They might think we are excepting all this in the world why not give them a show that is like the news everyday.

I couldn’t agree more. That scene was not needed. It just only pushes that agenda. Completely disgusted.

It was nice to watch Season 1 & 2, there was no social political agenda, no sex and no swearing...

Then I watched Seadon 3. How disappointing. The swearing was pathetic and unnecessary. And the gay sex scene was disgusting as hell. Listening to a man grunting while sodomizing another man made me vomit. These season 3 Netflix writers are depraved!

Deleted season three less than five minutes in to the first episode. So happy I didn’t have to be exposed to the porn scene that has been widely complained about here.