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“Designated Survivor” will be finally returning on Wednesday, March 8, with an exciting and revealing episode titled “Warriors.” Viewers will finally get to see the aftermath scenes that they deserve after months of hanging on to that cliffhanger from episode 10.

The mid-season finale ended with a literal “bang” and left fans restless. Emily discovered that Kirkman’s own Chief of Staff, as well as her romantic interest, Aaron Shore (Adan Canto) could have had a role in handing out the blueprints of the Capitol bombing to the savage terror group Al-Sakar. As for Hannah Wells, she is torn between telling the truth and taking the blame for the better good.

Spoiler alert! This article contains “Designated Survivor” spoilers. Read on if you would like to know what happens before the next episode airs.

After leaving fans in jitters for quite long enough, “Designated Survivor” is finally returning and it brings with it some questions that are bound to be answered. It looks like things are going to get even much worse for Agent Hannah Wells (Maggie Q) and President Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland). Wells will deal with the accusations thrown against her while the President will have someone close to him wheeled in to an operati n g room where a crucial surgery will take place.

The ABC network has already released the official synopsis for this upcoming episode of “Designated Survivor.” It says that the entire nation will be settling down on the ramifications of the shooting on the steps of the Capitol. In the meantime, Emily will struggle with her knowledge that there could be a traitor from within the walls of the White Hous e. FBI Agent Hannah Wells will wrestle with her decision to reveal whatever she knows about the conspiracy be hind the bombing .

Hannah Wells has a lot on her sh oulders in the upcoming episode . She will have to choose between standing for what she did earlier, or try to get out of the trouble she had put herself into. It has to be taken into consideration that the people who were involved in the conspiracy were not only r esponsible for the bombing, they also had plans to assassinate the President during the Vice President’s inauguration. The core conspiracy appears to go beyond just placing Peter MacLeish into power, seeing that the congressman just might be a pawn for something or someone bigger.

The YouTube promo does not reveal much, but it gives fans some degree of assurance that questions will be answered. It does show some people being placed in handcuffs while teasing “who took the bullet?”

Season 1 episode 11 of “Designated Survivor,” titled “Warriors,” will air on March 8 at 10 p.m. on ABC. It also airs on Netflix US and Netflix Australia.

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