Designated Survivor season 2 spoilers: Is Kim Raver’s character a Kirkman love interest?

As anyone who watched 24 over the years knows very well, there is a definite romantic history when it comes to characters played by Kiefer Sutherland and Kim Raver. As a result of that, we don’t think that it’s all that strange to speculate as to whether or not we could see something similar happen when the Grey’s Anatomy actress comes on board Designated Survivor season 2 coming up. She has an important role to play in the story, and (of course) it makes some sense that there would be questions surrounding her character with Sutherland’s President Kirkman. Is it possible that there is a real love connection there? Will these two have a future?

Well, if that happens it doesn’t seem altogether likely that it will be anytime soon. Having another love interest for Kirkman so soon after he loses Alex just isn’t a priority right now, or be a priority for the rest of the season. Maybe there could be a small flirtation here and there, but remember that there’s a notable difference between a small flirtation and then a romantic arc that actually lasts.

For the time being, here is what showrunner Keith Eisner had to say on the subject of all of this in a new interview with TVLine:

“Here’s what I will say: We don’t have an interest in throwing this president into bed with someone else, immediately. We don’t feel that’s real, and Kiefer doesn’t either. Kiefer feels like [Alex] is his life companion who has been taken from him, and he’s not going to just start running around with other people.”

If nothing else, Raver’s character could become a confidante or some sort of foil who helps to facilitate his relationship with some other characters on the series. The goal as the story progresses for her is to get a chance to understand so much more as to what Kirkman looks like separate from having someone in his life. Pairing him up, whether it be with Raver’s character or anyone else, completely invalidates much of what we’ve seen with the Alex character.

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