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Season 2, 7:56 AM: “At a press conference outside the federal building, Palmer pronounces to the public that the nation is safe. . . . A woman calls for the President. . . . She reaches her hand out to him. . . . The woman is Mandy, who was hired by Ira Gaines the previous year in the plot to assassinate Palmer. Palmer clasps Mandy’s hand in a kind shake. . . . 7:59 AM: After reaching his limo, Palmer looks down at his right hand. The flesh on it has been eaten away. His breath is shortened and he falls to the ground. . . . Palmer gasps for air helplessly.”
Season 5, 7:02 AM: “In Wayne Palmer’s Los Angeles high rise apartment, former President Palmer works on his memoirs. . . . As Palmer stands by the window overlooking the city, a gunshot blasts through the glass and hits him in the neck. From another building, the assassin Haas lowers his rifle.”
