'Designated Survivor' Season 1 News & Update: Is Leo (Tanner Buchanan) Tom Kirkman's Son? Ashely Zukerman's Scandal Behind Lies & Motives

"Designated Survivor" Season 1 is going to unpack an undeniably difficult situation in episode 8 titled "The Results". President Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) has to deal with questions of his son's true identity.

According to Spoilertv, Kirkman has to subject himself to a DNA test to prove his paternity to Tom in "Designated Survivor" Season 1. Once the test results are released, it would either give birth to or save the President and his wife Alex (Natascha McElhone) from an embarrassing scandal.

Meanwhile, looking in the inside of episode 7 of "Designated Survivor" Season 1, Gamenguide unravel the hostage exchange between the US CIA and that of the Russian government.

"Designated Survivor" Season 1 brought into the small screen the traitor that brings havoc in the White House in episode 7. Behind the façade of an all-out support to Kirkman, Congressman Peter MacLeish (Ashely Zukerman) hid his involvement in the Capitol bombing.

It is lie that will be unveiled as Hannah Wells (Maggie Q) and Atwood (Malik Yoba) of the FBI are able to produce the proof that links Macleish to the destruction of the Capitol building. President Kirkman is not blind but is now aware that MacLeish is lying to him in "Designated Survivor" Season 1.

However, Majid Nassar, who is the proof of the bombing has been dead in episode 6.

The death of Majid Nassar will also be the focus in episode 8 of "Designated Survivor" Season 1, as new angles of his death are uncovered.

Moreover, "Designated Survivor" Season 1 will bring in another test to the President's political prowess. He will be faced with a difficult decision on whether to cancel or not the election for the new members of the House of Congress.

"Designated Survivor" Season 1 will be showing Episode 8 tonight while Episode 9 will be shown on November 30, 2016 at the ABC network.