Jericho

Because television networks have started putting downloadable versions of their programs on their Web sites, I’ve been able to enjoy a couple of shows this season that I wouldn’t have otherwise because they’re on opposite others I watch. One of the new shows from this season I’m really enjoying is Jericho. The show has an interesting premise, one particularly relevant in today’s world. The storyline is centered around the fact that the United States has been attacked in multiple locations by nuclear weapons. Entire cities such as Denver, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. are gone. We don’t see these places or much of the world outside the fictional small down of Jericho, Kansas

As the days and weeks after the bombs go by, the town’s residents have to deal with things like potential nuclear rain, dwindling food and medical supplies, the natural human instinct to hoard necessities instead of sharing with others, a lack of electricity after an electromagnetic pulse kills all electronics (including most cars), lawlessness and the challenge of keeping order, protecting themselves from looters, and the strain all this puts on relationships between families, friends and neighbors.

Skeet Ulrich plays the main character, Jake Greene, the younger son of Jericho’s mayor who had a rowdy youth and has just come back for a visit after an unexplained five-year absence. He’s on his way out of Jericho when the bombs hit, and so he goes back to help out his family and ends up being a leader in the town because he’s acquired some special knowledge (perhaps Special Forces type knowledge) while he was gone that comes in handy now. He also has to deal with his strained relationship with his father and brother, and old flame who may or may not have lost her fiance in the attacks, and the new girl who likes him.

Jake Greene (Skeet Ulrich) and former girlfriend Emily Sullivan (Ashley Scott) from Jericho.

Another part of this show I like is the relationship between Stanley and Mimi. Before the attacks, Mimi was an IRS agent auditing Stanley’s farm. But after the attacks, she no longer has a home, has lost everyone she cares about, and is forced to ask to stay with Stanley and his sister, Bonnie. Their developing friendship is fun to watch.

So if you haven’t had a chance to check out Jericho, I recommend you check out all the season’s episodes at CBS.com.

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Whedonverse Quote of the Day:

Harmony: “Is Antonio Banderas a vampire?”
Spike: “No.”
Harmony: “Can I make him one?”
Spike: “No. On second thought, yes. Go make him a vampire. Take your time. Get Melanie and the kids too.”

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