Saturday, October 28, 2006
Jericho
This is the first post that I'm adding to the blog so far, but as they say, you gotta start somewhere...
While Joe and I share a great deal of time (probably more than is healthy) talking about our common shared television shows, I need to mention a show that I don't think has hit his radar yet. Jericho is one of this season's new shows and seems to have hit without much fanfare. More than that, since I don't hear anyone really talk about it, I imagine that it may have a short lifespan.
That being said, it turns out taht the shwo is pretty good. Dark... but good.
The general idea is this. The main characters all reside in one of those small Kansas towns that is miles away from any other Kansas town and thus isolated. The first episode tries to give us a taste of the dynamics between the principal players. There is the son that has been gone for a few years, and whose departure was somewhat mysterious. Considering that he only came back for a short visit, his timing sucks. There is the rest of his family, that includes a brother who is the Sheriff, has been cheating on his wife with the owner of the local bar, and is a bit of a wuss. His dad, who it turns out is the town Mayor. And the mysterious black man who recently moved into town with his family. I don't say mysterious because he is a black man in a small isolated Kansas town (although that would be sufficient since they seem to be the only people of color for a humdred miles), but because he seems to know an awful lot about what to do in this particular emergency situation, has his own power sources, and is communicating with a secret group outside of Jericho who are apparently connected, although not necessarily responsible for what has happened.
Enough with the cryptic start...
One day in the fine town of Jericho, someone noticed a mushroom cloud to the north... That's right, a nuke went off on American soil. As far as everyone can tell, the explosion was in Denver. At first there is speculation on whether it was an accident or what. But since the explosion knocked out all electricity, and interrupted a broad range of communcations frequencies, and since, as we started with, Jericho is isolated, we don't know and can't call anyone.
As the saga unfolds, it becomes clear that the explosion was no accident. In fact, we quickly discover that bombs went off at roughly the same time in at least 10 major American cities (although we don't know which 10). We do know about Chicago, Atlanta, Philadephia and San Diego. What we don't know is who attacked us, do they have troops on American soil, is it safe to venture outside of Jericho, who did we just fire our nukes at (se see some launches from silos in another isolated American town), and what do you do when you are cut off from American society, TV, outside governance, food, etc., and it seems like your country may have been destroyed.
The show makes you think. If you like that in a show, check it out.
While Joe and I share a great deal of time (probably more than is healthy) talking about our common shared television shows, I need to mention a show that I don't think has hit his radar yet. Jericho is one of this season's new shows and seems to have hit without much fanfare. More than that, since I don't hear anyone really talk about it, I imagine that it may have a short lifespan.
That being said, it turns out taht the shwo is pretty good. Dark... but good.
The general idea is this. The main characters all reside in one of those small Kansas towns that is miles away from any other Kansas town and thus isolated. The first episode tries to give us a taste of the dynamics between the principal players. There is the son that has been gone for a few years, and whose departure was somewhat mysterious. Considering that he only came back for a short visit, his timing sucks. There is the rest of his family, that includes a brother who is the Sheriff, has been cheating on his wife with the owner of the local bar, and is a bit of a wuss. His dad, who it turns out is the town Mayor. And the mysterious black man who recently moved into town with his family. I don't say mysterious because he is a black man in a small isolated Kansas town (although that would be sufficient since they seem to be the only people of color for a humdred miles), but because he seems to know an awful lot about what to do in this particular emergency situation, has his own power sources, and is communicating with a secret group outside of Jericho who are apparently connected, although not necessarily responsible for what has happened.
Enough with the cryptic start...
One day in the fine town of Jericho, someone noticed a mushroom cloud to the north... That's right, a nuke went off on American soil. As far as everyone can tell, the explosion was in Denver. At first there is speculation on whether it was an accident or what. But since the explosion knocked out all electricity, and interrupted a broad range of communcations frequencies, and since, as we started with, Jericho is isolated, we don't know and can't call anyone.
As the saga unfolds, it becomes clear that the explosion was no accident. In fact, we quickly discover that bombs went off at roughly the same time in at least 10 major American cities (although we don't know which 10). We do know about Chicago, Atlanta, Philadephia and San Diego. What we don't know is who attacked us, do they have troops on American soil, is it safe to venture outside of Jericho, who did we just fire our nukes at (se see some launches from silos in another isolated American town), and what do you do when you are cut off from American society, TV, outside governance, food, etc., and it seems like your country may have been destroyed.
The show makes you think. If you like that in a show, check it out.
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