Thread: Jericho ...

Good one !

Two more :

Termination For Cause
By Keckler | Season 2 | Episode 5 | Aired on 2008.03.11

This is the most Awesome episode that ever Awesomed! Full stop. End of story. Thank you, Cleveland, and good night.

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Following Bonnie's death, Beck takes off to squelch some issues in New Bern, and Jericho -- or should I say Goetz? -- is left vulnerable. Learning that Goetz is still at large in Jericho and lying about his actions to Beck, Jake immediately sets up a Ranger guard around the Med Center and Mimi.

After Goetz and his Goons close in around the Med Center, they start dragging out anyone who is related to those inside the Med Center. They make an Awesome mistake when they knock on Hawkins's door, and the ensuing scene is probably the best one in the entire show. One thing leads to another, yada yada yada: three Goons are dead, and Hawkins has made his way inside the Med Center to team up with Jake in order for the Awesome Squared to happen. Eventually, Hawkins and Jake figure out that they have a mole among them -- and it's not Adrian --- and use that knowledge to send Goetz on a wild goose chase.

In other plotlines, Heather runs into Russell and learns that he's been stalking her for a bounty Constantino placed on her head. Russell, however, is not keen to collect on it. Instead, he wants to warn Heather off from continuing to feed New Bern intelligence to Beck. Heather refuses and learns that Russell's also in town to collect Goetz. New Bern is baying for his blood. Like, get in line, dudes!

The next morning, Jake and his team watch Goetz get fired for embezzlement thanks to Trish's help, and once one of the Ravenwood bigwigs has cleared the area, Jake and crew start firing on Goetz and his six remaining Goons. They're not alone, however, because Russell shows up with his New Bernies. They all gather to argue over who will be given the supreme pleasure of meting out Goetz's punishment, but Stanley settles it by driving up in his truck and giving Goetz the toepick to end all toepicks.

Jake lets Russell have Goetz's body, which Beck finds strung up over the sign welcoming all to New Bern.

Yeah, he's pissed.

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All hell is about to break loose in Jericho now!

Isnt that the 1st time we have seen Jakes mom since this new season began??? Wonder where she has been??

Sedition
By Keckler | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2008.03.18


After Beck and his men break down the doors of nearly every house in Jericho looking for Jake and all the Rangers, Jake turns himself in and takes the fall for Goetz's execution. Of course, Beck's not that much of an idiot, and he already knows that Stanley's the one responsible. How does he know? Because dumb-ass Russell from New Bern is too much of a pussy to withstand Beck's interrogations. Lucky for Jericho, Jake is not only made of much sterner stuff, but he has his dead grampy communicating to him from the great beyond, telling him to hang tough and spark a revolution.

Hawkins finally gets the all-important phone call from Chavez in Texas and is on his way down to the Lone Star state with the bomb when John Smith calls him up and asks, all stalkerish, why he's taking the bomb to Texas. Hawkins is next cornered by John Smith's personal SWAT team, but it's in the dead of night, so Hawkins crashes his stolen J&R truck and escapes. The bad part is that he leaves the bomb behind. When John Smith has the nerve to contact him the next day, Hawkins learns that John Smith didn't just author the J&R report that was used as the blueprint for the attacks, he acted on the report. So, John Smith, not Valente, carried out the September attacks that killed millions of people across the country. Yeah, you're not the only one completely and utterly confused.

After untold days and nights in a dirty, well-lighted place for torture, Jake finally gets a visit from Ma Green. She pleads with her swollen, dehydrated son to give Beck whatever he wants, but then she hisses -- sort of scarily, actually -- in his ear to tough it out, since Eric and the Rangers are about to bust him out, which they do. The people of Jericho also wreak havoc on J&R's headquarters with homemade Molotov cocktails (you just know they lit them with their never-ending stash of candles), which makes Beck very sad.

Now that John Smith has Hawkins' bomb, he's going to finish the job he started by taking out all of Cheyenne. Totally and completely freaked -- combined with extreme rage at being played -- Hawkins meets up with Jake, barely notices that he's been through his own hell, and tells him they need to get their asses to Wyoming to stop that nuclear attack.

Will next week be the last Jericho ever? Only time and CBS executives will tell. Sigh.

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CBS cancels 'Jericho' again
March 21, 2008, 6:02 PM EST
The network cites poor ratings as the reason for Tuesday's series finale
By Josef Adalian
Variety

CBS has nuked "Jericho"--again.

On Friday, The network issued a statement declaring next Tuesday's episode -- intended as the show's season two swan song -- would serve as the drama's series finale. The show, which dealt with the fallout from an apparent nuclear attack on the U.S., was canceled last May by the network, only to be resurrected after fans mounted an intense peanut-centric campaign on its behalf.

CBS had hoped to build on that loyal core with a second season. Ratings, however, continued to disappoint.


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"Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more," CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler said in her statement. "We thank an engaged and spirited fan base for keeping the show alive this long, and an outstanding team of producers, cast and crew that went through creative hoops to deliver a compelling, high quality second season. We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try. We listened to our viewers, gave the series an opportunity to grow, and the producers put a great story on the screen. We're proud of everyone's efforts."

Second season of "Jericho" aired Tuesdays at 10 p.m. and faced mostly repeats as competition, thanks to a WGA-caused shortage of originals. However, the strike drought might have also hurt the show, since CBS didn't have many original drama episodes in which to hype the return of "Jericho."

CBS Paramount Network TV produces "Jericho." It seems logical that the studio-- if it hasn't already done so-- will begin shopping the series to other networks which might be interested in a third season.

Watch the latest episode of 'Jericho'

If I recall correctly, the deal was that they only brought it back for a 6 to 8 episode run to tie up the lose ends. It was planned as a mid-season replacement for whatever program got canned for the 2008 spring season. They did not intend to run a full second season at all from the begining. At least they are giving it an ending. I hate the shows where they give you a "cliffhanger" ending and then cancel it ( Surface was a good example )

Originally Posted by Jolie Rouge

If I recall correctly, the deal was that they only brought it back for a 6 to 8 episode run to tie up the lose ends. It was planned as a mid-season replacement for whatever program got canned for the 2008 spring season. They did not intend to run a full second season at all from the begining. At least they are giving it an ending. I hate the shows where they give you a "cliffhanger" ending and then cancel it ( Surface was a good example )

Windfall is another good example.

What I remember of the CBS statements (there were many) about Jericho, was that they were going to do a 7 episode 2nd season and if ratings improved to their liking, they would consider a continuation. This 2nd season was the "make it or break it" season.... too bad it didn't work out, but at least they are going to give the show some closure.

Patriots and Tyrants
By Keckler | Season 2 | Episode 7 | Aired on 2008.03.25


Wow. I'm so satisfied, I think I need a cigarette.

And I don't even smoke!

Of course, I'd be far happier if the show was coming back, but as series finales go, this one was simply kissable. Imagine -- they didn't even feel the need to murder off a beloved character. ( Did you hear that, Enterprise? )
Jake and Hawkins arrive in Cheyenne and immediately make contact with a disillusioned Gray and a helpful but doomed Cheung. With Cheung's help, Jake and Hawkins intercept the bomb, but run afoul of the fully bodied voice of John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith. By the time Jake rescues Hawkins and secures the bomb, Cheung is bullet-fodder, Smith has run off, and Hawkins is disturbingly wounded and bleeding. With fanfare of Awesome, Jake busts through the gates of the Texas Embassy, where they get asylum from Ambassador Dr. Phil, as well as access to a plane to get the bomb to Texas. Jake finally gets to show off his storied flying skills in a flimsy Cessna, but trouble shows up in the form of Cheyenne fighter jets. Thank god a couple of Texas Air National Guard flyers show up to both clean up their Bush-smirched reputation and rescue Jake awesomely. In Texas, Hawkins gets his much-needed medical attention and Chavez takes the bomb to some engineers.

Back in Jericho, Eric attempts to talk to Constantino about dealing with the military presence but is scared off by how evil he is. Beck is near tears when he confronts Heather about her betrayal with the radiation survey binder and finally throws her in jail. Stanley insists on burying Bonnie properly, and Mimi pleads with the military police to leave them alone until they pay their respects.

Being left alone with Hawkins' bag of tricks and reluctant to carry out his orders to visit some Phase Three vengeance on Jericho, Beck uncovers everything we already know about J&R and the September attacks. Finally resolved to keep doing the right thing as best he knows how, Beck tells Stanley and the other Rangers that they can take their time burying Bonnie because as far as he's concerned, they're free to go. After going rogue on his superiors, Beck springs Heather from jail and also makes sure that his men also know the truth about J&R and the September attacks. Instead of taking him into custody, all his men rip off their curiously Velcro-ish ASA patches and join him.

We're left with the comfortable feeling that everyone in Jericho is going to be all right, but the fight for the country has just begun.

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