Jericho

Plot synopsis:
A World War I American troopship is torpedoed, and many soldiers are trapped below the deck. Jericho Jackson (Robeson), a medical student drafted into the war, heroically saves the trapped men, in defiance of his superior’s orders to abandon ship, but accidentally kills the officer in the melee. Despite his heroism, Jericho is court-martialed for refusing orders. Embittered, he escapes. Captain Mack is held responsible for his escape and court-martialed.
Jericho ends up in North Africa, where he meets the Tuareg people. When he uses his medical skills to heal the sick, the Tuareg welcome Jericho into their tribe, and he marries and raises a family. He eventually becomes the Tuaregs' leader. He leads his people to victory over rivals and brings peace and unity to the region through which the Tuareg trek annually to trade for salt. When an anthropology film crew’s coverage of the salt trek is shown in London, Captain Mack spots Jericho and vows to track him down. However, when the captain sees how much good Jericho has done for his adopted people, he relents and flies away alone.

Tags: romantic, murder

Review:
Dramas like this just can't live up to the HBO/AMC cannon because of the demands on them to, eg: appeal to a large audience and produce 22-ish episodes per series - it can be simply backbreaking.
Nevertheless, the fact one can imagine Jericho's greater potential is a credit to the strength of both the inventive writing, the smart political commentary and the many well-drawn characters which shine through occasional soft-focus, feel-good, pre-watershed moments of schmaltz and sentimentality.
So often I lament the passing of quality broadcast commercial television and then something new, challenging, such as Jericho shows up.I think it is certainly timely in light of threats from without and perhaps even within our nation.I was concerned that the 2nd season was not going to measure up as the first episode was rather shaky but it picked up and ended with a bang.I am glad that CBS brought it back for a finale.Casting was excellent and I am still astonished at the quality of the writing and plotting.
A relationships-based drama, focused around the family of the Mayor (Gerald McRaney) of a small town, Jericho, thus far the acting and writing is top notch.
Jericho is one of those shows that snags you by surprise...you aren't really sure why you started to watch it then before you know it your anxious about next week's show..
Plus Skeet is a hottie..If someone you know has not watched the show tell them to tune in..Who care about old washed up stars dancing anyway?...Jericho is one of the best new TV shows this season.
This is the best new show I've seen in a long time and the casting is brilliant skeet ulrich would not of been my first choice for the role of Jake but the more I watch the more Skeet grows into the role and not to mention anything that could spoil the series but I cannot believe how well the idea/premise behind the show fits with modern day living the who was it how did it happen is intriguing but not only that you have to keep trying to guess who are the good guys who are the bad you'll never see a better piece of t.v with such intrigues as this one I would definitely recommend to people whom like anything lost fans for the intrigue, sci fir fans because of the plot (e.g roswell, buffy, etc), those fans of law and order or csi because of the mystery in the story, and finally those whom like the teary eyed melodramas because of the human angle.This is definitely a show for everyone good work and keep it up..
OK, it's fine the fact that series has an ending, but the plot completely changes its focus at a certain point and the awful second season starts to feature a boring theme about political conspiracy in order to explain previous events.
I can't wait for the season to restart after the Winter Break and when it comes back on it will hopefully be even better and more people will want to watch it.
Rebuilding the world, or what is left of it, is a topic that can engage us for a long time, but the people in this clueless town act like "oh, a bunch of nuclear bombs wiped out most of our country, when is Oprah on!.".
So far the episodes are pretty predictable and this is yet another example of a show with a unique idea being stttreechhhed so it can fill however many seasons it takes, just like Prison Break.
If you can just suspend disbelief enough to accept the idea that after nuclear war people in Kansas will still be using makeup, smiling at each other, and having melodramatic love affairs amid the end of the world you'll love this piece of trite garbage.In fact, if you just love soap operas and telenovelas, but you need more exteriors and a little more violence, Jericho is the ticket.Every episode features segues with ting-a-ling music, close ups of well coiffed and immaculate young women smiling at cute children, families whose main concern is continuing to have dinner at the table together amongst mass murder and death, scenes from the local fern bar where a segment of the population has decided to shelter because, despite nuclear war, the electricity is still on, there's plenty of food and drink, and after a week you still manage to look like you just stepped out of the shower, dressed in fresh, clean clothes and went out to dinner.It's like the Hallmark Channel produced Steven King's "The Stand.".
I understand people say that the camera had been wrongly placed and it's fast pace is something not that good for this kind of show, but think about this - having a change from the usual thriller series isn't that bad right?
I confess I got sucked in and watched nearly every episode this season, each week waiting for something to happen.
Unfortunately, Jericho comes off as a wasted opportunity in its poor writing and amateurish directing.One of the first things a writer must take into account in creating any story for television is the fact that commercial breaks are going to interrupt the flow.
Whereas it would seem a given that the nuclear attack should occur fairly soon into the pilot episode, it in fact doesn't arise until almost the half way mark.What the audience is treated to up to this point are endless scenes of Skeet Ulrich's character meeting people he once knew and providing conflicting stories as to his whereabouts since leaving home.
The dialog in general seems to reach at times to artificially intrigue the audience, but with no back-story and situations that simply do not cry out for exploration, the dialog falls flat.To make matters worse, the direction by Jon Turteltaub in the pilot episode comes off as stale.
Had Chbosky simply sat down and watched the pilot episode of LOST, a pilot that perfectly illustrates how to get a suspense drama off on a bang, he may have taken greater care to see whether the situations in Jericho were interesting enough throughout to make a worthwhile script.As it is, Jericho is long-winded and lacks stimulation both as a drama and a suspense thriller.
I feel as if this show has more reality then people know and this is as real as i think it gets if something like that were to happen in the world today.
When a show is weak on both storyline and character development it's only a matter of time that I give up on it.To sum it up for me, I have watched eight episodes I'm not sure if I will continue on.
Would you care if Jake kissed Emily?Bad CG, bad acting and unbelievably cheesy lines.These are the only things that came into my mind after watching the first series...but don't get me wrong i loved the story and the whole concept of the post-nuclear atmosphere.In my opinion there's a very good reason for the show being canceled, they took a bulletproof and a very appealing back story and messed it up, nothing was good but i kept watching because i loved the fact i was watching a post nuclear based TV-show.They had their chance, they should have stayed canceled in order to get picked up by people that really care about the storytelling, the current ones are bringing nothing but some used up, horrifying soap opera plots and dialogs, which for me destroyed the feeling that i was watching something good, not some b-series that are turning every single aspect of a script into a argument which ends in a "I'm not talking to you until you ask Emily if she kissed Eric" ...leaves me pretty angry and unhappy, there are so many shows that deserved that re-airing.The show did nothing for me, maybe I'm the only one.3 stars for trying..
Problem is probably on my end, but this series feels more like The Bold and the beautiful instead of apocalyptic survival story.Background story is great but it seem to be minor part, feels like it is more important who has a bad day and who is feeling sad as her boyfriend is not noticing her enough than actual story.Similar problems as with Lost (which I can't watch as I fell on sleep) and every modern 'big' show there is nowdays running.It is very hard to get into 'there' as people are acting so unrealistically, sure there can be few that are concentrating on their nails in such situation, but those are first to die in real situation, would be nice if writers would get bit closer to this world.I do prefer watching Airwolf over this one, even it has bad plot and not so good acting but at least my eyes stay open when I'm laughing on it :).
Instead of sticking with the main story line they decided to meander into soapy territory far too often.There are some good lessons to be learned from this show, though I doubt that anyone in a position to make decisions to implement contingency plans for small rural towns would have watched this show.For me, the worst thing about this type of show is how stupid the characters can be.
Getting into such a great show, it was disappointing when it was cancelled but luckily it was revived with a shorter second season which I personally hold in the same level of respect to its first season.If you're a fan of post-apocalypse dramas and television which are quite recently getting revived and made, Jericho is a good show for your tastes.
The story takes place in Jericho, Kansas and revolves around the small town throughout most of the series.
I liked the direction the series took and with the exception of a few small things felt the characters behaved consistently and really enjoyed some of the events that happened.
You're almost told to just assume that it worked out and you don't need to worry about that part of the story.I was a huge LOST fan and Jericho reminds me a lot of LOST with the drama and all the variables playing in with the various characters.
I expected a drama about a dynamic group of people struggling to survive during a nuclear holocaust; instead I saw average small-town characters squabbling in family conflicts and love triangles...oh yeah, and that nuclear bombs thing.
Unlike "Lost," which excellently blended character back-story with island survival and the mysterious main plot progression, "Jericho" devotes most of its time to romance and interpersonal conflicts that are completely irrelevant to the nuclear attacks, favoring forty-five-minute story lines about a character's past gang troubles and then granting you a two-minute teaser about the attacks at the very end.
If you're looking for a show about small-town life under surprisingly calm and vaguely interesting circumstances, you might want to give "Jericho" a shot, but it progressed too slowly for me; the plot was neither exciting enough nor the characters' lives engaging enough to hold my interest.
I'll admit this show has an interesting premise, the logistics of survival in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, but it has to be said the writing in this show is really sloppy.The dialogue sucks and often makes the characters seem really dumb, the believability of situations that arise in this show are ramped up for the sake of drama and are sometimes just laughable.
I don't care for one single character in the entire show perhaps apart from Hawkins and it's the story behind the attack that will keep me watching, not the "human" aspects of the show which are just unrealistic to be honest.The writing painfully leaves obvious questions and situations unexplored, seemingly just so's not to draw attention to major flaws in logic.
Yes there were things that weren't correct ( I'm sure post nuclear would be far worse!) but the stories and characters were brilliant, real acting.
I'm watching it right now it started here in Australia last week already I'm hooked the suspense drama etc its awesome and it poses the question what would you do if your country/city was bombed would you run away would you try and find out who did it would you be scared?
i like how it is not a well known cast either with the way nth Korea and all the other country's with nukes it makes us think what if something like this really did happen i know if it would happen here id be major freaked out about it nuclear power scares me it always has anyway they are my thoughts i love Jericho and i hope other people do too.
I love this premise, I bought the series 1st season, never watched it by episode on T.V. Have seen 4 episodes so far.
As someone who grew up in a town the size of Jericho, this series hits home in so many ways.I think a lot of the people who could most relate and appreciate this series may have been initially turned off by expecting a highly visual, shocking, high production series like The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, or The Waking Dead.
In my opinion, this may be the best written and produced story that appeals to this audience.Mad Men, The Wire, The Shield and Breaking Bad all prove that quality writing and directing still exists; Jericho proves the power of storytelling can still steal the show.
I watched the two series of "Jericho" but was disappointed to understand that the show has been canceled because of poor rating results.
there are a lot of deep and emotional moments throughout the series if you give it the time of day you'll see what I'm talking about, I want to thank the creators of the show as well as the actors and everyone who worked on it for bringing us such good entertainment.
However, when I first stumbled on "Jericho", I made a point to watch every episode up-to-date.It's interesting to see how all these characters fit together in a time of nuclear war.
Network: CBS; Genre: Drama, Action/Adventure; Content Rating: TV-PG (for violence); Available: DVD and syndication; Perspective: Contemporary (star range: 1 - 4); Seasons Reviewed: Complete Series (2 seasons) The small Kansas town of Jericho is changed forever when a nuclear bomb goes off in a neighboring city, cutting off power, communication, resources, severing the city from outside world.
The slow roll-out of what this character knows and what his role in the larger story is smartly written and played like a fiddle by James in what should be a head-turning performance.What makes "Jericho" among those special shows is that it manages to capture the imagination.
It ramps up the intensity in a big way, becoming a sweaty thrill-ride of anti-government hysteria."Jericho" works least as a character drama, but best as a compelling serial series when dealing with the terrorist attack storyline.
Jericho is another worthy rallying cry to wake up another segment of the viewing public to just how archaic and fundamentally flawed the current network rating system is and how the judgments of the network brass that cater more toward drive-by viewers who couldn't care less than their actual fan base.That said, the ending of the series is completely satisfying, wrapping up the character arcs of the two men well enough and offering a promise of things to come that is probably out of the scope of it's network TV budget.
Jericho has a fantastic premise: the result of a nuclear Armageddon on a small Kansas town.Unfortunately, the show can be melodramatic in its romance plots and in after school special moments such as the broken-hearted teenager who always does the right thing, with too soulful and heavy handed music.
With this in mind the events depicted in Jericho, I think, are something that, yes we can find entertaining now, but may have somethings we should keep in mind in case we need to question similar things later on.Over all this is just an amazing show that I personally am really hoping that Netflix & CBS are able to come to an agreement to get a new season done on Netflix soon.
=D I sure hope it gets a season 3 because JERICHO is made by the only team of people that really did their homework before writing a script and we should be welcoming in all that hard work and saying thanks, not cancel it..
Lately I've been watching these tv shows that i got from a recommendation somewhere, and to be honest I didn't have expectations, but wowww , makes you think what happened to new tv shows , i mean when you watch Jericho you know there is some action, every 2-3 episodes they face a dilemma, you figure "next what are they gonna do ?
I finally got to watch all season 1 and 2 of Jericho and was quite disappointed that the show ended like that.
- not so great acting (to put it mildly)But the main problem with Jericho is that the show suffers from the same disease that struck far more greater series like Lost, 24 and Prison Break.
That is exactly what comes to mind when watching this- a group of ordinary people cut off from the rest of the world.The idea of a small town trying to survive after a nuclear holocaust is excellent but it is the execution that somewhat lacks.
It sounds like a great premise, but they only release one small plot point every episode and the other 95% of the time is spent on relationship building.
Much less a television program that has aired only one season.Jericho is that show.America's worst nuclear nightmare has happened two dozen times.
I like Jericho because of the slick writing, good acting and the fact that it brings a true sci-fi feel back to prime-time television.