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Jericho: Semper Fidelis, recap No. 2

July

Here’s our second guest blog of the week:

Name: Jackie
Age: 54
Home:Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Started watching Jericho: Original pilot episode
Favorite character: Skeet (Jake Green)—he obviously has a past, but you get the feeling that most of the trouble he has gotten into can be directly linked to the fact he never felt he could measure up to the high standards of his father, and who among us didn’t do a little rebelling and make a few mistakes in our youth? It is pretty easy, especially for young men, to get in over their heads while trying to prove to others and themselves that they are “real men.” Especially for one with a father like Johnston Green, Army Ranger, Mayor, and probably not to great at expressing his feelings, unless they are of the negative kind. It is obvious that he is truly trying to “let history start today.” Take what is good about his father (strength and wisdom) and his mother (compassion) and add them to his personality to a greater degree. Whatever sins he feels are haunting him, he now has the opportunity to become the man he wanted to be all along, and is doing a fine job of it in my opinion. Not to mention the fact he is really easy on the eyes. [Amy note: Amen, sister!]
What makes Jericho special: I think what makes Jericho so special to me is 1. Being of the Baby Boomer generation, the premise of the show is something we lived with for as long as we can remember; I was 9 at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and after that nuclear war was never far from our minds. 2. The sense of community and compassion you see even under the worst of circumstances. Plus, the great writing, acting, directing, sets, special effects, etc.

Having made it through the worst of the winter, Jericho finds itself in a state of flux. People are looking for alternatives to another long, hard Midwestern winter. One group, led by Ridley, decide to leave Jericho for the south—Texas or, even, Mexico.

Roger, on the other hand, knows how bad things are outside of Jericho. He argues with the Mayor over whether to allow his group of survivors to stay. The Mayor feels that, with Jericho’s dwindling supplies, “the last ones in should be the first ones to go.”

Then, out of the blue, a reason for hope arrives. The United States Marines march into town with promises of help not far behind. They say they’re on a recon mission to determine what towns need help from the U.S. government first. They bring news that America was bombed by Iran with the help of North Korea.

The Hawkins family, as usual, has its own, unique, problem. Hawkins is having doubts about following Sara’s advice to move his family to a safe house and go with her to find the man responsible for killing their fellow agents. He also wonders whose side Sara’s really on. When the truth comes out, Sara holds his son at gunpoint, makes Hawkins gather his wife and daughter and demands that Hawkins give her the “package.” Hawkins attempts to subdue Sara, she gets the better of him and his daughter is forced to shoot and kill Sara.

As the day goes on, the Green family comes to the realization that the Marines are only another group of survivors looking for a way to cheat Jericho out of what little gas and food is left. After a small skirmish the fake Marines are forced to leave town—without their tank and guns. Johnston Green urges the Mayor not to let the townspeople know of this deception—because sometimes people need hope more than food.

He asks Stanley to hide the tank in his barn — because you never know when you might need a tank.

Thanks, Jackie! A great, succinct recap.

I hope you all enjoyed this, our fourth week of guest blogs on Jericho. Here’s a link to Semper Fidelis No. 1.

Check back next week for more, with Winter’s End, and check back during the week to see what Jericho-related news I’ve managed to dig up.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 29th, 2007 at 10:52 pm by Amy Vernon.
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2 Responses to “Jericho: Semper Fidelis, recap No. 2”

Jane July 29th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Excellent! Thank you very much.
Denise July 31st, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I think what makes JERICHO special is that it has a little something to appeal to everyone. Also, I can really identify with the characters. I’ve come to care for them as well as the cast members who took the unprecedented step of reaching out to us Nuts and posting messages on the CBS website. How cool is that?

I don’t know why more actors don’t use this wonderful tool, provided by their own network, to connect with their viewers. A few minutes – a brief post – a dedicated fan. It’s a win-win!

Thanks for your write-up!

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