[Movie] CBS's Nuclear Apocalypse Drama: Jericho

I wanted to like this show, but the characters are simplistic next to Lost, House, Grey's Anatomy, CSI, and a half-dozen other shows. They will really have to ramp up the writing quality to keep me as a viewer. In fact, if they don't I don't see this show lasting past the first season.

It seems like they tried to create a show with the wholesomeness of Highway to Heaven or Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman against the backdrop of the post-apocalypse. If that's the case, I hope Mad Max shows up and teaches them a thing or two about the post-apocalypse...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

This was one of the worst episodes of the season. I mean, a whole army is supposed to be coming down the road, and Hawkins radios ahead to tell them this. YET, by the time he arrives on horseback they still haven't gotten their sh*t together and started to move out? (Instead, they spent the time having "touchy-feely" moments. )

It just reminded me of the time the town got shelled and they all stood around out in the open so they could be targets and get hit again instead of getting inside to shelter.

It's just not realistic that people would be that stupid or act in those ways. It's like watching a bunch of lemmings running to the sea...

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

This series has never placed a high premium on realism, so you shouldn't have expected much.

What you would call a lack of realism, I see as a lack of common sense. For example, LotR wasn't at all "realistic," but it was extremely believable:

Quote:

Suspension of disbelief is an aesthetic theory intended to characterize people's relationships to art. It refers to the alleged willingness of a reader or viewer to accept as true the premises of a work of fiction, even if they are fantastic, impossible, or contradictory.

Further, inconsistencies or plot holes that violate the initial premisees, established canon, continuity, or common sense, are often viewed as breaking this agreement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief

As the article states, ymmv.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Any word on whether or not this series is returning? The way it ended it seemed like they kind of didn't expect it to return, yet left things open just in case. I could see them easily doing at least one more year's worth of episodes with the storylines they've opened (Homeland security plots, new government, etc.). In fact, if they did a Half-Life 2 thing where Jericho was under martial law and they had to revolt somehow by using fire-hot rebar chunks for cross-bow bolts, I see the ratings going through the roof...

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Dan

I don't believe it, I still don't believe it. A petition that worked?! Doesn’t that violate a law of nature or some thing?

I think it was the fact that something physical was mailed and it wasn't some pointless e-petition that could be deleted with one click and ignored.

Jericho deserves another chance for the set-up alone, but they need to fire that one bad writer they've got that keeps "cheesifying" things.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Killy

Thank God I signed the petition.

Yes, but did you ship them your nuts?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?