Watched Jericho on the SciFi channel a couple of nights ago. Somewhat intriguing story line. Any thoughts?

Loved this show when it was screened in NZ last year. Unusual (from my point-of-view) program to come out of the US, with it's post nuke attack on home soil storyline.

Kinda like The Day After flick from the early '80s. Or the English '70s TV show Survivor which dealt with life after a major biological disaster.

Loved Jericho and was upset with it in two ways last year - first was how they ended that last episode! Grrr... Second was when they announced it was canceled! I'm one of those who found out about the grass roots movement and sent in a one-pound bag of peanuts to the network execs. :D

Was sick last night, so didn't watch it, but TiVo'd the first episode of the new season and will be watchin' it tonight with Wife. Lookin' forward to seein' where they pick up and where it goes from there!

Lets not forget the British post-nuclear film "The Bedsitting Room" with Marty Feldman (among many others!).

Great and very obscure.

I found it to be really interesting but was somewhat disappointed with the science behind the show.

First, I just couldn't believe the little radiation left after a blast that wiped out Denver. There should have been more. A single hard rain doesn't wipe out hard radiation that quickly.

Second, if the guy who push in all those red pins was giving the audience an accurate depiction of the first strike, the sky should have been clouded over heading into a nuclear winter.

Lastily, the chinese broadcast showing only the US as being the victim of an attack. I was expecting to see a world map with the US and whomever attacked us on the screen with status of both countries. Our defense is too good to allow an all out attack with no retaliation even if it's only from our Subs.

The mystery behind the red pin pusher and the guy they found dieing of radiation poisioning is what's got me watching. How did these guys and their other counterparts know of the pending attack? Are they government?, spies?, non-terrestrials?

Was sick last night, so didn't watch it, but TiVo'd the first episode of the new season and will be watchin' it tonight with Wife. Lookin' forward to seein' where they pick up and where it goes from there!
Is it a complete second season?
I knew it had been cancelled at the end of the first season, but then heard that fans inundated the studio with nuts - from Jake's rebuke of the other town's leader in the last ep - and that it was decided to make a half-dozen or so episodes just to wrap things up.

Has that changed now? Hope so :thumbsup:

Lastily, the chinese broadcast showing only the US as being the victim of an attack. I was expecting to see a world map with the US and whomever attacked us on the screen with status of both countries. Our defense is too good to allow an all out attack with no retaliation even if it's only from our Subs.

The mystery behind the red pin pusher and the guy they found dieing of radiation poisioning is what's got me watching. How did these guys and their other counterparts know of the pending attack? Are they government?, spies?, non-terrestrials?
Well, it was trucks parked with nukes so long-range detection of inbound ICBMs would've have helped.
IIRC New York survived but Washington DC was wiped out - and with no President to authorise a strike can subs and silos launch their weapons regardless? Plus who would they launch against if no enemy claimed responsibilty?
At least one of the perpetrators appeared to have some position within the government - Daniel Benzali's character - and seemed to be the one leading the attackers. An internal power-play perhaps, he was part of the new government (or one of the governments..?) at the end of season 1.

Just my 2 cents, YMMV.

Is it a complete second season?
I knew it had been cancelled at the end of the first season, but then heard that fans inundated the studio with nuts - from Jake's rebuke of the other town's leader in the last ep - and that it was decided to make a half-dozen or so episodes just to wrap things up.

Has that changed now? Hope so :thumbsup:
Actually, the network agreed to 6 (I think) episodes with the understanding that if the ratings don't improve, it will be cancelled permenantly.

Jericho was a great show and I was SO mad when CBS cancelled it. I just wish I had either thought of the "nuts" campaign or had heard about it in time to take part. In any event, I sure hope that the six episodes that comprise the second season are popular enough to warrant more production. It may also be that the writer's strike may have helped. What with so few NEW shows to watch Jericho may garner higher ratings because it IS all new and not a repeat. Time will tell.

Well, it was trucks parked with nukes so long-range detection of inbound ICBMs would've have helped.
IIRC New York survived but Washington DC was wiped out - and with no President to authorise a strike can subs and silos launch their weapons regardless? Plus who would they launch against if no enemy claimed responsibilty?
At least one of the perpetrators appeared to have some position within the government - Daniel Benzali's character - and seemed to be the one leading the attackers. An internal power-play perhaps, he was part of the new government (or one of the governments..?) at the end of season 1.

Just my 2 cents, YMMV.

correct me if I'm wrong but I believe if both the President and vice president were killed, that the secretary of state takes over. If all of them are wiped out, then I believe that the Military can declare marshal law and take over until a new government is elected.

You're wrong. :D

Seriously, tho, it's a lot more complicated than just that. There's a line of secession that follows from the President all the way down to the Secretary of... Education? Agriculture? Technically, the military can only declare martial law in very extreme circumstances. At least, not without worrying about severe consequences from the civilian gov't.

The thing w/the radiation and lack of "nuclear winter" is actually fairly easy to explain. The bombs weren't full-on tactical nukes, but were more like "dirty bombs". The immediate area was inundated w/radiation, but the bombs themselves weren't nearly as devastating as tactical weapons. Thus, slightly lower yield as well as no major kicking up of dust and junk in to the atmosphere.



The mystery behind the red pin pusher and the guy they found dieing of radiation poisioning is what's got me watching. How did these guys and their other counterparts know of the pending attack? Are they government?, spies?, non-terrestrials?
It's all explained the last couple episodes of the first season. I believe that the last four or five episodes are the most revealing about what lead up to the bombing itself. Without getting too far in to spoilers:

Hawkins and his team were supposed to infiltrate a home-grown terrorist organization.
It turns out that the terrorist organization was backed by someone high up in Homeland Security.

Lets not forget the British post-nuclear film "The Bedsitting Room" with Marty Feldman (among many others!).

Great and very obscure.


Another good Brit post nuc movie is Threads
Another good novel to make a movie from is Alas Babylon
It was done in the 60's as a Playhouse 90 TV show.

DLM

Another excellent Post-Apocalyptic novel I hardly ever hear mentioned is Malevil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malevil).

... and the wiki.com page for Alas, Babylon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alas_Babylon)