the audience applauded

Fantastic!

A Disappointing Continuation

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

If Jericho is about anything it is about characters. Average people from all walks of life who find themselves in a little Kansas town the day the United States was hit by the largest terrorist attack in history. It is about how these people survive when the world is falling apart around them. Survival in the face of a world in chaos is at the heart of every great zombie tale and here it is sans zombies. Jericho develops all of their characters as real identifiable people right from the beginning and wastes no time in throwing you into their situation with a big bang. Their relationships and their struggles are all written nicely and it is easy to get wrapped up in the characters' stories. Like all shows some stories work while others flounder. On one hand you get a great character developing story like Stanley and Mimi (Steami) and on the other you get young Dale's transformation from high school student to thug which, although naturally developing, makes you wish the show had made him a less important character sometimes. My only gripe with the show is that, after an amazing first season the show was cancelled and, facing pressure from the fans, it was brought back for a meager second season that was not made to continue the story, but rather to give the people some small measure of closure. It feels like things are wrapped up far too quickly. It is interesting to ponder how great the show could have been had it continued for a few more seasons.

I just finished watching this series and I'm also interested in seeing more of it if someone is willing to produce it (I've already offered to sponsor another one that I thought it would last forever and got pretty bumped when it hit the can cause it was my favorite; That sponsoring deal it will happen if I ever get the cash of course. But someone else should offer for this one I can't do all of them). Well to conclude with this some of us got used to it and it gets easier every time; we've learned to enjoy them while they last. There are many TV shows suspended and as many still going on and on and on for years. For example there's one that started since before I was born and still airing and I'm 32 years old; it's got up to season 40something for crying out loud there are people that never got to see the end of it and they probably hung in there pretty tough, they may even be watching it from Heaven right now ... :)) I'm just kidding there, if they're in Heaven they've already seen THE END.

The idea was fine but they went astray. 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. They often seem to make snap decisions without proper discussion. And what discourse there is often ends in bitterness. It just makes me want to bang their heads together and tell them to use a bit of logical thinking.I know it's the current way of editing shows but switching so frequently from one story line to another for a couple of minutes then back to the previous story line becomes annoying. One minute your watching a tense life threatening situation unfold then your switched to a scene where someones thinking about what their life could have been.Verdict: Has its moments of greatness but also has many frustrating/annoying moments.

I came across this title on Netflix a few months back and finally decided to watch it considering it's only 2 seasons. The show starts of by introducing to the town of Jericho and the people in the town. Personally the first season for me was OK and the second season kind of crammed to much information into the episodes. The acting was OK however as one reviewer stated this would have probably made a good movie if the storyline was looked at.Throughout the episodes their was a number of mistakes, in the 3rd episode they all decided to go in hiding from the radiation rain but then leave the bomb shelters a day after and are still able to sit on items and eat items from the radiation rain. I found this to be very confusing and not a thought out story. I gave the rating a 5, the acting was good from the male actors but the female actors could have had more parts and more to say thought the episodes. Overall the romance side I thought was good, their could have been more locations rather then the two farms. it made a good show to watch if you have nothing else better to do.