Category: jericho season 2

Following a lengthy hiatus that included being cancelled, Jericho returned last week. Jake and Eric wanted revenge for their father’s death, but some convincing from Major Beck coerced them into not being able to follow through with that. Some more of the back story of what’s happened also unfolded, and now Hawkins is trying to figure out a way to stop Cheyenne, a corrupt power which is close to combining the western half of the country and overtaking everything.

Mimi wakes up to a rose and a note telling her to go outside. Stanley’s prepared her a breakfast to celebrate her first day on the job with Jennings & Rall, the company that tried to screw him over. He’s happy that things are starting to get back to something resembling normal. Just then, a helicopter lands on his lawn. The President wants to address the nation from his front porch.

Sheriff Jake is not quite sure what he’s supposed to be doing as far as keeping order, since the Secret Service is swarming the place and all.

Hawkins and Chavez are working on a plan to change history. Either that or get themselves killed.

The President will be arriving a couple hours ahead of schedule, giving them even less time to prepare. To make matters worse, Beck sends Chavez out on patrol, so Darcy offers to steal the walkie talkie her husband needs.

History has been completely rewritten by the new government. Emily (who’s supposed to teach from the new textbooks) doesn’t like it, but Gray doesn’t care.

Darcy steals the walkie talkie as planned. Nobody notices but Jake, who’s busy checking out a database that’s quick to condemn people. He goes to confront Hawkins, and while there, he’s stopped by someone who wants to search him to find the missing walkie talkie.

Hawkins walks right into the location intended to serve as the security for the President and starts killing people. Real secure. He sits himself down at a computer and begins downloading. Eventually, Jake realizes this was all just a distraction. Limited staff at this office, since everybody was scrambling to find the walkie talkie, meant easy access to the information.

A reporter from California is telling Jake the way things are now. He only reports what he’s allowed to report, and nobody wants to hear the truth any more anyway.

Chavez gets busted by Beck, not entirely a surprise to him, and he tells Jake to go find Hawkins. Unbeknownst to Jake, Chavez gave the password for the files to him. They find out the bomb is an ex-Soviet nuke. With Chavez out of the picture, they need to figure things out on their own. Jake thinks the reporter may be interested, so he discusses it with him, and since it’s the biggest story in American history (but perhaps too big), he does seem like he wants to take the risk. It’s not long, though, before the reporter is dead of a “heart attack.”

Jake wants answers, but Hawkins tells him he’ll never get them and that they’re just lucky the reporter’s dead so he can’t give them up.

The new government, which assumed power without public support or input, plans to ratify a new Constitution as the Allied States of America.

Chavez’s information comes back showing he’s assumed the identity of a dead soldier. Beck tries to get in touch with the people who are transporting him, but that won’t be easy since they’re all dead. It turns out Jake gave him something to pick the lock on his handcuffs.

Gray didn’t say anything at the President’s speech, but he tells Eric that when he goes to the convention, he will ask questions. He also asks Eric to be the mayor while he’s gone.

Beck is informed by his boss that his job will be to find Sarah and that he’ll be replaced as far as day-to-day operations.

Jennings & Rall tried to trace Mimi’s family at Stanley’s request. They found nothing, but she’s okay with that since she’s got a new family now.

Jake suggests things with Beck are getting pretty dicey. It’s about to get worse. Now Ravenwood’s in charge.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Jericho Season 2 episode 3 Jennings & Rall, which airs Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS.

After its ratings fell due to poor scheduling decisions last year, we were under the impression that Jericho had been cancelled, but an immediate public outcry led to a massive protest. Initially, CBS couldn’t care less since in the old days, something like this never would have worked, but behold the power of the Internet. 20,000 tons (8 million) peanuts later, the network finally caved in, giving Jericho an order for an abridged 7 episode season 2. It’s still far from out of the woods and really does come down to getting enough people to actually watch, but at least they have a chance now to either finish telling the story or at least allow it to progress some. Just in case, two endings have been written, one a season ender and one a series ender.

The army’s in the area and investigating the battle that went down in the season 1 finale, which ended when the air force attacked. Both sides blame the other for the attacks. They’re informed the dispute is officially over, whether they like it or not. Order will be restored. Or at least that’s the plan.

Four weeks after the New Bern war, they’re watching the news. Tens of millions are dead, dying, or homeless, and a senator from Wyoming has risen as a hero. In the small town of Jericho, meanwhile, the casualties now stand at 65, which of course includes Jake’s father.

The army manages to stop a shooting attempt believed to be from New Bern, then they raise the new flag, one which lacks about half the stars of the old one.

Hawkins believes that the new government’s tracking them but thinks they’re dead and is actually looking for the person who killed them, Sarah, who in reality is dead herself.

Stanley has now settled his debts with the IRS, which despite the destruction of the country is still collecting taxes, by agreeing to give them a portion of his crop for the next three years. Before he can get a word out about how he wants to marry her, Mimi asks him to get married.

70% of Jericho has had its power restored, with the rest of the town on schedule by the end of the month. The bad news is that New Bern has been given amnesty, even though it appears they were at fault. Jake warns there won’t be any reconciliation until Constantino is dead. Major Edward Beck’s response is that Jake is “the guy,” and he wants to appoint him to sheriff of the town. Unconvinced, Jake plans to head to New Bern later that night to get revenge.

Darcy confirmed Hawkins’ suspicions. They’re passing out wanted posters for Sarah.

Heather informs Beck that the man who they captured yesterday was one of the worst. He asks her to be the liaison between the two towns. Not at all awkward.

Mimi’s reviewing the contract Stanley signed. She informs him they’re just screwing with him. He’ll have to keep forking over his crops until a national monetary system is in place and won’t start receiving credit for the three years until then.

Hawkins doesn’t support Jake’s plan and heads home. He tells him he’s just making a big show, which is both dangerous and stupid.

Beck pulls Jake aside to show him a man in a body bag, a clear threat to put this to rest.

Mimi approaches the lawyer who tricked Stanley into signing the papers, accusing her of fraudulently taking advantage of a debt he doesn’t actually owe, as the new government has granted amnesty for non-violent crimes.

Jake heads to Emily to discuss his father’s death and how best to proceed. She already knows what he’s planning and says his father wouldn’t approve. While there, he’s given news that his brother grabbed a gun and went out with some rangers.

Jake tries to convince Eric not to go through with the plan, but he’s not real interested in listening. Maybe he’ll listen to some military men instead. Jake pretends that they were policing the border because of a rumor about an armed party on the way from New Bern. Beck’s not fooled but does let them go, advising Jake he just saved his brother’s life, and that other people will need similar saving.

Darcy made copies of some faxes but thinks she wasn’t followed. They hear a noise outside. When he goes out to research it, Hawkins has a gun put to his head. It’s a blast from the past, Chavez. He wasn’t going to shoot anyway, but Darcy makes sure of that by in turn putting a gun to his head.

Hawkins lets him know Victor’s dead from radiation, and that Sarah’s dead from other causes (Chavez gives him an “I told you so” about her). He also tells him Valente, now within Cheyenne’s government, was the one controlling Sarah.

Mimi got the contract rescinded, an offer for equipment at a fair price, and an agreement to work with the government in an actual deal. She apologizes for proposing, but Stanley tells her he was going to ask her anyway. He pulls out his mother’s wedding ring to get her to stop talking, then he proposes.

Two countries have been wiped off the map to protect Cheyenne’s secret.

The west is alligned under Cheyenne, Wyoming. The east is under Columbus, Ohio. Texas has not made a decision but is close to siding with Cheyenne, which would end everything. The goal is to expose Cheyenne before they take over the whole country.

Jake agrees to be the sheriff of Jericho, and when he does, he’s given the news that the President’s on his way.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Jericho Season 2 episode 2 Condor, which airs Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS.

Jericho returns to CBS for season 2 on February 12, immediately following the premiere of Big Brother 9. Here’s the promo video.

SyFy Portal is reporting that Pamela Reed, who plays the mom, Mrs. Gail Green, on Jericho has not been offered a contract for additional Jericho episodes beyond the current ones. She will be in at least one season 2 episode, but after that, she will be following in the footsteps of Johnston Green, who died in the last episode of season 1.

“The average age of actors on that show is under 40, and those of us over 40 are gone,” the 58-year-old actress said.

TV Week reports that there’s a slim chance Jericho may return next month, as its 7 episode season 2 has completed shooting. Sources suggest that, should Kid Nation, Cane, Moonlight, or Viva Laughlin not perform well, Jericho would be a suitable replacement for them.

Of these shows, Kid Nation would seem to be in the most danger, as it occupies Jericho’s former timeslot and has been struggling in the ratings, far below where Jericho was a year ago.

“The best thing going for ‘Jericho’ is it’s done and ready to go,” CBS head of programming Kelly Kahl says. “But it’s too early to tell what time period is going to be available.”

If these shows all manage to survive through next month, we can expect Jericho some time in January.

Furthermore, if CBS doesn’t renew the show beyond the second season, “There’s still going to be a lot more story to tell,” executive producer Carol Barbee says. “If the fans keep it up, we’ll tell it somewhere.”