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Jericho - The First Season

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When I first saw the previews for Jericho, I thought "Another show trying to capitalize on Lost." Granted, I enjoy watching Lost and other serial dramas, but I wasn't sure if I would enjoy a post-nuclear drama. But I recorded it, and decided to give the show a try.

After watching the pilot, I wouldn't say I was hooked, but I was definitely engaged and was willing to see where the show went. It didn't take much longer before I was looking forward to watching Jericho each week. I became hooked on the characters, learning more about their backstories, and their present motivations. Who was Robert Hawkins, and how was he involved in the attacks? Why did Jake leave Jericho and where has he been all these years? Not to mention, who dropped the bomb and what was left of the nation?

Unfortunately, the Nielson ratings went their to support the show. And so CBS canceled the show. And then CBS was shocked to discover the massive protest that erupted. Fans sent over 20 tons of nuts to CBS in protest. Fans had also raised over $20,000 in charity to be sent to Greensburg, KS, a town wiped out by tornadoes.

Many viewers, like myself, watched through alternative means. We watched it later on our DVRs or online. And we weren't counted. When CBS actually looked that those numbers, CBS discovered that they had a solid show and renewed it. So, during the next season, CBS will air 7 new episodes to wrap up the show and if it does well, then more episodes will come.

For new viewers, I highly recommend this show. Watch it, see why so many fans fought so hard to bring it back. Don't be afraid to get hooked. Answers are given :)

One of the few shows in many years that I have actually raced home each and every week to make sure I never missed a single episode!!

The acting abilities of the entire cast is amazing and will draw you in! Not to mention the plot (there actually is one!) and the storyline that will hold you enthralled once you do watch. Start from the beginning and fall in love with Jericho!

In a very subtle way it can also teach us all a thing or two about our friends, neighbors and how to work and live together as actual communities now.

I simply love this show and was heartbroken when it was canceled. Imagine my delight, then, when I read about all the fans sending nuts and e-mails to CBS in such volume that the show was revived. Thank goodness there are motivated people out there who work to save us all from mindless and mind-numbing reality shows.

Jericho's strength, to me, is in the idea that what it depicts is entirely possible. I've heard people say it's too depressing a concept for them to want to watch to show but I find it a really fascinating look at the human psyche. What would happen to society as we know it if the bombs were dropped? What would happen to our leaders? How would we fare if isolated from the rest of the world, suffering from a shortage of food and a lack of electricity? Watching the show's characters struggle with these and similar problems never failed to suck me right into the story. Every time I watch it, I find myself wondering what I would do in their shoes.

And yet the show isn't entirely flawless. The subplot with Eric and April was written off in a fashion that suggests the writers had no idea what to do with that particular plot twist. Skylar and Dale need a good slapping--which is disappointing as their storyline initially appeared to be promising.

But what the show does right, it does right. Hawkins is an absolutely fascinating character and I was on the edge of my seat watching as his story played out over the course of the season. The writers did a fantastic job of keeping the viewer guessing about him, of making him both sinister and yet sympathetic. I loved every minute that he was on the screen and I don't think I found any other moment of the series more chilling than the one in which his past catches up with him and closes in on his family.

I also adore Jake as a character. He's a clear leader and does so many wonderful things for the town and yet it is clear that people are not always as good as they make themselves look. The writers gave the viewers some crumbs to help us understand just what it is that makes Jake not such a nice guy but there's still plenty of his past left to be revealed and I, for one, am eagerly anticipating it.

It makes me happy beyond expression that there are television shows like this, shows with strong characters and complicated and intricate storylines. Some people don't want the commitment such a show requires but the payoff is immensely satisfying. Each week the attentive viewer is rewarded by yet another enthralling plot twist, by the unexpected actions of the a character they think they know so well. This is truly wonderful viewing.

This is a great show with an amazing story line and a fabulous cast. I never missed an episode and couldn't wait for the next one.

You get 6 single sided dvds smartly packaged in plastic bookcase covers each one holding two discs. 5.1 surround and reg surround. Subtitled in english, spanish and portugese.

There's deleted scenes on each disc and 2 extras on the last disc. The Making of Jericho and What If which shows some higher ups saying how unprepared we all are if this nightmare scenario or something akin to it actually happened, which after the fiasco of Katrina should get us all thinking.

I had never seen this show on tv but took a chance after all the good reviews I had read and am glad I bought it.

It's a smartly written show with a good blend of action and relationships unfolding in Kansas during and after a Nuclear event.

These 22 episodes are well worth the money imo.

I rarely get involved in serial type TV programs because I can't seem to keep up with them, but Jericho had me hooked right from the start. I never missed an episode although I had to record it because nobody's home on Wednesday nights. The writing is terrific and the cast is wonderful! It's about how real people cope and hang onto their humanity when their entire world has changed - and how some people don't. It has everything - it's edge of your seat suspenseful, funny, sad and altogether fantastic.

I'm going to watch the re-runs this summer on Friday nights and I can't wait to see the new episodes!

I very rarely buy DVDs but when it came to Jericho, I didn't hesitate for a second. I am proud to be part of the group who fought hard to bring Jericho back for a second season. With continued support, we are hoping for a third, fourth, fifth. . . . Jericho is a rare gem that needs to be around for many seasons to come.

I didn't start watching Jericho, till the season was half over. I was flipping channels and stopped on CBS for a moment and started watching the last 20 minutes of an episode. Just that little bit hooked me. I was intrigued, had to know more. I went to the CBS website and watched the season from the beginning. It took me a couple of nights, but I was compelled to watch them and get all caught up. I was so upset when I finished, it was on a Thursday night and I had to wait for the next week, to see the next episode. I am so looking forward to purchasing this set and to the new season. I am hoping that Jericho will be around for many more seasons. Not only is Jericho entertaining, it makes you think. I am soooo sick of "reality" based programing.

Seriously, I don't usually buy dvds. At all. But this one, I'll buy because I don't really know of any other way to make sure CBS has my vote for this show to continue. Seriously, after getting mailed 20 tons of peanuts you'd think they'd have gotten the picture that the show has a strong following. But anyhow, you're wondering why you should buy this dvd if you're not already a fan of the show.

First up it's unique. I know there's tons of post apocalyptic disaster type stories out there but this one is different I promise. For starters there's no bad guy. We spent half the first season trying to figure out who the bad guy was. We fought and argued for hours and hours on end about who knew something about what happened or who was going to take advantage of what had happened. I say there was no bad guy but in reality there were like 20 bad guys. Everybody had the potential to be a bad guy because seriously, what happens when the end comes. Everybody that's human freaks out. And when people freak out they tend to do some seriously insane things.

Jericho isn't about a disaster. Jericho is about how we aren't the saints we pretend to be. It's about how we deal with real hardship and trial. And what could very well happen in a future that hasn't been this real since I was a little kid in West Germany watching tanks go off to defend us from the Reds.

I can't really remember why we tuned in the first night of this show. All I remember is that my wife and I, both age 42, waited with baited breath for the week to go by so we could see what happened next. We squeezed all we could out of the top notched web site. We alternated between being incredulous/angry when we found out CBS decided to take it off the air for 10 weeks in the middle of the season, right when the show was taking off. When it came back we gleefully dived right back into the show. We experienced something like grief when it was cancelled, fired off our emails and nuts in protest, and celebrated when they gave us 7 more episodes. I just bought this DVD set the other night, and we've been watching the shows through again. It's like coming home.

If you are wondering whether or not to purchase this DVD season 1, let me add my voice to those encouraging you to do so. This show has everything you could want in television. If CBS lets this show die I can assure you that I won't be watching CBS or any other show, because this one is all I watch. My wife watches House also, but I watch nothing else.

Jericho is your town, your family, your neighborhood, your country...this is the story of how they dealt with the aftermath of multiple nuclear detonations in our country while isolated in a small town in Kansas. Jump in and lose yourself in the adventure, one hour at a time. You will NOT be sorry!