KalElFan wrote:
> SPOILER warning in the thread title and note crossposts. Major
> ending SPOILERS below...
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> The episode aired last night on the A-Channel in Canada, and it'll
> presumably be the same ending that airs tonight on CBS. It isn't
> a cliffhanger, but at the same time sets it up very well for not just
> a continuation of the series, but as a good reboot point that would
> allow new arrivals to get on board.
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> There's good action and effects, with a much broader scope
> that still preserves a Jericho-centric core. Jake and Hawkins
> follow the bomb to Cheyenne and, with the help of the Texas
> Embassy there, get it out in a "diplomatic" plane. Hawkins gets
> shot along the way but survives, and the Texas Air National
> Guard has to shoot down two Cheyenne jets just outside Texas
> airspace to escort Jake and his plane in. Meanwhile, by the end
> of the episode Major Beck and his company commanders have
> ripped off the bogus Allied flags on their uniforms. So the scenario
> is that Texas and Jericho are both set up as siding with Columbus
> and the legitimate government there.
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> The episode ends with Hawkins having a line to Jake about them
> making history, by exposing the Cheyenne deception and giving
> the legitimate government a better chance to prevail. The line can
> also be taken as a meta reference to the efforts to save the series.
> It's as good an ending as Journeyman gave us, in the sense that it
> leaves lots of creative room to continue but if it ends here we can
> also fill in the blanks.
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> If Jericho does continue, though, it could easily be viewed as a
> substantially new series from here. The first 29 episodes become
> the preamble or prequel and the premise is viewed as something
> like this:
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> "After a domestic conspiracy, including foreign terrorist elements,
> launches a nuclear attack on 23 U.S. cities, the nation is split into
> East and West. Because of the destruction of Washington, the
> legitimate government is now in Columbus, Ohio. An illegitimate
> government based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with ties to both the
> conspiracy and an unaccountable corporation called Jennings &
> Rand, has used disinformation and fear to unite the Allied States
> of the west under a new flag. Jericho, Kansas is caught in the
> middle..."
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> The premise could then go on to describe why Jericho, Kansas is
> key, because of its geographic location, some of its residents, and
> now Major Beck and his troops and so on, while Texas has just
> thrown its support to Columbus and the U.S. is on the brink of a
> second Civil War.
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> It's a series that should get picked up, and with Battlestar Galactica
> ending maybe Sci-Fi is the best bet. They've already been carrying
> reruns (its Canadian equivalent the Space Channel also airs Jericho).
Sounds good to me. I don't have cable, so I wouldn't
be able to watch a transplanted Jericho, but I sure
would be lining up to buy the DVDs when they came
out.
Fanfic anyone? What you've got there is a great
start.
Nyssa, who will be setting up her VCR for tonight's
episode when she logs off
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