In article <64ssobF2cr949U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, KalElFan
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> SPOILER warning in the thread title and note crossposts. Major
> ending SPOILERS below...
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> 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.
Completely agreed. I also thought the understated ending to
"Journeyman" was just about perfect.
> 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).
I wish things were different, but I just don't see a pickup here. I
guess they could do it as a comic book, a la Buffy and a few others.
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