Jericho---"Patriots and Tyrants"---Series Finale---3/25/08
03-26-08, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by mwbmis
The problem, as I saw it, with most of those plotlines is that they had little to do w/ the fallout of a nuclear war. They were just bad soap opera plotlines, and the show didn't really start working for me until they started focusing the attention of the show beyond that.
Yep - they went out of their way to make it an 8 pm family style show (which is beyond ridiculous if you are going to do a post-apocolyptic show) and try to make you care about the characters and they fell woefully short on that front.
03-26-08, 07:12 PM
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I enjoyed it, like other said, gave some resolution but also a hint at where the series could go should it get picked up by another network. To all who thought this ending provided no resolution, check out Twin Peaks, talk about ending on a cliffhanger!
I hope by some chance Sci Fi picks it up but if not, Jericho it's been a great ride. With the syndication of both seasons I'm sure many new fans will check it out in the future.
I hope by some chance Sci Fi picks it up but if not, Jericho it's been a great ride. With the syndication of both seasons I'm sure many new fans will check it out in the future.
03-27-08, 06:56 AM
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I agree that it doesn't totally make sense, but I favor the theory that J&R was behind the attacks, not John Smith. I prefer to think that John Smith was uninvolved until the bombs went off but quickly figured out how to track the remaining bomb and then decided to use it to blow up Cheyenne.
03-27-08, 09:58 AM
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As has been pointed out, there was a bit of plot conflict with who the bombers really were (Valente/JR or John Smith), but I'm satisfied with the series going out with
That's bleak enough to satisfy my dark side, and I don't necessarily feel the need to see any of these characters ever again (though if it gets picked up somewhere down the line again I'd watch).
I enjoyed the ride the show delivered - flaws included - and I'm content with the closed-but-still-could-be-reopened ending.
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That's bleak enough to satisfy my dark side, and I don't necessarily feel the need to see any of these characters ever again (though if it gets picked up somewhere down the line again I'd watch).
I enjoyed the ride the show delivered - flaws included - and I'm content with the closed-but-still-could-be-reopened ending.
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03-27-08, 10:21 AM
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I checked out this episode since I read it was the last. I stopped watching the show about 5-6 episodes in. After seeing it, I actually wish I had stuck with it. I like the direction they took the plot. Last I remember, Hawkins' character was considered a bad guy since no one really knew what he was doing in the basement of his house. What ended up happening to his family? I didn't see them anywhere during this episode.
03-27-08, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
I checked out this episode since I read it was the last. I stopped watching the show about 5-6 episodes in. After seeing it, I actually wish I had stuck with it. I like the direction they took the plot. Last I remember, Hawkins' character was considered a bad guy since no one really knew what he was doing in the basement of his house. What ended up happening to his family? I didn't see them anywhere during this episode.
03-27-08, 11:59 AM
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I agree that it doesn't totally make sense, but I favor the theory that J&R was behind the attacks, not John Smith. I prefer to think that John Smith was uninvolved until the bombs went off but quickly figured out how to track the remaining bomb and then decided to use it to blow up Cheyenne.
03-27-08, 12:04 PM
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That's true. Smith could have been managing the bomb 24 cities project for J&R and then afterward got upset at J&R because they didn't give him the position he wanted within the new government or something.
03-30-08, 01:37 PM
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Just finished watching this last night. Now I am curious to see what the other alternate ending is that left it open for a season 3. Couldn't be that much different.
I was entertained by the series finale, but I am not truly satisfied with the ending. They indeed the leave it open for more, but to me a Civil War in the United States sounds very expensive to produce. I think they needed 13 episodes to really close out the series and satisfy everyone. However, they did the best they could in the small timeframe and limited money they had to produce these 7 episodes.
I was entertained by the series finale, but I am not truly satisfied with the ending. They indeed the leave it open for more, but to me a Civil War in the United States sounds very expensive to produce. I think they needed 13 episodes to really close out the series and satisfy everyone. However, they did the best they could in the small timeframe and limited money they had to produce these 7 episodes.
03-30-08, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by DJariya
Just finished watching this last night. Now I am curious to see what the other alternate ending is that left it open for a season 3. Couldn't be that much different.
I was entertained by the series finale, but I am not truly satisfied with the ending. They indeed the leave it open for more, but to me a Civil War in the United States sounds very expensive to produce. I think they needed 13 episodes to really close out the series and satisfy everyone. However, they did the best they could in the small timeframe and limited money they had to produce these 7 episodes.
I was entertained by the series finale, but I am not truly satisfied with the ending. They indeed the leave it open for more, but to me a Civil War in the United States sounds very expensive to produce. I think they needed 13 episodes to really close out the series and satisfy everyone. However, they did the best they could in the small timeframe and limited money they had to produce these 7 episodes.
