The TV Addict 

I am also hooked on Jericho since the second episode was even much better than the pilot. The whole premise of a nuclear attack is quite interesting and storylines as well as characters are likeable (the mayor’s wife even reminds me a bit of Everwood’s Rose Abbott). If the show keeps up the great quality I will definitely tune in each week. BTW…your so called “LOST Effect” never hooked me up on Lost itself (this summer I watched the first half of season 1 in a row…unfortunately I have to admit that it didn´t appeal to me at all).

I don’t know, I find the show pretty cheesy, myself. It’s okay, but the acting is pretty terrible and some of the stuff is pretty stupid(like the guys wanting to stay and die in the bar). I will still watch though, because I am interested in why the bombs have went off and who is doing this. I also wonder about the cop from St. Louis.

Vance, I’ll agree, the bar/pool scene was a bit cheesy, but come’on, this is Television. I think we should be thankful we’re not seeing an endless parade of American Flags, and speach after speach about how it’s American against the world, and we have to fight back etc…. So far I think Jericho has shown a lot of restraint, It could be way cheesier!

YIPPPPPEEEEE…a LOST ripoff is about as interesting as LOST itself.

Hahahah to think that I was actually going to watch my PVR’d episodes of this show tonight…

Whatever…More room for “Robot Chicken.”

I’m willing to give Jericho the benefit of the doubt quality wise. A lot of series begin weak and find their legs later on. If we judged them all after three episodes, we’d miss a lot.

I’m very curious about the events in the outside world but, at the moment, I’m betting on a coup of some sort. Think about it: the events took place when the president was addressing a joint session of Congress. Perfect time to wipe out the upper echelons of government. The bombings themselves would disrupt communications and justify the deployment of military forces across the country. By the time anyone knew what was going on, it would all be over. Further, there are those tanks mentioned in the third episode. Relief efforts don’t usually send tanks. Likewise, if the unit was being diverted to repel an invasion of the U.S. it’s unlikely that they would go through Denver. For that matter, the only invasion that would make sense would have to be amphibious (difficult to do by surprise) or via Canada (also difficult to do by surprise). If the invading forces were brought in by air, they must lack heavy tank forces as tanks are too heavy to airlift much of the time. The tanks make the most sense as part of a power grab by rebel forces, or as loyalist units deploying in opposition to rebel troops.

The only question I have: Is Hawkins a conspirator, a loyalist, or some third faction that isn’t supportive of the U.S. government, but isn’t in league with the bombers themselves?