Jericho

[MickeyD]

I watched 3 or 4 episodes, and to be honest, I just didn't care for it. I probably canceled my season pass during its hiatus I probably would have anyway....there are just too many other shows in my "Now Playing" list to watch.

I do sympathize with it being canceled & left with a cliffhanger...I *hate* that!

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Ya, it was, and that was their downfall. It got really good.

But unrealistic? Really? Multiple nukes went off. Do we really want to know what would be realistic?

Originally Posted by JWBear

Yes.

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Why don't you go do some research and let us know how that works out for you.

Originally Posted by JWBear

I beg your pardon?!?!

I was joking and being sarcastic! You mentioned you didn't like it because it wasn't realistic. How realistic should the show be. We have no experience with this scenario.

Originally Posted by MickeyD

I watched 3 or 4 episodes, and to be honest, I just didn't care for it. I probably canceled my season pass during its hiatus I probably would have anyway....there are just too many other shows in my "Now Playing" list to watch.

I do sympathize with it being canceled & left with a cliffhanger...I *hate* that!

Who are you?

[MickeyD]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Who are you?

Ha! You better figure it out soon, or you'll be traveling with a stranger!

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I was joking and being sarcastic! You mentioned you didn't like it because it wasn't realistic. How realistic should the show be. We have no experience with this scenario.

It’s not a matter of experience, but of common sense.

1: There is no way you’d see a mushroom cloud over Denver from a town in central Kansas – we’re talking hundreds of miles here.

2: If I remember correctly, there were only 10 or 12 cities that were taken out. As horrible as that would be, that is only a fraction of the number of cities in the US. The closest nuked city to Jericho was several hundred miles away. Why would the power go out? Why would the phone system stop working? Why would all the radio and TV stations stop broadcasting? The EMP affects from ground blasts only extend out a few miles – roughly the same distance as the blast damage. I doubt Jericho’s only source of electricity and telephone service is Denver. And are there no TV and radio stations in Kansas or other nearby states?

3: Where are the County and State governments? Why didn’t they send someone to the county seat if the telephones weren’t working? (Unless Jericho is the county seat. In which case, why was this never mentioned? And, if it wasn’t, why was the sheriff located in Jericho? Sheriffs are located in county seats.) Also, Topeka wasn’t hit. Where was the Governor? State Troopers? There would be significant federal presence in the states capital city as well. And where was the National Guard? Why did all levels of government, except the local, just vanish? (I just remembered the IRS chick. I guess the magic a-bomb disintegration-of-government-employees ray missed her.)

4: Why did the planes have to land out in the middle of nowhere? Again, only a few cities were destroyed. There would be plenty if intact cities with large airports within flying distance. Why didn’t they go to those?

5: Grocery stores are no longer supplied directly by trains. They unload in regional distribution centers. The goods are then delivered by truck. And why would the trains grind to a halt? They have their own power source – diesel engines. And the trucks, too. I can see the national transportation system faltering days, maybe weeks, after a disaster of that magnitude… but instantly? Remember... only a few cities were hit.

6: The people – especially the ones in charge – are idiots. There has been a huge national disaster. The power is out and we don’t know if we’ll ever get food delivered again. Lets just cook up all the meat in town and have a big celebration! Yay! No thoughts of gathering and rationing supplies. No thoughts about trying to preserve food you’ll need to survive. The first thing the city government should have done in those (unrealistic, IMO) circumstances was shut down the stores and gas stations. Then form a committee to inventory and consolidate the town’s resources. The whole idiot town deserves to starve and freeze come winter.