JERICHO is a drama about what happens when a uclear mushroom cloud suddenly appears on the horizon plunging the residents of a small peaceful Kansas town into chaos leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they're the only Americans left alive. But in this time of crisis as sensible people become paranoid personal agendas take over and well-kept secrets threaten to be revealed some people will find an inner strength they never knew they had and the most unlikely heroes will emerge.System Requirements:Running Time: 347 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368920149 Manufacturer No: 892014
The second season of the cult favorite Jericho shows in gritty, emotional detail why fans adore this show. It's intelligently written, and manages to make its out-there concept not only believable, but mesmerizing. Part post-apocalyptic sci-fi, part Western, part conspiracy thriller, and part juicy human drama, Jericho in its second season explores how the citizens of wee Jericho, Kansas, are coping six months after a nuclear bomb destroyed most of the town--and the fabric of the country. The layers of character and plot development, rare on network TV, continue to surprise and develop. Our hero, Jake (Skeet Ulrich), is helping put the pieces of his town and life back together, while hostile forces from neighboring towns plan attacks. And the mysterious Robert Hawkins (Lennie James) is hiding in town with a literal smoking gun--a nuclear warhead that may prove the attacks were carried out not by Iran and North Korea, but by internal forces. Hawkins is on the run, and Jake is in on his secret. Amid all this chaos arrives Major Beck (the charismatic Esai Morales), who's been sent by the acting Western government to instill order in Jericho. "The nightmare is over," he intones to the shaken townsfolk. "Order will be restored."

The nightmare is far from over, however, which accounts for Jericho's intense drama and creative storytelling. The viewer is never totally sure whom to believe, keeping the viewer just off kilter just enough to want to watch another episode, and then another. Extras on the boxed set include terrific audio commentaries on virtually every episode, which lend even greater appreciation to the set designers and cinematographers. There's a featurette, "Rebuilding Jericho," giving fans insight to the conception of a post-apocalyptic America, and deleted scenes, and perhaps most interesting to devoted fans, an alternate unaired ending to the season finale--worth watching just to see where the creators imaginations can take them. --A.T. Hurley

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wish it was longer.
Comment: First off, I'll fill you in briefly that I have been overseas for awhile and just returned, so if I'm missing something of why the second season was only 7 episodes, then I applogize in advance. I felt what alot of other people felt. I think the season was rushed, had way too many plot holes, and overall was a average season, not great like the first season. What happend to Dale? What happend to the seemingly huge plot point of John Smith? Maybe this was all part of the writer's strike I read about. I don't know. I bought it to complete my series, that's the only reason.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Jericho season 2
Comment: The first sesaon started out with some real tension and drama and then flagged towards the end but the second season was on-the-edge-of-your-seat the entire way.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Jericho, I don't understand why they cancelled it.
Comment: It is a great show,it keep you watching episode to episode until the end,very interest and a must see tv series.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Meh
Comment: Season One of Jericho was a wonder, full of human-interest, high tension, good writing, and a touch of conspiracy. Season Two failed to measure up, right from the start. Many characters from the first season are missing, and the show has a much stronger sense of claustrophobia, rather than the expansive solitude of the first. To make matters worse, the writers seem to fall into the "didn't have a plan" trap that plagues so many of this style of show.

This is worth watching as closure for fans of Season One, but only just barely.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: All time Great TV series
Comment: Absorbing storyline; Fast-paced, action packed adventure. Nice DVD with some good extras for one of the best television programs in years. Great cast - maybe a little too much for television.

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