Stream of Consciousness TV Blogging: Jericho

Previously:  there was an explosion, and the writers would like you to think there's a mystery too.  There's a post-apocalyptic cowboy gang.

Blowtorch.  It's a way to show they're badass without having much actual violence.

It's Halloween apparently.

Given the status of the food supply, isn't it wasteful to use pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns?

Bail?  How do they think the justice system works now?

And their word is good until the armed coup come sweeps, if the show makes it that long.

God, they try very hard to make her annoying.  And it just winds up unrealistic.

More bickering.  I don't *care* about these people.

Antibiotics?  I thought he had the flu.  Or the radiation poisoning "flu".  Either way, they won't help.

Ooh, that's supposed to be a big reveal, isn't it?

Where's spy guy?

Maybe the armed coup is this episode, actually.

Yeah, FEMA's good.  Because they did so much last time.

Exposition time.

Why would they hit Lawrence, Kansas?  To take out those bad-ass Winchesters, of course.

So they weren't launched missiles, they were smuggled and detonated bombs.  So the question is who?  We're supposed to think Islamic terrorists, but I'm guessing it's Spy Guy's organization.

If I wanted politics I don't care about, I'd go back to playing Final Fantasy XII.

The jewelry box - probably traded to Dale so he can give it back and be such a Nice Guy.

That was handled badly.

Oh, instead he's going to steal the box.

Halloween's nice, but can we say waste of resources?

And easy target, apparently.

Lame chase scene.

And that's going to be another ethics debate.

How are they going to do it "his way" now that their bargaining power is nil?

How'd he know, if he wasn't involved with the bombers?

So much for parlay.

I don't *CARE* about this dead Chris guy.

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.  Unfortunately, he's probably right in Spy Guy's case.

Go Dale!

Dad's dead, isn't he.  He hasn't had much of a role so far, and they're totally setting that up.  It's got power vacuum, it's got family drama, they won't be able to resist.

Just make out already.

Oh, and they get back just in time for slo-mo reaction shots.

Are they gonna enlist the help of the outlaws?

Apparently so.

Now *that's* emotional blackmail.

Dale, she's so not worth it.

Heavy makeout music.

Oh right, they're in a hurry.

Hope the diagnosis was all right.  It'd suck to get back too late.

Another musical montage.

"Wheat Squares"?  Nabisco wouldn't pony up for the product placement?

Next week:  Rogue River, presumably.