Talk:Jericho (2006 TV series)

Okay everyone. This is not a discussion board about Jericho and discussion of possible reasons as to why the show was canceled are not germane to improving the quality of this article. CBS has a very nice discussion board where this discussion may be continued. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 23:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Throughout he epic of Jericho, I have been utterly amazed by the writers' unwillingness to do a little on-the-ground research. They seem to know nothing of the Midwest. For example, it's set in a farming town in Kansas, but in season one, people are starving. How? Every town in Kansas is full of corn, soy, alfalfa, and lots and lots of meat. Beef, pork, poultry. These people would be up to their ears in food. And where do all those dry hills come from? Can't they do some filming in, say, the Central Valley?

Another point: Small American towns do not elect mayors. Mayors are members of the city council who chair council meetings. City managers run day to day operations. Only big cities have elected, executive mayors. In the series, you never see the city council, you never see the county board. All you see is an executive mayor.

By the way, every county in the midwest is so crisscrossed by rails, railroad museums, and rail hobbyists, that it is inconceivable that no stock whatsoever would move for months. And airplanes. Every town has an airport or airfield. Lots of old planes have purely mechanical engines that would not be affected by EMP.

Maybe the writers should have spent a few days in a Kansas farm town. They would have learned something. Sorry for the rant, I'm just a small town history buff.Scott Adler (talk) 09:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps explaining one facet of this show's multiple cancellation saga? Fortunately, it will be back on TV, since Sci-Fi has picked it up for a third season in the US. Perhaps the producers will have the budget and stability to get things a bit more authentic going forward. Should we include a section on the pick-up by Sci-Fi and see if there exists any details as yet on whether their will be a more authentic Kansas feel to production? If nothing else, we should keep an eye out for this.206.17.98.11 (talk) 19:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As soon as you find a source for the Sci Fi pickup, feel free to add it. ---- JT^Holla! 21:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is the closest thing I can find online, but I swear I heard this on the radio last Friday (which was after this article): http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=50950 206.17.98.11 (talk) 20:43, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Source for Season Three, please? As to the executive mayor, I think it was a necessary sacrifice to accuracy in terms of story. Would ANYONE watch a discussion of "Robert's Rules of Order"? Hell, no. Have the mayor make a call, yell about it a little, and get on with the story. Council meetings could have been included, every once in a blue moon, but not as a weekly feature. 65.188.30.145 (talk) 06:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I never said that city council meetings should be part of the plot. But political paralysis can be a source of serious, even dangerous, conflict.

And, by the way, small town America has municipal police, not municipal sheriffs as seen on the show. Deputies are always county officials, and often under the command of really dumb sheriffs, who are independently elected and may have no experience at all.

My one point is that before they buy scripts for the next season, they should study the land. It will always help provide a realistic and dramatic story line.

And I would also suggest that they lay off the Hollywood vision of the world. Much of the second season appeared to be dreary anti-American or leftist nonsense, e.g. some monster accounting firm with a private army blows up 24 cities in order to take over the rest. (Where are the other big accounting firms and their private armies?) Then they conclude the season with with a heroic image of a flag generally used these days by right-wingers. I would just suggest that they tell a story and stay out of ideological politics, an area of which few in Hollywood seem to understand at all. But hey, what do I know? I've just been a political writer and investigative reporter for over 40 years. Sorry for the rant. Scott Adler (talk) 08:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A very similar flag to the Gasden Flag is used by the U.S. Navy as the "First Navy Jack", both have snakes, both have the same message, just different backgrounds and pictures of snakes. And to the Sheriff/Police question, well, in 1x07 they said Rogue River, 90 miles away was the county seat. Umm, no. No way in western Kansas a town the size of jericho is 90 miles form the county seat, or any town for that matter. 65.188.30.145 (talk) 19:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Precisely -- These guys do not appear to have looked at a map of the Midwest when they created and wrote this series. As to the "Don't Tread On Me" flag, it's used mostly by militia types, far right conspiracy types. Oh, yes, what is the 10th Mountain Division doing out west, anyway? It's stationed in upstate New York. (It used to be at Fort Orde, California, but that was years ago.)

If the show is picked up by Sci Fi, here's an idea for next year -- a war between Jennings & Rall against a coalition of Price-Waterhouse-Coopers, Deloitte & Touche, and Ernst & Young.Scott Adler (talk) 23:11, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]