Season finale of Jericho tonight . . .

Ok. .. normally I wouldn't post this on the general discussion forum, but I've followed this series since its debut last fall and think it gives some fascinating clues about the state of Americans who are faced with a national emergency.

For those who have not watched it, the story concerns a small town in Kansas which is pretty much cut off from the rest of the country after someone (terrorists, a foreign government, etc.) smuggles in some small nukes and explodes them in some of our largest cities. The subsequent episodes (fictionalized, of course) document how the characters in the town cope with dwindling food supplies, little knowledge of what has happened in the country, loss of electricity, and threats from outside forces. At this point, the town is being forced to go to 'war" with a neighboring town which has launched mortars after demanding Jericho give up half its salt mining operation and some of the surrounding farms.

What I think is most fascinating is how the writers handle the complete breakdown of American government and the lack of military support from both the state and the feds. In one episode, food and a generator is dropped by a small group of planes, but the food is labeled in Chinese and the planes appear to be Russian. Needless to say, it does draw the audience into the story (we know little more than any of the characters about what has happened). . .but it does make me think about the state of affairs in protecting this country.

When we struggle to rush aid to a small town in Kansas that has been wiped out by a tornado, there is a problem. And when an entire region of the south, which includes some of our country's most historic and cultural centers, is destroyed by a massive hurricane and the government is absolutely inept at rendering both assistance and accepting foreign help, there is a major problem. I think this series provides a fictional look at how things would likely occur if this nation really was under some kind of attack. . .

You can look at previous episodes online at: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/

I'd be interested in what insights some of you have into this program and how it might reflect on our current state of readiness to assist our own people.

When it first came out I thought it was gonna be some rabidly right wing rapture crapfest of a scare monger phs/ops.
And to some small degree it kind of is one.
One thing I have learned from this show.If I was a terrorist and I had a nuke,I would not use it on a city,I would use it for an EMP blast.That would do far more damage than hitting a city.

and it turned out to be rather interesting. And no kidding about the EMP. . .that essentially knocked the whole area back into the 19th Century. It sure made me think about transportation and how many of us don't know how to do a lot of basic things (like raise veggies, or hell, I've met ADULTS who have never even learned how to ride a bicycle).

Virtually every electrical or electronic circuit would be fried beyond repair.The only stuff that would survive would either be isolated equipment deep underground or in thick concrete buildings or if it was 'hardened' to protect from such a blast pulse.

I did not watch the show originally on the network, one day I was desperate and happened upon all of the past episodes on Comcast On Demand, have been hooked since. Needless to say, it took the better part of two days to catch up.:)
Will be a long summer, waiting to find out what the connection to Homeland Security is all about...it is scary!:think:

It makes Jericho look like Gilligan's Island.

Here I thought they were tying up some loose ends, and we lose a main character, the "war" is in the most gruesome part of conflict, and the country appears to be split into multiple new "nations."

And we have to wait until September. . .:-(