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Jericho: Pilot (2006)
Not as great as it looked
Now that its fall madness and new series are starting everywhere I decided to give Jericho a try. The pilot episode starts like a movie showing the main character Jake returning back to his small town for some money, running into old friends then leaving. About fifteen minutes or so in you see two kids playing hide and seek and then the one sees a giant mushroom cloud in the distance. Cut to a group of kids on a school bus. They are driving back home and then they see a deer running frantically along side of the bus and then crash. Naturally parents in the town are going crazy and yelling. When the power goes out the town starts practically rioting. Eventually we learn that the bomb hasn't gone off near Denver but it has also gone off near Atlanta.
When CBS advertised the show they said something to the extent of "It'll keep you guessing the entire season." Being an avid fan of LOST I thought it would be cool to have another mystery drama the same night as LOST. So I watched it and was thoroughly unimpressed. The story seemed predictable and the plot twists were expected. I might tune in next week in hopes of just a cruddy first episode but I'm doubtful. 6/10 at best.