Jolie RobersonJericho: Crossroads
November 17th 2006 06:32
Straight of the bat, I have to say that I didn’t particularly enjoy this week’s episode of Jericho, Crossroads. Those of you who are regular readers will know the reason why. One word – Emily.
The prevalence of the irritating Emily (Ashley Scott) certainly meant the chances of me liking the episode were extremely slim. Her hallucinations were just downright annoying – if I want to see people having visions, I’ll watch Lost. If I was her, I’d be a bit worried about the fact I was hallucinating – it could be a sign of radiation sickness.
For some reason it never occurred to be before this episode that Heather (Sprague Grayden) and Emily were good friends. I know that they are both teachers, and that there have been several scenes with them interacting, so it shouldn’t be that surprising. However, they’ve never seemed particularly open with each other, more as if their contact was a result of circumstance.
Assuming the people from Guinness World Records haven’t been blown up, Jericho could be awarded the most stupid town ever. Honestly, what part of blowing up the bridge was a good idea? It just seemed idiotic to destroy what might need to be used as a route of escape. In addition, you’re cutting the town off from various homes, including farms – Dale’s impressive train-finding abilities aside, those farms may be an important source of food in times to come.
Besides, judging by the all-terrain vehicles Ravenwood were driving, I’m pretty sure they would have been able to cross the pathetic river, bridge or no bridge.
Jake (Skeet Ulrich) was his usual heroic self, courageously staring down Ravenwood in dullest stand-off imaginable. Not so many anvils were dropped about Robert Hawkins (Lennie James) this week, apart from his proficiency with firearms – which, frankly, was self-evident. Gray (Michael Gaston) was a tool as usual. It was nice to see Eric (Kenneth Mitchell) grow a backbone, even if it was several weeks too late. I was waiting to see if anyone in the town had the brain capacity to think of calling Jonah (James Remar) to aid them. I have to admit, while I was glad to see the ridiculous plan being averted, an explosion would have been cool. I guess I’ll have to watch Mythbusters to get my destruction fix.
Gail Green (Pamela Reed) seems to be becoming more unpleasant as time goes on, despite the writers setting her up as the loveable, straight-talking Mom of the town. I though her attitude towards Eric was awful. While I can understand looking after April (Darby Stanchfield) because she’s pregnant, there was no need for her passive-aggressive stance towards Eric. Relationships do break down, and it was certainly something both of them wanted at some stage. She should have had some compassion for her son – not everyone can be married to the same old fuddy-duddy for 40 years.
Speaking of Johnston Green (Gerald McRaney), while he does have the right idea about a lot of issues, I’m afraid I just can’t warm to him. I find his attitude towards his own authority a tad worrying. While I can understand the need for people to be united under a strong leader in times of emergency, he seems be taking his own power too seriously. His resistance to anyone questioning or criticising him is quite a scary trait for a public official to have. His actions are akin to those of Julius Caesar, who declared himself dictator. Despite being an emergency position in Rome that was only supposed to last six months, through manipulation he became dictator perpetuus, a dictator for life. While I’m not suggesting that the Mayor’s power trip will be on the large scale as that of Caesar, but if I were him I’d watch my back. Et tu, Gray?
Only two episodes of the show are left for this year. Network Ten are calling it a season finale, when in actuality it is more of a mid-season cliff-hanger, with the show returning in February after a hiatus. I should also mention that the name of the character that Aasif Mandvi plays is Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia. I would really like to see more of him, preferably in some capacity other than getting drunk.
*Screencap courtesy of Wikipedia, and used under Fair Dealing for identification and commentary
Jake doing his usual thing*
For some reason it never occurred to be before this episode that Heather (Sprague Grayden) and Emily were good friends. I know that they are both teachers, and that there have been several scenes with them interacting, so it shouldn’t be that surprising. However, they’ve never seemed particularly open with each other, more as if their contact was a result of circumstance.
Assuming the people from Guinness World Records haven’t been blown up, Jericho could be awarded the most stupid town ever. Honestly, what part of blowing up the bridge was a good idea? It just seemed idiotic to destroy what might need to be used as a route of escape. In addition, you’re cutting the town off from various homes, including farms – Dale’s impressive train-finding abilities aside, those farms may be an important source of food in times to come.
Jake (Skeet Ulrich) was his usual heroic self, courageously staring down Ravenwood in dullest stand-off imaginable. Not so many anvils were dropped about Robert Hawkins (Lennie James) this week, apart from his proficiency with firearms – which, frankly, was self-evident. Gray (Michael Gaston) was a tool as usual. It was nice to see Eric (Kenneth Mitchell) grow a backbone, even if it was several weeks too late. I was waiting to see if anyone in the town had the brain capacity to think of calling Jonah (James Remar) to aid them. I have to admit, while I was glad to see the ridiculous plan being averted, an explosion would have been cool. I guess I’ll have to watch Mythbusters to get my destruction fix.
Gail Green (Pamela Reed) seems to be becoming more unpleasant as time goes on, despite the writers setting her up as the loveable, straight-talking Mom of the town. I though her attitude towards Eric was awful. While I can understand looking after April (Darby Stanchfield) because she’s pregnant, there was no need for her passive-aggressive stance towards Eric. Relationships do break down, and it was certainly something both of them wanted at some stage. She should have had some compassion for her son – not everyone can be married to the same old fuddy-duddy for 40 years.
Speaking of Johnston Green (Gerald McRaney), while he does have the right idea about a lot of issues, I’m afraid I just can’t warm to him. I find his attitude towards his own authority a tad worrying. While I can understand the need for people to be united under a strong leader in times of emergency, he seems be taking his own power too seriously. His resistance to anyone questioning or criticising him is quite a scary trait for a public official to have. His actions are akin to those of Julius Caesar, who declared himself dictator. Despite being an emergency position in Rome that was only supposed to last six months, through manipulation he became dictator perpetuus, a dictator for life. While I’m not suggesting that the Mayor’s power trip will be on the large scale as that of Caesar, but if I were him I’d watch my back. Et tu, Gray?
Overall Rating
Only two episodes of the show are left for this year. Network Ten are calling it a season finale, when in actuality it is more of a mid-season cliff-hanger, with the show returning in February after a hiatus. I should also mention that the name of the character that Aasif Mandvi plays is Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia. I would really like to see more of him, preferably in some capacity other than getting drunk.
*Screencap courtesy of Wikipedia, and used under Fair Dealing for identification and commentary
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I could tell from the promo's it was going to have a lot of Emily in it, and she just irritates me, so I wasn't too concerned.
I wonder if the mid-season hiatus will be a good thing for the show or a bad one. Will anyone remember or care in Feb???
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