Jonah claims to be innocent. His story is as follows: Mitchell showed up at the compound, told Jonah that he (Mitchell) was framing him (Jonah) for the murder of Gracie (Gracie), and then sliced up his arm. But Jonah introduced Mitchell to his friend Mr. Crowbar and thusly escaped. Now Jake and Emily don't know what to do with him, but they do know that he needs a doctor or he'll bleed to death. Too bad he doesn't have Audrey Raines' outrageous clotting abilities.
"I'll blow this pottery into kingdom come, so help me GOD I will."
Bonnie sees all the flowers in front of Gracie's store and asks Dale what happened. He gives her the unhappy news. She starts to give him her condolences but is interrupted by that hussy Schuyler, who has also been absent for a few weeks. Maybe there's a Jericho chapter of the Sulky Teenage Girls Club and these two have been hiding in their secret tree house for the past month. Just then, the rival Teenage Hooligan Boys Club shows up to loot the store, but since Dale is now the owner of said store, he's not so much a fan of that. Sean the greasy-coiffed leader makes a snide remark and Dale punches him in the face. Aw, Dale. Your testicles just may descend yet.
Hawkins goes home and gets chewed out by the wife. She doesn't want anything to happen to him, because she and the kids are getting used to having him around. How romantic. Hawkins awkwardly attempts a human connection, but once again fails miserably.
"I'm a man!"
Jake not-so-subtly grabs Dr. Kenchy out of the bar and drags him off to Jonah. Seconds later, he's done stitching him up. Terrific. Jake decides that Father knows best, so the plan is to bring Jonah over to the town hall, where the mayor can protect him. Emily shows Kenchy to the bathroom so he can wash his bloodied hands, and Jake runs off to play in some dead leaf piles, leaving Jonah to easily sneak out of the house. Great work, everyone.
Hawkins opens up his laptop to find the message: "Response is critical. Send your coordinates ASAP." Well, this totally flabbergasts the poor guy, and he spends about a minute licking his lips and scratching his nose before he finally types back: "Compromised. Proceed without me." I wonder if he ever uses that line in bed.
Gray is up on his soapbox at the makeshift Gracie memorial. I find it amusing that Gracie was such a witch they couldn't find a decent picture of her smiling like a human being. Gray campaigns a little more by promising to serve Jonah's head on a platter NOW, and not waiting around for that silly little thing called due process.
I sure will miss Gracie's contempt for everything living.
We see a lovely sun-drenched scene with a tire swing, so my Stanley-senses are tingling. Sure enough, he walks over to Mimi with a big bucket of water and pours it more or less all over the place, causing her to say "Oh, shit!" (At least that's really what it sounded like. After reviewing the tape, I see that it was in fact "Watch it!" Too bad, I was just about to give Mimi a mental high-five.) Stanley then slaps her ass. Huh? A charming little conversation follows, as Mimi insists that their little romp in the hay was a just a mistake and that they can't do it anymore. She says she gets almost no second dates, and Stanley correctly guesses that's because she's "obnoxious, demanding, and totally self-absorbed". Mimi agrees and counters that Stanley is totally the opposite and the whole thing will never work. Stanley whips out his secret weapon: "That's what they said about Brangelina." DAMN, Stanley! He even goes one step further and starts coming up with couple names for the lovebirds, which include: Stimili, Mimelly, and the clear winner...Stimi. She calls him an idiot and they make out. I love this scene!
My temporary high is destroyed by Eric's ugly mug. He and Papa yell at Jake for harboring a criminal and loudly decide to get him and bring him back, which Jake even more loudly insists is exactly what he came here for. I think this family just likes to yell. Emily takes this opportunity to deliver the news that Jonah is now on the loose again, and they all scamper off like the sheep that they are. (Do sheep scamper? Eh, whatever.)
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Comments (6)
I noticed that Asian Hurley Dude too ... he was standing right in the middle of the stage during the swearing-in; I was like, "Who the hell is that?"
1 of 6 | Posted by dumbanddumber
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Posted on December 2, 2006 4:44 PM
Bravo! Another classic recap. In light of the invasion of the zombies, I'm almost sorry I switched over to the Heroes marathon. Almost.
Good thing they held that Thanksgiving food drive, or they wouldn't be able to feed all the refugees. See - Mama was thinking ahead! To think you were mocking her efforts last week, Screampillar!
2 of 6 | Posted by iamcoyote
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Posted on December 2, 2006 7:18 PM
Nice recap.
They must have dropped some election scenes in favor of the ass-slapping scenes. Good choice.
I hope they get more focused on the results of the attack rather than developing some of the more boring local situations.
3 of 6 | Posted by soflat
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Posted on December 4, 2006 7:58 AM
AGAIN, this was so much better than the show.
I was upset at the election too and confused about the deaf girl and the high school boy - how old is she? Is she in high school? Because having to take care of herself when she was, like, 4, seems a bit rough??
4 of 6 | Posted by CrazyTrain
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Posted on December 4, 2006 11:49 AM
Is that Burt Reynolds in the screencap of Jericho's mutated citizenry??
5 of 6 | Posted by mandymax
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Posted on December 4, 2006 12:47 PM
Great recap. Many laugh out loud moments.
Mandymax, I thought he looked like Burt Reynolds, too.
This show is so campy, I watch for the stupid plots, funny facial expressions, and great recaps to follow.
Thanks.
6 of 6 | Posted by may1
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Posted on December 4, 2006 2:44 PM