HOURS later, the moon high in the sky, Gray apprehends Jonah and brings him back to city hall amongst a bloodthirsty crowd. The Green family jealously watches this little circus. Well boys, you should have started looking for him when Emily told you about it, back at like three o'clock in the afternoon. Idiots.
Back from commercials, Officer Dave Coulier is swearing in...Gray! As mayor! WAIT. We missed the whole election? What in the gosh darn HECK?! In his victory speech, Gray announces that the Chinese food be distributed immediately (like that'll help, everyone will just be hungry again in a couple hours) and that Jonah will get his comeuppance as soon as possible. The Greens glower.
The ravaged faces of Jericho's mutated citizenry
Jake tries to comfort Jonah, but probably makes him feel worse just by being there. Emily drops by to tell Jake she's sorry about his dad losing the election. As am I, because now I don't know what to call the former Mayor McCheese. Plain old McCheese just won't do. Maybe I'll just keep the McWhatever thing going, since for some reason my mom thought it was a Grey's Anatomy reference anyway.
Mitchell drops by Dale's new store and kicks Schuyler out so he can talk to Dale, man to "man". He offers Dale his protection, which Dale doesn't think he needs since Jonah is now in jail. Mitchell, in a move that clearly shocks the nation, puts a knife to Dale's throat, demands a large cut of everything he sells, and more or less confesses to Gracie's murder. Dale just looks kind of bored.
Stop trying to bring back flannel, Dale. It's not gonna happen.
Tire swing! Mimi is knitting something, which both Stanley and I find to be oddly funny. She said she learned in "the dorm at Vassar". Because she went to college, people. Mimi is a MODERN, INTELLIGENT WOMAN, and the rest of Jericho folk are IGNORAMI. Stanley points out that whatever she's knitting belonged to his mother, and she freaks out a little and says she'll put it back. But Stanley wants her to finish it, because he thinks his mother would have liked her. "Really?" asks Mimi. "No, not at all", twitters Stanley. They make out again and Stanley busts out with Manley as another possible nickname. (Of note, I would really love for Stanley to follow me around and zing one-liners at me all day. Think of how much more entertaining my life would be. The incessant fiddle music would also be playing.) They decide that Stimi really is the best choice, but before they can get Entertainment Tonight on the phone they are interrupted by Bonnie, who is loudly slamming things around to demonstrate her disapproval.
McDisgraced is staring at the ginormous eagle statue in front of the town hall. Symbolism! Jake arrives to say he's sorry, when Dale comes flailing over (seriously, he runs like a girl) to tell them that Mitchell is the real killer. Jake gets that crazy look in his eye. YES. Break out the Doritos, the fun is about to begin.
"So this is to be a battle of wits, is it!"
Jake and McConcerned head into the jail, where Gray is about to "move Jonah to a secure location", or more specifically, that big industrial compound in the sky. Gray says he formed a tribunal and they found him guilty. How Battlestar of you, Gray. Jake tells him about Mitchell's mini-confession, which Gray dismisses because no one else heard it and they have no proof. Exactly like the situation we have here with Jonah. Fabulous.
(Jonah Fabulous is a great name for a band.)
Jake calls him out and correctly predicts that Gray is just planning on killing Jonah in cold blood. But who's going to pull the trigger? Officer Dave Coulier? Officer Jimmy? No, it's all up to Gray. Jake forces Jonah down on his knees and dares Gray to kill him in front of everyone. Take the gun, he says, blow his brains out. Better make sure he's guilty though, or else you'll become a murderer yourself. Gray cocks the gun, aims, and then pussies out. Aw, come on. Just throw him out the airlock, I say.
After commercials, McSadness is packing up his office, plot-pointing that Jonah has agreed to leave town and never come back. But we all know he'll be back in ten years with an If I Did It book and TV special. Because by then Fox will be run by cyborgs and they won't care about "morality issues". The disgraced mayor warns Gray not to let democracy fail in the face of anger or fear, and Gray promises to watch out for that. McSnideRemark leaves, sneering, "Oh, I think we'll all be watching".
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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