Hello, fellow fans of bland Kansas apocalypses. I apologize for the missing recap last week, due to technical difficulties and a random elephant stampede through my living room I was unable to get around to it. But here's what happened: The guys who had gone to New Bern in exchange for windmill generators returned, all except our dear boy Eric. Jack, the little puppy dog that he is, of course jumps right up and runs off to New Bern to rescue his big brother. He and Hawkins break into the big "windmill generator factory" they have there, only to find out that they're actually making weapons, and are gearing up for a war on Jericho. I doubt a tiff between two small Kansas towns qualifies as a "war", but I digress. The New Berners even have an inventory and a nice little map that outlines all of Jericho and marks out how much land everyone will get once they take over. Not surprisingly, Jake gets caught and is thrown in jail. Hawkins is still on the loose, and Eric, who Jake finally finds in the slammer, tells him that Heather is dead. NOW HOW WILL WE MAKE ICE?!
Dale and Skylar, both of whom have worn out their welcome about seventeen episodes ago, are also still up to no good. One of their deals with the New Berners has gone sour, and now Officer Dave Coulier and Grey (who seems to have recovered nicely from the BULLET WOUND TO THE STOMACH) run up to the salt mines to find a bunch of angry people beginning to riot.
Meamwhile, Hawkins, still skulking around New Bern, shows up at Ted's house. Ted is a good guy. He helped out Jake and Hawkins in the last episode, and he also used to be friends with Heather. Maybe he's the one who taught her how to turn poop into ice.
Constantino, the mayor/sheriff/führer of New Burn, is interrogating Jake. He asks where Hawkins is, but Jake isn't answering and wants to know what happened to Heather. Jake, do you really care? I know I don't. Constantino orders Jake back to his cell, and Jake yells some more, which is apparently all he's good for these days.
Jake tries to talk to Eric, who is beyond depressed and isn't really in it to win it anymore. He says that he doesn't want to go back to Jericho, because it's too painful. Yeah, a world without April is truly one of horror. Such a vibrant personality, wasted. It's too much to bear! Jake starts blabbing on about how when they were young, there was a meteor shower that he wanted to wake up Eric for, but Eric kept telling him to go away so he ended up missing it. Well, Jake's not giving up on him this time. I could be wrong, but I think what Jake's trying to say here is that he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up.
"Man, Idol Gives Back was depressing. Damn those adorable African kids and their infectious spirit! Where's my wallet?!"
Grey, back at the salt mine, is trying to get rid of the New Berners. It's not working. Dale and Skylar are whining about something or other, things get heated, shots ring out, and it becomes a full-scale riot. FINALLY.
Later, the hospital is flooded with the injured. Mama is running around like a crazy woman, trying to tend to the patients and provide some semblance of organization. Apparently this place is just falling apart without April's wimpy guidance. Skylar has twisted her ankle, which serves her right for...I don't know...being so annoying. She apologizes to a nearby woman whose son was shot, and the woman snaps back at her, saying that her father sure would be proud of her. I mean, his daughter's antics caused a riot, isn't that the dream of every parent?
Mary Bailey is pestering Mama about Eric, but she doesn't have TIME for this. Mama tries to make her help out with, you know, the dozen or so people bleeding to death, but Mary quickly fails at this and is subsequently shooed away. Eric sure can pick the winners.
"I'M A DELIGHT."
Grey is yelling in his office, which is pretty much all he's been doing since he became mayor. Papa comes in to inform him that one of the riot victims has died. Papa Green always knows how to brighten up a room. Russell tries to make a deal with Grey, but he just continues yelling. Russell tells Papa that his sons are in New Bern, which prompts Papa to pack his bags and run after them. So I guess some of Jake's stupidity comes from genetics.
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Comments (5)
I actually enjoyed this episode because the realities of a barbaric, survival of the fittest, post-apocalyptic world are finally being shown.
For so long, the fact that 23 Nuclear bombs went off was like a side-story. The main problems up until now have been an ER style pregnancy gone bad, tension in love triangles, and other such trivial nonsense.
Society has just been flipped on its head and is being to rearrange itself after the end of the world as we know it. Isn't there enough material to work with there without going into the crappy soap opera drivel?
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Posted on April 26, 2007 6:55 PM
How exactly was Jericho supposed to warn New Bern about Ravenwood? No one warned Jericho and they barely managed keep them out. I thought most towns had figured out by now that they are all on their own when it comes to defense. Dummies probably tried to set up an alliance with Ravenwood and it backfired on them once they let them past the checkpoint. I cannot wait for Jericho to pull out their tank on New Bern when they try to take over.
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Posted on April 27, 2007 7:21 AM
One of the best recaps I have read in a long time, thank you!
Maybe I'm wierd, but i liked all the action in this ep., it needed it. I agree with Nate, there is so much the show could tap into & they are concentrating too much on story lines that could easily be on any other show, rather than ideas unique to this situation.
Does anyone else think Dale is a little psycho? I get the heebie-jeebies from that kid.
Also, I have a question. Because I'm not always paying total attention whle I'm watching, they may have covered this & I missed it, but the whole salt thing. (Salt Mine Riot!!) Ok, I know salt is key for preserving food, but from the looks of it there's not much meat around to preserve. Am I just completely missing why the salt is so damn important??
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Posted on April 27, 2007 8:47 AM
tvaholic, I couple episodes back, wise Papa Green was extoling the many virtues of salt, including food preservation and medical uses and how wars were waged over it and it used to be the currency in Egypt and Rome blah blah blah.
I can only imagine that it would important if only as a currency. Other people (who do have food) might need it, so it would be handy to have on hand. It's kinda like money today... does that 20 in your pocket have any real value? I suppose you could write a little note on it, but that's it. A lot of it has to do with the perception that it has value.
But anyway, once I read your post, I had to agree. I would be more interested in having things like food and water myself. But if they ever get that food they need, they'll have all the seasoning they need! Jericho wins again!
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Posted on May 1, 2007 12:27 AM
"But if they ever get that food they need, they'll have all the seasoning they need! Jericho wins again!" (Nate, #4)
ROFL!! Just imagine if they also had control of a warehouse full of BBQ sauce...
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Posted on May 3, 2007 2:43 PM