After commercials, the townsfolk are flailing everywhere. Mama is totally fine, except she says that she can't hear. Aw, Bonnie will have a new friend. Grey clears the street and demands that the shelters and hospitals be opened up. Because they're closed right now? Did Eric barricade himself in the emergency room in an April-related hallucinatory rage? Grey gets Constantino on the radio and yells at him for, you know, bombing his town. Constantino gives him another hour to make his decision, then informs him that next time it will be three mortars, and the attacks will continue for as long as it takes for Grey to cave. Stanley runs off to find out where the missiles were launched from, and promises to take them out. Yeah. Good luck with that.
Darcy finds her husband in the mess. They're both kind of panicked, which is kind of cute I guess. I like when Hawkins stops acting like a know-it-all and starts getting real. The Real World: Jericho. They both agree that they need to get the kids out of there, then he tells her about a safe house in Montana. Which is great and all, but there's not really a way to get there. So, great plan, HAWKINS.
"Isn't this FUN?"
He starts yelling at the frightened citizenry to get themselves underground. You know, in the vast Jericho subway system. Darcy suggests that they maybe go home, so they do. Little Sam wanders into Hawkins' concrete basement lair, and Hawkins tells his wife that that's really where they should be, since it's reinforced and ruggedized and whatnot. They start looking at all of his SuperSecret Stuff. Darcy notices Sara's picture on his Big Board of Suspicions, so she shoos the kids out in order to have a talk with her husband. But before she can start yelling, he comes clean and tells her that there will be no more secrets. Except for the one about him dancing around in her underwear.
Grey and Company listen on the radio to Stanley, who is out in the woods. He's found the mortar cannons, and radios back that there are two of them on the back of a pickup truck near a bridge two miles out of town. There are ten men guarding it. Grey seems to think that Stanley and his ragtag team can take them all out, but Papa insists that they need more men first. Eric, in perhaps another post-traumatic fit, grabs the radio and tries to warn Stanley not to do anything. But Grey wrestles it back, says that it's his call, and tells Stanley to take them out.
Hawkins tells Darcy that he's not sure he can keep them safe. But whatevs. He says that she and the kids are what have gotten him through all of this, and then he apologizes for everything. She says that she missed him. They hug and kiss. Allison watches and smiles. I yawn. This family is cute and all, but I liked them better when they were shooting up the bad guys.
Grey and Company sit around and wait for word from Stanley, but nothing comes on the radio. The ground starts to shake and they hear explosions. He screams into the radio for Stanley, but there is no answer. Every single week Stanley's life is threatened. I no longer believe that the man can be killed. At the end of the world it'll just be him and the cockroaches and Keith Richards.
Later, Stanley returns (see?) with one other guy, who has been shot. He tells the crowd that more men had been waiting for them on both sides, and they wouldn't stop firing. Papa shoots a very I-told-you-so look at Grey. Stanley then says that everyone else is dead. This is the cue for Jake's weekly Fit of Anger. This week's installment is aimed squarely at Grey. Jake lunges at him, then is pulled off of him by his family (who are getting really good at that by now) and Papa murmurs that they're going to meet at Mary Bailey's. Ah, a good old fashioned coup. Where's my Coup Hat and Cape?
At the bar, the menfolk strategize and go over their plans. Papa reiterates that they are JUST scouting; they'll figure out what the deal is and then plan an attack. Emily pipes up and says that she's coming. Everyone wonders how in the hell a vagina made it into this meeting, but she insists that this is not a request and everyone just kind of looks vaguely confused. Soon these womenfolk will want the vote!
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Comments (3)
This was by far the best recap of the entire season!! I laughed out loud a few times. My coworkers are looking at me funny.
My biggest question during this whole episode: Whatever happened to that TANK the good people of Jericho stashed in Stanley's barn? Why aren't they hauling that out?
In any case, I still really like the show, and I think it's really getting good now that they've expanded to what's going on beyond Jericho.
1 of 3 | Posted by mandymax
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Posted on May 7, 2007 7:05 AM
mandy, I agree-great recap! And the show is getting more interesting, at least enough to keep me tuning in every week to see what happens. I'm just tired of the convenient plot lines, the easy outs by the writers. For instance, Emily who up until now has only been helping out in the hospital or other "safe" areas, suddenly decides she has to go on a scouting mission with Jake. Oh, how convenient, because she's along Jonah & his merry men don't shoot Jake & agree to help the town.
And wow did Grey recover quickly from his gunshot. And isn't it great that just when everyone thought the town would have no weapons to defend itself (thanks to Jonah), Hawkins decides that's the moment to unwrap his little present?
Although I have to say they (the writers) may be getting into new territory this week-my bet it's Papa that dies. Which kind of sucks cuz who doesn't love Major Dad?
2 of 3 | Posted by tvaholic
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Posted on May 7, 2007 9:35 AM
I have to admit I kinda fizzled on this show but caught back up this weekend. Great recap! Hawkins is a pretty princess! To make the seasons last shows memorable can Jake be shirtless?
3 of 3 | Posted by campfiregirl
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Posted on May 7, 2007 7:31 PM