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vaznetti

Jericho: Why We Fight

May 09, 2007 23:24

So this week, I have two things to say. First of all, why are you not watching this show? And second, this show, this show I used to think didn't have a lot of emotional depth, this show made me cry tonight. This was one hell of a season finale.

( notes on Jericho 1x22: Why We Fight )

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cofax7 May 10 2007, 02:30:00 UTC

::closes eyes to spoilers;:

I thought about watching the finale (I'm in a hotel in DC tonight), but figured that would be done. I'm planning to watch over the summer, if there are dvds or if they repeat.

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vaznetti May 10 2007, 02:50:25 UTC

YOU MUST SEE IT! it was a really amazing episode. (And you don't get Space Channel, am I right? because of course they have the reruns. Darn.)

madripoor_rose May 10 2007, 02:50:23 UTC

Lurking in from Likeadeuce's friendslist. I thought I was the only one watching Jericho! I quoted the same line from Johnston as you did. I was a little surprised by his death, we already had a near miss with him early on when Heather made ice to get his fever down and the boys went to Rogue River for the doctor. I thought Stan was doomed by cliches, now that he and Mimi and Bonnie have bonded as a family group. And I agree, that moment when Heather looked up and saw the redesigned flag was just amazing.

vaznetti May 10 2007, 02:56:10 UTC

Another Jericho fan! (there are so few of us!)

I remember Johnston's near-miss, of course, but I guess I figured it had to come eventually. It was a shock, but not a surprise, exactly. And that was a beautiful line. I think I would have been even more upset if Stan had died, to be honest -- it would have seemed so random, and so cruel, even if he did have the "dead meat" label on his forehead. (I suppose there's always next season!)

I'm so glad that you were struck by the moment Heather sees the new flag -- it was just so wrong, and so striking.

madripoor_rose May 10 2007, 03:19:43 UTC

On Johnston's line, though, I have to wonder how Ravenwood cleaned New Bern out so thoroughly that they've been forced to invade if they had a CostCo. (we don't have them locally but it's something like Sam's Club, yes?) Even discounting spoilage without power, there would be enough food for months from there alone.

vaznetti May 10 2007, 11:54:18 UTC

Even discounting spoilage without power, there would be enough food for months from there alone.

I wondered that, too. But the food-shortage plotline was really poorly thought out -- I've commented, and so have a lot of other people, that there's no way people would be that short of food, Ravenwood and a hard winter or not. So I just handwave a lot.

yahtzee63 May 10 2007, 03:22:47 UTC

I may have teared up during the death scene. Gerald McRaney really knocked that out of the ballpark.

Great, great finale -- suspenseful, tight, moving, insightful and wrenching as all get out. Cap this with Stanley cracking wise at his parents' graves, and you have a true winner of an episode. God, please, yes, a season two.

vaznetti May 10 2007, 11:38:02 UTC

I didn't really cry until the final flashback scene with Jake, really. But I was on the seat of my chair for the entire episode.

I really want another season two! But Hawkins! the army is coming for him!

thepouncer May 10 2007, 03:51:48 UTC

It was totally and completely awesome.

Johnston's limit for weirdness was terrific - that line sums up the complete and utter surreality the characters *should* be feeling. And I was sad that he died, when at the beginning of the season I suffered from Post-Hearst Stress Disorder from McRaney's role on Deadwood and would flinch every time he appeared on screen. Good on you, GM, for making me care.

Yay for Heather! Even if her actions bring more complications, they did not need to go to war with New Bern. And hopefully she'll make it back to town next season, which they BETTER HAVE!

vaznetti May 10 2007, 11:41:27 UTC

And I was sad that he died, when at the beginning of the season I suffered from Post-Hearst Stress Disorder from McRaney's role on Deadwood and would flinch every time he appeared on screen.

Me too! I used to have to tell myself, OK, this isn't Hearst, you don't hate him and you don't secretly want him dead, whenever he came on screen.

I am so glad about Heather! She's a great character, when you think about it -- she's smart and brave and she takes risks and solves problems -- and it's all so understated, on the show.