After being canceled at the end of last season, Jerichowas granted a rare reprieve by CBS in the hopes that a small number of passionate fans would be able to create a hit. Unfortunately, this was not to be and we were left with a 7 episode second season full of too rushed stories culminating in exceptional ending (that is, if exceptional meant, “We’ve got to end it some way while also leaving open the possibility of a third season”). Still Jericho, a Red Dawn knock-off came closer to showing a society rebuilding itself after a disaster than other works in the apocolypse genre (I am Legend, 28 Days and Weeks Later, etc), and for that, I am eternally grateful.

(As an asside, I’m not sure why Jericho isn’t the perfect Saturday night TV show for one of the networks. It’s like the A-Team for a new generation, and if Friday Night Lights can find life on Direct TV, why can’t Jericho?)