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A friendly warning: “Thoughts On…” will be examining episode of television shows that have already aired to completion in the United States, be forewarned that these posts will contain spoilers. So, if you haven’t seen Jericho and don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.

Thoughts on Jericho – “9:02″

The fifth episode of Jericho was originally broadcast on October 25th, 2006. The town loses power again due to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) while everyone is out watching a barrage of missiles soar through the air. Everything electronic will no longer function. More importantly, a man from Jake’s past returns to town, bringing in his wake a slew of trouble.

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A friendly warning: “Thoughts On…” will be examining episode of television shows that have already aired to completion in the United States, be forewarned that these posts will contain spoilers. So, if you haven’t seen Jericho and don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.

Thoughts on Jericho – “Federal Response”

The fourth episode of Jericho was originally broadcast on October 18th, 2006. Power is suddenly restored to the town and a message from Homeland Security arrives through the telephone, on television and on the Internet telling everyone to stay put.  Unfortunately, a power surge causes fires throughout town.

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A friendly warning: “Thoughts On…” will be examining episode of television shows that have already aired to completion in the United States, be forewarned that these posts will contain spoilers. So, if you haven’t seen Jericho and don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.

Thoughts on Jericho – “Walls of Jericho”

The fourth episode of Jericho was originally broadcast on October 11th, 2006. A man named Victor is found in town, sick from radiation poisoning and warning that “they” are coming.  Meanwhile, gasoline for the generators keeping the clinic open and the bar’s satellite TV operating is running low.

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A friendly warning: “Thoughts On…” will be examining episode of television shows that have already aired to completion in the United States, be forewarned that these posts will contain spoilers. So, if you haven’t seen Jericho and don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.

Thoughts on Jericho – “Four Horsemen”

The third episode of Jericho was originally broadcast on October 4th, 2006.  Picking up where the second episode left off, it saw the residents of Jericho digging out after the radioactive rain came through town.  They learn more about what has happened to the country.  But more questions raised than answers given.

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A friendly warning: “Thoughts On…” will be examining episode of television shows that have already aired to completion in the United States, be forewarned that these posts will contain spoilers. So, if you haven’t seen Jericho and don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.

Thoughts on Jericho – “Fallout”

The second episode of Jericho was originally broadcast on September 27th, 2006.  It dealt with the town of Jericho dealing with the impending arrival of radioactive fallout from the nuclear strike in Denver. Here are our thoughts:

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We’re introducing a new family of posts relating to television here at Lower Decks. They won’t be reviews as much as random musings in response to episodes of different shows.  The first thing we’re going to apply “Thoughts On…” to is Jericho, due to the fact that it recently began airing on The CW and is thus easy to access.  If the response to “Thoughts on Jericho” is good we might expand to other shows (SCI FI will be showing repeats of Invasion and Moonlight in January of 2009).

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