"Jericho" Rogue River (2006)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Guy Norman Bee

Writers:

Jonathan E. Steinberg (creator) &
Josh Schaer (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Jericho" (2006)

Original Air Date:

8 November 2006 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Jake and Eric go on a desperate mission to get medicine for their father, but what they find at the hospital may prevent them from ever returning. |

Plot Keywords:

Kansas | Small Town | Nuclear Attack | Gun Shot | Water Shortage

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 21

12:00 PM

SYFY

Rogue River

#1.8

Cast

Skeet Ulrich	...	Jake Green
Ashley Scott	...	Emily Sullivan
Lennie James	...	Robert Hawkins
Sprague Grayden	...	Heather Lisinski
Kenneth Mitchell	...	Eric Green
Michael Gaston	...	Gray Anderson
Pamela Reed	...	Gail Green
Gerald McRaney	...	Johnston Green
D.B. Sweeney	...	John Goetz
Darby Stanchfield	...	April Green
Bob Stephenson	...	Jimmy
Aasif Mandvi	...	Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
Theo Rossi	...	Randy Payton
April Parker-Jones	...	Darcy Hawkins (as April D. Parker)
Jazz Raycole	...	Allison Hawkins

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Netherlands:12

Trivia:

The Morse Code at the beginning means "ROB NOT FBI"

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: About 12:50 into the episode, just after the boys talk about the mercenaries and before they get up off the floor, one of the 'dead' soldiers is seen obviously breathing.

Quotes:

[to Eric]
Randy Payton: You wanna live? Stand up and fight.

back on track?

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

After the desperately bad previous two or three episodes Jericho is back on track with this week series. At least two of the three plot lines this time are interesting enough and this is because they leave soap opera aside for clean good action. Jake and Eric go on a trip to look for medicine to save their father's life and encounter a group of rogue mercenaries we'll certainly deal with in the coming episodes, while Robert's family go through an interrogation from their suspicious neighbors. On the way we learn something more about the past of both Jake and Robert, and what we learn makes sense. The only less interesting plot line is happening in the mayor's house, with a McGyver trick trying to win a few more hours for his life to be saved in the last five seconds while it's still possible. We also get some more information about the nature of the nuclear incident that triggered the story, although I have reasons to believe we are still far from knowing what the authors keep from us in store. The final gives good hints about what we shall deal with in the coming episodes and there is hope again for 'Jericho'.