Pilot
- Episode aired Sep 20, 2006
- TV-PG
- 39m
A small Kansas town struggles with life after a nuclear attack destroys America.A small Kansas town struggles with life after a nuclear attack destroys America.A small Kansas town struggles with life after a nuclear attack destroys America.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the introduction, the Morse code spells out "Jericho Pilot".
- GoofsThe series take place in Kansas, but the mushroom cloud rises from mountains. Mountains aren't visible from Kansas.
- Quotes
Johnston Green: Hey, Shep? You said earlier that you had heard that speech before. Ever ask yourself why I say it? 'Cause I happen to trust you people. 'Cause I love my town. Now, something happened in Denver, in Atlanta, and it could be that we wake up and find out that's where it stopped. But, until we know, are we going to use our imaginations to solve problems or to cause them? Now, we can get the power back on. We can find out how big this thing is. If we have to we can fight. We can fight anybody, we can fight all enemies. The only way that's going to happen is if we work together. Now, go on home. We'll meet tomorrow at the town hall. And folks, don't you break my heart again.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Pilot Episodes of TV Dramas (2014)
Lights go out a few hours after explosion. Not during the day when the explosion happened, but AT NIGHT. That's a must. An angry crowd is looting a gas station. We can't do without it in a post-apocalyptic show!!!
A bus carrying children is stranded after it hits a deer. The driver is killed... BY WHOM? BY WHAT? The deer's family came in to show them who runs the city? Some outcast character performs a tracheotomy on a first grader. Where did he learn to do it? In a military school! Of course! Who need a university degrees if a self-proclaimed "screw-up" can do it!
BS-du-jour: Bus filled with children runs out of gas. Really? How was the driver going to return home? Anyway, the children must "walk to the stop sign, turn left"... And this is where a FIRST GRADER asks The Question: "Which way is left?". I mean, yes, I heard complaints that American school education is not what it used to be, but... THAT BAD!?!?
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- Sep 26, 2020