Jericho Boss Previews Season 2... and the Series Finale
The fate of CBS' Jericho after its second season, tentatively scheduled to launch in January, may still be up in the air. But Carol Barbee has a contingency plan. The executive producer shot an alternate ending in case the Eye decides to cancel the show for a second time.
"The ending that we planned was always meant to be a payoff for the seven-episode arc," Barbee told TV Guide at Wednesday night's Jericho Season 1 DVD release party. "It won't close off the whole story but it will show you where we would go in a third season." If the show isn't renewed, "It gives you a huge mythology so that you understand so much about what has happened," she says.
In the meantime, the next time we see Jericho, the town will, again, be in total chaos. "We leave on the brink of war with New Bern," said Barbee. "The government has broken up into f