September 27, 2006: Clouds Rolling In
Jericho
's layers are unfolding like the thick onion that it is... slowly and stubbornly with a little sting to the eyes. I like the personal relationships sparking within the larger picture: the harsh, defensive marriage between Robert Hawkins (more on him later) and his wife; Eric Green's (
Kenneth Mitchell) affair with the curly-haired bartender; Dale's concern for Skylar - who called him a "loser" in last week's episode. The Heather-Jake-Emily triangle, which has yet to be formed but is slowly brewing, has the most promising possibility of mixing old and new love and all the drama that comes with it. When Jake tells Emily he wants to keep her safe and she responds with "It's never safe around you," doors into the past are swung wide open.
Aside from the love stories within, I'm not sure how convincing the shelter process was. In those 90 minutes, the 1,000 Jericho residents were packed away in tight spaces, shut in with a mine explosion and able to gather enough food and drink for everyone? Despite the quick organization, I was shaken by the eerie picture of children jumping on beds, and dogs laying happily on the floor while chaos was happening around them - as if normalcy was trying to push its way through panic.
But what's more disturbing than disaster closing in on innocence was Robert Hawkins slowly pinning a map with thumbtacks: Denver. Atlanta. Chicago. Philadelphia. San Diego. And on and on and on... cities we didn't see. Who
are you, Hawkins?
There's a lot to take in. I am captivated by the personal stories that are under this gigantic umbrella, but now the rain has come in and I'm waiting to see what washes away and what surfaces.
