Why JERICHO Is A CULT CLASSIC Worth Watching 

Hey Tots. I hope you enjoy this Lost and Found. Jericho is a wonderful show. The small town feel, with this large looming threat of the unknown was done wonderfully. It reminded me a lot of Lost, but just didn't have the network backing. Unfortunately, I forgot to add special thanks to my Patreon supporters. So, thank you James Quiqley, AngelicPadawan, LaShawn Johnson, Ryan Ellis, Kblrelf47, Josh, IAMJAFO, MousePounder and Chubby Monkey. Contributing to Patreon means the world to me AND helps me considerably. Thank you guys so much!

Season 1 of Jericho is a masterpiece, probably the most underrated show of all time!

I haven't been so invested in a show's characters in a long time. Their development and relationships were really well done, as was the acting. I am so emotionally drained after season 2. A bittersweet feeling, knowing what could've been and not wanting it to end. You could take away the whole terrorist plot and it would still shine because of the characters in this tightly-knit town. Let's be honest here... the real reason this show was cancelled, is because it struck a nerve in the intelligence community and found the bullseye... Jennings & Rally and Ravenwood.

I loved this show, its break down and reforming of society felt so organic

Jericho was one of my favorite shows as a kid. It felt heroic and adventurous, but also grounded and organic. Sorta pulpy in a way, and very _American,_ idk. The show was just so compelling to watch develop.

What I loved about this show is the sense of isolation and mystery about the nukes. The nukes are distant, you never see directly the disaster, only the consequences. Nobody know what happened, but you want to know and you discover some elements episode after episode at the same time as characters. Brillant scriptwritting.

i've rewatched this show more times than i can count. for me its just perfect i just wish it was longer.

Skeet Ulrich is so good in this show.

Show was really ahead of it's time, a serialized drama in an era of episodic comfort TV. It would absolutely kill nowadays if helmed by a competent showrunner.

My favourite character was Dale, the stockboy at the local market who takes over after the owner dies and his character development.

it still depresses me this story never got played out its honestly in py top 3 shows

This show was before its time. Makes me wonder what other shows fit into the category of "before it's time?"

Even after watching this show 15 years ago, I still think about it often. It's messages are still very relevant today.

Jericho hit too close to home for the American Establishment, it raised questions about serious topics like the usage of Private Military Contractors in both the battlefield and particularly on American soil if a National Security Emergency like what happened in Jericho were to take place, it brought up excellent questions about using Corporations with ties to Politicians who co incidentally used to be employees of said Corporations (Think Halliburton which Dick Cheney used to be the head of prior to becoming Vice President getting no bid contracts in the Billions to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan and remember in Jericho President Tomarchio of the Allied States had been the one of the youngest Senators in American history who just had also happened to be a top executive at Jennings And Rall before he became a Senator). It touched on at its abrupt end an impending Civil War between the USA and ASA with The Texas Republic expected to partner with or more likely rejoin the USA to fight against the ASA. Honestly it’s raised more poignant questions and hypothetical scenarios about an America where the ultimate attack came from within more than any other network backed show IMO that’s ever existed, it got too real for the establishment, anything remotely like this was most likely war gamed around a conference table in some boring government office in the DC area with scenarios and generic inputs being read off scripts by schlubs sipping on Coke and eating Jimmy Johns no thought of average Americans lives and how something like this would wipe out both millions and traumatize millions more, it would be clean and bureaucratic and remote enough in the governments minds to be pure fantasy. This series was very realistic in many aspects, it touched on average Americans and what they may do or have to to them by the government (even if by rogue elements) and it scared the hell out of the Establishment Elite, imagine an entire Season depicting a Second Civil War, it would’ve raised very profound questions I’m sure about personal liberties and government and corporate interconnection that no one on high wanted the general population asking each other Netflix tried to acquire the rights from Paramount/CBS to make more seasons and they turned it down, ever wonder why?

Was really pissed when I found out cbs turned down netflix buying the rights to the show, if they would have followed the novel and comics aka Civil War that would have been awesome. Of all the crap studios put out now you cant tell me Jericho wouldnt get decent ratings.

It's one of my favorite shows and I just finished watching it again. The way it grabs you from the beginning and seeing how the town reacts. It's amazing how you can like some characters, then dislike them, then like them again. Stan saying goodbye to Bonnie crushes me every time. Anyway, I love this show, all 2 seasons of it, such a shame it didn't go on.

such an amazing show, and im still mad it was cancelled. i love alternate history shit like this too!

It’s an amazing show wish it was still on Netflix

Love this show! it felt somewhat real! And it exposed me to Lennie James for the first time. Absolutely fantastic actor!

Currently rewatching again. One of my favourites along with ROME Never gets old.

This was one of my favorite shows of all time. I’m gutted that it ended so quickly

Thank god someone is finally talking about this show!

Most underated channel on RU-vid! You really out here remaining me of all these shows I forgot about from my teen years

I saw Jericho in Latin America at the time, and about 15 years later, I consider it a true hidden gem and a highly respected cult series. A vibrant series that still captivates me to this day.

I wish they made a third season this is one of the most underrated show ever right next to firefly also I did not know they made a comic can't wait to read it.

Just started re-watching this gem today, am on season 1 at the moment. Absolutely love this show. Would be great to have it rebooted or remade, I think it would do well! Great story and interesting characters too.

For some reason I was thinking of this show today, so I searched on here and found your video! I loved this show and wish it did run longer than it did. I do have the DVD set so luckily I can watch it anytime. It would be awesome if it would come back!

This is one of my favorite shows of all time. Great review!

This was a great show with an equally great cast, and had awesome potential. Sadly it didn't have the following to keep it going.

Last year i watch season 1 and 2 of Jericho and man it was great, in concept Jericho is a simple show but man it really deserved more popularity.

I think everyone in 2024 should watch Jericho season 1, and season 2 most of all. The way the worlds governments are looking today (Especially the US), the way the USA gov is portrayed it doesn't even look like a parody anymore. Hiring mercs and skimming money off the top, restricting what people can sell and trade, downplaying major virus outbreaks and not letting people disrepute vaccines. Sadly what the show doesn't portray is the people who are so mentally warped they think the world is all sunshine and rainbows.

Wow, so much references now a days, year 2022

Never Forget..... Mayor Johnston Green, 1944-2007

When the dad died I cried my eyes out like a baby

Such a gem me and my wife just watched the whole series this week!

I’ve recently started watching this and now it’s my fav show

A NETFLIX show would have been awesome

I love this show. Nice video.

Just watched the series. This was made before its time. Loved it, wish there were more episodes.

this show was amazing. I loved the entire storyline and wish it was 3x longer. we had to wait so long between seasons and for the longest time didnt even think we would get anything else.

This was such a good show. Might have to check out the comics. It’s a shame that these corporations horde the rights to these shows like Dragons with gold pile. They want to hold onto it because they might do something later with it. The same could be said about Star Gate and Firefly.

*I liked the follow-up comic too.*

I have always felt that maybe Jericho was exposing some things that some didn't want said..... same with Revolution and the rebooted V series (not the alien part but other things).

Just finished the second season and immediately searched for an analysis, unfortunately this is the only video on the show I could find :( great job on this video tho!!!

Excellent show and can still be watched on Paramount plus. A lot can be learned from this show.

Loved the show. There were a few bits that didn't work for me but the overwhelming majority was amazing. The show had some real gut punches and surprises.

big issue was that this was the dawn of online viewing and the studios didnt count online viewing. the published ratings were fairly low since they only counted Nielson..

We watched Jericho season 1 in school. It was so good at depicting the aftermath of an apocalyptic event it was allowed to be watched.

Was a great show, have on disc to rewatch

This is one show I have and will rewatch hundreds of times

This was such an underrated show.

I was just having a conversation with a friend about some of the greatest post apocalyptic shows and I brought this one up but he never saw it. Had to find a video that talked about it so I could remember if it was really that good or not. Seems I was right, might need to go and rewatch since I have paramount subscription.

Just lost Kenneth Mitchell(Eric Green). RIP sir.

Rewatching the seasons tonight, it’s an annual must binge for me. I wish it got the attention that lessers shows have received.

just rewatched it all for a third time, was free on amazon prime video last time i checked

i re watch the show every year still so good!

Jericho is my all time fav tv show.

If the show were to be brought back (in theory), Netflix would probably destroy it. Amazon however... that wouldn't be a bad idea. I bet they could make it work.

To date, my favorite show ever. I don't think it's the "best show ever." I think Game of Thrones takes that crown, but the people of Jericho are my family. I would gladly spend any holiday with Stimi, or Jake and Emily, or Dale and Skylar, etc... CBS has forever earned my wrath for not selling the series to Netflix so the fans could enjoy it.

Be cool if the fans of this show could petition Netflix or Amazon to pick up a reboot.

So people demand the show to return and literally resurrected it's corpse but then didn't turn up to watch it?

Jericho was awesome.

Ugh. Fantastic show, top-notch acting and a great plot. Lennie James and Skeet were superb.

I watched this show with my father 2 or 3 years ago, and was really disappointed to see it cancelled, I watched it because I like Fallout, and ended up enjoying the show way more than I thought I would. Would love to see a continuation of the show’s plot at some point in the future wether that be in show or a comic book.

Great show , wished it was still being made , just an observation Jennings & rall in modern terms would be blackrock investment firm , Largest GDP in the world in order USA , China and blackrock . Come back jericho

It was a really good show, too bad the American public didn't appreciate it.

This along with Stargate Universe for me are perfect examples of shows that were just a bit too early to be on streaming and succeed, haven't rewatched Jericho in a while now but reckon I might just do that now

Jericho is second best TV show ever made

Ive bought the series on dvd twice and have the digits on my Afghanistan hard drive. It was part of my rotation when the pandemic kicked off and i was running Wal-Mart out of Cheyenne. I came up with 2 lists on what would change to make the show better.

Absolutely loved this show

Nice, Nate's finally doing a video on the first ever undisputed champion Chris Jericho. BREAK THE WALL DOOWWWNNNN

#CBS needs to catch a hint and sell the show to Netflix. The fact that people are still talking about it 16 years later says something!

This show easily could have gone on 8 seasons or more. The two seasons were riveting full of mystery and you have the dichotomy between the breakdown of society; how people try to survive. And I’m he factor of what happened who and how! It was definitely character driven, but it would have been awesome to see it expand into the broader picture. Like we start just like the towns inhabitants, completely clueless about what’s happening or why, but so invested in these people making it. Would love to have seen how they could merge the civil war, the fixing of the destruction, and had that theme of perseverance with the ending being basically a somewhat hopeful note. Shame they canceled this with all the asinine stupid quite shite bs cop shows!

It was a great show so theoretically realistic that they cancelled it. And now here we are in 2023 and it looks like this might be a reality with the current events happening

I remember my first time watching not knowing of the sudden cancellation and having the biggest blue balls.

It was great, so glad I got to see both seasons. It deserved more, but most shows that make you think outside the box get canned fast.

Amazing show was hooked from the start. I loved it. I know its been way too long for it to come back. I do like the overall story so wouldnt mind maybe a remake about other people in the same event? Maybe like the people who were in NY and had to travel.

Jericho was a terrific show. Initially I was drawn to the premise of the show, and the setting, I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic stories. But, it was the characters that kept me hooked. The chemistry was fantastic across most of the ensemble cast. I'm not a "shipper" by nature, but even I was won over with the Stanley/Mimi dynamic, they were so great together. I rewatched the show last month, probably the 4th or 5th time I've watched it now, and it still hurts every time I get to the end, it deserved so much more. Similar story to Jeremiah, another post-apocalyptic series that died before its time. If I could bring back any show I wanted, it would be a toss up between Jericho or Jeremiah......or Firefly ;)

Best show I've seen to date

Tonight’s the western stars are falling bright again.- Bruce Springsteen forever ❤️

I didn't watch TV at the time that this show aired. Watched it later on Netflix and I loved it. Was sad when it I hit the final episode.

Loved this show, I really wanted a few more seasons to finish the story properly

Why on earth was this cancelled after one season? The cast and story was top notch. It resonated with viewers and always had great numbers... so why cancel it?

I never new this show existed until a couple yrs ago. But it became one of my favorite shows. Hatted that CBS took it off. They've done to a lot of great TV shows over the yrs. And not just CBS

I loved this show as a kid

Great video. Thanks for highlighting one of my favorite shows of all-time. Also, another reason why I don't see Jericho being revived; it is much too "political" for the current era. Unfortunately, most of the film industry would not look kindly upon promoting libertarian ideals.

Farscape, Jericho, Firefly, The Expanse are shows that are on my top 10 best shows all time.

One of the best shows I have ever seen… Ever…. Lennie crushed it. Mcraney crushed it. They all crushed it.

This show is amazing!

Show will always hold up. It could have been better but not much. The storyline and the main characters were just fantastic. 100% my favorite show of all time. Was sad to see it cancel and was recently sad to see it wasn't on Netflix anymore. I bought it on RU-vid.

I watch it every couple years. I also have the graphic novels on my kindle

6:18 Jake should have said DEEZ NUTS

I have season 1 & 2 dvds and the season 3 and 4 comics.

I really did enjoy this show but the one thing that really bugged me was not filming on location. I assume it was filmed in California (hence mountains, big hills, etc) but western Kansas is flat AF. And Denver is far enough away that you wouldn't see the mushroom cloud on the horizon. But those quibbles aside, it was a solid show.

one of the best dramas ever made. for a water down American censored tv show it was beyond interesting. and i can't be the only one that thinks it's possible that some outside influences caused it to be canceled so abruptly.

Any link to watch the series again?

Was the date Feb 20, 2022 in Jericho? Where can I watch this series?

I have inside information we could see a return of jericho not far from 2024 with some of the original cast but we need your help yall!! You guys did it once u can do it again this is our best chance but also our last chance to revive Jericho let them know we want more and if it does come back it will be better then ever before the plans they have sound incredible but we gotta act fast spread the word!!❤️

I so wish this show dared to have 5 seasons. The world lost something. It was one of the best shows ever. But maybe some of the writing of season 2 sent them away from the brilliant Season 1.

I just rewatched season 1. It is such a great show and the death of some characters is just jarring. Great acting and storytelling. There is just nothing that comes even close today. I don’t subscribe to any streaming series because they have so many shows that I’m not interested in or that are just plain garbage. I have Jericho season 1 and 2 on BluRay, I only could find the German edition (Jericho: Der Anschlag) because it has the original English audio track on it and English subs I bought that.