Jericho 2x04

[vaznetti]

And this is what Jericho does really, really well.


Oh, Bonnie. This is what I love about Jericho, the way they build characters so slowly you barely even notice, and then everything comes together in a moment like that: Bonnie picking up the shotgun to defend her home and Mimi. And she was amazing, but not amazing enough. I loved the way it was filmed, how you didn't hear the sounds themselves, just saw the play of light and shadow, just as Bonnie would have.

Thank you Jericho, for making me come to like a character, and then killing her off so beautifully. I'm really not surprised that CBS wanted to cancel this show, because it's complicated and demanding.

There was other stuff, wasn't there, but the end, and Bonnie's death, kind of made me forget about it. But Heather was there (and a really bad liar, I thought), and Beck may turn out to be both smart and honest. At least, he knows exactly how rotten the government he serves is, and it will be interesting to see whether he changes his "go along to save the people under me" MO in light of this.

I am unsure of what to think of Hawkins' mysterious informant -- it all feels like it's being laid on a bit thick, somehow.

Dale's subplot, on the other hand, was excellent -- because he remains such a crook at heart, but he's a crook they need, and every now and then it's clear that he does see himself as part of the community, not external to it (which I suppose is how he differs from Jonah). The scene in the bar, where it seems like the whole town is in on the conspiracy to keep Dale smuggling, was great. But I also loved how the episode made it clear how young he still is -- I loved how despite all their planning, he was still vulnerable when Goetz decided to take him out. Although I really do wonder what things were like everywhere else during the last year. I mean, I know it's dramatic convention, but can Jericho really be the only town where people are protesting this kind of thing? I prefer to imagine that the same thing is happening in towns all across the west.

Goetz, meanwhile, remains a satisfyingly monochrome villain -- and scary, too.

Am I the only one who's kind of shipping Beck and Heather? I know Beck has a wife out there somewhere, so I feel bad about this -- but I suspect that unavailability makes him just Heather's type. And I'm not sure how beck will take her stealing from his office, when he finds out.

I can't wait for next week, to see how everyone reacts -- to Bonnie's death, to what they learned in this episode, everything. I want to know what happens next.

This is such a good show.

Comments

[yahtzee63.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am totally with you on that Beck/Heather train. Take heart! HIs wife might be dead!

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Me too! When he said that that other officer accusing her was what was wrong I just went *clunk* for the first time for them. She probably is dead and he will need Heather after he has gotten over his enormous guilt.

[vaznetti]

Of course, when he finds out that the sergeant was right, he may feel differently about how he responded there! But they will need each other when they both find out how corrupt the Cheyenne government is.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Of course, when he finds out that the sergeant was right, he may feel differently about how he responded there

But he will know it was for a noble cause and forgive her. I have a whole scenario worked out so it must happen. Yes.

[vaznetti]

I am so glad I'm not the only one who thinks their scenes are full of UST!

Take heart! HIs wife might be dead!

Hee! Oh, fandom.

[se-parsons.livejournal.com]

Beck/Heather is about the only interesting pairing on the show other than Hawkins/wife.

[vaznetti]

They have a lot of UST, that's for sure. I've been seeing it all season.

Good Review

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Gwen
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Re: Good Review

[vaznetti]

Thank you! It looks like a useful site.

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

Not reading until I see it, but D.B. Sweeney YAY!!!!!!!!!

[vaznetti]

He is a very scary villain, here.

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

He is! *dances*

:D

[cofax7]

I am unsure of what to think of Hawkins' mysterious informant -- it all feels like it's being laid on a bit thick, somehow.


Good point. I am assuming the informant is someone we already know, who is disguising their voice. We already know them because we're halfway through this truncated season and they can't keep introducing new opponents.

I do agree there's some interesting interpersonal dynamics in the Beck-and-Heather scenes, but then Sprague Grayden seems to be very good at chemistry with her colleagues. It'll be interesting if they take that anywhere (in the three episode we have left!).

At least now we know why they said Mimi and Stanley were going to have some "twists and turns"...

[vaznetti]

I hope that the informant is someone we know -- although it's not clear to me who that might be at this point.

It'll be interesting if they take that anywhere (in the three episode we have left!).

I suspect it's something that they might have worked through in a full season, but will be left to the imagination (and to fanfic?) in what they got -- but they do have excellent chemistry. I think Heather's is actually better with Beck than it was with Jake.

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

I finally watched it...and OMG! BONNIE!

Beautiful, wonderful scene, Bonnie protecting her house, Mimi, shooting like a farm girl probabily knows how to shoot (I've been told, can't prove it, but it makes sense), and maybe Goetz would have only taken the documents, maybe not...

And Stanley. OMG, Stanley, who defended J&R (I think that's the name?) and now, look what's happened.

Beautiful episode.

I'm totally in love with Beck (Morales) and I hope he'll survive the next few eps. And yes, Beck and Heather, there might be something there.

I love how Jake's words to convince Beck to give Dale to them were to the effect of his young age. I loved it.

Goetz, eh. D.B. Sweeney can do no wrong in my eyes. The character is hateful, but so good at it!

I can't wait for next week either. I think they had to lay it all a bit think because of the 'only 7 eps' issue, which really is unfair, sigh. And Hawkins. Hawkins is one of the toughest, strongest, mot intelligent character I have seen in a LONG while.

[vaznetti]

Bonnie's scene was just amazing: and yes, maybe Goetz only wanted the ledger, but she can't count on that, given what she's seen already. I thought it was perfectly in character, as well. And yes, poor Stanley -- he thought Jennings and Rall were the good guys, and they aren't. And Mimi, too -- it was her assumption that they were basically honest that brought Goetz to the farm.

I love Beck, too, and want to see what he'll do now that he knows about Valente. And watching him work with Hawkins is great, too.