Are you watching Jericho or Six Degrees?  Join Sherry and Dianna and give voice to your praise of, or frustration with, two of the big new network offerings!  Click the add comment button at the bottom to join the discussion.

Jericho

Dianna: 

Here is a show that I think I may be watching solely because I am trying to figure out whether or not I really think Skeet Ulrich is hot.  Seriously, I just can’t decide.  I love TiVo, with it I miss very little of what is out there.  So far I find myself ending each episode thinking well now what?  I have not formed an attachment to any character, nor am I particularly enthralled by the story premise.  Perhaps it may have to do with my limited knowledge of any and all thing scientific but I just don’t get it.  Last week everyone in town buckled down and took their butts indoors to await the fall of acid (I think) rain.  So what do they do next week?  Is any of this based on true fact?  Can they go outside once it stops raining?  Won’t the air and water and natural food sources be forever contaminated?  I dunno.  Maybe you have to be smart to watch this.  For now, I have the time…so as long as it records, I’ll probably still watch.

Sherry:

I hate to say it, but I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out whether he’s hot or not and he might not appreciate my findings.  I really thought he was, until I saw this show.  I don’t know if it’s him or the writing or the character or what, but it’s really not working for me.  He needs some new expressions, I swear, his face never changes!  As for the concept, I agree with you completely, I simply don’t get it.  It would seem that everything outside should be contaminated.  Why wasn’t the air itself contaminated if the rain was?  They holed up and then piped in air from outside…don’t get it.  Did all the birds die because they’re a little higher up than humans, or what?  It feels very much as though this is an attempt to capitalize on the success of “Lost”, so instead of stranded on an island we have stranded in small town America.  There are plenty of highly intelligent people in small towns all over this land, but – and this may be fortunate for the rest of the surviving society in this tale - most of them don’t reside in Jericho.  Last week, the pretty blonde who met up with the fake police officers didn’t bat an eye when they sat in a car marked “Jericho Sheriff” (or something similar) and asked her if there was a gas station nearby.  Police officers, lost in their own small town jurisdiction?  Really?  The only thing that has hooked me at all is the ex-cop dude who keeps coming up with all the answers – there is something suspicious about him and if there’s more to that story I would be mildly impressed.  Otherwise, it’s just kind of disheartening to watch this town lumber about while the world is maybe ending.  Even the people in charge seem clueless.  I wanted to like it, I really did. 

Six Degrees

Dianna:

This is a show that after 2 episodes I am growing fonder of.  I like the characters involved.  The ones that we have met are much more than just one-dimensional figures.  We have the Public attorney infatuated with a girl who so obviously has some serious skeletons in her closet.  There is the driver with a checkered past of violence, a brother on the wrong side of law and a new crime that he has committed in the name of family.  He wears his guilt on his sleeve and you see his true desire to better than this.  Than we have the photographer desperately trying to reclaim his life after years of alcohol abuse and form a new connection with his son.  There is the big shot executive who desperately wants to get married, but is fully unaware of her fiance’s secrets.  One by one, each week, each one of these characters lives intersects in New York City.  The threads are being sewn together and it is a very interesting concept to watch.  At this point I am definitely going to keep tuning in.

Sherry:

I’m really enjoying this one too!  I’ve always been really intrigued with the idea of how little things you do can affect someone you don’t even know (I’m sure there must be a fancy word for that concept?), and this plays on that very nicely.  One character is having a bad day and drops some change, leaving behind a penny.  Another finds it, considers it good luck and places a bet that pays off big just when he needs it.  The acting is solid, Jay Hernandez as Carlos is just so sweet and kind of naïve – you just want to hug him.  The Damien (the driver with the checkered past) story really intrigues me, now that he personally knows the guy defending the man falsely accused of committing the crime that he himself committed, how long can he keep out of trouble?  His brother is sufficiently creepy.  Whitney’s clueless persona is a teeny bit tough for me to swallow – if she’s that successful in the business world it would seem like she should have a few more street smarts than she obviously does…but I suppose love is blind and all.  I’m really intrigued by the idea of more back stories and to see whether they can continue to make New York City feel like it encompasses all of two blocks without it becoming eye-roll inducing.  It might not be the best new show ever, but after the second episode things really started coming together and I felt the same way – I’ll definitely keep tuning in.  I’m a bit concerned about it’s Thursday designation though – that’s a tough night.  I hope it hangs in there!

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