''Jericho'': Under New Management

I'm an Air Force brat and grew up on military bases all over the world. I've been around many generals and colonels in my time, and I have a really hard time believing Major Beck and the military crew with the Allied States would just accept Tomarchio as the new president. Perhaps my view of the military leadership is too idealistic. It also doesn't seem logical that the military would split its allegiance in half. But that was only one of the many "huh?" occurrences on this week's Jericho.

I have to start off with Chavez, because something just doesn't sit right with me about him. Like everyone Hawkins has worked with, he doesn't seem trustworthy. Even though Hawkins was sharing information with him, that look in Hawkins' eye said he was questioning much of what he was hearing. And I have the feeling that Chavez knows what's in that computer file the password wouldn't open, and that he isn't telling Hawkins everything he knows about the situation in Texas.

I love the writers for giving Darcy something ballsy to do. She's developed into the character I always thought she would become, strong willed, forceful, and intelligent. The way she swiped the walkie-talkie and then slipped it out of her purse unnoticed was brilliant. And let's not forget how she scrubbed the office of all traces of Chavez. I secretly hope it turns out that Darcy knew about all of this beforehand and has been playing dumb. Maybe she'll even turn around and take out Hawkins.

Don't tell me I was the only one excited to see Bonnie. I'm glad they didn't find some way to write her off. I was also relieved, paradoxically, when Stanley and Bonnie told Mimi that they had asked Jennings & Rall to look for her relatives and that none of them had survived. That could have been a weak, predictable development — you know, like in War of the Worlds, when everyone from Tom Cruise's family survives. Lame.

Is anyone else puzzled that Jericho seems to have everything only four weeks after the New Bern war? Electricity is back up, they have regular food coming in (Heather was eating a burger in the season premiere; Stanley and Mimi had pancakes with chocolate chips in this episode), and communication lines seem to be up and running. As a friend of mine said, ''It's probably because 'they' think Sarah is there and the president is coming, so that town is getting all the resources.'' But think about it: If 23 cities across the U.S. were nuked, would a small town like Jericho be among the first to get back on the grid? Or should we believe that most other towns are already up and running?

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