The storyline centers on the residents of Jericho, a small, rural Kansas town, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States. The series begins with a visible nuclear detonation of unknown origin over nearby Denver, Colorado, and a loss of power and modern communications, effectively isolating Jericho. Later, power is restored to Jericho by what is alluded to as the efforts of the U.S. government, but soon after, an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) disables all electronics. Several themes regularly addressed in the show included the gathering of information, community identity, public order, limited resources, the value of family, hardships of fatherhood and internal and external threats. The show also features several mysteries involving the backgrounds of major characters, the perpetrators of the attack, and the extent of damage to the United States and its government.
The pivotal character in this story is Jake Green, the 32-year-old son of Mayor Johnston Green, who briefly returns home to visit his family and friends before becoming stranded as a result of the catastrophe. After a somewhat awkward return home and a tense reunion with his father, Jake steps up to become a leader in Jericho, fighting to protect the town and its citizens. As the people of Jericho struggle to survive in a changed world, most remain unaware that one of the newest residents, Robert Hawkins, knows much more about the attacks than he lets on.

Jericho features an ensemble cast of characters, along with a number of minor and recurring roles. The series web site lists eleven cast members. In addition, Alicia Coppola and Esai Morales moved from a recurring role to a regular character in February 2007. Gerald McRaney did not have a regular role in season two.
Michael Gaston as Gray Anderson
Alicia Coppola as Mimi Clark
Kenneth Mitchell as Eric Green
Pamela Reed as Gail Green
Skeet Ulrich as Jake Green
Gerald McRaney as Johnston Green
Lennie James as Robert Hawkins
Sprague Grayden as Heather Lisinski
Shoshannah Stern as Bonnie Richmond
Brad Beyer as Stanley Richmond
Ashley Scott as Emily Sullivan
Erik Knudsen as Dale Turner

By now, everyone knows the story. CBS puts one of the best genre shows on television last year called JERICHO. Fans love it, it gets cancelled, fans convince CBS to bring it back for a 7-episode Season Two, where it’s, well, cancelled again.

It’s frustrating to watch such a great series walk off into the sunset, without getting the final word from its creative team and creator/producer Jon Steinberg and Co-Executive producer Dan Shotz spoke with iF this week about the end, the beginning and when we might actually see that alternate JERICHO Season Two ending.

iF MAGAZINE: While I loved the enormity of the seven-episode season, it felt at times like things were going by way too fast. The last episode in particular, it felt like the time lines of Jake and Hawkins were moving at three times the speed as the same events in Jericho. I’m curious, from the writing perspective, were the scripts for the seven episodes too long, and then pared back to the core essentials? And what other concessions had to be made to accelerate the time lines of all the different stories?

JON STEINBERG: I don’t really think the writing process or the scripts were significantly different than they were in Season One. There were some practical issues that changed -- i.e., there were generally fewer scenes written for Season Two than for Season One. By the time the editing process was finished, most of those differences became pretty much meaningless. Our goal was to make sure that the budgetary and schedule limitations didn’t affect the quality of the storytelling, so hopefully we were reasonably successful in that regard.

iF: That said, were the episodes that were filmed longer than normal, because of all the material you had to get on screen? Will the DVD have tons of deleted scenes, or was shooting pretty lean and mean?

STEINBERG: The DVD’s will definitely have a bunch of deleted scenes included. And yes, we couldn’t really afford time-wise to shoot anything this season that wasn’t important and/or cool. So while those scenes might not have been absolutely indispensable in terms of telling the story they were a part of, they should definitely be interesting to watch after the fact.

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Source: IF Magazine

First aired: 5/15/2008 Production Code: 412

"There's No Place Like Home" constitutes the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth episodes and is the season finale of the American Broadcasting Company's fourth season of the serial drama television series Lost and the eighty-first, eighty-second and eighty-third episodes overall. The three constituent episodes will be split into two broadcasts; "Part 1" will air on May 15, 2008 and "Parts 2 and 3" will air on May 29, 2008 on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. The second and third parts will make up the two-hour season finale of the fourth season. Originally the episode was planned to be split into two one-hour parts, but executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse petitioned ABC to include one of their three episodes "in the bank" (due to the WGA strike) at the end of the fourth season, leaving 34 episodes to be split over seasons five and six. The episodes were written by Cuse and Lindelof and "Part 1" was directed by co-executive producer Stephen Williams with executive producer Jack Bender directing "Parts 2 and 3".The narrative will revolve around a face-off between the survivors and the people on the freighter Kahana. Also, the Oceanic Six find themselves one step closer to being rescued.
Scenes featuring Alan Dale were filmed in secret in London as Dale was appearing as King Arthur in Spamalot there at the time. Dale was not made aware of the plot of the episode, saying that "the wording, the title and all the headings on the scripts were changed. Only [he] knew they were the Lost scripts, along with the director." Production staff were flown to London and sets for Dale's scenes were constructed at Shepperton Studios at a cost of $2 million.

Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse Director: Stephen Williams Guest star: Anthony Azizi (Omar), Kevin Durand (Keamy), Jeff Fahey (Frank Lapidus), L. Scott Caldwell (Rose Henderson Nadler), Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert) , Byron Chung (Mr. Paik), June Kyoko Lu (Mrs. Paik), Lillian Hurst (Carmen Reyes), Cheech Marin (David Reyes), Veronica Hamel (Margo Shephard), Michelle Forbes (Karen Decker), Susan Duerden (Carole Littleton), Noah Craft (Hendricks), Andrea Gabriel (Nadia)

The ladies of Wisteria Lane meet Susan and Mike's new baby. Bree and Katherine do some shooting. Gabrielle forms a strong bond with the Solises new tenant, Ellie (guest star Justine Bateman). Lynette is accused of abusing Kayla.