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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3076761" data-attributes="member: 115">It was okay, but not great.  I'd give it a six, and I'll be tuning in next week.It's interesting, I'm trying to write a more detailed account of why I only felt it was a six, and I'm struggling a little, so this is going to be a little messy.It very much felt like I was watching a poor knock-off of Lost.  Not so much character-wise, although you can definitely draw parallels.  Heck, they even have an escaped prisoner, albeit possibly more sinister.  It was more the tone of the whole show... I know Lost wasn't the first show by far to be "mysterious", but it was certainly the biggest, and between this year and last, it seems the big thing to do now.  So I wasn't really thrilled in any way.I had a lot of trouble liking the main character, especially because, well, we're not really sure if we're supposed to like him or not.  That wouldn't be a problem in an ensemble piece, except there wasn't really an ensemble here - Ulrich was by far the center of the whole show.  This may change... hopefully, it does.  If it doesn't, I really don't see myself tuning into this every week.The actress that played the mother was great, I'd like to see more from the others.  Again, not sure how much was too much emphasis on Ulrich's character and how much was simply bland writing.Overall, I had a lot of trouble believing that the effects of a nuclear blast really did happen.  More specifically, the EMP pulse.  The physics of it just don't work out - namely, a ground level nuclear blast would have to be relatively close to knock out circuitry in Jericho.  An airborne strike certainly has more EMP range, but would be visible to the residents of Jericho.  Could be an explanation for the dead birds though.Similarly, I found it hard to believe that after failure to communicate with the governor, or any elected official in Topeka, or possibly Witchita or Kansas City, they wouldn't send out someone.  Okay, again, paranoia, okay.  However, they'd KNOW if it were Kansas that were hit... so at the very least they could find out if more people are alive.  Heck, drive to KC and get on a computer.  Better than nothing.</blockquote>

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