![]() And that’s what makes a sturdy little action drama like ‘Jericho’ all the more thrilling. This sort of bold choice flies in the face of everything we’re told network executives demand of their showrunners. We feel their pain, we fear for their safety, and we want to tune in every week to see what happens next. ‘Jericho’ is reminding us that killing a sympathetic character can increase not just the narrative suspense level but also the audience’s emotional attachment to the characters left behind. From left to right: Rob Hawkins, Gray Anderson (standing), Dale Turner (crouching), Emily Sullivan, Jake Green, Heather Lisinski, Eric Green, Johnston Green, Gail Green, Stanley Richmond, and Bonnie Richmond. ‘24’ has shown us how cliché the ‘surprise’ death can become. This is a list of characters from the television series Jericho, which premiered in 2006 on CBS in the United States. The important thing here is not that Bonnie’s death was shocking. We all know the ratings so far have been mediocre (and frankly, when CBS sees a story like this, it can’t help the chances of a middling Nielsen performer like ‘Jericho’), but it’s episodes like this week’s that inspire fans so passionate they can bring a show back from the dead.Īnd let’s get one thing straight. There were exactly three episodes before this and there are exactly three left to go. The producers are gutsy, but they’re not crazy.īonnie’s unfortunate end comes right at the midpoint of the show’s abbreviated second season. Of course Mimi is now in critical condition herself, but we know she’ll be OK. These comics (since collected into a single graphic novel) are considered a canonical. In 2011, members of the shows writing staff oversaw a series of Jericho Season 3: Civil War comic books, published by Devils Due. The one who took care of her charmingly oafish brother Stanley both before and after the nuclear bombs forever changed their town and country-all the while lovingly letting him think he was taking care of her.īonnie, who was just about to set off on her own for the first time.īonnie, who was understandably weary of her brother’s growing attachment to uptight IRS agent Mimi Clark only to be won over (like the audience) by Mimi’s newfound humanity.Īnd how tragic was it that Bonnie went out a victim of Mimi’s admirable desire to do the right thing? Curiously, Jerichos story has already continued past the end of its truncated season 2 albeit in a series of comic books. ![]() Sweet, lovely, noble, deaf Bonnie Richmond.
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