And I happen to like that crazy city girl that talks to chickens.
All of my Jericho posts, which is one of many great ways of catching up with the show, at this link.
And that's Ashley Scott, and although it isn't the hottest of pics, it is one of mine ... from Comic-Con.
And, "God Bless the Allied States of America," starting Feb. 12 on CBS.
I love these people.
I know I'm not doing all this in chronological order, but I wanted to talk about the Jericho panel next because ... I love these people. They were so nice and thankful and really happy to be there, so much so that I am completely forgiving Skeet Ulrich for wearing either sunglasses or a baseball cap so much this past weekend that I got almost no useable photos of him.
Still, I love these people.
There was much love in Ballroom 6CDEF on Sunday at noon. The guy who started the Nuts campaign was there, there were people in Nuts t-shirts, an awfully big crowd for a Comic-Con panel that had nothing to do with comic books and only a bit to do with the scifi-fantasy realm.
Lennie James was there (I'm offering up the best pic I got, sorry) and professed his interest in having the next campaign (Next campaign? Please!) have something to do with "strippers that bounce" (I guess he has a peanut allergy?).
I think it's pretty much a testament to these people's love of the show that everyone but Gerald McRaney is coming back for the seven-episode miniseason that will be completed shooting before September, so it'll be ready to be put on schedule as soon as a spot opens for it.
And about McRaney, he is indeed gone. There will be no magic event that brings him back. The plan from the beginning was to hand the reigns of the town over to Jake at the end of the first season. That graduation moment that I discussed when blogging about the penultimate episode.
Carol Barbee, exec producer (sorry about the pic, Carol, but you closed your eyes), has said in the press that the first ep back will be HUGE. We will see what happens between Jericho and New Bern, and we will get a lot more information on what's going on on a major scale in the world of the residents of Jericho, the big national picture, according to producer Jon Steinberg.
And, most important for me, I got to ask my "What's the Matter with Kansas" question to Carol Barbee. You now, that issue about the Evangelicals and the Rapture that I previously discussed.
Carol told me that she herself is from the Bible belt, and there were a couple of stories written to address those issues, but they didn't make it into the first season. She's pushing for a season three addressing of the Rapture-ready Kansans on the show.
Originally, the producers told us in the audience, the second season was going to split up into three distinct views of their world from different perspectives. When they got the seven episode order, they decided to tell the story that would provide the most conclusion to last season's action, which is the view from Jericho itself.
Of all the panels, this one was the biggest love fest of all. Sure, Bionic Woman and Heroes happened in front of more people, but the affection these characters and this story has built up with its audience is undeniable.
And for anyone else who has not gotten on the Jericho bandwagon, I cordially invite you to catch up with eps on CBS.com, go to the Jericho Wiki, watch on Friday nights, and get ready because the new season may only be seven episodes, but a lot will happen.
