If I understand US TV-scheduling correctly it is now midseason, the time when most of the standard fare is on hiatus, the time when the public's response to (crappy) new projects is tested and the time for American Idol to rule it all. To put it simple: The weeks to hit the library. But I need my moving images (preferably in their TV-variety) so that's out of the question.

Lost, which has started late this season, is still on and amazingly managed to produce episodes able to rekindle my very diminshed faith in it. On the other hand it's quite easy to love a show in which the most relatable, sane and competent character earns his living as an Iraqi torture-expert in the Republican Army. 40 minutes covered. Not enough.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles look good (furthermore it's Sci-Fi which makes me per se very lenient and forgiving, unless of course you just want to be a bad parody or your intentions were honourable while your execution suffered) but I have to catch up with the mythology before I start that one. Potentially 40 minutes more covered. Not enough.

So I made up my mind and tried out last seasons Jericho, which got cancelled (wonder how that could have happened) but miraculously reemerged for another year in 2008. It must have been a very disorientated and drunken deity that decided to interfere in this resurrection. Jericho managed to mess up its great premise (small Kansas town deals with the consequences of an atomic strike against 25 North American cities) to a degree I thought not possible. Domestic conspiracy! Nuclear winter! Anarchy! Food shortage! No communication! That should have been wonderful. But the writers (probably funded by North Korea or the French) decided to paint a gripping picture of a rural America inhabited by retarded dimwits not able to do a single sane thing in the aftermath of destruction. Which damned town waits three months until someone decides it could be advisable to mount their (abundant) horses and take a ride into the neighbour village to see if there are lets see ... any news out there whats going on in the world? Not to mention the airfield! with the small planes! right around the corner and the pilot-trained prodigal son who would have been able to fly them? Pfff.

Furthermore they got their science wrong and that's always tricky. Of course the viewers are going to consult the internet and do some research (like I did). The only positive consequence of that show is me now knowing exactly how to deal with fallout, how to build a shelter in my backyard for just US$ 1500 and how to protect my lifestock from radiation (it detoriates 1/10 for every 7 times older it becomes. That is, unless it's a dirty bomb). Yes, there are a lot of crazy survivalists out there. And the FEMA isn't exactly forthcoming with information. So if something happens, send your carrier pigeon to me, but only after the fallout got cleared away, preferably by rain.

Jericho on tudou
Lost (s3+4) on tudou