# Jericho - 5/2/07

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-5-2-07/402590>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-5-2-07/402590 "2007-05-03T08:33:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-5-2-07/402590/21 "2007-05-10T02:12:08Z")

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Oh my God they killed Major Dad. Those bastards!

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-5-2-07/402590/22 "2007-05-10T02:30:38Z")

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So, has the show gotten better? I watched the first couple of episodes, because the premise had possibilities, but it just seemed watered-down into standard family drama formulas (it is CBS, after all). It just didn’t seem like they were prepared for the kind of grim realities that those people would be facing.

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