Critic Reviews
| 88 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
The show itself, however, does much of its best work in the shadows, where nothing is that clear. |
| 80 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
There's a crispness to the series that was lacking at times last season, and it's impossible not to get caught up in the twists and turns that come in rapid-fire succession. |
| 80 |
Time James Poniewozik
The dialogue's still pulpy, but its action story is the bomb. |
| 80 |
Boston Globe Joanna Weiss
The world is well-constructed, down to the details: By the third episode this season, Ulrich's hair has grown into a messy and convincing frontier mullet. And the characters are intriguing; Esai Morales is notable as an Allied States Army major who might soon be convinced that his superiors are up to no good. |
| 80 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
In Season 2, the show, brought back by fans who vociferously protested its cancellation, has become more topical and even more intriguing. |
| 80 |
Newsday Diane Werts
The second season of CBS' cult fave broadens beyond the first season's lawless action and family sentiment, even its rallying sense of community, to a wider and deeper purpose. |
| 80 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
From the three episodes I've seen, I'd say that even after all this time, Jericho still has something to say. |
| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
I predict those struggles for allegiance to be reflected in the microcosm of smalltown Jericho. Instead of “North and South,” we may be about to get “East and West.” |
| 70 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
The story's too good to be undermined by a little woodenness. |
| 70 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Was this resurrection worth the effort? In a word, yes. |
| 70 |
Slate Troy Patterson
Like "Alias" or "The X-Files," Jericho has enough wheel-within-wheels, double agents, and ad hoc alliances to draw in viewers who love a long-playing puzzle. |
| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
I'll never be a Jericho nut, but I'm all for performers like these [Daniel Benzali] who'll inject some cracked intensity into this grim fantasy. |
| 50 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
The action is fast-paced, the plotting dense, if often simplistic, and the tension generally sustained, as long as you don't overthink the improbabilities of the cover-up over who's responsible for the bomb attacks. |
| 40 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
On paper, the idea of building a new democracy from the ruins of war while government contractors run amok--in other words, showing what would happen if the reconstruction of Iraq took place in our heartland--is just as strong as the original premise of Jericho. But the execution remains mediocre. |
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