The Greens of Jericho

Reviewer: Marzee Doats Signed [Report This]
Date: 25 Nov 2009 7:42:11 PM Title: Part 2

Well, these characters sure are all in a muddle, aren't they?  No one seems to know quite how they got to this point, but still they're digging deeper and deeper into their opposing positions and you just know that no one is going to come out a winner in this one. 

I think that's what they were always trying to tell us on the show, that things were building inexorably to a head, to a confrontation that would leave no one unscarred.  I also think you've done a better job showing this.  It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion, and you're doing a good job building up that tension.

I'm not coming around to liking Beck any better, and I still think he's insane, power hungry and dead wrong, but at least I grit my teeth a little less over him here.  That may not sound like much, but I'm amazed that you were able to wring that much out of me. 

The disinegration of Heather's and Emily's friendship is painful to watch, but fascinating too.  The crazy thing about it is, I really believe that Emily is doing it all to herself.  Or actually, she's fighting the wrong person.  Heather has conceded Jake to Emily, and it's Jake who is questioning if Emily is what he really wants, or if it's Heather.  It's just interesting to see this all come about through some weird self-fulfilling prophecy of doom on Emily's part.  The more she goes after Heather for trying to steal Jake, the more likely she is to make it actually happen, somehow. 

Can't wait to see what happens next!

Author's Response:

Thank you so much for your review, Marzee Doats.  The characters are definitely in a muddle and will continue to find themselves that way.

I am neutral on the character of Beck, but my co-writer Sandra Dee dislikes him.  She and I have had conversations through e-mail (I don't think she would mind me mentioning this) where her views on him have very much mirrored your own.  I agree that he is dead wrong, but he has been so programmed to follow orders without question and to achieve specific objectives, that at this point, he cannot allow for the possibility that he is wrong or that those who are giving him orders have some sinister, ulterior motives.  I am glad that you were able to bear him in this chapter.  The next chapter that Sandra Dee wrote may be a little more painful.  Sorry!

The friendship between Heather and Emily always seemed one-sided to me when I watched season 1 of the show.  I don't feel like it was a great loss to cut the ties between these two.  Interesting thought on the self-fulfilling prophecy.  I agree with you.  The more she goes after Heather, the more she pushes the two of them together.

Thank you again for your comments!

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