Jericho (2006) — Character Map & Story Timeline

AI Narrative Summary

Overall narrative architecture across all 2 seasons

Character Network — 16 Characters

• Jake Green (Skeet Ulrich) — protagonist Jake is the 32-year-old son of Johnston Green who returns to Jericho after five years away and becomes stranded there af...
• Robert Hawkins (Lennie James) — protagonist Robert Hawkins is a secretive Jericho resident who knows far more about the attacks than he admits and possesses an unex...
• Emily Sullivan (Ashley Scott)
• Gray Anderson (Michael Gaston) Gray Anderson gathers crucial information about the national disaster when he visits a FEMA camp near Topeka. He learns...
• Heather Lisinski (Sprague Grayden)
• Johnston Green (Gerald McRaney) Johnston Green is the mayor of Jericho and Jake Green's father. After the attacks, he helps lead the town through the cr...
• Dale Turner (Erik Knudsen)
• Mimi Clark (Alicia Coppola) Mimi Clark is the only witness to Bonnie's murder and the embezzlement concealed by a Ravenwood contractor. Jake and the...
• Jimmy (Bob Stephenson)
• Gail Green (Pamela Reed)
• Mary Bailey (Clare Carey)
• Russell (David Meunier)
• Sarah Mason (Siena Goines)
• Mitchell Cafferty (Clayne Crawford)
• Thomas Valente (Daniel Benzali)

Key Relationships

• Jake Green → Robert Hawkins (CIA Partners) — Former CIA operatives who reunite to secure stolen nuclear devices and protect Jericho from external threats.

  "Hawkins had been part of Project Red Bell... Jake and Hawkins go to New Bern to find Eric... Jake and Hawkins meet with one of Hawkins' teammates, Ch...

• Jake Green → Johnston Green (Father and Son) — A strained but enduring father-son relationship marked by political tension, past military trauma, and eventual reconciliation.

  "Jake returns to his hometown... He leaves after a disagreement with his father... Johnston Green asks for several more [turbines]... Johnston Green i...

• Jake Green → Mitchell Cafferty (Former Friends Turned Enemies) — A deeply personal enmity rooted in past betrayal, driving Jake's initial departure and subsequent defensive actions.

  "Mitchell Cafferty is the reason why Jake originally left Jericho... Cafferty is eventually captured and vows revenge on Jake."

• Robert Hawkins → Sarah Mason (Handler and Agent) — A fractured professional bond where operational loyalty conflicts with personal survival and moral boundaries.

  "his handler, Sarah Mason, insisted on getting all of the bombs... Sarah Mason... kills Cheung and wounds Hawkins before escaping."

• Emily Sullivan → Jonah Prowse (Estranged Father and Daughter) — A fractured familial tie that heals through shared crisis, enabling Jonah to return to the town's defense.

  "Emily Sullivan's estranged father, Jonah Prowse, comes to bail out Mitchell Cafferty... Emily meets her father, Jonah Prowse, and convinces him to he...

• Gail Green → Johnston Green (Married Couple) — A steadfast marital partnership that provides emotional and strategic stability during the town's crises.

  "Gail Green devises a compromise: the refugees are allowed to stay with the residents of Jericho... Gail Green, who bring more help."

• Jake Green → Gray Anderson (Political Rivals) — Competing visions for Jericho's survival lead to direct confrontations over authority, defense strategies, and refugee policies.

  "Gray Anderson... wishes to interrogate newcomers... Jake defies his father and moves to the center of the bridge with a detonator... Gray seems willi...

• Heather Lisinski → Dale Turner (Trade Partners) — Mutually beneficial trade relationships that sustain Jericho's supply lines amid resource scarcity and corporate control.

  "Heather, Jake, Johnston Green, and Dale travel to Black Jack Fairground... Dale returns from a trading expedition with information... Dale is smuggli...

Story Structure — 6 Plot Phases

Season 1: Fallout and Survival

Jericho adapts to nuclear devastation, forming defense groups, securing supplies, and navigating internal power struggles while external threats emerge.

Season 1: Political Fractures

Mayoral rivalries intensify, Gray Anderson consolidates power through tribunals and exile, while refugees and raiders test town unity.

Season 1: Resource Wars

Trade negotiations with New Bern and Black Jack Fairground reveal corporate and military threats, culminating in a devastating artillery siege.

Season 2: New Order Imposed

The ASA arrives, declaring amnesty and imposing revisionist history, while Heather Lisinski navigates diplomatic tensions between Jericho and New Bern.

Season 2: Corporate Control

J&R and Ravenwood tighten supply chains, prompting Dale Turner and Mimi Clark to engage in smuggling and internal investigations.

Season 2: Resistance and Asylum

Hawkins and Jake pursue stolen bombs, face betrayal from Sarah Mason, and secure political asylum as guerrilla warfare escalates.