Jericho (2006) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Jake Green
(played by 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 after the attacks. He grows into the town's leading defender, fights New Bern, res...
Robert Hawkins
(played by Lennie James) — protagonist
Robert Hawkins is a secretive Jericho resident who knows far more about the attacks than he admits and possesses an unexploded nuclear bomb. He works with Jake to uncover the conspiracy, evade the ASA...
Emily Sullivan
(played by Ashley Scott) — supporting
Gray Anderson
(played by Michael Gaston) — supporting
Gray Anderson gathers crucial information about the national disaster when he visits a FEMA camp near Topeka. He learns that New York's attack was foiled, reports that several cities were bombed, and...
Heather Lisinski
(played by Sprague Grayden) — supporting
Johnston Green
(played by Gerald McRaney) — supporting
Johnston Green is the mayor of Jericho and Jake Green's father. After the attacks, he helps lead the town through the crisis and joins Jake and Robert Hawkins in a counterattack against New Bern. He i...
Dale Turner
(played by Erik Knudsen) — supporting
Mimi Clark
(played by Alicia Coppola) — supporting
Mimi Clark is the only witness to Bonnie's murder and the embezzlement concealed by a Ravenwood contractor. Jake and the deputies protect her as Jericho approaches revolt against the ASA-backed author...
Jimmy
(played by Bob Stephenson) — supporting
Gail Green
(played by Pamela Reed) — supporting
Mary Bailey
(played by Clare Carey) — supporting
Russell
(played by David Meunier) — cameo
Sarah Mason
(played by Siena Goines) — cameo
Mitchell Cafferty
(played by Clayne Crawford) — cameo
Thomas Valente
(played by Daniel Benzali) — cameo
Jonah Prowse
(played by James Remar) — cameo
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
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...
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."
Mimi Clark → Robert Hawkins
(Intel Source and Operative) — A covert professional arrangement where Mimi provides internal J&R intelligence to Hawkins for strategic advantage.
"Mimi finds that some money may have been embezzled from J&R's stash and reports it... Goetz demands that Mimi bring in her private ledger... Hawkins...
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
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 → 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."
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, Jake, Johnston Green, and Dale travel to Black Jack Fairground... Dale returns from a trading expedition with information... Dale is smuggli...
Jonah Prowse → Gray Anderson
(Exile vs Mayor) — A bitter political feud resulting in Jonah's exile, marking Gray's ruthless consolidation of power.
"Gray forms an ad hoc tribunal which convicts Jonah of murder... Johnston Green's disapproval forces Gray to exile Jonah instead of executing him."
Johnston Green → Gray Anderson
(Mayoral Rivals) — A power struggle over town leadership, where Johnston's traditional authority clashes with Gray's populist tactics.
"Mayor Green falls ill and though Emily gets medicine... Gray Anderson... is subsequently elected mayor... Johnston Green's disapproval forces Gray to...
Gray Anderson → Mitchell Cafferty
(Town Protector vs Raider) — Hostile dynamics driven by Cafferty's raiding and Gray's authoritarian justice, creating a cycle of violence and suspicion.
"Mitchell Cafferty steals food and horses from the town... Gray Anderson, moves against Jonah Prowse... Mitchell Cafferty killed Gracie... Gray forms...
Emily Sullivan → Gray Anderson
(Activist vs Tribunal Leader) — Emily's direct actions undermine Gray's judicial authority, highlighting her resistance to his authoritarian methods.
"Gray forms an ad hoc tribunal which convicts Jonah of murder... Emily breaks into Jonah's compound and steals it [generator] from a shocked Jonah."
Thomas Valente → Robert Hawkins
(Ranger Ally) — A tactical alliance formed during the New Bern conflict, combining military experience with guerrilla warfare.
"Thomas Valente, now a member of the Rangers... Hawkins tracks New Bern reinforcements..."
Dale Turner → Gray Anderson
(Smuggler vs Authority) — Tension between Gray's regulatory control and Dale's underground trade networks essential for town survival.
"Gray stops the trade, but someone fires a gun, and in the ensuing firefight several people are wounded... Gray Anderson refuses [to surrender]... Gra...
Story Analysis
Overall narrative architecture across all 2 seasons
Plot Progression
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.
Jericho (2006) · 7.4/10 · action-adventure, drama, mystery, western
