8.6/10928 votesLoading...#1 - Why We Fight
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2007
The battle with New Bern ensues, with Jericho residents out-manned and out-gunned, but not outsmarted. Jericho gains the upper hand but suffers a significant casualty. A friend of Jake's sends help from an unexpected source.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Carol Barbee
8.6/10889 votesLoading...#2 - Patriots and Tyrants
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/25/2008
Jake and Hawkins have one chance to expose the conspiracy behind the Cheyenne government to the independent Texas administration. However, getting there proves to be the most difficult part of their plan.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg
8.3/10744 votesLoading...#3 - Oversight
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/2008
Hawkins receives a call on from someone who knows who he is, where he is and lets Hawkins know exactly when he'll be caught. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes.
Director: Steve Gomer
Writer: Robert Levine
8.3/10726 votesLoading...#4 - Termination for Cause
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/11/2008
Jake and the Rangers take on Goetz and Ravenwood while a Jericho Ranger makes a choice that will alter his life. Meanwhile, an old friend comes to warn Heather that her loyalties to Major Beck have placed her in serious danger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10765 votesLoading...#5 - A.K.A.
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2007
Jake finds that Hawkins has not been honest with the residents of Jericho about his past and holds him at gunpoint for answers.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Robbie Thompson
8.2/10783 votesLoading...#6 - Coalition of the Willing
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2007
The residents of Jericho and New Bern fight over precious resources and Gray must make a tough decision after the streets of Jericho are bombed.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Josh Schaer, Frank Military
8.1/10751 votesLoading...#7 - One If By Land
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/2007
The hostility mounts between the citizens of Jericho and New Bern. A handful of residents of New Bern are shot and injured after getting caught trying to steal from the Jericho salt mine.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Joy Gregory
8.0/10784 votesLoading...#8 - Semper Fidelis
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/14/2007
After a company of Marines show up, the town of Jericho has hopes that life will finally start to return to normal. However, their behavior raises Jake's and Johnston's suspicions.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Stephen Scaia, Matthew Federman
8.0/10701 votesLoading...#9 - Sedition
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/18/2008
Following the Rangers' decision to take justice into their own hands, Major Beck goes to extreme measures to prove he's in complete control of the town, while Hawkins receives a call from Chavez telling him that it's time to transport the bomb.
Director: Scott Peters
Writer: Carol Barbee
7.9/10820 votesLoading...#10 - The Day Before
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/21/2007
The lives of Jake and Hawkins are explored during this flashback episode. This episode begins 36 hours before the bombs went off. Sarah is introduced and is associated to Hawkins. Jake had been living in San Diego.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Mike Kelley
7.9/10732 votesLoading...#11 - Casus Belli
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/18/2007
Jake believes something more is wrong after Eric doesn’t return from New Bern. Jake and Hawkins go to New Bern and discover that Jericho is in danger.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: Karen Hall
7.9/10729 votesLoading...#12 - Jennings & Rall
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2008
The deadly Hudson River virus hits the area and a vaccine is being withheld from the citizens by a government official. Jake and the Rangers find a way to protect Jericho.
Director: N/A
Writer: Joy Gregory
7.8/10850 votesLoading...#13 - Rogue River
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2006
Jake and Eric head out of Jericho to the nearby town of Rogue River to try and acquire some medicine for their father. While the brothers are at the hospital they encounter a combative group of individuals who call themselves Ravenwood. The brothers find that they’re trapped and must find a way back to Jericho.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Stephen Scaia, Matthew Federman
7.8/10820 votesLoading...#14 - Reconstruction
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2008
Following the battle of New Bern, Jericho begins the rebuilding process, while the Cheyenne government shows a particular interest in the town. While the dispute between Jericho and New Bern is being sorted out by the Cheyenne government, Heather returns. Meanwhile, an old friend of Rob comes to Jericho.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Carol Barbee
7.7/101,320 votesLoading...#15 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2006
After a nuclear disaster caused by several terrorist attacks wipes out most of North America, residents of a small Kansas town have to come to terms with a very different reality.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writer: Stephen Chbosky
7.7/10788 votesLoading...#16 - Black Jack
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/28/2007
Jake, his dad, Heather and Dale visit Black Jack to try and find the parts needed to fix the windmill. Sarah goes home with Hawkins against the rest of his family's wishes.
Director: Helen Shaver
Writer: Dan Stolz, Jonathan E. Steinberg
7.7/10742 votesLoading...#17 - Condor
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2008
Jericho gets ready for a very important visitor from the new Cheyenne government. Meanwhile, Hawkins and Chavez work to find the new leaderships secrets.
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Scaia, Matthew Federman
7.6/10802 votesLoading...#18 - Vox Populi
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/2006
Some of the residents of Jericho are concerned that Gray's actions may actually make Gray the new mayor. In other news, Mitchell claims that Jonah is the killer under much speculation.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Carol Barbee
7.6/10783 votesLoading...#19 - Heart of Winter
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/7/2007
While on a hunting trip outside of Jericho, Jake, Stanley and Mimi find themselves in a dangerous situation when they run into some strangers. Meanwhile, Hawkins realizes that his family is in danger because of him. Emily and Roger work on their relationship.
Director: Steve Gomer
Writer: Nancy Won
7.6/10778 votesLoading...#20 - Winter's End
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/28/2007
After April collapses and goes into early labor, Jake makes Kenchy face his problems so that they can save April. The wind turbine arrives from New Bern but Heather does not return. Jericho makes a deal with New Bern to send ten of their people to New Bern to make more wind turbines as long as New Bern receives a percentage of their spring crop.
Director: Kevin Dowling
Writer: Frank Military
7.6/10747 votesLoading...#21 - One Man's Terrorist
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/2007
Roger gets desperate after Gray kicks the refugees out of Jericho. Dale and Skylar collect on some debts. Hawkins continues his quest to find Sarah's contacts. Meanwhile, Hawkins begins the process of finding who's coming after him.
Director: Christine Moore
Writer: Mike Ostrowski, Stephen Chbosky
7.5/101,010 votesLoading...#22 - Fallout
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2006
The fallout from the nuclear blast in Denver will hit Jericho in an hour and Jake has to get the residents inside. The official shelter is not adequate and Jake must find another shelter to protect them. Emily faces troubles of her own while being picked up by who she thinks are two officers.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writer: Stephen Chbosky
7.5/10821 votesLoading...#23 - Crossroads
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2006
The residents of Jericho receive a visit from a group of questionable outsiders and they realize that they need to form a plan to keep the outsiders out. Emily has a dream about her wedding morning to Roger. She wakes up and realizes that he is probably dead.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Robert Levine
7.5/10782 votesLoading...#24 - Red Flag
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/2006
Supplies are dropped by air into Jericho and the Green's and Hawkins think that they know where they came from. Jonah Prowse returns to Jericho causing even more trouble.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
7.4/10901 votesLoading...#25 - Walls of Jericho
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2006
Jake finds a stranger who is sick with radiation poisoning and he must make a decision whether or not to help him. The hospital’s generator is running out of gas and the residents find that their supplies are also running low.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Ellie Herman
The Best Episodes of Jericho
Every episode of Jericho ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Jericho!
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on...
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Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Why We Fight" is the best rated episode of "Jericho". It scored 8.6/10 based on 928 votes. Directed by Sanford Bookstaver and written by Jonathan E. Steinberg, Carol Barbee, it aired on 5/9/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Patriots and Tyrants".