7.7/101,322 votes#1 - 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
7.5/101,011 votes#2 - 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
7.3/10920 votes#3 - Four Horsemen
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2006
After seeing a broadcast via satellite from Asia, Jake gathers a group of people together for information gathering. After finding out that there is information out there, Jake suggests having four search parties to go out to get a better understanding what is going on outside of Jericho. The search parties set off in four different directions.
Director: Jon Turteltaub, James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Stephen Chbosky, Dan O'Shannon
7.4/10902 votes#4 - 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
7.3/10859 votes#5 - Federal Response
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2006
The children of Jericho start to return back to school. A power line that has fallen causes an accident on the playground when the power returns. Jake has an argument with his mother regarding a secret that Jake hasn't disclosed to his dad.
Director: Duane Clark, Jon Turteltaub
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
7.2/10835 votes#6 - 9:02
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2006
Hawkins must step in when an argument between Jake and an adversary becomes heated. After an electromagnetic pulse leaves Jericho in the dark crime runs rampant. Later, Jake is held at gunpoint and is rescued.
Director: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Nancy Won
7.1/10837 votes#7 - Long Live the Mayor
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2006
The slick gang leader Jonah bails Mitchell out of jail and agrees to give back the food that his bandits stole and agrees to keep out of Jericho. This plan strays off-course as Jonah negotiates new terms involving Jake and Emily.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Josh Schaer
7.8/10850 votes#8 - 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
7.5/10821 votes#9 - 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
7.5/10781 votes#10 - 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
7.6/10802 votes#11 - 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
7.9/10820 votes#12 - 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
7.7/10789 votes#13 - 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
7.6/10784 votes#14 - 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
8.0/10786 votes#15 - 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
7.6/10778 votes#16 - 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 votes#17 - 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
8.2/10766 votes#18 - 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
7.9/10733 votes#19 - 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
8.0/10752 votes#20 - 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
8.2/10784 votes#21 - 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
8.6/10928 votes#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Jericho Season 1
Every episode of Jericho Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jericho Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Jericho" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 1322 votes. Directed by Jon Turteltaub and written by Stephen Chbosky, it aired on 9/20/2006. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Fallout".