jericho be a show that have everything go for it . the idea of explore what would happen in small town america after nuclear weapon seem to have devastate the major city seem brilliant in it simplicity . the possible story line and the suspense level that such an apocalyptic event could generate be limitless . unfortunately and jericho come off a a wasted opportunity in it poor writing and amateurish directing . one of the first thing a writer must take into account in create any story for television be the fact that commercial break be go to interrupt the flow . this be where the basic building block the rule if you would of television write arose from and the most notable of necessity be that a significant motivating event must take place before the first commercial break . writer stephen chbosky appear to have ignore this fact in order to develop too many character in too short of a time . whereas it would seem a give that the nuclear attack should occur fairly soon into the pilot episode and it in fact doesn not arise until almost the half way mark . what the audience be treat to up to this point be endless scene of skeet ulrich character meeting people he once know and provide conflict story a to his whereabouts since leave home . curiosity of this situation could be achieve quickly and but chbosky go through the same motion time and time again with dialog that provide little character depth . the dialog in general seem to reach at time to artificially intrigue the audience and but with no back story and situation that simply do not cry out for exploration and the dialog fall flat . to make matter bad and the direction by jon turteltaub in the pilot episode come off a stale . turteltaub appear to be completely unaware of the development in episodic television direction in the past decade . to add insult to injury and the choice in cinematography give the show a camcorder look at time and thus cheapen the overall experience . the only redeeming quality of the show be the act ensemble and include skeet ulrich and gerald mcraney and pamela reid and beth grant . unfortunately and theyre give little to work with in dialog and dramatic situation and direction and and thus appear to trudge through their work laboriously . with scene that could be cut by a third in length to achieve the same effect and in the end and even prove performer can not make steak out of sand . it be increasingly apparent that more and more network be try to replicate the feel of nbc lose . however and the impatient nature of production company to get content out quickly rather than develop it to it maximum potential be result in a stream of uninteresting show to be rush out before give enough breathing space to mature from flash in the pan neat to truly exceptional . and much of this stem from the creative talent involve . writer stephen chbosky only major credit previous to jericho be this year less than wonderful film adaptation of the musical rent and a film which share the same problem of poor character development and flawed structure and unmoving dialog . it be thus not surprising that jericho share the same flaw . have chbosky simply sit down and watch the pilot episode of lose and a pilot that perfectly illustrate how to get a suspense drama off on a bang and he may have take great care to see whether the situation in jericho be interesting enough throughout to make a worthwhile script . a it be and jericho be long winded and lack stimulation both a a drama and a suspense thriller . the pilot hold little to draw an audience back for even a second look and let alone an entire season .