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I was thinking the same thing about the tombstone.
the other thing I was thinking is how the Hawkins women have such great hair. I seriously doubt that central Kansas has much in the line of decent hair products for black hair - unless Robert has a huge supply hidden behind that mysterious door that Jake couldn't get into.

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My guess was that there was a blank tombstone laying around and they used stencils and spray paint.

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I tuned in late, just in time to see Pamela Reed at the gravesite, and that's the first thing I thought as well when I saw it had already been engraved.

Always glad to see Daniel Benzali at work on TV. I used to think he'd be perfect for some Hanso Foundation flashbacks on 'Lost'!

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It's Jake in the first paragraph, not Jack, Jack is a character in 24, Stargate SG-1, Lost, Without a Trace, 30 Rock, Alias, and Bones.

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It really isn't out of the ordinary for a town to have a funeral home and graveyard. There was probably someone who worked at one of those that can do that kind of work. The tombstone itself was probably one blank among many kept in storage at the cemetery.

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First, most funeral homes have tombstones. It looks like a plaque, not an engraving, to me. I loved the episode. I still don't trust Hawkins, though. He was having a relationship with that woman, and had no idea she was bad? CIA and that dumb? Oh, wait. I am so hoping this show isn't canceled. I keep emailing CBS, begging them. I have every episode, and my family discusses the show on Thursday. We talk about what we might do, about the plot, etc. And while I liked Mimi talking to the chicken, how stupid to kill it. There didn't seem to be a lot of chickens in the yard, and it was mentioned that the deer were all 'picked out.' These people need to conserve! They act as if food will keep coming. They don't know that. Keep the chickens, and there will be eggs. Let the chickens brood, and there will be more chickens. As a farm raised female, it really irks me. Not to mention that no one seems to have any canned foods. Hello? Farmers? Gardens? Canning? Stanley's house had a few jars of food, but that's it.

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The mom on this show annoys me so much. I keep wishing she was the one who died. A little harsh, I know.

Overall good episode. Nice to get some answers. Kind of annoyed that the enemy is a general hodgepodge of bad with old whitey sitting at the top. Seems a tad safe, but ah well.

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I totally got the headstone thing but didn't think anything of it, since most of those items are kept in bulk, but damn! they are quick to engrave when its a member of the Greene family aren't they?! I think it's funny that the Hawkins family has such beautiful hair and did anyone see the daughter's nails last night? I didn't realize Jericho had a nail salon to have beautiful acrylic nails and didn't get how they would have the money to spend on her nails. Just wondering....

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Duh, it's quite obvious that the Hawkins daughter is very resourceful. She's even had lessons shooting a gun. She mixed up a batch of her own recipe of acrylic from leftover supplies at the other kid's store, painted the white tips with an old bottle of whiteout she found lying around. It's tricky, I know, but it can be done. A girl's got to look pretty, even in the midst of a nuclear disaster.
Personally, it would have been much more believable to me if the family would have just whittled a crude cross or something to place on April's grave. I don't get why they never had a funeral ???

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The tombstone thing is obvious, the mom is evil & she had headstones pre-made for everyone she is planning to kill.

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One of the best episodes this season! I thought the show would go sour once we knew what happened, but I'm beginning to think that's not the case. And with the preview (for those who watched) saying "Only 4 episodes left this season", I'm getting a vibe that it might still be around next fall.

Johnston has a good wife. I wish my g/f would just bring me dinner when I was having a rough time and leave me alone, instead of asking questions.

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Pamela and Gerald portray the ultimate parents. They are just great people and great characters. If they were not in the Midwest, I think they'd almost be too perfect to be believeable.

I hadn't thought of the headstone thing. Nice catch!

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Docinaustin, you took the words right out of my mouth regarding the Hawkins' women’s hair! As a woman of color you can not tell me that in a town that's, like, 99% white that "Dixie Peach" and ethnic hair relaxers were readily available in that general store! Please! But I've noticed it's not just the Hawkins women. With the exception of Mimi who really looks like she's been through something since the day(s) before the bombs went off, all the women's hair looks pretty darn good. Perfectly curled, no one's roots are showing. This has been a nit-pick of mine for several episodes now. At this point people should be looking a little scruffier around the edges. Come on! I don't watch "Lost" but this reminds me of how people complained after the first season that the fat guy hadn't lost any weight a la Tom Hanks in "Castaway." It was/is a very good point *and* very distracting trying to suspend your belief in the story.

And I thought the same thing about the tomb stone. Even in the best of times there's usually a waiting time of several days if not a couple of weeks before it can be engraved, and properly placed - even if there are blank on laying around. Did several days pass between episodes in which there was a funeral and time to prepare the headstone? A time line would be nice with this show.

As for Hawkins, I’m not convinced we've gotten the true, real, complete story. Were his "flashbacks" we were being shown really what happen or images of the lies he was making up in his head for Jake?

"It's Jake in the first paragraph, not Jack, Jack is a character in 24, Stargate SG-1, Lost, Without a Trace, 30 Rock, Alias, and Bones."

And don't forget Farscape. ;-D

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Re: Hurley (the fat guy) on LOST. Not only has he not lost any weight, it appears that he (the actor playing him) has actually GAINED weight. He looked noticeably heavier in last night's episode. WTH. On the other hand, Desmond looks to be losing weight -- and he/the actor hasn't been on that show as long.

Re: April's funeral. I assumed it's been several days (perhaps a few weeks) since the funeral. The producers simply decided not to depict it.

Re: Hawkins. I think he finally admitted the truth to Jake, because he needed somebody to confide in and trust, especially after his former partner turned on him. To be honest, I doubt the producers are wanting to make the truth about Hawkins all that "complicated". They've been keeping the plot reveals and twists relatively simple to digest, which I think may have to do with the fact that Jericho skews toward an older demographic than either LOST or Heroes.

So Hawkins is CIA, who has just learned that his boss is probably the leader of the Timothy McVeighs. I predict by the end of the season, he will enlist the help of Jake, and perhaps others, to take down "The Old Man." This arc will likely be resolved this season.

Next episode, it looks like Jake and Hawkins learn that the residents of New Bern have been enslaved to make war munitions in what could be a build up for a second American civil war.

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Forgot to add:

The people who nuked America: Logically, at this point in our country, it would probably be easier for Americans to pull off a terrorist act like this. And recall that the aforementioned Timothy McVeigh was a Desert Storm veteran.

That's not to say it isn't improbable that a foreign country could have also been involved in the nuclear attacks. Another country could have helped to finance the domestic terrorists -- the most likely would be unofficial rogues from Saudi Arabia or Syria, and officially from Iran. Maybe the series will delve into this if it returns for a second season (which I predict will deal with the aftermath: the start of the second American civil war).

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Regarding LOST:

The survivors have only been on the island for a couple of months or so in "their time". The characters, even had they not found all that Dharma food, wouldn't have had much time to lose a lot of weight. So taking into account the short period of time they've been stranded, plus the discovered eats there's no real mystery as to why some, like Hugo, have not lost weight.

Sorry, I know it's off-topic.

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seriously--so much info and all you guys can talk about is hair, nails, and gravestones?

Personally, I thought this was one of the best episodes yet. I was hoping Hawkins would turn out to be one of the good guys, and unless what he said was a crock of lies (which is possible) it seems that hope is justified. Now we know a lot more about who did it, I'm curious to know more about the US situation and the world situation now.

And is that "Valente D.H.S." a good guy or a bad guy? I know DHS is Homeland Security, but was he there to try and debrief/recontact with Hawkins? Or kill him?

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I think Hawkins is telling the truth, but there is some stuff he left out. I agree with one poster who said that he needs someone to trust. I think he realized he's way over his head trying to keep the bomb out of the terrorists' hands...he needs Jake's help. Jake is the only one in town who has the experience and skills to help.

As for a timeline, one is being kept on the official Jericho website through CBS. I think you have to click on a link to "add information to Wikopedia." All the morse codes for the episodes are also listed. The morse code messages are pretty helpful on the mysteries. Too bad I don't know how to decipher it so I could get it before the episode. For instance, in the episode when Grey and Jimmy interrogate Hawkins and learn he's FBI, the morse code message was "Not FBI." (or something like that).

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So finally we get some answers as to who nuked all the major U.S. cities...and who do the despicable terrorists turn out to be? Militia and religious fanatics? Pleeeeease! Why not just throw in the Boy Scouts and Homeschooling Moms to round things out? This show lost me as a viewer when it went dumb just like the rest. LOST is quickly becoming tedious and "24" now has us giving up Russian defensive nuclear technology to the Chinese to save Jack's girlfriend. I'm done.

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Hair. Tombstones. Hurley. C'mon get a grip.

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