List of Jericho characters
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This is a list of characters from the television series Jericho, which premiered in 2006 on CBS in the United States.
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[edit] Main characters
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[edit] Jake Green
The series protagonist portrayed by Skeet Ulrich.
[edit] Robert Hawkins
The mysterious Robert Hawkins portrayed by Lennie James.
[edit] Gray Anderson
Gray Anderson, portrayed by Michael Gaston, is candidate for the position of mayor of Jericho and the owner of the salt mine. He is Johnston Green's main political rival, and his opponent for the position of mayor at the time of the attacks. He regularly tries to place himself in a position of authority in the aftermath, but is initially reined in by Green.[citation needed] After the attacks, he goes to scout the country for information, and later returns with news that New York City has survived the attacks, but Washington D.C. has not, nor has Lawrence. He gains more political power and is eventually elected mayor, replacing Green. One of his first acts as mayor is to find a new power source, which leads to the construction of a windmill.
[edit] Mimi Clark
Mimi Clark, portrayed by Alicia Coppola, is an IRS agent from Washington, D.C. that travels to Jericho in order to audit Stanley Richmond's farm. After the attacks, she finds herself stranded in the town, leaving her with nothing, which forces her to write off some of Stanley's debt for room and board. At first, she pretends to be strong, but as she comes to realize that her family and friends in Washington, D.C. are probably dead, her emotions come out. Stanley comforts Mimi in her time of despair, and the two eventually develop a relationship. Although the relationship between Stanley and Mimi appears to be stormy, they both eventually express their love to each other and get engaged. Richard's sister Bonnie hates her at first, but the two eventually bond, and form a mother-daughter relationship.
Mimi soon becomes an employee of Jennings & Rall after helping to terminate a contract that would have given them Stanley's Farm. She eventually discovers that $10,000 has been embezzeled by Ravenwood. After Ravenwood decides to kill Mimi, Mimi becomes critically injured, while Bonnie is killed in the standoff.
[edit] Eric Green
Eric Green, portrayed by Kenneth Mitchell, is Jake's younger brother. He acts as deputy sheriff and deputy mayor of Jericho and uses his authority to help the town deal with the attacks. He is married to April Green, though there is much tension in their marriage due to Eric's philandering. Eric eventually reveals to her that he is having an affair with Mary Bailey, and decides to leave April out of his love for Mary. He later discovers that April had planned to file for divorce before the attacks, but changed her mind after the attacks, and that she is pregnant with their child. After his father, Johnston Green, tries to talk to Eric, he decides that he may have never loved April at all, but wants to be there for the child.
Both April and the baby die from an early complicated labor. Eric feels great guilt and goes to New Bern to work on building the wind turbines to escape from his troubles. When he does not return from New Bern with the other workers, Jake and Robert Hawkins go to investigate, which leads to them finding Eric in jail. After Jake joins him, they are rescued by Robert and Johnston. In the second season of Jericho, Eric's role is diminished. He leads the Jericho Rangers on a raid to help recover his brother, Jake, who is held and tortured by Major Beck.
[edit] Gail Green
Gail Green, portrayed by Pamela Reed is married to Johnston Green, and is the mother of Eric and Jake. She is a former nurse, and after performing mouth to mouth resuscitation on Victor Miller, a man dying of radiation poisoning, she reenters the work force as a full-time nurse. After the death of Johnston, she spends much of her time grieving, and helps the Jericho rangers locate Jake, so that he could be rescued from Mayor Beck's captivity. She appears in only a couple episodes in the second season.
[edit] Johnston Green
Johnston Jacob Green, Sr., portrayed by Gerald McRaney, is the mayor of the Jericho, Kansas. As mayor, he neglects some of his family duties in order to "better serve the town", in violation of a promise he made to his wife. He also is not on good terms with his son, Jake. After the attacks, he organizes the relief effort, but soon falls unconscious while evacuating to a fallout shelter. He eventually regains consciousness, but experiences severe septic shock sometime later. At the end of the season one finale, Johnston is killed by a gunshot wound during a skirmish between New Bern and Jericho.
[edit] Bonnie Richmond
Bonnie Richmond, portrayed by Shoshannah Stern, is Stanley's younger sister. She helps Stanley run their farm, and volunteers at the medial clinic. She is deaf and communicates via American Sign Language and lip reading. She struggles being around people who will not communicate with her using sign language. At first, she doesn't agree with her brother and Mimi Clark's relationship, but they eventually bond. Bonnie is killed by Goetz during a shooting standoff at the Richmond farm while protecting Mimi from Ravenwood. Bonnie uses a shotgun to take out most of Ravenwood's men before being fatally hit by Goetz.
[edit] Heather Lisinski
Heather Lisinski, portrayed by Sprague Grayden, is an elementary school teacher who grew up in New Bern; she is described as a tomboy, whose main interests are science and mechanics, and who has a budding relationship with Jake Green. Executive producer Jon Turteltaub stated there was a strong "connection" between Heather and Jake in the pilot and that they wanted Heather to be part of the show because of it, as well as how charming they found Sprague Grayden in the role. The character is described by Turtletaub as an "afterthought."
In the middle of the first season, Heather leaves Jericho for New Bern, hoping to help the people in her hometown, but finds her life in danger. After landing at a Nebraska army camp in the first-season finale, she safely returns to Jericho at the start of the second season, and becomes a liaison to Major Beck, the military overseer of the area encompassing both Jericho and New Bern. In episode 2.4, Jake and Hawkins inform Heather about the intentions of the Cheyenne government, and entrust her with a dangerous task that could save the country.
[edit] Stanley Richmond
Stanley, portrayed by Brad Beyer, is a farmer who lives with his deaf sister Bonnie on their late parents' farm. Stanley's parents were killed in a car accident, with Bonnie the sole survivor when she was a baby. Stanley and Mimi Clark form a relationship after the attacks, and eventually get engaged.
[edit] Dale Turner
Dale Turner, portrayed by Erik Knudsen, is a teenager that works at Gracie's Market. After in the attacks, he continues to work in the store, even restocking the store with a trainload of undelivered supplies found by the town. He has interest in Skylar Stevens, who considers him to be a loser. After bringing her supplies from the store, she relents, asks him to stay with her, and later goes on to bail him out of jail. After the murder of Gracie by Mitch Cafferty, Dale inherits the store and vows revenge on her murderer. He is then intimidated by Cafferty into giving him half the store's profits, or he "would end up like Gracie", though he later kills Cafferty. Soon after, Skylar joins Dale in claiming his share of the harvest from one of the farmers in town, and later that evening, the two share a kiss.
In the second season, Dale's role is decreased to move the plot line along. However, he is key in obtaining a vaccine to the "Hudson River Virus" and helping Jericho and other surrounding communities to inoculate themselves.
[edit] Emily Sullivan
Emily Sullivan, played by Ashley Scott. is an old friend of the pivotal character, Jake Green (Skeet Ulrich). It is revealed in episode nine that Jake and Emily were once engaged, and that at some point before the pilot episode, they had a falling out. Later episodes reveal this to be due to Jake's involvement with her father Jonah Prowse in a botched robbery attempt, which resulted in the death of her brother Chris. Emily is estranged from her father as the series begins, but there is some reconciliation after a heart-to-heart talk at the end of episode 11.
Like Heather Lisinski, Emily is a schoolteacher in Jericho (including being the Social Studies teacher to Dale Turner's class) and a love triangle exists between Emily, Jake and Heather until the return of her fiancé Roger Hammond in episode 11 and Heather's departure for New Bern in episode 13. Following Roger's exit in episode 17, Emily and Jake are romantically linked for the remainder of the series.
[edit] Minor characters
[edit] Longtime residents of Jericho
[edit] Mary Bailey
Mary Bailey, played by Clare Carey, owns Bailey's Tavern, the local bar in Jericho. After the attacks it soon becomes host to the out-of-towners trapped in the town because of its satellite dish, a source of the scant information concerning the world outside. Mary is also having an affair with Eric Green. This was first revealed to Eric's wife April in the episode Crossroads, just before April was about to reveal she was pregnant. Throughout the episodes, their affair has been alluded to. In Four Horsemen Mary and Eric were seen sleeping together. In Federal Response Mary is talking to Mimi, who says that Eric won't leave April for her, to which Mary responds that Eric is different. It is revealed in Black Jack that Mary's mother had an affair with another man and then left Mary and her father. Mary tells Gail that she is terrified that she has put April and Eric's unborn child in the same position that she was in.
[edit] Ridley Cooper
Ridley Cooper, played by Jason Collins, is a Deputy Sheriff in Jericho. Ridley was originally going to drive to Denver in "Four Horsemen" but is replaced by Shep Cale. Originally wanted to leave town due to the Food Shortage but changes his mind after the Fake Marines arrives telling them there would soon be food.
[edit] Sean Henthorn
Sean Henthorn, played by Shiloh Fernandez, leads a trio of trouble making teens who give Dale a hard time.[citation needed] First he breaks a window in Gracie's store.[citation needed] Then, he and his friends are given a gold watch by Mimi to break in and steal some pesticide for Stanley.[citation needed] This leads to Sean joining up with Mitchell Cafferty's gang with Dale until they both get busted.[citation needed] He tries to take advantage of Dale's inheritance of the grocery store getting into a fight with Dale. Bonnie stops Sean and he begins to hit on her; they begin dating in "Vox Populi". Sean eventually moves into the Richmond farm, to Mimi's dismay.[citation needed] When Stanley arrives home from New Bern, his initial reaction is to order Sean to leave. Mimi dissuades him from doing so to avoid alienating Bonnie. Stanley, however, does show Sean the couch and tells him that is where he will be sleeping, not in Bonnie's bed. Sean describes himself as someone not into manual labor.[citation needed] He describes his major talent as his ability to fit in based on his "vibe".[citation needed]
[edit] Lisa Whalley
Lisa Whalley, played by Kristen Rodriguez, was Skylar's best friend before the attacks. However, when Skylar befriends Dale, Lisa objects and ends their friendship.[citation needed]
[edit] Mitchell Cafferty
Mitchell (Mitch) Cafferty, played by Clayne Crawford, is one of Jake Green's former friends. Years ago he, Jake, and Emily's brother Chris Sullivan were involved in an attempted armed robbery.[citation needed] They were ordered to commit the crime by Jonah Prowse[citation needed], but it did not go well and Chris was shot in the head. Mitchell was sent to jail, but Jake fled from Jericho, a fact Mitchell deeply resents.
Two weeks after the attacks Mitchell reappears in Jericho, causing trouble. He works for Jonah, the leader of a band of survivalists. In "Red Flag", Mitchell questions Jonah's leadership after Jonah ordered his men not to shoot at Emily as she drove the generator out of their compound. Mitchell is responsible for killing Gracie and due to that he is shot and killed by Dale Turner in "Vox Populi".
[edit] Shep Cale
Shep Cale, played by Vic Polizos, is a salt miner who is a friend to many of the town's citizens. He confesses to being involved in the death of Heather's friend Scott by not helping him when he had a heart attack.
[edit] Chief Carol
Chief Carol, portrayed by Alex Carter, is the Fire Chief in Jericho. When a fire breaks out he plays a major role in calming the town down. He helps break up a fight at Merthey's Gas Station. In Federal Response it is mentioned by Former Mayor Green that Chief Carol went to Denver to assist in a possible relief effort.
[edit] Sheriff Dawes
Sheriff Dawes, portrayed by Leon Russom, is Jericho's chief law enforcer. He is the first person in Jericho to meet Robert Hawkins. He is murdered by an escaped convict while investigating the crash of what turned out to be a prison bus. The last person Dawes speaks with is Deputy Jimmy Taylor on the radio.
[edit] April Green
April Green is Eric's wife and a doctor at the medical center. There is much tension in Eric and April's relationship. Eric discovers that April had planned to divorce him before the attack[citation needed], but she changed her mind after that. In "Rogue River", she reveals to Johnston Green that she is pregnant. In "Crossroads", Eric admits to April that he has had an affair with Mary Bailey. April didn't even tell him that she was pregnant. She dies in the episode Winter's End, because of uncontrollable bleeding from the pregnancy.
Darby Stanchfield reprises the role of April for the first season finale, "Why We Fight" which includes several flashbacks to the day April and Eric were married. The episode reveals that their marriage lasted six years.
[edit] Deputy Riley
Riley, portrayed by Robert C. Koch, is a deputy sheriff. He is killed by escaped convicts in the series premiere. He is quite concerned about radiation and the blast being an attack. While in his patrol car he is fixated on the readings from a Geiger counter.
[edit] Gracie Leigh
Gracie Leigh, played by Beth Grant, owns the local grocery store, and as such is a primary source for food and supplies in the aftermath of the attack. She becomes unpopular[citation needed] with the residents of Jericho for charging steep prices and taking family heirlooms as barter. It is later revealed[citation needed] that Gracie is working for Jonah Prowse, providing him with a share of her proceeds. When challenged by Mayor Green, Gracie breaks her arrangement with Jonah in order to allow her store to be used as a distribution center for the Chinese supplies. Shortly thereafter, she is stabbed and killed by Mitchell Cafferty. In her will, she bequeathes the store to Dale Turner.
[edit] Bill Kohler
Deputy Bill Kohler, played by Richard Speight, Jr., is one of the few Jericho law enforcement officials left after escaped prisoners kill the other deputies, including the Sheriff, in the pilot episode. With his partner Jimmy Taylor, he helps enforce the law in Jericho. In "Fallout", Bill and Jimmy were stuffed in the trunk of their Ford Crown Victoria police car wile two escaped prisoners posed as them to escape prison. In the fourth episode, Bill pointed out to Mayor Green that if their town were to be attacked, he and Jimmy would be its only line of defense. Through the second half of the season the character makes sporadic appearances.
[edit] Skylar Stevens
Skylar Stevens, played by Candace Bailey, is a teenage girl from an affluent family. After Denver is destroyed in the nuclear attacks she fears that her parents, who were in New York City, are dead, too. However, it is revealed that New York not destroyed in the attacks, so she continues to retain ever-dwindling hope.[citation needed] Her family owns part of the salt mine in Jericho, which makes her extremely wealthy after the increased demand for salt.[citation needed]
Initially, Skylar and her friends don't think much of Dale, labeling him a "freak"[citation needed], but she begins to form a bond with him when he brings supplies to her house, and reveals that he lost his mother in the attacks. Later, she shows genuine concern[citation needed] when she learns that Dale's trailer home has been destroyed in a fire, leaving him homeless.
When Dale is arrested, Skylar attempts to bail him with her (now-useless) credit card. She offers to let Dale stay at her house. When Dale is left to run Gracie's Market, Skylar helps him out. They later form a romantic relationship.[citation needed]
In Season 2, Skylar is still helping Dale run Gracie's store, and stands up for him when the Jericho townspeople condemn his smuggling.[citation needed]
[edit] Jimmy Taylor
Jimmy Taylor, played by Bob Stephenson, is one of the few law enforcement officers left in Jericho after the pilot episode. With his partner Bill Kohler, he enforces the law in town.[citation needed] Throughout the series, Jimmy has patrolled with Eric Green. In Fallout, Jimmy and Bill were stuffed in the trunk of their Ford Crown Victoria police car while two escaped prisoners posed as them. Jimmy is born to Jericho and he has family in Jericho.[citation needed] Jimmy seems very fond of Robert Hawkins and it is not as much vice-versa. It is shown later in the series[citation needed] he briefly took over the position of the sheriff of Jericho. But following his injury during the battle with New Bern, he is relieved by Major Beck and Jake Green takes over the position of the sheriff of Jericho.
[edit] New residents of Jericho
[edit] Darcy Hawkins
Darcy Hawkins, played by April D. Parker, is Robert Hawkins' estranged wife. She was living in Washington D.C. with her children, and dating a man named Doug[citation needed], before Robert relocated them to Jericho. Darcy is generally kept in the dark about Robert's clandestine activities, but she perceives[citation needed] that Sarah Mason is up to no good, telling Robert "she's not here to help us." She and the children have moved out of the family home due to the tensions in Robert and Darcy's marriage.[citation needed] Robert often addresses her as "Dee".
[edit] Samuel Hawkins
Samuel, played by Sterling Ardrey, is Robert Hawkins' young 8 year old son.
[edit] Allison Hawkins
Allison Hawkins, played by Jazz Raycole, is Robert Hawkins' daughter. She has become very independent and kept refuting everything her father told her to do[citation needed]. Toward the middle of the fall season she is drawn closer her dad and bonded with him[citation needed] by learning how to shoot a gun and to type a straight IP Address. In the episode Semper Fidelis she shoots Sarah Mason after Mason has held Sammy Hawkins hostage and then physically overwhelmed both Robert and Darcy.
[edit] Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia, played by Aasif Mandvi, originally sent to Rogue River to help the sick there until Ravenwood came. He returned to Jericho with Jake and Eric to save Mayor Green. Kenchy spends much of his time drinking at Mary's bar. At Jake's insistence, Dr. Dhuwalia helped save Jonah Prowse by treating his arm and giving him pain killers.
In "Winter's End" Dhuwalia has to operate on April Green. Although he fails to save April or her unborn child, he later takes on the duty of doctor at the clinic.
In season 2, he helped vaccinate the town for the Hudson River virus.
[edit] Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams, played by Erica Tazel, is one of the refugees who came to Jericho. A third-year med student from the University of Chicago, she volunteers her services at the Medical Clinic. She participates in the operation attempt to save April and later in the operation to save Gray's life after he is shot by Roger.
[edit] Sarah Mason
Sarah Mason, played by Siena Goines, is a former coworker and ex-girlfriend[citation needed] of Robert Hawkins. The two were part of a secret CIA taskforce[citation needed] based in Washington D.C. who were told to infiltrate a terrorist cell that was involved in coordinating the nuclear attacks.
The character was originally portrayed on the CBS Jericho website[citation needed] as a "mystery woman" who had a connection with Hawkins and also claimed to be a cop from St. Louis. Her identity is revealed on the show for the first time in the episode "The Day Before".
Before leaving Washington, Hawkins goes to pick her up at her apartment only to find it ransacked. He takes her laptop with him as he and his family move to Jericho. He uses the laptop to communicate with Mason who is shown being held hostage by masked men who order him to deliver the bomb or they will kill her. The message is sent just minutes before the nuclear attacks begin.
Months later, Mason joins a group of refugees and they enter Jericho. Mason confronts Hawkins and informs him that there is a traitor in their group. Hawkins and Mason are due to confront their boss ("the Old Man") who may be the traitor. However Mason is secretly communicating with someone who has assigned her to find the "package" (a 20-kiloton nuclear device) that Hawkins has hidden in his house. Mason kills one of the people that she has been communicating with in order to keep the nuclear drum for herself. (Episode Heart of Winter)
Mason takes Samuel Hawkins hostage to force Robert into turning over the "package". She and Robert fight, but Sarah gains the upper hand. Allison Hawkins apparently kills Sarah by shooting her in the back. (Episode Semper Fidelis) Even though Sarah was killed by Allison, the new Allied States government does not know that Sarah is dead, which is only know to Robert Hawkins, Darcy Hawkins, Allison Hawkins, and Samuel Hawkins. The Hawkins tell everyone else that Sarah left town.
According to the CBS website[citation needed], Sarah was a former Department of Homeland Security Special Agent until November 14 2004, then she went off the grid on February 10, 2004, the same time she was recruited by the CIA.
[edit] Residents of New Bern
[edit] Russell
Russell, played by David Meunier, from New Bern, Kansas, first meets Jake, Heather, Johnston, and Dale at the Black Jack Fairgrounds in episode 13 "Black Jack". In "Winter's End", he comes to Jericho with New Bern sheriff, Constantino, to deliver a new windmill and make a deal with Jericho's mayor for more. He also convinces Dale to become trading partners with him so that both towns could gain more supplies.
[edit] Phil Constantino
Phil Constantino, played by Timothy Omundson, is the sheriff and town manager of New Bern, Kansas. In order to take over Jericho and its resources, he orchestrated a series of surprise attacks on the town. Constantino also held Eric and Jake prisoner, during which Eric was tortured, and Jake holds him personally responsible for Johnston's death. In the season two episode Reconstruction, he is punished by the ASA government for the attacks on Jericho by being removed from power and sent to work in a factory in New Bern.
[edit] Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis, played by Dustin Seavy, is a childhood friend of Heather's from New Bern. The two meet up again at the Black Jack fairgrounds and Ted proposes the idea of the two towns becoming partners. When Jake and Hawkins come to New Bern, Ted tries to inform them about the true fate of Heather and Eric (both of whom came to New Bern and have since disappeared). Hawkins warns Ted to go into hiding. Fearing for his safety from Constantino, Ted hides in his grandfather's old cabin in the woods. He tries to help out with Jake and Eric's jailbreak but runs off instead.
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[edit] Roger Hammond
Roger Hammond, played by Christopher Wiehl, is a banker from Chicago who was engaged to Emily before the bombs. The wedding was set on the same day the events in "Crossroads" occur. Roger has been trying to convince Emily to move to Chicago with him even though she is attached to Jericho and doesn't want to leave. Emily is upset to learn that Roger is leaving for Chicago to look into a job offer and gives him an ultimatum. If he takes the job he has no reason to come home. Roger has a change of heart and jumps on a plane back to Kansas as soon as he arrived in Chicago. On the flight back, the bombs go off and the plane makes an emergency landing in a Nebraska field. (The Day Before episode) From there Roger wanders until he sees a mysterious green light, the light he says, led him to refugee camp. (Black Jack episode)
A couple of months after the bombs Roger returns to Jericho with 50 other refugees. (Vox Populi episode) Roger reveals the existence of Black Jack Fairground, a trading post run by survivors. (Black Jack episode) Since his return his relationship with Emily has gone sour and spends most of the time with the refugees he formed strong relationships with and encouraged to keep moving. He defends them when Gray Anderson considers throwing them out of town. Finally Gray decides that the refugees must go because the town no longer has the resources to take care of them. When the refugees rebel against this decision, Roger tries to plead for an extension until winter was over. When Gray still refuses Roger puts a gun to him. The two end up in a struggle where Gray is shot. Roger refuses to get him medical treatment unless he agrees to let the refugees stay. The standoff ends when townspeople volunteer to take in the refugees. Roger is exiled from Jericho and leaves for New Bern. (One Man's Terrorist episode)
[edit] Jonah Prowse
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Jonah Prowse, played by James Remar, begins the show as the leader of a group of survivalists, numbering 30 in total, who are settled just outside of the town. He has a number of young men, including Mitchell Cafferty, at his command, and access to weapons and supplies. Jonah is the father of Emily Sullivan, but they are estranged as a result of a criminal mishap several years ago[citation needed], the same that caused Jake to flee. In "Vox Populi", Jonah is accused of murdering Gracie Leigh, and flees the Jericho area. He returns in the final episode of the first season, "Why We Fight".
[edit] Maggie Mullen
Maggie Mullen, played by Erin Daniels, is a refugee from Columbus. She along with eight other men take advantage of supplies left behind by soldiers in a refugee camp (uniforms, guns, and a tank) and the group forms an elaborate scheme to con towns out of food and supplies by posing as Marines on a relief effort. Their scheme is busted in Jericho. She decides to join the other fake Marines when they are kicked out of town as punishment. In the episode "One If By Land" Maggie is arrested and taken to the prison in New Bern where Jake and Eric are held. She manages to get free and joins Hawkins in a plot to bomb the town while Jake and Eric get rescued. However a major shootout occurs and Maggie gets severely wounded.
[edit] Chavez
Chavez, portrayed by Chris Kramer, is one of the last three surviving deep-cover officers (NOC) of Project Red Bell (along with Hawkins and Cheung). He arrives in Jericho as a soldier in Major Beck's forces under the alias "Lieutenant Parker". When Chavez sees that Darcy knows of Sarah Mason, he follows her back to the cabin (the Hawkins' hiding place) where he meets up with Hawkins for the first time after the bombs. He brings crucial information regarding the division of the country and the cover up behind the bombs.[citation needed] Because Valente, who head the attacks, is now one of the new leaders of the Allied States of America, Chavez, Hawkins, and Darcy work out a plan to retrieve information from the new government that can exposed the cover up. The plan is a success except Chavez is caught. Major Beck tries to get Chavez to reveal his true identity but Chavez refuses to say anything. Before he is taken away, Chavez sends a message to Jake Green to find Hawkins. Jake later provides the tools to allow Chavez to escape from his captors.
Chavez traveled to Texas to plead the case of the Allied States of America's cover-up. He warns Hawkins that Texas is about to join the Cheyenne but claims that he has informants that will listen to Hawkins if he brings the bomb to Texas to prove it.
[edit] Victor Miller
Victor Miller, played by Adam Donshik, is survivor of the Denver attack is found by Jake trying to break into a pharmacy. He later died of radiation sickness, but not before revealing a mysterious relationship with Robert Hawkins.[citation needed] It is later revealed[citation needed] that he, along with Hawkins and Sarah, were members of Project Red Bell, the failed mission to recover the nuclear bombs before they could be used against the United States.
[edit] Randy Payton
Randy Payton, portrayed by Theo Rossi, is one of the Ravenwood employed mercenaries in Rogue River. He assists Jake and Eric in obtaining medicine from the doctor and escaping from his former employers.
[edit] Members of the Allied States government or military
[edit] Thomas Valente
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Thomas Valente, played by Daniel Benzali, is the Department of Homeland Security — Project Red Bell supervisor. Hawkins suspects[citation needed] that he actually may be the chief person responsible for the nuclear attacks upon the United States. In the season finale, it is shown[citation needed] that he is associated with the reconstruction of the federal government in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He sends Major Beck to Jericho to end their border war with New Bern, but mostly to track down and kill Sarah.[citation needed] He later dispatches John Goetz' Ravenwood mercenary team to the town.
[edit] Senator John Tomarchio
John Tomarchio, played by George Newbern, is a former U.S. Senator, and now the President of the "Allied States of America" (based in Cheyenne, Wyoming). He made a trip to Jericho in season two and addressed the town and nation from the Richmond farm.
In "Termination For Cause," it is revealed that Tomarchio, a former Jennings & Rall executive, conspired with Valente and others in the nuclear attacks and the formation of the new government.
[edit] Colonel Hoffman
Colonel Hoffman, played by Titus Welliver, is head of Camp Liberty, the military base that Heather is brought to in the season finale. Heather tries to convince him to go to Jericho to stop the war with New Bern. He does not decide to go until Valente informs him of a suspected terrorist located in the area. After receiving orders from Valente, he dispatches Major Beck and his unit to Jericho.
[edit] Major Edward Beck
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Major Edward Beck, portrayed by Esai Morales,[1], leads detachment of the 10th Mountain Division sent to occupy Jericho and New Bern in season two. Beck publicly considers his primary mission to be peacekeeping and the restoration of order. His wife was in Santa Fe when the bombs went off[citation needed], but he remains confident that she is alive despite failed attempts to contact her. As of "Reconstruction," he has convinced Jake to serve as Jericho's sheriff and Heather to serve as the ambassador between the two towns. In "Oversight", Hawkins secretly gives Beck a computer hard drive containing satellite images of Thomas Valente taking one of the bombs that destroyed over 20 cities. Beck is in shock. Following the murder of Ravenwood officer Goetz he adopts a much tougher stance with the town. After seizing the package from Hawkins, Beck is examining Hawkins' laptop and discovers J&R's continuity of government document. As a result he refuses to recognize the corrupt Cheyenne government and pardons the rangers for the murder of Goetz.[citation needed]
[edit] Jennings & Rall
[edit] Trish Merrick
Trish Merrick, played by Emily Rose, is a staff member of Jennings & Rall. She is first introduced in "Reconstruction" where she helped relieve Stanley of his tax audits allowing him to own his farm again. However, when Mimi finds some loopholes with the contract Stanley signed, she goes to see Trish to address the issue resulting in Mimi being hired with the company. When Ravenwood comes to Jericho, Eric acting as mayor, tries to seek Trish's help in getting Goetz out of Jericho but she claims there was nothing she can do.[citation needed] She, along with other members of Jennings & Rall, have been vaccinated for the Hudson River virus. She begans to sympathize with the citizens Jericho as they secretly go behind Ravenwood's back to illegally acquire the vaccines that can save the town.[citation needed] Trish ends up helping the town citizens by altering an inventory list to convince Goetz that the "illegal" vaccines had been shipped to Cheyenne and destroyed successfully. Trish formed a bond with Bonnie revealing her own skill at sign language. She tells Bonnie that there are job opportunities being provided by Jennings & Rall and convinces her to go to Cheyenne to pursue them. When Mimi reports to her that $10,000 has disappeared through Jennings & Rall since the new currency change was set in Jericho, she brings this issue up with Goetz but is unaware of the tragic results that would come of it.[improper synthesis?]
In "Termination For Cause", Trish discovers that Bonnie is dead and the Ravenwood faction lead by Goetz is corrupt. With Mimi's help, Trish gives information to the Ravenwood head. Goetz is fired.
[edit] "John Smith"
"John Smith", played by Xander Berkeley, is the alias of a secret informant who comes in contact with Hawkins. He has full knowledge of Project Red Bell and Sarah Mason's betrayal. "Smith" offers Hawkins with help in uncovering the conspiracy. His first act was warning Hawkins about the Aerial Radiation Survey that would've exposed the bomb hidden in the Hawkins home. Smith also helped Hawkins and the Jericho Rangers expose Goetz's embezzlement of money from Jennings & Rall. He tells Hawkins that he wrote a Continuity of Government report in 1993 for Jennings & Rall that would explain the possibility of a nuclear attack of 25 American cities completely organized by one person. Smith claims[citation needed] that Jennings & Rall through their sponsorship of President Tomarchio, were behind the conspiracy and were the real perpetrators of the attacks.
In the episode "Sedition", all of Smith's claims are proven to be false. When Hawkins refuses to meet Smith with the bomb (over getting the bomb to Chavez in Texas), Smith sells him out to Major Beck as a terrorist. Because a secret tracking devices was placed inside the bomb, the A.S.A Army gets the bomb and ships it to Cheyenne for investigation. Smith calls Hawkins and reveals himself to be the true perpetrator behind the nuclear attacks. He claims[citation needed] that Jennings & Rall was corrupting the federal government for years and committed the attacks to destroy the company. He plans to get the bomb back from the Army and use it to destroy Cheyenne, the current headquarters of Jennings & Rall and the corrupt government. At the end of the series Smith impersonated a member of the men disguised as EMTs who were ordered to destroy the bomb, Cheung and Hawkins killed two of the guards and while distracted Smith killed the surviving guard and Cheung and badly wounded Hawkins. But before he could kill Hawkins, Jake arrived and he was shot in the shoulder and the side, forcing him to flee. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
Hawkins, "...You're not just some harmless whistleblower." Smith, "I think I am. Only the last time I blew the whistle, I took out 23 American cities."[cite this quote]
[edit] John Goetz
John Goetz, portrayed by D.B. Sweeney, is the leader of a Ravenwood mercenary team. Jake and Eric first encounter Goetz at the Fillmore County Hospital in "Rogue River". Goetz and his men follow Jake and Eric back to Jericho, after finding Eric's ID (which he left behind in Rogue River), with the hope of forcing Jericho into surrendering supplies and fuel. In the next episode "Crossroads", Goetz and Jake face off on the bridge leading into town, with Goetz eventually capitulating and leading his men away with the ominous threat: "You know, things are gonna get back to normal someday. The government will put itself back together. They'll want to help all you get back on your feet. And you know who they're gonna send to help you? Me."[cite this quote] In "One If by Land" it is revealed that Ravenwood successfully attacked New Bern after leaving Jericho.
In Season Two he is sent back to Jericho by Valente, where he and his men engage in tyrannical acts against the town. In the season two episode "Oversight," Goetz is trying to cover up his embezzlement of $10,000 in government money from a currency exchange.[citation needed] Mimi Clark, who as an independent accountant discovered the monetary discrepancy, unknowingly holds the evidence, her own ledger.[citation needed] Goetz and his men go to the Richmond farm to recover the ledger, enter the house by force and get involved in a shootout, resulting in the death of Bonnie Richmond. Mimi is shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet.
Later that evening, in "Termination For Cause", Goetz and his men attempt to enter the medical center, which is under armed guard by Jericho rangers, with the obvious intention of killing Mimi. When she awakens after surgery, Mimi calls Trish Merrick to ask her to give the proof of Goetz's corruption to the Director of Operations for Ravenwood.
The next morning, while going to the outskirts of town to rendezvous with his reinforcements, Goetz is instead confronted by Trish and a Ravenwood official, who fires Goetz and disarms and redeploys his men. Goetz is left to walk back to town. Jake and the other Jericho rangers, who are hiding and watching the incident from nearby, approach Goetz and his remaining men, intending to arrest him and turn him over to Major Beck. After losing all his men in a brief shootout, he surrenders to the rangers. At the same time, a group of residents from New Bern, which has placed a bounty on Goetz, arrive and demand to take custody of him for crimes committed in that town. While members of the two towns are arguing on who keeps Goetz, a vengeful Stanley Richmond arrives and promptly shoots Goetz in the head, killing him. It is then evident[citation needed] that the Jericho rangers will face the consequences from Beck as a result of the killing. Later that morning, Goetz' body is discovered by Beck's soldiers hanging from a tree at an entrance to the town of New Bern.
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