Some series, when killed, should stay dead. [Jericho](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_(TV_series)), a [CBS](http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/) post-apocalyptic drama, has been resurrected after getting canned by the network, only to get [canned](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7309575.stm) for the second, and I hope, the last time. Not only the plot is one of the worse nuclear terrorist plots around, but the development of that plot has been so badly handled that no closure of any sensible kind (as far as sensible goes in this case) would have been possible. With a plot this extensive, all we get to see is ridiculous small-time conflicts and cheesy love stories. Did the writers expect to get this stuff running for years, so that they could develop the main plotline in between of all the insignificant and boring crap?
And then there are characters. (Were, that is.) Jericho has given me an opportunity to observe some of the worst acting I have ever seen on TV. Most of the actors were bad. Really bad. Really really bad. I don’t know if the bad writing was the reason—-maybe it was actually the best acting possible given the lousy script. But the characters of, for example, [Mimi Clark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Clark_%28Jericho_Character%29) played by [Alicia Coppola](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Coppola), [Eric Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Green_%28Jericho_character%29) played by [Kenneth Mitchell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Mitchell), Darcy Hawkins and [Major Beck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jericho_characters#Major_Edward_Beck) made me cringe—-I struggle to remember seeing actors act so wooden. Not much better were [Stanley Richmond](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Richmond), [The Sheriff Jake Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Green) himself, even [Dawkins](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hawkins_%28Jericho_character%29). The shop owner guy, with all his phony acting, still came across as totally crooked cutthroat merchant (but maybe that was the idea.)
Some of the decent actors on this show played the parts of [Gail Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Green), [Bonnie Richmond](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Richmond), Jonah Prowse and [Heather Lisinski](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Lisinski). I also liked the doctor, played by none other than [Aasif Mandwi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aasif_Mandvi).
I must admit I watched all episodes, hoping it would get better somehow. Well, they have now cancelled the show, and that’s the best thing that happened to it.
