One Man's Terrorist
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"One Man's Terrorist" is the seventeenth episode of season one of the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 drama Jericho
Jericho (TV series)
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...

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Synopsis

After two children inadvertently discover the Marines' tank in Stanley's barn, the Greens and Grays are forced to admit to the increasingly impatient people of Jericho that the Marines were impostors, and that no help is really on the way.

The revelation that the Marines were fake and that there is no help on the way makes the town's people want to abandon the refugees. Gray and Roger face off over the refugee problem. Gray says that an analysis of Jericho's supply situation shows that they do not have enough food and other essential materials to survive the rest of the winter if all of the refugees stay. However, the refugees, for whom Roger acts as spokesman, believe that being forced out of town in the middle of winter onto the dangerous roads is tantamount to a death sentence, and will do anything to stay. When Gray refuses to back down, the refugees attack several Jericho policemen and barricade themselves in the church basement. After that Gray throws tear gas into the church and one of the refugees dies accidentally, from overexposure to the gas. Roger forces Gray into negotiations at gunpoint in the mayor's office, and after a struggle, Roger shoots Gray in the stomach. (He claims it was an accident.) A hostage situation ensues, and officer Bill eventually attempts to shoot Roger with a sniper rifle from a roof across the street. His life is saved only when Jake intervenes. The hostage crisis ends when Jake persuades Roger to come out of the mayor's office, and he then agrees to surrender and turn Gray over to the Jericho medical authorities. Gail Green pleads with the townspeople to allow the refugees to stay, living either with the people of Jericho or in the houses of Jericho citizens who were out of town when the bombs went off. The townspeople agree to this plan and it is implemented. However, because of Roger's shooting of Gray, he is exiled from Jericho permanently, and he does not protest the decision. Emily wants to go with him, but Roger refuses to let her come, not wanting to subject her to the perils of the outside world. Jake gives Roger a pistol to increase his chances of survival, and Roger tells Jake that he will try to reach New Bern, where he believes that the Jericho citizens at work there will help him to integrate into the new town.

Meanwhile, Hawkins receives a message from Sarah Mason's mysterious contacts, who still believe that the communications Hawkins sends them are coming from Sarah. They say that they are ready to buy Hawkins' atomic bomb, and they want to meet in McCook, Nebraska
McCook, Nebraska
McCook is a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Red Willow County...

. However, Hawkins asks to meet at an abandoned warehouse instead of the coordinates given to him. Hawkins drives there but stays out of sight and succeeds in getting photographs of the heavily-armed men who arrive to buy the bomb, and places a tracking device on the truck they arrived in. After he returns to Jericho, Hawkins hooks into a satellite with his laptop and succeeds in tracking the men who had come to meet Sarah, and gets an aerial photo of "the old man" who seems to be the leader of the group. He posts the photos of the men he has seen on a board in his basement, forming a tree of the people who are involved with the group. Hawkins receives yet another message from them, intended for Sarah, in which they offer to pay double their original offer for the bomb.

Dale Turner and Skylar continue to resort to intimidation tactics to secure supplies for the supermarket from those who won't fulfill their obligations to them. Skylar helps Dale by stealing some gasoline that was owed to the store by one of the farmers, who refused to turn it over. Later as Dale and Skylar are readying the store to once again open for business, the farmer and his nephew show up to take the gasoline back. They find themselves instead at gunpoint as the store is now secured by Dale's new employees, who appear to be two of the refugees now staying with Dale per Gail Green's offer to refugees.

Jake decides to set up the radio that they got from the fake Marines in Mary's bar so that the townspeople can listen for news of the outside world. At the end of the episode, they pick up a news broadcast reporting that terrorists had been apprehended in New York, and that they had fake FBI badges. Jimmy soon becomes very uneasy about the news and a shot of Hawkins and his FBI badge is shown.

Radio Broadcast

At the end of the episode, the radio the town received from the fake marines in "Semper Fidelis
Semper Fidelis (Jericho episode)
"Semper Fidelis" is the fifteenth episode of season one of the CBS drama Jericho. The episode's title, Latin for "always faithful", is the motto of the United States Marine Corps.-Plot:...

" is fixed and set up in Bailey's Tavern where the townspeople listen to a local radio broadcast being transmitted. The transcription is as follows:


...bodies were found along Route 400
U.S. Route 400
U.S. Route 400 is a mostly east–west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. Its route number is a "violation" of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as there is no US 0 or US 100....

 near Cimarron
Cimarron, Kansas
Cimarron is a city in and the county seat of Gray County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,184.-Geography:Cimarron is located at...

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We have also received reports that the bombers gained the trust of local officials which allowed the terrorists access to secure locations; to government buildings, military installations, and to research laboratories.

In New York, the terrorists who were apprehended were all carrying nearly perfect fake FBI badges. Their identities have not been released.

Authorities have increased security at all critical sites, and counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...

 forces are working to capture those responsible. In the mean time, all citizens are encouraged to be vigilant.

As we receive more information we will bring it to you. Until then, all news is now local.

Take care of each other, Kansas.

Music

The music played toward the end of the episode is Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews (musician)
Michael Andrews is an American musician and film score composer. He is best known for a cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with Gary Jules for the Donnie Darko soundtrack, and which became a number one single in the UK in Christmas 2003.-Soundtrack...

 and Gary Jules
Gary Jules
Gary Jules is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his cover of Tears for Fears' third single "Mad World", which he recorded together with friend Michael Andrews for the film Donnie Darko. It became the UK Christmas Number One single of 2003...

 cover version of Mad World
Mad World
"Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both "Mad World" and its B-side, "Ideas As Opiates", would turn up...

, originally written by Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...

, a rendition first made famous in the cult movie Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell...

. It was also used in the popular Xbox 360 trailer for Gears of War
Gears of War
Gears of War is a military science fiction third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios...

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