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So, Jericho. One episode left. And no Heather tonight = she's recovering from her night with Jake?



That whole thing with Emily & Jake at the end -- okay, if he's still in love with her, more power to them. But... I want him with Heather. It's not that I don't like Emily, I just... I don't like her with Jake. I don't like the way she's talked to him, etc., but I can understand if that was her way of coping with whatever had happened between them. And she's still in love with him. BUT she knows that Heather has a thing for Jake. Dammit. Um... I don't like Gray. At all. He's such a shit-starter, and totally out for himself. Stanley & Mimi hooking up was inevitable. Hey, Bonnie wasn't in this episode either! WTF? I knew there was gonna be trouble out of Emily's dad's gang. Gracie getting attacked/stabbed/whatever wasn't what I was expecting though. One episode to go. Then I can live in my world of fanfic.


I was making Chex Mix during Criminal Minds, so I didn't get to follow it too closely, but a couple things...



My favorite part of the episode -- JJ & Garcia seeing the explosion/fire on TV and Garcia crying while she was calling Morgan. I'm not sure what I think about the new agent. Prentiss? Hey, I think her name is Emily too, isn't it? Hmm. Anywho, I see her and Reid competing for the know-it-all status in the future. I love how Gideon played that guy; he's so awesome. Chessmaster in a good way. Reid quitting the chess game at the end was amusing. He's so adorkable. Hotch being worried about a breech of security in calling his wife made me think WTF. Though it only took a word from Morgan for him to try it, so maybe he would've done it if he was alone? Very very glad she and the baby weren't at the Mall anyway.

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[swedish15.livejournal.com]

By the way, I'm up to Jericho 1x07. What's your pet theory re: Jake's absence? I'm betting either Army Special Forces, some kind of Peace Corps (Like, say, ISAF) or some kind of CIA operative.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

The dog tags do lead credence to the theory that Jake is former military of some sort, but I'll have to wait to discuss this with you after you at least see 1x08 (Rogue River) b/c he talks about his background in that one. Also, have you already seen where Hawkins pulls Jake up on his laptop? I forget which episode that's in. That kinda makes me wonder about whether or not Jake is military. I do have theories though.

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I'm up to Rogue River and have seen parts of 1x09; was kinda surprised about some things, and I don't believe one word of what Jake told the merc; he already has proven his ability to lie about his whereabouts. Unless somebody *else* verifies that story, it's similar to Hawkins' "Oh, I'm a FBI agent!" story.

The episode with checking his passport? Yes, I've seen that, and it makes me wonder re: CIA. Because, AFAIK, there's no international peace-keeping force in Southern America. But then again, the series is in 2009/10, so....

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

Very true that Jake is quite the fibber when it comes to his past. He definitely could be just saying that. You can't see anything on the cbs site? There's a clip on there that's supposed to be a sneak peek at Jake's past and he's at a job interview type thing for a private airline and he gives a similar story and also says that the reason he's flagged as a person of interest is that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He says he worked for a independent contractor, one of the big ones, and spent 2 years in the middle east with them, but he refuses to name the company.

It is definitely possible he's CIA or some very covert branch of the military (it's all almost like something out of a Dean Koontz novel or something). One thing I keep coming back to though is how he told his dad that he kept trying to prove him wrong but everywhere he went he seemed to prove him right. I think when he said in the beginning that he was a fuck up, he was right on the money. And speaking of money, I would think that if he's a government operative, he'd be making pretty decent money, so why does he need his inheritance so bad? What's it for?

And you're right that the series being set in 2009 does affect what's going on in the outside world b/c we don't know exactly what has happened to change it from the world we know.

[swedish15.livejournal.com]

No, no clue re: CBS site. But that's quite interesting.

About his inheritance: We don't know how much it is; it could very well be something around the 200k dollars - and I'd guess a CIA operative (i.e. the 'grunt worker') would make maybe 60000 dollars a year. Maybe he doesn't want to do that kind of job anymore and wants to say, build a bar for his pilots. (BSG reference) Or his colleagues. Also, he seems able to kill somebody, but he's also hell-bent on not doing it.

How's the smut going? Any chance of reading it before tomorrow morning, 7am (aka in 14 hours)? /me likes Heather/Jake. I still like Emily, however; their relationship doesn't come across a active, but rather something along the lines of "We were, now we're friends."

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

you make a good point about jake & the money. And yeah, he does seem able to kill someone but unwilling to do it; maybe he's seen to much.

I'm still sick and not exactly feeling very smutty, so even though the main part of the smut is written, I have to go reread it and get it betad and I don't feel up to it. Also? I made an LJ post earlier & went to bed. Now it's 3am here and I can't breathe and so I'm checking my email but I'm gonna go take a shower or something I think. I'll try to finish the smutty part of my Jake/Heather within the next couple days, by the weekend. this weekend I really really need to finish my slashfest fics and the heather/jake wants to be written first.

I like Emily too, except she irritated me in the last couple episodes. I was getting the feel of a past history but the last episode changed that idea. Although now I have a whole fic planned out about it. I think Jake realizes that they're different people now and that their relationship is a thing of the past even though they will always love each other, but I don't think Emily has figured it out yet. I think she's still in love with the man Jake was before he left Jericho.