Jeremiah - The Complete First Season

In this series by the creators of Babylon 5 (which I liked much less than Jeremiah), Luke Perry plays Jeremiah, a kind of lost, disaffected mid-20s guy who 15 years earlier lived through what's come to be known as the Big Death - a bioweapon hormone-based virus that 15 years earlier wiped out everyone who was past puberty. So it was that civilization was totally engulfed in post-apocalyptic chaos, since the only people who were left living were the children.Things haven't changed much in 15 years. In fact, with supplies from "Before" rapidly waning, things may actually be getting worse. There's no electricity or running water or long-distance communication any more, batteries and gasoline are worth their weight in gold, food is hard to come by, and society is basically total anarchy. They're living off the scraps of the world "before."In the midst of all of this, Jeremiah's on a quest to find the place that his parents told him they were heading to for safety before they disappeared 15 years earlier. He assumes they're dead like all the other adults, but still wants to know "how their story ends."In the pilot he meets Kurdy, who is played to pitch perfection by Malcolm Jamal Warner as this slightly younger, very lonely guy and they sort of form a team, realizing there's strength in numbers. He's looking for something too - he just isn't sure what that might be yet.The series is about the really gritty, harsh world they live in, the political battles between the various factions that want to take over, and the hope of a better tomorrow. The story telling is very intimate. The scripts are often punctuated by quiet, revealing moments for the characters, and the show makes no bones about how much the inhabitants of this world constantly suffer, so it's really harrowing at times, but the characterization and acting and plot are extremely gripping.I originally caught this when it aired on Showtime and bought the season on DVD, and I wasn't sorry. The world of the show is very realistic, and the dialogue is fascinating, because none of these characters went to school much, and they all talk and act like you'd expect people whose world ground to a traumatic halt as children to act. They're bratty, selfish, manipulative, never stupid (survival skills born of necessity and all that) sometimes painfully naive, and always hopeful that things will return to the way they were "before."The DVD has hours of extras that show exactly how much thought has gone into building the mythos of this show. Showtime is just now going to start airing the second half of S2 in September 2004 (the last new episode aired November 2003) and no one is sure about a third season. But this is modern sci fi at its best and most gripping, and while the price is a bit steep at nearly $80, it's well worth it for the quality. Who would have thought that a show starring Dylan from "90210" and Cliff Huxtable's only son could be this good? =)

Jeremiah is a post-apocalyptic TV series that ran in the early 2000s from 2002 to 2004 on Showtime starring Luke Perry as the titular character searching for the almost mythical Valhalla Sector his father told him about as a child and Cosby Show alum Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Jeremiah's best friend Kurdy. In 2006, a virus spread around the world killing virtually ever post-puberty person everywhere. 15 years later, the young survivors have now become adults themselves in a world where society as it was no longer exists. Instead, people have formed small communities where trading and bartering have become the de facto method of currency as people try surviving the best way possible.As for Jeremiah and Kurdy, they find themselves ultimately becoming part of a group at NORAD, run by Marcus Alexander, a man with large dreams of bringing people out of the rathole situation the virus left them in and bringing a better world for everyone.I had seen a little of show once on the ScyFy Channel a year or two ago and enjoyed what I saw a lot. Finally buying it, I was not disappointed by season one at all or felt like the $12.31 I spent (counting shipping) was wasted.The acting in the show, from all the main and non-regular actors, was pretty good. As far as non-regular cast members go, I thought Jason Priestly, who starred with Luke Perry on a certain popular 90s show, was great as the demented psychopath whose group happened to have set up home in a former military base.The show was a little slow in the beginning but I thought it picks up nicely as it goes along though. I think this is the kind of show you watch more for the characters, however, than the plot itself of each episode.If you're someone who is into post-apocalyptic fiction, this would be a worthy show to check out.

I purchased Jeremiah Season 1 used from the seller cdexchange-01 because I didn't want to pay the price people are asking for new (~$64). I paid $14.03 including shipping. Disc 1 had minor wear and Disc 6 had minor wear. No complaints. I had expected more. Discs 2 through 5 looked like they'd never been touched. The disc packaging was in excellent condition. Extremely happy with the purchase.Jeremiah was a good show and I wanted to revisit it but I could only find Season 2 streaming on Amazon. Season 1 doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere that I could find so I had to purchase Season 1 on disc to watch it again.

Loved every episode. It’s a shame studios don’t see these gems when they have them.

Great service

Good action from the now deceased Luke Perry,series stands up to the years gone by and shows how the USA could disintegrate if the adults die off and leave the children to get older and try to pick up the pieces.

It is a very good (post apocalypse) serie.But,is very dommage this boxset is not french dubbled or subtiles! But i have see this serie in French audio in 2004 in France,whie not exist the boxset in french ?

Product as described and received on time.

Jeremiah is set in a post-apokalyptic world where a virus has killed all adults. 15 years later, most people are fighting over the little crumbs that are left from the "old world", while some factions are trying to rebuild "their" versions of a new nation.Jeremiah is all about hope in a hopeless world, about using and abusing power in order to build a society out of the ashes.'Jeremiah' has complex characters, an interesting story arc and fantastic dialogs. And btw, I saw M-J Warner only on 'The Crosby Show' before watching this series and couldn't believe he is such a great actor!To conclude, 'Jeremiah' is just one of the best shows I have seen on TV in a long time.