Description: The storyline centers on the residents of Jericho, a small northwest Kansas town, in the aftermath of a nuclear attack on twenty-three American cities in the contiguous United States. The series begins with the sighting of a mushroom cloud of unknown origin over Denver, Colorado. Initially, it is assumed to be an accident, until a teenager reveals a recording of a phone call from his mother in Atlanta, Georgia, which is cut off by the sound of an explosion, demonstrating that the Denver disaster was not isolated, and thus unlikely to be accidental.
