Jeremiah, season 2

Season 2 is a major improvement on season 1, and most if not all of the credit for that goes to Sean Astin and his portrayal of Mister Smith.

Mr. Smith: How the hell am I supposed to know? I'm just God's sock puppet, ok? He shoves his hand up my ass and words come out the other end.

For me, season 2 of Jeremiah turned into the Mr.Smith show. I seriously squeed when he showed up, and the one episode he wasn’t in was kind of boring. He is a minor character, but I think once the creators saw how Sean Astin embraced the part and just knocked his performance out of the park, they wanted to give him more screen-time. I’m glad they did.

So if you’re watching season 1 and find it boring, jump ahead to the last two episodes of season 1 and then move on to season two, because there’s where the fun starts.

Jeremiah (last half of season 1)

The first season was never great. Sadly it’s Malcolm-Jamal Warner who’s left to carry the show because, let’s face it, Luke Perry can’t. Even though I liked the Kurdy character he wasn’t strong enough to carry it all the way.

The show also relies on Peter Stebbings and Ingrid Kavelaars to help carry the weight, but their characters are sadly not interesting enough to help a lot.

The show picks up a little towards the season finale and managed to close with enough of a bang to make me continue on to season 2.

Jeremiah

I’m about halfway through the first season, and it’s going slow. It’s just now starting to get interesting for me. I initially started watching because I know Sean Astin shows up in season 2, and I figured I wanted the whole story, not just his scenes.

I don’t think Luke Perry is the most versatile actor ever, so giving him the lead in a two-man-show kind of puzzles me. Other than that it is an enjoyable show, and it’s started coming into it’s own. I’ll definitely keep watching till the end.
As post-apocalyptic future TV-series go I enjoyed Dark Angel a whole lot more. While Jeremiah is the newer show it feels rather dated compared to Dark Angel.