Dear Friends and Fans,

My name is Jennie and I am one of the townspeople who had the pleasure of playing in the background on Jericho on a regular basis. I can often be spotted running around in what became a very filthy tan jacket of which one person once teased me about wearing all the time. Hmm…I wasn’t the only one. ;-) (I’ll truly miss you and everybody! xoxo)

I hope everyone here won’t mind hearing from a mere townie but how I feel about the show being canceled speaks volumes to how special it was working on it. I fell into Jericho and now it’s been very sad for me to even think of letting go of it. There are a handful of us regulars that worked on the show because we knew we were part of something special and the most impressive thing to me is feeling a welcomed part of the Jericho family. The cast and crew are some of the most gifted, witty, friendly and genuinely kind spirited people I have ever worked with. Seeing everyone’s smiles always made my day. It was contagious! Everyone loved their work and when you love what you do, you put your heart and soul into it and it comes across in the final product. Every element was considered important to the storytelling right down to us townies who were encouraged to use our acting skills and not do the standard background crosses looking at our watches - that are stuck on 9:02 anyway. After all, our story uniquely centers around these townspeople. This experience has opened some amazing doors for me and I’ve formed some beautiful friendships.

You, the fans have been so beyond amazing in what you are doing; I’m awestruck. I’m humbled to be a small part of Jericho more than ever now that I see how beloved this show is to its fans. Jericho clearly has the best, most articulate and intelligent fans and I hope you persevere! I have never seen or heard of anything like this campaign and to think when we were out there shooting our last battle scene in “Why We Fight” how that would inspire a real course of action among such a vast group of strong willed people from all over the world! I knew when we shot that it was special, but I really had no idea how much! Now you are true inspiration. You are the Jericho Army. And I hope that all of us can take something special about the human spirit with us from this experience. I may have been a small part of the show and you may be a small part of this campaign but we all do make the large difference in life - never lose heart in believing in yourself!

Jericho has clearly touched lives on deep levels. Thank you all for making Jericho so uniquely special to me.

Your Jericho Townie,
Jennie Sword

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