Thirty-two year old Jake Green returns for a short visit to his isolated rural home town of Jericho, Kansas after a mysterious five-year absence. While he was away, Jake had no contact with any of his family or friends, except possibly his mother Gail. Jake is evasive about his absence; he is asked where he has been by various Jericho residents, and he gives different answers ̵

His first brush with acting was in a University of Minnesota acting class for non-theater majors, but by the time he left college, his professor was encouraging him to go to New York as an actor.

A positive review of his appearance in an off-Broadway production, "The Chili Queen", caught the attention of a casting director who called him in to read for two films on the same day.

A nuclear mushroom cloud appears on the horizon — and for the residents of Jericho, a small Kansas town, it could mean they’re the only Americans left alive. Fear of the unknown propels Jericho into mayhem, causing the town to come apart at the seams. Secrets are revealed, personal agendas take over and even the most sensible people become paranoid. But even in a time of crisis, some folks will fin