Jake Green’s Journal Ep. 2.2 Condor
How was Jake’s day? Lemme tell you….not too good. I’ve got Hawkins telling me, “Jake, I need you not to be my problem right now,” (a damn good line, in my humble opinion) but I just don’t know that I can give him that — or even trust him, anymore, for that matter. Everything I used to believe in isn’t believable in this day and time.
Remember that Jim Carrey movie “The Truman Show” from a few years back? Caught it on a rare Emily formal date night prior to the trouble that caused me to bug out for parts unknown….and probably best forgotten. Iraq ain’t the Riviera.
If you remember “The Truman Show,” just know that I am Truman. I may have had the illusion that I control my surroundings, my destiny, my future, my world, but unbeknownst to me til now, there’s a larger, more evil power that’s controlling all the strings for me, my family and friends, Jericho, the US (oh, that doesn’t exist, anymore, does it?), and maybe beyond.
I may have the title of Sheriff, carry the proper credentials and wear the proper attire (you’ve gotta remember that I’m pacing myself), sling the high-powered weaponry, and have the trust of Jericho-ans, but all it takes is to be patted down by a presidential security aide on suspicion of stealing and reminded as walking away, “Sir, nobody told you to move!” to understand how powerless I really am at. Big brother is everywhere — we’ve got military listening and interpreting our every word and facial recognition software now profiling us and our every little move. (THINKING TO MYSELF) Hey, was that the CBS writer guy Dan Shotz who got flagged? Must be all about his treatment of Emily’s character this season. He and need a little convo — she’s turned wimpy after stealing trucks and packing pistols in Season 1. He deserves to flagged. Give me back the bad-ass woman I love!
I, Truman, am just a pawn in their overall presentation to the masses, creating the illusion of law, order and normalcy for the home-boys while the suspect new ASA government rapes what’s left of our country and creates a police state that strikes a fear in my heart that’s deeper than anything I felt in Iraq. And knowing what Hawkins and I now know about the nukes, and where they actually came from, it’s more frightening than anything I’ve dreamt about, anything brutal I personally witnessed in the Middle East, any horror I’ve felt at my own inhumane actions. They say war is hell….especially when it hits you at home. There’s nowhere left to run.
I think I came face-to-face with what we’re really up against when I pulled back the body bag cover on that Modesto Bee reporter’s face. I know all of you saw it. That was horror, incredulity, and near-crippling fear — and a true affirmation of Hawkins’ claim of a “government conspiracy that will stop at nothing to protect itself.”
And neither will I. Truman’s gonna buck up and figure out allegiances to Hawkins (or not) and get the hell out of this world that’s been created for us. For Hawkins and me (not quite trusting the Chavez guy to be part of the posse), we’ll be changing history, or we’ll be dead. Save the Sheriff……save the world! I think I know what I’m up against now. What else can they throw at me?
- Posted By Wecome2Cho
