Jeremiah

10 Best Episodes of Jeremiah - Season 1

15 years after a virus wiped out everyone who had passed puberty, the survivors are living on the scraps of the old world. Now they must either continue the downward slide, or begin to rebuild the world, taking responsibility for themselves and the world and each other.

Written by Sophie and last updated on mar 12, 2021.

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Jeremiah - S1E1

#15 - The Long Road (1) (Season 1 - Episode 1)

The wanderer Jeremiah comes to the market community Clairfield, looking to barter for supplies and maybe get a lead on the whereabouts of the Valhalla Sector. The place is run by the beautiful Theo, a woman obsessed with getting her hands on as much knowledge and technology as possible. When her guards discover a well-maintained, fueled car hidden nearby, she's sure the owner can lead her to the jackpot. Pity those who should get in the way.

The episode was rated 7.64 from 50 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E13

#14 - Mother of Invention (Season 1 - Episode 13)

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Jeremiah and Kurdy are sent to contact an elusive group led by a mysterious "Steve" but get captured. One of his captors is Michelle, a woman he met (in flashback) back at his empty home five years ago after his brother died. They were intimately involved back then, and we find out she's the one who gave Jeremiah the idea for writing notes to his dead father. In the present it turns out "Steve" is Michelle. Her operation is working heavily to get knowledge out, and she also has a 5-year old son. One guy accuses Michelle of skimming and the guys follow her and find out she's collecting art, and agrees to work with Thunder Mountain. Then Michelle comes back to lay down the law on the guy who accused her of skimming and the guys head out with as Jeremiah and Michelle think about getting together in the future.

The episode was rated 7.70 from 27 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E17

#13 - Out of the Ashes (Season 1 - Episode 17)

Kurdy and Jeremiah are off to Jeremah's old stomping grounds of Denver to pick up some books at a library. They meet the "librarian", Edgar, and Kurdy stays to help him learn to read and fend off zealots who are convinced that books are the root of all evil. Jeremiah goes to meet his friend Red (from The Long Road) and embarks on a journey with his girlfriend Maggie, a wheelchair-bound woman determined to deliver her father's ashes to the remote island where she was raised. Maggie insists the ashes must be dumped in the middle of a river...which can only be reached by a rickety gondola. Meanwhile, the library patrons rally under Kurdy's inspiration to defend Edgar and the library.

The episode was rated 7.71 from 21 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E18

#12 - A Means to an End (Season 1 - Episode 18)

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Markus's position as Thunder Mountain's leader is challenged by brothers who are threatened by the decision to introduce outside community leaders to the secret headquarters.

The episode was rated 7.72 from 25 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E5

#11 - To Sail Beyond the Stars (Season 1 - Episode 5)

While trying to track down info on "the Burners", a mysterious group that's burning down whole settlements in seemingly random fashion, Jeremiah encounters a woman who's stealing all the gas she can get her hands on, and Kurdy ends up helping a pregnant girl, against his better judgment.

The episode was rated 7.73 from 30 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E19

#10 - Things Left Unsaid (1) (Season 1 - Episode 19)

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Jeremiah and Kurdy discovers that someone is a traitor, this leads them to the missing page in Simon's diary. With the help of the diary they find the real reason behind the Big Death.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 24 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E6

#9 - The Bag (Season 1 - Episode 6)

The son of a medical doctor has set up what may turn out to be a dubious medical practice of his own, traveling with his brother from town to town and exploiting people...and finds that his past catches up with him.

The episode was rated 7.80 from 25 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E4

#8 - ...And the Ground, Sown with Salt (Season 1 - Episode 4)

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Jeremiah and Kurdy are captured by Michael and his men, who operate out of a local military base. Michael has concluded that God is dead, and it's about time someone took his place... by any means...

The episode was rated 7.81 from 31 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E12

#7 - The Touch (Season 1 - Episode 12)

Jeremiah and Kurdy arrive in Mayfair and find the townspeople dead of cyanide. In the next town of New Hope they find the locals have an aversion to touching. The Elders ruthlessly enforce the law, making anyone who disobeys their edicts "disobey". When the people they befriend start disappearing, Jeremiah intervenes and is taken away where he finds out the offenders are stoned to death. Both towns are an "experiment" in determining how the original virus was transmitted, and the Elders destroyed Mayfair when they "failed". Jeremiah and Kurdy break free and expose the Elders' scheme to the unsuspecting townfolk. Meanwhile, back at the base Marcus takes ill from an undiagnosed disease and begins suffering hallucinations of a Native Indian - Lee pushes the matter before the Council to determine the line of succession and fails.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 21 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E9

#6 - The Red Kiss (Season 1 - Episode 9)

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Jeremiah and Kurdy attempt to save a community when its children begin disappearing amid a rumor that the blood of children can be used to prevent the return of The Big Death.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 23 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E11

#5 - Thieves' Honor (Season 1 - Episode 11)

Kurdy and Jeremiah goes to Clairfield to save Elizabeth who has been kidnapped by some of Theo's former underlings. In Thunder Mountain there is an investigation trying to find the traitor who is leaking information.

The episode was rated 7.85 from 20 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E14

#4 - Tripwire (Season 1 - Episode 14)

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Realizing that Valhalla Sector is systematically taking control of the Nuclear Missile Silos starting from the east coast and moving east to-wards Thunder Mountain (Cheyenne Mountain) Marcus decided to make their Presence Known at a nearby town that has a missile silo, they offer men machines electricity and medicine, in hopes of winning over the people of the town and make an ally of the people so they can stop the advance of the people of Valhalla sector, but Ezekiel appears and is seen by Jeremiah talking to Chen, suspecting something wrong he chases after Ezekiel but is knocked out by Chen from behind, when Jeremiah wakes up he runs to warn Marcus that something bad is going to happen when he is struck down by a snipers bullet fired by Ezekiel in a nearby building.

The episode was rated 7.88 from 24 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E7

#3 - City of Roses (Season 1 - Episode 7)

Jeremiah and Kurdy travel in search of more information on the Big Death and Valhalla Sector, and along the way discover some potentially dark secrets about the fate of Kurdy's parents in the last days of the Big D.

The episode was rated 7.92 from 25 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E8

#2 - Firewall (Season 1 - Episode 8)

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Kurdy and Jeremiah find a recon team in enviro suits and capture one prisoner...Quantrell, who commanded Thunder Mountain before the Big Death, when Markus and his father worked there as well. While Quantrell is enigmatic about where he came from, Markus flashes back to when his mother arrived at the quarantined military base and Quantrell left her outside. Markus' father insisted on going out to be his wife, exposing the base. Quantrell escaped to Valhalla Sector. Quantrell's people are tracking him by an implanted GPS tracker and Quantrell warns that now his people are going to emerge an take over. Meanwhile, Lee is apparently working for someone else and lets the enigmatic Ezekiel in to Thunder Mountain. Ezekiel first meets Jeremiah and claims they are brothers. He is also somehow connected to Quantrell but kills him. After arguing, Markus is prepared to kill Quantrell at Jeremiah's insistence but find him dead. With Quantrell's death, the Valhalla helicopters have no way to track him and leave, and Ezekiel departs the way he came with no one the wiser. Markus decides to become more active in response to the threat of Valhalla Sector.

The episode was rated 8.14 from 22 votes.

Jeremiah - S1E20

#1 - Things Left Unsaid (2) (Season 1 - Episode 20)

Erin and Markus goes to St. Louis to hold a conference in an attempt to better the world. Jeremiah does not heed Ezekiel's wishes and visits Milhaven, hoping to find the truth about his father.

The episode was rated 8.28 from 25 votes.

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