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Jericho
美国西部题材。故事设定在19世纪70年代（1870s）的约克郡山谷地区，在一个叫做Jericho（即剧名）的偏僻小山村里，人们化了整整7年时间才建成Ribblehead大桥。主人公Annie Quaintain是一个沉浸在悲痛之中的女人。在丈夫死后，她失去了一切财富，被丈夫的家人赶出了家门，朋友和邻居们全都不愿收留她，她只好带着两个未成年的孩子去找活路。火车将母子三人带到了终点站Jericho，他们在贫民区里遇到了铁路官员Ralph。Ralph也有一段不堪回首的王室，因此他很善于观察别人的生活并在他们最需要的时候帮助他们。他帮助Annie开了一家小旅馆，为贫困劳乏的工人们提供住宿和膳食服务。在工人们当中，刚刚抵达Jericho的Jackson吸引了Annie的注意——尽管他一来就惹了麻烦。大桥的主要投资人是Charles Blackwood，他散尽家财为建设工程提供资金并担任主要设计人，就是为了给这个贫穷落后的地区带来希望。他和他的搭档Ezekiel Shaw急需得到一笔新资金，于是Charles过去认识的女人Isabella Lambton出现了。
Annie Quaintain sets off with her children for a new life in Jericho and ends up setting up a boarding house for the labourers. But she is not the only new arrival in town. Handsome navvy Johnny is returning to his native Yorkshire from Africa - only to make violent enemies with a hot-tempered colleague.
Annie opens the door for Bamford the railway detective, who has returned to Jericho.
Annie's world is rocked when Martha falls seriously ill with fever.
News of Johnny's true identity spreads throughout the town, leaving him isolated.
Charles and Isabella feel the pressure with no hope of outside investment and with their horns still locked with Johnny, money for the viaduct is running out and wages have to be paid. After Charles announces that wages will be delayed, the navvy workforce is up in furious and calls a strike.
Charles needs a surveyor to discover the most affordable location to quarry stone for the viaduct. Annie and Johnny learn that the quarry site is where the bodies of Happy Jack and Skinny are buried and they become worried. Everything they thought was dead and buried could now destroy everything that they have fought for.
Johnny is the number one suspect following the murder of Red Killeen. Charles has washed his hands with his brother and Coates takes it upon himself to lock Johnny up pending the judgement of the law. Annie makes a desperate plea with Charles to have him released but he is still furious about having found out that Johnny and Isabella slept together.
In the aftermath of the trial, ANNIE and JOHNNY’s relationship is out in the open and they’re finally able to enjoy the intimacy of their union. With COATES on his way out of town, it seems that nothing can now disturb the peace and closeness between them. Except that COATES is determined that his time in Jericho is not yet done. The new quarry is a huge success for Jericho. Blasting through the rock, the men discover a cavern of sandstone that will change the fortunes of the viaduct. The only problem is that Jericho’s navvies won’t go near it: superstitions abound that the mine is on cursed land, the land where the bodies of HAPPY JACK, SKINNY and RED were buried.
