We have the Showtime channel free this month, and I’ve been sucked into the campy original series, Jeremiah.

That’s right — starring none other than Luke Perry, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, AND (in some episodes) Sean Astin. How can I turn away from that kind of star power?

The show is set in the not-so-distant future, about 20 years or so after a mysterious illness (a.ka. The Big Death) wiped out all of the adults on the planet leaving the kids of the world to raise themselves and build a new society. Luke and Malcolm are sort-of field agents who are part of a small group trying to restore order based from their secret hideout called Thunder Mountain. (Which always makes me think of Escape to Witch Mountain, for some reason.)

A typical episode: Malcolm helps a shy illiterate kid and his friends defend the local library from thugs who want to burn all the books. In between inspiring pep-talks about the importance of history and literature and hand-to-hand combat scenes, he also manages to teach the kid to read. Meanwhile, Luke’s chraracter meets up with an old friend and his strong-willed, wheelchair-bound girlfriend and helps her fulfil a lifelong promise to scatter her father’s ashes in the Colorado river.

I’ll be so sad when our free Showtime is over.

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