The Book of Jer3miah

As far as web-series are concerned, this show is awesome! The characters are funny and the story is great. I'm hanging off the edge of my seat after every episode. The plot is so well developed that watching it feels like I'm watching a full-length movie. I want to know what is in that box! When I first heard about this idea of a Mormon web-series, I was a bit skeptical, and with some reason with what I had seen about web-series and Mormon films, but Jer3miah convinced me otherwise. I watched all twenty episodes in a row and it was a blast. It's packed with suspense, mystery, humor, action, drama, and thrills. I wonder what will happen next season...

"The Book of Jer3miah" is nothing if not unique. It's a web series made by a group of college students with a very successful transmedia component. It's a conspiracy thriller where advanced technology and promptings from the Holy Spirit both work to advance the story. The show has comic relief, but it takes some of the strange aspects of Mormon doctrine, history, and folklore that ground the story refreshingly, sincerely seriously--it's a rare thing in Mormon fiction, a story that would lose all of its power if transposed into any other religious tradition. It goes to scary, troubling places, asking hard questions about religion and morality, and it tells a fast-paced, twisty story.

The show isn't perfect--it takes a couple episodes to get going and there are certainly many traces of the unbelievably low budget. But, in many ways, these aspects don't really feel like drawbacks--there is a handmade quality to the series that is not only charming, it's inspiring. There's something invigorating about seeing such an ambitious project tackled with such limited resources--there's an energy that runs through "The Book of Jer3miah" that elevates it above most of its bigger-budgeted competition both in the web series world and the world of Mormon film. It's an excellent, exciting, occasionally unsettling and frequently unusual piece of work. I just hope there's a second season on the way.

Sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, Jer3miah is a wonderful treat. Its creators get an absolute bang out of their buck.

Jared Shores turns in a solid, empathetic performance as the eponymous Jeremiah, a 21st-century Everyman who gets thrown into a web of suspense and intrigue. Supernatural elements are balanced nicely with the story of a college student whose friends and allies will do whatever they can to aid his unlikely quest.

The supporting cast does a terrific job of portraying undergraduate hi-jinks and politics. Any college alumnus or alumnae will find echoes of at least one roommate or acquaintance in the widely varied group depicted.

Director/creator Jeff Parkin is a genius at making a low budget work wonders. Jer3miah's story unfolds well enough to make fancy effects and grander settings unnecessary.

I thought that it would be way corny like all Mormon movies... but I was pleasantly surprised! The story line is very unique and keeps you wanting more! I love how the character development really gets you involved into each characters lives and locked on the screen to find out what happens to them. I sat and watched it all the way through in one seating!!! I just couldn't get enough! I wanted to find out what was in that box and why he was the one who was selected as it's protector. The preview for the upcoming season threw me! I did not expect that at all!! I can't wait for the next season! When does it start!!!!!!!!!!!????

It's be way awesome if it was put altogether as a movie!!! I'd love that!