But maybe this reveals a problem here: sure Reckoning doesn't really match up to Network, but why should it? This isn't so much a sequel as it is just another film by the same writer about a similar topic.

You might be asking yourself: "Oakland County has a flag?" Yes! and that's exactly the problem: no one knows (or frankly cares) about it. And so the flag must be redesigned and made into something which represents Oakland County, both its history and its future.

For someone who doesn't usually associate with the country genre too much, Townes Van Zandt is like a cure to the soulless drivel and self-important show boding that the genre is permeated by in the present day.