Town Hall. Jake is trying the "scared straight" approach with Dale, telling him that if he hangs around with Mitchell, he could end up "in jail, or a lot worse." Like the circus, eh, Jake? Dale asks how Jake got mixed up with Mitchell, and Jake blinks and finally says, "I was stupid." Okay, but is there any part of Jake's life that you can't explain with that one? He adds, "And bored, and looking for trouble." He asks if Dale is looking for trouble. Suddenly, Skylar rushes in, demanding to know what's going on. Jake says that he and Dale are just chatting. Skylar sniffs, "You can't keep him here without an attorney." Jake says, "I'm not a cop," at which point I hope Dale says, "Well then, you have no authority to keep me here, so buh-bye!" But no, instead Skylar says she's bailing Dale out. She says, "I know the machines are down, but you have to take it," and hands over an America(n) Express card. Er, I don't think he does have to take it, plus, remember how he just said he's not a cop? Also, you're all insane. Jake gives Dale a "hooking up with the rich girl, eh? Smoooooth" look and tells Dale that he's free to go. Dale starts to leave, but then turns back and says, "I think I know where Mitchell is." He says that he'll show Jake, because just telling him would make too much sense.
Hawkins Homestead. Allison descends into the basement, calling for her dad. She knocks on the door to the bunker, then discovers that the door's unlocked. Hawkins is being pretty careless for a Vulcan. The music gets all exciting again as she enters the bunker and starts poking around, holding a glow-stick for illumination. She checks out the map with the pushpins of destruction, and gasps. Then she zips over to a gun case, and opens it to find...well, a gun. Finally, she pops open the laptop, which Hawkins just leaves on because he's got, I dunno, a solar laptop charger or something. The screen shows that awful photo of Jake, and his passport information. Then, like you knew would happen, Allison turns to find Hawkins standing right behind her.
After the ads, Hawkins leads Allison out into the basement. She asks, "Are all those cities gone?" Hawkins uses his genius brain to come up with a smooth reply to this question, and after hesitating for a second, he says, "What do you think?" Oh man, I hope he answers the rest of her questions this way, too. He gives a slight nod after a second, and Allison asks how he knows. What do you think? He says he doesn't know for sure, and finally admits that those are the cities he heard about via the radio and satellite feed. Allison does not, sadly, ask why Hawkins has his own personal satellite feed. Instead, she asks how come his laptop still works. What do you think? He says it's "ruggedized." Technical Consultant: "He probably means 'shielded,' since ruggedization is what you do to military equipment so grunts can bang it around. Tempest shielding in the form of Faraday cages will protect your electronics equipment from EMP effects, though I'm surprised Hawkins didn't construct a giant Faraday cage around his house using chewing gum wrappers and duct tape." After a moment, Hawkins says that his laptop is government issue, though he doesn't quite say that it was issued to him, personally. Allison asks, "So you're some kind of spy?" What do you think? Hawkins doesn't answer, and Allison realizes that he moved them all to Jericho because he knew Something Bad Was Going To Happen. Allison's question is, what's the gun for. Okay, that doesn't even merit a "What do you think?" Man, she seemed pretty smart for a while there. "Shooting," Hawkins duhs. He menacingly says, "And I think it's probably time you learned how." He starts to say that she's going to need to know how to defend herself, and then Darcy wanders downstairs to ask what's going on. Hawkins says they were "just catching up."