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A boy and a girl hunt a rabbit and come across the hidden tank. That's not explored further, but I'd imagine it could be important later. Hawkins pretends to be Sarah and communicates with her bosses wirelessly. He coaxes them to a location of his choosing, and through surveillance realizes that they were going to kill her rather than pay her. He manages to plant a tracking device on their truck, and ends up getting some interesting photos out of the deal, although he's not sure who the big boss is. Skylar and Frodale continue their quest to get their hands on as much merchandise as possible, and by the end of the episode, they've got their own little general store up, complete with heavily-armed hired muscle. Bickering over the dwindling rations is in full force. After a short town-leader bitchfest, a reluctant but firm Gray tells the refugees in the church that the town can no longer take care of them, prompting a free-for-all that results in the refugees barricading themselves inside. Tear gas is used to drive them out; however, one of the refugees menaces Gail, and elsewhere, Roger struggles with Gray and shoots him. Roger then won't allow Jessica (I think that was that cute medically-proficient refugee's name, anyway) to treat Gray unless he agrees to feed the refugees until spring. Phil moves into sniper position to try to pick off Roger as Emily tries to convince Roger to let Gray get treatment. Jake busts into the room in time to get Roger and Emily to hit the deck, although they take so long to do so that it would have served them right if they'd gotten plugged in the skull. Or at least lost an ear or a few strands of hair. Roger agrees to take the refugees out of town, but not without bringing along a hostage. He initially wants Gray, but agrees to take Jake when he volunteers instead. However, Gail, fresh from her encounter with that just-like-you-and-me refugee, has convinced everyone to give up enough of their rations for the refugees to stay. Due to the gunplay, however, the reprieve is not extended to Roger, and he gets ready to hit the bricks, denying Emily's request to accompany him, much, I'm sensing, to the chagrin of the forum posters. Gail takes some refugees into her house, including the one that menaced her. Roger leaves, and Jake tells him to go to New Bern, because from what I understand, they're rolling in extra food over there. In the end, the town is gathered around listening to a radio broadcast, which seems to stir something in Jimmy. Oh, and did I mention the part where Hawkins is an FBI agent? I've never seen this show before, so if I got anything wrong, don't...oh, what the hell. Email me! Want more? The full recap starts right below!
First off, many thanks to the handful of readers who emailed and straightened me out on the errors I made in the recaplet. I simply did not have time, enjoyable as it would have been, to go back and catch up on all the recaps of the episodes, and although I did watch last week's episode, my attention during the first few scenes was still somewhat diluted by my efforts to sneak peeks at the CBS website to figure out who the heck some of these people were. I think I've got it all straight now. Well, aside from wondering why most of these people do most of the things they do. But I have a feeling that on that front, I'm in the same leaky boat as all you all.
We open on a young girl running through the woods. The uncertainly ominous music suggests that she might come across a guy in a mime's mask intent on raping her, so until we know better, I'll just call her Sylvia. However, it turns out that she's hunting a rabbit in tandem with her brother, who catches up with her and tells her she's making too much noise. Agreed, at least on general principles. They quickly catch sight of their prey and chase it until it runs into a slight crack between the locked doors of a barn. Sylvia's brother orders her to crawl through a little doggie-door-looking opening. She asks why, and he tells her, "So we can eat." Hmm, young children reduced to hunting for their own supper. Could it be that the show is subtly trying to tell me something? Anyway, Sylvia goes in, and doesn't have the gun, so is she trying to scare the rabbit back outside? Creepy dissonant music plays as Sylvia discovers the tank the Jericho inner circle took from the Semper Faux. That's still not as scary as a psycho mime. Her brother calls her "Katie," which is fine, because they're off the screen in two seconds anyway, and I've had my prairie-related fun. Also, a reader told me that these are Jimmy's kids, not seen since the pilot. And...nothing against Jimmy, but if he's their dad, I think maybe the rationing in their household is the slightest bit inequitable.
Outside the church, Jake is cutting past a long line of people clamoring and shuffling and generally making an awful lot of noise for extras who aren't allowed to talk. We hear a looped-in "Come on, Jake, there's a line here," causing Jake to send a withering glare back down the queue. The Skeet is not a fan of uppity ADR. Jake makes his way inside, where the people in charge are obviously freaked about the high proportion of people to rations. After an unnecessary comment from Phil that I'm willing to bet is in character, Jake heads into Gray's office, wherein Roger is conveniently just up to the part of the conversation where he's chewing Gray out for the deception involving the Semper Faux. As the readers also pointed out, the kids obviously told someone who didn't know about the lie, which is why this whole brouhaha is happening now. One wonders what they were talking about until Jake and the cameras showed up. Perhaps Emily was speaking her mind, but somehow I don't think that would have taken very long. Gray tells Roger that the town had to believe help was on the way, and points out that their current apportionment of half rations is a lot more than the refugees had before they got to Jericho. Now, as a guest recapper, I have to draw conclusions about the characters a lot more quickly than perhaps I ordinarily would. Existing heuristic research can help in this situation, and luckily, some such research with which I'm familiar is that when a person reacts to a logical and rational-sounding point with a dismissive, sarcastic smile, he or she is a total fucking douchebag. I'll admit that this conclusion isn't foolproof, but I'll at least use it as a working theory where Roger is concerned. Emily obnoxiously asks Jake whether he knew about the ersatz nature of the Marines, and he admits that he did, but backs Gray up on the contention that the town needs not to lose hope. The two sides bicker, Phil having entered to throw in his own xenophobic opinion. Shut up, Phil. I'd tell you to rescue a cat from a tree, but obviously you wouldn't even share.
In his office or hideout or whatever, Hawkins draws a big "X" over a picture of Sarah. That seems excessive, but maybe he's going to pass it on to the continuity editor. Sarah's BlackOpsBerry pipes up with a message that whoever it is on the other end is ready to meet Sarah's price for the package. Hawkins responds that he's ready, and asks where to meet them. He gets a set of coordinates in reply, followed by the name "McCook, Nebraska." Hawkins picturesquely wonders if MapQuest is going to be any help with either one.
Gray is consulting with Harry and Phil about the refugee situation, and the news is not good. Harry points out that the refugees have been burning through their medicine, and Phil opines that "the numbers speak for themselves!" If only that were true, we could skip this boring scene entirely. Bottom line: Gray is not happy...
...but he opens the door and summarily tells the refugees that the town can no longer care for them, so if they'll kindly gather up their things, they'll be escorted to a FEMA camp. A bearded refugee takes exception to that, saying that they've been to FEMA camps, and "barely made it out alive the first time." Hee. I'll take any dig at FEMA, no matter how clumsy and unsubtle. The guy gives Meddie a real name -- Jessica -- while pleading the refugees' case, but Gray is unmoved, so the guy looks at another dude, and then decks Phil. Take note, FEMA -- that is what you call a hell of a job. A riot breaks out that's pretty wussy, but if people are really starving, I guess that's realistic enough. (Note to self: you're only up to the opening credits. Stop caring.)
Chez Green. Jake tells his dad that there's nothing but static coming in on the radio. His dad points out that they have no further reason to hide it, and Jake agrees that he'll take it to Bailey's later: "We can all be annoyed together." He should really register for the boards. There's a knock at the door, and Gail opens it to find Emily, who rudely doesn't even acknowledge her before she tells the men about the situation at the church. Honey, I know the scenario is urgent, but its very existence should make the dangers of forgetting social niceties clear to you.
So somehow, Gray and all the lawmen are now outside. So...the refugees were strong enough to overpower the armed men, and...escorted them out and then barricaded themselves in the church, rather than holding hostages until their demands were met? Oookay. Roger shows up for some more bitchery and ass-faced smirking, and all this is pointless and stupid, so let's skip ahead to the part where the Green parents wonder if they have anything else to offer the refugees. Gail notes the change in her husband's countenance, and her face falls as she asks, "April's things?" Well, if she didn't mind you carving up her corpse for Sunday lunch, she won't take issue with this. (Hey, I didn't see a funeral, did you?)
Inside, the bearded refugee is cocking a gun, which I hope he at least took from Phil or whoever. Roger comes in, apparently having free access to the barricaded building, and tells the bearded refugee ("Kyle" is apparently his name) that he's making a mistake, and that they should just march outside, look Gray in the eye, and ask permission to stay until the end of winter. Dude, I just figured out who Roger is! Christopher Wiehl, the guy who played Buffy's crush Owen in the Season 1 episode "Never Kill A Boy On The First Date"! And what good timing for him that I just figured that out, because it distracted me from commenting on how stupid his suggestion to Kyle was! Emily notices that Kyle is hoarding a can of some sort of food, and realizes that he stole it. Kyle tells Roger that he did the same thing when they were "out there," but Roger thinks this is different, since Jericho has taken care of them. Kyle says that they have to take care of themselves, and Roger gives him a big eye-roll, so at least he's an equal-opportunity dickhead. Oh, Christopher Wiehl. You were once kind of cute, back at Sunnydale High when you were thirty-five.
Hawkins lurks outside what I'm guessing is Jimmy's house, watching his son play. He focuses in on his daughter, who looks angsty. They grow up and kill our enemies so fast. He leaves.
Skylar and Dale are using binoculars to observe a guy with a rifle. Dale says that "Simmons" has his nephew guarding the barn; Dale doesn't think he can get in. Skylar isn't trying to hear that, and says she'll go herself. I can see the Frodo comparison, but I actually think Dale looks quite a bit like a young Wes Bentley. I suppose it's hard to tell without a plastic bag floating around. Anyway, Dale's concerned for her but not all mas macho about the whole thing, which is refreshing, and Skylar goes for it.
Out in the street where pointless discussions go to not die, Gray has gotten hold of some tear gas, and has little use for the Reverend's and Johnston's objections.
Inside, it looks like I gave the street a raw deal, as a different pointless discussion is going on. Kyle bitches Roger out for making Jericho sound so great. I hate to have to defend Roger here, but he made that claim after AN APOCALYPTIC EVENT. I think you might have figured out that even Nirvana might be relatively diminished.
Outside, Johnston is long-windedly and mind-bendingly name-checking Waco, and dude, you may have sired The Skeet, but I'm still going to have to insist that you shut up without delay. Incidentally, I should mention that I have a bizarre soft spot for Skeet, to which point I watched Miracles, um, religiously. In fact, when I was living in England, I saw all the eps that were filmed but didn't make it to air in the States. I don't really remember much about that show except that Skeet and the other lead guy were continually getting into situations in which it seemed there was an unstated same-sex romantic and sexual tension that never quite managed to cross the line from subtext to text. That's a lot to type -- if only some clever person had invented a pithy nickname for that particular phenomenon!
Inside, Roger tells Kyle he's with the refugees, but Kyle asks, "What happens when we get kicked out of this town?" Having seen the episode, I'm going to have to go with "a healthy dose of irony" as my answer. There are several stares that make up in length for what they lack in poignancy, and then Gray does a guest recapper a solid by finally tossing the tear gas canister through the window. It goes to work old-school as we head into a commercial break.
The refugees bust out of the "barricaded" doors into the street. Some woman, who I think was hanging on by a thread earlier, picturesquely tumbles down the steps and dies. She looked kind of pale, so...white wine with dinner?
Skylar "breathlessly" comes running up to Simmons's nephew, who knows her, and spins some yarn about men on the road. They head into the barn, and the nephew keeps watch as Skylar cases the joint. She then convinces him to go up to the hay loft for a better view, but once he's up there, she pushes the ladder away. Not quite getting it, the nephew calls her name until he sees her galloping away on a horse with a bunch of what I think are jugs of gasoline tied to the saddle. She rides out and gleefully picks up a happy Dale. Aw. These two are kind of cute. You know, for psychos.
In an old-looking Pontiac or Buick or some such sedan, Hawkins crosses the border into Nebraska. He pulls in at an abandoned warehouse, and, seemingly liking what he sees, pulls out the BlackOpsBerry and sends a message that there's been a change of plan: they need to come to him. He adds, "A girl can't be too careful." I'm sure Sarah's dessicated (or meatless) corpse would agree. He gives them the meeting place, and then gets out of the car. I hope he's going to do something to hide it, because his adversaries are going to catch sight of it soon even if they're coming in from Mars.
Gray's office. As Gray looks through his window and watches the commotion outside, Phil informs him that one of the refugees is still on the loose. Gray tells him to have the rangers search the town's barns with dogs, and then instructs Harry to get the refugees to the medical center and have them fixed up. Harry gets all boo-boo kitty about sending them away, and, like, I know it sucks, but aren't we clear on the concept already? Phil is outraged that Gray is going to stand by his promise to give the refugees some food for the road, but Gray has had enough of this bullshit and kicks them both out. I don't know if I'm not supposed to like him, but if that's the case, too fucking bad, show.
Gail is laden down with what I thought at first was fresh laundry, but in fact is probably April's stuff. After some long tracking shots of her walking through the house, she notices some muddy footprints on the floor. She looks in the direction in which they lead, either thinking "I am in some trouble here" or "I am going to kill whoever did that." Either way, I think she wants Jake here.
Roger and Emily come in for ANOTHER round of pointless talks with Gray. Can something happen already?
Gail tries to sneak out the side door, but when she opens it, Kyle appears, causing her to freak shit and run rather hilariously through the house. Okay, that's a start.
More stupid bickering between Roger and Gray. I have not changed sides, in case you were wondering.
Gail pleads with Kyle to let her go. He doesn't seem to want to hurt her, but she freaks shit some more and then hits him with something. Let me guess: steely resolve came from the Green line?
Gray pulls a gun on Roger. Oh, Gray, you had me, and then you kind of lost me. Not completely, though.
Gail shrieks for Kyle to get out, but he asks, "And go where?" A little place she calls "Anywhere but here," I'm thinking.
Roger grabs Gray's gun, and the two men struggle as Emily tells them to stop with all the urgency of a FEMA rescue effort. (Sure, show, you can use that one.) The gun goes off, and Gray falls to the floor. Emily rushes to him, and we can see that he's sustained a gut wound. Amazingly, Roger does not smirk, although I can't speak to what happens once we go to commercial.
So I guess everyone in Gray's building heard the gunshot, because Jake enters to find them scampering in a complete panic for the exits. You might think people in a post-apocalyptic world would be made of sterner stuff than this, but given Gail's upcoming reaction to a strange man in her house, I suppose this makes some sense. Jake enters the office, and Roger immediately tells him it was an accident, while Gray claims that Roger shot him purposely. I love how, even in life-or-death situations, everyone's happy to sit around picking their collective ass until Jake shows up. At Roger's insistence, Jake goes to get Jessica.
Kyle is rummaging through a kitchen drawer while Gail looks at him with eyes bugged out so big you'd think this was the most terrifying experience of her life. I can see why, too -- will he pull out a can opener? A soup spoon? Good God, not the potato peeler! She finally calms down enough to ask him what he's looking for, and he tells her SuperGlue; the soles of one of his boots started falling apart after a couple hundred miles of walking. Gail overdramatically tells him that her son's shoes might fit him, but Kyle tells her that he'd rather fix his: "They're all I have left that are mine." Okay, you guys, who bet on mawkish and redundant in the same sentence? Exacta! Gail opens a drawer behind her and hands over a tube of SuperGlue, and I wasn't going to do this, but their hilariously overly sincere nodding at each other is forcing me to point out what a nice bonding moment this is. Hey, I have to entertain myself somehow. Kyle goes to work on his shoe as Gail asks where he'll go. He tells her that his family is in Chicago, if that place even exists anymore (sorry, Demian!), and she responds by telling him she wishes there was more the town could do. He points out that there are empty houses all over Jericho, and meanwhile the refugees are sleeping in a shelter. Well, as pointed out in the forums, it would take a lot more fuel to heat all those homes that it does to heat the shelter, but Gail loses me when she says that those are their neighbors' homes, and that they're coming back. That's nicely deluded and all, but couldn't you revisit the issue if that actually happens? I mean, I know evicting squatters is difficult and all, but a compromise does seem in order here. Kyle: "Well, wherever your neighbors are, I hope nobody's kicking them out of town in the middle of winter." Nicely done, Kyle. Now if you'll take that tube and glue Roger's lips shut, I'll let you stay with me for the winter and spring.
Hawkins has taken up a position in one of the buildings, and snaps some pictures as his adversaries arrive and spread out in various sniper locations. In reply to a query, he tells the person on the other end of the BlackOpsBerry that he's at the loading dock. He sees the guy in the cab of the truck convey that information to a sniper, who moves his position. The guy then gets out of the truck, and Hawkins zooms in on him. I have no idea if we've seen this guy before, but he looks kind of like a much younger Joey Pants. Anyway, Hawkins satisfies himself that these guys had no good fate planned for Sarah. Nice of his daughter to have saved her from it, then.
Jake finds Jessica, who's reluctant to help Gray. Jake, however, points out that if Gray dies, the townspeople will basically lynch Roger. Jessica seems to think that would be bad, for some reason.
Roger begs Gray to let the refugees stay until spring, but Gray isn't inclined to grant Roger any favors. Can't imagine why. Jake and Jessica show up, but the door is now barricaded, and Roger won't let them in unless Gray agrees to his demand. Emily "cries" that this isn't him, but Roger snarls, "I survived out there for three months. You have no idea what I can do if I have to." Who's asking?
Having successfully lured Sarah's pursuers on a wild-goose chase, Hawkins plants a tracking device or whatever on the underside of their truck. Before he can get away, however, the men return, so he sends a message saying that he got nervous, and that they should meet at the original location. The timing of all these messages is suspicious enough that it seems like these guys might wonder what's going on, but I'm probably expecting too much from characters on a show where people haven't figured out how to effectively ration food after seventeen episodes. Anyway, the men drive off without seeing Hawkins.
Emily is applying pressure to Gray's wound, which just made her a lot more proactive and useful than most people around here. Jake sees Phil heading out the door with a rifle, and runs after him, realizing that he's planning to take Roger down. As Phil climbs a ladder onto the roof of a nearby building, Jake screeches at him not to shoot Roger: "What if you hit Emily?" If I were Roger, I'd be like, "Yeah...hey, wait a minute!"
Emily and Roger have further tiresome discussion about their predicament. Phil moves into position. Jake staggers back up the stairs. Jake, if you're going to be the Golden Boy of All Things Jericho, I'd suggest this: more cardio. More blah blah from Roger. Phil lines up his shot, but Emily's in the way at the moment. Jake busts through the barricaded doors, like I'M SO SURE. He tells them about Phil. Of course, he could have just conveyed that information RIGHT WHEN HE FIRST SAW PHIL WITH THE GUN, but it wouldn't have been as dramatic if he hadn't been out of breath. He then tells Roger fully FIVE TIMES, and I am not making this up, to get away from the window, and still Roger dumbly stands there for a few more seconds until finally hitting the deck just ahead of Phil's shot. I don't know how anyone can be hungry in this town with all this filler.
Back from the break, Roger finishes the job Jake started of turning the blinds to their closed position while haphazardly waving the gun around. Emily tells him that Jake is there to help, and after that display in the last scene, I don't blame her for worrying that Roger's not the quickest on the uptake. Jake offers the refugees transportation, food, and fuel for them to make it to the "migration trail" and head south in order to beat the winter. They totally then cut to Gray, all, "Hello? Mayor? Bleeding?" He does weakly pipe up in protest, but Jake brushes that aside, and says the deal is that Roger has to let Jessica take Gray to the medical center. Then, without dialogue: shot of Roger. Shot of Emily. Roger. Jake. Roger. Emily. Roger. Nothing like organic dramatic tension, huh? Roger finally pipes up to say that he'll need guns, and what's more, he won't let Jessica take Gray to the medical center. Jessica, however, points out that if the bullet is still inside Gray, she'll have to open him up. Jake asks if they have a deal, and after a million years, Roger agrees.
Allison goes to grab some firewood outside when Hawkins whispers to her from behind the fence. If this winter is a brutal as they're making it out to be, I hope Hawkins had some method for narrowing down when she was going to come outside. Operating the BlackOpsBerry won't be so easy with a nasty case of frostbite. They take cover behind the hedges, and Hawkins asks if everything's okay at Jimmy's place. Allison says that Jimmy never stops talking, and based solely on last week's episode, I'll certainly agree with her. Hawkins gets to his real point, which is to ask how Allison is, since "that thing" she did to Sarah can change people. Allison, who I'm already liking more than just about anyone else on this show, firmly tells her dad that she's fine: "I'm not Sam, and I'm not Mom." Hee. Teenaged girls and their mothers -- that's a dynamic that even Jericho can't get wrong. Allison changes the subject and bluntly notes that Hawkins isn't going to be living with them anymore. Hawkins agrees that it isn't a good idea at the moment, and Allison replies, "Then don't worry. I'll take care of them." Love her. She starts to head back in, but Hawkins roughly pulls her back in for a hug, and tells her she's not him. He kisses her on the forehead and holds her tight before letting her go back inside. By far the best scene of the episode. No overly dramatic pauses, no bullshit filler lines, no overacting -- just two good actors doing their thing, injecting intention and subtext into every line. Loved that.
Gray's Gaping Gut. The sweaty man thanks Jessica for helping him, and somewhat brokenly tells her that he was just doing his job. Jessica agrees that they all have their jobs to do. Gray winces in pain both physical and emotional, and Jessica subtly softens as she tells him to hang on. I kind of love both these two as well, if I'm being honest.
Outside, a bus has been procured for the refugees. There's a silly, unnecessary shot of them all looking like they just woke up from comas, all, "Where are we going?" and "Where's the craft services table?" Get it together, morons.
Emily sees that the bus is there, and asks Roger when he thinks he'll return. Roger, indicating Gray, is all, "After this, he's never gonna let me come back." You guys, you know I'm new and all, so forgive the naïveté, but is this guy for real? His smirk certainly is, and he blah blahs that maybe he should have taken the refugees someplace else, but he had to see her. Oy.
Outside, Gail firmly tells Johnston that they can't let the refugees get booted out of town.
Jake returns and tells Roger that they're ready. Roger, however, tells Gray to get up: he's taking Gray hostage. Jeez, dude, if you want people to like you, how about not welshing on your deal? Jessica and Jake are not thrilled with this development.
Gail is using the woman who died earlier to stir sympathy on behalf of the refugees: "I didn't even know her name! Did you?" Well, in their defense, most people don't like to be quite that familiar with their meals.
Jake volunteers himself as a hostage. No, Jake! If you leave, how will the rest of the townsfolk remember to do complex things like exhaling?
Fast cut time again: Gail is continuing her "refugees are people too" campaign, saying that she can feed two people, and asking who else will share rations. She doesn't bring up the issue of the medicine, of course, but I'm too close to the end to care here. Phil announces that the group is coming out. Roger comes down the stairs with his arm around Jake's neck. Gail pleads with people, with some success. Roger and Jake finally appear outside. Phil lines up Roger's head in his sights, but Jake is in the way. Roger and Jake reach Gail, who dramatically tells them it's over: "They can stay." Roger eventually lowers his gun, and one of the other lawmen drags him to the ground and cuffs him. Phil looks disappointed that he didn't get to plug Roger in the skull. I need to go back and watch that scene with Hawkins and Allison again.
Roger's sitting in The Loneliest Jail Cell In The World. Even the serial rapists don't want a piece of him. Emily appears and tells him that Gray is going to make it, and he closes his eyes like this is a big relief. Douchebag. She also informs him that all the refugees are going to be allowed to stay -- but not him. Ha! This show should retool itself as a comedy. It's halfway there already. Emily boo-hoos that she's coming with him. Roger: "Ixnay." Emily tearily tells him she can handle coming with him. Roger: "I can't." You guys, this is gold! I am giggling my ass off here. Emily and Roger kiss through the bars.
Gracie Leigh's Supermarket. Dale and Skylar have set it up so it's got quite the inventory inside. They kiss cutely, but then Simmons and Hank (the nephew from earlier) show up and demand the horse and the gas. Dale says that the horse is tied up in the alley, but the gas is his under the terms of that deal that I don't care about. Simmons sends Hank to take the gas by force, but two guys with rifles appear from the back and block his path. Dale turns to Simmons and intones, "Meet my new employees." Yeah, he's a little young to be pulling this off, but I didn't think much of Octavian the first time I saw him either. The Simmonses bail.
Gail lets Kyle and several other refugees into a neighbor's house (another error I made in the recaplet) and tells them a little bit about the owners before starting to head out. Kyle stops her and thanks her, and she manages a small smile before bailing.
Hawkins is back in his lair. We see a framed photo of the Joey Pants-esque guy, and then Hawkins prints out a copy. Was the framed copy there already? That's confusing. Hawkins writes "BUYER" on the back of the photo, and then pins it up on his corkboard above the X-ed picture of Sarah. He then sits at his computer, and is apparently able to use the tracker to zoom in and view the guys from before. Great. Thanks to Google Earth, now we can't pick our noses outside even if it looks like no one's watching. Hawkins sees the BUYER meet with a mysterious portly bald guy, and then he gets a message on the BlackOpsBerry saying that he'll double the price. Of course, from Hawkins's point of view, that means two bullets in the head instead of one, so I'm thinking he might not trip over himself to oblige. He then prints out a copy of the bald guy talking to Joey, and writes "BOSS" on the back. He pins it up, circles the bald guy, and draws a big question mark to him.
Roger comes into the street, and Jessica hands him a backpack she says is full of canned food and water. He's lucky she's nice, because I would find it hilarious if he got ten miles only to discover it was full of rocks and expired milk. She says she wishes she had more to give him, and he responds with a nod and a half-smirk instead of, I don't know, a THANK-YOU? I'd suggest they run this guy out of town on a rail, if everyone wasn't obviously too weak from hunger to carry him. It's Jake's turn , and he tells Roger, "Nothing I say is gonna sound right." I'll believe that, but only because I don't think he can say "asshole" or "fuckface" in this time slot. "Mad World" plays as Jake hands over a gun, and tells him to take Cedar Run to New Bern, where his brother and "Heather" and "Stanley" can help him. You guys, New Bern is totally the new England or Buffalo or wherever! Say hi to Brenda Walsh and Mary Camden! (FYI, Mary's the easy one!) Roger and Jake shake hands, and then Emily appears from some building with Jimmy. She's chosen the "apply makeup horribly to give the appearance of being in emotional hell" route, which, as far as tricks of the trade go, is an oldie but goodie. Anyway, Roger walks out of town, and many people looking very sad are effectively counterbalanced by me busting a gut laughing.
The song continues to play as Hawkins spies on his family, presumably having planted another tracker. I hope he didn't stick it on his daughter, because in retrospect, that would make that scene far less touching.
Jake has taken the radio to the bar, as he promised earlier, and the town listens to a report saying that some town was bombed, and that the bombers gained the trust of local officials. The broadcaster goes on to say that terrorists apprehended in New York were all carrying near-perfect FBI badges (which I obviously missed when I did the recaplet; again, sorry). Jimmy steps forward, looking chagrined, which Jake notices...
...and then we're back with Hawkins, and we pan down to see his FBI badge. He should snap a picture of himself and write "FAKER!" on the back.
time: it looks like we meet the BOSS. Jake has a showdown with Hawkins, and Keckler returns to tell you all about it!