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The Fall Finale of Jericho begins with Dale finding the body of Gracie Leigh in the market, and then the town is treated to a special version of events through one Mitchell Cafferty. According to his story, Jonah showed up at the compound with a cut on his arm and told the gang that he had killed Gracie because she would no longer be doing business with him. It seems to me that Jonah is perhaps lacking in morals, but I don't think he was the guilty party here.

That conclusion is supported by Jonah greeting Emily when she returns home after a day out with Jake, and Jonah insists that he didn't kill Gracie. Instead, Jonah says that Mitchell and the rest of the crew jumped him and he's the one being framed here.

Unfortunately, it appears that Gray, in his bid to become the next mayor of the town, is going to use Jonah as ammunition, so he rounds up a posse and starts looking for Jonah to "bring him to justice". Jake, meanwhile, gets Hawkins to try and find him first, because he gets word from Dale that Mitch came and threatened him.

Speaking of Hawkins, though it seems he is definitely somehow involved in the bombings, he appears to be having second thoughts, as during the episode, he told the unknown person on the other end of his computer that he has been compromised, and to not contact him. Perhaps it is a longing for his family, or perhaps he was disillusioned with the world and now he's happy in Jericho - it's tough to say. But he seems to be okay with the way things are now, for he's willing to give up his compatriots.

While Jake and Hawkins try to find Jonah, they realize hey may be hiding somewhere familiar, and they realize that it just might be in plain sight - at Emily's place. They get there just as Gray and his group does, but somehow Jake manages to keep them out of the house, and Jake runs to Bailey's to pick up Kenchy (the doctor from Rogue River, who has lived in a sort of alcohol-induced haze since coming to Jericho) to help bandage up Jonah.

Once Jonah is cleaned up, he wants to get moving again, and that's just what he does. Gray grabs him not long after and takes him to the jail, and that's the push Gray needs to become the next mayor of Jericho. As his first act in office, Gray declares that all the food that was dropped will be distributed to the town - even though it has been tested yet.

In the second act, Gray declares that he will take care of outlaws quickly and decisively. When he goes to clean up the problem of Jonah, he seems intent on killing him, but that's when Jake intervenes, trying to tell Gray that Dale was accosted by Mitch in the store. Gray doesn't want to hear any of it - he has apparently convened a tribunal and determined that Jonah is guilty, and he's going to pay.

Since that is just a fancy way of saying that Jonah is going to die, Jake asks Bill if he's going to shoot Jonah, and when he balks, Jake thrusts the gun into Gray's hand, but Gray won't do it - not there, at least. Jonah is cast into exile, and told to leave Jericho.

Meanwhile, out on the farm, Stanley and Mimi have their little love fest interrupted when Bonnie catches them, and to show that she isn't happy, she manages to hook up with one of the townies who has been harassing Dale, who incidentally has become the new owner of the market.

As the episode comes to a close, what seems to be dozens of people staggers into the town, and they say that they've been walking for weeks. Among the zombies are Roger, who was to be Emily's husband. It looks like perhaps her rekindled romance with Jake may not get off the ground after all.

The final image we see is a message sent to Hawkins from his "handler", saying that they know he has been lying to them. Instead of being compromised, they know he's been outside playing football with his son, and they send a satellite image of them in the yard to prove it. That's some serious spy technology.

It seems that there is lots of drama ahead. Strangely, however, there was no sign of Heather for the second week in a row, so we'll have to wait a while to find out what she's been doing.