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Things are starting to heat up around Jericho - not literally, of course, as it's still winter - but the whole town is certainly on edge. Some kids go snooping around and find the tank hidden out in the barn, and, well, nothing happens. The tank, you say? Yes, the tank, the one that the townies took from the take Marines back in Semper Fidelis. Remember now? Good. Back to the story.

Now, kids get into it all the time, but come on - they found the freakin' tank for crying out loud! Obviously, someone figures out what happened, because not long thereafter (in fact, immediately thereafter), there's about to be a lynching downtown, when our hero Jake comes into town to find that someone has figured out exactly what happened - or something close to it - and the whole town is on the edge of revolt. What exactly they're going to do, when there isn't really much to revolt for is probably a pretty good story, but nonetheless, it furthers things along for a few minutes.

As that unfolds inside, outside the mob is getting a bit unruly, and the new mayor (that would be Gray, who took over at about the worst time in history), has decided that their new refugee friends are simply going to have to head out. Sorry, we appreciate the help, and you may die, but we have enough of our own troubles and you're on you're own. Nice guy, Gray.

While everything is going along less-than-smoothly in the square, Hawkins is playing with his new toy - the sleek palmtop computer that he picked up from Sarah before she was shot dead by his little girl. It seems that someone wants to have a word with her. So maybe we'll find out a little more about Hawkins. Probably not, but hey, any little tidbit is a chance that something interesting will come along.

So after this takes place, Hawkins does a little stalking over to the home of Jimmy, which as you know is where Darcy (and the kids) are living. Rumor has it that the kids who broke into the barn and found the tank are also Jimmy's kids. So Jimmy has a lot of mouths to feed (and he's no skinny-minny himself). No wonder rations are short and the kids are hunting rabbits.

Speaking of the younger set, Skylar and Dale continue along their teenage mafia path, trying to pick up what merchandise they can, and including some farms here and there, so that when push comes to shove (and there is a good amount of shoving going on, isn't there?), they'll be in a better position. They couldn't really have been in a worse position. Unfortunately no one wants to take them seriously, and Dale really doesn't have what it takes. Luckily for him, Skylar does. She takes the reins, and runs point so that they don't get taken advantage of at every turn. Nicely done.

Hawkins, after stalking his wife and friend for a while, goes to meet Sarah's contacts, and really has no intention of meeting them - he just uses the opportunity to do a little recon. In the process he does a pretty decent job of running around and taking pictures, and they seem to have no clue that he might be there. Either he's really good or they are really clueless. I suspect the latter, because at one point he was under their truck as they drove away and they still missed him, leaving him in the middle of the parking lot. Morons.

Back in town, Gray is showing his political prowess, as the tensions with the refugees are really heating up. The refugees have now taken over the old church and are simply refusing to leave. So Gray barricades himself in his office too. Smart move. Just to make sure she gets an appearance, Jake's mom shows up at home and gets invaded by Kyle, who impresses upon her just how bad their plight is, and that's when she does what no one else can seem to do - she comes to town to convince everyone else that they can work together. Maybe she should have been the mayor.

Just as things are starting to look up, and it looks like Gray is down for the count because he's shot, it ends up being the turning point. One of the refugees helps him survive, and no, it seems that the mass exodus of characters won't be continuing with Gray. What a waste. If there's anyone that needs to go, it's him. It does, however, provide an exit for Roger, because he was the one struggling with Gray, and it was him who is then exiled from town because he almost killed Gray. I'd keep him around if for no other reason than that.