WWTBAM Bored

All in all not a bad episode - taut, fast-paced and "dynamic" (i. e., advancing the plot). New Bern is brought back into the picture - I'm betting that before the end there will be some sort of alliance between Jericho and New Bern against the ACS forces. Stanley's action didn't surprise me - I figured he'd do something like that, but not under those circumstances.

And I have to ask, why did the guy only take $10K? Or was it that he had taken more but this was the first time he got caught? I also wonder about the new currency - is it backed by "the full faith and credit" of the Cheyenne government (for whatever that's worth)? I haven't heard anyone complain about inflation, which would seem to be likely under the circumstances.

I agree that Constantino and his New Bern gang will be allied with Jericho soon--the enemy of my enemy and all that. But, having drawn the wrath of the government down on them by killing the J&R mercs, they still shouldn't have a chance unless they get Col. Beck to bring the Army into the resistance.

The show doesn't want to get involved in the details of establishing a new currency, just as they glossed over all the other effects of the nuclear attack and the collapse of society. But since J&R snuck in that fine print about re-establishing a nationwide currency into their contracts, I'd presume they're deliberately not meeting that condition yet.

Jake is much too hotheaded to be a sheriff, much less a leader of the rebel alliance.

Stanley is in the morgue saying goodbye to Bonnie and his does this using sign language, because that's how the two of them have always communicated.