Spoiler
The Book of 1885 decrees that this week's theme is...money! Filthy lucre. The root of all evil. Even when denominated in buffalo nickels. 
So, there's an old gold mine outside of town. But our pintsized citizens don't have to dig for it or anything so tedious and untelegenic as that! No, our town council just follows a map to the mine (watch out for the bats!) and finds a treasure chest there, with 375 nickels in it! More than the town's income for an entire episode!
And, in a decision more fitting for a company town than any free enterprise system, the council gets to decide how to distribute the money. Rather than letting the citizens squander it on personal luxuries, they wisely invest in some recreational goods (baseball equipment, guitars, a kite) for the whole town to share.
Meanwhile, the producers trick us! Usually, they introduce one new kid from the ranks of the obscure to share the air time with the established favorites and that kid is destined to win the gold star. But this week, we meet not one but three new faces! Who will the winner be?
After the theme-based challenge (money problems are like an egg-tossing contest, don'tcha know) we finally learn that two of the new kids are trying too obviously for that gold star, while Nathan, the quiet home-schooled kid who lacks social skills but may be slightly obsessive-compulsive about working responsibly late into the night, is the one truly deserving!
Oh, and Jared becomes the "Bill Gates of Bonanza City" and splurges on some new duds that look like the wild west version of the costume Big J was wearing last night.
I can add more details for those who never watch, later, but let's start the, ahem, discussion here.
So, there's an old gold mine outside of town. But our pintsized citizens don't have to dig for it or anything so tedious and untelegenic as that! No, our town council just follows a map to the mine (watch out for the bats!) and finds a treasure chest there, with 375 nickels in it! More than the town's income for an entire episode!
And, in a decision more fitting for a company town than any free enterprise system, the council gets to decide how to distribute the money. Rather than letting the citizens squander it on personal luxuries, they wisely invest in some recreational goods (baseball equipment, guitars, a kite) for the whole town to share.
Meanwhile, the producers trick us! Usually, they introduce one new kid from the ranks of the obscure to share the air time with the established favorites and that kid is destined to win the gold star. But this week, we meet not one but three new faces! Who will the winner be?
After the theme-based challenge (money problems are like an egg-tossing contest, don'tcha know) we finally learn that two of the new kids are trying too obviously for that gold star, while Nathan, the quiet home-schooled kid who lacks social skills but may be slightly obsessive-compulsive about working responsibly late into the night, is the one truly deserving!
Oh, and Jared becomes the "Bill Gates of Bonanza City" and splurges on some new duds that look like the wild west version of the costume Big J was wearing last night.
I can add more details for those who never watch, later, but let's start the, ahem, discussion here.
