Previously: Boom, eek, pow, etc.

According to the all-knowing captions, it's four days after the bombs, and one day after the fallout has cleared. From Jericho? But there wasn't any fallout. Maybe the captions aren't so smart after all.

Stuttering images show crowds of people running down a street, and a cloud of smoke. Boy, I'll bet a show about whatever's going on there would be pretty interesting. Apparently the people of Jericho feel the same way, since they are, of course, watching these images on the TV sets at Bailey's. Eric thinks that the shots are of Cincinnati, and proposes marking it as a possible site of badness. Hawkins kinda rolls his eyes, heh, and Mary scrawls a question mark over Cincinnati on their map of doom. Which is pinned up over the dart board. I hope that, in future weeks, lots of tiny punctures start to appear on the map. Stanley and Bonnie join Jake at the bar. Stanley wonders why Gray and Shep haven't returned. Maybe they're trying to do Jake one better. "He found a couple of planes on a highway, eh? Well, I'm gonna find us a submarine in a cornfield! That'll show him!" The images cycle through on the TV again, and Stanley says, "Makes you wonder what happened to whoever shot this." Aw, Stanley is like my kindred spirit. That should probably worry me. Hawkins replies, "I think that mighta been the last thing they ever saw." Jake puts his hands over his face like he can't believe what a downer Hawkins is. Then they go back to watching TV for a while. But lest you think that this week's opener is a little dull, that's when the power flickers. Thrilling! And then...it comes back on. Mary tells Eric that the generator's almost out of gas, and that, when it goes, they won't get to watch TV anymore. Well, they could make a trivia game out of it. "Was the man fleeing for his life from the clouds of radioactive smoke carrying a suitcase or a backpack?" Stuff like that. Eric reassures Mary that he'll take care of it. She helpfully reminds him that the gas pumps aren't working. Eric tries to imitate Jake's "I can solve any problem if I'm confident enough" style. So naturally, the power flickers again, and then goes out for good. As everyone groans, Mary tells them that the bar's closed. Stanley whines, "It's only 9:30!" Ha! I don't understand they can't keep drinking in the dark, but I guess that they can do that just as well at home.