 Everone in Jericho was waiting, then suddenly there s a short automatic, probably nation-wide telephone-message from Homeland Security: they are taking over. Shortly afterward Internet, radio and TV are reserved by the military. Jake s mother insists his dad proved his love by fixing everything after Jake left; it s time to tell him the full truth. A power cut is followed by an overload which starts terrible fires all over the place, threatening various machines too, and thus the water supply. The Green men lead the fire fight with fair success. The mayor tells Jake it doesn t really matter what he did in San Diego, he was changed by it from a stupid punk to a fellow to be proud of. The mysterious Robert  Rob  Hawkins proves very handy at many things, not fathering.