Wow. I"m so satisfied, I think I need a cigarette. And I don"t even smoke! Of course, I"d be far happier if the show was coming back, but as series finales go, this one was simply kissable. Imagine -- they didn"t even feel the need to murder off a beloved character. Did you hear that, Enterprise?
Jake and Hawkins arrive in Cheyenne and immediately make contact with a disillusioned Gray and a helpful but doomed Cheung. With Cheung"s help, Jake and Hawkins intercept the bomb, but run afoul of the fully bodied voice of John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith. By the time Jake rescues Hawkins and secures the bomb, Cheung is bullet-fodder, Smith has run off, and Hawkins is disturbingly wounded and bleeding. With fanfare of Awesome, Jake busts through the gates of the Texas Embassy, where they get asylum from Ambassador Dr. Phil, as well as access to a plane to get the bomb to Texas. Jake finally gets to show off his storied flying skills in a flimsy Cessna, but trouble shows up in the form of Cheyenne fighter jets. Thank god a couple of Texas Air National Guard flyers show up to both clean up their Bush-smirched reputation and rescue Jake awesomely. In Texas, Hawkins gets his much-needed medical attention and Chavez takes the bomb to some engineers.
Back in Jericho, Eric attempts to talk to Constantino about dealing with the military presence but is scared off by how evil he is. Beck is near tears when he confronts Heather about her betrayal with the radiation survey binder and finally throws her in jail. Stanley insists on burying Bonnie properly, and Mimi pleads with the military police to leave them alone until they pay their respects.
Being left alone with Hawkins" bag of tricks and reluctant to carry out his orders to visit some Phase Three vengeance on Jericho, Beck uncovers everything we already know about J&R and the September attacks. Finally resolved to keep doing the right thing as best he knows how, Beck tells Stanley and the other Rangers that they can take their time burying Bonnie because as far as he"s concerned, they"re free to go. After going rogue on his superiors, Beck springs Heather from jail and also makes sure that his men also know the truth about J&R and the September attacks. Instead of taking him into custody, all his men rip off their curiously Velcro-ish ASA patches and join him.
We"re left with the comfortable feeling that everyone in Jericho is going to be all right, but the fight for the country has just begun.