The battle with New Bern ensues, with Jericho residents out-manned and out-gunned, but not outsmarted. A friend of Jake's sends help from an unexpected source.
Jake and Hawkins risk their lives to retrieve the bomb and prevent Texas from joining with Wyoming; back at home, Beck is faced with some unpleasant truths, and Constantino offers a partnership.
Dale's smuggling route is threatened, Hawkins creates an elaborate ruse to get Beck away from his office, and an apparent accounting error found by Mimi has devastating consequences.
Major Beck moves against the rangers in retaliation of Goetz's shooting, and Jake's surrender subjects him to extreme measures. Meanwhile, Hawkins decides to move the bomb, but a betrayal will put everything at risk.