Termination for Cause (Jericho)
"Termination for Cause" is the fifth episode of season two of the CBS drama Jericho. It was broadcast on March 11, 2008. The name is a business phrase meaning that an employee has been fired due to bad behavior or other specific failures. Summary Jake and the rangers barricade themselves in the hospital to protect Mimi, whose life is in danger because of what she knows about Goetz. They square off in a battle for survival, while one of the Rangers takes a course of action that will alter his life forever. Plot A flashback shows Jake and several others arriving at the Richmond farm to find Bonnie in Stanley's arms, having died protecting Mimi from Goetz. Mimi is taken to the Medical Center, unconscious. Jake orders the Rangers to the Medical Center to protect Mimi. He tries to persuade Beck and his men to help them, but they are headed for New Bern. Beck warns Jake not to take any action against Goetz. At the farm, Goetz destroys Mimi's evidence against him, then takes his men to the Medical Centre for Mimi. Jake and the Rangers have barricaded themselves inside. Goetz demands to see Mimi, but Jake refuses. The situation becomes a standoff, and Goetz calls for back-up from Ravenwood. Goetz has the power to the Medical Center disconnected. Eric and Stanley learn that Gary’s wife has been brought to the scene by Ravenwood. Jake allows Gary to leave, and the Rangers realize that Ravenwood is taking their families hostage to force an end to the standoff. Hawkins returns home to find two Ravenwood men, who ask him to come to the hospital. Hawkins kills one and holds the other at gunpoint. He takes the Ravenwood uniform from the dead man and brings his hostage to the Medical Center. He has the Rangers let him and the hostage in, suggesting they use him as leverage if Ravenwood continues to threaten their families. Goetz hears that his two men are missing, and calls Fred, one of the Rangers guarding the Medical Center, which Emily sees. Hawkins and Jake ask Mimi why Goetz wanted her dead. Mimi reveals she has evidence of Goetz embezzling from Ravenwood. She recreates the evidence from J&R's records, then sends the evidence to J&R. Jimmy informs Jake that their Ravenwood hostage has escaped. As the man couldn't have escaped without help, Jake realizes these is a traitor among them. Emily tells them about the phone call that she saw Fred receive earlier. They realize Fred is the traitor and decide to use him to feed false information to Goetz. Hawkins and Jake search the building for their escaped hostage, recapturing him after a firefight. Jake and Hawkins tell Fred that the hostage is still at large, and ask him to guard the back door. Fred allows the Ravenwood contractors to enter the building, but they find the entire Medical Center empty and believe that the Rangers have escaped to regroup at Stanley's farm. Fred discovers that