"Let it burn."
It's the Kids' 38th day in Bonanza City and Mike can't sleep. He's up before the crack of dawn, walking the dark Town, reflecting upon his time in Bonanza City. Mike is stirred from his thoughts by the smell of smoke and when he walks around the corner to investigate, he makes a startling discovery: the Job Board is in flames! Mike quickly rouses the sleeping TownsKids, racing from bunkhouse to bunkhouse, waking them with his shocking news. The Kids form a bucket brigade, filling every container they can find with water and running to throw it at the burning Job Board. Unable to find a spare bucket, Jared uses a tin cup in the hope that every little bit will help.
But despite their best efforts, the Kids are unable to douse the fire. As the Kids watch the Job Board collapse into rubble, they wonder how they'll manage their final three days of pioneer living without it. DK yells out over the shrieking TownsKids, "People use your brains. The Job Board is not the freakin' Town!"
Jonathan arrives and explains that the fire was no accident. With just three days of pioneer living remaining, the TownsKids will leave Bonanza City just as they entered it: the Kids still have a Town Council, but no set jobs, no Buffalo nickels and no Showdowns to compete in. The TownsKids can choose to continue working as they have been, come up with new ways of running the Town, or can opt to do nothing at all. It's all up to them.
And the Pioneer Journal that divided them into Districts? Jonathan tells the Kids that they can forget about it too. Mallory yells for Jonathan to burn the Journal, and after encouragement from the other Kids, Jonathan throws the Journal into the fire. Most of the Kids cheer the destruction of the Journal, but Anjay has mixed feelings, wondering just how long a Kid Nation can survive without law and order.
"We need to learn the hard way, sometimes."
A few of the Kids see the destruction of the Job Board as an opportunity for them to prove themselves, but the rest of TownsKids view it as an opportunity to raid the stores and saloon. In a matter of moments, the Kids go from grabbing a few handfuls of candy to engaging in a full-scale riot.
The Kids go wild: carting dozens of sodas back to their bunkhouses, gobbling up pounds of candy, throwing candy all over the street, and swiping every piece of merchandise from the Dry Goods Store. Even law-abiding, curfew-loving Olivia gets caught up in the anarchy, gleefully yelling, "We've all decided to go mad!" as she dashes back to the Blue Girls' Bunkhouse with armloads of sweets. Zach sadly looks on, wondering what has happened to the Kids of Bonanza City, "This is crazy."
