18-year-old deaf farmgirl Bonnie Richmond gets out her gun and starts mowing down the guys with guns storming her house. Sadly, the last one kills her. (The actress is said to have hugged the writers in gratitude when they told her how she was to die.)
Hawkins directing a desperate Jake into the Texas Embassy in Cheyenne.
Hawkins vs. a train. Hawkins wins.
The standoff between Jake's plane and two Allied States of America fighters, resolved when two Texas fighters blow the ASA planes out of the sky. An excellent, suspenseful scene with some of the best special effects ever to appear in television.
Anytime Johnston reinforced his authority such as when he punched Gray for questioning his orders in front of people.
Eric persuading a bunch of stubborn barflies to get to shelter before they are killed by radioactive fallout by telling them about its effects.
Emily stealing a supply truck from Jonah and crashing through the gate knowing he won't shoot his own daughter.
