Donald completely buys into the survivalist mentality and moves permanently to his remote Vermont survival cabin. He and the other survivalist trainees at the camp are led by the instructor and camp owner, Wes. The trainees are convinced by Wes to prepare for the imminent collapse of society. Meanwhile, back in New York, Jack makes bail for the robbery and once again finds Sonny to threaten him and to find out why he and Donald didn't implicate him to the police for Jack's more infamous crimes. A fearful Sonny tries to reason with Jack and assures him that Sonny and Donald will not testify against him if Jack agrees to leave them alone. Jack is willing to agree to the arrangement, if Donald also agrees. Unable to contact Donald by phone, Sonny and Candice travel to Wes' survival camp to inform Donald of the deal. Donald, however, is so confident of his new abilities to face danger that he taunts Jack by telephone and challenges him into coming up to the camp for a final "mano a mano" showdown. Sonny is forced to take his own actions to force Donald to agree to the arrangement with Jack, in order to save the lives of everyone.