Kid Nation Recap 11/21

(by Deb Porter-Jones)

Kid Nation is under new management!

 

This episode presents a totally new Town Council.  In a surprising upset, Greg is voted rep for the Blue District, replacing Anjay (who seems relieved about this turn of events).  Laurel is having difficulty adjusting to civilian life when she is replaced by Michael ( or Plato, as I call him: pearls of wisdom spring forth from this kid; it’s quite amazing).  Blaine is voted rep for the Yellow District, replacing Zach.  DK skates in because Guylan has informed the Red District that he no longer wants the seat. 

 

Bonanza City is then given communication training.  DK lectures everyone on the importance of coming together as a town.  Then all anarchy breaks loose!

 

Blaine, Greg, and DK eavesdrop on the Green District trashing them and their leadership skills.  They decide to rebel by doing what the Green District sarcastically suggest: sit in the middle of town and hand out compliments.  They are confronted by the Green District who is offended and it seems, and rather embarrassed that their mean words were heard by outsiders.  Michael gets really upset and admits that he was intimidated by the Twin Towers (Greg and Blaine) and hesitated to confront them.  But no longer! Some cruel words are spoken, and everyone separates rather heated. 

 

The new regime decides to make up with Michael and all is forgiven.

 

DK presents Taylor with an ultimatum: either decide to do some work, or suffer the consequences.  Taylor announces that she is going home because she’s disappointed that her friend Rayna went home, and she’s thinking about going home because they made a pact that if one leaves, the other will, too.  She refuses to do any work “right now”, of course.  You gotta love that Taylor; ever the defiant one. 

 

The kids are surprised with letters from home for the first time in 30 days, which goes a long way towards lifting morale.  Zach gets homesick and the new Town Council does their best to console him and remind him how important he is to Bonanza City.

 

Challenge!

 

The kids have to complete a challenge consisting of balancing pies on “pie-holders” and transporting them without dropping them. Then they must organize inventions involving communication (typewriter, television, telephone, etc.) based on what was invented first.   It’s funny listening to the children’s ideas about when these items were invented, especially since none of them were born yet and don’t appear to know what some of them are!  Blaine thinks that the phonograph takes CDs – how cute! 

 

Gold Star Ceremony

 

The newly-elected Town Council solicits ideas for who deserves the Gold Star, and surprisingly enough, several children thought the award should go to no one.  Their reasoning was based on the fact that they felt no one stood out enough to deserve it.  And they even consider giving the award to no one, to send a message that everyone needs to step it up a bit.  Several children did nominate Laurel, and one child even suggested that maybe she shouldn’t get it because since she lost her spot on the Town Council, she seemed to have also lost her motivation.  Laurel expresses her sense of loss and direction since she was voted out of the Town Council.  In the end, they awarded the Gold Star to Laurel, as a reward for all of her hard work and selfless devotion to Bonanza City, and as motivation to continue.  It’s nice to see how excited and thankful she is to receive the award.  Good job, Laurel!

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