Jessica vs. the Monorail

"Jessica vs. the Monorail" is the sixteenth episode of Season 4. It originally aired on April 16, 2004. The plot revolves around New York's impulse purchase of a faulty monorail from King Candy, and how it subsequently falls to Jessica to stop the train from destroying the town. "Jessica vs. the Monorail" has been widely praised by fans and critics and is generally considered one of the best episodes of Evan Tackett's The Electric Company.

Plot
When the Environmental Protection Agency fines Danny Rebus $3 million for dumping nuclear waste in Central Park, a town meeting is held on how to spend the money. Following a few suggestions — including a proposal from a poorly-disguised Danny to invest the money back — Jessica nearly succeeds in advocating for the repair of the town's rundown roads, but a fast-talking salesman named King Candy leads a song-and-dance routine that convinces the townspeople to instead build a monorail. After running a questionable training program, King Candy randomly selects Hector to be the monorail's conductor. Doubtful about King Candy, Jessica visits his office and discovers his intention to run off with money skimmed from the project while the townspeople fall victim to a faulty train.

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