These things are the very devil to write. Providing a summary of recent events without having this seem like a tedious laundry list (e.g. “He dove into the equatorial trench leveled out dodged the laser cannon heard Obi-Wan’s voice telling him to use the Force switched off his targeting computer fired the torpedo into the exhaust vent and blew up the Death Star”) can be a bit of a challenge. But for an online serial drama, it’s a challenge that must be faced.
One reason is as a courtesy to readers, to help everyone keep track of what’s going on. So many things have happened, spread out over so many different episodes, that it would be easy for someone to forget some vital clue. Another is to help me keep track of what’s going on. So many things have happened, spread out over so many different episodes, that… oops… wait a second… I think I said that already 
But the most important reason is to summarize what the characters know. This is one of the problems with cliffhangers. For reasons of suspense, an author may reveal some tantalizing piece of information (“Unknown to Lord Credulous, Sally Wholesome was actually Treacheron the Slayer in disguise!”). A half-dozen episodes later, readers may wonder why the hero is behaving in such an unwise manner (“Here, Sally, could you hold this expertly-forged and extremely sharp battle-axe for me while I take off my armor?”)
For better or worse, ‘tis done. We’ve hit the Summary of Recent Events Reboot Button. Now we can get back to the action!
[Yes, I admit it, that’s the same hand that appeared in Episode 35. I’d roughed out a sketch of a North Australia Railroad train chugging past Larrimah, with some predecessor of the Big Stubbie looming in the background, and was about to start penciling, but then I thought, “Hey, this would be a good time for another Monopoly card!” That leaves me with 58 to go. Any suggestions how I can work Saint Charles Place or Virginia Avenue into an episode?]
No, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before we come to the “Get Out of Jail Free” card, LOL!
Good recap episode, and good timing at that. I for one was starting to lose track of things.
Let’s just hope they can avoid that ‘Make general repairs on all your property — for each house pay $25 – for each hotel $100 – for each airship, pay $10,000,000′ card