The guy's forgiven. Jack can hardly blame someone for not having either the willingness or the stomach to play along with the everything-is-rosy welcome wagon. It just so happens Jack can, with the right mix of well-practiced smiles and experience acting normal while under surveillance.

He doesn't have an answer for why they have to act a part, just that it might save their skins. Why is why he desperately hopes the stranger will hold his tongue before he blurts something out that could lead to a confrontation with the sheriff. Jack's had his own run-ins with the man--a bit too pudgy around his waistline to be a fighter, by all rights, but he's an enforcer, and he has resources at his beck and call that could make life hard for a person.

Harder.

It's chancy, what he does next, given it could just as easily work the man up even further, but in the event the other hasn't seen the cameras yet, a warning is better than letting him continue on in ignorance. Jack puts a finger to his lips while continuing on as if nothing's amiss. "Because you can never be sure who's listening and they take rule-breaking seriously around these parts."

Something else Sam says sticks out--"everyone else"? One guy acting fresh off the boat could be coincidence. But if there are more...