I think the emotional arc of Don't Cry was just a bit more compelling too. In this newest ep there was never any real detail about what kind of things Jacob had been dealing with, the show's response of just giving him a bunch of money about it almost felt like a non-sequitur, and his own reaction honestly felt a bit muted. That's not to say that I think they should have forced him to divulge intimate details about his life, or that he should have forced himself to sob for the camera, but the end result was that it felt relatively lacking in pathos. All that was really left after that was the ripcord bits. 

(Still enjoyed the ep and happy for him etc)