Well, if the writer's had any sense of humor, they would have written in to the storyline that since Joe can't find his jacket, they bought him a new one until he gets a chance to find the green one. Next scene would have been Joe opening up a box with that tan, mustard, yellow Jacket ... fitting ju...
I watched this last night and really liked the episode. Did you notice that during Joe's great escape he dropped his green jacket and hopped in the buckboard with Meena. He never went back for the jacket and it's probably still in that desert somewhere.