Jericho (2006) s01e05 Episode Script

Previously on Jericho: All right, it looks like the explosion came from the west, maybe Denver.
Could have been a test, could have been an accident.
If it was an attack, and there's chaos out there, you might not want the wrong people knowing that Jericho was still here.
The unfortunate truth is there was another explosion in Atlanta.
All right, we got it.
We got something.
They just reporting it or are they behind it? Hire as many deputies as you can.
Use them to help get gas.
Clinic's running low.
I couldn't find an empty pesticide container.
I thought this water tank might do.
No, no, no.
We can't use steel.
There's too much risk of static.
Gas has been sloshing around in there.
One spark, the whole thing could blow sky high.
We don't have time to look for something else.
Help.
He's a refugee from Denver.
Do you recognize him? - No.
- We need information.
- Where are they? - It burns.
He needs morphine.
Why did you go back to Denver? I couldn't let them die.
Well, it was a mistake, Vic, because now we are a man down.
He's gone.
I'm tired of War.
No one ever really wins.
Me too.
We can play Crazy Eights instead.
Or Hearts.
I'm calling it a night.
Call it whatever you want, but it stopped being night hours ago.
You all want coffee? Make mine an Irish.
So, Mimi, what would you be doing if you were back home in D.
C? Sleeping.
You know the hardest thing about sleeping in this dump? - What? - The quiet.
I don't know you stand it.
It's like my brain is an echo chamber.
Why do you think I left town? I could tell her.
What? - Why Jake left town.
- Watch it, Jimmy.
Let me guess.
The pressure got to be too much.
- I'm a people reader.
- Yeah.
I'm betting, captain of the football team, prom king, most likely to succeed? Am I right? - Don't quit your day job.
- Why? What am I missing here? I think he beat up the prom king.
Oh, yeah, I did.
Eric, you must have a million stories about your brother screwing up, right? Yeah, at least that many.
Could we get a couple of coffees to go, Mary? Coming up.
So do we have a plan? Try to get news, make contact.
We haven't heard from Gray in a couple of days, so No, Eric.
Do we have a plan? I will talk to April.
Tonight.
Then? And then I won't need coffee as an excuse to come see you.
Secrets of a small town.
Hello? Hello, this is Assistant Secretary Walsh from the Department of Homeland Security.
Do not be alarmed.
If you are safe, stay where you are.
Do not attempt to leave.
Who is it, Rob? We will be in contact again shortly.
Until then, know that help is on the way.
Hello, this is Assistant Secretary Walsh from the Department of Homeland Security.
Do not be alarmed.
If you are safe, stay where you are - Maybe we should get to the town hall.
- Yeah.
Homeland Security? Well, that's what they said.
So they're in charge now? Well, they're supposed to be in charge in case of a disaster.
So, what happens next? - Why are you asking her? - She's from D.
C.
This is what they told us.
First they restore power, then communication and transportation.
I am this close to nonfat lattes and shiatsu.
Does anybody have a quarter? If they can call in, maybe we can call out.
Hey.
Did your phone ring? Yeah, everyone's did.
All the land lines in town.
Why? Because Kansas has a "Reverse 911" system.
If there's an emergency it just pulses out a call.
That's what we all heard.
Why can't we call out? Everybody's trying to use the phone at the same time.
System's overloaded.
You think the power's back for good? I don't know.
I'm not gonna count on it.
Hey, Skylar.
Any luck? No.
I really need to check my e-mail.
I mean, my parents could have tried to contact me from New York.
Well, have you tried typing a straight IP address? A what? - That's weird.
- What? Well, the Internet was built by the military.
It's supposed to survive nuclear war.
So why can't I check my e-mail? Allison.
Is it working now? It is, but not for us.
We're being blocked out.
Look, miss, you can't do that.
Yeah, okay.
Thanks.
Okay.
Come on.
No.
Your machine just ate my card.
Doesn't work.
That's what I tried to tell you.
Thank you.
You're just so helpful.
Hey, Dad.
Same thing on every channel? - So far.
- What about the radio? Same message.
Sit and wait.
You look like crap.
I didn't sleep.
Next time put the cards down and go home.
Well, sooner or later the phones are gonna free up.
Let's keep calling out until we reach somebody.
Calling who? Well, that Homeland Security message came out of Topeka.
Let's start there.
Yeah, but everybody's thinking that.
I say we start with the National Guard base in Great Bend.
That's a good idea, son.
We should get to the gas station and get some gas while I already sent Jimmy.
He's there now running the pumps.
We need to charge our batteries.
All right.
Looks like you got it covered.
- Where are you going? - Home.
You take a shower? Nothing gets past you.
Go clean the tub and fill it up.
Why? The water doesn't get to that shower by magic.
If the power goes out again so do the pumps that get it there.
So we store what we can.
That is why.
She is your daughter, Rob.
Not your employee.
Well, she needs to talk less and listen more.
You need to learn to ease up on her.
Darcy I don't know how long I'll be here.
So whatever I got to teach her, it needs to happen now.
You know, when we find out what's going on, are you going to stay or leave? Don't think about that yet.
Well, I can't help it.
I finally have you back.
You were always good at blocking out the bad.
Dad, not so much.
He's had more to block out.
When you left you left quite a mess.
You have no idea the lengths your father went to to square things.
Why didn't he talk to me? Because he knew you'd resent it.
And there's a stubborn streak that runs in the family.
Honey I think you owe him the truth.
You want me to tell him about my About my time away? This house is too small for big secrets.
What was that? It's a power spike.
Boys Wow, looks like business as usual.
How'd you get your kids back so quick? Always lead with recess.
Ought to get things back to normal.
Whatever that is.
Go, go, go.
Hurry, hurry, run.
Emily? Emily.
Emily.
Emily? Oh, my God.
Emily, wake up.
Emily, wake up.
Everybody, you remember the emergency drills we did at school? Yeah.
Okay, go find your buddy and go sit behind the fence.
One-two-three-go! Come on, quickly.
Go! Is she gonna wake up? Yes.
With superpowers? Probably not.
Now go.
Go.
Go, Lucas, go! Come on, Emily, come on.
Wake up.
Wonder when they're gonna come.
You really can't wait to fly this coop, huh? Are you still going to file that IRS report on my farm? It's not exactly my first order of business but it is the reason I fell into this godforsaken hellhole in the first place.
So is that a yes, no, or maybe? It's an eventually.
Look, if it were up to me, I'd see what I could do.
But that's probably just the Irish coffee talking.
You got a family back home? I have fish.
I'm sure they really miss you.
See what that's about.
Mary, keep my tab open, will you? Your tab, Stanley? Yeah.
And keep the Irish coffees coming.
Till I get my farm back, at least.
You heard the hillbilly.
Keep them coming.
Okay, let's board her.
Get an IV started, and get some O2 on her.
Eye on pulse.
Let me know if BP drops.
We've got to keep an eye on her.
Where's Ashlee? She went to get Alice.
Alice? Alice in Wonderland? Inside? Ashlee? Ashlee! Ashlee! Ashlee.
Ashlee, it's Miss Lisinski.
Ashlee? Ashlee! We got another blaze over on the south side.
Over.
Copy that.
All right, we've got a second fire! South side, near the trailer park.
We don't have enough guys to fight this one.
They'll come back as soon as they can.
Take the second truck.
Move! Truck 77, let's get a ladder up there.
What happened? Looks like she got hit with a lot of voltage.
How'd it start? Power line.
Power line? Hold the water! - What's wrong? - Electrical fire.
Spray water on electricity and everybody it touches gets fried.
Johnston? I thought you were at the ranch.
The horses are safe.
What about the stables? There's nothing but dirt around for miles.
They're fine.
You are not going to that fire.
I let Chief Carroll and half the department go to Denver.
We're down to a handful of men.
Who can handle it.
Johnston, if you get any sicker than you already are you're not going to be any use to anybody.
Dad? Dad, are you still there? Yeah, Eric.
I'm on my way.
No, no, no, no.
Go downstairs and turn off the power grid to the library.
Give me five minutes.
Looks like you get your way.
They can use me here.
Good.
The power should be cut in five minutes.
Get your men in position.
Cover one-seven, 4 o'clock east of Maple.
Stand by.
What are you doing? Making sure she didn't have a heart attack.
Hey you're in good hands.
Power's down.
You're good to go.
Copy.
All right, that's it! Power's down.
Okay, open them up.
- They're on! - Okay! What's going on? We lost pressure.
Pumping station must be on the same power grid as us.
When we lost power to one, we cut it to both.
- Where's the pumping station? - Uphill at the end of Chaparral.
Unhook those hoses.
See if there is a working hydrant around back.
Hey, Jake! Stanley.
Thank God.
- Chaparral.
- Got it.
Pumping station.
Let's go.
- Heather.
- What? Heather? Where, where's Heather? - Eric! - Let's go! - Yeah.
- I think Heather might still be inside.
No, they said they cleared the building.
Are you sure? Ventilate that area.
Eric, what are you doing? Eric, no! I wonder what Lindsay Lohan is doing right now? Do you think she's still alive? I'm trying to find my parents, Lisa.
I could care less.
Great, my battery's almost dead.
Excuse me.
Sorry.
- Do you guys sell phone chargers? - What kind of phone? I'll check the back.
Thanks.
Why do you like that freak? Why do you like stupid bulimic actresses? Hey, incoming! Whoa, Sean, no skateboards.
Read the sign.
Hey, you guys gotta check it out.
Library's burning and I didn't do it.
Is anyone hurt? - Probably.
- Sky, let's go.
- Go ahead, I'll catch up.
- Come on.
This one says universal, so it should work.
We were going to go check out the fire, if you want to Dale, make sure our extinguishers are working, will you? I should stay.
But, if you want, I could charge it and you can come back.
Okay.
- If my parents call - I'll find you.
Thanks.
Come on, if we can open the valve we can get water to the fire.
Ashlee! Hey, Ashlee.
Let's get out of here.
Let's go.
Come on.
Is anyone here? Heather! Come on! Hey, come on! Let's go! Better do what the angry fireman says.
Let's go.
Come on this way! Let's go! Damn.
- It's not gonna budge.
- Thanks, Stanley.
How do you even know this is it? Trust me.
It's the manual override.
When the power spiked, the valve shut down in the "off" position.
What? Dude, you're freaking me out.
How do you even know that? How do you not? Looks like nobody's touched it in years.
Nobody has.
The motor opens and closes it when the power's on.
- No power, no motor.
- Yeah.
No water.
Of course, right now, what we really need is leverage.
You know what? Wait right here.
You can't go in there, ma'am.
But my husband's in there! Stand back, please.
Ashlee, we're going to go out another way.
- Are you okay? - What's wrong? Nothing.
Nothing.
We've just got to use the other door.
No, no, this way's blocked.
Smoke! - We've got to stop it! - Okay, okay.
Can we use this? Yeah.
Honey, I need you to get down, and try not to breathe the smoke, all right? It's all gonna be okay, Ashlee.
It's gonna be okay.
Eric we need another snake.
Ashlee, I need you to crouch down here.
Like a game of leapfrog, okay? Ready? This is going to help protect you.
This will protect you and help you breathe.
Here.
Here.
Here.
Breathe using this.
Got it! We got it.
It's running.
It's running.
We got water.
We're gonna be okay! Hey, hey.
Come on, this is our chance.
Let's get the hell out of here! Come on, let's go! Somebody has to go in there and help them! Ma'am, stand back, please! Oh, my God! Are you hurt? No, don't worry about me.
The little girl, she got a lot of smoke.
April, can you take her? Eric, yeah.
You're going to be okay, Ashlee.
Give me the scope.
I want to see if they have water down at the library.
Listen the scope was a Christmas present, okay? Relax.
Careful.
- What do you see? - It's working! They've got water at the library.
What about the south side fire? Looks like the fire's out down by the trailer park.
There's a lot of smoke.
There's another fire.
It's in the east woods.
What? It's right near Eric's house.
What the hell? What is it, Jake? What's going on? April, April! Eric, Eric, there's another fire! We'll get to it as soon as we can.
We need help clearing the alley.
The fire's spreading.
Eric, Eric, it's heading to your house.
What do you want to do? It's heading to your house.
There's nothing to do.
We're already spread too thin.
If we don't stop the fire, it could take out Main Street.
April? He's right.
What are you planning to do? Put out a fire.
Do you need a hand? I'm good.
If I knew anything, I would tell your mayor.
What do you know? Not much.
I got the same message as everyone else.
Do you want my help? Get in.
First thing I'm going to do when I get back to D.
C.
is burn these clothes.
So, what's on your agenda once things settle? No agenda.
Just Iooking forward to living my life.
With Dudley Do Wrong? Never gonna happen.
That's really none of your business.
Besides, you don't know Eric the way I do.
Mercifully.
But I know his kind.
Guys like that don't leave wives for girls like us.
"Girls like us"? I've been around this particular block before.
Well, I'm sorry to blow your theory, but Eric is telling his wife about us tonight.
Is he, now? Yes, he is.
Well, never mind then.
To the happy couple.
Hey, we got it.
We got it.
Save your house! - What now? - Water.
Let's use the pool pump.
Filter system.
That's pretty smart, Jake.
So where'd you learn to do all this? I was a pool guy.
Turn it on! Turn it on! What? Turn on the pumps! Hawkins! Hawkins! Come on! What the hell are you doing? The fire knocked out the power.
So I found my own.
- Got it? - Yeah.
- That was quick thinking.
- Yeah, I was a pool guy too.
Hey, how you doing, Ashlee? I'm okay.
Minor smoke inhalation, but she's going to be okay.
You saved her life.
Are the other fires still going? The south side's under control.
The one near your house? I haven't heard.
My wife Hey, where's April? You're still here.
Yeah.
Did my parents? Sorry.
Oh, it's charged, though.
You going home now? You going to stay here all night? Don't have anywhere else to go.
Fire moved through the trailer park.
It's all gone.
- Dale, I am so sorry.
- It's okay.
No, it's not.
Why are you being so calm about it? Don't have much of a choice.
How about scream? Fight, hit something.
Break something.
- Come on.
- Where are we going? We'll start with the mayor.
We'll get him to get you a place to live, and some clothes, and some money.
I can take care of myself.
I'll be okay.
I was just trying to help.
I know.
I know.
Here let me help you with that.
I've got it.
- I told you.
- I'm sorry.
Divorce papers? I had them drawn up before the bombs went off.
I didn't want you to see them.
I don't I don't want that anymore.
The divorce.
I don't want it.
Well, I can't blame you, April.
Things have been bad between us for a long time.
Not bad.
Just Not good.
Not now.
Everything's changed, Eric.
The world has changed.
Please.
We can think about this.
Just not today.
Good silver.
What's the occasion? Well, this set's been passed down for five generations.
Probably seen the light of day maybe half a dozen times since I've had it.
From now on, every night's a special occasion.
Did you turn off the TV? Yeah.
Seemed kind of silly to be staring at a blank screen waiting for God knows who to tell me God knows what.
Did get me thinking, though.
You know that thing you've been running away from? It's not out there.
He's upstairs, waiting on dinner.
Hi.
I'm glad you're home.
Last call, folks.
Closing early tonight.
- What are we going to do about this? - Watch it at home.
Last call.
Stanley, go tell everyone.
- But I want to watch.
- Then pay your tab.
Okay, I'm going.
- Check it out, check it out.
- I know.
It's something else every day.
How are we gonna handle all this? The same way we did today.
We lost a few buildings, but no lives.
And that is in no small part thanks to you.
A lot of folks are saying how lucky Jericho is to have you back again.
Yeah, and what are you telling them? Well, I try to correct them, but nobody listens to me.
You know what the hardest part about growing up your son was? It's not the politics, or the expectations, it's that I always knew you were a good judge of character, and you thought mine was lousy.
When I left town, I was determined to prove you wrong, but But instead, everywhere I went, I seemed to prove you right.
Dad, I wasn't just in San Diego.
I don't care.
What? I don't care.
If you need to tell me, I'll listen.
But wherever you went, whatever you did, it changed you.
And a stupid little punk may have left home, but a pretty decent fellow came back.
I can live with that.
Daddy, now that the electricity's back on, can we go to the movies? Of course.
And baseball games, and the aquarium, and Let's just start with a movie, okay? Okay.
Why were you working outside today? Daddy had to fix something.
What was in that big box? That was my tools.
Come on, son.
It's bedtime.
Will you come tuck me in, Dad? Okay.
Did you fix the problem? Daddy's working on it.
After all these years, wanting to have the whole family around the table Careful what you wish for.
- It's delicious, Gail.
- Thanks.
Yeah, who knew instant potatoes could taste like anything? Well, things will get better after we get real food.
Filet mignon and blue cheese.
Don't pretend you haven't thought about it.
Cheeseburger and french fries.
Corned beef and cabbage with that spicy mustard.
Yeah, I could go for a slice of Mom's blueberry pie.
Fried chicken and some fresh corn on the cob.
Blueberry pie Excuse me.
They're getting a feed at Bailey's.
Let's turn on the TV.
No, they're the only ones picking it up.
I think it's a satellite feed from D.
C.
You're coming, aren't you? Yeah, of course.
Come on.
- Keep moving it.
We lost the picture.
- What's going on? All right, everybody calm down, all right? We'll have it back in a second.