The Dead Zone s01e08 Episode Script

I had the perfect life until|I was in a coma for six years.
And then I woke up and found my fiancée|married to another man.
My son doesn't|know who I am.
Everything has changed including me.
One touch and I can|see things things that happened,|things that will happen.
You should see what I see.
Mom, can I? No, not right now, sweetie,|I have to go into the bank.
Please?! Here it's on me.
It's okay.
- Say thanks.
|- Thanks.
Wow, he's really|warming up to me, huh? He will if you|have enough quarters.
Okay think you can handle|a few minutes alone with him? I've gotta run to the bank.
Yeah, we can always do|hand puppets if it gets rough.
I'll be back|in a minute, okay, Johnny? Metro-18 over.
|Code three.
Is that thing turbo? This'll just take a second.
If you can just fill in|the account number.
Do you want this|in checking or savings? - Checking.
|- Mr.
and Mrs.
Stratton? Come have a seat|in my office.
I'll see you|at the poker game.
- Okay.
|- Bye.
Next please.
- Hello there.
|- Good morning.
- How are you?|- Good, thanks.
What do we have here? - Morning, Conrad.
|- Rudy.
Maybe we could|do a silent auction? - We could also do a bake sale.
|- Yeah! We've looked over the IRA, and the annuity accounts|and I have to tell you you have absolutely nothing|to worry about.
- Henry?|- I'm busy right now, Conrad.
I really need|to talk with you.
Morning, Mrs.
Stratton,|Mr.
Stratton.
- Conrad.
|- Heard from Arleta, Conrad? - What?|- No, I haven't heard from her.
If I could just|have a second? I'll be right back.
Look, if this is about|the contract, Conrad, there's really|nothing to talk about.
a pretty fair job|of all your electrical work? - Yes|- Haven't I? - Don't I at least deserve|- The council has voted.
And that's it.
I'm sorry.
I am too.
- Okay!|- What's he doing? I need you to put your hands|on your heads and stand real still.
I need you to get over here|with the others.
I need you to give me your gun.
|Don't try to be a hero.
All right, Conrad.
|You're calling the shots.
Just take it easy.
Go on,|get on over there.
My name is Conrad Hurley.
Some of you know me, and I don't|want to hurt anybody! Conrad, what do you|think you're doing? What does it look like, Henry?|I'm robbing your bank! You had to|bring up the wife.
Mrs.
Stratton, come here,|put your hands on your head.
If everybody cooperates,|this'll all go real fast.
It's gone far enough, Conrad.
Either you put the gun down or|I'm gonna get the sheriff.
Henry, I was raised|to never point a gun at anything I wasn't|going to shoot.
I'm not gonna miss|the next time.
Babysitting today? No, Sarah's in the bank.
It's great how you two have been|able to keep up your friendship under such difficult|circumstances.
- Can I go again?|- Oop, out of quarters.
Where is Mom anyway? Okay, hand puppet time.
- No?|- My treat.
Getting two Johnnies|for the price of one.
Thanks.
Coming out.
They say you can|see the future, how could you not see this coming|when it was 50 feet away from you? Are you all right? Call Walt.
|Get him over here.
Okay.
Something awful's|gonna happen at the bank.
Here, hold this.
I'm gonna|go find your mother, okay? Listen, stay here with Dana.
|It'll be okay.
Call him! # Oooh # # Fall in love, fall in love|fall in love # # Fall in love # # Feel no shame|for what you are # # Feel no shame|for what you are # # Fall in love,|fall in love # # Fall in love.
# Tom, I know|what you're thinking.
And don't forget I know|where the panic buttons are 'cause I installed 'em.
It'll be okay, Mrs.
Stratton.
|You heard him, he doesn't want|to hurt anybody.
His wife left him,|you know.
He drinks a little.
Henry, can we hurry up here?|I'm running behind schedule.
The door!|Step number three, Conrad! Lock the door! Hi, we're in the middle|of something here.
I hope you're not|in a hurry? No, no, no,|take your time.
Good.
Hey|do I know you? I can't say we've met.
Just get over here|with the others.
Rudy, come lock this door! You okay? - Where's|- He's outside.
He's with Dana Bright.
|He's fine.
Hey, Rudy? You still playing hockey? - No.
|- Sit down, Rudy.
You want|traveler's checks, Conrad? Yeah, yeah,|traveler's checks, cashier's checks,|the whole shebang.
If you're thinking about tracing|the numbers when I cash them, I'll save you the trouble.
|I'm going to Jamaica.
What are you going|to do in Jamaica, Conrad? What do you think|I'm gonna do? I'm gonna sit on the sand and drink coco-nonos.
It's really quite beautiful|this time of year.
My husband and I we went on our honeymoon|there Hey! Hey, hey, hey, miss! Hey, this is going to go a lot|easier if you just relax.
Sir! She's scared.
|Why don't you let her go? When did you start|being my partner? Come on, Henry,|let's get going here, please.
We got a hysterical customer.
You people are going|to stay here, and you're going to count|to 1000, real slow.
Don't anybody|do anything stupid.
It's not your money,|understand? One of you's|gonna go with me.
- You.
Come on.
|- No, she's got a son.
Why don't you|take me instead? You just don't quit,|do you? Who are you? I've seen you|someplace before.
My name is Smith.
|John Smith.
No you're staying here.
I'll go with you, Conrad.
Okay, Henry.
I'm just taking him so|nobody does anything stupid like set off the alarm.
We get to my truck,|Henry goes free, you understand? Let's go.
I gotta tell you|something first, sir.
The sheriff's outside.
Johnny, what do you|think you're doing? Trying to change the future.
Close the curtains|all of them! Rudy, kill the lights.
Base, this is 51.
We have|a bank robbery in progress at Cleaves Mills|Savings & Loan.
I need backup.
It looks like|he's taken some hostages.
- 10-4, dispatching all units.
|- Is Sarah in there? Yeah, call the state and get us|a tactical team over here.
How did you know|the sheriff was outside? - What are you a cop?!|- No.
- Well, then how?|- I called them.
- You call When?!|- Before I came in the bank.
How could you|call him bef You're that guy! You're the guy|the guy that sees things and now you're screwing up|my bank robbery.
I'm trying to stop you from making|the biggest mistake of your life.
I don't believe in any|of that garbage, mister, that's just garbage! You stay clear of me!|You stay completely clear of me! I suppose you seen me getting|killed here today or something? You think that scares me? It doesn't! 'Cause when I got up|this morning, I said, "This is the day I go|to Jamaica or the day I go to hell.
" And I'm fine|with either one of them! What's he doing? What's the point|of that, Conrad? Everyone knows|who you are.
I don't want anybody|watching what I do.
I remember you, Johnny.
Yes, Mrs.
Stratton.
I was in|your fifth grade class.
We're all going to be|all right, aren't we? This will all|turn out all right? Yes, ma'am.
- Conrad?|- Karen I need to go|to the bathroom.
This is not a good time.
- Good or not, I gotta go.
|- Okay, okay, okay.
Anybody that wants|to take a bathroom break, go with Karen, but just|leave the door open.
I'm not leaving|the door open, Conrad.
Wake up! Edna?|Please, wake up.
Johnny, you saw something,|didn't you? I have to talk to you.
Mrs.
Stratton is going|to have either a stroke or a heart attack, she has|got to go to a hospital.
I do not want to hear any more|of your crap, do you understand? What?! This is Walt Bannerman,|County Sheriff.
- How are you doing, Sheriff?|- Not so good.
How about yourself? Never been better.
This your truck out here? What truck would that be? Hurley Electrical, somebody said they saw you pull|into the lot this morning.
You Conrad Hurley Junior? Haven't been a Junior since|my daddy died when I was seven.
What do you say you let those|people outta there, Conrad? You and me talk this through,|no harm, no foul? I can't do that, Sheriff.
I just don't want you|to do anything crazy.
There is a way|out of this, Conrad.
As long as it's the way|to Jamaica, I'll take it.
All right.
Let's talk about Jamaica.
Don't insult|my intelligence, Sheriff.
You're just making me|madder than I already am.
Help!|Somebody help me! Wake up! Edna?|Please, wake up.
- Is she breathing?|- I can't tell.
You gotta|let her outta here! Damn you, Conrad! She's dying! Okay, try and relax|and breathe.
Let me tell them|that we need an ambulance.
If she dies in here, it's not just going to be|armed robbery and kidnapping it will be murder! Hello? Sheriff,|this is John Smith.
Johnny, is Sarah okay? Yes.
We have an emergency|situation here.
We need an ambulance immediately.
|There's a woman suffering from a stroke|or a heart attack.
Ambulance, code three.
You tell them,|she goes out they don't come in.
Okay, have the paramedics|meet us at the door.
We'll bring|Mrs.
Stratton out.
Can you tell me how many robbers|there are, how many hostages? One and nine.
What kind of weapons?|They got explosives? I'm not in a position|to answer that question.
All right,|put Hurley on the phone.
The sheriff wants|to talk to you.
No no, hang up.
Hang up.
We got a woman in there|having a heart attack, I need that ambulance now! Where can|we come up? The security company says this|is the most vulnerable point.
- See any problems?|- Negative.
Simple building, new.
We can get in through the|ventilation system and come up here.
Get two of your men in there,|and try to get a shot at him.
You got it, Sheriff.
Sheriff? Go back|with the other reporters! - Can I offer a suggestion?|- No, now get outta here! Conrad Hurley's wife|left him three weeks ago.
I'm way ahead of you.
We got|people trying to track her down.
Have you checked|her aunt's house in Dicksmont? Then you're not|so far ahead of me.
How'd you know she had|an aunt in Dicksmont? I'm a reporter and I don't like|being back with the others.
Hurley's wife's got|an aunt in Dicksmont.
Get somebody on it|and track her down.
Thanks for your help.
You're welcome.
We both have people inside|that bank we care about, Sheriff.
The ambulance is here.
You have to let|Mr.
Stratton go with her.
No, I'm not letting|anybody else go.
They have been married|for 50 years.
He needs to be with her.
All right, fine!|He can go.
I want you to help him|take her out.
But you come back|and when you come back, you bring a TV.
Now, I'm trusting you|to come back here.
Because I figure you might|know what happens to these people if you don't partner.
You all right? - He wants a TV set.
|- Roscoe, get us a TV.
Where am I going to get a TV? Go into one of those apartments over|there and grab one, I don't care.
What if they're|watching it? - Okay, okay, a TV.
|- Sarah is fine.
- Does he realize who she is?|- No.
- Who else is on there, Johnny?|- Henry Spahn, two tellers|Tom and Karen, security guard named Rudy|and a woman I didn't know.
- What kind of weapons?|- A sawed-off shotgun and a revolver|is all I've seen.
He's got some beef|with the town council.
He lost a bid for $350, 000|to rewire the courthouse.
And he lost his wife|on account of his drinking.
- Has he been drinking today?|- I don't think so.
But he's real jumpy.
We've got his wife on the way.
We're hoping she can talk him out.
Sheriff, my men|are going in now.
What's that about? Into the basement|in case we can't talk him out.
We're in.
Here, this may cost you|a vote in the next election.
- I'll take it.
|- You're not going back in there.
Listen, that was the deal|to get Mrs.
Stratton out.
Once hostages come out,|they don't go back in! I can deliver it.
What did you see? Undesirable outcome.
What's going on here? Are you|playing with fate or something? It's a jigsaw puzzle, Walt.
It's a moving, shifting|jigsaw puzzle, and I'm caught|right in the middle of it.
Okay? Each time I move a piece,|the whole picture changes.
It's like a ricochet effect.
I only know I gotta keep fitting|the right pieces together until I like the picture|that's coming out.
Right now, I don't.
|You wouldn't either.
I'm not gonna let|Sarah die, all right? Then I gotta go|back in there! At least let me|wire you, all right? No.
Let's play it straight.
He's beginning|to trust me.
A single, armed man|holding seven hostages inside the building|has been identified as Conrad Hurley,|a disgruntled electrical worker.
Channel 4 News has just learned|that one of the hostages inside the bank|is Sarah Bannerman, the wife of Sheriff|Walt Bannerman who is in charge|of the situation here in Cleaves Mills|this morning.
We will contin The sheriff's wife, hmm? Nobody told me.
None of you|were going to tell me.
It's gotta be one of you two,|let's see some ID.
That won't be necessary.
I'm Sarah Bannerman.
Here's my driver's license.
You just got to be|my ticket outta here.
We've got a couple of guys Roscoe, have another|ambulance standing by.
Get another ambulance ASAP.
- Hello?|- Walt? - Sarah! Hi, honey.
|- It's good to hear your voice.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
- How's little Johnny?|- He's okay.
He doesn't know|what's going on.
He's with Ms.
Tuttleman|right now.
Listen, I can't talk long.
I'm calling to tell you|Mr.
Hurley's demands.
Wait a minute|they know who you are? It was on TV.
Damn it! What does he want? A helicopter.
And then a jet plane with|enough fuel to fly to Jamaica.
And he wants to take|a hostage with him.
Me.
No, there's no way I'm going|to let him get away with that.
Look, anything happens to me,|it happens to her first, understand? I'd hate to see another man|lose his wife for no good reason.
My men are ready.
|Call them on the private line that rings at|the safety deposit desk.
Hurley picks it up,|we have a clear shot at him.
- Boom, it's over.
|- No, not yet.
- We've still got options.
|- Sheriff, under the circumstances you might want to let|someone else take charge.
Delta 15,|take your positions.
We're awaiting|further authorization.
So if something happens,|it's his fault.
It's not my fault.
|It's his fault, you understand? Stop looking at me! They just do what I tell them,|nobody'll get hurt.
They don't,|it'll be on their heads.
Walt's gonna do|the right thing.
What if there is|no "right thing"? What then? There's gotta be.
We just have to|find it together.
Can you see|a way out of this? It's a moment-to-moment|proposition.
Just like real life.
I'm glad you're here.
I mean I'm not glad|you're here here.
God, what a stupid|thing to say.
Listen, I can't think|of any place I'd rather be.
It changes things something like this it forces you to ask yourself|what you really want.
You have everything you|really wanted, right, Sarah? Do I? Right now I just want you to put|your arm around me.
Where's my ride, Sheriff?|I don't hear any choppers.
Conrad?|Is that you? Arleta? What are you doing, Conrad? Have you been|watching TV.
I don't like TV,|you know that.
I been on it|this morning.
Can we talk, Conrad? We're talking.
Just you and me|without the TV? I can't come out right now.
|You can come in though.
The cops won't let me.
Just scared|I'll hurt you or something.
Well, I guess.
Arleta, I'd never hurt you,|you know that.
I love you.
Conrad, you gotta|come out now.
I come out now nothing changes.
I'll just|be a loser all over again.
No, you're not, Conrad! That's what you said.
Well, I was mad.
- And you're not mad anymore?|- No.
I'm just scared.
I just wanted to do something|to prove I'm not some kind of You've done that, Conrad.
|Now come on out.
Hey, Arleta,|you ever been to Jamaica? This woman here went on|her honeymoon there, she said it's beautiful Conrad,|you are such a fool.
Well, like you say, nothing's changed.
Thanks for coming by, Arleta.
Conrad? Conrad! I Delta 15,|we are good to go.
Advise when you've|reached the target.
That was my wife Arleta.
You know why she left me? She said I was boring.
Turn up the sound, partner.
They sent a team in|through the ventilation system and something went|terribly, terribly wrong.
We're waiting on confirmation|of the bodies now.
estranged wife|of the bank robber, her efforts apparently futile.
We will continue our coverage|of "Siege at Cleaves Mills" - after these messages.
|- What? They're gonna|try something.
And it's not gonna work.
What are you gonna do? Johnny, if you warn him, someone could get hurt.
I know.
If I don't warn him, it'll be a lot worse.
Delta 15, enter the building|and obtain line of sight.
They better take me|seriously, I'm telling you.
Make the call.
Don't! Don't pick it up.
It's a trick.
They've got men|underneath the floor.
I just wish I knew|whose side you're on.
Ours, Conrad.
All of ours.
Hello? Something I can do|for you fellas? Rudy, go back there and roll|that copier over that trapdoor.
Looks like you|were right, partner.
I owe you one.
Roger that.
Be advised,|he knew we were there.
Delta 15 out.
Hurley was expecting them.
Pull them out.
|Set up sharpshooters there and one over here.
I don't get it how could he be|there standing waiting for them? There's no way|he could have known! Johnny.
Conrad, this is|Sheriff Bannerman.
There will not be any more|attempts to get into the bank.
You got my word on that.
We're bringing a van|that'll take you to a chopper in a vacant field about|100 yards down the road.
- Is he telling the truth?|- You sure you want to know? I'm not your fortune-teller,|Conrad.
You want a partner,|I'll work with you but there's a condition.
Fair trades.
You've gotta let somebody go.
- A hostage for your thoughts?|- You got my expenses.
Which one? Not her.
Take her.
Hell, I'm tired|of her crying anyway.
It depresses me.
There's someone|coming out! - Clear!|- Get the camera on her! Okay, your turn.
Take a bullet out of your gun|and give it to me.
Well? Still another|undesirable outcome.
Well, what can we|do about it? What can you|do about it, Conrad? Every choice you make has|a consequence in the future.
One wrong choice|and you lose! We all do.
I'm just trying|to help you to figure out what the right choices are.
What choices|do I have left? I let them go,|I got nothing.
You've got nothing|if you keep them.
- How do I know you're not bluffing?|- You don't.
But I'm not.
If you keep these hostages, you're going to|die today, Conrad.
It's not the worst thing|that could happen.
It's not the best|thing either.
You're not the only one|that's going to die.
Conrad, I know that you didn't|come here to hurt anybody today.
That's God's honest truth.
I can't speak to what|you're gonna find when you cross on|to the other side.
Do you really want the burden|of somebody else's death on your hands|when you get there? You a religious man, John? I am today, Conrad.
Yeah, well, I used to be.
Rudy, Henry, Tom, Karen, you can go.
- That's not good enough.
|- The sheriff's wife stays! You're not getting her out|unless I go with her.
And it goes|without saying, whatever happens to me,|it happens to you.
Conrad? Henry, none of this|is your fault.
I know I've been slipping.
This was supposed|to turn it all around.
Good luck, Conrad.
There they are!|More hostages coming out! Right here! Right here!|Move it! Move it! That's it,|over by the cruiser! Okay, partner, where do we stand? Let Sarah go first.
Pick up the bullet! Don't threaten me.
Conrad, you know perfectly well|if you shoot me or her you might as well|just shoot yourself.
Or they will.
I let her go,|I lose my protection.
You got me, Conrad.
And you're not going|to let me get killed?! All I can give you|is a chance, Conrad.
Whether you take it or not is up to you.
Let her go.
- You tell Walt|- What? I'm counting on him to take good|care of you and Johnny, okay? I'll see you soon.
Don't do anything foolish.
Yeah, that's me.
John "Don't Do|Anything Foolish" Smith.
Get outta here.
He's lost his shield,|we can take him now, Sheriff.
No, you can't do that!|Johnny's still inside.
With all due respect, this Smith|fellow almost got my men killed.
I'm not sure who's side|he's on at this point.
Honey, who is this stupid|son of a bitch? - Ma'am|- This is Harlan Casey.
Leader of the state's|tactical team.
Mr.
Casey, your team nearly|got us all killed in there.
Johnny told me.
Sure like this guy can|really see into the future.
We'll give Johnny some more|time in there with him.
That courthouse job would|have saved my business, maybe Arleta|would have come home.
Aw, hell what difference|does it make now? Not much.
Coulda, woulda, shoulda.
Never got any breaks before,|I don't know why I should now.
- I think you got a break.
|- Yeah? Yeah, having Sarah here|this morning.
If she hadn't been here,|you wouldn't be alive.
- Tell me about her.
|- Who? The sheriff's wife.
Sarah's an old friend.
Hey, John the invisible guy|with the toolbox, that fixes|the electrical outlets, he gets to see and hear a whole lot|most people don't even notice.
You know what I mean? - We had a thing once.
|- And you lost her? - To the sheriff?|- You could say that.
Women.
Well she still has|feelings for you.
- What makes you say that?|- What kind of psychic are you? - Anybody can see that.
|- It's too late for that now.
Okay, good.
Get over it! Go on with the rest|of your life.
Listen to me,|I'm giving advice.
I'm not going to make it|to Jamaica, am I? Not that far.
Guess I never was.
- It's a good thing too.
|- Why? Jamaica has an extradition|treaty with the US.
It does?! Isn't that where|that Wall Street guy hid out in plain sight|for years? I believe that|was Costa Rica.
Costa Ric Right.
Right.
|Costa Rica.
He had to pay a fortune|to the local authorities just to leave him alone,|you know? I don't know anything|about Costa Rica.
I hear it's nice.
But I'm not going|to get there.
Not that far.
Prison? Am I gonna be|okay with it? Yeah, you're gonna|be okay with it, Conrad.
Okay, John,|let's say I am okay with it, and model model prisoner, and I get out|in a few years, and I'm going|out the gate, is there somebody|there waiting for me? Yeah.
Arleta? No.
You could've lied, at least.
What kind of partner|would I be if I lied? Well then, who? Who's waiting for me? Me, Conrad.
They're coming out! - Get the camera on him!|- You're in the way! What was it like in there? - Johnny!|- Hey, Dana.
No questions right now.
|Maybe later.
One question! Looks like that|jigsaw puzzle came together.
Things could have been|a lot different today.
Nice work.
The state boys have a few bones|to pick with you but I had no choice, Walt.
It all turned out.
Johnny needs a ride home.
|He came with me.
No problem.
- Roscoe, give Mr.
Smith a ride|home.
- Yes, sir.
- I'll call you later.
|- And John thanks for bringing her|back to us.
- No.
|- Yes.
You're grounded.