Jeremiah (2002) s02e07 Episode Script

1 Previously on Jeremiah I thought you guys were here to establish a new government, am I right? Well, isn't that what a government's supposed to do? Protect the littlest from the biggest.
You think I got any sympathy for some gleep comes up and whines that so-and-so took stuff out of his garden? Now you're starting to sound like Daniel.
We heard about this gathering.
All the way back on the East Coast, we being Daniel, and those of us who believe in him And you ask me if I ever see Daniel? No but I have seen the trail he leaves where he walks, and the effect he has on other people, and they mark the passing of something awfully big, and awfully dangerous.
So, Jeremiah, how does it feel being elected town steward? Well, it's not like it was that close of a race or anything, I was the only one to answer no point.
You and your friends from Thunder Mountain have done more for this town than anybody else has in years.
You should be proud.
Both of you.
We are, thank you.
Okay, well, here's one on me.
I'm going to go check out those sausages before they're all gone.
I'll catch up with you later.
You know, someday soon, you and I are going to have a serious conversation about your inability to take a compliment.
Yeah? Leave the walkie set to broadcast so we can confirm you've done it.
Are they safe? You promised, you said It happens right now.
(gunshot) It's been 15 years since a strange disease wiped out all of the adults and left us kids to fend for ourselves.
Now I'm moving ahead, through the past.
I can't let go I'm holding hope so tight It's hard to breathe when the whole world falls I'm gonna put the stars back back up in the sky Let them all just shine down I'm gonna try I believe we'll find the world together Through your eyes That's all I can see I believe we're looking at forever In a world where we can be free I believe Hey Hey Hey.
There you are.
Yeah.
Are you all right? Yeah, I had a dream you were there, and so were you, and Toto, and you were getting a pocketwatch for a heart.
He's all right.
Yeah, well, I'm alive, which is pretty good, considering.
That son of a bitch got me point blank.
You're lucky.
If Libby hadn't seen what was happening in time to deflect that shot, you'd be dead right now.
So the bullet went through the fleshy part of the muscle, here, and came out here.
Where's, um He's, um, he's downstairs.
His name's Adam.
After he shot you, he tried to kill himself, but they stopped him.
Do you know this guy? No, I never saw him before, which, you know, is the really bad part, because, what, total strangers start trying to take you out? It should at least be somebody that I pissed off.
You can wait in there.
I don't think he'll be any trouble.
Well, if you can't look a man in the eyes before you take a shot at him, you ought to at least be able to do it afterward.
Oh, god Oh, god, I'm so sorry Do I know you? I'm so sorry.
Do you know me? No.
Just your name Jeremiah He's been like this since we brought him in, it's Oh, god.
Oh, god Look It's, it's okay We're all friends here, okay? You know, we just want to talk to you.
We've got a few things we'd like to find out.
We'd like to ask you a couple of questions, like, why the hell you took a shot at me! I'm sorry.
I didn't have any choice.
They had my family.
You were making trouble, and things would be better if you were gone, and they had my family, man.
If I didn't do it, they were going to kill Okay, so why did you try to kill yourself, huh? That was the deal I kill him, then then I kill myself to make sure nobody found out what happened and why, and after I shot him, they would let my family go.
Who gave the order? Daniel's group.
He put together a whole new organization over on the East Coast We've heard of him.
You said as soon as you shot Jeremiah, they'd let your family go.
How were they going to know when you pulled the trigger? Hello? Is anybody there? Is anybody there? Who is this? Death.
Identify yourself.
Who is this? Who is this! What are we going to do about this? Nothing.
What the hell do you mean, nothing, Markus? These people took a shot at me.
They sent that poor joker up here, used his family against him to have him get to me You can't take these things personally.
How is it not personal? Look, the only reason this happened is because Daniel and his people, they know an awful lot about us, and our situation here, whereas we don't know shit about them.
I think it's time we went and found out.
Which is why the best thing to do is to lay low until our sources can gather more information.
If I was laying any lower, I'd be six feet under, and I'm sick of relying on outside reports.
We need to go in there and see Daniel's operation for ourselves.
Jeremiah, you were attacked by a cog in the machine.
He's a victim of this, same as you.
Really? Okay, well, maybe not exactly the same.
The point is, he's just a cog, he's not the machine.
Woodshop 101 never stick your fingers in the machine until you know how it works.
Markus We'll send in a team in when the time is right.
Not before.
I know we don't always agree But it's your show.
Markus, I know that.
I'm just one more guy in the trenches out there.
I may not always agree with you, you know, but it's your opinion, and I respect the fact that you've got a right to it.
I appreciate that.
I'm glad to see you learning a little diplomacy.
Well, I'd better go.
Listen, if you see Kurdy, I want you to give him this for me.
What is it? It's a sea lion.
It folds up real good if you sit on it a long time it's a letter, Markus.
It's just a note, and I'd like you to give it to him.
I'll make sure that he gets it.
Do that.
Here, let me help you.
You don't got to do that.
I'll get it eventually.
I did it before.
Yeah, but I was unconscious.
So now it should be better.
Yeah You know, when when everything happened before I thought I lost you.
I thought we'd never, um, get the chance There really is only today, isn't there? What are you doing? Something I've wanted to do since the day I met you, and I don't want us to run out of days.
Okay, well, um, I've kind of got a bum wing here You left or, um, right handed? Left.
I think we'll get by.
What are you thinking? I don't know, I just you know, usually, I'm, I'm different, but it but it, with you, something something happened, makes me kind of shy.
I like it.
I like it a lot.
(car approaching) What is that? I think somebody got my letter.
You never told me what was in the letter.
I need your help.
- That's it? - What else is there? I don't understand where Markus is coming from.
I do, but I think he's being too cautious.
The way things have been lately, he doesn't want to lose anybody else.
He wants to make sure that anybody who goes into Daniel's territory is going to come out safe.
No such thing.
No.
In the meantime, Daniel's just getting more and more aggressive.
My gut says he's going to hit us, and quicker than Markus thinks.
If it were just me, I don't know, but now I've got this whole town to look after.
So if trouble's coming, I've got to know, for their sake, as well as mine.
So the plan's real simple, get inside Daniel's territory, look around, size it up.
Get in, get out, but it's got to be done.
I mean, we've got to get in there and know the score, even if it means going against Markus.
- Again.
- Yes.
Again.
That's why I had to make sure that you were down with this, man, because well, what happened last time.
Yeah.
Fine, whatever.
Let's just do it.
You guys ready to go? Yeah, pretty much.
It's a three-day drive, so I told Kurdy we should wait until morning, give Jeremiah another full night of rest.
He needs to spend as much time in bed as possible.
I'll make sure he does that.
I, uh I hear God talks to you.
Is it true? Sometimes, but, um it's not a full-time job, so I get a lot of time off.
Does he have anything to say about all of this? No, nothing.
Well I should get back inside.
- Are you coming? - Yeah.
Okay.
See ya.
I'm sorry, I couldn't.
I just couldn't tell her.
Listen, give me a second, will ya? No smoking.
They said you wanted to see me.
I'm going to go into Daniel's territory, scope it out.
I thought maybe you might know somebody who'd help me, someone I could contact.
Well, there's this one thing I don't know if it'll go anywhere, but I heard about this woman, Rachel.
Yeah, she practically runs the black market out there.
Anything you need, she's got it.
That might be a place to start.
Just Rachel? No address? I hear she works out of some club downtown.
That's all I got.
All right, Jeremiah, it's your turn to build the fire.
I'm still gimped up here, man.
Oh, yeah? Well, I couldn't tell that sleeping down the hall from you and Libby.
So you okay? I know you've been mad for a long time.
A damn long time, but Elizabeth was the final straw.
I needed time to figure it out, because I knew if I didn't have time, I would have said something or done something that Some things you just can't take back.
You know? Anyway, I finally put it all together.
You know why I'm mad at you? Really? When Elizabeth was dying, the last thing she did was tell me to find you, that it wasn't your fault.
Out of all the things we could have talked about in those last few moments, she spent them talking about you Because she knew how pissed off I was.
And we had just a few minutes to fit in a lifetime of conversation, man, to say all the things that had been unsaid between us.
I was trying to tell her that I love her, so my voice could carry her across, but I didn't even have time to finish the damned sentence.
I'm sorry about that.
So, yeah, I was mad.
I was mad at you.
I was mad at your shadow for taking up the last few moments on earth that we had together, but she did it.
She did it because she wanted me she wanted us to be safe Because she knew that you'd watch my back, no matter what, and that I'd do the same for you.
So, if I'm not here for you now, then she spent the last few minutes of her life for nothing And I can't have that.
Now build the freakin' fire.
Are you sure you just want to leave it like this? I mean, what if somebody It's a chance we've got to take.
We'll go the rest of the way on foot.
You two, back to work! Wow.
You're not working, keep moving.
It's too heavy.
We need some help.
Did I tell you to talk? Stop him! Hey, hey, hey.
There's nothing we can do, man.
There's too many of them.
What are you looking at? Get back to work! The whole point was to come out here, check it out and report back.
Come on.
Hey! Yo! Where you goin'? You got your papers? Uh, papers Papers, yeah, we got our papers.
We don't got 'em with us, but we got 'em.
You got 'em? Yeah, I'm saying we got 'em, we got 'em, ar'ight? We come down here for five seconds to get a slice, and then you're busting my balls for no reason.
You from the city? Yeah.
You? Yeah.
16th street, in the village.
You're kidding me? 18th street.
No shit.
You know Diesel Eddie? Diesel Eddie.
Do I know Diesel Eddie? Are you kidding me? Diesel Eddie with the Yeah.
Ha ha.
He's a funny guy.
Yeah.
Hey, listen You know, since you're from the neighborhood and everything, I'll let you guys go this time, but you gotta bring your papers, ar'ight? Because we'll both be screwed.
Ar'ight.
Ar'ight.
- You got 'er, not for nothing.
- Ar'ight.
Thank you.
You stay outta trouble, now.
You too, man.
All right then.
How'd you do that? Do what? Back there Excuse me, me and my friends are looking to trade some of our equipment for a nice, hot meal.
We understand there's a woman by the name of Rachel works out of one of these clubs down here.
Now, apparently, she's in the supply and demand business.
Anything you could do to hook us up with her, we'd be greatly appreciative.
You're looking at the wrong parts.
You're supposed to be looking here.
But the eyes are the best part.
I'm, uh, I'm looking for some trade.
I was told to find a lady named Rachel.
Yeah? I'll be back.
No luck either, huh? Well, either they're not talking, they don't know her, or we're just in the wrong place.
Something I can do for you? Are you Rachel? Well, it depends who's asking.
I'm, uh Jeremiah.
This is Kurdy, and this is Mister Smith.
- Mister Smith? - It's a long story.
No, it's not.
It's a proper name.
First name Mister, last name Smith.
Not a title.
See? Max, seven seconds.
Rachel Ms.
Rachel.
See what you started? Is it my fault that I'm a trend setter? We're kind of new in town.
We were looking around, thinking maybe we could set up a regular route through here.
Because we've got access, to car parts, food, oranges.
We've got lines all the way down to South Florida.
Figured you might be interested, being a player and all only one player in this part of the country, and that's Daniel.
Everyone knows that.
Well, we heard otherwise.
Don't know what you're talking about.
Sure, I do a little business, but I'm strictly small time.
Don't want to attract the wrong kind of attention, you know? It's not healthy.
Yeah, we saw the work crews.
We're just looking to, uh, you know, do a little business, too, just asking around about Daniel, getting some information, just want to make sure we don't make mistakes.
We could make it worth your while.
Come on, we can't talk here.
Okay, who sent you? Nobody sent us, we just Get him up.
You're bleeding.
Cut myself shaving.
You've been shot.
Pretty bad by the feel of it.
I can't imagine even the most dedicated enforcer shooting himself to get inside.
Inside what? Come on.
Welcome to the underground.
Black market? Look, we already knew you had a black market Not the black market.
The underground.
The resistance.
Sorry about the rough stuff, but we've had two other enforcers come through here saying they were Jeremiah, trying to get inside.
What happened to them? You're standing on 'em.
Wait.
You mean you've heard of me? Everyone here heard what happened in Milhaven.
They just reported it like you guys invaded the town, took it over by force, death squads, the whole bit.
We've heard your name too, Kurdy.
The two of you are getting quite a rep on the streets.
Hello I'm standing right here.
Never heard of you before.
Jeremiah, it was stupid of you to come here.
Too many people here know your name.
You'd be a prime catch for one of the enforcers.
We had no idea.
Daniel's power comes from guns and information.
You'd be surprised how much he knows, and how much of what he knows filters down to the streets.
Karl Stevenson.
I saw your face on one of those wanted posters outside he used to work for Daniel till about a week ago, when he came over to our side.
Those of us who were there in the beginning, we made Daniel, in more ways than you'll know.
We thought we'd be able to control him.
We were wrong.
He's become too dangerous.
When some of us started to disappear, I knew I had to get out while I still could.
Karl's got all kinds of information about Daniel's operation financing, long-term plans, who they're going after next.
We've been trying to figure some way to get him out of the city without drawing attention to our little operation here.
Problem is, only official vehicles are allowed on the roads.
They ration gas and I.
D.
Everything.
So we can't move without having it traced back.
I'm thinking maybe you can do something about that.
What do you think? Show us what we came to see, and you got yourself a deal.
If anybody stops us, let me do the talking.
I have enough identity papers to cover us, and plenty of bribes in case the papers aren't enough.
You're pretty well-organized.
It's a survival instinct.
When your enemy is bigger than you are, the only way to fight back is to be smarter.
This is one of Daniel's showcase cities.
He goes into the downtown core, has the slave labor teams working nonstop to get the power grid up, clean the streets, make it look as normal as possible, but the core only goes about a half mile across.
After that, it's dark out.
He doesn't care what he has to steal or who dies, as long as they keep the illusion going.
So how'd you get involved in all this? What's happening here is wrong.
When you see something wrong, you have to do something about it, otherwise you can't look yourself in the mirror anymore.
Why you specifically? Why not somebody else? Why not me? I mean, someone has to.
Look, you got two choices either walk with the stream, or against it.
Now, I know I'm not the smartest or the strongest, but I'm willing to do what's necessary.
So what are we supposed to see up here? It's 8:00.
The show's starting.
Rachel said you worked for Daniel.
Doing what? Political advisor.
God help me, I helped make him what he is.
And what's that? Power incarnate.
This is the voice of Daniel.
We have restored power to three more cities in Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware, and acquired the assets of five more military bases along the way.
Our forces are on the move.
He sweeps aside everything in his way.
He fires people up to the point that they'll do anything for him.
Taking over cities, and towns, and military bases by sheer numbers, overwhelming the opposition, returning with arms, and supplies, and food, and weapons of mass destruction Anyone who resists is given two choices you work, or you die.
The stores are once again filled with provender.
Bounty is coming to reward those who have believed, and fought for safety and security, and the future.
As long as the food and the supplies keep coming in, most people don't think to ask where they came from, whose hands they were taken from, or how many people are now starving as a result of Daniel's raids.
His people are safe, and secure, and well-fed.
Anybody who questions where the good times are coming from is the enemy.
Our enemies fall before us like wheat before a scythe.
Soon, we will turn our eyes to the west, to the liberation of territories seized by the so-called western alliance You think he's talking about us? I think so.
They will feel the might of our will and our resolve, our fury, and our strength, and we will take what is rightfully ours.
People go missing, they disappear, or their bodies turn up the next day.
He uses terror, and fear, and repression, and he won't stop until he has everything, the whole country.
One nation under Daniel.
It'll be the end of everything.
Not the end This is only the beginning.
God says To the people go the prizes, to the people goes the future, and for the good of the people, Daniel goes forth.
God says because nothing can stop us.
The great war is coming, the bleeding is coming, and the price will be terrible.
Terrible.
Let's go.
Are you sure those are the guys we were told to look for? They match the pictures.
Tell the others we're bringing 'em in dead or alive.
- Hold it right there! - God dammit! - Can you find your way back? - I think so Good.
Go! Okay, that's far enough.
Move and I'll fire.
Hey! Come on, we've got to get back.
Okay, everybody, clear out.
I don't know if we were followed, but we can't take any chances.
Fall back to the safe house.
What about me? We said we'd get you out of here, we'll get you out.
We'll create a distraction, make sure you can get clear.
- Ready? - Ready.
All right, get in! Get in! Smith, get these guys off our tail! Make a right, up there! - You sure? - Yeah! How do you know? Take a right.
- Just great.
- Go back! You guys were gone for so long, I was starting to get worried.
No, everything went fine, perfectly fine.
Ah, that must be some use of the word "fine" I hadn't heard before.
You know, it doesn't matter, as long as you're all okay, it's What? Nah, it's just good to see you, really good.
All right, you love birds.
Look, I want to get this guy back to Markus before That won't be necessary.
When Kurdy and Smith didn't show up after their last job, I got worried.
Then I got suspicious.
So I thought I'd come and check things out for myself.
You've been busy.
Well, I think you need to talk to this guy, Markus.
He knows Daniel's operation inside and out.
I think he could be a big asset.
I agree.
So I'm going to talk to him.
Then I'm going to talk to you.
All of you.
Loudly.
Hi.
The name's Markus Alexander.
And you are? Karl Stevenson.
Good to meet you.
Why don't we go up to Jeremiah's place here and have a little chat? I, uh I think he might need to get some rest.
No, I think he'll be fine.
Three days driving, non-stop.
I know.
No change of clothes, barely stopping to pee.
Not to mention the chafing.
What? You try riding in the back of a pickup truck for three days, see if you look at me like that again.
Do you have any unspoken thoughts? No.
If you don't mind waiting for us outside Thanks.
Okay, so I talked to him, and, uh - Why are you fidgeting like that? - Don't ask.
Try riding in the back of a pickup truck for three days.
Anyway, I agree, he has a great deal of information that could be helpful to us.
I just hope it was worth the price we're going to pay for it.
How so? There's this little thing called the doctrine of unintended consequences.
You ask somebody "do you love me?", it opens up all kinds of unintended consequences.
You hit somebody, you do the same thing.
We just hit Daniel hard, maybe before we were ready to hit him.
The intended consequence was getting Karl out of there, which is fine.
It's the unintended consequences that I'm worried about.
It is a new world, a new age, but that new world can never be safe as long as there are enemies allied against us.
Our enemies cannot be allowed to stand in the way of the future.
They must fall.
They will fall.
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