Jeremiah (2002) s02e09 Episode Script

1 Previously on Jeremiah What you did, pulling Ridgeway together, the alliance wants to do for the whole country.
We're right on the border of Daniel's group.
Just got the word, Sims.
The alliance conned another town into joining up.
There's no safety outside Daniel.
We'll stand against the alliance at a time of our choosing, not theirs.
Burn it down.
They came to Ridgeway, they torched the town, took everyone prisoner.
- Who did? - Sims.
(Libby): I wasn't even briefed about the attack on Jeremiah.
(Sims): Daniel appreciates everything we've done.
As long as we have someone on the inside, Jeremiah is more important to us alive.
I saw you with him! Who will believe you? (Smith): How could you do this to Jeremiah? She was killed in the battle.
I did everything I could to get to her.
It's not your fault.
I mean, there's no way anybody could have known this was going to happen.
(Jeremiah): I know where he is, who he works for, and when I find him, I'll kill him.
I'll kill everybody standing with him.
I'll kill them all.
Hey, Jeremiah.
Why don't you let me take the wheel for a while? You've been driving for a lot of hours.
I'm fine.
I'm just saying No.
I said I'm fine.
You! Look, if this is about the last edition of the paper, I already said I was sorry.
Don't fuck with me, Frank.
If you're trying to build the town here, you've got to take bad press.
Libby's dead, okay.
Stop whatever it is you're printing right now and give me 500 of these.
This is the face and the name of the guy who's responsible for her death.
Now, I want him found.
I don't care what it takes.
Wait.
Do you want a bounty, or "wanted dead or alive", or No, I don't.
I don't want anybody to lay a finger on him.
When he is found, I want him brought to me.
I will kill him my bare hands.
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 Take that, will you? Excuse me, will you have a look at this? I'm looking for this guy.
His name is Sims, okay? I'm willing to pay for information.
Excuse me, can I put some of these out here? Thank you.
Mister, I'm looking for that guy.
If you see him or you know anybody that knows anything about him, you let me know.
Hey.
Excuse me, have a look at that.
Have you seen this guy? His name's Sims.
Is he still at it? All morning, all day long.
I don't think the man has slept.
Now, I've seen Jeremiah pissed, I've seen him happy, I've seen him obsessed, but what I saw in his eyes when Libby died I don't ever want to see that again.
You think he'll get over it? Tomorrow, the next day, when he gets some sleep? No, I'm not saying that.
I know what it's like to lose somebody.
Then you know there's something dangerous inside him, right now Something nailed down and in pain.
The only way he's going to get over it is by yanking the spike out of his heart and shoving it into somebody else's.
Look, if you're new around here, I need you to take a look at this.
I'm trying to find this guy.
His name is Sims.
Now, I know where he comes from, but I need to know where he is, okay.
Here, take that.
Give it to somebody! Look, I'm looking for this guy.
I came as soon as I heard.
Here.
I'm sorry, Jeremiah.
You look like shit.
When's the last time you ate or slept? It doesn't matter.
Yes, it does.
I need you to be clear-headed.
I want to talk to you.
There's nothing you can say that I want to hear right now, Markus.
Maybe, maybe not.
Just give me an hour.
We'll get some food in you.
I'll tell you what I have in mind.
Then, if you don't like what I have to say, I'll take half of those and pass them out myself.
Oh yeah? Thank you.
You know, all of us here have something in common.
We've all lost somebody dear to us.
I lost Meaghan, and, Kurdy, you lost Elizabeth.
Smith, you, uh I lost my way.
Uh, the point is, is that everybody in this room I know what you're going to say, Markus.
Save your breath.
Jeremiah You're going to tell me that Libby's dead and I need to get over it and move on, and it's all for the greater final good.
That's not what I want.
You think I came all this way to tell you to get over it? I knew Libby too.
I liked Libby.
We all did.
And I'm I'm angry about what happened, but more than that, I'm I'm tired.
I'm tired of losing what we love because we're fighting for what we believe in.
I'm not here to talk you out of anything.
I'm here to help you nail that bastard's head to the wall.
How? The people who attacked Ridgeway and Innsmouth are the same ones that did this.
The same ones that killed Libby.
The description matches.
I'd say it's all part of the same campaign.
It looks fresh.
This convoy was attacked less than 24 hours ago.
Five dead, three missing.
Whoever did this didn't take much.
It looks like they burned most of it.
This isn't about stealing.
It's about fear.
It's about cutting off our supply lines and cutting off support for the alliance.
We promised the towns that joined up with us we'd create and protect free trade, but there have been five attacks like this in the last few days.
People are afraid to go on the road.
They think that we can't protect them if they stay home.
We have to prove otherwise.
Well, how do we find them? I mean, his ass could be anywhere by now.
We don't.
We make them come to us.
All we have to do is bait the trap.
A trojan horse Got it in one.
(Markus): We let word leak out that we're bringing in a load of supplies from Thunder Mountain Food, tools, clothes, guns, you name it, enough to make even a dead man's mouth water, make it clear that what's in those trucks is important to us.
Boy, is that a sight for sore eyes.
They're carrying so many goodies in there, I'm surprised the tires don't blow out.
Could you imagine what you can do with all of that stuff? Nothing in the world you couldn't buy.
Is all that for Milhaven? No, it's going north in trade.
What for? Don't know, but it must be one hell of a deal.
Thing is, Markus wants to keep this quiet, so let's keep this between you and me and the fencepost, okay? (Markus): There's three primary means of mass communication Telephone, television, and tell-somebody-a-secret.
We give the rumors time to grow out of proportion, and people, being people, will start to elaborate on the story.
Pretty soon, everybody in town will know somebody who saw gold and mountains of food on those trucks.
Then we steal them, and wait for the sharks to take the bait.
Then we kill them.
You're sure you know what to do? Jeremiah I just want to hear it again.
If anybody asks, you had to go back to Thunder Mountain for some big meeting with Markus, and no, I don't know what it's about.
All I know is that you left me in charge, and not one hour after you left, some guys took off with those trucks, and Markus is going to be pissed.
Thanks.
Do you need anything else? No.
Yes.
I don't know if this is going to work, but I can't afford to take any chances.
Got to keep looking for Sims on our own.
Anybody comes into town who's seen anything, anybody who has even heard anything, anybody knows anything, you take 'em aside and you show 'em that flyer, find out what they know.
I can do that.
Take care of yourself out there.
I will.
- Hey, Markus, I had an idea.
- Smith What are you doing? You're not coming.
What do you mean I'm not coming? You said I said what we were going to do.
I didn't say you could come along.
That's not right.
I should be there.
You're in no condition.
You'd just get yourself killed.
- Markus - The answer is no.
I'm sorry, Smith.
That's my final word.
- Ready to go? - All set.
Okay.
Hit it.
Well, we're in it now.
You told Erin what she has to do? She knows.
She has to make it look convincing.
Have faith, will you? Come on! Stop those trucks! They're getting away with all of our stuff! Stop them! Fine.
I'll do it.
Stop! Stop! Oh, shit.
Jeez.
Told you.
That real enough for you, Jeremiah? You You'll never get away with this.
No? Why not? We're under protection.
What protection? I don't hear anything.
Do you hear anything? The only thing I hear is the beating of your desperate heart.
You're all alone.
That's the message I want you to take back to your friends.
You may think you have protection, but there is no protection outside Daniel, no safety outside of what we choose to allow.
Anyone who signs on with the alliance will very quickly learn who his friends and who is enemies really are.
Sims, check this out.
We found it with the rest of his stuff.
What do you think? Is it me? I think I'm much more handsome than that, but he didn't get my good side, did he, Rod? Which side is that? Hmm.
Is this from Milhaven? I'm not telling you squat.
Is that so? All I know is, sooner or later, you're a dead man.
You know, I picked you out of the rest because I want you to send a message for me But the more I think about it, the more I realize there are many ways to send somebody a message.
The thing about sending somebody a letter is you always got to remember to stamp it.
He'll get the message now, that's for sure.
All right.
Come on.
We've got work to do.
You still up? Yeah.
You should get some rest.
We need to be alert when we find these guys.
I'm fine.
Hey, I've been around.
I've seen "fine", and that ain't it, my man.
I keep seeing Libby.
It's my fault.
I should never have left her alone.
You couldn't have changed anything.
If I'd been there, maybe If you had been there, you probably both would have been killed.
There's nothing anybody could have done, Jeremiah.
That's the thing that I've worked hardest to get over ever since Elizabeth died.
You know, it's so easy for us to think we run the universe.
"If I would have been there, I would've done this, that, and the other thing.
" It's not true.
So what are you saying? We're powerless? What I'm saying is we've got to let go of the selfishness behind that thought.
It's not about if we're powerful or not.
It's about us being the kind of people the ones we loved wanted us to be Not obsessed, not living in the past, not going over our mistakes forever.
They wanted us to be living in the moment, living for the future.
And how long did it take you to come up with that? Months.
Sometimes, I'm there more than other times.
I'm not there yet.
(chuckles) I know.
I'm just giving you a little look down the road.
Just so you know that the moment you do understand that is down that road.
I don't want to go down that road alone.
I mean, with Libby When Libby She just always made me feel like I had a chance.
You know, like I was alive, and the world was a better place than it really is.
It is, and you're not alone.
Look around, man.
What happened brought the whole Mountain down here.
We'll get 'em.
How can you be so sure? God told me.
Well, Smith's not here.
Somebody had to say it.
We're slowing down.
Trouble? Just started.
Damn it.
Well, they were definitely here.
Yeah, a few hours ago.
They could be a hundred miles away by now.
Over here.
Oh, son of a bitch.
All right, look around for any survivors, and then we get back on the road.
What about We can't leave any trace that we've been patrolling out here in case they swing back through the area.
We'll come back when we're done.
There's always time to bury the dead.
So I hear you talk to God.
Lots of people talk to God.
God talks through me.
It's a slight difference.
Okay, which God? There's all kinds of gods out there, jewish, christian, muslim, hindu, greek, roman I don't really think he keeps track.
But you're saying he's a he.
It's just easier that way.
The voice isn't male or female.
Then what does it sound like? Like the voice in the back of your head that warns you when you're about to do something stupid, except it's bigger, a lot bigger.
You know, I really don't know what to make of you.
I mean, the whole idea is unbelievable, but I really think you believe this.
It's true.
Then can I ask God a question? It doesn't work like that.
I'll make you cookies It doesn't work like that, either.
Don't you get it? Don't any of you get it? I'm not trying to con you, and I'm not trying to make a living at this.
- No? - No, because any time someone says you have to pay to hear what God says, whatever comes afterwards isn't God, that's for damned sure.
I didn't ask for this.
I don't want this.
It's just there.
Just out of curiosity does God have anything to say to me? Yes.
What? Pass the pepper.
What? I don't know what god has to say to you.
He hasn't said it yet.
Could you please pass the pepper? My arm is hurt.
Thank you.
How's it look? I don't know.
I think I can get it running again, but How long? - It depends.
- How long? If I have to get in, pull the whole thing apart, I figure maybe four, five hours.
You've got three.
If the sun comes up and this thing isn't working I'll do the best I can.
I don't like this, Markus.
If we get hit and we can't move to defend ourselves, - we are sitting ducks.
- I know, and while we're stuck here, who knows what else they're doing right now? How are you doing? I was just thinking this is a first for you, being this hands-on.
It's a big turn.
No, I told you it's time we came out of the Mountain, showed our faces, and in thinking of Libby, I, uh I think this is something that Meaghan would've wanted me to do.
You haven't talked about her since I know.
Sims you're going to love this.
Our scout teams just got back.
They've got some news about your favorite people in the world.
Oh? Seems a couple of nights ago, somebody drove off with a bunch of supply trucks belonging to the alliance.
What kind of supplies? You name it food, parts, weapons.
They say it was part of some exchange between Thunder Mountain and one of the big cities up north.
If it's that valuable, you can bet that they're out looking for those trucks right now.
Which is why it'd be sweet if we found 'em first, kind of add insult to injury, you know? I do indeed.
Tell the others to keep a look out for those trucks.
Even if the people who stole them have gone to ground, they'll have to surface sooner or later, get rid of the merchandise.
I'd very much like us to be there if that happens.
Daniel will be most pleased.
You got it.
Have you ever met Daniel? I mean, have you ever seen him in person? No But how many people in the old world, Rod, how many soldiers ever had the privilege to meet the president in person? Not that it matters.
If there were no Daniel, it would be necessary to invent him.
So if you don't mind me asking a guy like you could write his own ticket.
Why'd you decide to work for somebody you've never even met? You wouldn't believe me.
Try me.
I grew up hard, harder than most.
Fought my way across half this country, scratching and clawing my way through anybody who stood between me and what I wanted.
I was in New York when the cannibals were there.
I was one of the very few to get out alive.
I marched through the fires of Atlanta.
I was there the day that Memphis went mad and everybody started killing everybody else, just because.
My life is a river of blood and fire, always on the run, sleeping with one eye open.
Didn't stop a bunch of raiders the night that they came for me, beat me, robbed me, threw me out in the freezing cold to die, no food, no water.
I crawled for days, till finally, I just stopped, waited to die.
I closed both eyes I guess I fell asleep.
When I opened them, there was a coyote standing over me, and it spoke to me.
Come on.
What the hell Not in words, in its eyes.
It looked at me, and its coyote eyes said, "Go that way, east.
"There is someone waiting for you, Someone you've been looking for all your life," and I said, "Will he give me the strength to live? Will he give me a reason to live?" And the coyote eyes said, "yes," and I said, "Will he give me the power to kill all those who have ever wronged me?" And the coyote eyes said, "You'll be free to kill whoever you wish," and then I had the strength to walk where the voice told me to walk, and in the end, I found Daniel, his city, his people, his dream.
This isn't a fight for the pieces of the old world, Rod.
This is a war of powers and principalities.
We are the coyote, Rod, we are the wolf, and it is time, long past time, that we bared our teeth and fed.
Tell the others we move out at dawn.
Powers and principalities How's it going? I've almost got it.
He's almost got it.
So I hear.
We're too exposed out here.
We have to get everybody back in the trucks.
If these people have scouts out, I don't want them to see what we're packing here.
(engine turns over) (engine quits) Son of a bitch.
(engine turns over) Come on.
(engine revs) (screams) Oh, damn it! I'm sorry, Markus.
No, no.
You did good.
You did good.
Get that guy medical attention! Get him to the back! - We're short a driver.
- No, we're not.
Here.
The guy in front's the most vulnerable.
If there's a problem If there's a problem, I can handle it.
All right, fire 'em up, people! We're hitting the road! Sims, we've got a message coming in from base.
This isn't the time.
I think you ought to take it.
Sims here.
Problem? We're running low on fuel.
If we don't find these guys soon, we'll have to head back, try again later.
How much later? To get enough diesel fuel down from the Mountain, - maybe a day or two - Two No, no, no way, not two days, Markus.
This won't work.
These guys will never fall for this a second time.
Nobody'll believe these trucks are driving around for two days.
What do you want me to do? The math is the math.
"X" amount of fuel equals "Y" amount of time on the road Okay, so we split up, divide the fuel.
Heads up, people.
Nobody around They could be in the trees.
You could hide an army in there.
What's our escape route look like? We could turn around, but it would take forever.
Stop the trucks here.
What are they waiting for? For us to make a mistake, to expose ourselves.
Look, I can No, we hold our position right here.
Let them come to us.
They could be circling behind right now.
I need to draw them in closer, Markus, where we can Negative.
I won't expose anyone to unnecessary danger unless I have no alternative.
Forget this.
Kurdy What the hell are you Kurdy! (guns cocking) Whoa, whoa, what is this? Shut up fuck up.
All right, fellows, I don't want any trouble here.
Give us the keys to the truck and there won't be any trouble.
Damn it.
What? Kurdy's in the line of fire.
What the hell's he doing? He's trying to lure them closer to the trucks, get the others to show their faces so we can know where they are.
Damn Jeremiah Give us the keys to the truck.
Okay.
All right.
Okay, that's enough.
What the hell are you doing? I don't know why I send you to talk to people.
You don't have the best people skills.
You've got to talk with these guys, and once they know the deal, everything will be okay.
Okay, listen, here's the deal.
You let us go or at least one of you is going down.
I don't care which one.
You want to take that chance? You're out of your mind, you know that? We got two on two here, plus we got a guy in the truck.
That gives us the advantage.
You just signed your own death warrant, buddy.
He's not here.
Who? Sims, the guy in charge.
Are you sure? You checked everybody? Twice.
He's not here, I said.
(laughing) You got something to say? Yeah.
You lose.
Sims got called back home for an important meeting.
Oh, he really wanted to be here, but I'm sure he'd send his regards.
- When did he leave? - Screw you.
He wasn't there, but you were, right? That night at Innsmouth when they attacked.
Jeremiah The night she died.
I've been there when all kinds of people have died, chief.
What's one more? Don't do it.
You said bring 'em in and kill 'em.
During the fight, but the fight's over.
We worse than killed them.
We beat them.
We crippled their operation.
These people are prisoners.
They'll face justice at the hands of the people they've harmed.
Yeah, and I'm one of those, Markus.
You're not the guy I want.
You're just some punk that takes orders.
I want the guy who gave the order.
You know why you're going to lose? You're too weak to get things done! Us, we're willing to do what's necessary.
You're soft, and you're weak, and you know what? That bitch probably deserved to die.
(gunshot) Okay, load 'em up! We're going home.
You okay? Yeah, I was just I'm okay.
They're looking for you.
I know.
I know what you're feeling.
I miss her, too.
Did you ever have to kill anyone, Erin? I don't mean firing into a big group when it's all a blur.
I mean really looking into somebody's eyes, and It's a dangerous world.
The only way anyone could survive after the Big Death is doing what was necessary.
Was that a yes? Twice.
Did you ever stop seeing their eyes when you try to go to sleep at night? Yeah.
It takes a long time.
It takes a real long time.
Anyway, we should get going.
Remember when you asked if God had anything to say to you? I lied.
He did.
It's just, you know, there's a time and place.
And I usually like to wait until the coast is clear, you know? God says I saw your face before you were born, I knew your name before it was spoken, and I heard your voice before you cried at birth, and I bring only beautiful things into this world, and you will, too, in your time and one day, not far away, you'll have to leave Markus and the safety and security of the Mountain, and you'll know that you're walking into the darkness, and you'll go.
Your heart will light a path your mind will not want to travel, but you'll do it anyway, knowing that you'll never see the Mountain again, you'll never return, and the next time I hear your voice and see your face, the next time I I call your name, you'll know that your sacrifice was not in vain.
(Markus): I sent messages to Ridgeway and Innsmouth.
They'll be coming for the prisoners.
Before that, I want to question these people, find out what I can about their operation.
At least we've got a reprieve for a while.
Yeah, agree, it'll take a while before they can put this back together again.
I want some idea about how much time we have.
With luck, we can stop the next problem before it happens.
I'll get started.
Catch up with you later.
How are you doing? What, do you mean do I feel any better? No, and I won't, as long as the guy who did this is still out there alive somewhere.
Man, are you talking about Sims or Daniel? Daniel's just a name so far, Kurdy.
Sims was there.
We deal with that, and then we'll see.
You sound like a man ready to go to war.
And you're not? I don't know, but the more I see of these guys, the more it seems like we may not have much of a choice.
I'm going to find Smith and hit the road.
Hey, uh, Kurdy Thanks for getting my back Once again.
Same here.
'cause, you know, we do make a pretty good team.
We could try it more often.
Maybe so, Jeremiah.
Maybe so.
(Libby): When everything happened before, I thought I was going to lose you.
What are you thinking? (Jeremiah): Usually, I'm, uh, different, but with you, something happened that makes me kind of shy.
I like it.
(Libby): Dance with me.
Dance with me.
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