Jericho (2006) s01e03 Episode Script

Previously on Jericho: Jake Green.
How are you doing, man? - Wait.
Where the hell you been? - Around.
Jake, no one's been around for five years.
Seriously, where have you been? - Hey, brother.
- What you put this family through is - Johnston, for God's sake - He could've been We could spend a week talking about what I could've been.
Stay one more day.
I gotta get back to San Diego by tomorrow.
All right, it looks like the explosion came from the west, maybe Denver.
- Are we under attack? - Could have been a test, an accident.
Hi, Dale.
Sorry I didn't call sooner, angel, but we Oh, my God! Oh, my God! I am so sorry.
I didn't know your mother was in Denver.
- In Atlanta.
- Oh, my God! I think my mom died yesterday.
- I think my mom died yesterday too.
- Get April.
We'll meet you - at the Medical Center.
- There's an empty prison bus there.
Look, I know you're telling people it was an accident, but if it was an attack, sheriff, and it's chaos out there, you might not want the wrong people knowing that Jericho is still here.
Riley! Is there anybody on this channel? There are men here with guns.
I think they might have killed the sheriff.
Won't the rain clear the radiation out of the air? It'll bring it straight down on Jericho.
How do you know about radiation, Mr.
Hawkins? Because I was a cop in St.
Louis, and after 9*11, we got up to speed.
- How long before radiation gets here? - How long does it take a storm - to get here from Denver? - Less than two hours.
Everyone over here can go to the town hall shelter.
All those on the north side will go to the clinic.
Our shelter's no good.
I'm bringing these people to town hall.
- They can't come in.
- What do you mean? - We're packed.
- The salt mine.
How many will it hold? - We have to seal the entrance.
- There's no door, Jake.
We can't let the rain pour down the shaft.
These people won't be safe.
We're all clear.
- What's happening? - I don't know.
- You always know something.
- You know, don't ask me questions.
She's still not talking.
I get that.
I mean, I'm a cop.
I've never killed anybody.
She's a schoolteacher.
Where's Stanley? Jake, my brother doesn't know about the radiation.
When the rain stops, he'll be back.
Don't worry.
Bonnie, I know Stanley.
He'll be fine.
Jake, I got your brother.
He's with your dad.
Finally.
Eric, how's Dad? He's good.
The town hall shelter is secure.
Listen, Jake, where are you? I'm at the Richmonds'.
As soon as the rain stops, get every digging tool you can find and get to the mine.
I had to blow the entrance to keep the rain out.
Those people have been sealed up way too long.
And I'm more worried the explosion might have put some debris into the ventilator.
Enough to slow it down? Enough to shut it down.
We've gotta get them out.
We can't reach anyone at the mine.
We have no radio contact with anyone there.
Here, honey.
Take a little sip.
Okay, just a little.
Pass it on.
There you go.
Good, you guys, good.
Good, good, good.
One second.
I'll be right back.
Excuse me, folks.
Hey, how you holding up? Heather, I think our students are taking it better than I am.
Look, they just know there's nothing to be afraid of.
For them, it's just like a bad field trip.
I'm just having a hard time breathing.
It's all right.
Here, take a little water.
Yeah.
- Good.
- I have to get outside.
- Soon.
Soon.
- Is Mr.
Rennie okay? He's gonna be fine.
We just need to give him a little bit of room, okay? Go on back.
I can't do this! I gotta get outside! It's okay.
Deep breath, deep breath.
You doing all right? Stupid question? Right.
How do you know the rain's radioactive? Denver's pretty far away.
Well, we don't know how many bombs there were.
We don't know What is it? Someone's up in the house.
Not more prisoners.
- Stanley.
- Bonnie, thank God.
No! Hey, hey, no! Stanley, don't touch her.
The rain may be radioactive.
April, Stanley seems to be okay.
I'd say he was in it for about 20 minutes.
Yeah, I was out at my cousin's helping him put the livestock up.
We got caught in it.
- Is he vomiting? - No, he's not.
Okay, do you have any iodine there? Bonnie, iodine? Hey, what's with all the tanks? - What tanks? - On my way home I passed a line of tanks that were hauling ass toward Denver.
Stanley, how many tanks did you see? - Five, maybe.
- Where? They were over the ridge.
I couldn't tell you exactly where they were.
But I was on Pharr's Mill Road, near l-70.
April, we have iodine.
He's gonna need to take a couple of tablespoons, but it tastes vile, so do you have any bread, something that he can take with it? We're in a cellar.
All we've got is canned peaches and pickles.
Not the pickles.
Maybe the peaches.
Jake, just give me the iodine.
The second that the rain breaks, rush him to the clinic.
And, Jake, if he throws up in the next couple of hours, get Bonnie out of that room.
- Why? - Because her brother's going to die.
- Just concentrate on breathing, please.
- I can't.
I gotta get out of here.
- I know, wait - I gotta get out of here! Mr.
Rennie, please, just concentrate on your breathing.
- Look at me.
- I just - Just control it.
There you go.
- I gotta get out of here.
- Mr.
Rennie - I gotta get outta here! I don't wanna die down here! Let me out! Look, everybody, just calm down.
There's nothing to worry about.
You're scaring the children, Scott.
- Gray, he's claustrophobic.
- We gotta get him out of here.
- It's me.
It's Shep.
Try to focus, man.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
- I gotta get out of here! - We gotta get him away.
I can't breathe! I don't wanna die down here! Please be careful.
- I can't breathe! I gotta get out of here! - Stay back! I don't wanna die down here! I don't wanna die.
Let me out of here! Please! - Jake wants to talk to you.
- His cough's getting much worse.
- I want you to make it brief.
- Okay.
- Yeah, son, what is it? - Stanley saw a line of tanks near l-70.
Well, you know, there's a National Guard unit to the southwest of there in Goodland.
Maybe they've got a relief effort going.
We need to get out there and see.
That could be a dangerous thing to do, son.
Can't just sit around and wait to find out what's happening.
I'll go to Goodland.
Someone should check out Topeka.
Okay, son.
Here.
I'm going with you.
- What? - I have to find Roger.
- It's on the way to Wichita.
- You're in no condition I'm going with you or I'm going by myself.
For the last time, you can't smoke here.
- All right, waters for everyone.
Here.
- Thank you, honey.
- I need to take your temperature again.
- Oh, you just took it five minutes ago.
It hasn't changed in five minutes.
The mighty Johnston Green, felled by the flu.
- Here it comes.
- I don't know if I told you, but my father is impervious to mere germs.
- Oh, really? - Yeah, I believe that was the quote.
First inauguration.
I have it all on video.
It was a joke.
I was trying to make April, don't ever make a mistake.
This family will never let you forget it.
Okay, I'll remember that.
- Oh, come on.
- Now, lie still.
I don't like him.
Me neither.
Here.
They're really stale.
You know, I keep thinking about when we were kids and how they used to make us practice hiding under our desks in case of an atomic bomb.
Yeah, duck and cover.
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that mushroom cloud.
Did they have enough time to hide under their desks? It's pretty stupid, huh? No.
Eric, I'm just a little confused.
Your wife isn't really acting like someone who knows the marriage has been dead a long time.
- Mary - Or did I get the wrong impression? Mary, let's just get through this.
Okay? The next thing you're gonna tell me is that she actually does understand you.
I'm sorry.
Jake? Don't let Bonnie see your lips.
Listen, man, if this thing doesn't turn out so good, - the thing is, Bonnie's still just a kid - Stanley, don't even, all right? - You're gonna be fine.
- I don't know.
My head is pounding and I feel like I'm gonna throw up.
Eric, the rain has stopped.
- I don't know.
- Is it okay? What's this black stuff? That used to be Denver.
Bill, Emily, get Stanley to the medical clinic now.
- Okay.
- Find April.
She'll know what to do.
Jimmy, you're coming with me to the mine.
- Jake, I meant what I said, all right? - I know.
Look, I know, I know.
I will help you find Roger.
I promise, okay? Go.
I'll meet you at the medical clinic.
Eric, we're coming to the mine now.
We have to dig those people out.
I'll be right over.
Honey, stay there.
What's that? I think somebody's on the other side.
Get back, I'm coming through.
We're gonna get you people out of here.
All right, everyone, you're gonna be okay.
All right, we have food and water.
There are vehicles waiting for you guys to take you to the clinic, all right? Nice and slow.
File out.
These guys will help you.
- Listen.
- You're okay.
Women and children first.
Please, watch your step, everyone.
Be careful.
It's gonna be okay.
- You okay? - I think so.
Gray, what happened? He's dead.
What? Hey.
Hey, how's Stanley? - We're still watching him.
- Where is he? - We had to isolate him.
- Where? Where is he? What the hell? You like it? It's where they make the contagious kids wait so they don't give everybody chicken pox.
Did you throw up? Yeah, a couple times.
Apparently that's what happens when you drink a bottle of iodine.
I need to get back to the house.
I need to check on the livestock, and the corn.
I need to get out of here.
There's really nothing you can do right now.
He's right.
You need to stay.
I'm really sick of being poked with needles every ten minutes.
They'll be sorry when my spider powers kick in.
Well, you're still an idiot, so that's a good sign.
Yeah.
- How bad is it? - You're sleep-deprived like everyone else.
Bring the bandages to 102.
No, I mean the radiation.
Am I dying? - Have you vomited? - No.
Should I? You just need some rest.
Go home.
I'd like to.
When's the next flight to D.
C? - Dr.
Green? - There are a lot of people waiting.
- If you could just - I just wanna know what happened to my friend, Scott Rennie.
It looks like he had a heart attack.
I'm sorry.
But So, what if I have three queens but I only have two jacks? - I'm out.
- I so bluffed you.
Skylar, are you still alive in there? - Sky, are you home? - Hello? - Hey.
- Dude, I'm starving.
- Oh, my God.
- What's he doing here? This is not how it looks.
It sure looks how it looks.
Skylar, wait, that guy's a weirdo.
I can't just sit around here all day.
We gotta find the sheriff and his men.
We gotta get the power on.
Okay, now, you're gonna stay here as long as it takes.
Now, don't make me take your pants with me.
- I can run this town without my pants.
- It wouldn't be the first time.
All right, that's a story I never wanna hear.
- Hi, sweetheart.
- Hi.
- How are you feeling, honey? - My leg's a little sore, but - How's everything here? - Your father has the flu.
It's nothing.
Did you hear Mr.
Rennie died? It's terrible.
I've been thinking.
More than anything, this town needs information.
We could organize a group of people, send them out in every direction.
I don't think anyone should be leaving Jericho.
We have to.
We can't just sit here in the dark.
He's right.
Makes us too vulnerable.
Abrams, you and Crossfield are taking the northern route up through Nebraska to the state police barracks in Broken Bow.
I can go east to Topeka and connect with the state government.
And Ridley can head west to Denver.
- Or what's left of it.
- You'll probably run into a ring of FEMA and EMS people before you even get within sight of the city.
See what they know.
- And what about you? - He's going to Wichita with me.
That's right.
Emily and I are taking the southern route to Wichita.
Well, let's try to radio back as much information as possible along the way.
That's the plan.
Hitting the major cities in each direction.
North, south, east and west.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Let's hope not.
Nope.
We still got static.
Try pointing it east.
We've got nothing.
Keep moving it.
Nope, just static.
Just keep trying.
Mary? Excuse me, Mary? Did you get it on? Man, busy place.
Yeah.
Although the service isn't what it used to be.
What will you have? Oh, my God, we got something.
Keep it on.
Where did it go? Come on, bring it back.
We're losing the feed.
Bring it back.
- Go back.
We had something.
- Put the TV back on.
Was that Korean? Does anybody know? I think it was Chinese.
- Mandarin.
- Yeah.
Question is, were they just reporting it or are they behind it? Were there any markings on the side of the tank? - No.
- I mean, maybe we're being invaded.
Abrams and Crossfield are out.
They won't drive into a war zone.
Well, I don't blame them.
Why don't we put this plan on hold right now? We saw one image, we'll probably see another one.
Going out is more important than ever.
All right? If this country is at war, we need to know it.
Okay, we have Los Angeles, Seattle and Philadelphia.
What else did you see on the TV? - I think Seattle's wrong.
- Okay.
Could it have been Portland? I don't think so.
Hey, I understand you lost some of your men.
- Yeah.
- You need a volunteer, I'm available.
- Thanks, Mr? - Hawkins.
Mr.
Hawkins.
- Do you have a family? - Two kids.
I think it's best if we stick to people who don't have families.
Hey, Em? Excuse me, Mr.
Cale? Something's been bothering me.
It's about Mr.
Rennie's death.
The mine was full of people from the clinic.
How come nobody called for a doctor? I don't wanna talk about it.
I know you're upset.
You guys were close.
But he was my friend too.
I worked with him for three years.
Hey, Shep, we're heading out for supplies.
Why don't you give us a hand? You know, this whole thing has been pretty hard on Shep.
He lost a good friend today.
We all did.
Emily.
Talk to me.
Was it the broadcast? Because we don't know what any of it means.
They got Wichita.
Roger is dead.
We don't know that.
- I saw it on the map.
- Your fiancé might have made it.
How? What if his flight got diverted to Des Moines? Des Moines is gone.
Emily, what if it was Omaha, huh? Or Tulsa? What if they set down in the middle of a cornfield in Nebraska? - He could be anywhere.
- Plane went down trying to find - a place to land.
What if it exploded? - Emily.
Emily.
- What if he's dead? - Emily.
- He's gone, and I'm here with you.
- Emily.
You were supposed to be the one that was dead, not him.
Just leave me alone, Jake.
Just go without me.
They took everything.
Oh, Dale.
Thank God.
I looked everywhere for you.
Are you all right? I was so worried.
- I was safe.
- Good.
Gracie? Oh, what now? Gracie? We're closed, Gail.
I'm out of everything.
That's why I'm here.
Some of the folks at the shelter brought some stuff back, and I thought you could use it.
It's one box.
I'm out of business.
My train shipment was supposed to come through on Tuesday.
Without it, these shelves are gonna stay as empty as they are right now.
I don't have a freezer anymore.
Most of this stuff is gonna go bad any minute now.
I know.
Food's going bad all over town.
I need my shipment.
And we don't know if we'll ever get the power back on.
Maybe we should cook it.
- What? - Yeah.
Everything.
All of it.
As long as it's still good enough to eat.
Are you okay? If you call radiation poisoning okay.
Were you out in the rain too? Heavens, no.
I touched a building when we came out of the shelter.
Look, you can stop pretending.
What do you mean? I audited your farm.
Why do you care? Maybe I'm a nicer person than you.
Right.
Were you in the rain? Yeah, for about 20 minutes.
- Well, you look pretty good.
- Thanks.
I try to work out.
Look.
You know, I think I got the worst of it, so as long as I'm okay, you should be fine.
You're really sweet.
And you still owe the IRS $180,000.
Yeah, I know.
No, they are.
Don't worry about it.
Every radio needs to be fully charged.
We'll stay in contact as long as we can.
Gray? The long-range ones are all charged.
They're in the storage unit.
All right, thanks.
Ridley, why don't you go pack up the Geiger counters and the flares? I'll meet you out there.
Gray, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate what you're doing.
It's a gutsy move and the whole town thanks you.
- Yeah, thanks.
- What the hell happened out there? I've known Scott Rennie his whole life.
He was strong as an ox.
I just I can't believe he's dead.
He was a good man.
- Heart attack at his age.
- Yeah, well, it wasn't the heart attack - that killed him.
- What do you mean? It was poor planning.
- What are you talking about? - What I'm saying is that none of this would have happened if that clinic shelter had been maintained.
- You have a lot of people to answer to.
- That's enough.
That's not nearly enough.
I get back here, there's gonna be an investigation.
Hundreds could've died because you dropped the ball.
- Talk about this in my office.
- You dropped the ball and it killed him.
In my office.
Now.
Right now, these people need our leadership.
I will not have you tearing this town apart.
And when all of this is over, if you and I are still alive, you investigate your ass off.
In the meantime, if I hear any more talk like that out of you, you and I are gonna have a problem.
Do we understand each other? Where's Emily? She's not going.
Good.
- You're not going alone, are you? - Yeah.
Don't give me that look.
- What look? - You know what look.
That look.
Hey, after the 7500 times I have watched you drive away not knowing if you were coming home, I've earned a look.
I'm coming back.
Okay.
Let's go! Ridley! Come on! - Shep.
- I'm taking Ridley's place.
Going to Denver.
You don't have to do this.
What about your family? I've gotta get out of here.
Shep, you'll get past this.
Yeah? Hey, Heather.
Shep left this for you.
Thanks.
Dear Heather, I want you to know the truth about Scott Rennie.
It was my fault.
Gray wanted me to keep him quiet and his heart went out.
I should have called for a doctor, but I was scared.
I let him die.
I'll never forgive myself.
You were a good friend to Scott, a better friend than I ever was.
Shep.
Good luck, guys.
Easy.
Be careful.
Well, they should be about Jake, are you still reading me? Jake? Lost him.
Shep, are you there? Shep? Eric, do me a favor? I missed that last one, Shep.
Can you say again? Tell them I'm sorry.
Tell the family I'm sorry.
You're breaking up, Shep.
Hey, Gray, did you catch that? No.
No, I didn't.
Here you go.
Over here.
We're over here.
Well, no, that would make it about 45 miles.
Right, so in about an hour Jake, what are you doing back? - You should be in Wichita by now.
- Smoky Hill Bridge is blocked.
- What is that? - It's a flight data recorder.
- I thought they were black.
- Where did you get it? A couple of pilots used the highway as a landing strip, with mixed results.
This is the only one I could get.
Were there any survivors? There was a commuter plane that didn't make it.
A 757 that was empty.
Well, where are they? Where did they go? How do we listen to this? You have that reel-to-reel laying around? - Yeah.
- Your father needs to hear this.
- I'm gonna go get him.
- You okay? Yeah.
I'm a little freaked.
Dad's here.
I've gone through most of this recording from the plane that crashed.
This is the last 30 seconds or so.
A lot of background noise.
You can hear pilots from planes in the area talking to each other.
Wait.
- The kids.
- Oh, yeah.
Come on, girls, let's go.
Is anyone on this frequency? There's no reply from ATCC.
Please advise.
We're 827 in emergency descending coordinates for approach.
Give me full flaps.
It's about to get bumpy.
This is Chinook 116 heavy.
We missed our handoff to Kansas City ATC.
Does anyone read us? Over.
Chinook 116, this is Clem 56.
I'm reading you.
Bingo fuel, lost all VFR heading out of Chicago.
I've tried all frequencies.
- There's no one out there.
- What does that mean? They're out of gas and blind.
This is Primary 221.
I've got a mushroom cloud sixteen kilometers in height somewhere northwest over Denver.
I've got a visual on two separate plumes.
One over in Kansas City and one south somewhere in Texas.
Does anyone read ATC? Negative.
There is no ATCC anymore.
They're saying there's no traffic control.
That is 10,000 planes with no place to land.
That's about a million people in the air.
Were those F- 16s? Do you have a visual? Confirm.
Probably the Missouri Guard, 131 st settled amber.
These guys are hauling ass somewhere.
Chinook 116, this is Clem 56.
We found a stretch of highway long enough.
Follow us in.
Setting down.
On final approach.
Stand by.
Here we go.
Flaps.
I need more flaps.
I'm losing it.
I can't hold it.
We're flying here, pull up.
Pull it up! I can't! Chinook 116, this is Clem 56.
We found a stretch of highway long enough.
Follow Chinook 116, this is Clem 56.
We found a stretch Chinook 116, this is Clem 56.
We found a stretch of highway long enough - Set down in a field.
- Emily, come here.
Roger was on Trans Shore 724, right? - Yes.
- Listen.
- Jake, what is this? - Just listen.
The background chatter.
- we're gonna burn off the fuel then we're gonna fly into Chinook 116, this is Clem 56.
This is Trans Shore 724.
We've set down in a field.
GPS malfunctioned.
I think we're north of Kansas with minor injuries.
He's alive.
He's alive.
Robert.
There's There's music outside.
- Yeah? - Yeah, at the party.
It sounded like Sam Cooke from here, but there's a chance it could be Kenny Rogers.
Oh, Lord.
Robert, the kids would like to go.
- To the party? - Yes.
We're not ready.
- Robert.
- No.
No.
There you go.
Great job there, Fred.
Well, I'm glad there was enough food for everyone.
But I just wish someone would have said thank you.
Thanks, honey.
Oh, that looks delicious.
It was unbelievable.
The hospital was packed.
Thanks.
She looks so much better.
You really made her happy.
- I owed her.
- Well, I'd say this makes you even.
Not even close.
You haven't said two words all night.
I'm just taking it all in.
It might be a long time before we see Jericho like this again.
I gotta go.
What time is it? It's a little past midnight.
Do you really have to go? Yeah, I should probably go.