The Dead Zone s06e13 Episode Script

Denouement

Previously on The Dead Zone If this is true, John Smith is in for a big surprise.
If you don't believe me, ask reverend Purdy.
I'm responsible for the deaths of two men.
How do I go about forgiving myself for that? I have to leave.
To go where? I don't know.
I'm not the man you think I am.
Sarah, there is absolutely nothing illegal about Walt's secret bank account.
He inherited the money from a man named Brian Meeks.
John, I thought you got rid of this stuff.
We need to get together' and talk about Herb Smith.
Walt what did you find out about my father? I've got your eggs, Herb.
I won't eat eggs.
They're bad.
They're good for you.
You're getting too skinny.
You need to keep this sweater on your shoulders.
It's too chilly in here.
Oh, you're too bossy, Vera.
Is that better? Now I'm hot.
Why am I seeing my dead parents? Well, I hope you all had a good time.
It's been great, thanks.
A gym on a plane that was pretty cool.
But I have to say the best part-- 19 TVs.
Yeah.
How awesome is that? Well, I'm sorry I had to work so much.
Yeah, I thought this was supposed to be your R&R weekend.
Well, it was supposed to be, you know, but it never ends up that way.
I do hope you all had a good time though.
I really do.
Oh, it's been great.
Thanks.
But I am ready to get home.
I feel like I can hear Hope crying from here.
Well, let me take care of this, and I'll get you on your way.
Oh, don't worry about it, mr.
Vice president.
This one's on the house.
Well, I really appreciate that, but I do like to pay my own way.
You have a really beautiful family.
Well, thank you.
Thank you very much.
I am a lucky man.
Sheriff Turner wants me to look into how Walt got that cabin.
She can't get over being used by whoever the hell Doug O'Connell was.
No trace of that guy? Nope, but you know those people who left the money to Walt so he could buy it? - The Meeks family? - Yeah.
I don't know, there's something strange about them.
But anyways, we're gonna keep digging.
Let me know if you find anything out, okay? It's important.
Just give me a call.
Yeah, okay.
Jake, one more thing.
Did Walt leave anything here, like-- like a digital camera.
Do you have any issued by the office? Yeah, we keep 'em right under here.
- Did Walt use one in particular? - Yeah.
Yeah, well, I know this one's Walt's.
It's got a ding in it.
He tossed it to his old deputy Roscoe, who dropped it.
You need to take some pictures? Sheriff Bannerman, do you know how long I've held onto this? If this is true, John Smith's in for a big surprise.
If you don't believe me, ask reverend Purdy.
We should meet again.
After I talk to Purdy.
Should we meet here, or the garden of grace? Not the garden.
There are snakes there.
It's too dangerous.
I'll call you.
They're watching me, and if they see us together Wait, hang on a second.
You know what to do with this, right? Make sure he gets it.
Jake, thanks.
I gotta run.
Yeah, no problem.
Hey there.
Ah, I wanted to see Hope.
Oh, she crashed out after her bath.
She'll be up in a while.
Are you going back to work? Well, I have some task force reports to look over.
I could do that at the office, or, uh, do that out there on the porch while eating some of those cookies.
That's a tough decision, I gotta tell you.
That is bad for you-- raw egg? Look at that, I'm still here.
I never let J.
J.
eat it.
- No? - No.
Although I always did as a kid.
Didn't you? Not a lot of cookies when I was growing up.
So, those ready? They're right out of the oven.
Well - Oh, okay - I told you.
I just gave myself third-degree burns there.
Well, you were warned.
You smell like vanilla.
You taste like cookie Dough.
Um, I gotta check the oven.
And I should call J.
J.
before all the cookies are gone.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Well Those are nice.
They forsythia? Hydrangea.
I don't know much about plants or flowers.
I'm kind of a black thumb.
I just help out here from time to time.
When you're not talking to Walt Bannerman? I'm John Smith.
Walt was asking you about my father? I know who you are.
You should leave.
Why? Because the garden is dangerous? That's what you told Walt.
I wanna know what you said about Herb Smith.
I'm Jacinta.
I was a nurse at Brockmore a long time ago.
What else can you tell me? I can't tell you anything else.
- Jacinta.
- No.
I know what happens when you do that.
Walt died keeping your secret.
Please tell me about my father.
I took care of him.
He he scared some people.
Because he saw things? Like he could predict a thunderstorm, or he knew tomorrow the lunchroom was going to prepare that meat loaf that tasted like dog food.
Or-- orwho would win the next election.
Did people ask about what he was seeing? I told the director of the institution about Herb's predictions.
And after that, people began to show up to observe him.
Who? I can't tell you that.
We could meet later on.
All of us.
All of us? At st.
Stephens.
The monastery.
Jacinta, I have to know.
What were people asking? Hang in there, Jacinta.
Hang in there.
Yeah, listen, send someone right away to the Garden of Grace.
A woman has been shot.
Right away, please.
Hello, John.
Where the hell have you been? Lots of places.
How did you find me? Jacinta.
Who? She's dead.
I had a vision about her and Walt.
And she gave him something in an envelope.
And Walt was coming to talk to you about it.
The day he died.
Gene! I'm sorry we have to do it this way.
What were you doing with my father's death certificate? Jacinta's dead? How do you know her? She was your father's nurseat Brockmore.
Years ago, when your father's health took a turn for the worse, the doctors told me that he would not recover.
So the death certificate was a fake? I did it to protect your mother.
I didn't think it was right for Vera to see him suffer.
It was better if Vera believed that Herb had passed on.
What right did you have to do that? He was a changed man, John.
He was desperate, lost.
The doctor suggested for his comfort we move him.
Move him where? To another facility.
Eastern State.
I never saw your father again.
Is he alive? No.
There was a fire that easter.
Almost five years ago.
Five years ago? Five years ago, I was out of my coma.
My father was alive, and I didn't know it? John, he would look at you and not see his son.
Yeah, but I would have seen my father! And all this time, you didn't say anything! To protect you and your mother.
You were in love with my mother.
That's why you sent my father away.
As soon as he realized he was getting sick, he made me promise.
He begged me to keep you away from him.
I'll never forgive you for this.
Wait, where do you think I've been the past six months? Trying to understand everything, just the way you are.
Walt, Janus, maybe even Jacinta dead because of me.
How can you, the visionary, not see I need to know what Walt found out too.
John.
Please.
Give me a chance to make things right.
So do you have, like, one of those secret doors you walk through, so you can visit the president whenever you want? Is that part of your strategy to make me lose my concentration? 'Cause it's working, I'm telling ya.
Alright.
- It worked.
- Okay.
One, two, three.
Yes! Well, I'll tell you, the tide is definitely turning, isn't it? I thought you had an ace.
No, bud.
Looks like you've got 'em all.
I can see you are the champion.
I'm coming for you though.
Rematch next time I'm in town? Sure.
Count on it.
- Prepare to lose again.
- I'm coming for ya.
See ya.
Hey, I got an idea.
Why don't you come with me? Where? To Washington? You and Hope and J.
J.
What? Are you crazy? We just moved here.
It's not permanent.
I'll give you a job.
You can help out with the campaign, just like you used to.
We'll get a nanny for Hope, tutor for J.
J.
Think of the great experience it'll be for him.
Greg, I don't know.
Everything on the up and up.
I'll stay in the admiral's house.
You get your own apartment.
No strings.
Look, before you say no, do me a favor, will you? And just think about it.
Make a list.
Pros and cons.
You do that for me? I'll be back later tonight.
Give you plenty of time to realize that the right answer is yes.
Wait.
- You forgot these.
- The cookies.
Thank you.
Hey, sweetie.
You're getting visions of armageddon, aren't you? My visions are always connected to Stillson, Gene.
That he was going to start it.
But ever since Janus died, I don't know.
It just seems like dooms day is off, you know? Your eggs will get cold, Herb.
I don't care.
Just one little bite.
What did you see? My parents, they were here in the house.
I always remember my mother, Gene, but my father Always seems hazier to me.
I always used to dream about him, you know? I'd dream about the questions I would ask him if I'd get to see him again.
Why am I having visions of my parents now? A lot of things don't make sense to me either.
Jacinta definitely knew what was going on.
And they killed her.
But how did she find you? I don't know.
You got a picture of her here.
No I don't.
Yeah you do.
Right there.
She's standing right next to Janus.
So you went to the basement? I still don't know how you knew about the bulletin boards.
I can't tell you.
But at least you know everything I say is true.
How did you find me? I've been looking into the Coalition for a Better America.
One man in particular.
Malcolm Janus.
Is he the same man that came to visit Herb Smith? Yes, but only after the fire.
After the fire? That means that Herb Smith's alive.
I'm sorry I waited so long.
I was afraid.
But I should have said something.
I hope it's not too late.
Sheriff Bannerman, do you know how long I've held on to this? My father's alive.
So, Greg, the vice president.
He wants to know if we want to go to Washington, D.
C.
Didn't we just move here? Well, yeah.
But it wouldn't be forever.
And I need a job, and he's offered me one.
I don't know.
I think it might be a nice adventure.
Something new.
I'm not sure about him.
What do you mean? I thought you guys were getting along.
Well, yeah, sort of.
It's just that, I don't know.
I can't explain it.
Well, what? Did something happen? He cheated at cards.
When we were playing war.
Really? That's a crummy thing to do cheat a kid.
No, he did it so I could win.
Well, he was trying to be nice.
Are you sure that's it? I mean, it's not-- it's not because you think that he and I are-- No.
It was the cards.
Is there any information on Walt's computer? Well, he had been doing research into Janus and the CBA.
Like me.
And neither of you found out much, but he was looking into something called the Global Horizon Ventures.
Global horizon? Faith Heritage used to receive checks from them.
I had no idea they had a connection to CBA.
Here's another surprise, Gene.
They've been paying Jacinta.
And this is how Walt found her.
See, he was looking into Janus.
He uncovered CBA's shell company.
And then found Jacinta's name.
Garden of grace.
They received a lot of money.
How much does it cost to maintain a garden? Anyway, Jacinta said to stay away from the garden, because of the snakes.
But what kind of snakes? The serpent in the garden.
So how'd it go? Jacinta's dead.
I didn't touch Smith.
Think that was a mistake? How much do you think Smith knows? Is he close? Jacinta left a trail of breadcrumbs.
And you know what the breadcrumbs could lead to.
Do what you have to do.
I've seen these before.
They're the same flowers my mother put next to my father in my visions.
Johnny, get down! Get down.
Stay here.
Wait, John! Sonny Elliman.
Didn't he used to work for Stillson? He was going for the door.
Let's get some rope.
That ought to hold him.
I wonder where that leads.
Only one way to find out.
Uh, John? Uh, perhaps we should, uh, call the sheriff's department.
You can go back up if you want.
No, no, no, I'm not leaving you.
I'm not going to let you down again.
It's an exact replica of your house.
Johnny.
Dad? Hey, dad.
Been a long time, huh? I was wondering when you'd be coming by.
Only way I can keep track of you is on TV.
They keep you busy.
I haven't been on TV, dad.
I'm your son.
It's John, dad.
No, that's my son there.
You know what he's going to be.
Commander in chief.
Must be nice to get away from Washington sometimes.
Yeah, it is.
I'm proud of you.
Everything is working out just the way I told them.
Told them? Told who, dad? Told who? Wife.
Every presidential candidate needs a wife.
Children.
A beautiful widow, one whose husband died a hero.
Poll numbers go way up.
Thank you, Vera.
Faith Heritage chapel has to burn.
Fresh start for everyone.
Weather lady says it's gonna be sunny tomorrow, but she's wrong.
It's going to rain.
Don't forget your umbrella.
I know, I know.
Thank you, dad.
My father thinks I'm Stillson.
He thinks Jacinta was my mother.
So the Coalition for a Better America built this? They built the Smith house? They recreated it? To keep him here? Make him think he was back home? They used him? As what, their personal psychic? Janus is dead.
Who-- who's in charge? All this time, we thought he was a puppet.
We thought wrong, Gene.
Now he's got his eyes on Sarah.
So how you feeling, dad? Sarah's gonna marry Johnny.
He's a lucky man.
She loves him very much.
He has to marry her.
If he doesn't, the world will end.
Do what you have to do.
Are you sure? Smith stays alive, he's gonna find out there was never anybody named Meeks.
He's gonna know it was owned by the CBA.
He's gonna trace that straight through Janus to me.
No loose ends.
I won't allow anything to come between me and Sarah.
I just get a call from the emergency cabinet so I was actually on my way back.
But I really wanted to stop by and see if you'd put any though into what I said.
Well, it's a major change.
And I have to talk to J.
J.
about it.
And I can't give you anything definitive right now, but I am leaning towards yes.
Well, that's wonderful.
- Excuse me.
- Yeah.
Hello.
- Sara - Uh, hi.
Listen, I need to talk to you right now about Stillson.
Oh well, this is not the time.
Sarah, listen to me.
If there's any hope for us at all, if I've ever meant anything to you, listen to me right now.
Stillson is lying to you about the cabin.
What? I saw itin a vision.
There is no one named Meeks.
The cabin is owned by the CBA.
It's an organization that Stillson belongs to.
He made it all up.
He made it all up to get you.
Wait-- I-I can't talk about this right now.
Listen, Stillson only cares about one thing, and that's himself.
He is not the man that you or J.
J.
think he is.
Believe me.
I'm sorry, I have to go.
Sarah-- Bad news? No, no-- it's just some paperwork about the cabin.
I have people that can cut through all that.
You know that.
I'm sure.
Which reminds me-- you know, I never got mr.
Meeks address so that I could properly thank him.
Oh yeah-- no, that's no problem.
And you met him? Yeah, yeah, he is a he is a terrific guy.
Really is, I'll tell ya.
There is no Meeks, is there? Was that, uhis that what that phone callwas about? And this cabin is owned by the CBA, which means that it belongs to you? Sarah, if you just-- You better tell me what the hell is going on here right now.
I know you can see things.
You can tell me what's gonna happen.
Yes.
Dad, I'm just like you.
I can see things.
Dad.
Dad! Dad, it's Johnny.
John is the vice president.
No.
Dad.
Daddy, they lied to you.
And they lied to me too.
But I'm here.
I am here now.
Dad, do you know about J.
J.
? Sarah's son.
J.
J.
's your grandson, dad.
I know that.
Can I see that? If you're seeing this, John, it's because your father's alive and you found him.
I'm gonna give this to Jacinta.
Remember when I took it? I wanted to give it to your father so that he could see his grandson.
I'm afraid things might not work out too well for me.
I think that they know I'm getting too close.
So I gotta ask you a favor.
I want you to take care of Sarah and J.
J and the new baby.
It's a girl.
I asked the doctor.
But I didn't tell Sarah.
Can you believe it? A little girl.
One more thing when he's old enough, I want you to teach J.
J.
to shave.
You've been a good friend, John.
Dad, listen to me.
This is my son.
This is your grandson.
I'm John.
I'm Johnny.
Johnny.
You lied to me.
Sarah, I never deceived you.
It was Janus.
What, Janus? Malcolm Janus? Jesus Christ, Sarah.
Janus is who framed Walt.
What? You knew about this? I found out long after the fact.
Remember, Sarah, I'm the one that ended the problem.
What does that matter? He worked for you.
The day that Janus died, I got a second chance.
And you're a part of that second chance.
Please Sarah, come to Washington with me.
I'll take things as slowly as you like, I will.
But as long as you're there, nothing else really matters.
Just I'd never do anything to hurt you.
Sarah, you know that.
Nor anyone that I cared about.
But please - Johnny was right about you.
- No.
The only person you care about is yourself.
What, pop? You didn't want to learn to ice skate.
You said it was too cold.
Your mother bundled you up and bought you mittens to attach to your jacket so you wouldn't lose them.
And they had reindeer on 'em.
We couldn't get you off the ice.
And then you fell on the ice, you hit your head.
And we were so worried about you.
Your mother was up all night.
But you're fine.
Yes, you're fine.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Yeah, you're fine.
Fine.
Sarah loves you so much.
Johnny Dad? Dad! Dad.
Dad, please! These eggs are a little different today, Herb.
Hope you like 'em.
Gene, call 911.
We gotta do something.
Gene, we gotta do something.
Dad, it's gonna be okay.
I'm not gonna leave you, okay? I'm here.
I'm here, dad.
Dad.
- You have to leave.
- No.
- Sarah, would you just - No, I'm done.
Get out of my house.
- Sarah, listen, Sarah! - Let go of me! Don't touch my mom! Let go of me! Would you listen to me! No, J.
J.
! J.
J.
, are you okay? - J.
J.
, buddy.
- Honey? J.
J.
, buddy, I am sorry.
I didn't mean that.
I certainly apologize.
I'm sorry about that.
There is no apology for what you did.
Get out of my house.
Listen to me, Sarah.
No, you have nothing to say to me.
And if you ever touch my son again, I will kill you.
You were so right about him.
Honey, are you okay? Come here, sit down.
How's your head? I'll get you some ice.
Mom I saw something.
What? Something terrible.
Terrible.
What did you see? Something terrible.
Dad.
Dad.
Stillson gone? Back to Washington.
You saw what happened, didn't you? Yeah.
You okay? I'm not sure.
You wanna talk about it? Not yet.
Well, anytime you do I know.
He won't tell me what he saw.
I better go talk to him.
He's really starting to look like me, huh? More and more every day.
That's too bad.
The poor kid.
He'd be much better off with your eyes.
And your nose.
Go see your son.
- Hey.
- Hi, dad.

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