Homestead: The Series (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

Clear.
Next door.
Get against the wall.
It's okay.
You're safe now.
It's gonna be okay.
We opened our gates to that first
hundred and they blessed us, completed us.
But we were not safe
from the millions who scratched
in the dust for food,
just miles away from our homestead.
After six weeks without power.
They spiraled into oblivion.
Food became an obsession.
Clean water was all but impossible.
In the city, they burned tires and fences,
toys, anything made of plastic or wood.
All just to boil canal water.
That desperation drove even more
people together at our gate.
They were refugees
in their own land.
We drove halfway
across the country for this.
Feel the engine.
Tom?
Put the window down.
Too many people
driving up here these days.
Where you from?
Texas.
Mind if I have a look around?
It's okay, baby.
It's okay.
You got any trade goods?
Some.
Anything on that board?
What's a gold e-log?
It's a goldback.
U.S. dollar ain't
worth squat right now.
Got any of those?
No.
We also trade ammo if you're interested.
Well, I'm actually not here to trade.
Then what are
you doing at my barricade?
We're on the list to go up to my
buddy's place up there on top of the hill.
Who's your buddy?
His name's Ian.
Ian, Ian who?
Ross.
What's your full name and vocation?
Name's Tom Reynolds.
I'm an engineer.
How about you, ma'am?
I'm Jacq.
Jacq Reynolds.
I'm a therapist.
Hey.
What's your name, buddy?
It's Bobby.
He's 10.
10 years old, huh?
Is your mom and dad Bobby?
Some cool army guys you got there.
I'll just be a minute.
Hey, Jeff.
It's Evan here?
Copy that.
Your story clears.
Apologies for the
intensity, but we had to move
our checkpoint down
here after some unwelcome guests.
I'm Evan.
So Texas, huh?
I thought they Seceded
joined Max Gore or something.
I don't believe
everything you hear in the shortwave.
Half Texas is burning.
Well, at least you
got through with your hide.
Hey, Tick.
You want to show them the way?
Let's follow my
associate up the hill, please.
Welcome to the homestead.
Why them and not everyone else?
I think it's an old friend of my dad's.
They were invited to join months ago,
but I think they couldn't get up.
Some people are luckier than others.
One belt fed.
Seven armed men during the day.
Five at night.
They closed the trading post at 6 p.m.
That belt fed alone
would shut down the entire area.
So what then?
We should insert through
the mountains,
through the forest, best to hunt.
I know the families squatting
in the next canyon over.
I'll introduce you.
A little neighborly chat.
Attention, trading post closes
in 15 minutes.
On the mountainside,
we hid like sparrows,
clinging to the branches of an oak.
While the forest burned below.
Georgie.
Jeff, enemy contact circle garden.
Come now. Georgie's hurt.
I thought you were watching her.
-I was.
-Then what happened?
She just I'm hanging on it.
Okay, just wait a second, Jeff.
Nobody hurts our children.
Okay, but Georgie is gonna be okay.
Someone's making a move on us.
Fine. But do not
go outside the wire alone.
Evans tied up at the south border.
Then take Bing.
Jeff for Bing.
Go for Bing.
You kitted up?
Always.
Rally on me on center ridge road.
Roger, be there in 3.
Good.
What are you gonna do, Jeff?
I can catch the
intruder now if I go hard.
Okay.
Tara, stop. This, this is what I do.
That is what I'm afraid of.
This is so good to express--
Hey, Jeff, can I introduce you to--
We're being probed.
-Probed?
-Wait, what does that mean?
-Okay
-I don't know--
Someone, a stranger,
got inside the perimeter.
He hurt Georgie.
Is she okay?
She's pretty scratched up.
What about Jeff?
He's back on his warpath.
Intruders?
Wouldn't be the first time.
How are you? Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna go find my kids.
Excuse me.
So what's his story?
That's Jeff Eriksson.
He's head of security,
Army Special Forces.
It's just hard to know when to use--
Violence?
Sounds like violence is already here.
So what's your doctor say
about Ian's gunshot?
Well, he is-- he's
fallen back into a coma.
And he thinks that there is an infection
that's entered in
through the wound site.
I should actually go and check on him.
What can we do to help?
Yeah, put us to work.
You know,
actually, if you could--
if you could talk to people,
you know, professionally--
Absolutely.
Maybe that would
really help if they're struggling.
Of course.
What about security?
Jeff is the only one taking the lead,
and Ian was always in charge of him.
I don't--
Who was Ian's plan
to be second in command?
Me? I don't know.
I just-- I don't know anything
about guns or defense.
It's just not my world.
Is there anyone else
who can keep Jeff accountable?
Yes, actually, there might be.
-Hey.
-Hey.
How long ago did Jeff leave?
Not long ago.
They're hungry.
You mean the man who chased you?
And the others.
How do you know that?
I mean, did they talk to you?
Were there other people chasing you?
Hey, let's roll.
-We're gonna move out.
-Okay.
They're by a river.
There's a boy.
And some girls.
Hey, drink something, okay?
Hey, Jeff, what's your 20?
We're at the top of First Ridge,
blocking his egress.
Copy that, patrolling toward you now.
Jeff for Evan.
Yeah, go for Evan.
Got one squirter.
He crossed the ridge below my position.
I'm flying solo.
You want me to come to you?
No. We're in pursuit.
It's a bad plan, sir.
He put his hands on Georgie.
Revenge
that's even worse, Jeff.
Eriksson out.
Copy that.
Female, mid-30s.
Yeah, I got multiple
military age males, too.
Hey, Chris. Chris,
they might be following me.
I can't-- I got in. I got --
Got you, dirtbag.
Jeff, Jeff
Jeff. We can take them now.
We can take them all now.
They're kids.
We got the surprise, and the high ground.
Those are families.
That'll come to kill us for our food.
Maybe.
That's what I'd do.
You would do it too.
You do anything you had to do
if your family was down there
living like that.
And you know it.
This is just recon.
Till it's not.
There are a lot of people
suffering right now.
And God is doing something here.
I know it.
Oh, you know, it's always amazed me how
people have hope that there's
some God up there
pulling all the strings with
some big master plan.
I mean, how do you do it?
How do you still believe
after everything He's put you through?
It's a choice.
I choose hope.
What's in the box?
It's a decision.
Have you weighed out
the pros and cons yet?
I feel like I don't have all the pieces.
Like, Ian didn't share
everything with me, and I'm
He's asleep again,
and I have to make a choice.
Or not.
I mean, maybe you don't
have to make a choice right now.
What does your God tell you to do?
Oh, what is that?
It's okay. It's just
Jeff's guys. They're training.
Are you sure?
Yes. They're practicing.
Look, Jenna, I don't know
what's in that box,
and I don't know what decision
you have to make,
but if my vote counts, I vote for safety.
Safety means different
things for different people.
Hi.
Bioweapon?
Hey.
Why you off-coms?
Is this what I think it is, Jeff?
Yes, sir, it is.
I'm not talking to you.
Well, I'm talking to you.
Yeah?
You should be happy.
You could have killed them all.
Yeah, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Just massacre everyone?
What's your plan, big man?
You gonna wait for somebody to
swing first before you do something?
Exfill now!
Enough! Exfill now!
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
Both of you.
Is this your idea or Bings?
What do you think?
Yeah, yeah, but you
rolled with it, didn't you?
Listen, I'm all cranked up about
someone going after Georgie too, okay?
But now you're putting
pathogens in their water?
It's a lot better than a full assault.
How so?
First, you're going
after one target,
and now there's a possibility
you'll wipe out an entire camp.
Women and children included.
Look, diarrhea's a big deal
when you're not eating well.
And Bing? He's a hammer, not a knife.
You gotta choose which tool
you're gonna leave in the shed.
Wouldn't have done that.
Control the press, 45.
Everything in these white buckets,
this is all the dried stuff.
This is like bulk calories,
it just does not have a lot of pizzazz.
It's more like zero pizzazz.
um-hm, that's true.
This is the good stuff.
This is the food that
actually tastes like food.
It has the longest shelf life,
but we're saving it for a rainy day
when the people need a lift.
Jenna, maybe we need a lift now.
I mean, people are crying into their
Cheerios about, whatever people cry about.
Armageddon.
Creamy pasta and beef.
I am pregnant.
Okay, let's just grab a few. We'll make it
for lunch tomorrow, but that's it.
No more puppy dog guys, I'm just doing it.
It's good, that one's good,
this one's even better.
Yeah, that rice one--
Hey, Georgie, what's up?
Hi.
Hey, you okay?
Georgie.
You okay?
Someone's dying.
-Who?
-Georgie, honey?
Someone's gonna die.
Who's gonna-- Okay, you know what,
why don't you go find your brother, okay?
I am, I am sorry. I don't
think that she meant to imply that Ian--
Is she not well?
She's fine.
Well, she seems a bit dissociative.
I don't need you making
assumptions about her, okay?
Excuse me.
Georgie, wait.
What was that about?
She's, uh, she had a rough,
a rough life before Georgie.
Is she foster child?
They think maybe she was trafficked.
Okay, well
Hey, are you okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm
okay. I just-- Georgie has a--
She--
Tara-- Tara thinks
that Georgie can see things.
I think that Georgie can see things.
See things like-- like she's a psychic.
No.
No.
What?
Prophecy always
seems weird in the beginning.
Prophecy.
I'm gonna grab
some of these cans for us.
Your turn.
Hold.
What did I teach you?
What first?
Uh, check my secondary.
Always check the condition
of your secondary weapon
before going hot with your primary.
How many rounds are in that mag?
I don't know. I don't know.
So you think it's a
good idea to go into a fight
without knowing the
condition of your weapon?
You told me to check my secondary.
I said to check it first.
How do you expect me to learn anything
with you yelling at me all the time?
I'm not yelling.
You can't just parachute in here
and pretend to be the kind of father
that just shows up and helps your kids,
because you're not.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Did that hurt your feelings
because I was off
protecting our country?
I don't have hurt feelings.
You know what?
Screw this.
Okay, I'm gonna have Uncle Evan
and Ian's guys teach me instead.
You mean your girls' people.
This has nothing to do with Claire.
This has everything to do with you.
You know what? Never mind.
She's not family.
Family?
What do you know about family, Dad?
Hey, Abe, get back here.
Yes, sir, Master Sergeant.
I'm sorry.
Hey, Tara.
Tara, excuse me.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
Sure.
Listen, I just
I wanted to apologize
about what I said about Georgie.
It's okay. It's fine.
No, no, no, no. It's actually not.
I was very unprofessional.
And look, I'm sorry.
It's fine.
Really, it's fine.
Can I help you with your laundry?
If you want to?
Sure.
I can't believe we're
back to hand-washing laundry
and hanging it on the line.
I kind of like the slowdown.
Remember when we used to read the news?
Do you remember going to a real gym?
Ugh, man.
Don't miss that at all.
I do. I do.
But I'll tell you what I do miss.
Miss my hair.
You had long hair.
I did.
Yeah, until Tom became my hairdresser.
This is what I was left with.
It is not bad.
It is horrible.
Look, I want to apologize, too.
I overreacted about
Georgie, and I am sorry.
Mama bear, I can't help it.
It's no problem. I'm a mama bear, too,
and I would have done the same thing.
I do want to know
what's going on with her, though.
I asked her a little bit
more about what she said to Jenna
about someone dying, and she
said that God put that in her head
and that she sees
and hears other voices, too.
Do those voices tell her
to hurt herself or anyone else?
Oh, no, no, no.
She says they're angels
and that they show
her stuff and tell her stuff.
Oh.
It's like she has a healthy imagination.
Yeah.
I know this sounds crazy,
but do you think it's possible
that Georgie is hearing
the things that she's saying?
Sounds like a question for
a priest, and I am definitely not.
Yeah.
You know what?
I can speak to her as
a therapist, if you'd like.
I'd keep it super low-key, of course.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think that's a good idea.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
By the way, I could
use a piece of advice from you.
Advice from me. Okay.
Sure.
-Can I show you something?
-Sure.
What's that smell?
That is depression.
It has a smell?
Unfortunately, it does, yeah.
Oh, wow. This is
way worse than I thought.
Yeah.
These people have lost everything.
They are clinically depressed,
along with everybody else here.
I mean, I've seen PTSD.
This is nothing like it.
This is
I don't know, this is like PTSD
and the blues, rolled into one.
Yeah.
It's a bit like the walking dead,
but they can't get out of bed.
Oh.
I don't mean to be insensitive,
but we are short people at the perimeter.
I know. That's why I
wanted to bring you here.
Look, I am I'm a good therapist,
but there's just one of me.
You know, it would take
months to get these people through this,
if it's even possible at this
We don't have months.
They don't have months.
I am actually surprised that you
have not dealt with a suicide by now.
Look, Tara, there's just
there's too many of them,
and there's just not enough time.
Okay.
Let me talk to Jeff. He's dealt
with this way more than I have.
And thank you for
everything that you're doing.
Of course.
Jeff, copy.
What's going on here, soldier?
Looks like you're having a garage sale.
Ross, out of commission,
we can't find the solar guy.
He might have left or something,
so it's up to me to fix it.
Okay.
The grow lights didn't come on
last night, so the potatoes might die,
and the ladies couldn't
bake bread because it was too dark,
and somehow that's my problem.
Jeff, take a breath, okay?
I am here now, and
solar is my bag, not yours, so
Why don't you just take a break, okay?
Even I can't be responsible
for this whole place.
Oh, you wanted to be the boss.
No, I wanted Ian to do his job.
Your way.
You wanted him to do it your way.
Really? You want to
argue about this right now?
Okay. Solar gennie and batteries are
fixed.
At least temporarily.
What else?
Well, without Ross to ride herd,
half the civilians went AWOL
for training this morning.
That is what I came
here to talk to you about.
All your missing
trainees are stuck in bed.
In bed?
I'm told that they
have clinical depression.
What about that therapist lady?
Jacq, yeah, she said that
talk therapy takes months.
We need them operational.
I know, but these people are
facing the fact that the life
that they've always
known is probably over for good.
Our children's lives are at risk.
Abe seems like he's doing better.
He and I got in another argument
at the shooting range.
Oh, Jeff
Let me guess, you did
your drill instructor a bit?
What's that supposed to mean?
Oh, I think you know exactly what
it means. You treated him like a boot.
Yeah.
He's changed.
Yep.
Yep, he's becoming a man.
Who's been through a lot as a boy.
It's happening fast.
Gotta catch up, Gunner.
Sorry.
Took you long enough,
what did you get lost?
You got that supply inventory for me?
this is as close as I could get.
And they still won't give me
the code to the ammo vault.
The ammo's key.
Okay, you keep at it.
Because that is the plumb.
Just waiting for us to pick.
Well, it's getting ripe down there.
They can hardly agree on anything.
We can work with that, right?
-Definitely.
-I gotta go.
Go.
Your men gonna be ready?
They'll be ready.
-Hi, Georgie.
-Hi.
Mind if I come in?
Sure.
You like to draw, huh?
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
Did you do all these?
Yeah.
Wow, you're good.
Is that your family?
No.
Can you draw me a
picture of your family?
I don't remember them.
What about Jeff and Tara?
And Leif and Abe?
It
I'm just a foster.
What is that you're drawing?
Someone's coming.
Who?
Does the person that's
coming make you feel unsafe?
No one's safe.
You know, Georgie, your family here,
they love you very much.
They're gonna protect you.
He's wearing boots.
The man who's coming?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And he scares you?
I'm sorry. Really sorry.
What are you sorry for?
You'll see.
Hi.
Hey, sweetheart.
-Hi, Claire.
-Hi, guys.
What is this?
Um, I'm sorting acorns.
We grind them to make flour.
These things are edible?
Yeah, if you prepare them right.
Incredible. The land just provides.
When you know where to look, yeah.
You're an amazing young lady, Claire.
Thanks.
We'll let you to it.
Can I actually ask you a question?
Yeah. Sure.
How does a person
know when they're in love?
Well, that's a, a loaded question.
What do you think?
That's what therapists do, right?
They answer a question
with another question.
Shesh, score one for the young lady.
Guilty of that, yeah.
My mom and dad don't think I
should even like a boy right now.
Not with everything that's going on.
Hmm.
Are we speaking of
the young Abe Eriksson?
Maybe. Yes.
Well, with everything that's happening,
I can understand why your parents
maybe wouldn't want
any fast change right now.
Yeah. Yeah.
But I mean, when I even think about him,
I can hardly catch my breath.
What?
You remember how that feels?
What are you talking about? Do I
remember?
I feel like that every day, baby.
Mm-hmm. When you're
thinking of Jason Momoa.
-I don't even know who that is.
-Sure.
Oh, Claire. I think you might be in love.
Okay. That is my cue to go
hunt for some plausible deniability.
I'll take that. Thank you.
Always stealing my food.
Ah. Is that what you think this is?
I think it could be, yeah.
I think he could be the one.
Oh, Claire, look, I know it
can definitely feel like
that in the beginning, you know.
But with everything that's happening right
now, the world is so crazy.
I just-- I just feel like
you need to be smart, that's all.
So the feeling's not real?
No, no, no. That's not what I'm saying.
I think the feeling is real.
I just want you to understand that
feelings have consequences,
and a smart young girl considers
all the factors, especially family.
-Watch out for that--
-Okay
Oh, watch your step right here.
How can I watch my step?
You have to watch my step.
All right, valid, sassy.
Watch out, there's a branch. Okay.
Here, and go ahead, sit over here.
Okay, where?
Like anywhere right there, yep.
Okay.
Mm-hmm, yep.
And voila.
Wow.
No one's ever done
anything like this for me before.
Really? I'm the first?
Yeah.
Sweet.
Oh, yes, I got one.
Yes.
Got it.
Abe, who's going to cook these?
Hey, hush woman.
I am hunting and gathering.
You want to try that one more time?
I'm a big enough person
to admit when I'm impressed, Abe.
You didn't think I could catch a fish?
Mm, no, I did not.
I didn't think you
could catch or cook a fish.
Ow.
Wait, is that my dad's vintage fly rod?
He will murder you if
Hey, when he recovers,
you just won't let him know.
Oh, he's getting old.
Hey, that fish
was actually really good.
-Thanks.
-You did well.
Thank you.
No, thanks.
You know I don't drink alcohol.
Okay, it's made in the
same squash as a peach juice.
Oh.
I don't think it's wine. Well
Unleaded for sure.
You're good. You sure?
Nah, I'm good.
Do you drink alcohol?
I did.
Like parties and stuff.
Have you ever?
Well, last year we went to Paris
and my dad let me have
a couple sips of his champagne.
Oh, and she's a little wild.
Yeah, but nothing other than that.
I mean, you know my mom, she's super
overprotective of me with the heart thing.
Yeah.
That's actually why we started
all this organic permaculture stuff.
So, um
Are we dating?
Dating.
I mean, how many
other girls have you been with?
We are asking
those kinds of questions now.
Okay.
Yeah, I know that most kids
don't think much of it
and that it's not,
you know, a big deal to them.
Why don't we just
leave all that in the past?
But we do have to
talk about it because
I'm saving myself. That's
what I've been trying to tell you.
Okay, saving yourself. From what?
Not from anything. I'm
saving myself for a marriage.
Oh, yeah. I mean, that
doesn't really change anything.
Really?
Yeah.
Also, my dad doesn't
want me hanging out with you.
I think it's just because, you know,
with your family,
maybe not staying long-term. That's all.
Okay. My dad didn't want
me hanging out with you either.
But, you know, it is about me and you,
so honestly, screw it.
If they don't like us, then screw them.
Wait, screw who?
Our parents.
Uh
That's not really
how it works in my family.
Okay, but it's
This is about you and me.
-Yeah.
-I thought we were
Yeah, but if that means
blowing off my family, then
you have the wrong idea.
My family's not like yours.
Okay, well, what does that mean?
Not like mine?
Just that we don't throw
each other away
when things get hard in my family.
And neither do we.
You just said, "Screw them!"
That is not what I meant.
That's not what I'm trying to say here.
Look, I think that maybe we
just took things a little too fast.
Maybe now's just not the right time.
-Claire, look--
-No, I'm--
I'm sorry.
No, I'm glad that you said what you did.
Okay, can you just sit back down?
-Claire
-See you around.
And, um
You should put my father's
fly rod back where you found it.
Yeah.
I see you.
Evan, it's Jeff.
You seen this?
Doesn't look like a threat,
boss, but I'll keep eyes on it.