Jericho (2006–2008): Season 2, Episode 5 - Termination for Cause - full transcript

Previously on Jericho:

- Jake, this is Ted Lewis.
- Hey, how you doing?

We grew up together
over in New Bern.

And this is Russell and Mike.

- Hey.
- Yeah, we met.

I'm Major Beck,
10th Mountain Division.

I want you to be my liaison
to the people of New Bern and Jericho.

I'm sending you a private contractor

who knows the area, who'll take care
of the day-to-day administration

of the town
while you find the terrorist.

Western states have all fallen in
with Cheyenne.



They're strong, and getting stronger.

This is our new mission.

Expose Cheyenne's secret before
they take over the whole country.

I have one of the bombs.

- What is this?
- Targets, specifications, contingencies.

Jennings & Rall
put it all in one place.

How do you know about this?

Because I helped write it.

Mimi, Trish Merrick.

- She's with Jennings & Rall.
- Hi.

I am glad we have you onboard.
I can't even tell you.

There's a $10,000 discrepancy.
Someone took it.

I'm the chief administrator of this town,
and I want your ledger.

Bonnie, right? Is Mimi Clark inside?



- Mimi gonna be okay?
- She's lost a lot of blood.

What do you got?

Weapons were 9 mms.

The tyre tracks out front
look like a Humvee.

Ravenwood.

But why? I mean,
what would they want here?

Whatever they wanted,
Mimi wasn't suppose to survive.

What do we do?

I'd gather the Rangers at the
Med Center. She needs protection.

Ravenwood does not get near her.

Major.

Tell the other squad to get moving.
We'll rendezvous in 30 mikes.

- What is it?
- A shooting out at Richmond farm.

- I heard from Goetz.
- What'd he say?

He said he went out
on J & R business,

someone opened fire on them,
killed three of his men.

- You believe that?
- Do you know something I don't?

There's a survivor.

- She's unconscious, but when--
- Sir, we're ready and standing by.

- Sorry, Jake, I've gotta go.
- Where are you going?

Twenty minutes ago,
a pipe bomb went off

outside the J & R office in New Bern.

Took out six of my men.

I'll be back in 12 hours.

- It's not gonna wait 12 hours.
- Well, it's gonna have to.

Things are coming apart at the seams
in New Bern right now.

And you have my word.
Tomorrow, I'm gonna get into this.

But for tonight, I'm trusting that you
can keep things under control here.

That means Goetz is off-limits.

No threats, no retribution,
no exceptions.

Do you understand?

One entrance.

- No exit.
- Is she gonna be okay?

I'm gonna need this room clear now.

- Come on. Come on.
- Please.

Beck's gone to New Bern.

We're on our own.

All right. Bill, Marty, you take the front.

All right, Greg and Dave,
you take the back.

Any sign of Goetz, you let me know
before you do anything, all of you.

Stanley.

- Taking her to the morgue?
- Yeah.

I'm going.

He shouldn't be alone.

I'll keep an eye on him.

They just checked Mimi Clark
into the Medical Center

for a gunshot wound.

She was in the house?

Mrs. Hawkins,
here's your prescription.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Well, everyone under the age of 18
in your house is running a fever--

Jake. Jake.

Goetz is outside.

Stay here.

Jake.

I understand Mimi Clark is inside.
I'm gonna need to see her.

Jake, don't do something stupid.

Mimi Clark is a witness
to the killings of three of my men.

She may have even been
one of the shooters.

- She's got some questions to answer.
- You're not getting inside this building.

Then I think we have a problem.

Be very careful about this decision
you're making, Jake.

Because if you kill
a Ravenwood contractor,

Cheyenne will classify this town
as an insurgent enclave.

When they crack down,
everyone suffers.

You don't want that.

Then it looks like
it's gonna be a long night.

Is this a road
you really wanna go down?

You come inside this building,
you'll find out.

Thank you, ma'am. We'll get back
to you at 0200 with another update.

Red 1 out.

Good night.

Heather.

Russell?

How did you get in here?

Well, it wasn't easy.

We had to slip past the checkpoints
and armed patrols.

Things are bad in New Bern,
Heather.

And you are
making matters worse for us.

What are you talking about?

The resistance in New Bern
has placed a bounty on your head.

We were sent to collect it.

Is there a place we can talk?

So, based on this report,

I'd say you were a former
J & R employee, right?

Looking to make sure
the company's sins are exposed.

Something like that.

So why not just blow the whistle?

- What you need me for'?
- I don't need you.

I need your bomb.

It's concrete evidence
that cannot be refuted

as easily as words on a page.

Taking on both J & R
and the Cheyenne government

will require nothing less.

And how high up is the connection
between the two of them?

How high do you think?

I think Valente.

Think bigger.

You mean the president?

Ten years ago, John Tomarchio
was a young star

within the
Jennings & Rall Corporation.

The company was a major donor
to his first campaign for elected office.

His cabinet, his advisers,

all littered with former
J & R employees.

At the highest levels,

that government and this company

are one and the same.

Barricades are about halfway there.

Another ten minutes--

I guess we knew this was coming.

Let's get the other barricades
done now. We don't have much time.

I need an extra pair of hands.

- Someone to hold a light.
- All my guys are on the doors.

Excuse me, madam.

- Darcy.
- You're hired.

Armed civilians,
possibly hostages, sir.

Four hours, copy that.
Thank you, sir.

Looks like it's just gonna be
the 12 of us for a while.

Should we start planning for a breach?
Or should we just go to phase two?

By the time Beck gets back here,
this thing will be over and done with.

Let's start banging on some doors.

Got it.

- Is she okay?
- Well, she has been shot.

The bullet entered
the pectoralis musculature

and missed the subclavian vessels
in the chest cavity.

I'm sorry, I have no idea
what any of that means.

It means, all things considered,

this situation
could have been a lot worse.

Eleven blade, please.

Hey, Stanley.

Stanley, this isn't your fault.

What are you talking about?

Well, when--

When April died,

all I could think about
was I hadn't done enough.

That...

That it was my fault.

When my parents died, I did that.

I blamed myself.

I hated myself for being alive.

But there was this little girl
to take care of.

Sort of pulled myself out of it.

I know.

This is harder.

Your parents, that was an accident.

An act of God.

Aren't they all?

I don't blame myself.

- Jake.
- What? What is it?

I don't know,
but Goetz is getting out.

He's got someone with him.

Fred.

Hello?

Gary, it's your wife.

Hello?

Hey.

Okay, okay. All right, calm down.

Yeah, okay, all right.

I love you too.

It's Chloe.

She's outside.

They just went into the house
and got her.

Look, I'm with you guys, I am,
but she's scared out of her mind.

- You should go.
- It's just that she's out--

It's all right.

Go.

It's okay, Gary.

They're going after our families?

D?

Darcy?

Hey, D?

Mr. Hawkins?

Can I help you?

It's all right if we come in?

Well...

We stopped by a half hour ago,
I guess you weren't home yet.

What can I do for you?

Sir, are you related
to Darcy Hawkins?

Yeah.

What's happened?

All right, a group of armed men

has taken control
of the Medical Center.

We believe she's among
the hostages inside.

Really?

Okay, so, what can I do?

Well, we need you to come down
and talk to her on the phone.

Just try to convince her
to leave a very dangerous situation.

I don't understand.

If she's being held hostage,

how can me talking to her
get her out of there?

We'll explain all of that on the scene,
but we do need to go now.

Okay.

Okay, I'm parked out front, I just--

- Well, let me just get my keys.
- Sir.

It'd be best if you just came with us.

Okay.

Where is my wife?

Hey, Mimi.

Where am I?

You're at the Med Center,

but you're gonna be fine.

Where's Stanley and Bonnie?

The nurse,
she'll be back in a minute.

I told her I'd keep an eye on you.

Let me go get her.

Wait, please.

Where's Stanley?

Stanley's downstairs.

And Bonnie?

- I'm sorry.
- No.

No.

As soon as Beck declared us
the aggressors in the fight with Jericho,

he put us in a chokehold.

Curfews, military courts,
armed checkpoints.

The resistance came together
soon after that.

For weeks,
we were a step ahead of them.

Then all of a sudden,
he was onto us.

Some of those tips
you've been giving Beck,

they've made things
very difficult for us.

They've cost us lives.

The moment Constantino
figured out it was you,

he issued the bounty.

So wait a minute.

You're working with Constantino?

- Russell, he's a murderer.
- You think I don't know that?

A lot of reasonable people
are lining up behind him.

Beck's left us no alternative.

So if you came to kill me,

why am I still alive?

I came here to convince you
to stop doing what you're doing.

And to bring back a little trophy.

What kind of trophy?

Goetz.

Will you go up
and check on Mimi for me?

Don't you think
we should both go up?

I'll be right up.
Just give me a minute or two.

Thanks.

Just a minute, okay?

I know, I know.

I love you.

What are you doing here?

We're switching posts?

Hey, I'm talking to you.

Who is it?

Jimmy, open the door.

Mr. Hawkins?

Yeah.

I come bearing gifts.

We've got 12 men. From the looks
of it, they've got about the same.

They got three less
than they had before.

And that one will come in handy

if they try and threaten
anybody else's family.

- So they tried to use you as bait?
- Oh, they tried.

- Where's my wife, Jake?
- She's helping with Mimi.

Tell me what the hell's
going on here.

We did a sweep of the area.

We found Berk and Sloan
by the rear entrance.

- They're dead.
- Dead?

What about Stan and Bulger?

Still no sign of them.

All right, do another sweep.
I wanna know what's going on.

Fred.

- You okay?
- Yeah. Yes, ma'am.

Yeah, why don't--?
Why don't you get some water?

Yeah. Thank you.

Hey.

Where's Stanley?

He's with Bonnie, he'll be up soon.

Excuse me.

Do you have any idea
why all this might be happening?

Because Goetz is embezzling money
from Jennings & Rall.

And I have the proof. My ledger.

Killing civilians, they can excuse,
but you put your hands in their pocket,

and suddenly
J & R's a lot less forgiving.

Zero tolerance.

My ledger was at the house,
I'm sure he has it by now.

Is there any way
to re-create that information?

If you had access
to the system, maybe.

Hawkins.

I need your help.

Isn't that what We been doing?

Well, this is a little bit different.

It's outside the scope
of our usual conversation.

I have to be very careful
about sticking my neck out.

When, where, and for whom.

You listen to me.

I don't know what it is
you want from me.

But I know you are not
feeding me information

for my own benefit.

So I will promise you this.

If you do not do this favour for me,

then our relationship will end
right here and right now.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

Is there anyone in the J & R office
that you think you can trust?

Why?

Because we need to reconstitute
the information from that ledger.

Now, is there anyone
that could help you to do that?

Well, there is someone.

Good. Make the call.

What do you want me to tell her?

Tell her to gather all the information
and send it to this address.

This is the personal e-mail for the
director of operations of Ravenwood

- How did you get this?
- Don't ask.

Jake.

We got a problem.

Are you all right?

He came at me out of nowhere.

Frank, where's your gun?

There's no way
he cut through that tape.

No. Not without help.

- One of us.
- Yeah.

But first, we gotta find
our Ravenwood friend.

How many men have you got
guarding the exits?

Two at each.

But if he starts picking them off,
then Goetz can get in.

We can't afford to pull anyone off
of Mimi's door.

- Jake, we have got to find him.
- Oh, we'll find him.

But after that,
we gotta find a way out.

Jake...

- You sure?
- Yeah, pretty sure.

Well, there's a way
that may become useful.

Jimmy, Bill.

You guys are just gonna
snatch Goetz off the street?

Execute him in cold blood?

We got a handful of guys
out looking for him right now.

Russell...

What happened to you?

Goetz executed three
of my neighbours in New Bern

a few months ago.

And this government promoted him.

Beck has been strangling
my hometown for weeks,

and the same government tells me
that I'm in the wrong.

I've had enough.

Punish Goetz in New Bern
and we show Beck

that we're not going away
anytime soon.

I know things are bad.

But the minute you guys
threw in with Constantino,

you gave up the high ground.

Beck's gonna fight you.

I'm sorry,
but I'm gonna be helping him do it.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Word of advice,
pray I can get Goetz.

Because if I don't, it's not gonna be me
that Constantino sends after you next.

Hello?

Trish.

Mimi?

Trish, Bonnie's dead.

Oh, my God.

What happened?

It was Goetz and his men.

They killed her for the ledger.

Trish, I need your help.

What can I do?

I hope this works.

It'll work.
Just have to make it a little bigger.

It's too small?

What? You don't think
I can fit through that hole?

You're gonna wanna
make it bigger.

Go through the backup folders
in that directory.

That's where you'll find the numbers
that Goetz altered.

Okay, I got them.

What do you want me
to do with them?

I'm gonna give you an e-mail address
and a code for the subject line.

Mimi, I am so sorry.

It's not your fault.

Mimi, I'm the one who told Goetz.

I know.

Will you do this for me?

Yeah.

- Yeah.
- Thank you.

Hey.

Hey.

- I'm so sorry.
- Mimi, stop.

I'm so sorry.

No.

I never should've opened my mouth,
I just should've kept my mouth shut.

Listen to me.

You were in danger.

Bonnie did what she needed to do
to protect you, and you're alive.

Wherever she is now,

I swear she's glad she did it.

Yeah.

- What kind of gun?
- What?

- What kind of gun did Frank have?
- 9 mm Beretta.

Seven.

Five, four, three, two...

- What do you wanna do with him?
- You're never getting out of here alive.

- All the exits are covered.
- You sure about that?

What was all that?

We got a fix on them, traded fire.

Did you get him?

No, he got away.
Well, he's probably still inside.

Let's pull Marty and Dave off
the front entrance to help guard Mimi.

Fred, take their place.

They've been there all night,
they need some rest.

Yeah, yeah, sure.

- Goetz.
- The backdoo's gonna be clear.

- Really?
- Five minutes.

Got it. Out.

We're in.

- Tell me what the hell's going on here.
- They're gone, sir.

I can see that. Where'd they go?

I don't know. Another exit
somewhere off near the pharmacy.

There are no exits over there.

Sir, I think you should see this.

What the hell's through this hole?

Farm equipment store.
Apparently, it's all one structure.

That doesn't make any sense.
We got the whole perimeter covered.

They didn't say anything to me.

No kidding. They made you
for the mole, genius.

I heard them say something
about moving the woman to her farm.

- Hide her there until Beck returns.
- What do you want us to do?

Mount up. Redirect the reinforcements
to the Route 23 junction.

We'll catch up with them
on the move. Let's go.

Are they gone?

- Jake, wait.
- Are they gone?

All clear.

Let's go.

Jake. Jake, I had no choice.

He said he'd take my farm.
He threatened my wife.

Go home, Fred.

- Jake, please--
- Go home, Fred.

Go home.

Jake, they've got
reinforcements coming.

They said they're meeting
a hundred Ravenwood men

at the crossroads.

Eight a.m. at Route 23
and Cherry Valley Road.

Let's go.

Hey, not yet.

Check your mags.

Are those reinforcements?

No. Watch this.

I'm Director Jameson.

Ravenwood Regional HQ.

All you guys, saddle up.
We're moving out.

Sir, I'm in the middle
of an operation here.

No, you're not.

Take their rifles.

Let's move.

Where we going?

They're being redeployed.

You're fired.

What are you talking about?
You can't fire me.

No, I can't, but he can.

In fact, he already did.

Feel better?

I hope you rot in hell.

Leave them here,
they can walk back.

Move out.

Now?

Yeah, now.

Goetz! Goetz!

Goetz, I wanna see your hands!

Remember, we need him alive.

No way.

Who is that?

Cease fire. Cease fire.

Hold your fire.

- What the hell are you doing here?
- We came for him.

Had my guys
tracking him all night,

waiting for their chance
to make the grab.

- Thanks.
- No way, Russell.

- You can't have him.
- Wanna bet?

- I'm handing him over to Beck.
- Handing him over?

If he winds up dead,

Beck will wreak havoc
on both these towns.

He has three killings
to answer for in New Bern.

Yeah, well, he's in Jericho.

And he's under arrest
for Bonnie Richmond's murder.

We are fighting an army
that has more guns than we do.

More men than we do.

What we need is resolve.

And Goetz,
he's the fuel for that resolve.

Stanley.

Stanley.

Stanley.

Just stay back.

Jake, that doesn't matter.

Whether Goetz goes missing
or his body's found,

Beck is gonna put
the pieces together.

You know he will.

The minute that body hit the ground,
this became a whole different deal.

So, what's your status, captain?

This sector's clear, sir.
No sign of insurgent activity.

Roger that. Out.

- What is it?
- Sir.

You're gonna wanna see this
for yourself.