The Red Road (2014–2015): Season 2, Episode 6 - Shadow Walker - full transcript

Junior.

How many are there?

Four, I think.

My father and some tribal cops.

- Cops?
- I told you.

He controls everything
out here. Let's go.

- Man: Spread out!
- (police radio chatter)

Get down. Get down.

Oh, he's got the whole
department looking for you.

We're not safe till we
cross the reservation line.

Well, how far is that?



About two miles southwest.

There's an Interstate
that'll take us out.

How'd you know?

The guy that I
escaped with told me.

And where's he?

I'm going to the drug
store to pick up more meds

and you're gonna take
them like you're supposed to.

I don't want you
anywhere near those pills.

- I'll pick them up.
- (phone ringing)

It's Katie. Hello.

No, he's not home.

I'm going to get Mom's meds.
You want me to pick you up?

She's okay now.

It's fine.



She wants to stay
at Rebecca's again.

She said okay.

Bye.

I have some errands to run,

so I may not be home
when you get back.

You need to stay here. I mean
it. You shouldn't be driving.

(police radio chatter)

It doesn't look like
they're going anywhere.

I guess we're turning around.

We don't know these woods. If
we go looking for another way,

it might be a long
time before we find it.

So what are you
saying, we charge them?

I'll distract them.

Shut up. We're here
to bring you back.

This isn't your chance
to prove something.

Okay, then we're turning around.

No, I'm gonna go lead them off.

How are you gonna do that?

I'll figure something out.

When the coast is clear, you
guys make a run for the interstate.

I'll try and meet your there.
And if not, I'll see you in Jersey.

You should take the gun.

This is the frying
pan, that's the fire.

- You should take the gun.
- You two are gonna need it.

I'm not sure if I can
clear them all out.

You guys shouldn't
have come to get me.

I don't deserve it.

You're right, but I'm a cop.

I'm used to helping
people that don't deserve it.

Rachel asked me to help you.
That's the only reason I'm here.

Maybe after this,
you'll wise the hell up.

You only get so many chances.

I appreciate it.

Save it for when
we're on our way home.

(sighs)

Is that my coat?

Mom.

Mom, are you here?

(theme music playing)

(phone ringing)

- Where are the girls?
- Rachel's home.

Kate's at a friend's.

Are they all right?

They're fine.

Good.

Well, if you go back on
your pills, everything...

I know. I have. I'm taking them.

Good.

I'm sorry for earlier.

I was confused.

All right.

With you moving
and all the change...

Well, you can count on me to
guide you through as always.

(truck door shuts)

Can we go inside?

I don't think
that's a good idea.

Please, I need to you
to help me say good-bye.

(truck engine starts)

This is where the chair was.

You sat right underneath it.

I thought you came
to say good-bye.

Can you just tell me
that it really happened?

Could you just tell
me that, please?

Give me that and I will
never ask you again.

Please, Dad, it would
help me so much

if you would just
say it, please.

(sighs)

He was becoming dangerous.

You have no idea what I went
though in order to control that boy.

It was to protect you.

We couldn't just send him away.

It would have embarrassed
the entire family.

So I had to do everything
I could to heal him here.

- Heal him?
- Yes.

But he didn't
want to get better.

You destroyed him.

Every time he came out of this
room, he was a little less like himself.

You and Mom said it
was because he was sick.

I listened, but I didn't know.

I didn't know until I
opened the door that day.

Do you remember?

Say you remember.

It's time to go.

- How long...
- (gasping)

How long... how long
can you hold your breath?

(gasps)

- You!
- Oh, God.

Rachel and Kate
are coming with us.

They can't be near
you. It's not safe.

(groaning)

What is it, Dad?
What's happening?

(groaning)

Call 911.

Hurry.

Je... Jean...

What... what are you doing?

(whimpers)

(sighs)

(police radio chatter)

We might have to
turn around after all.

He'll do it.

If he said he's
gonna do it, he'll do it.

Man: Through the
trees. Right back there.

Cut him off. Spread out.

See, I told you.

(panting)

- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- (horns honking)

I'm a police officer. We need
to commandeer your vehicle.

- You need to what?
- Push over.

- Come on, get in.
- No, I'm not leaving without him.

We're not leaving.

(gunshot)

(sighs)

(gasping)

- (gunshots)
- Okay, get down! Get down!

- Man: Stop!
- (gunshots)

Come on.

Go! Go!

(bullets ricochet)

(exhales)

(crickets chirping)

Mom.

What are you doing out here?

Dad still isn't home.

I spent the past four hours going
out of my mind searching for you.

Why are you doing
this to me right now?

Get in the car.
We're going home.

- It's still in there.
- What is?

The bag Mom said no
one's supposed to see.

Is Grandpa here?

Hello.

Grandpa?

Oh!

(phone keys clicking)

Oh.

(whimpers)

Yes, it's my grandfather.

I think he's dead.

(exhales)

Hey, man. Thanks
for the ride, man.

Hey, next time you
need help with something,

call somebody else.

Marie: Where you two been?

She left him here. No
idea where she ran off to.

Well, take him to an
orphanage or something.

I can keep him if I want to.

- It's not legal.
- Okay, Phillip.

What happened?

You want to go to prison
for the rest of your life?

Have you explained to him
that's something he does not want?

You don't have to worry
about Levi filing charges.

I don't think he's
interested in legal recourse.

But he knows we figured out
he's connected to Mac's murder.

He's gonna be sending someone
after me and Junior, I guarantee it.

Then I'm calling the FBI.

You do that, Junior can be
locked up for what he did up there.

I'm gonna take care of it.

Okay, you call Frank, make
sure he watches the house.

Junior's gonna
stay here with you.

If anybody asks, you tell them
he's living at my place, all right?

Stay out of sight.

I'm coming with you.

You either hide yourself here
or I'll have Harold lock you up

in a holding cell
till this thing's over.

(sighs)

You must be hungry.

I'll make you some dinner.

Hey, buddy.

Junior?

He's okay.

Thank you.

I got a call from the
station about Grandpa.

You okay?

I'm so sorry you had
to go through that alone.

I wasn't alone.
Rachel was there.

She helped me.

Good.

I found him in his office.

They said he had a heart attack.

Have you talked to your mother?

I don't think I can right now.

It's okay.

He's gone, Harold.

I shouldn't have
come at him so hard.

It's was probably my
fault he was so stressed.

No.

You did the right thing.

He made all those people sick.

What is it?

Did you find something
in the room with Grandpa?

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no.

I thought you
wanted me to hide it.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

You did something to
Grandpa with this, didn't you?

He had a heart attack.

Why were you afraid that
someone was gonna see it?

I didn't know what
I was talking about.

Yes, you did, Mom.
You need to tell me.

I did... I did what
he did to Brian.

What do you mean?

I thought I'd imagined
it, but it was real.

He suffocated him with a bag.

Every night he'd
keep it on a little longer

and he said he was healing him.

You suffocated him?

For a few seconds
and then I stopped.

Then his heart...

- We have to tell Dad, Mom.
- No.

- He can help.
- No.

What if there's
evidence or something?

I don't want you
to get in trouble.

I won't.

It's not for you to worry about.

(sobbing)

You deserve a
better mother than me.

You're gonna get away from
this place. I'm gonna see to that.

And you're gonna
have a good life.

I promise.

Female newscaster: The
Walpole town water samples

testing 80 times higher
than the EPA's safe limit.

We'll have complete
health coverage...

Would you like something to eat?

- I'll make you some coffee.
- Just hours before dying

of a heart attack, retired
state senator David Rogers

called New Jersey's
Attorney General

saying he believed
members of the Lenape Tribe

had taken money from the mob
to dispose of the toxic paint waste.

We talked with Walpole's mayor

who says the town is weighing
legal action against the Lenape.

(TV shuts off)

I understand that, ma'am,
but you need to understand

I can't arrest people just
because the news said that.

There is no evidence that
the Lenape had anything to...

Ma'am. Ma'am. I'm
sorry you feel that way,

but I'm not an elect...

Someone stole all the
ice out of the machine

outside a convenient
store on East Center.

Probably gonna
melt it for water.

Probably.

The owner said two Lenape
kids were in there earlier

trying to buy water. You
want me to check it out?

You get a description
on these kids?

Or proof?

Did anyone actually
see them steal it?

Or find them walking around
with blocks of ice on their backs?

Listen up.

I know emotions are
running high right now,

but there is no
evidence, none, zero,

that the Lenape had anything to
do with contaminating the water.

Now our jobs right
now is to maintain order.

Not incite a war.

Are we clear?

(knocking on door)

Just can't get enough
of this place, huh?

Chief.

- For today, anyway.
- You got a minute?

Wanted to talk about
our mutual problem.

We didn't have anything
to do with the dump

and it's insane you people
are trying to put it on us.

Listen, I've got fights
breaking out in town over this.

Both sides are starting shit.

I need you to help me
try to keep a lid on things.

And why should I do that?
People have a right to be angry.

I want to pass some
information along to you.

Maybe it's something
you can use,

but nobody can know
where you got it from.

I got my job to think about.

All right, Captain.

You have my word. What is it?

I went to see your
husband down in Trenton.

Ex-husband.

He's the one who tipped
me off about the mine.

Said that he was in on the
dumping. Did you know that?

No.

But it doesn't surprise me.

Guess it's my fault.

I'm the one who brought
the devil to the mountain.

I'm the reason Jack
came to live up here.

He was working for the mob.

Walpole gave him a big waste
contract and looked the other way

while they dumped
the sludge in the mines.

Now if the town
tries to sue you,

maybe you can get
him to testify to that.

And you believe
he's telling the truth?

'Cause that wasn't
his natural tendency.

Why don't you go talk to
him and judge for yourself?

I'm not gonna see
that son of a bitch.

Well, whether you do or not,

I hope you'll still take my
request under advisement.

I'll try to calm people down,

but they don't like me
too much right now.

You'll get used to it.

Sounds like you
speak from experience.

You marry anybody yet?

No, Jack.

Too busy will all your
Indian causes, huh?

Still trying to make up
for ditching me and Phillip?

Hmm?

How is Phillip?

Never can get a
straight answer off of him.

Such a goddamn
smart ass. Always was.

Remember... (laughs)

how you used to go on about him

being chief of your
little tribe one day,

I was told you have some
information on the dumping.

If you don't, I'm going home.

You think you're
so damned superior.

When you left your
son to go be a hippie,

he cried for a month.

You never heard
a kid cry so loud.

Like thunder.

Couple months
before you ditched us...

I had you snap this
picture, remember?

Reason was I wanted
some insurance.

You know, in case
you tried to pin it on me.

What are you going on about?

You see that truck
in the background?

What's that truck
doing on the mountain?

(chuckles)

That's right.

(laughs)

That's worth something
to you, isn't it?

Pay a lot of money
for that, right?

Maybe I would.

If that truck belonged
to the auto company

and I wasn't dirt poor.

I'm not talking about
the auto company.

Come here.

This is evidence
against the town.

They're the ones
who did the dumping.

You worked for the
mob, not the town.

Yes, honey, I sure did. The
mob supplied the drivers.

The city supplied the trucks.

That's who you
should be going after.

I get it. You're
strapped for cash.

I'm not bringing home
the bacon anymore.

So, merry Christmas, baby.

Ho, ho, ho.

(laughs)

You see, you can lock me up,

but I can still reach
out and touch you.

And if this goes to trial,

I'm gonna be taking a
lot of field trips to testify.

So we'll be seeing
a lot of each other.

Of course, if you got
a problem with that,

you don't have
to take the picture,

but I know you're always
down for some suffering.

(chuckles)

So much to make up for.

My Saint Marie.

Hello?

Hey.

You here?

What do you want?

How'd you do that?
Where were you just now?

I was standing right
over there, dumbass.

Think you need glasses.

Jensen: How does it fit?

It's a little tighter
than the last one.

- Better than prison, though, right?
- Are you looking for a thank you?

No. What the hell am
I gonna do with that?

You want to know why
I kept you out of prison?

Same reason my mother
never killed spiders.

Well, I'm not gonna catch anything
with a police car in my driveway,

- so if you're all finished talking...
- I brought you a Kevlar vest.

- Don't need it.
- You got a plan for when they show up?

Yeah. But I think it's better for
you if you don't know what it is.

Agreed.

Well, if they do show, make
sure Tribal calls us for backup.

- They're gonna need us.
- Nobody's calling anybody.

I got it covered.

Well, just be
careful how you do it.

I don't have any more
"Get out of jail free" cards.

You sure you
don't want the vest?

Yeah. I can't fit in a
"Boys' Extra Medium."

(door opens, closes)

I'm sorry I scared you.

I thought you were
gonna kill yourself.

I'm gonna straighten
myself out. I promise.

- How are you gonna do that?
- I don't know yet, but I am.

What?

I was so stupid.

I thought I didn't have
anything to live for.

Yeah, you were stupid.

But I'm not
something to live for.

I'm screwed up.

Worse than you, I bet.

You know I'm probably
gonna get what my mother has.

- I don't care if you do.
- That's 'cause you don't understand

what it's like to be
with someone like that.

You don't see what they see.
You don't hear what they hear.

They're alone, and you're alone.

And sometimes they hurt people.

Even if you did get it, I
would stay with you anyway.

I promise.

Why?

I told you already.

I love you.

Don't be taking
more than you need.

This is for drinking. You
want water for washing,

we're setting up rain barrels.

- Sky: Nice work.
- Had to go out of town this morning.

Found a store
that still had water

and hadn't jacked
up the price too much.

You should take
some for your grandma.

- Is that why you called me out here?
- No. No, it's not.

- I need to ask you something.
- Listen,

just because the
casinos aren't happening

doesn't mean I'm
dropping the impeachment.

- You showed some real faulty judgment.
- Impeach me, don't impeach me.

I don't care about that right
now. We got bigger fish to fry.

Agreed. So if you
just step down...

Look... I just came back from
seeing my ex up in Trenton.

He told me he drove
one of the trucks

that dumped the paint
sludge in the mines.

I'd already mentioned
the faulty judgment.

He gave me this.

What am I looking at?

- Is that Phillip?
- Marie: Yeah.

Adorable. So?

You see the truck
parked behind him?

That's a Walpole
sanitation truck.

They were in
cahoots with the mob.

They helped orchestrate the
dumping for the auto company.

Now they're blaming it on us.

I'm not a lawyer. So what I
need to know from you is...

can we use this
picture as evidence?

- Evidence?
- When we sue Walpole for poisoning us.

- (blade clicks)
- (door opens)

- Junior: Hey.
- What are you doing here?

I came here to help
you get ready for them.

- Then go back to Mom's.
- Why can't I help you?

You can help me
by doing what I say.

You don't think
much of me, do you?

After all the crap I
put you guys through,

- and I didn't even kill him.
- It's a lucky thing you didn't.

You kill somebody,

you can be sure you're
never gonna forget them.

You want to see that guy's
face every time you wake up?

I don't know who you're
trying to honor with all this crap.

Mac wasn't about getting even.

- You think I'm weak.
- I don't think that.

Well, I haven't given up
on seeing him punished.

I'm starting to wonder why I
ever went up there to go get you.

You didn't learn
a goddamn thing.

Stop worrying
about other people.

The world's gonna
see that they get theirs.

Now get the hell back to Mom's.

(door opens, closes)

(knocking on door)

- You got a second?
- What is it?

I was one of the responders
when your daughter called in.

After your father-in-law's heart
attack, I went over there personally

to make sure
everything was okay.

I appreciate it.

Well, there was one
thing I left out of the report.

Figured I'd just tell you...

and let you handle
it how you want.

I never asked you to do that.

I was just looking
out for the department.

What is it?

(sighs) Well, when
I went over there,

your wife... she seemed
like she was pretty out of it.

I mean, your daughter
did all the talking, and...

So?

Well, I got the feeling
that your daughter

was under some
kind of serious duress.

Her grandfather
just died, that's all.

I'm sure that's all it was.

I know it's none of
my business, but...

I just wanted to let you know.

(door opens, closes)

(knocking on door)

I saw you talking
with Junior earlier.

Yeah. So?

So, I don't think you want
to start up with him again.

I like him.

But I think it's just gonna make it
harder for you to leave next year.

I'm not leaving.

What are you talking
about? Of course you are.

Nope. I'm gonna
stay here with him.

I don't care about
college. I'll... get a job.

Take it out on me, Rachel.
Don't take it out on yourself.

Junior's like Dad.

He'll stay with me
even if I end up like you.

Junior's not like your father.

If anything, he's like Phillip.

He's always going
to be in trouble.

I'd rather be in
trouble than be alone.

I can't let you make
this decision right now.

It's not up to
you. I'm not going.

You have to get away
from here, Rachel.

Mom...

you can't make me
do anything anymore.

(faint thump)

What's the matter?
Hey, hey, hey.

Hold on. Hold on.

What's going on?

Nothing.

(door closes)

Did something happen
with Mom while I was gone?

Something with Grandpa?

No.

Honey, secrets
can be a hard thing

to carry by yourself.

Take it from your dad.

There are no secrets, Dad.

(crickets chirping)

(gunshots popping)

- (gunman gasps)
- Drop it.

- (pistol clatters)
- Drop it.

- (pistol clatters)
- (gunman grunts)

- Is there any more of you?
- (gasps)

Don't lie to me, now.

(faint buzzing)

Man on phone: We got him.

He's still hanging on.

You want to come say goodbye?

Oh, shit.

- (gunshot pops)
- (gasps)

Turn around.

How long were you
gonna torture me for?

Hmm?

Come on. Tell me. I
need a little inspiration.

Don't do it.

"Don't do it"? That's the
best you can come up with?

I can give you a hundred times
what was in that bag of money

you stole from me.

- In cash?
- Whatever you want.

(clicks)

(sighs)

Nah, save your money.

- You got a big funeral to pay for.
- (faint siren wails)

Sounds like somebody
called the cops.

You kill me, they'll
put you away forever.

You broke into my house.

I got a right to
protect my property.

I'm sure that our Tribal
Police will back me up on that.

You should have
left Junior alone.

You got our chief killed.
Well, this is what happens.

- (siren continues)
- So you're doing this

in the service of your
family and your tribe?

- That's right.
- Think you're some noble avenger?

(grunts)

I'm just a goddamn
murderer, same as you.

(sirens continue)

(sirens fade)

(gasping) You got
a surprise coming.

(Levi groans)

(car door closes)

No, no, no, no, no.

Frank...?

- We got here as fast as we could.
- (baby crying)

Oh, no. Oh, Jesus.

I'm sorry.

(ambulance siren wails)

They were here for me.

(whimpering) She was
trying to protect me.

(Junior gasping)

Oh, no, no.

Hey. Hey...

you got to hold on, okay?
You hold on, all right?

(sobs) We can't survive
without you, okay?

(EMT radio playing)

Paramedic: His heart rate's
dropping. We got to move.

(Marie gasping)

I'm sorry.

(sobbing) I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, okay?

Okay?

Hold on.

(music playing)