Jeremiah (2002–2004): Season 1, Episode 10 - Journeys End in Lovers Meeting - full transcript

And I thought we'd be
outta the snow by now.

Yeah, well,

being in the mountains,
it's gonna be cold.

That means snow.

Comes with the territory.

We'll be out of it
soon, though.

Yeah, right.

Dear dad, I...

What're you doing?

Nothing.

Dear dad...



You know, it's not nothing.

'Cause I've seen you
do nothing,

and that ain't it.

I mean,

that is almost somethin',
what you're doing right there,
know what I mean?

It's not quite somethin',
but it's almost somethin',

but it's definitely more
than nothin'.

It's somewhere between
somethin' an-and-and nothin'.

Are you done?

Yeah. That last one
about made

the left side
of my brain explode.

Good.
Still, wh-what're you doing?

Look, I'm writing
something, ok,

same as last time
you asked me, man.



Look, do I bother you
when you're writing
letters to your dad?

Yes.

Well, then, lead by example.

Dear dad,

I'll get back to you.

The road splits here.

The map didn't say
anything about that.

Look, all we have to do
is find this place

where Marcus said
people are making a comeback

and building up a community.

We open up formal relations
and then we get back.

I don't wanna get lost driving
around these back roads
for 3 days, all right?

Yeah. Me neither.

So, right it is.

Whoa, whoa.
Why right?

What?

Why did you decide right?

I don't know,
'cause I'm driving.

And why are you driving?

'Cause I got the key?

And why do you have the key?

Because I need it
to start the car.

Kurdy, did I say somethin'
that pissed you off, man?
'Cause if I did...

I'm just saying
there are two of us here.

The odds are exactly the same

that either one
of these roads
is the correct road.

Suppose I wanna go left?

Left it is.

I... I... I just said
"suppose."

Ok, d-did I miss
a meeting or something?

'Cause we... people aren't
supposed to have
conversations like this

unless they are married.

And they've been
married, like, 5 years
or something,

and they got kids
in the back seat,
screaming, you know?

On the way to Disneyland and
they're lost 'cause there's...
There's kid puke on the map,

and he's too stupid
to ask for directions.
It's 115 degrees in the shade.

Now, kurdy, we're close,

but we are not that close.

You know what your problem is?

Repressed hostility.

Oh. You know what,
would you... left, right?

Just choose!

Right.

'Cause I don't care.

See, left,
there's nothing
going on on that road.

But right, right's
a little more inviting.

I don't care.
Right, left,

just 2 roads, you know,
going different ways.

What... what are we gonna see
going down one that we don't
see going down the other?

Take a look.

I told you right was better.

Dear dad,

it's been 15 years

since the big death
wiped out everyone
over the age of innocence...

The end of your world,

the beginning of mine.

Hey.

Hello.

You guys, uh, part
of a parade or something?

We're on a pilgrimage.

We left east, heading west,

almost a year ago.

You've been walking for a year?

That's what a pilgrimage is.

We're almost there, though.

You're quiet.

Ah, sorry.

I'm kurdy.
This is Jeremiah.

What's your name?

Constance.

We're about to set up camp
for the night.

There'll be food,
of which there's not a lot,
but we're happy to share.

And stories, of which
we have multitudes.

You're welcome to join us.

Thank you, constance,
that's very nice...

We'd love to.
But we have...

To go.

That's David.
He speaks for all of us.

The pilgrimage was his idea.

We all signed on to his dream.

Those are the stewards.

They handle the cooking,
setting up the tent.

Go ahead and have a seat.
I'll be right back.

It's kind of nice.

Yeah, it's nice.

This kind of nice
makes me worry.

It usually means somebody
wants something from you.

Trust me.
I've been hustled before
by guys like this.

You know, Jeremiah,
my mom used to say

there are 2 kinds of people:

Those who kiss,
and those who offer the cheek.

I don't get it.

Look...

I mean, you know, nothing
against your mom, it's just
I, uh, I don't get that.

Uh, forget it.

She also said there are
2 types of kids.

See, you give a kid
a big old box full of shit.

Now, some kids,

they gonna see only the shit,

because that's what
they're used to seeing,
so they walk away.

But another type of kid...

Dives in, digging like crazy,

'cause he figures
if there's that much shit,

then there has to be
a pony in there somewhere.

Your mom said "shit"?

Do you got something
to say about my mom?

No, man,
I... I think it's cool.

It's just, you know, I...

I don't ever
remember my mom saying "shit."

I feel kind of deprived
about the whole thing,

now that I think about it.

We're starting.

Another night...

Another night closer
to the end of our journey.

Your strength, your will,

by God's grace,
has kept us all together

through all the hard days
and long roads.

I understand
we even have guests.

Yes.
This is Jeremiah,

and this is kurdy.

Welcome, both.

Welcome, friends.
Welcome.

Yeah.
Kumbaya to you, too.

And the world is
no longer what it was,

but neither is it
what it could have been.

The earth could have been
scrubbed clean of life,

swallowed by fire,

frozen by night.

But it wasn't.

When God sent the flood,
he also sent Noah,

so that some of us
could survive
and rebuild the world.

When the great death came,

he sent us.

He sent you...

To rebuild the world
and bring the light of hope.

The great death was not

the off switch.

It was the reset button.

This is not about endings.
This is about beginnings.

We have walked this long walk

as a testimony
to that new beginning.

When we come to that place
where the sea meets the sky,

clouds will open,

and a great white ship
with golden sails
will descend from the sky,

and we will be taken up
and away,

and this will be a sign
to all the world

that there are still miracles.

And where there are miracles,

there is hope.

I should probably
bring some of this
out to your friend.

No, it's ok.

Then you should
bring some of this
out to your friend.

No, he knows where the food is.

The man can smell dinner
at a half a mile.

Besides, he walked out.

You take these things
personally.

No, I don't.
It's just...

It's just
when someone else
is being offended?

I know you.

Oh, really?
How so?

You're a protector.

You'll never admit it,
but you're a protector.

Most of the protectors
I know got that way

because the world
was so cruel to them,

and they couldn't do
anything about it.

So they work it out

by trying
to make things easier
for everybody else.

But they deny it.

Because saying it means
admitting they need to
touch other people.

And because
they've been disappointed
so many times,

they've learned
to live without.

They've learned to give,

but they've never learned
how to receive,

how to ask for compassion,

or something
as simple as a hug.

Good bread.

Why'd you do that?

Because you asked me to.

No, I didn't.

Yes, you did.

You did.

It's cold.
You should come inside.

I'm all right out here.

At least take
one of these, then.

Must have been
a terrible thing.

What?

Whatever made you this angry.

I don't know,

6 billion people dying
so you can turn it

into a sermon
about how God loves us?

I think that'd be good enough
reason right there,

without having to look around
for something else.

So you don't believe in God.

Let's just say we had
a little falling out.

I don't bother him,
he doesn't bother me.

It works fine for both of us.

Yes, I can tell.

Look, if you're thinking
that I'm gonna try

to convert you to anything,

I'm not.

Anybody here can believe
or not believe
anything they want.

You just have
to believe in something,

even if it's just the hope

that tomorrow will be better
than the day before.

You don't even have to
believe in God, but,

to go to war with God,

from what I've heard,

that never ends well
for anyone.

Vow of silence?

Keep up the good work.

And I wonder

if the sunset of my mind

is darker than
the sunset of my eyes.

Because either way,
I cannot see the road.

Do we keep on asking "why"

till we die?

They give a sigh of absolution,

'cause there's really
no solution

to the road.

'Cause the road just is.

And you are.

And we're getting there
together,

'cause we are the road.

What's that?

Nothin'.

Well, maybe
it'll be something later.

You know, we're about 5 Miles

from where
we're supposed to meet up with
this new community,

and about a day
behind schedule.

Yeah, man, I know.

Great, so?

They're goin' the same way
we're goin'.

Yeah, man, at 5 Miles an hour.

Well, you know,
I just think
it wouldn't be a bad idea

to have a little company
on the road, you know?

You guys mind
if we go with you?

Sure.

Except, you're not.
You're in the car.

Which means you're not
with us, you're beside us.

Which is fine,

if that's what you prefer.

Hey, where you going, man?

Just going for a walk.

Hey, kurdy,

this is the place, man,
it's gotta be.

Look, houses are all nice,

people are taking care of 'em.

Yeah, that's nice.

Look, I'm gonna go on up ahead
and check it out.

I'll catch up
with you later, all right?

Who are those guys?

They joined up with us
about 3 or 4 weeks ago.

They're a fairly new order.

They consider themselves
to be pallbearers
for the old world,

here to bear witness
to the end.

End of what?

Everything.

They believe that
the grave, once opened,
does not close easily.

They say there's one more
darkness yet to come.

David!

Stay out of here,
you son of a bitch!

What's wrong?

Caught this guy
stealing supplies out
of the back of my house!

Like you guys don't already
have plenty of stuff,
by the looks of it.

Is this true?

I didn't know anyone
was living there.

I thought the place
was abandoned!

You lying piece of shit!

Get the fuck outta my way.

No.

Go on back with the others.

We'll be on our way now.

Hey, you better run,

bunch of
thieving... bastards!

No.

In order to stay,
we've all taken a vow
of nonviolence.

You're kidding.

David doesn't believe
in violence.

Oh, yeah?

Well, what about when violence
believes in him?

He prays. A lot.

You could come inside,
you know.

I like it out here.

And you don't like it in there?

It's nothing personal,
it's just...

You don't trust me.
I don't trust you.

How's that not personal?

Every time someone drags God
into the conversation,

It's because
they want something.

It's a con, it's a hustle,

or worse.

So excuse me if I look
at all you got
goin' on here,

and I wonder what it is
that you're really up to.

You know, a few centuries ago,

people went on pilgrimages
all the time.

To testify to their belief,

to encourage hope,
to receive absolution.

They expected miracles,
and they got 'em.

I believe in miracles
a lot less

than I believe in whatever
it is you're sellin'.

But why?

It's a new world.
Rules have changed.

Technologically,

we've been plunged back into
the middle ages, right?

Maybe that's the only place
where miracles are possible.

Maybe God stopped appearing

because he got a little tired
of all the noise.

Maybe he only appears

when the world is quiet enough
to pay attention.

Either way,

I know we will find
our miracle at the end
of our journey.

Tell me something.

Do you believe
that there's hope

for a better world, Jeremiah?

Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

Well, then, like it or not,

you, and me, and God,

we're all on the same side.

I'll have them keep
a plate of food
warm for you inside.

Just in case.

And I dreamed about
the great white ship

and the golden sails.

I dreamed that I got on board,

and flew high up
above the clouds,

just looking down on...

Tomorrows.

Anyone else?

It can be anything,

a poem, a story,

a testimonial.

I think kurdy has something.

Come on, kurdy.

Come on, kurdy.

Try.

Uh,

well, just so you know,
I was, uh, set up.

I mean, the piece
isn't really done yet.

But, uh, here goes.

"I wear hope around my neck

"like a noose.

"It's loose enough
for me to breathe what I need
to get me through the day.

"And with each
swagger and sway,

"comes a new belief

"that there's a new relief
just around the way.

"So I keep going,

"halfway knowing
it's just a trick

"my mind likes to play
so I don't quit.

"Or is it?

"Maybe I'll never know.

"Maybe I'll never go past

"the dreaming
that there's more.

"The scheming that what
I'm searching for

"is seemingly reminiscent
to the folklore

"that there's a garden
paradise where I can settle,

"and never have to leave.

"Where I can

"breathe

"deep breaths
and exhale with abandon.

"Maybe that paradise
is wherever I'm standing tall,

"believing in myself

"that I can conquer
all the sadness,

"and all the madness,

"and have a ball wherever I go.

"Could that be the paradise
I'm looking for?

"Maybe.

Maybe I'll never know."

All right!

That was great, man.

Thanks, man.

Why didn't you tell me
you could write like that?

I don't know.

Probably never felt
right, I guess.

Y-y-y-you got
any more like that?

Yeah, man. I... I got
a bunch more

in my sock drawer
back at the Mountain.

Oh, in the sock drawer, huh?

Well, I'll tell you what.
They're 100 percent
safe in there.

I can tell you that,
having seen your socks
up close and personal,

ain't nobody gettin'
in the sock drawer.

Hey, hey, I wouldn't talk.

I don't know
if I've ever seen you

leave the Mountain
without that vest of yours.

Hey, take it easy
on the vest, man.

I told you, this is
my father's vest, all right?

Same vest,

same boots, same ugly-ass
leather pants.

That's consistency.

One less thing I have to worry
about every day.

Hey, if you don't want
me to mess with the vest,
then I suggest

you give the vest a rest.

All right, look, man,
you know,
if this little detour

was what it took
to find out about
this side of you,

then it was worth it.
But in the morning,

we gotta get back on the road.

I got the name of the guy
we're supposed to talk to.

And we'd better get to it,
'cause Marcus
and the marcusoids,

they're waiting
for a full report.

I know.

And that's why I think

you need to just go on
for a while without me.

You're stayin'?

It's... it's not permanent, man.
I just wanna, you know,

hang out with them till they
get to the end of the road.

I wanna be there, man.

I wanna see what happens.

Kurdy, you can walk
all the way to China
if you want to,

but that doesn't mean
some big fucking
golden ship

with white sails is comin' down

to take these people to heaven,

'cause that's bullshit.
You know that.

Why do you wanna
piss in their pond, huh?

Just because you had
a falling-out with God,

you expect everybody else to
live in the same crap you do.

We got work to do.

Yes, we do.

But "we" ain't
the same as "me."

You're looking
for Valhalla sector.

You're looking for your father,

you're looking
to rebuild the fucking world!

I'm just looking
for someplace to belong.

I'm just looking for somebody
to talk to, man.

I thought we could talk.

Yeah, but it's different.

She listens.

And... and I don't?

Me and you are cool, man.

In spite of you being
a control freak,

which is another topic
for another time, but...

I lost my family when I was
a little younger than you.

Now, I ain't crying about it.

I finished doing that
a long time ago.

But it'd be nice
to get that feeling

of belonging to a family again.

Even if it's just
for a little while.

So I'm gonna stay on with them.

You sure this is
what you wanna do?

Yeah, I'm sure.

I hope you know
what you're doing.

Hey.

What you doin' up here?

Smell the wind.

Salt air.

Where the sea meets the sky.

Just beyond those trees.

We're close, kurdy.
We're so close.

Constance,

what if you get to this place,

and I'm not saying this
for sure, I'm just asking.

Mmm?

But what if we get there
and nothing happens?

I mean, no big white ship,
no golden sail
coming out of the sky?

Faith means believing
in impossible things.

But what if
the impossible
really is impossible?

Do you know how many people
we've reached on the road,

touching them with our dream?

What happens to us
doesn't matter.

What matters is
we made our journey,

kept faith with ourselves.

I guess that's all
that really matters
for everybody, huh?

Hmm.

At the end of it all,
this isn't about God.

It isn't about the road,

and it isn't even about
the big white ship.

It's about believing
that miracles are possible.

Because of what we're doing,

thousands of people believe
who didn't believe before.

And they'll get
their miracle, no matter what.

Because a world
without miracles

isn't worth saving.

Why do you wear these
all the time?

I like the way they look.

And they're good in a fight.

There's no one here
to fight, kurdy.

I know.

Will you take 'em off for me?

They're soft.

I didn't expect that.

Close your eyes.

Why?

Just close your eyes.

Turn around.

Open.

I drew that...

For you.

You and your people have done

a great job
with this neighborhood.

Thanks.

Of course, it's hard sometimes.

Some folks come through
and try and fit in.

Sometimes it doesn't work out.

We have to ask 'em
to leave, and sometimes
they don't wanna leave.

Then things get difficult,
you know?

I suppose.

But to survive,
sometimes you gotta do
what you gotta do.

This isn't a world
for the weak.

We can't afford to waste
any of our resources.

We even managed to get
a couple of cars working,
but that's it.

Just getting by,
day to day, it's hard.

Yeah, I know.

I know.

The group I represent,

we're looking to find
other groups out there

who can help us out.

In return, maybe
from time to time,

we could help you guys out.

But you can't tell me anything
about your group?

No, I can't.

I'm just here
to gauge your interest.

Well, I'm interested.

Just as long as this isn't
just one more hustle.

I've been hustled
by guys like you before.

This ain't no hustle.

Anyway,

I better get going.

I gotta find my friend.

I saw you driving around
with those wackos.

They your friends?

No.
We were just, uh,

checking 'em out.

Good.

You're probably safer that way.

Stay clear of 'em, 'cause, uh,

there may be trouble.

See you around.

This is not
a good idea, Jeremiah.

Looks to me like these people

took along all their
worldly possessions.

Whatever they could carry.

I mean, it's like
a freakin' shopping mall
on the hoof.

Yeah.

We could use some
of those supplies

to get through winter.

And since they don't believe
in fightin' back,

just a few of us
can go in there
and take everything they got.

But maybe we kill
a couple of 'em,
just to make the point.

I mean, a bunch like that
needs martyrs
now and then, right?

I'm with you.

I say a break like this
comes along,

you can't just look away.

I'm tired of it, you know?

I mean, look at these boots.
They got holes in 'em.

Yeah, well,
we all got our cross to bear.

The main thing is,
to keep this place going,

we just gotta do
what we gotta do.

Now, it seems like new people

are joining up with them
all the time,

so getting you inside
shouldn't be a problem,

and since you know the area,
you can tell 'em

a better way to go.

Lead 'em to a place
where we can control 'em,

herd 'em in like cattle.

Then we can take what we want.

Out here!

Not yet.
We may need him.

Go and see if anybody else
came with him.

Oh, love the boots, man.

Look like they're just about...

My size.

Today is our last day on earth.

In a few hours,

we leave to cross
the last few Miles

to the appointed place,

where the sky will open

to produce a miracle

that will stand
as testimony to our faith,

and to a new hope
for the world.

I look forward

to this new beginning

with a joy that I have
never felt before.

Because I have you,

all of you, to share it with!

Well, I gotta give it to him.

The man is
one hell of a speaker.

Now, of course, he didn't make
any of it rhyme,

so he gets off a little easier.

I'm glad you chose
to stay, kurdy.

Are you sure you wanna go
all the way with us?

Yeah.

Yeah. I... I... I really do
wanna see this thing through.

Then there are a
few things you need
to know, kurdy.

Everyone here
understands the gravity

of what it is they've been
called upon to do.

It would be unfair of us

to ask you to finish
this journey

without explaining everything.

David, I need to talk to you.

Of course.
What is it?

This is George.
He's from around here,
and from what he says,

there may be a problem
with the journey.

Uh, yeah, see, uh,
the main road is blocked

by a mudslide
about 3 Miles from here.

But there is another way.

It's narrow
and a little steeper,

but, uh, shouldn't
slow you down too much.

I know...
Hey, man.

Yeah?

Nice boots.

Oh, yeah, thanks.

Kurdy!
What're you doing?

Where'd you get 'em?
Leave him alone.

No, those are
Jeremiah's boots.
I recognize 'em.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

You lie to me one more time,
motherfucker,

I'm gonna tear you apart.

Now, where the fuck is he?

No, no, no, no!

Look, look, ugh, ok.

All right, keep talkin'.

I have to go get him,
constance. This is my fault.

Kurdy, that's not true.

When we teamed up,
I promised him
that I would watch his back,

and he said he would do
the same for me.

Now, if I was there,
he wouldn't be
in this situation.

There has to be another way.

These are violent men.

And violent men
only understand one thing.

Only another violent man
could make that assumption.

Are you a violent man, kurdy?

Sometimes.

When I have to be.

Look, I'm... I'm sorry.
Let me take care of this

and I'll catch up with you...

No.

What you did can be forgiven.

You acted in the heat
of the moment.

But if you go back there
deliberately to do harm,

you cannot join us again.

I'm sorry.

That's just the way
that it has to be.

That's the way it has to be.

Where the fuck is he?

He was supposed
to be back here by now.

What if he chickened out?

Well, I'll skin him alive,

right after we take care
of this asshole.

Aren't you a sweet talker?

All your big-city words
and fancy ways.

Shut up!

Fuck you.

Head on out and see
if you can spot him.

I mean, the only way
this is gonna work

is if we know for sure
they're where
we can control them.

Did you see anything?

Yeah, man.

Kick his ass, man.

Hey, man, you ok?

Yeah, sure.

Let's get back to the rover.

What you gonna do?

We gotta make sure
they can't follow us

or your buddies.

What the fuck's he doing?

He's fucking nuts!
Look out!

Thanks for
gettin' my boots
back, man.

This is my bad.

I should've never let you
go off by yourself.

It's all right.

I should've known
you'd get in trouble.

Your ass always
gets into trouble.

Actually, it was your people
that got me in trouble.

They're not
my people anymore, ok?

They're not?

No, we had
a little disagreement.

Wasn't gonna last
much longer, anyway, man.

They're almost at the end...

What?

Right before that guy showed up

and all hell broke,

I was talking to constance.

Uh, it all got
knocked out of my head

because of everything
that happened,

but she said
thousands of people
had come to believe

because of their pilgrimage.

That people needed
a miracle to believe in,

and they were gonna
make sure a miracle happened,
no matter what.

And that miracle
was them disappearing.

Into a white ship
with golden sails
coming out of the sky.

Where the sea meets the sky.

Lot of people
can disappear
into the sea, kurdy.

All right,
they wouldn't do that.

Kurdy...
They wouldn't do that!

It's possible, man.
These people
wanna prove something.

Now the only way they can
prove that that miracle
happened is to disappear...

You just think that shit
'cause that's how
your brain works.

Oh, yeah?
Yeah.

Then how come you
asked the question
in the first place?

I'm taking the rover.

Yeah, I figured.

I gotta see this thing through.

Look, kurdy,

you got 2 choices here, man:

The bad one,

and the one
where the big white ship
comes down out of the sky.

Which one do you believe in?

"What profits a man to gain
the world and lose his soul?"

"What profits a man to gain
his soul, and lose his world?"

Constance!

Constance!