Jeremiah (2002–2004): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Bag - full transcript

Wake up.

Man, what the hell
you go do that for?

The place we're heading, I could
use an extra set of eyes.

Oh, man,

I was just having
some bomb-ass sex, too.

Don't let me
stop you.

You don't have dreams
like this every day, man.

At least I don't.
Well, hell, I know you don't.

Boy, she was like the ladies
in one of those paintings,

botticello or somethin'.

All white linen
and rose petals,



and both of us just floatin',

dress all hiked up.

I never figured you
for an art lover.

Oh, there's a lot you don't
know about me, Jeremiah.

What the hell you doing?

We're about
out of gas.

Come on, man.

This pump has been sucked
drier than me and my dream.

I appreciate
the visual reference.

Why don't you have them check
the oil while you at it?

Oh, what, I guess you
want to get us a

couple of nice cold cokes
first, is that it?

Actually,

I was thinking of somethin'
a little more unleaded.



What the hell?

ś

Well,
I'll be damned.

Courtesy of our friends
at the Mountain.

It looks like they left us
something else, too.

Marching orders.

All right, so who's this
holcomb cat we're looking for?

Oh, some guy
up here in slag harbor.

He might be able
to connect us to farralon.

Who the hell
is farralon?

According to Simon's notes,
this farralon,

he may know if the big death's
coming back or not,

maybe even how to stop it
if it does.

I don't know, man.

Here we are
working for a place

old girl Theo called

the end of the world, trying
to stop the end of the world.

You ever think somebody's
just messing with our heads?

'Cause I am
goddamn sure of it.

Look like you
could use some help.

It's my wife.
She needs a doctor, bad.

All right,
we'll give you a hand.

Come on.

Can't be more than 2
or 3 more Miles.

These legs can't go another
2 Miles, at least not today.

Ok. All right.

Let's take a break.
You'll be fine.

I'm telling you,
Reese,

I got a good feeling
about this slag harbor.

Yeah, I heard
that one before.

Listen, if half of what
they say is true,

these people haven't seen anything
like you in a very long time.

Mmm, ah, yeah, mama,

the Davenport brothers are going
to take that shithole by storm.

Jake, I don't know
if I can do it again.

What are you talking about?
You got the brains,

you got the hands,

and need I remind you,
little brother,

you got the bag.

Come on.

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, kid, is there a doctor
around here?

One just blew in.

A couple of blocks down,
the old butcher shop.

Yeah, thanks.

You heard it right.
The doctor is in the house.

Reese Davenport, m.D.,

certified, bona fide,
emulsified.

Guaranteed to cure
what ails you,

t.B., v.D., s.T.D.S,

I.O.U.S.

E-even your good
old-fashioned crotch-rot.

Whatever it is, Dr. "d" is
here to make it right.

He's got cures for diseases

they don't have names for.

We're talking hematoma...

I don't know what happened.

He was fine, and then about
a week ago, he stopped eating.

It's not serious,
is it?

Well, I'm, uh...

He's badly dehydrated.

You need to get some food
and water into him.

He's not going
to, um...

Tell me
he's gonna be ok.

Look, I, uh, want you to give
him these 3 times a day,

and boil the water
before he drinks it.

3 times,
boil the water,

and... and then
he'll be all right?

Yeah, I... I'm sure
he'll be all right.

Ok, thanks.

Yeah,
you'll feel great.

...Genuflections,
vivisections,

outpatient surgery
while you wait.

That's right, my man,
we'll cure that gangrene,

and it won't cost you an arm and
a leg, you know what I'm saying?

All right, one line,
no pushing.

Have your barter goods in hand.
Everyone'll be served.

Sir, sir, please,
come to the back of the line...

This woman needs
your help now.

Oh, why didn't you
say so? Come on in.

The doctor's waitin'.

There you go.
You see,

no job too large,
no job too small.

We'll fix your bones,
we'll kick your Jones.

We'll do it all.

You see this girl in here, pregnant
girl, we took her right in.

All right,

I, uh, I want you
to take these antibiotics

until they're all gone,
all right?

You gotta help us, doc.

She's been this way
for 2 days now.

Ok, slide her on up here.

Ah, when's she due?

I thought maybe
you'd know.

Right. She does look
pretty close.

Um, any bleeding?

I don't think so.

She's burning up with fever, though.
Can you do anything for her?

N-not unless
you give me some room.

What do you think
it is?

Outside,
both of you.

Ok, all right,
you got me.

How about a small can
of food for the runt?

'Kay?

Yeah, yes.

I hope that doctor
knows what he's doing.

Yeah, we'll see.

Yeah.

What're you doing?

I'm bonding.

Yeah, well, I can see that.
Don't tell me it's yours.

Oh, man, it was love
at first sight.

Now, check it. He's too small
to eat much, right?

And we don't have to worry
about housebreaking,

'cause we don't
have a house.

A dog?

Oh, man,
you are so perceptive.

Excuse me.
Are you the doctor?

Oh, no, that'd be
my brother Reese.

Come to the back of the line,
if you don't mind.

No, I-it's not for me. It's for
my boyfriend, Jimmy holcomb.

Well, then, why don't you ask him
to stand in the back of the line?

That's just it. He's out
of town for a day or so.

I just wa... I wanna
make sure that the

doctor's still gonna be
here when he gets back.

Well, that depends.

Medical services are in pretty
high demand these days.

I don't have to tell you that.

Please, listen. I know he's
gonna be back in a day or so.

He never
should've left. He's...

He's really sick.

I'm sure the doctor
will be here.

Besides, he's got to help
this guy's wife

deliver a happy, healthy baby.
Isn't that right?

Yeah, well, we could,
uh, probably, uh, do...

Excuse us.

I may have business
with your boyfriend.

Oh, yeah?

When do you
expect him back?

Wish I knew for sure.

Maybe tomorrow.

What is this about?

We have a friend in common,
a man named Simon.

I don't think I know him,

but Jimmy keeps
a lot of things to himself.

I'm sadie.

Oh, um, Jeremiah.

Um, this is William.

His, uh, wife's due
to have a baby any day.

She's got
a really high fever.

I was just wondering if you
know of any place around here

that they might
be able to stay?

Well, our crib
is just over the rails.

We've been squatting there
for 2 years,

and nobody bothers us.

You're welcome
to stay there.

Thanks. You have no idea
how much we appreciate that.

No problem.

Don't let her die, dad.
Don't let her die.

How is she, doc?

Well, uh, we gotta concentrate
on, uh, getting the fever down.

How, you give her
aspirin?

No, I... I didn't want
to increase

the, uh, chance of, uh,
bleeding.

No, a-acetaminophen,
antibiotics.

Aha, you hear that? Your
wife's gonna be right as rain.

Who's the doctor here,
you or your brother?

He's the doctor. I'm just
the brains of the outfit.

Y-you're going to have to keep
a close eye on her, ok?

W-what is it?
What has she got?

Well, I, uh, I ruled out
something called preeclampsia.

Blood pressure's ok.
I'm thinking group "b" strep,

you know,
I-it's a bacterial infection.

Oh, man.
Jesus.

Um, I think we got... got
to her in time.

Yeah, uh, if you want
to gather her up,

she's right here.

Hey, Jake. That girl
you met, sadie?

She's offered to put William
and his wife up at her place.

My partner and I, we're
gonna camp there, too.

I suggest you and
your brother join us.

Well, that may or may not
suit our plans.

Well, you know, I'm not too
concerned about your plans,

'cause you promised her you'd be
there when her boyfriend got back,

and this guy's wife is not
out of the woods yet.

You'll get paid.
You got my word on it.

Oh, I've got
your word on it.

Well, that changes everything.

Oh, man,
I gotta admit,

this is one smart-ass dog.

I've never seen
a dog this smart.

It already knows
its own name.

What's its name?

Dog.

Come on.

Come on, dog.

William?

I'm right here.

Where... where are we?

We're in slag harbor.

The baby?

The baby's fine.

Hey.

Hey.

Paula, this is sadie.
It's her house.

Sort of,

till someone
says it's not.

That's so cool,
but I don't think I can eat.

Hey, you listen
to me, girl.

You need your strength.

You're eating
for two now.

Besides, Jimmy says my cooking
sucks less every day.

Ok.

Your brother doesn't seem
too sociable.

Jake?
He's all right.

You know what they say
about the eldest.

Always gotta be
protective.

I'm hungry.

I know. Me, too.

I'm really hungry.

You're always hungry.

Get me something.

Jeremiah, I really want
one of those.

You got something
to trade?

Look, all I got
is this.

Jake!

Meat's ready.

So, uh,
Reese,

how does one become a doctor
these days, anyway?

There sure as hell
aren't any medical schools.

Yeah, that's
for damn sure.

So how did
you learn?

My dad...
My dad was something.

Yeah.

Oh yeah,
real one of a kind.

Yeah, he, uh,
he had a practice

in a town of about 8,000
just outside of Reno.

You know, his patients
worshipped him.

Everybody did. He could do
anything with that bag.

The bag belonged
to your father?

Yeah.

Yeah, see, uh, it's the only
thing I got to remember him by,

that and the lessons.

So he taught you?

No, nothing formal. You know,
I'd go out on calls with him.

I got to see it all,

you know,
babies being born,

people being pulled from
wrecks, limbs being amputated.

Ah, he pulled people
back from the edge,

I don't know
how many times.

No offense, Reese,

but being a kid
and watching your father

isn't exactly my idea of how
one learns to be a doctor.

You don't have to take
that shit from him.

Well, for all I know, you might
be a really great doctor,

it's just,
people are desperate.

You know, when they get sick,
they don't have anywhere to turn.

Yeah, and they're lucky

to have a guy like Reese here
to see 'em through it.

The antibiotics
you got in that bag...

Gotta be, what,
15 years old?

Look, I get supplies
where I can.

I make do, all right?

Y-you want to know whether I take
care of people? Damn right I do.

You tell him, Reese.

Look, there's
a guy upstairs

who is trusting his wife

and his unborn baby's life
to your hands.

You ok with that?

Fuck, yeah.

I didn't ask you, shithead,
I asked him.

Yeah.

That's all I needed
to hear.

You're the doctor,
aren't you?

Yeah. What's the problem?

Nothin', it's just,
I never met a real doctor.

See that?

Everywhere we go,
the man's a rock star.

Yeah, well,
now you met one.

Hey, you think... I know
you're real busy and all,

but do you think I could watch
you doctoring some time?

No. No, I don't think
that's a good idea.

Well, I wouldn't get in the
way or anything, it's just...

Look, I got my hands full
doing what I do, all right?

I... I don't need to be
teaching anybody.

Well, I was hoping
that one day I could...

Look, you heard what I said,
now beat it.

Jeremiah, please?

So what am I supposed
to do about it?

Jer...

Will you shut the hell up?
Just go, get out of my face!

Look, buddy,
this is all I got.

My mom paid
a lot of money for this.

I'm trying to run a business
here, man.

You bring me something else,
maybe I can help you out.

Hey, you!
Somebody stop that kid.

Damn it!

No!

Jeremiah!

Hey, uh-uh, uh-uh.
No, no, no.

As soon as
those two are asleep,

we're gonna blow
the hell out of here.

What about that pregnant girl?
I think I can help her.

I don't wanna
take any chances, ok?

There's lots of big-titted
towns like this.

All we gotta do
is milk 'em, one at a time.

Kurdy, wake up.

Come on, man,

we gotta go.
The doctor has checked out.

Man, you gotta go.
I'm sleeping.

Oh, come on, kurdy.
I need your help on this one.

How would you like it
if I busted up your dreams

every time it just started
getting good?

I don't feel right
leaving her like that.

Something went wrong,
trust me,

we'd get blamed for it.

Dad wouldn't have
bailed like that.

Hey, that's bullshit,
and you know it.

He wrote the book
on selfishness.

Hey,

get off the bikes.

Take it easy, man. Don't get
your panties in a bunch.

Get off the fucking bikes.

Ok, whatever you say.

Oh, what's this?

No, no, no,
you can't take it.

Give me the goddamn bag.

No, you can't take it.

Give me
the goddamn bag.

Nice doin' business
with you.

What the hell happened
to you two?

We were out
for a Sunday drive.

What the hell
does it look like happened?

Get in.

The back.

What goes around
comes around, I guess.

What's that
supposed to mean?

It means you walked away from
some people who needed you here.

You know, what you can't seem to get
through that thick skull of yours

is that
they ain't alone.

My brother's got a lot of people
who couldn't survive without him.

Yeah, starting
with you, I guess.

Fuck off.

Hey, would you mind
taking a look at Paula?

Her fever's kicked in again.

Yeah, he'll be
right there.

I don't know
what you expect me to do,

but I lost my bag,
and I can't do anything
without it.

Yeah, well, I'm not too sure
you could do anything with it,

but that is not
the point, is it?

What is your point?

Whatever half-assed
kind of doctor you've learned
how to be,

you are the only hope
that these people have.

Now, you take away that hope,
you step on their trust,

you do that,

you can't even
call yourself a human being,

much less a doctor.

Yeah, I know.

Hey, would you happen
to have any scraps?

This damn dog seems to have
doubled its weight in a day.

I'm sure
I can find something.

Thanks.

You know, one day
I was out on the streets,

and I saw
these sadistic idiots

using puppies
as target practice.

They'd let 'em out
one by one,

and then they'd bet on
who could get
the first kill-shot off.

That's horrible.

Yeah, well, the worst part is
I didn't say anything.

Maybe they would have
shot you.

Yeah, well,

that's why I got
this little bugger,

Not that it makes
much difference
for those other dogs.

Oh, I think he knows
you rescued him.

You're worried about
your boyfriend, aren't you?

If those marauders
are still out there,

he might not make it home.

You know why your boyfriend
was called out of town?

He had to meet a man.

About what?

I'd be guessing.

So guess.

A lot of people out there...
Promising miracles.

I think Jimmy's hoping
for one.

Well, I may be doing
a little guessing of my own,

but this miracle man,

he wouldn't happen to be
farralon, would he?

Like I told your friend,

Jimmy has a lot of secrets.

You mind if we take
a look around,

if we can check his papers
and go through his things,
whatever?

Yeah, yeah.

Thanks.

What do you think, doc?

Well, fever's back.

Yeah, tell me something
I don't know.

She needs medicine.

Well, then give her
some, damn it.

My bag was stolen,
along with everything in it.

Listen, you do something
for her.

You're a doctor,
aren't you?

I'm a guy with a doctor's bag.
That's the truth.

Now I'm not even that.

You son of a bitch!

You cannot just let her die.
You do something.

I-I'm sorry, I can't.

Anything?

Nothin', man.

Find what you're
looking for?

Not yet.

You guys got that car.
Maybe you could go out,
bring Jimmy home.

What are the odds
we could even find him?

Belmond's only 8 Miles.
He's got a banged-up moped.

Only one road he could take
to get back.

He was wearing
an old pea coat.

You know,
there's only a few hours
of daylight left.

Yeah.

For all I know, that may be
more time than Jimmy has.

I'll take this one.

All right, homey,
you are coming with me.

What do you mean,
I'm coming with you?

We're going to see if we
can find this holcomb cat.

There's plenty of patients
right here in town.

I really don't see any reason
to go hunting any down.

Don't you ever get tired
of shoveling that?

Kurdy, you pass any water
along the way, throw him in.

He smells like
he could use it.

What the hell
are you doing?

Well,

I'm fresh out of painkillers.
This rotgut'll have to do.

What about
your patient?

She's better off
without me.

Give me that.

How did things get
so twisted up?

You know,

it's like the, uh, whole world just
fell to its knees one day, just...

Just curled up
and died.

Nothing's alive,

it's just... just twitching
like it is.

You really think that bag
is what makes you a doctor?

Heck!

Sure... sure made it easier
to pretend.

W-what about all
those years you spent
watching your father?

Didn't they mean anything?

Oh, yeah,
damn right they did.

I learned the,
uh, fine art

of how to be
a son of a bitch up close.

I thought you
worshipped him.

Yeah, right.

You know what he was?

He was a cold,
heartless man

who was so wrapped up
in his work

that he didn't bother
to notice that he had a family
that loved him.

Or at least tried to.

If he was so cold
and heartless, why'd he let
you hang around at all,

learn the trade?

Because he could make like
he was a good father,

when all he was
was a good-for-nothing prick.

So you're just down here
following in his footsteps,
is that it?

Touche.

You think you got
the corner on self-pity?

'Cause we've all
been abandoned,

everybody kicked in the gut,
pissed on, left for dead.

Whole goddamn world's
an orphanage,

and yet
you're whining,

'cause your dad
was just spending way
too much time at work.

Fuck you.

Anybody I know would kill
to have any kind of dad,

just so long as they showed up
once in a while.

All right, all right,
all right, already.

I don... I don't need
any more of this shit.

Mmm,

You do need it.

You need this shit,
Reese,

more than you know.
You need someone to remind you

that in this raked-over,
stripped down,
skeleton of a place

that they used to call a fucking

civilization, there
is one thing left,

one thing.

That's the light,

the one that burns
in... in the deepest, darkest
parts of your soul,

my soul.

And you,
my fucked-up friend,

you got more light
than just about anybody.

Because you can keep
other people's lights burning,

you got the power
to save lives.

That's a goddamn
precious thing.

I had a brother once, too.

I'm sorry.

Not as sorry as I am.

A man must feel
real important

tooling around
in something like this, huh?

Yep,
king of the world.

Yeah.

Yeah, Reese and me,

we'll have wheels
someday.

Guess you've got big plans
for your little brother, huh?

I've got news
for you. He needs me.

Without me, he'd be pissing
it away, right and left.

Oh, yeah,
probably saving lives
in the free clinic somewhere.

It's enough to make you retch,
ain't it?

Yeah, you guys
got it all figured out,
don't you?

No, not all, but
it's pretty obvious

when a man's given
up his freedom.

Freedom? What the fuck
is that? Freedom? What?

Freedom to starve
to death in the street?

Freedom to get the shit
kicked out of you

by some... some lowlifes
whose brains don't even fill

the bowls
of their crack pipes? No.

What, so you make sure his talents
don't go to waste, that it?

Reese wouldn't last 5 minutes
on the street without me.

You ask him.

He needs me.

Yeah, that's one thing
about a ball and chain.

It's real easy
to feel attached.

Pea coat. Oh,
that's gotta be him. Shit.

Jimmy?

Who...

Don't worry about that
right now. Are you ok?

Compared to what?

I thought you had
a moped or something.

They took it.

They were on
a couple of bikes.

I thought they were
gonna kill me.

Our bikes, that's them.

It's got to be the same bastards
that whaled on Reese and me.

Which way'd they go?

East.

Look, we gotta get
this man back to slag.

We get that bag back,
and then maybe
Reese can help him.

All right,
help me with him.

All right,
come on.

We gotta get
this baby out.

Why?
What're you saying?

It... it's not gonna
survive this fever.

Well, how you
gonna do it?

Well, if... if I had my bag,
I could give her ergot.
I, uh...

I could induce labor.

You don't have
your damn bag.

Yeah.

It's not about
the bag, Reese.

It was never the bag.

Ok, I, uh,
I could do a cesarean,

but the only thing
I... I got is acupuncture

to cut the pain.

Well, is that gonna work?

Well, it's not perfect,
but it's all we got.

Just, uh, just
give me the word.

Hey, you still
wanna see me work?

You know it.

I, uh, I need some stuff.

I need you to go
into town and get me

exactly what I ask for,
all right?

Well, I don't got
anything to trade.

Uh, I know... Sadie's got some things.
I know she's got some cans.

All right. Well, then,
just tell me what you need.

Ok, uh, I need pins,

straight pins,
needles, clean ones.

Um, uh, a razor,
straight-edge, whatever.

Uh, fishing hooks,
uh, fishing line,

n-nylon line, all right,
wire cutters.

Wire cutters,
what else?

Not a damn med in there
you can get dirged on.

Shit.

I guess you're the man
with no gun, are you? Huh?

Hold this.

All right,
this should be fun.

No!

Why the hell not?

He ain't worth
the bullet.

Now grab the bag.

I couldn't find
any single-edge blades,

but I got some of this
old electrical tape
so we could fix them up

like they were.
How'd I do?

You did good.
You did real good.

Keep holding her.
Can you hear me?

Ok.

I, uh, I need you
to tell me

if you can feel this,
all right?

All right?

Feel that?

Not really.

Ok. Ok, that's good.

Now, uh,
this is gonna hurt.

I'm not gonna pretend
it's not,

ok, but this is what we have
to do to save the baby.

Stay... stay here.
Calm her down.

Stay.

Breathe, breathe.

Good. We're halfway there.
We're halfway there.

Breathe.

You're all right.
Breathe. Breathe, baby.

Ok, ok, ok, Tanner,

give me... give me
the fishing line.

Ok, like we talked about,
get ready for that, all right?

Ha!

Ok.

Ok.

Ok, you got a boy.

Ok, ok.

Hi.

Hi.

Hey, hey,
go get Reese.

Tell him...
Tell him Jimmy's back.

Oh!

Shit.

Uh...

From what I can tell,
there's, uh,
fluid in the lungs.

I could try
to drain it, but, uh,

it's bad.
It's real bad.

No.

Won't make any difference.

I know it.

The tumors
are everywhere.

I'm dying.

I can feel it.

Jimmy, please,

we gotta try.

This doctor,
he can work miracles.

No. No, I, uh, I can't.

I just wanna rest here
with sadie.

Sadie,

I hate to do this,
but I've got to ask him
a couple of questions.

It could save many lives.

Jimmy,

now, I found the papers
in the office.

I know why you were
meeting Simon.

Simon,
Simon.

They're working on a vaccine,
aren't they?

I was one
of the Guinea pigs.

It's what gave me
the tumors.

Now, why would they
need a vaccine for

the virus that caused
the big death,

unless somebody really
believed it was coming back?

Enclave on the willamette.

Farralon can contain it.

He needs my blood.

I was on my way
to bring him a sample.

They ambushed me
before we could rendezvous.

Where?

Where on the willamette?

How do I find him?

Farralon...

He's beautiful.

Of course
he's beautiful.

He came out of me,
didn't he?

Shh.

Sadie, um...

I'm sorry
about Jimmy,

but his death
will mean something.

Thanks for bringing
him home.

I think he'll be much
better off with you.

Oh, a-a-are you sure?

Yeah.

Come on, Jake.

Let's go.

We've got
some work to do.

Thanks, guys.

We had a sample
of Jimmy's blood.

Now all we had to do
was find farralon,

the man who might hold the key
to the world's survival.

Something you always used
to say, dad,

and I never understood it,
not until now.

That the hardest thing of all

is to be
who you were meant to be.