Jeremiah (2002–2004): Season 1, Episode 7 - City of Roses - full transcript

A brutal assault on a young woman triggers memories for Jeremiah and Kurdy who then take separate paths: Jeremiah to find a mysterious vaccine and Kurdy to find his past.

You thinking parts?

I'm not sure.

So I heard
these stories, right?
Yeah?

About these righteous
chop-shops
before the big death.

People'd steal these
fine-ass Italian sports cars,

like Maserati
and ferraris.

Anyway, they'd
break 'em down,

sell the parts.

Yeah, but they're worth
more in pieces.

Exactly, but still,
I can't imagine that, man.

It's crazy.



You bought a car piecemeal,
and you pay more for it

than you would
if you bought
the whole thing,

and then,
at the end of the day,

you've got to put
humpty dumpty
back together again.

Yeah, well, they catch you
with a stolen car,

you're dog meat,

but if it's just
a steering assembly,

you're just a junk man.

Humpty dumpty?

You're kidding me.

Get off of me!

No!

Why?

No.



Stop it!

No. Ow! Stop it.

You're hurting me.
Please, stop it.

Shut up, whore.
We're not done with you yet.

You make a sound,

you try to get away,

I'm gonna
suck your eyeballs out
like grapes.

Shh.

Shh.

What the fuck?

I told you
to tie the bitch up.

I did tie her up.

All right.
You're gonna be
all right.

What the...

Get up there, man.

Get it.

Get it the hell...

Get it!

Ow.

Kurdy!

Hey. Hey!

Hey, hey, hey.
Come... come on!

What are you doing, huh?
You made your point.

What?

Come on. Go, go.

Fuck! Damn!

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.

Debriefing room.

Now.

The soup's not half bad.

It's not too hot, is it?

You're a pretty girl.

Bet you've got
a pretty name.

You want to
tell me your name?

No hurry.

The world out there,

that's where everybody's
rushing around

like getting somewhere
means something.

You and I know better.

Slow's just fine.

Slow's cool.

They really hurt you,
didn't they?

You just wanna hide...

Somewhere where
they can't hurt you,

but they can't.

I promise.

I warned Marcus.

Something like this
was bound to happen.

We brought in a kid.

It is not the end
of the world.

Actually, it is...

Technically.

It's a violation
of protocol.

So's getting gang-raped
by a band of street thugs.

You know what
the stakes are here.

No, Lee, I forgot.
Why don't you tell me again?

Don't fuck with me,
Jeremiah.

Hey, you're worried

about blowing this
place's cover, right?

Well, that didn't happen.

We made sure
nobody followed us.

This isn't a goddamn
homeless shelter.

The girl
had been brutalized,

sexually brutalized
and beaten.

What the hell
did you want us to do,

look the other way?

You have
a job to do.

Yeah. We did it.

Tell me about
this blood sample.

It comes from a guy
named Jimmy holcomb

in a town
called slag harbor.

Simon was supposed
to meet with him.

And now
they're both dead.

Of course.

Apparently, Simon
wasn't the only one

worried about
the virus coming back.

Any evidence
that it has?

I don't know.

Whatever it is,

it's confined
to a small enclave
up the willamette.

There's this scientist type
named farralon

working on developing
some kind of a vaccine.

Now, holcomb was one of
farralon's Guinea pigs,

only whatever
they shot him up with

filled him
full of tumors.

He wanted us to get
this farralon guy his blood.

Hopefully,
he could figure out
what went wrong.

If there is a vaccine,
we'd better find out about it.

And if the disease
does come back,

how does the world
survive this time?

We've got
other questions to answer

before we get to that one.

Like how many points
you've got to earn

to get a hot shower.

Not that I need one.

I'd say you've earned it.

I'll have our people
look at this.

Once they've cleared it,
I want you to pack up,
find farralon.

It might take awhile.
That's a pretty long river.

This'll help.

G.P.S.

There was a series
of coordinates
in Simon's journal,

including a location
right on the willamette.

I didn't realize
their significance
until now.

Wait a minute.
I've read
about this "g.P.S."

It's all satellite,
Luke Skywalker, space shit.

Now, how's it work,
since there's no more
space program?

There's still
a bunch of satellites
still up there,

including several
over the northwest.

Really?

I'll have Lee brief you
on how it works.

I can hardly wait.

How's she doing?

She's pretty traumatized.
It's gonna take some time.

Did you
get her name?

She hasn't said a word
since she got here.

Nathaniel, I am begging you.

That got pretty crazy
today, huh?

You remember any time
that it wasn't?

You would have
iced those guys

out there if I hadn't
stopped you, huh?

I thought about it.

Seems to me like
you weren't thinking at all.

You know,
I don't really want a sermon,

if that's what's coming next.

Good, Jeremiah,
cause I wouldn't know
how to give one.

You saw what they did
to that girl.

As far as I'm concerned,

there is no punishment
too harsh for a rapist.

Man. Man, I agree.

Now, if there's anybody
who deserves

to get strung up
by the short hairs,

it was those guys.

Then what's the problem?

Maybe it's all this stuff
out there, man.

No rules,

no one having to do right
unless they want to.

Look,

I didn't ask to be the guy
on the white horse, you know,

but if I'm gonna
put my butt on the line,

it's got to be
for something I believe in.

Now, I don't want
to go out there

and be about
whacking people.

I don't care
what they've done.

Shall I remind you of that

next time somebody's
got a knife to your throat?

I didn't survive all this time
by not taking care of business

when it comes
to living or dying.

But what about

when it's somebody else's life
on the line?

When was the last time
you seen me back down?

See, you don't even
hear me.

No, all I'm saying is

no more dying
than there's got to be.

Not one more body

on that pile that
don't have to be there.

The reason I went off...

That guy reminded me
of someone.

Someone bad.

Someone I owe.

Damn it!

That's some
pretty heavy payback.

Unless you've got
something else eating you,

I'm signing off.

Somebody, come and get me.

That's a nasty cut.

Hold on.
I've almost got it.

It's weird.

It's like the...
The minute
I... I looked at it,

I started
getting these...

These...
These pictures,

you know, like...
Like kind of being at...
At a movie show.

What kind of pictures?

I'm in this room.

It's a closet, maybe.

It's real tiny,

and I'm scared,

and my hand, it's cut
in the same place as this,

and it's bandaged up.

You've opened an old wound,

maybe literally
and figuratively.

And there was writing
on the wall.

What'd it say?

You're gonna laugh.

Why would I laugh?

Because people always laugh.

You've told this
to people before.

No, you're
the first one, but...

Forget it.

Kurdy,

what do you remember
about those times?

Nothing.

It's... it's a... a big blank.

Where did you live?

I don't know.
A... a city, I guess.

I... I don't know exactly.

Do you remember
your parents?

Sort of.

Kurdy!

I remember
my mother's voice.

And your father?

All right,
I... I d-don't remember.

But you remember
a little room...

And writing on the wall.

I wrote it...

In... in crayon or something.

"I am

"alone.

"Somebody, come and...

Get me."

Oh, kurdy.

What? Is it bad?

Elizabeth, if... if you know
something, please,

you've got to tell me.

I don't know anything,

but maybe there's a way
we can find out.

Marcus really wanted
to meet you.

He must have got held up.

Whatever it is
you're feeling,

you've got to find a way
to get it out.

You just can't keep it
bottled up.

What those sons of bitches
did to you,

nothing's gonna
change that.

Nothing's gonna
make that right.

What's done is done,

but so help me,
you can fight back.

Those guys might
be long gone,

but they're still
under your skin,

still tearing
you up inside.
Am I right?

All right, then.

You know what I used to do?

Don't laugh, now.

Whenever I needed
to bust out

and the person
I was pissed at

wasn't in target range,

I'd hit something,

anything.

Hit this.

You think
I'm kidding.

I want you
to punch this pillow

like it's every one
of those neanderthals
who violated you.

Come on. Hit it.

Go ahead.

Come on. You can hit
better than that.

It's not the pillow, is it?

It's ok.

I saw.

I was there.

Hit him.

Come on.

Hit it.
Hit him hard.

All of them.

Give it to them.

Yeah. Just like that.
It's better.

Give it all you've got.
Oh!

All right.

Oh!

Are you ok?

It's all right.

You did good.
You did real good.

Yeah, I think
they felt that one.

Here we go.

I think we've got it.

I can't believe
this stuff still works.

Most of it doesn't.
It's real hit and miss,

but there's enough
of the old databases left

for some basic information.

Look.

It's all here, kurdy.

Those my parents?

Nathaniel
and demerius Malloy.

Portland.

Farralon's compound
on the willamette,

that's pretty nearby.

Yeah, a stone's throw.

Your parents have been gone
for over 15 years.

What do you hope
to find there?

Did you ever wake up
from a dream

and close your eyes
and try to go back to it?

Usually it doesn't work.

Well, I'm hoping it will.

Damn, man.

What the hell
happened to you?

Oh, it's therapy.

Did it work?

I think.

Hey, when we're done
with this farralon cat,

we need to make a pit stop.

Where's that?

I'm going home.

Stop the truck.

What for?

I need something.

What?

Yeah.

We could
always use some bait.

Anybody home?

I like to think so.

Jerky or bait...

Or, uh...

Maybe you'd like
a little tarot reading?

Yeah. Yeah, maybe.

Um...

How do
the earthworms look?

About as slimy
as most of my customers,

present company excepted.

I'll take a handful.

Whatcha got to trade?

Uh, um, wait.

Uh, oh, mushrooms.

Do you want these wrapped up

or are you gonna
eat 'em here?

Cute.

I like to think so.

Name's Chloe.

Of course, you're probably
gonna forget it

the minute
you walk out the door.

That's not likely,
Chloe.

You know, it's not every day
a pretty girl gives me worms.

Ahem.

You sure these
aren't poisonous?

Now, Chloe, you gonna go
getting all picky on me?

Is there anything else?

Actually...

There is.

The tower
struck by lightning.

What does it mean?

Look at it.

Ruin and devastation

any way you slice it.

Great.

Destruction,

loss,

confusion.

The end of everything.

2 people falling.

I have a feeling
you know who they are.

Am I right?

Hey, I'm the one paying
to ask questions.

"The ace of wands."

Creation, invention,

enterprise, virility.

All right, that's better.

Except it's upside-down.

Shit. So?

Decadence, ruin,

what can I say?
Majorly fucked-up stuff.

I'm out of here.

Well, maybe the next one
will be good.

You paid for 3 cards.

Keep the change.

Oops.

Kurdy.

Come on, kurdy.

Come on, kurdy.

This is it.

You're not coming?

No. I ain't got time
for a picnic.

Look, I... I didn't ask
to come here first.

I said after we're done
with this farralon cat...

Whatever. You've got
your agenda,

I've got mine.
Let's go.

That's bullshit.

You're sick of riding
the white horse?

Then slide your ass
on off.

Nobody said
this was gonna be easy.
This ain't a road trip.

Wait. Hold up. I'm pulling
my load, same as you.

Shit. My load is you.

What?

If that wasn't
bad enough,

then you go all, what,
candy-assed pacifist on me.

It's like throwing away
your umbrella

in the middle
of a shitstorm.

What the hell
has gotten into you?

You wanna stay on this trip,
meet me back here at midnight.

If you're here,
I'll take it as a sign
you wised your ass up.

Fuck you, man.

Kurdy.

Kurdy!

Hey, baby.

I'm here, mom.

I'm home.

No! No goddamn way!

I'm begging you, Nathaniel.

No!

Hello, meaghan.

You look familiar.

Uh, pizza delivery-man, right?

Right.

No.

Ah, the man that
takes out the trash.

That, too.

The guy who makes sure
I have enough water,

that I can
breathe the air.

My librarian,

my window washer,

my bartender,

oh, my shrink.

You've been reading
my job description.

And the guy
who keeps me
from going crazy.

If only I could
do the same for myself.

I love you.
You know that.

Now, you really
have me worried.

You remember I told you
about that new team

we sent out
into the field?

What happened?
They screw up?

No, but the information
they brought back...

It's the disease,
isn't it?

Simon was right.
It's back.

It's too early to tell.

The information's
still pretty sketchy.

You have to stop it,
right now,
where it stands.

You hesitate,
you second-guess,

I don't even
want to think.

He's destroying the ark.

Sorry?

This place, the ark.

The only chance
to start over.

God tells Noah
to build an ark,
to make provisions.

And just when the rains
were starting to let up,
what does he do?

He sends
a 500-millimeter torpedo

straight up
Noah's ass.

And you're Noah.

More like a goat.

You can stop it,
Marcus.

Make that pygmy goat.

You can stop it.

It's beyond my reach.

It's just like everything
you've ever wanted:

Peace, hope,

salvation...

You.

I could break this glass
and kiss you...

But I'd have to
kill you first.

It may just be a trade
I'm willing to make.

You can't stay here,
you know.

What'd you say?

I said,
you can't stay here.

This is my house.

Believe me, I... I wasn't
thinking of moving in here.

Uh, I used to live here.

That's a damn lie.

I'd have known
if you ever lived here.

Yeah, I'm talking about
before the death.

Long time ago.

Wait a minute.
What's your name?

Kurdy.

Get outta town.

That's not possible.

Wait. Who'd you say
you were?

I didn't.

Name's ricki.

I lived here long
since before the big,

and I used to watch
a kid named kurdy,

when I was,
like, 12, 13,
for extra cash.

Holy shit!

You used to
give me baths.

Don't go getting
any ideas.

It really is you.

I can't believe it.

Purdy kurdy,

all grown up.

Ricki, you've been here
all this time?

Come on,
I'll show you around.

This place is amazing.

How'd you get
all these roses
to grow in here?

Uh, it wasn't easy,

hauling every bit of water
up here, too,

but you give them
enough sun and water,

and roses grow
just about anywhere.

They're tough
little suckers.

Got these thorns
to protect them, hmm?

And they don't
take shit from nobody.

Yeah, I know the feeling.

Mmm-hmm.

Why'd you come back, kurdy?

Honestly?

I'm not sure
what happened to my parents.

What'd you think happened?
They're dead.

I know they're dead.

I mean,
that's not what I mean.

Somehow, I managed
to blank it all out.

I mean, I barely remember
anything about them at all,

only lately,
I've been getting these hits.

I've been seeing them

and seeing bits
of what happened.

Jesus, kurdy.

You know, don't you?

You know
the whole story.

I don't want to
talk about it.

Ricki, you have to talk
about it.

Now, I came all this way
and you are my only shot.

If you know something,
you have to tell me.

I don't know what started it.

But there was
this big argument.

Just shut up.
I don't want to hear this.

Nathaniel, you are burying
your head in the sand.

You listen to me, woman.
I'm your husband, damn it.

Let's stop right here,
right now.

Why don't you
think about kurdy?

I'm thinking about kurdy.
He's my son, too.

What kind of a man
do you think I am?

You swore you would
love and obey.

That's all I'm asking.
Just respect
the vows we made.

No! No goddamn way!

I am begging you,
Nathaniel.

No!

There was blood
all over the place.

He shot her, kurdy.

Your dad
killed your mom.

Fuck.

You smoke?

No.

I always figured I'd die
soon enough without 'em.

You may be right about that.

My guys said
you were carrying g.P.S.
With these coordinates.

Really? I'm impressed.

Your guys don't look like
they could spell g.P.S.

You wanna explain to me what
you're doing here, smart ass?

As soon as you explain to me

where you got
all this technology from.

My guns, my interrogation.

Yeah, that's usually
how it works.

So I brought you
a little present

from a guy named
Jimmy holcomb.

How did you get this?

He didn't seem to have
much use for it,

being dead and all.

Your vaccine didn't work.

In fact, we think
that's what killed him.

He thought you might be
able to figure out why.

Shit.

Shit. Shit!

I want this analyzed.

Just so you know,
Simon's dead, too.

So you're
from thunder Mountain?

I didn't know Simon long,

but I know
that he thought

whatever you were
working on here
is pretty important.

Obviously,
he overestimated my ability.

Yeah, but you are
working on some kind
of vaccine, right?

Yeah, you saw how well
our vaccine worked.

Simon thought that
the... the virus
was coming back,

Jimmy holcomb
believed that, too.

Is that what
you told them?

The good news is

nobody's died just yet,
not that we know of.

But there are signs
that the virus,
or some form of it,

may still be out there.

Simon felt that we were
on the edge of the abyss.

The people that he worked for,
they believe that, too.

If this goddamn thing
is making an encore,

then there are people
who need to know.

I thought you said
no one had died yet.

No, but there are those
who are infected.

How many?

I don't know.

All I know is 15 years ago
when we started counting,

we didn't stop until
everyone we loved was gone.

That was then.

You know, I get the feeling
that you're reacting more

to what happened then,
than what is out there now.

With something
this contagious,

I sure as hell am going to err
on the side of caution.

Well, I can think of something
that is even more contagious

that you might want
to consider.

What's that?

Panic.

I'm so sorry.

Maybe you'd been better off
not knowing.

I remember that scream.

I kept hearing it
in my dreams.

Once it was over,

I guess he realized
what he'd done.

So he must have turned
all that rage onto himself.

By the time
I got into the room,

he had shot himself
in the head.

Murder.

Suicide.

No wonder
I blocked it all out.

I looked all over for you,

Called out your name.

But I couldn't
find you anywhere.

Kurdy?

Kurdy?

It wasn't until, like,
3 or 4 days later

that I found you.

You were still hiding
in a closet

off the living room...

Passed out from dehydration.

I just can't get
my mother's scream
out of my head.

It wasn't your mother,
it was me.

When I heard
the first shot.

She never screamed?

No, something's wrong
with this picture, ricki.

Something's really wrong.

You said you found me
in a closet...

No!

No goddamn way!

I won't have
any part of this.

You can't
make me do this.

For God's sake, Nathaniel,
would you listen to me?

There is no other way.

I am begging you,
Nathaniel.

If you love me,

you won't let me
suffer like this anymore.

Come on, baby,
let... let's talk about this.

Come on.

I'm dying
of the virus anyway.

Please don't let me die
in pain.

No.

I love you so much.

Daddy, please.
Please, don't.

Please, daddy, don't.

I...

Am alone.

Somebody

come and get me.

Oh, kurdy,

I'm sorry.

It was an act of love.

He couldn't stand
to see her suffer anymore.

And I just
didn't understand it,

so I blocked it out.

All these years...

Listen, uh, kurdy,

About those things
I said earlier...

I didn't know
I-if that enclave

was full
of the virus or not.

I figured there was no sense

in both of us dying.

I knew that if I told you,
you'd try to stop me, and...

Tell me something.

It's like
everywhere I look,

love and dying
are wrapped up together.

You think it was
always like that?

I wish I knew.

Uh, listen, man,

I need you
to do me a solid.

Next time
you're writing

one of those letters
to your dad,

mind tossing this one
in the fire, too?

Yeah, man.
It's a...

It would be a privilege,
my friend.

I understand how much
you loved her, dad,

and how hard it must have been
for both of you.

You did what you had to do.

And I guess
that goes for me, too.