Jeremiah (2002–2004): Season 1, Episode 8 - Firewall - full transcript

Dear dad,

dad,

something's happening,

something important.

Kurdy and I
were looking into stories

about a bunch of guys
running around

in what sounded like
environment suits,

grabbing people for tests.

We were pretty sure
they were just a myth.

We were wrong.

Men. They were wearing
some sort of weird outfits.



They kidnapped my sister.
They're just up the road.

If you hurry,
you can stop them.

Then something happened.

I'm ok.
Go on. I'll catch up.

Forget it. Let her go.
Abort. Abort.

Damn!

Hold on!

Nothing's the same anymore.

What is it?

This guy's old.

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.

We left you
in the suit

until we knew
what we were dealing with.

Nothing personal.

You have approximately
4 minutes of oxygen left.

Remove the suit,

or keep it sealed
and suffocate.

How about that?
Back to the beginning.

What is it?

That voice...

I know who you are.

3 minutes.

Just enough time
to cook an egg...

Or settle a grudge.

Would you
like that, Marcus?

Whoa, whoa, Marcus,
what the hell is going on?

Happy now?

Quantrell...

Damn it, quantrell,
I need access to the radio.

The radio is
for authorized
personnel use only.

So's the phone line,
the fax line,
the d.S.L., the telecom...

In case you
haven't noticed, doctor,
we are at a stage 3 alert,

which means
all communications
are at a lockdown.

Well, how am I supposed
to coordinate my efforts
here with the c.D.C.?

You give all your requests
to the sergeant.

He'll get you
whatever you need.

I can't work under
these kinds of restrictions.

They're
completely unreasonable.

They're only unreasonable if
you were planning on using the
com system for personal use.

Was that on your agenda,
doctor?

Look, damn it,
I came here to help.

Then I suggest
you do so, doctor,

by confining your efforts
to the lab

and leaving
base policy to me.

Thank you.

What if it was your wife
who was missing, major?

Doctor, outside these walls,
50 percent of
the world's population

over the age of 13
are dead,

and you're asking me
what would I do

if my wife was out there
in all that.

Well, sir, I would move on,

because knowing I was safe,

that's what she'd want
me to do.

You really think
you're safe here, major?

You really believe
that the plague

is just gonna
come up to the front door
and just turn around?

Go back to the lab,
Dr. Alexander,

and move on.

Everybody out.

Marcus,
what're you...

Erin, you too.

I mean it.

This is personal.

Like father,
like son...

Always picking
the wrong time
to make something pers...

What...

If we're gonna be
arguing amongst ourselves,

I do not want this guy
to hear any more
than he has to.

It's obvious, Marcus,
you two
have some kind of history,

and when this is all over,
I'd love to
hear all about it.

But right now,

we are dealing
with something that affects
everyone in this room,

everyone outside this room,

everybody on the whole
fucking planet
for that matter, ok?

This guy is at least 50.
Look at him.

Nobody that old
is supposed to be alive
after the big death,

but he is,
and I would like to know how.

I'd like to know why,

because I'll bet you
he's not the only one.

Now, we found this guy.
We brought him here.

We have a right
to know what you know.

Kurdy's right.

When I'm finished!

He isn't going anywhere.
I just...

Need a little time.

What about you, Lee?

Where do you stand
on this?

Where I'm supposed to.

Marcus is in charge.
He makes the decisions.

My job is to respect
and implement his decisions.

I haven't forgotten that.

Have you?

We'll be back in an hour.

Oh, you look
a lot like your father,

except your eyes.
You got
your mother's eyes.

Shut up.

You know,

we heard you and your people
set up camp here,

found ways to get
the old place runnin'.

Who's "we"?

I said if we were
smart about it,

we'd just move in,
take over.

I mean, where else
you gonna find
a base like this,

fully operational,
right off the rack, right?

But they didn't listen,

not even
when you got organized.

Said you weren't
worth their trouble.

Thanks for proving my point.
Now maybe they'll listen.

You think
they'll come looking for you?

I know too much for them
to risk me being questioned.

And how will they know
where to find you?

Internal g.P.S. Location chip,
powered by neural electricity.

Take major surgery
to get it out.

The only way it stops
is if I'm dead.

Now, of course,

that'll put you
between the devil
and the deep blue sea, Marcus,

because if you kill me,

you don't get
any of the answers you need.

But if you keep me alive here,

well,

they're gonna come down
on this place... hard.

With troops, heavy artillery,

and one hell of a big
can opener.

Yeah...

And you will lose.

You'll lose everything.

Now, your best bet
is just to let me go.

I mean, that'd be
the smart thing to do.

You've always been
a smart kid,

haven't you, Marcus?

Self-righteous
son of a bitch...

You know,
he wouldn't even be
in charge of this place

if everyone else
in the command structure
around here wasn't dead.

Do you wanna know
what quantrell's doing now?

Sealing off all
the ducting to make sure...

Nobody gets out
of the air filtration
system.

How did you...

I tapped into
the base ethernet system.

I can't get into
his personal files, but...
Marcus!

That kind of behavior
can get you shot.

Did you find
anything else?

Oh, nothing significant,

but I was able
to cross-link a
d.S.L. Connection

they forgot to cut,

and, well, uh...

I got t.V.

Let's see.

And we've just lost contact

with our sister station
in Detroit.

We'll, uh,
try to get them back,

but...

We're getting
continued reports of
fires burning out of control,

all along
the eastern seaboard.

Locally, many parts of Denver
are in flames,

as pyres,
started to cremate the dead,

continue to
get out of control.

With fire stations empty
across the country,

we ask our viewers

to store bodies in
the designated holding areas.

Do not attempt cremation...

Assuming we have
any viewers left.

We'll continue to transmit
for as long as we have power,
but...

I don't know
if anybody out there
can still hear me, but...

I've written a note
to my children.

It's in the top right drawer
of my desk

here at the station.

Whoever survives,
please find them

and tell them...

Tell them I love them,

and I'm sorry, and...

And it's...
It's all in the letter.

I hope that tonight,
all the parents in the world

will tell their children
they love them,

and...

Do their best
to carry on after we're gone,

because barring a miracle,

we'll all be gone soon.

They're all gone...

But you're still here.

Why?

Clean livin'.

Understand this:

My parents are dead
because of you.

All this time,
the only thing
that's kept me going

is the belief
that you were dead as well,
because if you survived,

well, there was no reason
for them to die,

now, was there?

I want the truth,

or I swear to God,

you will never ever
leave here.

Looking
for something?

I know we're preaching
the idea of a new world,

but I didn't think we
left privacy off the list
of approved values.

Marcus told us to wait.

We may as well wait here
as anyplace else.

This isn't like you.

I don't know
if you got the message
down there or not,

but something bad
is going on.

You ever seen Marcus
go off like that?

Never seen you
break in an office
before either.

I was in here the other day.
Marcus was looking for a file.

I thought I saw something
that said "quantrell."

Marcus is hiding something
from us, Erin,

and it has something to do
with this place.

Now, if he wants to play games
because he doesn't trust us,

then we are left
to our own devices.

He didn't say
he doesn't trust you.

Look, you guys
are still new here.

You don't know Marcus
the way we do.

Is he flawed? Yes.

Eccentric? Sure.

He has a brilliant mind.

He was a child prodigy.

Show me one of them
who isn't screwed up a little.

Eccentric or not,
it's his mind and his spirit

that have kept us going
all this time.

Got it, right here.

Major g. Quantrell,
executive officer.

That is the name
that Marcus mentioned.

He used to be one of the guys
in charge of this place.

Hell, this was probably
his office.

You see that, Erin?
He was military.

He still is,
from the way he talks.

That's not possible.

There is no more military,

at least not the way it was
before the big death.

Well, until a few hours ago,

we didn't think
anyone still had
a working helicopter either,

but these guys had 2,
and one of 'em took
a shot at us.

You can't have military
without a command structure,

without resources, hardware,

a base of operation
and enough weapons to...

Merry freakin' Christmas.

Out.

I mean it.

Quantrell.

What? What?

Colonel, no way
I can let this happen.

Major, my orders
are this patient,
meaghan Lee rose,

is to be held
in a secure location
on this base,

until she can be
transferred to the center
for disease control.

They need to figure out
how she can have this disease
but not die from it.

Sir, she's nothing
but a typhoid Mary.

I don't care
if she's big death Bertha,
major.

I have my orders.
You have yours.

Fine.
Put her in quarantine.

Motherfucker.
Son of a bitch.

Sergeant!
Sir.

Once she's in, you seal off
that part of the base.

Yes, sir.

Captain?
Yes, sir.

When they're gone,
lock down the Mountain.

Nobody gets in or out.

I don't give a good goddamn
who comes knockin'.

I don't care if they got
5 stars and a battalion.

They don't like it,
they can damn well
try and dig us out.

Yes, sir.

As of 07:30 this morning,

I've received instructions
from the surviving
joint chiefs

that this base
is to be locked down.

Effective immediately.

Dad, aren't you
supposed to be copied

on anything that involves
quarantine?

Yeah, I am.

But you didn't hear
about this?

No.

The use of deadly force
to be used against anyone

attempting to enter
or leave this facility,

until we've been given
the all-clear,

which may not come
for a very long time.

God bless America.

God bless us all.

Dismissed.

Come on.

You never received
that order,
did you, major?

I don't have to
explain my actions to you
or anyone else...

Because I
would've been copied
on the lockdown, correct?

Must've gotten
lost in the mail.

Odd. I'd like to see it.

I'll think about it.

I said I would like to see
that order, major.

No.

Doctor, doctor...

You see anyone else in here
asking to see orders?

Of course not.

Little news flash for you:

If I keep the plague
out of here,

they're gonna kiss my ass
and give me a medal.

Because it has nothing to do
with orders anymore.

It's about survival,

and I will do
whatever I think necessary

to keep this base operational
and uninfected.

Major, if you think
for one sec...

Sir! Monitor of the watch.
We have an intruder outside.

Monitor 3.

Sean?

Sean, can you hear me?

Mom...

I'm sorry, Sean.

I'm sorry
I didn't get here sooner,

so I could say goodbye.

I'm infected, Sean.

Symptoms started showing up
a day and a half ago.

Doesn't leave me much time...

But I had to talk...

What the hell
are you doing?

Nothing we can do.

We have to
bring her inside.

Are you out of your mind, man?
She's infected.

We have one other
quarantine room.

Negative.
The base is sealed.

But damn it, quantrell,
she is my wife.

I cannot just leave her
out there to die.

If we could
bring her inside,

then at least
I can try
to keep her alive.

Remove this man
from my office, please.

Yes, sir.

You cannot do this to me,
quantrell.

Quantrell!

I just... I needed to see you.

Please...

Please get this,
and know I love you.

Hey...

I'm going again.
You wanna come?

No way, man.

Major's on the warpath.
He finds out, we're both dead.

That's why
we have to do it now.

As soon as we switch over
to the recycled air
and filtration system,

the system will alert
if anything
bigger than 5 microns

tries to get through.

There'll be no way
in or outta here.

Look, even if
I wanted to go,

there is no way
I'm going in
the houses of the dead.

Man, have you
lost your mind?

As long as you
wear a clean suit,
it's safe.

I got a couple from the lab.
Nobody'll ever miss 'em.

Just gotta be careful
not to tear 'em or anything,
that's all.

I don't care if it's safe.
It's just...

Clete, it's not right.

What, do you think they care?
They're dead, rich.

They died and they got
shoved in those places

with all their... their jewelry
and wallets and watches.

Because nobody wanted
to touch them.

Because they didn't have
a way to do it safe.
We do.

Look, I've seen the same
news reports you have.

The virus is spread
by skin contact.

It stays bad for a few days
even after the body's dead,

but as long as
you don't touch 'em,

you're fine.

Look, I'm just offerin'
'cause you're a buddy.

I mean, sooner or later,
this whole thing's
gonna blow over,

and when it does,

I'm gonna be
set for life.

You don't want
a piece of that,
it's your call.

Well, I don't, all right?

Suit yourself.

See you in a few.

Marcus, go sit down
for a sec.

Listen, can you
use your computer

to hook into
the security cameras?

Uh, yeah,
yeah, I think so.

Just give me a sec.
Ok.

We've got to re-route...

Back door...

There.

Enhance.

Hey, mom?

Mom, can you hear me?

Marcus?

Marcus, oh, my God.

I wanted...

I wanted to hear your voice
one more time...

Jean, it's me.

We're doing
everything we can
to get you inside.

Sean, if you do that,

i will get in this car
and I will drive away.

Damn it.

It's too late, Sean.

Too late.

I thought about turning back
to save you,

but I couldn't.

Maybe that was selfish of me,

but I wanted to say goodbye,

so at least
you wouldn't have to wonder

if I was still...

Oh, God.

Jean?

Oh... I love you, Sean.

Marcus...

I love you.

Jean, listen,

listen, I'm working
with the c.D.C.
On some new treatments.

Maybe they can
keep you alive for a while,

maybe long enough
for them to find a cure.

You always
were a romantic, Sean.

I love you for that,

but we both know

that there isn't anything
that's gonna help me now.

The only thing I do know
is that quantrell is wrong

if he thinks that he can
keep the plague out of here.

I mean,
if it's coming anyway,
then we might as...

Mom?

Mom?

It's all right.

She's still alive.

Stage 2 infection
leads to periodic blackouts

dementia, and then...

We'll just
give her some time.

It'll all be better with time.

Yes?

They brought him in
a little over an hour ago.

I'm afraid so.

Has the team
already left the ground?

Is there any way to stop them?

Understood.

I'll be there.

I can't do this.

I cannot let her die

in the middle
of the goddamned road

when she's just
30 feet away,

and for what?

So quantrell can
kid himself into thinking
he's safe in here?

Turn around.
Come here.

Come on.

I want you to listen
to me very carefully,
Marcus.

This is important.

I love you.

I love you,
and I love your mother,

and I would never, ever choose
to leave either one of you,

especially if one of you
was in pain.

No one...

No one should die alone,
without a human hand to hold.

Now, you know
what the plague is,

because we've talked
about it a hundred times,

and you know
that it won't affect you

or... or anyone younger
than you,
but everyone who's older.

The bad thing
is that life persists,

and this virus
is a form of life,

and if it runs out of food
in one place,

it'll just keep knocking
on every door it can find

until it exhausts the supply,
and only then will it die out.

Now, what's going to happen
to me, Marcus,

it's inevitable,

as is what's going to
happen to you...

And that's the good thing,
is that life persists,

because you will survive,
you and the others your age.

We have really screwed up
this world, Marcus,

but you're gonna
have a chance
to make it right again,

and that means making a world
that is based on compassion.

And I guess...

I guess that world
has to start someplace.

Come here.

I love you,
Marcus.

Please live, hmm?
For your mother and me,

because a piece of us
will always be alive in you.

Yes, sir. Copy that.

I've completed
my patrol of sector "d."

All is clear
and ready for lockdown.

With your permission,
I'll move down to level 3
and begin...

Now, I want the keys to this

and that front door,
right now.

Sir, we've had
a breach in security.

Somebody got in?

No, sir. Out.

Son of a bitch.

Damn it.

We locked the door again
as soon as he was outside

and canceled
all key cards.

There's no way
he's getting back inside.

Shit.

Sean?

Ok, I'm right here, Jean.

What's that?

It's just...

It's gonna be
something for the pain.

It's gonna
help you relax,

all right?

There we go.

There we go.

Ok. Come on over here.

Just relax, ok?

I was...

I was having a dream.

That's all
it was, Jean.

It was just a dream.
It was just...

It was just a bad dream,
but it's...

It's all over now.

Mmm.

I keep thinking
there's...

Some reason
you shouldn't be here.

Don't be silly.

Well...

Where else
would I be, huh?

It's all right.
It's fine.
We're just gonna...

We're just gonna sit here,
just for a while.

Mmm.

It's a pretty day,
isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, I know,
it's a pretty day.

Reminds me of the day
we were married.

You wore
that awful suit.

It never quite fit right,
and the color...

I remember.
I remember.

But I never loved you more,

and I never loved you less.

Well, that was the deal,
right? Huh?

To have and to hold,

to love
and to cherish, till...

I feel if I let go,

I'll fall.

Just listen to me.

I want you to know,
when the time comes,

that it's ok to let go.
It's all right,

because I will
always be there
to catch you...

Mmm.

All right?

Always.

Clete... you copy?

Yeah, I'm right here.

Hey, listen,
you better get your ass
back here, a.S.A.P.

I'm almost done.

No, you're done now.

I've just heard
the major's
sending somebody

to make sure
we're locked down tight,
so get on back, fast.

All right, all right.
I'm comin' in.

Ow!

God.

Why do you still
have that suit on?
What's wrong?

Nothing. Nothing.
I'm fine.

What happened out there?

Nothing.

Do what you have to do.

Just don't let
anyone see you.

My mother is dead.
My father is dead.

But you're
still alive.

When we didn't find
your body, I...

I figured you tried
to make a run for it,

but there was no place to run.

I was wrong.

Where did you go?

Where have you been?

Why are you alive
when everybody
I loved is dead?

Come on, Marcus.

Stop asking questions

when you already
know the answers.

Go ahead, say it.

The sooner you say it,
the sooner
you're gonna realize

you're in over your head,

the sooner
I get out of here.

Valhalla sector.

I have someone here

who's gonna be very happy
to meet you.

I know you.

I've seen you before.

Not as often
as I've seen you.

How in the fuck
did you get in here?

I walked through the walls,

following the steps
of the dark man.

Wh-who are you?

Ezekiel.

I wasn't supposed to
talk to you,

but we may not have
another chance,

and there's something
you need to know.

I'm your brother.

My brother died
right in front
of my fuckin' eyes.

What are you
talking about?

I know. He's gone.

Nonetheless,
we are brothers.

We had different fathers
and different mothers,

but we are brothers.

You have to understand
while there's still time.

Remember,

I told you the thunder
would change you forever.

So what?
It's started.

Whoa, yo, yo.

What the hell's
wrong with you, man?

Find Erin. Tell her
I... I gotta see Marcus.

He still has 10 minutes.

No, he doesn't.
He's out of time.

You're running
out of time, Marcus.

You'd better go ahead
and let the genie
out of the bottle,

and you'll live longer.

You care about that.
I don't.

That's all
you've ever cared about.

Clete...
Hey, clete.

Hey, you're late
for your shift, man.

Oh...

No, that's all there is
to care about.

I've seen death, quantrell.
I'm not afraid of it.

Listen to me.

We should move the bodies
outside and burn them.

We won't get sick.

I know this is
gonna be hard,

but only the youngest
should touch them...

And me,

just in case.

Now, where's quantrell?

Where were you?

I got out.
I ran.

As soon as I heard
what happened, I ran.

Ran... ran where?

To a place that had
the will to do

what your father
and others couldn't...

Shut the door
on the rest of the world

and wait.

They're comin'.
Helicopters are comin'.

You got radar here.
Use it.

Marcus, we
gotta talk.

Not now.
Yes, now.

Damn it, Jeremiah.

Hey!
Jeremiah.

Get me command.

Well...

What?

This is a red-letter day.

We heard you were dead.

Why... why do you
know my name?

You heard I was dead?
Who told you that?

You'll find out
soon enough.

Bullshit,
all right?

I need some straight answers,
and I need 'em right now.

He's from Valhalla sector.

You people are pathetic.

You know that?
You're pathetic.

You've got all this,

and you think
you know what power is.

You don't have a clue.

You have no idea
what power is.

You don't even know
who you're messing with here.

You want to know
what it's all about?
Is that it, hmm?

We're coming out.

That's right.

We've been waiting,
biding our time,

but now we're
just about ready to move,

and when we do,
we're gonna build a world
based on power.

Anybody doesn't like it,
we'll push 'em aside
or leave 'em behind,

'cause we've got
the knowledge,

we've got
the technology,

we've got the guns,
and we've got the will.

We're gonna bring back
order and discipline.

We're gonna do it our way,

because you people
have had your chance.

You've had 15 years,
and you've screwed it up.

You've been
sitting on your asses

feeling sorry for yourselves,
letting the world go to shit.

Well, those days are over.

Yeah, that's right.

It's our turn now.

We would've come out
a long time ago, except...

Except for what?

What scared you
back under your rock?

Scared you so bad
you grab innocent people

and test them
for God knows what?

You're coming out?

If you're not afraid
of the outside,

why are you walking around
in an airtight suit?

You know my name.

Maybe you know
somebody else...

My father.

I know more
than you wanna hear.

We've got 6 choppers coming...

What?
Say again.

Marcus, we've got 6 choppers
coming this way,

100 Miles and closing fast.

Looks like
they're heavily armed.

What does that mean?

What does that mean?

Future's comin', kiddies.

The future's comin'.

It's gonna knock down
your front door

unless you let me outta here
right now.

Marcus?

I gotta do something.

Marcus!

Distance, 80 Miles.

Marcus,
what are you doing?
Leave me alone.

No, those choppers are...
I know.

They're coming fast!
I know!

We've gotta
let him go.

What? No fucking way.

Get your hands
off of me.

Listen to me.
I've spent
15 years of my life

looking for my father
and Valhalla sector,

and now we have somebody
who fucking lives there,

and you expect me
to let him go? No!

Do you think
I wanna let him go?

You must!

Do you?
Don't you understand?

That... that if he's alive,
that means
there was a way out,

and that means he didn't...

I have to put
the safety of the others
before my own.

We can't take 'em,
not yet.
We're not ready.

Bullshit, Marcus!

I built this place up.
I made it what it is.

I made it into a place
where we could go out
and create peace.

Look, if you're not ready,

it's because you
already waited too long.

60 Miles.

They won't stop
unless
he's dead or gone.

We can take 'em.

We're not ready.
We are!

You've got guns.
I know you do.
I've seen 'em.

50 Miles now.

You want a war?

Yes!

You want a war,
Jeremiah?

Swords into
plowshares, man.

You want a piece of flesh.
I want a piece of flesh.

All God's children
want a piece of flesh.

You want a war, Jeremiah?
You want a war?

You've got a war.

Marcus,
Marcus.

Marcus. Marcus!

It's about time you got here.
Where are the others?

Where are the others?

Hey, what are you waiting for?
Open the door.
Get me out of here.

My fathers say hello,
both of them.

What are you doing?

Hey! What are you doing?

Don't do that!

Open this door!

Damn it!
Damn you!

Open the...

Hey.

Come on,
we've gotta stop them.

30 Miles.

Choppers are holding
at 20 Miles.

Helicopters
are changing course.

They're heading away.

Marcus, what...

You wanted
to see us?

You ok, Marcus?

Did you know
that in the 15th century,

when the black death
was wiping half of Europe out,

the churches
kept all the knowledge

of the secular world safe?

Then one day,

they took that knowledge
back out into the world,

and what followed
was the renaissance.

Some historians say

that the renaissance
would never have happened

if the black death
hadn't happened first.

They never consider
the possibility

that the renaissance
also wouldn't have happened

if the churches had just
sat on all those books

waiting for the right day.

That's a cool story,

but I don't think
it really answers

"are you ok?"

I've just been thinking...

Thinking since
I took over this place,

thinking since
the two of you arrived

and said we should be
doing more outside,

even if it risked
exposing our situation here.

I've...

I've been thinking
for too long.

There's a military term
I used to hear

when my father
was still alive:

"Use them or lose them."

We know that Valhalla sector
is real.

We know that they're armed
and that
they're gonna move soon,

and we know that the world
that they wanna make

is not the world
that we wanna make.

If we wait, we lose.

The renaissance never comes...

So we're not waiting anymore.

We have resources.
Let's use them.

We need to start
revealing ourselves
to the world outside:

Who we are, what we can do,
but not where we are.

Tell people
they got a chance,

that they're not alone,

get them organized...

And pray like hell
that we're not too late.

Hi. My name's Erin.

Listen,
I can't tell you
where I'm from...

I can't tell you
where I'm from,

and I can't tell you
who sent me,

but I come from a place...

I come from a place
where we've organized.

The big death wasn't the end.

We have to choose
what we want
for our future.

If we don't,
somebody else will.

Hi.

You look like hell.

It's been a long day.

I bet.

I sometimes wonder
why you come here,

every day, faithfully,

even knowing
the virus is still in me,

even knowing what I am.

Why is that, Marcus?

I don't know.