Jericho (2006–2008): Season 1, Episode 11 - Vox Populi - full transcript

Eight weeks after the bomb, the day before the mayoral election, gentle Dale finds his employer, shopkeeper Gracie, murdered. Mitch Cafferty says Jonah Prowse claimed the murder and offers to help find him. Gray Anderson makes mayor Johnston Green's initial unwillingness an electoral issue, so a search party is formed, in fact several, uncoordinated. Mother Green tells 16 year-old Dale he's the shop's heir, even though Dale was mad at Gracie before her death, and offers her help; Sean's street gang intimidates Dale. Jake finds Jonah wounded at Emily's but is also held at gunpoint, told Mitchell and his own men did him in; Jonah faints, later flees while Jake informs dad the sitting mayor, but is caught by Gray's men, which swings the election his way. Cafferty asks Dale 50% protection money 'dont't repeat her mistake'. Jonah is on death-row by Gray's one-man tribunal, but when Jake calls Gray's bluff to be judge and executioner, Jonah is left to leave, helped by Emily. Now many weeks-long wanderers arrive destitute, including Roger. Dale shoots Mitch.

Previously on Jericho:

All right, it looks like the explosion
came from the west, maybe Denver.

Maybe one of you
would like to tell me

just exactly who you think
is in charge here.

Gray's finally getting
that election, huh?

- Is the mayor nervous?
- Not as nervous as he should be.

- You're blushing.
- It's a reaction to the iodine, okay?

It's a reaction to having your shirt off
in front of me.

Did you steal from me, Dale?
After everything I have done for you?

Everything you've done? You wouldn't
have a store if it wasn't for me.

- Where are you going?
- To get the generator.



- From Jonah?
- Yeah.

Even if you get the generator,
it won't end there.

If you push my father, Jake,
he'll push back.

- Mitchell Cafferty, that is not yours.
- Whoa, easy, big fella.

Mitchell and the other guys don't see
our arrangement the way I do.

Gracie, we've got all this food
out here.

We sure could use a place
to distribute it.

You have to stop doing business
with Jonah.

I'm in.

Dad, I need you.

Right now.

Dad.

Hey.

- What you got there?
- A football.



Yeah, yeah, I know that.
What's it for?

You have to teach me to play.

- Why?
- Because I don't know how.

Well, I'm not sure I know how.

- Okay, okay, I know a little.
- Come on.

What, this is something
that has to be done right now?

Yeah.

Okay.

Hey, what are you doing?

Putting a hand pump on this well,

so we don't have to waste
generator power for water.

Is there really a well under there?

First well in Jericho,
according to the sign.

I remember another first
that happened right there.

- You shouldn't have dared me.
- Nobody had to dare you.

Yeah, well, I remember
one of your finer moments,

right over there behind Bailey's.

Yeah, let's not talk about that.
I can get sick right now.

Yeah, some people can't hold
their apple wine coolers.

You kept singing that depressing
song by that bald girl.

Sin?ad O'Connor.
And that was our song.

Our song? I never got to vote.

Hey, let's talk about
what happened right there,

the day you went to get medicine
for your dad.

Heather kissed you.
She talks to me about it.

Yeah, I don't want her to get hurt.

I have no plans to do that.

Mrs. Leigh?

Mrs. Leigh?

Mrs. Leigh.

Oh, Gracie.

No.

Get back.

Dad.

Do we know who did this?

No witnesses.

She was already gone
by the time Dale found her.

You sure that Dale didn't kill her?

The blood on the floor
has been drying for a long time,

and that boy is incapable
of doing something like that.

Nobody is incapable
under the right circumstances.

Mayor Green,

Mitchell Cafferty
has something to tell you.

You back off!

Jonah said he killed her,
but I didn't believe him.

Jonah Prowse said he did this?

Jonah showed up at the compound
and his arm was all torn up.

Said that he killed Gracie

because she wouldn't do business
with him.

He was trying to prove to the guys
that he's still in charge.

- Where's Jonah now?
- I don't know.

He hit me with a tire iron.
All I saw was him driving away.

You believe this guy, Johnston?

He broke out of our jail.
He's a fugitive...

Listen, I wouldn't blame you
if you locked me up right now.

If you want any help
tracking down Jonah, I'm ready.

Eric, why don't you talk
to Mitch here?

See if he can help.

Let's go.

- This guy's a criminal, Johnston.
- Yeah, I know what he is.

I'm trying to figure out
what he knows.

We can arrest him anytime.

We just had our first murder
in 30 years.

And I've been mayor of this town
for 25 of those years.

That's the problem,
you still think Jericho's

the same sweet little town it was
before the bombs.

- We need somebody who...
- Save it for the election, Gray.

- This is what the election is about.
- Wanna get this civilian off the scene?

Just tell me the name of the song.

If you don't remember,
I'm not telling you.

I remember
it was sad and depressing.

You must not remember
our relationship.

- This is a great house.
- Yeah, thanks.

First one Roger and I looked at.
He made an offer immediately.

You know what you want,
why keep looking?

Thanks for walking me home.

Thanks for helping with the well.

Bye.

Don't say a word.

I just heard.

I'm so sorry, Dale.

The only lead
we have to go on right now

is that Mitchell Cafferty said
Jonah confessed.

Well, Mitch is not much
of a witness.

I was there yesterday
when Gracie stood up to Jonah.

Said she wasn't gonna do
business with him anymore.

He couldn't have been too happy
about that.

All right, we need to pull a couple
of guys off of patrol and go find him.

If Jonah did this,
he is not gonna come in willingly.

- I'm coming too.
- No, Dale.

I know how to shoot a gun.

Son, the last thing
you need to be doing right now

is waving a gun around
at the man you think killed Gracie.

He did it.

You said yourself she stood up
to Jonah and now she's dead.

You're not going, Dale.

There's something
that I have to talk to you about.

Gray is gonna use this
for all it's worth, Dad.

A lot of people
are starting to listen to him.

Well, you listen to me.
I've known Gracie all my life.

We're gonna find the man
who did this, bring him to justice.

I do not want to hear another word
about this election.

Yes, sir.

Any news on Jonah?

No, no one in here has seen him.

Jonah better hope
that Gray doesn't find him.

He says he's gonna make an example
out of him.

What's he gonna do, string him up?

You can't kill someone
in the middle of Main Street.

Yeah? Tell that to Gracie Leigh.

Gray came back from Topeka
a changed man.

He's not messing around.

And I, for one,
think he's got the right idea.

Wait a minute.
You're not voting for Gray Anderson?

I'm not gonna answer that.
This is still America.

Just barely.

- Bonnie.
- Bonnie.

Bonnie.

Bonnie.

Bonnie.

Okay, that was good.

- Let's try again.
- What was good about that?

I don't know. Just pick up the ball.

Why can't you throw it to somebody
else when they're chasing you?

- I don't know what you mean.
- When they're chasing you.

- When who is chasing who?
- Guys that want the ball.

- God, why do you suck at this?
- Hey, you gotta watch your mouth.

Hey, it's too cold for you
to be out here playing without jackets.

- How's it going?
- Not so well.

I need to get back to work.

Son, the trick is the grip, all right?

You put your little finger
and your ring finger...

No, this one.
Yeah, should go on the white stripe.

Thumb goes underneath it.

Okay? Now, just go.

Just, throw it to me. Okay?

All right.
There's nothing wrong with that.

Hey, I thought basketball
was your game.

Not all my games.

- Hey, Jake.
- I need your help.

Be right there.

- So where are we going?
- Jonah's compound.

My dad and Eric
are meeting us there.

You think he's still out there?

I think he doesn't have
a lot of places to hide

or a lot of people to turn to.

Well, he must have some other
friends in town. Or maybe family.

Hold on.

What if they can't find him?
He can't just get away with this.

They'll find him.

What am I supposed to do?

Sit down, Dale.

There are some things
you need to know.

Come on.

After the bombs went off
and your mother died,

Gracie changed her will.

She left her store to you.

I was the witness.

The papers are in a lock box
at the bank, along with the keys.

Nobody expects a 16-year-old boy
to run that business.

You need to take some time

and think about
what you're gonna do with all this.

I'll be there if you need me.

I can't take her store.

I quit, I called her a liar.
I said the worst things...

That happens in families.
People get mad, say things.

But that doesn't erase everything
that came before.

Gracie loved you,
and she wanted you to have her store.

Come on, guys. Check around back.

- Hey, what are you doing, Gray?
- Manhunt, same as you.

Got to thinking that Jonah might
be coming to Emily for sympathy.

- We can handle this.
- Yeah, who's that?

Those of us who protect this town.

- You're doing a hell of a job.
- This is dangerous, Gray.

We can't just have a bunch of
vigilantes running around town.

Little late for that. I've seen
two other truckloads of guys

running around this neighborhood.
The town is heading toward chaos.

It's not gonna calm down
until somebody finds Jonah Prowse.

- What's going on?
- We're looking for Jonah Prowse.

He killed Gracie Leigh.

- Since he's your father...
- Not in any way that matters.

Well, we'd like to look around
a little bit.

- No.
- She wouldn't hide him, Gray.

We're gonna look around a little bit,
and then we'll be gone.

There's no sign of him
in the back yard.

That's good news. Come on,
I'll patrol with you for a while.

Let's go, Gray.

Watch this house.

Let's do it.

- Thank you.
- Where is he?

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

You didn't blink when you
heard about Gracie. Where is he?

I didn't kill Gracie Leigh.

Then why are you holding us
at gunpoint?

Because maybe
you won't believe me.

Maybe you'll try to be
some kind of hero and take me in.

He's bleeding. He needs a doctor.

I am not going into town.

Jake, you're gonna help me
get out of here.

I'm not helping you.
For all I know, you're a murderer.

I didn't do it.

I walked out this morning,

found myself surrounded
by my own men.

Mitchell Cafferty's there. He tells me
Gracie Leigh's been murdered.

When I asked him who did it,
Mitchell says to me:

"You did.
And I saw the whole thing."

Before I knew it,
he's got a knife on me,

and he sliced my arm open.

But I took a crowbar to him
before he could finish the job.

Your guys sided with Mitch?

It didn't sit too well with them,

that my little girl
stole our haul from the food drop.

I stopped Mitchell Cafferty
from putting a bullet in her brain.

They did this to you
because you wouldn't kill me?

Oh, God. Okay, okay, okay.

Get him up. We gotta take him in.

But we gotta be careful.

There are a lot of people out there

who'd rather shoot first
and ask questions later.

Mitchell will keep coming
until he kills me.

We'll take him to town hall.
You'll be safe there.

Those guys will walk right in and kill
me and anyone who gets in their way.

What did you come here for?
Put your own daughter at risk.

Shut up!
Just get him... Get him a doctor.

- Dale.
- Hey.

What happened?

She was murdered. Stabbed.

- Dale.
- Dale!

I just heard.

You the one who found her?

Yeah.

Open the place up.
Let's have some fun.

Back off, Sean.

What do you care?
It's not your store.

Yeah, it is.

- All of it.
- What are you talking about?

Gracie gave it to me.

Worked out for you then, huh?

Dale.

- Stop it!
- Come on, man.

- You're lucky I don't take you out.
- Get out of here, Sean.

Sean, you all right?

See you around?

Did you find the guy?

No, no, not yet.

Look, I gotta check on something
in the basement,

and then I'm going back
with Gray and his men.

Between that basement
and all the men with guns around...

Hey.

What's wrong?

Listen, Robert, is this what we have
to look forward to?

You know, people showing up,

you grabbing a damn gun
and running off?

It's not all that different than before.

Yeah, it worked out so well for us,
didn't it?

So when are we gonna lose you?

Lose me? I don't know that you are.

The kids are getting used
to having you here.

Yeah.

What about you, D?

Yeah, me too.

I don't want to go anywhere.

I like being here.

You lock the basement.

Or you tell those men to
fight their own battles and stay home.

The damn world ended.

Can't you just be with us?

- Kenchy, I need you to come with me.
- Where?

I'll tell you on the way
to the medical center, all right?

Look, we need some supplies.

Well, you want me to kill someone?
You need a real doctor, my friend.

A real doctor wouldn't do
what I need done.

Let's go.

How bad is it?

Whoever did this
used a serrated edge.

I could've done without that.

- Did you stop the bleeding?
- Oh, mostly.

I gave him a shot for the pain.
Probably fall asleep now.

So is this the guy?

The murderer
that everybody's talking about?

Well, he says no.

No one's gonna believe him.

- They're out for blood.
- He's not gonna get a fair shake.

Yes, he will. I'll go get my dad.

He can bring him in, make sure
things are done the right way.

Look, it's Jonah's only chance.

Okay.

All right, lock the door.

Mind if I wash my hands?

We're not safe.

Gracie's death
makes that all too clear.

I'll tell you what, Mary,

the chaos I saw when I was fighting
my way back home to Jericho,

well, now it's right here
on our Main Street.

Criminals like Jonah Prowse
think we're easy targets now.

Well, I'll tell you what.

I think we should go find
Jonah Prowse

and make an example of him.

And he shouldn't get to sit around
for 15 years

before he gets what's coming to him.

We have to send a message.
Crime will not be tolerated.

We are willing to do
whatever it takes to keep Jericho safe.

- Remember at the polls tomorrow.
- I need your help.

Vote Gray Anderson
for a new Jericho.

Watch it.

- Sorry about that, Ma.
- Oh, no, no, we are not doing that.

- Come on now, you can call me Pa.
- Seriously, that really creeps me out.

Good creepy or bad creepy?

Look, what we did,
it's not what you think.

I had a weak moment.
It was a mistake.

- I'm really good at making mistakes.
- Yes, you are.

Believe me, it was a pleasant surprise,
but we can't do this anymore.

Because of Bonnie?

Yeah, I'll talk to her. She'll be fine.

Do you know how many second dates
I've had in the last five years?

- I'm guessing not many.
- And do you know why?

Yeah, because you're obnoxious and
demanding and totally self-absorbed.

Yeah.

And you are sweet, simple,
and bull-headed.

You can't handle someone like me.
This will never work.

That's what they said
about Brangelina.

Are you seriously quoting
Us magazine right now?

Yeah, what do you think
they would call us?

Stimely? Mimely?

Stimi?

You are such an idiot.

- You're harboring a criminal, Jake.
- He's hurt.

All right, he needed a doctor.
So I got one and then I came to you.

Well, we have got us
one hell of a problem, Jake,

because if anyone knows
that you've been hiding Jonah Prowse

while the town
has been looking for him,

they'll throw us all in jail.

Jonah says Mitchell killed Gracie,
then he set him up.

- What do you think?
- He might be telling the truth.

You are not a judge or a jury.
We're gonna get him.

- Bring him in and...
- That's what I came here for.

You better...

He's gone.

Let's get him.

That's him, let's get him.

Well, well, Jonah Prowse.

- Tried to get away from us, huh?
- Pick him up.

Get him up, guys.

All right, let's go.
Get out of the truck.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Do you solemnly swear to uphold
the laws of the state of Kansas

and faithfully discharge
the duties of mayor?

I do.

Congratulations.

Friends, thank you
for placing your trust in me

to lead Jericho
through this difficult time.

This town belongs to all of us,
and we must work together to survive.

The resources of this town
also belong to all of us,

and therefore as my first
official act as mayor,

I am ordering the food from the food
drop to be distributed immediately.

And now to the subject of security.

One of our citizens
was brutally murdered.

But her murderer
will be held to account.

Justice will be swift and sure,
you have my word.

Yeah.

Don't take that too seriously.

They're not calling
for your head on a platter.

Why did you run?

My father was gonna bring you in.

Your father
just got shown the door, Jake.

I didn't want this to happen.

Jonah made his own bed.

I'm sorry your dad lost the election.

- I feel if I hadn't gotten you involved...
- No.

The people spoke.
And they got exactly what they wanted.

- What do you want, Mitchell?
- Just visiting.

Hey, sweetie, would you mind giving
me and my man here a little privacy?

It's okay.

I'll be back in a second.

So I hear you and I
are gonna be partners now.

Where did you get that?

Well, you're running the store.
You're gonna need protection.

From who? Jonah's in jail.

This has nothing to do with Jonah.

Don't make the same mistake
that Gracie made.

I get half the cut.

Or those people out there

are gonna be putting flowers
and candles on the sidewalk for you.

Okay?

See you tomorrow.

And the next day. And the next day.

- Are you knitting?
- Yeah.

It's one of the few things
that ever just zone me out.

I learned in the dorm at Vassar.

Not so hot for me now, are you?

No, it's just, actually, I think
that belonged to my mother.

Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

I found it half finished
in a trunk upstairs.

- It's okay.
- No, no, I'll put it back.

No, no, no, I think...
I think you should finish it.

- No, I couldn't.
- Look, it's okay.

I actually think
my mother would've liked you.

- Really?
- No, not at all.

Manley.

Our tabloid name.
Mimi and Stanley, Manley.

Is that really the message
you want to be putting out there?

You're right, good point.
Stimi's better.

Dad.

We're gonna have to take down
all these posters.

Get this place back to normal.

I don't think normal's
where we're headed.

Yeah.

I...

I'm sorry.

So am I.

Mayor.

- Mitchell Cafferty did it.
- What?

- He killed Gracie.
- What are you talking about, Dale?

He said if I refused to give him
a cut of the store,

he would do to me
what he did to Gracie.

Let's find Gray.

All right, Jonah. Get up, let's go.

Let's go.

- Where are you taking me?
- You'll find out when we get there.

Gray, what are you doing?

We're moving him
to a more secure location.

There's a lot of folks who want
to rip him apart after what he did.

We don't know what he did.
He hasn't had a trial yet.

These are special circumstances,
Johnston.

We don't have a judge.

As mayor, I formed a tribunal
and he was found guilty.

You did what?

Mitch just told Dale
that he would do to him

what he did to Gracie
if he didn't go along with him.

Well, did anyone else
hear him say that?

- No.
- That's hardly proof.

You think I'm lying? I'm not lying.

He was trying to intimidate you.
It doesn't mean he actually did it.

This is unbelievable.

You don't care who killed her,
you want Jonah.

- I've got Jonah.
- He's innocent.

He's far from innocent. He's been
preying on this town for years.

From now on,
guys like him go away.

We don't coddle them,
we don't make deals.

What you planning on doing, Gray?
You gonna kill him in cold blood?

Say he tried to escape
while moving him to a secure location?

Who's gonna do it? Bill?

You gonna put a bullet in Jonah's head
when Gray tells you to?

I'm not shooting anybody.

It's up to you, Gray.

Come on, no?

This is what you want, right?

You make the rules,
decide who lives and dies.

Go ahead and do it. You do it here.

In front of me and Dale.
In front of everyone.

Not in some back room
with your buddies.

Don't let someone else
do the dirty work for you.

You want him dead, you take this gun
and blow his brains out.

- Gray, no.
- You better be damn sure he's guilty.

Because if he's not,
you're a murderer.

And justice will be swift.

Jonah agrees to leave town
and not come back.

- Exile.
- Worked for the Greeks.

The town gets rid of Jonah Prowse,
and you get to save face.

All right.

- Now what about Mitchell Cafferty?
- Why don't you let me handle that?

Look, Johnston. I love this town.

I just wanna keep it safe.
Like it always was.

What it always was is a democracy.

That's easy
when things are going all right.

But when you're scared or mad,

it gets to be a lot harder.

- I'll try to watch out for that.
- Oh, I think we'll all be watching.

You know, my father,

your grandfather, he was...
He was an excellent athlete.

You know? I mean, all sports.

Sam, he won lots of awards
when he was in school.

But the thing is, when I was your age,
he was in the Air Force.

And he was gone a lot,

and he didn't have time
to teach me much, so...

Sam, that's why I suck at football.

Me too.

I'm sorry about that, son.

Yeah.

Oh, here she comes.
Come on, come on.

You ready? Hut!

He practiced hard.

Here you go, coach.

Hey.

I'm here. Okay? Right here.

- Robert...
- Hey.

Isn't that what football players
do to each other?

This will keep you warm.

- Emily, when Chris was born...
- Don't.

When Chris was born,
you were four years old.

Your mother said
she wanted a clean break.

I was into some bad stuff

and she didn't want you and Chris
growing up in it.

So I let her go.

But I didn't want to.

She never got over you.

We loved each other.

- It was like with...
- Like you and Jake.

Don't blame Jake
for your brother's death.

That's on me.

I pushed Chris to do that job.

He wasn't ready.
He wasn't cut out for that kind of life.

Jake wanted out.

I didn't understand that then,
but I sure do now.

That boy still loves you.

Don't you have a curfew
or something?

No.

Cool.

So this is what you've been saving
your generator rations for.

Nice music, Mary.

I will have cold coffee and candles
for the rest of my life,

if I can just have music
now and then.

- You know I love you, right?
- Yes.

Hey.

Hey.

How did it go?

He's gone.

- It's the best thing for now.
- Yeah.

Yeah.

You don't suppose they have any of
those apple wine coolers back there?

Feel like talking, huh?

No, just the opposite.

Mary, could we get two more
of whatever it is you're pouring?

It almost looks normal in here.

Like the bombs
never even happened.

Let's stay in here
as long as we can, huh?

Finally remembered
the name of that song.

Mary had it on the jukebox still.

Come on. Come on.

What about Heather?

What about Roger?

You know how this goes.

We should be grownups
and walk away right now.

You're right. We should.

Jake, Jake, we've gotta go outside.

- Let's go.
- Now!

They need help. Take them inside.

Some of them were on planes
that landed in the middle of nowhere.

- They've been walking for weeks.
- They've must've gone through hell.

Oh, my God.

Roger.

Who the hell is that?