Jericho (2006–2008): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Day Before - full transcript

- Nice planes.
- Yeah. Every aircraft we operate

is augmented with custom security
and design features

you won't find in any other fleet.

I see that you're
an Embry-Riddle grad.

ATP certified,
1600 verified FAA hours.

- Clearly well-qualified, Mr. Green.
- Well, flying's in my blood.

Started working on my grandpa's
crop-duster when I was 10.

Now, you understand
that we charter exclusively

to top executives
and celebrity clients,

so absolute discretion
is a must for our flight crew.

Hey, anything past
getting the plane safely from A to B,



is none of my business.

Good. Of course,
finding out everything we can

about the people who are piloting
our planes is our business.

According to your visa,

you spent time in the Middle East
the last few years.

Fourteen months in Afghanistan,
six in Iraq.

But you were never military.

I worked for
an independent contractor.

- Left that off the r?sum?.
- I didn't think it was relevant.

The State Department has you flagged
as a person of interest.

Well, I'm an interesting guy.

There was an incident.

I was in the wrong place
at the wrong time.

Which contractor were you working
with when this incident occurred?



- One of the big ones.
- Halliburton? Blackwater?

You said discretion was a must.

I'm gonna be straight with you.

There's room in our operation
for you,

but there is no way
that I can hire you

if you're unable to clear this up.

You understand that?

Thank you for your time.

The president is scheduled
to address the nation tomorrow

amid growing disapproval.

Recent polls show his ratings
plunging double digits into the 20s,

even amongst partisan voters.

With midterm elections
on the horizon,

this is not a good sign
for the administration.

I've already been summoned,
Sarah.

They want me in position.

This is good news.

We talking locally
or back to the farmland?

I'm waiting to hear.

Congratulations.

It was your idea.

I have to say
that when they recruited me,

I thought I was prepared
for just about anything.

But nothing like this.

Well, that's because nothing like this
has ever happened before.

This is it.

Yes?

This is the moment
we've prepared for.

All the devices have been secured.

The other cells are receiving
their instructions as we speak.

The target cities
have been confirmed.

Your routes have been
scouted and cleared.

We're ready.

The strike will go off tomorrow
at precisely 8:05 Eastern.

Take a look around you, gentlemen.

These are the faces of the men
who will change the world.

- Hey, Dad, you got a second?
- Nope.

USA Today is having a contest

to find the top-five towns
under 5000.

I was thinking,
we should submit Jericho.

Why? So some big developer can
come in and start buying the town up,

maybe turn Main Street
into a strip mall

with half a dozen
coffee shops or so?

There are worse things in the world
than Venti Frappuccinos.

- Speak English.
- This could be a good thing.

The kind of headlines
that will bring out voters next month.

Son, I am not worried
about beating Gray Anderson.

People of this town have kept me
in office for over 20 years.

I will earn their votes by doing the job
they hired me to do.

What are you guys doing here?

Your father missed his checkup
this morning,

and April was nice enough

to take off her lunch hour
to make a house call.

Well, sorry, doc,

but we're gonna have to reschedule
for after the election.

Johnston.

You're gonna do this
whether you like it or not.

I've had this terrible cold,

and you've not been feeling well
for almost a week.

It's a bad one.
Half my staff has come down with it.

Do you wanna strip here,

or would you like to go somewhere
a little less public?

- My office.
- That's my guy.

Yo, yo, how'd it go?

Well, Freddie,
so much for your lucky tie.

Oh, man.

"Driver wanted, military experience.
Plus travel opportunities."

Something tells me
they're not talking about the Bahamas.

- Yeah, I need a job.
- You're no driver, man.

You're a pilot, a fricking good one.

Right now all I am is broke.

Unless you wanna pay my rent for me.

Sorry. Tell you what I can do, though.
Set you up with a drink.

- Hit us up with a couple cervezas.
- What's with you and the manners?

I know you didn't just whistle for me
like some dog.

- Baby...
- Don't you "baby" me, baby.

You're the worst tipper here.

What, that ring on your finger,
that don't count?

You finally pull the trigger, Freddie?

- All right.
- Oh, you know it, baby.

Hey, she's got
some good-Iooking sisters, man.

Unless you're still all hung up
on that farm girl back in the Iowa.

- Kansas.
- Same thing.

No, not the same thing.

Yeah. Hold on a second.

Don't go anywhere, all right?

Yeah. Where am I gonna go?

Sarah, the schedule's changed.

It's happening tomorrow
during the president's address.

I'll be there soon, but there's
something I need to take care of.

You get everything together
and I'll meet you as soon as I can.

- Where are you going?
- To get my kids.

Robert, there isn't enough time.

Robert.

Anna.

- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

He's a good man.

I don't know how good he is,
but he promised to take care of me.

Call me crazy, I believe him.

What's this?
My best man hitting on my fianc?e?

- Best man?
- You gonna make me ask?

You're more brother to me
than the one I grew up with, man.

Back at you. Happy to do it.

Got some more good news too.

Sweetie, will you give us
a moment to talk?

What if I told you
I got a gig lined up?

Eight weeks, 100 G's, all cash.

- What kind of gig?
- The kind we're good at.

Cargo run, quick in, quick out.

Thirty up front, 70 when it's done.

Where?

Afghanistan.

No.

Come on, you've been
looking for work for what, six months?

We do this one gig and we are set.

You can open that flight school,
maybe go home, snag that girl.

Why are you doing this to me?

I can't believe you'd even ask
after what we saw.

- What we did.
- All we did was not get killed, Jake.

Look, innocent people died, Freddie.
Innocent people.

I see it every time I close my eyes,
which isn't too damn often these days.

We'll be smarter this time, man.
You know that I got your back, man.

I'm sorry.

You're on your own this time.
I can't go back there.

Tell you what, Jerry.
You agree to sit down face to face,

I'll flip you a pair of opening-day boxes
at Wrigley.

No strings.
Swear on a stack of cheddar dogs.

Great.

Yeah, 6:00 at the Pump Room.

See you there.

Chicago again?

Hey, Teach. Half day?

You feel like helping me
prepare a syllabus

or grading 30 essays
on Orwell's Animal Farm?

No, I have a better idea.

Have a sub do that
and come to Chicago with me tonight.

That would send a great message
to my students.

I'll write a letter for you.

"Dear kids, sorry I can't teach you
ungrateful brats today.

I'm with my fianc?
getting drunk on draft beer

and having tons
of Chicago-style sex."

I think it's Chicago-style pizza.

That too.

One night.
Your students will catch up.

- Book it.
- Seriously?

You're not gonna try
to talk me out of it now?

Oh, no, no, no. I'm done talking.

Forty-six tackles, three sacks
and a couple of interceptions.

You know that Thompson
has in the back of his mind

Number 34, Leon Johnson...

Yeah?

You all right?

I'm worried about Freddie.

- You want a beer?
- No.

I think he's in over his head
with something.

What are you talking about?

These guys started coming around.

Like soldiers, but not.

They came by again after you left.

He's a big boy.

He can hang out
with whoever he chooses.

It's not like that. When he came back,
Freddie had a black eye,

saying he's going away
for two months, not to try to find him.

- Tell him you don't want him to go.
- You don't think I did that?

He says he doesn't have a choice,
that he's doing it for me.

What do you want me to do?

Help him.

Go with him if you have to.

I know what he did for you in Iraq.

I know you owe him your life.

Yeah.

That doesn't appear to be worth
very much right now.

I'm pregnant, Jake.

I just... I have a bad feeling
about all this.

- Robert, what...?
- Don't make a scene.

What are you doing here?

- You need to come with me.
- Look, don't tell me what to do.

You are not allowed within 500 feet.

Hey, circumstances have changed,
Darcy.

Mom.

- Mom.
- Oh, my God.

- Hey.
- Mom.

Mom.

Mom. Mom.

Unlock the door from the inside.
Allison, it's okay. It's okay.

Let them out of there,
or so help me I start screaming.

No, you listen to me very carefully.

In five seconds,
I'm getting in this truck

and I am leaving Washington
for good.

And I did not come here
to discuss this with you.

Now, you can either trust me
and come with us

or you can stay here.

But you will never, ever,
see your children again.

- Hey, buddy, you in?
- I'm in.

Glad you changed your mind.

I'm telling you, this is
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Then how come this isn't the first time
I've heard you say that?

Do me a favor.

Skip ahead in your mind
a couple months.

Visualize yourself
on a Mexican beach,

knee-deep in bikinis and Benjamins.

I try not to think that far ahead.

It keeps me from being disappointed
when things go to hell.

My pop once told me

if you don't keep an eye
towards where you're going,

you'll never get there.

Speaking of eyes...

- You should see the other guy.
- Fine, introduce us.

Who's the job for, Freddie?

Don't matter who.
They know you and your reputation.

I'm not going anywhere
until I know.

It's an offshoot of Ravenwood.

You'll meet them tomorrow,
before we get on the plane.

In the meantime,
all you got to worry about...

...is this.

There's three times that waiting for you
when this is over.

All we gotta do is run a convoy through
enemy territory without getting killed.

How many times I gotta get your back
before you start believing it, huh?

What a pitch.
One on, Johnston runs to second.

Henderson flips to the pitcher,
covering,

and Carey is there just in time.

That about wraps it up.
We're three up and three down.

- Seat's all yours.
- Thank you.

Yeah, I hate sitting
when I got money on a game.

One on, it's a high blast up over infield
and way back.

Yes! Yes!

Yes. Mary Bailey,
you owe me 5 bucks. Pay up.

Better yet, better yet,

buy my good-luck charm here
a drink on me.

Don't waste your money.
I have an expense account.

What is your best wine?

Beer.

Vodka rocks.

Do you know
that it is a three-hour cab ride

from the airport
to this godforsaken town?

Scenic, though, ain't it?

If you like corn.

Well, who doesn't like corn?

I mean, you got corn on the cob,
corn flakes,

corn nuts, corn dogs, corn-sickles.

"Corn-sickles"?

It's a joke, lady.

Can you not talk to me, please?

Thank you.

- Corn chips?
- Seriously, don't talk to me.

- Bailey's.
- Hey, there.

Hi.

- Am I gonna see you this week?
- Oh, you can see me right now.

Just turn around.

What are you doing here?

You have no idea how badly
I want to kiss you right now.

Well, why don't you step
into my office?

What in the heck do we have here?

It's time for some changes,
Johnston.

Starting with your diet.

A man can't live on that.

Can if he wants to stay married
to me.

Your blood pressure
was ten points over your last checkup.

That's just the stress.
It's always up at election time.

Then drop out of the race.

What has gotten into you?

Something happened watching April
listen to your heartbeat.

I began to wonder,

how many good years
do we have left together?

Did you hear something I didn't,

because all she told me
was I might be getting a cold.

This isn't just about health,
yours or mine.

When you first took office,
you made two oaths,

one to the people of this town
and the other one to me.

Do you remember what you said?

Yeah.

That I would never let the job
come before you and the kids.

I'm just asking for equal time.

I hear you, honey.

You'll stay put.

Mom, do something.

Robert, let us go.

- Please, I'm begging you.
- I'll be back in five minutes.

- And then what?
- And then we leave town.

Oh, you're crazy.
I'm not going anywhere with you.

Dad, stop, Dad.

Let go of her, Robert.

Listen to me, okay?

I would never do anything to hurt you,
your mother or your brother.

You believe me?

Do you believe me?

I barely know you.

Robert, you are scaring Samuel.

Un-scare him, Darcy.

Do you have your cell phone?

No, he took it
when he picked me up.

- Not mine.
- Really?

- Where is it, honey?
- In my backpack.

911, what is your emergency?

The door was unlocked.

I love what you've done
with the place.

What do you want, Agent Hicks?

Guess whose name just popped up

on an international-passenger
manifest?

You got me on a no-fly list now?

No, not yet.

But I thought

maybe we could work out a deal.

You're about to get into bed
with some very bad people, Jake.

Lucky for you, your timing is perfect.

- We're looking to nail Ravenwood.
- They did that?

They've been running weapons
since the start of the war.

They'll sell arms to anybody,
even our enemies.

We need someone working for us
that they'll consider credible.

And why would I say yes to you?

Because you know firsthand
what they're capable of.

Sarah, come on. We don't have...

Sarah?

Hold it right there.

Drop the case.

Walk towards me, slowly.

Put your hands in the air. Now.

This your truck?

It's a rental. Moving day, you know?

- What seems to be the problem?
- Open the back.

Okay.

What the hell?

Cuff him.

Hands behind your back.

- Help. Unlock the door.
- Get us out.

It's okay.
We're gonna get you out of here.

- Can you open this door?
- No, we can't.

- Can you unlock the door?
- Look out.

- Here you go, Mayor Green.
- Thank you, Mary.

- Hey, Dad.
- Hey, Eric.

Mary.

Darling, would you get him
a beer too?

- Sure thing.
- Thanks.

So...

Why did I ask you here?

Yeah. Is everything okay?

Your mother and I have been talking
about the next chapter in our lives.

Be more accurate,
she's pointing out

how I seem to be unwilling
to turn the page.

Sounds like Mom.

When I first took office,
you were in, what, third grade?

Second. My team won
the peewee football trophy that year.

I scored two touchdowns
in the championship game.

Hard to remember back that far.

Maybe because
you didn't make the game, Dad.

Right.

Well, your mother is afraid

that if I keep going
the way I'm going,

we're gonna wind up missing
more than peewee football.

And I've been thinking about it.

I wanna ask you a question.

If I decided to drop out of the race,

would you consider
running in my place?

What?

You'd make a good candidate, son.

You've been here your whole life,
you've lived clean,

unlike your brother Jake.

Selfishly, I get to step down

and still have some influence
over how things were run.

You're serious.

Well, you're smart. You're decisive.

You've even got yourself
a law degree.

Which I plan on using someday.

I plan on doing a lot of things
someday.

Nothing you've been sharing
with me.

Let me know
if you need anything else.

So you take the night
and think about it,

talk to April about it.

It's gonna affect her too.

Yeah.

- Hey.
- What's up?

We need to talk.

- What's up?
- That cargo we're transporting,

- you have any idea what it is?
- I don't ask those questions.

Stinger missiles. RPGs.

It's not like this was ever
some humanitarian mission.

They've been selling to the insurgents.
They'll be used to kill our own guys.

The feds are on to the whole thing.

They want us
to help take down Ravenwood.

- Whoa, are you crazy?
- We don't have a choice.

- They're watching us.
- So's Ravenwood.

- I'm more worried about them.
- If we don't work with the feds,

they'll make sure Ravenwood
believes you are.

- You have the money?
- What?

- The money.
- Yeah, I can get it.

Get it. Grab whatever you can.
We meet in an hour.

- Then?
- We'll take off tonight.

If they come after us,
at least we'll have a head start.

- All right?
- Okay.

Anna.

Nobody from school better see us.

It'd make it hard for me
to get on that plane

and call in sick tomorrow.

You know, if this was Chicago,
you could walk for miles

without ever running into
anyone you know.

Really? Chicago again?

Plus there's the pizza,
the Cubs, the culture...

- What are you getting at, huh?
- I have a confession.

The meeting tomorrow
isn't just a meeting.

It's an interview
for a start-up venture-capital firm.

Final interview, actually.

Are you serious?

I thought maybe you get to know
the city a little,

you might fall in love with it.

You're a jerk.

Emily, we have to
at least talk about it.

We have talked about this.

This not the kind of opportunity
you can just say no to.

Really? No.
There, how hard is that?

I can't believe you.

We're supposed to be married
in a few months.

- Why do you think I'm doing this?
- Because you're selfish.

And you don't listen.

I told you when you proposed to me
I didn't want to move.

Now you go behind my back
like this?

Yeah, well, screw me for thinking

you might be open
to changing your mind.

I mean, what is it about this town
that's got you so addicted to it?

This town is my history.

It is everything
that I know and love.

It's where I want my kids to grow up.
If you don't understand, maybe...

Maybe what?

I'm not getting on
that plane with you tonight.

If you decide to take that job tomorrow,
then don't bother coming back.

I'm tired.

Allison, there are
two bedrooms upstairs.

Take your brother up to the right.
That's where you'll sleep.

Whose stuff is all this?
Who lives here?

We do.

Go on upstairs.
I'll be there in a minute.

Come on, Sammy. I'll read to you.

I don't know what's going on,
Robert.

Right now I'm too exhausted
to fight,

but I promise you one thing.

Come tomorrow, one way or another,
I will have you arrested.

But, you know, come tomorrow,

a whole lot of things will be different.

Freddie. Good God.

- What happened?
- Ravenwood.

The sons of a bitches shot me.
Oh, God.

Take it easy. Take it easy.

- Hey, man, are you all right?
- Oh, God.

Find Anna. Make sure she's all right.

We gotta get you to the hospital.

All I care about is Anna and my kid.
Get them on that bus.

Then you get the hell out of here too.
They're gonna come after you.

Oh, they're coming after you.

911, what is your emergency?

I need an ambulance right away.
My friend's been shot.

- He's lost a lot of blood.
- Is he breathing?

- Stay with me.
- Sir, is he breathing?

Freddie, stay with me, man.

Come on, stay with me.

You're all right. You're all right.
Stay with me.

I can't believe he's gone.

I'm really sorry.

It's not your fault.
You did everything that you could.

I don't want it. I don't want it.

It belonged to Freddie.
Use it for the baby.

My family will help me. You keep it.

No.

I promised him.

Just put it away.

Last boarding for Houston,
Platform 6.

Better go.

Come with me.

- Come on, you can start over too.
- No, I can't. Not yet.

Then where will you go?

You were up early.

Oh, I've been coughing all night.
I didn't wanna wake you.

Paris.

I hate France.

I'm sure they'd be devastated
to hear it.

Studied French and Italian
for four years.

And after all those years,

all I can remember is my name,
how to count to ten,

and "Would you please pass
that packet of sugar?"

Book the trip.

I don't think they take reservations
six years in advance.

I was thinking more like Christmas.

What the hell, book one for Italy too.

Hello? Hello?

Is anybody there?

- Hello?
- Jake?

One new message.

Hey, Emily, it's Roger.

Just tried your cell,
but I couldn't reach you.

Hopefully, you haven't run off
with the milkman yet.

Last night was terrible.

I kept wanting to get up
and tell the captain

I'd made a horrible mistake
and to turn the plane around.

My home is where you are, babe.

If that means Jericho, Kansas
for the rest of my life,

it will be a happy one.

I'm flying back tonight.
I get into Wichita at 10:30.

I can't think of anything
I'd rather see

than your beautiful face
when I get home.

In case you're wondering,
I didn't go on that interview.

Excuse me.

- Excuse me. Oh, it's you.
- Yeah, sorry, not ringing a bell.

Look, I have been
standing out here forever

waiting for a cab.

Yeah, I suggest you nicely ask
someone for a ride.

Do you know
where the Richmond farm is?

Well, yeah, I ought to.
I'm Stanley Richmond.

- You gotta be kidding.
- No.

You see, now's the part
where you tell me your name.

Mimi Clark.

Really? Well, it's nice to meet you,
Miss Clark.

Do you not read your mail?

Nope, nothing but bills and bad news.
Why?

Well, this would be a little of both.

I work for the IRS.

And according to our records,

you owe more
than a $180,000 in back taxes.

It's nice to meet you.

Mr. Speaker,
the president of the United States.

We all know that these divisions
pale in comparison

to the fundamental dangers
posed by the threat of terror.

We have an eternal commitment

to leave the world a better place
for our children and grandchildren.

This has always been our problem.

Not another step.

- Where are my kids?
- Give me the keys.

Darcy, you put that gun down

because you don't even know
how to use it.

I don't wanna shoot you,
but I am prepared to.

Now give me the keys.

- Mom. Mom, come quick.
- Baby, stay outside.

Mom, something's happening.

Ronnie, what are you looking at?

Jake, Jake. We gotta go outside.
Now.

Help them. Help them, will you?

Bring them inside.

Some of them were on planes.

They landed
in the middle of nowhere.

They've been walking for weeks.

They must have gone through hell.

- Give me a hand with this.
- Yeah.

Oh, my God.

- Roger.
- Let's get you some water. Come on.

I'll take that.

Right inside.

Is it really you?

I thought you were dead.

Come on. Come with me.

Here.

Hey, we only have another half hour
before the generators shut down.

Well, I'm sure
they'll make an exception.

- Do we have any extra blankets?
- I brought everything I could find.

Listen, Eric, these people
need medical attention.

You have to find a doctor.

Yeah.

I'm okay.

Hey.

Are there any more people out there?
We can send a search party.

Twenty-one men and 32 women.

I'll do a head count.

What happened to you out there?

We waited in that field for two days
after our plane went down.

No one came.

Eventually, I went for help.

I walked for...

I don't know how long.

I wound up in this refugee camp,
Nebraska.

Most of us are from there.

Can't imagine
what you've seen out there.

Roger?

I said, I can't imagine
what you've seen.

Couldn't have imagined it either.

Hey, wash up.
Dinner's almost ready.

Robert?

Darcy, I need you to keep the kids
in the house for a while

until I can sort something out.

- What does that mean?
- It means you stay inside.

And you don't answer the door.

- Okay?
- Here.

Hey, wow. We're playing football.

Man, Sam, that is really cool.

Daddy's gonna put that
on the fridge.

Sam, I want you go upstairs,
tell your sister dinner's ready, okay?

Right now.

Allison.

Are we in danger, Robert?

I've asked you that question
a thousand times.

- You always said no.
- Hey...

I don't mean to scare you, D.

We'll do whatever you say.

I trust you.

My God,
where did they all come from?

I'm gonna need warm water.
As much as you can make.

I've made a list of the injured.

- How's he doing?
- I think he might be in shock.

He doesn't wanna be treated
until everybody else has been seen.

- Jake, l...
- Go.

He's gonna need you.

Okay.

You have moderate frostbite
on your toes and fingers.

You need to keep them
clean and warm.

Do you have a place to stay?

Do you know anyone in Jericho?

Actually, I do.