Jericho (2006–2008): Season 1, Episode 2 - Fallout - full transcript

Previously on Jericho:

Jake Green. How you doing, man?

Where the hell you been?

Around.

Jake, no one's been around
for five years.

Seriously, where have you been?

Hey, brother.

What you put this family through...

Now, he could have been...

We could spend a week talking about
what I could've been.

All right? I've apologized, but I need
my money to make a clean start.



It's your grandfather's money.

Stay one more day.

I gotta get back
to San Diego by tomorrow.

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

- Did something happen?
- Are we under attack?

Hi, Dale. Sorry I didn't call sooner,
angel, but we...

Oh, my God. Oh, my God!

Sheriff, Robert Hawkins.

I am so sorry. I didn't know
your mother was in Denver.

She wasn't in Denver.
She was in Atlanta.

Oh, my God!

I know you're telling people
it was an accident,

but if it was an attack, sheriff,

in this chaos
out there, you might not want



the wrong people knowing
that Jericho was still here.

It's the wrong bus.

Riley!

We'll meet you at the medical center.

There's an empty prison bus
out there.

- What's your name?
- Heather.

It's nice to meet you, Jake.

It was a great thing
you did out there.

Thanks.

Something happened in Denver,
Atlanta, and it could be that we

wake up and find out that's where
it stopped. But until we know

are we gonna use our imaginations
to solve problems or to cause them?

Is there any sign of the sheriff,
Mister Hawkins?

No, sir. I need to speak
to your mayor.

We got trouble coming.

Oh, my God.

Mom, where's April?

Jake, where have you been?

Where is she?

She's down the hall.
What's going on?

Get Dad on the radio.

You'll be fairly mobile on it.
How do you feel?

I feel like a badass.

April, does the clinic have
a fallout shelter?

Yes. What's going on?

It's bad. Come on.

Jericho has two underground
shelters.

One right here under the town hall,
the other under the medical clinic.

What about basements
and storm shelters?

They're better than nothing,
but you gotta seal off the rest

of the house with duct tape,
plastic sheeting

anything you can get your hands on.

How do you know about radiation,
Mister Hawkins?

Because I was a cop in St. Louis.

And after 9*11 we got up to speed.

So our biggest problem
could be the rain.

Won't the rain clear
the radiation out of the air?

Yes, and bring it
straight down on Jericho.

A direct, concentrated hit.
Anyone exposed too long...

Mister Mayor, sir?

All right, look, we're gonna divide
the town in two.

Everyone over here can go to
the town hall shelter.

All those on the north side
will go to the clinic.

- We'll get the word out, Dad.
- How long before radiation gets here?

Oh, I'm new here. This is your town.

How long does it normally take
the storm to get here from Denver?

Less than two hours.

- Sounds right.
- Two hours?

- We can't do that in two hours.
- That's not enough time.

We got work to do, guys.

Jake and I used to play down here
when we were kids.

I don't think anyone's been
down here in ten years.

How many people can we fit in here?

Three hundred.

You do know that there's almost
five thousand people in this town?

- Eric?
- Yeah.

Make sure people that
have basements use them.

We are not running out of room
here today, you understand?

Got it, Dad. Jimmy!

When was the last time
someone was in here?

You're kidding me.

I can't put people in here.

There's no air.
There's no air in there.

I hope the fan works.

We have a lot of work to do.

Wait. Wait. Hey! Hey!

Thank God. I haven't seen anybody
for hours. I ran out of gas.

There's dead birds all over the road.

We saw them too. They must've
flown through the radiation.

What radiation?

There was a mushroom cloud.
Somebody nuked us.

Oh, my God!

Look, miss,
we're running low on gas.

You know if there's
a gas station nearby?

What do you think it is?
Think it's an accident or are we...?

Ma'am, we don't know yet.

Did it come from Wichita because
my fianc?, he's flying in...

No, no, wrong direction.
Looked more like Denver.

Look, we need gas. Do you know
if there is a gas station nearby?

Yeah... No, no.
The pumps are... They don't work.

They've all been abandoned.

No, we could try the Richmond Ranch.
I think they might have gas there.

Okay, get in. We'll take you there.

Miss.

It's okay. Get in.

Dale? Wake up.

Wake up, angel.

Mom?

Don't you remember
what happened last night?

Your mom's gone.

Gracie?

Come on, Gracie, open up!

Gracie, we need to stock
the shelters with food!

Attention! Attention! There is
radioactive fallout coming from

the nuclear blast. You have less
than 90 minutes to get indoors.

I repeat, you have less
than 90 minutes to get indoors.

Use your basement. Use duct tape
or other tape to seal your home.

You have less than 90 minutes.
You can go to the shelter

in the town hall or the shelter in the
medical center. There is radioactive

fallout coming. You have 90
minutes to get yourselves indoors.

We are indoors.

Yeah.

You're not from around here,
are you?

I came from D.C. to supervise
a little audit on a farm.

Is God punishing me?

You really should get
to the basement at town hall.

You think?

Jake, I'm not going anywhere.

Mom. Mom, I'm not gonna argue
with you. Go to the other shelter.

- I'm staying.
- Mom, I don't even know if we can fix it

and I can't concentrate while you're
here. Please, I'll be fine. I'll be fine.

Promise me you'll come to
the shelter after it's fixed.

Promise me.

I promise, Mom.

I want my boys with me.

I know. We gotta go.

Frank, quit messing with the TV.

I don't wanna waste
my generator on static.

Mary? What are
these people still doing here?

They won't go.
I can't leave these clowns in my bar.

All right, listen up! Radiation is
on its way from Denver.

If you don't have a basement,
you need to get to town hall.

There's a shelter there.

I'm not going to town hall.

You don't have a choice, people.
You're being evacuated.

Well, who are you?

I'm the deputy mayor.

What? Did your daddy
make you a deputy?

Just forget it, Eric.
You've told everybody.

Do you realize a nuclear bomb
went off yesterday?

So? If I'm gonna die in
a nuclear blast, so be it.

I'll be right here playing pool
with my buddies.

But you're not gonna die in a blast.

You're gonna get
radiation poisoning.

Within the first couple of hours,
you're gonna be vomiting

and have crippling diarrhea.

Your hair's gonna fall out in chunks.

Your skin is gonna blister.

Your internal organs
are gonna start to shut down

because, well, frankly

they're being cooked
from the inside.

You're gonna get sicker and sicker
until you can't move.

And then you will die.

Over there on the floor by
the pool table with your buddies.

Don't mind me.

Sit tight. We'll be right back.

Sheriff, come in.
Come in, sheriff. Over.

Wendell, no one's heard from sheriff
since last night. There was a prison

bus out there. I think we better
assume the worst. You're on your own.

What about Jimmy or Bill?

The deputies are missing too. You're
just gonna have to handle this yourself.

Don't think we forgot you, did you?

Anything wrong, miss?

No, nothing. It doesn't look
like anybody's here.

Yeah, well, the pump's locked, so...

You know, there is this other place
that I could take you to.

Look, we're running on fumes as it is.

You make a sound, you die.

I'm sorry, sir. I don't think
anybody's home.

Miss Sullivan.

Hey, Bonnie.

Oxygen tanks, IVs,
all non-electrical medical supplies.

When was that written?

Nineteen fifty-seven. Population
of Jericho was a thousand people.

- Let's start moving everyone.
- I'll get the ventilation system fixed.

Chewed through everything.

You mind if I pitch in?

You know how to strip wires?

Ever since junior high.

Yeah, I was that popular.

All right, great. Check the fan belt.
I think it's frayed.

Well, then you might want to get
another one. Any mid-century

American car would be a good match.
And check the brushers.

- We don't want the motor to seize up.
- Okay. All right.

You take over.
I'll look for a fan belt.

Excuse me, sir?
You're doing that wrong.

She thinks we shouldn't
move the baby.

Ma'am

the baby's protected in this little
bubble. She's got fresh air and food.

Right now she's the safest person
in Jericho, but you're not.

We need to make sure she has
a mother to take care of her when

this thing is over.

Okay?

Please, please, let us take you
both down to the shelter. Okay?

Okay.

- Bobby?
- Jake Green?

- Just a second. Bobby, there's...
- I'm Emily Sullivan's aunt.

Mrs. Dawson, hi.

Have you seen Emily?

No, not since yesterday.
Maybe she's at the other shelter.

No one over there has seen her,
and she's not at her house.

I heard you were back in town

I figured the one person
who would know...

Sorry. I have to go. If I see her,
I'll tell her you are looking for her

but I'm sure she's fine.

So we'll just use your pump
and be on our way.

Stanley has the key.

What did she just say?

Her brother Stanley
has got the key to the pump.

Wait, she's deaf?

Yes.

I read lips.

When do you think Stanley
gets back?

Another hour. He went to the...

Whoa, whoa, what'd she just say?

It's gonna be about an hour.

We can wait an hour, can't we?

Miss Sullivan, you all right?

Yeah, fine. I'm just hungry.

Why don't we make
some food for the officers?

Oh, I want eggs. It's a farmhouse.
You got eggs, right?

Yeah, why don't we all
go make something to eat?

Sure. Great.

People south of Main go
to you at town hall?

Yeah, that's right. All those to the north
of Main go to the medical center.

Johnston...

You want me to take it easy.

I'm just gonna go help
Eric get the supplies.

I already sent people to do that.

Gail, who is in charge here,
you or me?

You do not want to play that game.

Here's every book we have in
the library about nuclear radiation.

Our Friend the Atom?

Some friend.

Anything in here for grownups?

I'd like to know what we're
supposed to do if this town gets hit.

None of the books is specific.

Atom bombs have only gone off
in populated cities twice in history.

And Denver was probably hit
by a hydrogen bomb anyway.

Well, what's the difference?

Hydrogen bombs,
they literally explode the air.

So, what you're saying is that
nobody knows what's really coming.

Then we pick worst-case scenario.
What needs to be done?

One second, sir. I have that. Just...

Anything left outside will have to be
scrubbed down. And if it rains,

the top 18 inches or so of soil
will have to be removed before

planting again. And tell everybody
to cover all the water wells.

That's about what it says, right?

Yes. Yes. That's right.

Well, you heard the man.

Chuck, let's make sure all
the ranchers get the livestock inside.

I'm gonna work on the radio.

This may be our last chance
to make contact for a while.

There's a bunch of people in the
church. They held a vigil there.

I'm gonna make sure
they get to shelter.

Hurry back.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm telling you,
they need to be replaced.

Listen, girlie, don't...

Please don't argue with me.

The brushers are shot.
It's rubbing too high.

Turn it off!

Jake, everyone's ready.
What do we do now?

Don't let them in here!

The rain's going to be here soon.

People are getting scared.
Do we have air or not?

If we seal them up in here,
they're gonna die.

Hello, Dad. Dad, can you hear me?

Dad's checking on the church, Jake.
What do you need?

Our shelter's no good.
I'm bringing these people to town hall.

Whoa, hold on. Jake, I don't know

how many more people
we can hold.

What about the basement?

They don't have basements, Eric.
That's why they came here.

Eric, we've got 200 people here.

Some of them need medical attention.
Handle it.

Look, I will be at town hall soon.

I'll check and see
how much room we have.

And I will call you back.

I don't have time. We're coming.

Sorry, my husband needs
a kick sometimes.

You don't have to apologize to me.

I gotta go to the shelter.
Bring everything you can.

How much more do you need?

Enough to feed
half the town, Gracie.

Half the town... Wait.

Skylar, you have to come
to the shelter.

I'm not going to some stupid shelter.
I'm going home to wait for my parents.

- Don't be crazy...
- I'm not crazy! I'm going home!

Excuse me, ladies.
Are you gonna pay for those?

What are you talking about?
Everybody is just taking stuff.

This is still my store.

Is that for an emergency?

All right, you know what?
Fine. Keep it.

Her parents are in New York, okay?

Who knows if they're
even gonna come back?

It was just a couple cans of soda.

Yeah, my soda.

I say we head east.

She was heading east, wasn't she?

Hey, how far from here would
you say those crows were?

About five miles west from where
you picked me up.

Well, then we'll go north.

Hey, you wanna help me out
with the coffee?

Yeah, I'll show you where it is.

Better get down to that shelter.

That wind is moving faster
than we thought.

I'm watching it.
Just get everybody underground.

You know, if you get
that thing to work,

just do me a favor and find out
who did this to us.

Eric, come in.

This is Eric. Go ahead.

There are a couple of busloads
coming to town hall.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, people, please.

Don't get off the bus.
We can't take any more people.

Eric, what the hell are you doing?

- They can't come in here, Jake.
- What do you mean?

- We're packed!
- What? I got a whole bus...

- full of people.
- You're really gonna turn away

all these people, Eric?
You're gonna turn away your wife?

We let everybody in,
we'll all suffocate.

Eric, there are really sick people here.
And the storm is coming.

Okay, we can take ten.
And I saved a spot for you.

All right, the ten most critical fast.

Gray, your salt mine.
How many people will it hold?

As many as you want,
but I don't think...

- It has a ventilation system, right?
- Yeah, and water.

All right. It's the best option
we have right now, all right? Mom!

Have you seen your father? He told
me he was going to the church.

Well, Gail, people from the church
got back 20 minutes ago.

Eric...

Mom, we'll find Dad. Jake, take
your people to the mine. Leave us ten.

I'll go with you, Jake. After 27 years,

nobody knows that mine the way I do.
Guess you can fit 11 people now.

Yeah, make it 1 2. It's my place.
I should be there.

Let's go.

Hey, we're gonna be okay.

Okay.

Hang on.

That smells good.

Oh, no, no. I'll get it.

I am so sorry.

Damn it.

Oh, that looks bad. Go in the kitchen
right now and run cold water over it.

It'll stop blisters.
I'll clean up this mess.

What happened?

I burnt my hand.

You left her alone?

She's fine.

Is he okay?

He'll live.

I can only get 1 2 down
on the elevator at a time.

That's the best I can do.

Shep, we have to seal
the entrance.

There's no door, Jake.

We can't let the rain
pour down the shaft.

These people won't be safe.
We won't be safe.

Yeah, well, how do we seal it?

Oh, I don't know. It's a mine.
You have dynamite, right?

We put charges here, here, here...

Are you crazy?

How do we know we won't bring
the whole thing down on top of us?

We don't.

I am going to the little girls' room.

Hey, where is that?

Right upstairs. Right there. See?

Good to know.

Straight back.

Eric, any sign of Dad?

No, not yet.
Checked the church, Main Street.

We're going through
every inch of town hall.

Listen, Eric, I'm gonna need you
to bring a crew over here

and dig us out
when this thing's over.

What? What? Why?

We're ready, Jake.

- Are you crazy?
- Just dig us out.

Find Dad, okay? Let's go.

Mr. Hawkins, did my father
come through here?

No, I haven't seen him.

Mom, check the offices again.
Maybe we missed something.

I'll meet you back in the parking lot.
Look, we're gonna find him, okay?

Okay, be careful. Be careful.

We'll find him.

Could you use some help, ma'am?

No, we need you on the radio.

You know, I can't get
this old thing to work.

- Okay, come. Please.
- All right.

You are not at my house.
Get off my property right now!

And my property goes
all the way down the hill.

You need to get back to town.
Radiation's coming from Denver.

I'm not leaving here.
My parents are on their way back.

You talked to them?

No, freak. The phones are dead.
But I'm not leaving here without them.

All right. Stay inside, tape up
the windows and don't use the water.

Don't tell me what to do.

I'm serious, Skylar! Stay inside.

Dale. Dale, stop!

Please.

Stay here.

It's not safe out there.

Please stay here.

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Take some of that out, all right?

We want to seal the entrance,
not cause a cave-in.

Hey. Where'd you learn
how to do that?

I knew a guy once.

Did you blow him up?

Hello? Is anyone here?

How does that look?

That's good. That'll do.

How we coming, Gray?

Oh, this is the last of them.
I'm almost done here.

Same here.

This is Emily Sullivan. We're
at the Richmond Ranch with Bonnie.

Please help us.

Can you hear me?
Is there anybody there?

What was that? Did you hear that?

This is Emily Sullivan.
I'm at the Richmond Ranch.

Everybody be quiet.

There are men here with guns. I think
they might've killed the sheriff. Hello?

Can you hear me?

Emily! Emily!

Emily, can you hear me? Emily?

Come in, come in.
Come in, can you hear me?

Is there anyone out there?

Is there anyone on this channel?
Can anyone hear me?

Shep, give me your keys.

It's gonna start raining
any minute now.

Give me your keys! I can make it!

- All right.
- Jake, you're out of your mind.

Gray, get everybody down there,
all right?

- Hey, Jake!
- What?

When everybody's down, say all clear.
All clear. Okay?

We're almost ready, Jake.
Stand by.

Come on, come on!

Jake, we're all clear.

Johnston! Johnston!

Gail...

Oh, my God.

Mister Hawkins!

Mister Hawkins!

Mister Hawkins!

Where's the brother?

Where in the hell is the girl?

I think they might have killed... I think
they might have killed the sheriffs.

Please help us.

Hello, this is Emily Sullivan.

I'm looking for
the Jericho Police Department.

Can you hear me?
Is there anyone out there?

Is there anybody on this channel?

There are men here with guns. I think
they might have killed the sheriff.

Please, somebody help us.

Run, Emily, run!

Hey! Hey!

Stop! Stop!

- Let's think this through.
- Let her go.

We just want gas. Supplies.
That's all this is about. Just about fuel.

Let her go.

Look.

Please, please, let her go.

Is this what you want to see?

You ready to talk now, miss?

Please let her go.

April. April, come here.

Hey, Dad. Can you tell me
what happened?

I just found him on the floor
in his office.

Did you hit your head?

Bonnie, take him to the storm
cellar now! Go, guys, go!

Come on, we gotta get inside.

Emily. Emily, hey,
it's gonna be okay.

All right, I promise, everything's gonna
be okay. All right?

We gotta go in now, Babe!

Babe, we've got to get inside
before the rain. Okay?

Come with me. Come on. Run!

Run!

Get inside.

- Hey, Dad.
- Hi.

How're you doing?

Are you comfortable?

It's like camping.

You hate camping.

Yup.

Where's Allison?

- She's up in her room.
- Samuel, go get Allie.

Yes, sir.

- Tell her I'm home.
- Yes, sir.

Robert, Robert.

What's happening out there?

I don't know.

Oh, you know.
You always know something.

You are alive, Darcy, okay?

And the kids are safe.

You know don't ask me questions.

I think my mom died yesterday.

I think my mom died yesterday too.

I thought you were gone.

- Emily.
- Why are you here?

Trying to keep you safe.

It's never safe around you.