Jericho (2006–2008): Season 1, Episode 7 - Long Live the Mayor - full transcript

Previously on Jericho:

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

If it was an attack,
and it's chaos out there,

you might not want the wrong people
knowing that Jericho is still here.

The unfortunate truth is there
was another explosion in Atlanta.

More than electricity or food,
this town needs information.

We could organize a group of people,
send them out in every direction.

Shep and Gray
should've been back by now.

Kind of cool, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, especially if you like corn.

Come on, I'll walk you home.



So is it weird being home
after so long?

A little bit.

The mighty Johnston Green,
felled by the flu.

I'm sorry there isn't more
I can do for him.

The train that never showed up?

It smashed into a car.
There's a ton of food just sitting on it.

This place was full.
It was stacked to the rafters.

I guess we know who took it.

Stop right there, Mitchell.

Stop! Shep!

You know he's gonna come for me.

And he's gonna come looking
for you.

I got three more pallets.
Want me to stack them?

Yeah...



Where is he?

- Jonah.
- What's the problem, Pete?

Mitchell got arrested.

What for?

Well, we grabbed a couple horses,
you know,

from one of those ranches outside
of town, and Mitchell got caught.

Well, Mitchell is an idiot.

The thing is,
well, the ranch that we were at,

it belonged to Johnston Green.

Mayor's wife kind of
got knocked around a little bit.

Not bad, though. Nothing bad.

But... Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Whose idea was it? Yours or his?

It was his.

I'm sorry.

I apologize. I apologize.

Apology accepted.

She'll be comin' round the mountain
When she comes

She'll be comin' round the mountain
When she comes

- She'll be comin' round...
- Knock it off, Mitchell.

Where's Jake?

Well, you better go get him.

Because when Jonah comes
for me,

he's gonna wanna have
a little conversation with Jake.

If he has to go looking for him,
it's gonna make things a lot worse.

Whatever. Just keep it down
in here, all right?

Better tell him to get ready.

In fact, you all better get ready.

Right.

Mallo Cups.
That's what they were called.

- God, I loved those.
- The best.

I always got so much more candy
than you.

Because you cheated.

You'd trick-or-treat
the neighborhood in one costume,

then you'd go do it again in another.

Come on, Eric, everybody did that.

Well, except for you.

Jake and I had Halloween
down to a science.

I was always the bag lady
so I could stuff all of his costumes

into my garbage bag.

I think we hit the Stevens house
like seven times one year.

He did always share his haul
with me, though.

Just like a little Bonnie and Clyde.

So adorable.

Is it inappropriate that I keep
asking questions about him?

- Why would it be inappropriate?
- I don't know.

- Do you have a thing for Jake?
- No.

Okay, except maybe yes,
just a little bit.

- A little?
- I'm sorry, this is really weird.

It's not weird.
It was a long time ago.

Just be careful, okay?

Why?

There's a lot of things about Jake
you don't know, okay?

Is that Jake's car?

- Oh, my God.
- What?

What is it?

- Good morning.
- Morning.

Can I help you?

I'm here to see about posting bail
for a friend of mine.

Mitchell Cafferty.

Hello, Jonah.

Jake.

Been a long time.

Five years.

So I understand Mitchell's
been causing some trouble.

Oh, come on, don't act surprised.

He doesn't get out of bed
without running it by you.

I'm not sure that's true,
but I'm here to bail him out.

All right, then, let's talk bail.

First, you'll give back
the food you stole...

Now, hold on a second.
Not sure you've noticed,

but the world's coming apart
at the seams.

What belongs to who is getting
to be a fuzzy science, Jake.

But I'll see what I can do.

Then you're gonna stay away
from this place.

Not just you. Mitch, Joe Kelly...

Since when are you in a position
to speak for this town?

- Do we have a deal?
- Shut up, Mitchell.

We have a deal.

Oh, I see you're awake.
Must be noon.

I've been up for a while.

Hey, close the front door.
What, were you born in a barn?

Were you born in a barn?

Almost a week you been here,

and that joke's really not getting
any funnier.

I found some stale cornflakes
in the pantry.

Since no one else is eating them...

Well, knock yourself out.

Here, you want a little milk
with those?

There you go.

It's still warm.

Was warmer when it was in the cow
ten minutes ago.

And that will do it for the cornflakes.

You did that on purpose, didn't you?

Yes, I did.

By the way, where's the funnel?

Oh, yeah,
I put it in the "random" drawer.

I couldn't sleep last night,
so I rearranged some kitchen space,

put all the nonessentials
out of the triangle.

- Triangle?
- The workspace

that connects
the three critical areas.

Sink, stove and prep.

I was in the process of having
my condo in D.C. renovated

before I got stranded here.

You know, Mimi,
when I was a young boy growing up,

I always felt like there was something
missing in my life.

Now I know. It's the triangle.

Sink, stove, prep.

We have sarcasm in D.C.,
you know.

These will do, Bob.

- Please tell me that's diet.
- Cream soda.

There used to be a whole case
of diet here.

Gracie promised
she'd hold onto it for me.

Not to worry, dear. I tucked it away
when we agreed on the price.

Oh, you're right. It's lovely.

It's an antique.

Are you sure about this,
sweetheart?

I'm sure.

Dale, there's a case of soda hidden
along the back wall next to your cot.

Would you bring it up, please?

You're still sleeping here?

Be right back.

- What are you doing?
- What?

You were cooling your thermometer
in that glass of water, weren't you?

No, I wasn't.

All right, so what if I was?
I'm fine. I'm tired of being babied.

You have a temperature
of 350 degrees.

You are going to rest.

You are going to take the pills
that April gave you.

You are going to admire
this ridiculous pumpkin with me,

and then we are going to try
to eat said pumpkin together.

Because we use every part
of the buffalo in this house.

Is that understood?

Most of it.

But no more meds.
It's been three weeks.

I'm not gonna be the reason
this town runs clean out of antibiotics.

All right, now, you listen to me.

There may come a day when this town
needs you to be a hero again.

But today is not that day.

The world's changing.

Don't I know it.

There's not a lot of work
for a guy hauling freight these days.

The old side business
has sort of become a full-time gig.

We could use a guy like you
out there.

There's a lot of stuff out on the roads
waiting for anybody to take it.

I want your word

that you and your guys are gonna
stay away from town.

Already said I would.

Ask again, a guy might think
you were calling him a liar.

- And that's my car.
- Well, you left it out there.

- Yeah, but it was destroyed.
- Lovingly restored.

Told you there was good stuff
on the roads.

This one I didn't even have
to fight for.

Besides, she was mine first.

- Emily.
- Why are you talking to him?

It's okay. It doesn't have
anything to do with you.

He's my father.
It has everything to do with me.

You have no idea how bad it got
after you left.

He was calling.

He was everywhere.

He was coming by the house.
He wanted to talk to me.

Wanted me to forgive him
for what happened with Chris.

I will never forgive him
for what happened to Chris.

And now you're back, and he's back.

He's not back. All right?

After tomorrow,
he's done, he's gone.

- When's it supposed to happen?
- Tomorrow morning at 11.

So we get the food back,
and Prowse leaves us alone?

- Well, that's what he said.
- Yeah, we'll see what he does.

Either way, I think it's important
that we do this.

Okay, I'll run it by Dad.

What's going on?

Get in here.

Gray Anderson's back in town.

- Is he okay?
- I can't believe it.

Did he say anything about?

- Here's some water.
- Thank you.

I hitched a ride with a supply truck
that was running bottled water

to a FEMA camp
out near Rogue River.

FEMA's running.

Well, that's good, at least.

Well, about ten miles outside
of Topeka, we hit a roadblock.

I mean, nothing official, just a couple
cars rolled out onto the highway.

And as soon as we stopped,
it's like...

Like a dozen guys just came out
of nowhere

and yanked us out
of the truck, and...

I fought one of them,
and took off on foot.

And the driver...

They just beat him to death
right on the road.

They killed him
for just a few cases of water.

Do you guys have any electricity?
Lights or anything?

There was a heck of a pulse.

No, some simple circuits
are still working,

like flashlights and electrical razors,

but we pretty much lost everything
with a circuit board.

Radio, computers, newer cars.

What's happening in Topeka?

It's a mess.

Nobody knows where the hell
the governor is.

And that fallout from Lawrence
hit them really hard.

They hit Lawrence?

Why would they hit Lawrence
and not Topeka?

I don't know.

What about any other major cities?
New York, D. C?

No, they didn't get New York.

What, New York made it?

Yeah, well, after 9*11,
they got pretty good at security.

Apparently, N.Y.P.D.
caught three guys

right before they flipped the switch.

They had a rented van,
a 20- kiloton bomb in a steel drum.

And what about D. C?

It's gone.

- I know this can't be good.
- Yeah, I know, I heard.

Hey, did you hear?

Hear what?

Mr. Anderson's back.
He says New York's still there.

New York?

- My parents...
- They might be okay.

My parents...

Hey, took you long enough.

Your sister went to bed
a little while ago.

I'm pretty sure
that she still hates me.

Although, tonight was the first time
she said good night

without the dirty sign mixed in.

I wonder if she knows
that I know what that means.

I have some bad news.

Mimi.

- What?
- Washington, D.C. is gone.

You know, stirring them
doesn't make them taste any better.

So Cindy Mather is dead?

If she was in D.C., then probably.

It depends how close she was
when the bomb went off.

And Joel Stafford?

He was gonna ask me out.

That's what Cindy said.

Did they feel it when they died?

Joel, Cindy,
the Thompsons next door...

It...

It would have been fast.

- And Doug.
- Who's Doug?

Mom's boyfriend.

I thought you knew.

Are you out of your mind?
You made a deal with Jonah Prowse?

Yeah, Mitch for the food,
and Jonah stays out of Jericho. Why?

Because you can't make deals
with guys like that.

Wait a minute, we talked about this.
We agreed.

Look, I know about Prowse.

He hauled materials for Stevens
before I came in the mine.

Stealing 5 percent off the top,
intimidating suppliers.

The guy did four years at Lansing
for extortion and assault.

You wanna negotiate with that guy?

He's got a good point, Jake.

What happened to clearing this
with Dad?

No disrespect to him,
but he hasn't been out there.

I've seen what happens when people
lose their hold on law and order.

Start striking bargains with bad guys,
it's the beginning of the end.

Just calm down, all right?

We need food more than we need
to keep Mitchell Cafferty.

Now, I'm supposed to make a trade
with Jonah in an hour.

If I go out empty-handed,
I don't know what he's gonna do.

Doesn't matter, because he'll know
that we won't roll over for him.

Look, Jake, we either hold this territory
or we don't.

Eric...

Gray's right.

I know this is only half the soda
we swapped for,

but I really need
that jewelry box back.

Oh, sorry, sweetie. We made a deal.

I just found out my parents
could be alive.

They might be coming home
at any time.

Oh, that's good news.
I'm happy for you.

That jewelry box
belonged to my mother.

Her grandmother gave it to her.

It's worth a lot more
than some diet soda.

I wish I could help you,
but I already traded it away.

- To who?
- All trades are confidential.

No one wants to buy a jewelry box

that comes with an argument
about who it belongs to.

I'm sure your parents
will understand.

These are hard times for all of us.

Okay, fine.

Dale, could you lock this up
in the back, please?

Looks like you forgot someone.

The town said no
to the deal with Mitch.

How can I fix this?

You scared me.
That's a good ghost.

Oh, that's mine.

No candy in here, guys.

Gray! Gray!

Jonah's men just took Mitchell!

They're headed out the front.

Hey!

Hey!

Come on.

Gray! No!

- What the hell's the matter with you?
- Me? You're letting them go.

Instead of what?
Starting a firefight on Main Street?

- I gotta go after them.
- Are you out of your mind?

This has gotta be answered, Jake.

What, are you gonna turn
the other cheek?

- How long before these guys...?
- I can talk to Jonah.

You can talk to Jonah?
You gotta find him.

He lived up to his end of the deal.

- Why are you protecting this guy?
- I'm protecting this town.

- He can get things we'll need.
- What can he get?

He can get food, he can get gas,
he can get ammo.

Could you get that stuff
if we needed it tomorrow?

Could you? Because he can.

We'll do this my way now.

You said you could get me a car.

Is this thing gonna die on me
halfway out there?

Charlotte? Not a chance,
she's sturdy.

So be careful.

I'm only going ten miles.

I meant, with him.

I talked to Emily.

Yeah, what'd she tell you?

Enough.

Hey, Darcy.

Allie and Sam have got
a grill going outside.

I think we're barbecuing Spam.

They were asking for you.

So...

I know about Doug.

- What do you know?
- I know that he's probably gone.

I know...

I know that he meant a lot to you.

Robert, you don't know
a damn thing.

So were my kids close to him?

- Why don't you ask the kids?
- I don't wanna ask the kids, I'm ask...

Why did you come for me?

- I told you, the kids are...
- No, no. In D.C.

You could've just taken the kids.

I sat in traffic for two hours
that afternoon on the Beltway.

You didn't have to wait for me.
Why'd you do it? Why?

- You hated me, Robert.
- I did not hate...

You hated me.

You blamed me
for breaking up the marriage.

And even though you left me
for your work

long before I ever looked
at another man.

I'll tell the kids
you're not feeling too well.

Doug and I had been dating
for about three months.

I met him at the gym.

I liked the way he looked at me.

And I liked the way that I felt
about myself when he looked at me.

It was nice.

I was thinking about introducing him
to the kids.

Now I'm...

I'm back in a house of secrets
with a man who looks at me like...

Like that.

God, Robert, why on earth
did you come for me?

Quite the runner, Mitch.

- Knock it off.
- Hey. Get him.

Hey, knock it off!

Let him go.

Break it up, break it up.

All right. It's all right.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

A lot of people in town
who aren't gonna let this stand.

All right? They're angry.

They're talking about coming out here
to get him by force, if necessary.

Did you ever think anyone
would care this much

about Mitchell Cafferty?

You don't want it to come to that.
I don't want it to come to that.

I'm here to negotiate.

Last time we negotiated,
it didn't work out so good for me.

Keep Mitch, all right,
and keep the food.

And sell the food to the town
through Gracie Leigh's market

and take your cut off the top
in supplies that we have and you don't.

Fresh water, crops,
salt from the mine.

I'm listening.

In exchange, you'll guarantee
that your business

stays away from town.

We'll send a trailer
to pick up supplies.

You don't come to us.

I'll think about it.

Now let's talk about what I need.

I wanna talk to Emily.

- She doesn't wanna see you.
- She blames me for Chris' death.

Things might be different
if she knew whose fault it was.

I didn't send him on that job, you did.
I tried to talk him out of it.

He needed a lookout.
Someone to watch his back.

- You left him alone.
- A lookout? He needed a father.

Maybe it is time Emily learns the truth
about what you...

Told her. I told her everything.

- She forgive you?
- No.

Neither do I.

Get her to see me, or I'll do business
wherever the hell I please.

- I can't.
- Then I guess we don't have a deal.

Yeah...

Oh, hey, Eric, can I borrow you
for a minute?

Sure. What's up?

Well, come on in.

I'm seeing a lot of unfamiliar faces
around here.

And I did some asking around,

and apparently,
there are eight new families

since I left town,
and 14 since the attacks.

Yeah, some families had relatives
come from nearby towns.

A few more people
from Colorado. Why?

Do we know anything about them?
Where they've been, what they know?

I don't think I like
where this is going, Gray.

Oh, neither do I, but I'm also sure
that we can't be too careful

or too prepared.

You mean Robert Hawkins?
The man has two kids.

He's been helpful.

Shows up two days
before the end of the world

with enough cash
to buy the old Thompson house.

Look, I'm not suggesting anything,

I'm just saying that we should know
a little more

about who we're sharing
our foxhole with,

and it costs us nothing to find out.

Is there something
you want to tell me?

What do you mean?

That jewelry box is missing.

Did you steal from me, Dale?

- Say something.
- Why did you lie to her?

Why did you tell her
you didn't have the box?

We made a fair trade.

I shouldn't have to explain myself
to some spoiled little girl.

You don't know her.

Oh, I know her,
and everybody like her.

They think the rules
don't apply to them.

I could understand others
trying to steal from me,

but after everything
I have done for you...

Everything you've done for me?

- I took you in, and...
- And what?

You let me sleep here?

I was the one who looked
for the train.

I was the one who walked five miles
every day, dragging food back here.

You wouldn't have a store
if it wasn't for me.

- Dale, honey...
- Know what? No, I'm done.

Here's your keys back.

Dale, no.

Hey.

- Hey.
- Where's Mary?

Wednesday. Night off.

What are you drinking there?

I don't know.
Think it might be kerosene.

Haven't quite figured out the still yet.

So how'd things go
with Jonah today?

I think I might've gotten us
into a fight

we don't wanna be a part of.

Nice.

How about you? How was your day?

Well, I think I'm becoming
Gray Anderson's yes man.

Worst part of it is,
I'm not sure if that's a bad thing.

Big day for the Green boys, huh?

Yeah. You avoiding going home,
telling Dad?

- Hell, yeah. You?
- Same.

Hey, remember that time we set
the carpet in Dad's office on fire?

All you had to do was stick to the story,
we'd have been fine.

You wanted me to tell Dad
I had a seizure

- and knocked over his desk lamp.
- That's right, yeah.

Any other brilliant ideas
to get us out of this one?

No, not at the moment.

Well, I say we finish these drinks
and go home

and try to explain all this to Dad
in a way that won't kill him.

I think you've had enough to drink.

You wanna come with me
so we can finish our conversation?

No, I'm done talking
for the day, Rob.

I'm not kidding, Darcy.

- Let's just go.
- No.

All right? Not this time.

Why don't you go home?

Hey.

I came back for you
because you are my wife.

Hey, I'm not sure how you feel
about tomato soup,

but, I don't know,
it usually makes me feel better, so...

How's it coming?

I've been going over
all of my pending audits,

and I can only remember
half the details of half my cases.

This one is for "almost there,"
and this one is for "not even close."

You don't need to be doing all this.

What the hell else am I gonna do?

Keep out of my way.

- I'm just trying to help you.
- Well, stop it.

I know what you're going through.

I lost my folks
when I was 18 years old,

and the first few days were bad.

Everything and everyone
that I ever cared about

was incinerated four weeks ago.

And you wanna tell me
that you know how I feel?

- I'm trying to be nice to you.
- Well, stop being nice to me!

You don't owe me anything.

You don't owe anyone anything
anymore.

Em, what are you doing here?

I came to talk to you,
but when I got here...

Just hurry.

- What?
- Hurry.

He went into shock or something.

And one, and two,
three, four, five.

One thousand one, 1,000 two,
1,000 three, 1,000 four, 1,000 five.

- He's not breathing.
- Okay, one more breath.

- Get him over on his side, come on.
- Okay.

I've given him three courses
of antibiotics.

It must've been too much
for his system.

He's become septic.

How do we treat it?

Wait a minute, April,
how do we treat it?

If the med center
were operational, maybe.

If we could medevac him in
to County Hospital

in Rogue River, maybe.

If we had any heavy-duty meds left
in the pharmacy, maybe.

Without that...

Twelve hours. Maybe a day.

I'm so sorry.

- What kind of meds?
- What?

You said he needed heavy-duty meds.
What kind does he need?

Something strong enough
to blow out the infection fast,

let his body heal itself.

Cipro, probably,
but we ran out weeks ago.

- They'd have it in Rogue River though.
- Jake, it's 90 miles away.

- Better get going, then.
- Wait a minute.

- I'm going too.
- Eric, no.

If Gray's right
about how dangerous...

Go. Go now.

You wanted to talk.

Let's talk.

- You wanna sit?
- No, I'm not here to catch up.

Jake Green's dad's sick.

- That so?
- Yeah.

I don't care what you think
of him, okay?

I'm here to ask for your help.

I'm not a doctor, sweetheart.

No, you're not. You're a thief.

He needs meds. He needs Cipro.

Don't have it. Sorry.

But I may be able to help.

Your mother used to make
that same face.

Stop it.

You do not get to talk about her
or Chris, okay?

I heard you're getting married.

What kind of guy is he?

How many questions
do I have to answer?

More.

What's he do, the guy?

He's an investment banker.

Emily, I've stuck by our agreement
to stay away.

But the past few weeks,
I've seen a lot of bad things.

I just wanna know
somebody's looking out for you.

It's just you and me now.

Your mom's gone. Chris is gone.

- Is that what this is, huh?
- What?

You want us to be a family?

You want somebody to invite you
for Thanksgiving dinner?

If you think for one second
that I would do that again, you're crazy.

I think if you want my help
saving Johnston Green's life,

you've got a funny way of asking,
young lady.

You're gonna get my help.
You're my kid.

But I think you and I need to start
seeing more of each other.

Dale.

Where have you been?
I've been looking all over for you.

How did you get this?

Thank you.

Oh, my God. This is
what the fight was about.

Where are you staying tonight?

A friend's house.

A friend's house?

Come on.

You can sleep on the couch
at my place.

- I don't think this is such a good idea.
- No choice.

At least let me do
some work on the car.

There's no time. I have to go now.
Wait, you said it was sturdy.

Sturdy, yeah, but what if you need
to outrun something?

- Why? How fast will it go?
- I don't know.

Thirty, maybe 40 miles an hour,
best case,

downhill, and not for very long.

This is what I'm saying.
Maybe you should go on horseback.

- A horse is slower than that.
- A horse is less likely to explode.

I'll take my chances.

Okay, then at least
open her up easy.

Make sure you have enough car left
in case you need a lot in a hurry.

And remember, the gas tank
on this thing is on the left-hand side,

so if somebody starts
shooting at you,

- make sure it's not on that side.
- Okay, anything else?

Come back in one piece.

I will, I promise.

I thought you were gonna go.

I'm waiting on Eric.

Watch out for giant irradiated ants
out there.

Always do.

Okay.

What, you going somewhere?

Yeah, my father needs medication,
stuff we don't have in town.

Jake and I are going
to Rogue River to find it.

You sure that's a good idea?

Not really.

You be careful out there.

You don't stop for anything.
You don't even slow down.

I mean it.

We'll be back before morning.

Do you mind
keeping an eye on things here?

Of course.
Yeah, don't worry about it.

What the hell?
This is what we're driving?

Yeah, I mean, it's not actually...

Yeah.

What in the world?

I thought the deal was we'd go
get the food and he'd stay away.

It was.

Em?

I couldn't get you the meds,
so I got you the second best thing.

Fast car. He said it's a gift.

You know there are no gifts
with him.

I'm really sorry
you got dragged into this.

Nobody dragged me.
Go save your dad.

Eric, load up.