Jericho (2006–2008): Season 2, Episode 4 - Oversight - full transcript

Previously on Jericho:

I'm Major Beck,
10th Mountain Division.

I want you to be my liaison
to the people of Jericho.

How's your search
for Sarah Mason going?

I'm sending you a private contractor
who knows the area.

He'll take care of the day-to-day
administration of the town

white you find the terrorist.

Hey, Dale. Where'd you get all this?

Here, Missouri, Nebraska.

I've been hitting the big trading posts
in the region.

What's going on here?



We got word there was
contraband in Turner's

most recent shipment.

This will all be shipped back
to Cheyenne to be disposed of.

Western states have all fallen in
with Cheyenne.

They're strong and getting stronger.
This is our new mission.

Expose Cheyenne's secret before
they take over the whole country.

I have evidence
that could expose the whole cover-up.

I have one of the bombs.

Mimi, this is Trish Merrick
with Jennings & Rall.

- Hi.
- I cannot wait to work in that office.

You wouldn't believe how organised
the Jennings & Rall people are.

I think I'm gonna
head to Cheyenne with Trish.

Yeah?

I'm asking if Sarah Mason



has ever been in the employ
of the U.S. government?

No, she hasn't.

I accept your offer
to assist my search for Sarah Mason.

What the hell are you doing
on my property?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Guys, guys, it's okay.

Stanley, sorry about all this.

We're fixing a flat tyre,
then we'll get out of your hair.

Dale, what the hell
are you doing out here?

You know, importing.

Importing at 4:00 in the morning?

Here.

For looking the other way.

Stanley asked me
to return this to you.

Find another way into town.
Quit using his property.

- It's the safest way.
- It's not a suggestion.

It's hard enough
getting past checkpoints,

you just made it ten times harder.

Look, this isn't just about the booze.

The farmers, the merchants,
the clinics, they all need us.

If it wasn't for us, every business
in town would be in debt to J&R.

What the hell are you doing?

Public notice that your business hasn't
yet registered with Jennings & Rall.

- What do you mean?
- A simple oversight.

Still a lot of raiding out on the roads.

The government's
asking merchants to prove

they aren't doing business
with criminals.

You should talk to the sheriff
about all the theft and corruption now.

He should have insight.
When you've registered,

the notice will come down
and you'll submit to weekly inspections

of your sales and inventory.

And if he doesn't?

Then I'll shut him down.

- Yeah?
- Hawkins.

You don't have to answer,
I realise I have some explaining to do.

Who are you?

For now, call me John Smith.

You don't know me,
but I know about you.

No.

No, you don't know anything.

You were tasked on Project Red Bell
with seven other agents.

A member of your own team,
Sarah Mason, betrayed you.

I know about Valente.

When I saw Chavez
was caught by Major Beck,

I figured either you or Cheung
couldn't be far.

So I reached out.

We have goats in common.

And I have information
that can help you.

But I want your assurance
that you won't try to find me.

Can you accept those terms?

Let's agree on this:

You don't make the terms, I do.

And if you have information to share,
then you just share it.

But if you lie to me,
then know that I will find out,

and the next time we speak,
it will not be on the phone.

Those are the terms.

Agreed.

Now can we move on
to more urgent business?

I'm listening.

Good.

Because you're a day away
from being caught.

J&R charges an arm
and a leg for stuff

but I can't raise my prices
because of Cheyenne's price freeze.

So buying from Dale
is the only way that I stay in business.

Mary's not alone.

Matt Carlson
sold his granary yesterday.

I am into these crooks for 15 grand.

When I tried to go around them
to buy feed for my cattle,

they confiscated it, froze my accounts.
Now my herd is starving.

Food, supplies,
we're getting strangled here.

If we don't do something,
it's gonna be too late.

We're talking
about booze and cows here.

And the Stamp Act
and the Sugar Act.

What are you talking about?

The Boston Tea Party,
was it just about tea?

Look, every revolution
that's ever been fought,

they started in rooms like this.

- I disagree, this isn't a revolution--
- People have to take a stand--

Look. Guys, listen.

We're not talking about a revolution.

We have a problem to solve,
so let's solve it.

- Before it gets out of hand.
- J&R is out of hand.

What, Fred? What?

We need a lifeline.

We need to find a way to funnel in
supplies, outside of J&R's control.

Dale, he has the trade connections,
he has the trucks.

Stanley, we have to have your farm.

Why me?

There are Army checkpoints
all over this place.

Your farm is the safest way
in and out of town--

Hey, I am one week away from
having a working farm again, all right?

I need J&R on my side, you under--

You're just gonna leave us
to deal with them alone?

Come on, guys,
this is not Red Dawn.

They gave me back my farm,
they forgave my debt.

We've got power again, jobs, food.

These people are here to help us--

How? By taking over everything?

What's happened to us?

Gas prices were high
before the bomb.

Politicians were crooks,
corporations were evil.

That didn't mean
that we threw in with criminals.

Criminals?
If it wasn't for this criminal,

you wouldn't be vaccinated
for the Hudson River Virus.

Sorry, Jake.

I'm out.

Stanley.

All right, everybody, calm down.
Just calm down a sec, all right?

What are we gonna do now?

We will find you another way
to get into town.

It's gonna be okay.

- Hey.
- You rang?

Tomorrow morning, a binder
will be delivered to Major Beck

from an Air Force Reconnaissance Unit
based in Cheyenne.

It'll contain an aerial radiation scan
of this entire area.

The bomb.

I thought lead made it undetectable.

Oh, this is an advanced system.

Lead is not enough.

Well, then we need to move it.

The scan will get Beck closer
but not all the way.

You see, anything
with a high enough atomic weight

will present in the same way
as plutonium.

He's still gotta search
the hot spots one at a time.

This cabin is gonna be
one of those hot spots.

How do you know all this?

Only a hard copy
would have been sent.

They're not gonna take any chances
with the Internet.

Now, that binder
will be in Beck's office

with his secure files.

I need the page from the binder
that'll identify the bomb.

I'm guessing that's my job.

Within 24 hours, Jake.
Forty-eight at the most.

Before they got a chance
to process the data

and map the hot spots.

Well, you got a plan
for getting Beck out of his office?

Matter of fact, I do.

- You get the gas?
- Yeah, it's out by the car.

Where are you going?

I gotta burn down a house.

If you are here to register,
you can get in line.

For currency exchange,

please have your two pieces
of identification out and ready.

Mimi, I thought you were doing
the books from home today.

All finished.

Listen, I am so glad we have you
on board, I can't even tell you.

Well, don't speak too soon.

I found something odd

and I wanted to check my ledger
against the J&R books.

What is it?

All of the outgoing totals
you gave me match up

until the new currency arrived.

Then suddenly,
there's a $10,000 discrepancy.

I'm sure it's an accounting error.

Perhaps Jennings & Rall
didn't deliver

as much of the new currency
as their books say.

J&R is meticulous about accounting.

They wouldn't make
a mistake like that.

Then someone took it.

How? I mean,
it came off the armoured truck,

checked into Jennings & Rall,

and it's been
under armed guard ever since.

Well, I guess you have to figure out
who had access.

You know what? Don't worry.
It's probably just a mistake.

I'll take care of it.

It's Fort Knox back there.

- What is that?
- Thumbprint scanner.

They're getting that room ready
to house classified information.

It's a pretty short list of people
that'll have access.

Let me guess, I'm not on it?

But if it's any consolation,

you now hold the distinction of being
the first Jericho sheriff in history

who doesn't have a key
to the sheriff's office.

Who does have access?

Just the officers.

There's a list floating around here.

Yeah. There you go.

And here you go.

Tell the lieutenant
that the data has arrived.

I'll be wanting to get into it
as soon as possible.

So how many curfew violations
are we talking about?

Twelve within the New Bern city limits
since Tuesday.

That sounds about par
for the course.

Yeah, it's not the number
I'm worried about.

Rick Daniels, Randy Pope.

These six men here all worked
in the factory making munitions

while I was there.

Things are getting tense there, right?

Random violence,
friction with the J&R reps.

Yes.

I'm worried these aren't
random curfew violations.

It feels more organised to me.

They're testing the fence.

We'll monitor it.

Heather.

Thank you.

Forget him, too anxious.

Callahan's expecting
a field promotion.

He won't risk it.

Foster's dumb as a stump.

Put him down as a maybe.

How do you know all this?

Soldiers that man these checkpoints
hang out at her bar.

Making friends is my business.

Skylar said you wanted to see me.

Yeah.

You were driving through
Stanley's land

- to avoid all the checkpoints, right?
- Yeah.

Well, what if you
didn't have to avoid them?

What if you could drive
right through them?

I'm told you have information

about who's been smuggling
stolen goods into town.

Before I say anything,

I wanna know I'm gonna be able
to keep my business.

I got a family to think about.

Well, Fred,

I'm sure we can work something out.

The kid.

Dale Turner.

He's the key to the whole thing.

What?

I can't get it.

- I can't get the binder.
- What do you mean?

I mean, short of cutting off
someone's thumb,

I can't get into Beck's office.

Plan is in motion, Jake.

Things change in the field,
you just gotta adapt.

There is someone.

Beck trusts her. She's been monitoring
his field reports from New Bern.

She can get close to the data
without being detected but she's smart.

We're gonna have to tell her.

- Tell her what?
- Tell her why we need the page.

Oh, there you go again.

Every time we hit a snag, your answer
is just to bring somebody else in.

You can trust her, Hawkins.

You said same thing
about that journalist.

You think I don't know that?
I care about this person.

I don't. And you see this?
This is not some secret club

where we just invite people in
when it is convenient.

Why don't you tell me what to do?

Just tell me.

Eight people have access to that room
and seven of them are military.

Now, if you wanna get in there
in the next 24 hours, you show me.

Show me how.

Now, I feel as though I'm being
a pretty good sport about all this, but...

I mean, at some point, you're gonna
explain what we're doing here, right?

Yeah.

- Hey.
- Is she here?

Yeah.

I'm gonna ask for your help today.

And that requires that you be told
some very dangerous information.

You should know
that there's only five people

outside of the Cheyenne government
who know what it is

that I'm about to tell you.

And that there are those that will kill
to prevent it from coming to light.

Why would I agree to that?

You already put your life on the line
for this town

and the last thing that I wanna do
is to ask you to do it again.

But I feel like if you understand
what's at stake, you'll wanna help.

- What's at stake?
- I believe it's the future of our country.

Heather.

Do you want me to keep talking?

I'm listening.

You wanted to see me, Trish?

Yes, I wanted talk to you
about an accounting issue.

Oh, work. It's boring.

I don't believe we've met.

Bonnie Richmond.

This is John Goetz.
He's our administrator.

What was it you needed me for?

It's come to my attention that since
we've issued the new currency,

some money
may have gone missing.

- Really, how much?
- Ten thousand dollars.

Here's my incident report, so that
you can start a formal investigation.

Where did you get your information?

The accountant that we hired locally.
She found the discrepancy.

Maybe she made a mistake.

Sometimes a local hire
doesn't have the whole picture.

She keeps a set of books to herself

so that she could check them
against the J&R books.

She believes that the J&R books
may have been altered.

I see.

Look, you and I both know
how seriously J&R takes embezzling.

Zero tolerance.

For the sake of both of our jobs,

I believe that it's important
that we handle this correctly.

You're absolutely right. Thank you
for bringing this to my attention.

I'm gonna look into this right away.

Here you go, Timmy.

Thank you, ma'am.

- Got word from Jane yet?
- No.

Battalion S2 is being a real jerk
about mail from the East.

Says it's a security risk.

I appreciate you asking.

And she must
miss the hell out of you.

No, don't worry.

As soon as my tour's through,
she'll get enough of me.

How's business?

It's hard to keep the shelves stocked
with you boys around.

Just make sure
there's a bourbon waiting for me later.

I'll try.

We're running pretty low.

Gonna be
at your checkpoint tonight?

Yes, ma'am.

Because I can make a call.

Maybe you could look the other way
for just one truck?

You're asking me to commit a crime.

Just booze.

Just booze?

Yeah, all right.

You got it.

Thanks, Timmy.

Not your lucky day, kid.

The government,
the Army and the news.

They're all lying about
who's responsible for the attacks?

Yes.

You're telling the truth?

Yeah.

Who are you?

Okay.

Okay, okay, all right.

- What do you want me to do?
- All right.

There's a binder in Beck's office.

We need you to remove
one page from it.

- Beck's involved in this too?
- Not directly, no.

- Beck's a good man.
- Yes, he is.

But he is taking orders
from some very bad people

in the Cheyenne government.

What's in the binder?

Data from an aerial radiation survey.

Radiation.

Radiation?
What the hell's going on here?

Do you trust me?

Do you trust me?

- Yes.
- All right, this has to happen today.

And Hawkins is gonna get Beck
out of his office.

I'm sorry for dragging you into this.

There's no other way.

Okay.

Mr. Hawkins.

- Thank you, lieutenant.
- Sir.

I was wondering
when I'd hear from you next.

How quickly can you deploy
some men to Nebraska?

- Why, what's in Nebraska?
- I have an informant,

part of a road gang
operating along I-80.

He just confirmed a visual ID
on Sarah Mason.

Doing what?

She was spotted
at a remote farmhouse.

It's probably a safe house.

Is this reliable intel?

Major, Mason doesn't stay
in the same place for too long.

So could we move on this?

- Lieutenant.
- Sir.

I need a patrol on me.

Radio Camp Liberty. Tell them I want
two Apaches on ready standby.

Roger that.

California, huh?

Yeah, well, I'll expect a post card
at least once a week, okay?

Preferably with girls in bikinis.

And if they're naked,
that's even better.

They must have caught him
smuggling.

This isn't right. Let's go.

Take it around again, captain,
we have to be sure.

- Out.
- Major.

- Anything?
- No sign of Mason anywhere.

We got helos all over the state.

Sir, definitely an arson job.

But we also found spent bullet casings
from two different weapons.

- Somebody had a shootout.
- What about the body you found?

Burnt to a crisp.

Judging from bone structure, it's male.
DNA's on it's way to be scanned.

Another dead end, I'm sure.

Fire melted all the computer
equipment in the house.

We found this
behind the basement wall.

Some sort of hard drive.
Looks salvageable.

What do you make of all this?

I think Mason came here
to tie up a loose end.

I think this fire
was supposed to be thorough

and I think she missed something.

Take it to the techs right away.
I wanna see what's on it.

Yes, sir.

What are you doing in here?

We want Dale Turner.

Get him out here.

Can't do it, sheriff.

This is not a jail.
And you don't just hold people.

If Dale is accused,
the sheriff's office will investigate.

That won't be necessary.

A truck full of contraband
meets my burden of proof.

You can't keep him here forever.

I agree. I turned him over
to the military police ten minutes ago.

He's on his way to
Loomer Ridge Prison as we speak.

- You sent him to prison?
- The kid is guilty.

The authority is mine.
I'm sending a message.

There is no place for thieves
in Jericho.

If this man can
throw us in prison whenever,

what makes you think
that stops with Dale?

The vaccines, the registrations,
the gouging, now this?

We're losing this town.
Look, we gotta get there.

They got a ten-minute head start.

Chasing is a good way
of getting shot at.

Probably. Go find Beck.
I need you to relay a message.

You know what he's gonna say.
He doesn't have authority--

We're gonna give him the authority.

At ease. What's going on?

Sir, I found this woman
in your office.

She has clearance
to be in this office.

- What's the problem?
- I believe she was accessing

secure information, sir,
outside her area of clearance.

Were you looking at anything in my
office other than the New Bern files?

No, I wasn't.

I needed to check something
in your inbox.

Problem solved.
Thanks for your help, sergeant.

Sir, with all due respect,

I don't believe her
to be telling the truth.

I believe she is telling the truth.
Are you questioning my judgement?

- No, sir.
- You're dismissed.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

"Thank you"? My apologies.

I hope the sergeant's actions haven't
coloured your faith in this office.

I'd consider that a crime.

Let me do the talking.

Keep you hands up.

- Clear the road.
- Right. There's been a mistake.

I'm the sheriff,
the kid should be in my custody.

- Clear the road or I will shoot.
- I have orders from Major Beck.

- This is your last warning.
- Radio Major Beck--

- This is not the way I get orders.
- Just call him. He'll explain.

Clear the road or I am opening fire.

Sir.

The major from headquarters
is on the horn.

Sir.

Yes, sir, he is.

Yes, sir.

He wants to talk to you.

Major.

You mind telling me
what you think you're doing?

Major, I need your help.

Your brother tells me you want me
to identify a 16-year-old kid

with no discernable value
as a confidential terror informant.

Look, if he's a part of your investigation
then Goetz loses all authority over him.

- Are you out of your mind?
- Look, he's a kid.

He's a 16-year-old kid
and Goetz is sending him to prison

with no judge, no trial, nothing.

It's a mistake.

And you have the ability
to do something about it.

So I'm asking you to help.

Put the lieutenant back on.

- Major--
- Put him on.

Yes, sir.

Bring him up here.

- It's Mimi, right?
- Yes.

Trish told me you're concerned
some money may have gone missing.

- I'd like to see your math on that.
- Oh, sure.

Trish has the ledger
with the discrepancy in it.

I saw her book,
the numbers look fine.

Well, they do, unless
you compare them with my ledger.

In which case,
the numbers are different entirely.

I'd like to see your ledger.

Oh, I keep that at home

but I did make some notations
in the margins of the J&R book.

And you'll see
that our numbers started to diverge

when the new currency arrived.

Please, don't take this
the wrong way, Mimi,

but I can't just take your word for it.

I need to see the ledger.

Well, please don't take this
the wrong way,

but in order to provide
independent oversight

I need to be independent.

You're accusing someone
in this company of embezzlement.

- That's a very serious charge.
- I'm not accusing anyone.

I'm the chief administrator of this town
and I want your ledger.

Valuable information like that
should be kept in a safe place.

Not at home where practically anything
could happen to it.

Well, I will bring it tomorrow.

Thank you.

Excuse me, please.

What do we got?

Quite a lot, sir. Take a look.

In the hard drive
recovered from the fire,

we found transcripts
of secured communication

between the suspect, Sarah Mason,
and a boss, so far unidentified.

"Target successfully terminated."
She was an assassin?

They discuss five murders
in the messages,

then it gets really interesting.

Looks like she turned.

Here, she and her boss discuss the sale
of a package in her possession.

- Mason sold the bomb?
- Almost.

A meet was arranged in Nebraska,
but she balked at the last second.

- Why?
- Unclear.

However, it looks like
she used the meet

to track her buyer
back to his base of operations.

Sir, there's even surveillance.

- Lieutenant, you're excused.
- Sir?

- Leave the room, now.
- Yes, sir.

Only confirms my hunch.

Mason was Black Ops.

And these murders
look like a cleanup to me,

like some kind of
top-secret operation gone bad.

So anyone connected to it
has to die.

Safe to say she killed
that John Doe at the house.

Probably on the orders
of this same boss.

So the question now is,
what exactly are they cleaning up?

We might have missed this entirely
if it wasn't for your informant.

There was no informant, was there?

Sorry, excuse me?

After our trip,
I checked with my field commanders.

They confirmed that there was
a nasty road gang in that region.

Problem is, we smashed up
that operation weeks ago.

- The area's been quiet ever since.
- So what are you saying?

Think twice
before you say another word.

Ever since you waltzed into my office,
you know everything I know.

Every question I had,
you had an answer.

And then today,

the tip from your CI,
the fire, the hard drive.

You think I'm an idiot?

It was too easy.

Give me one reason
why I shouldn't kick in

the door to your house right now?

What else did you find
on that hard drive?

- You know what's there.
- No, I don't.

I think you found something
that you don't wanna believe, though.

That what this is?

This a test, major?

What am I looking at?

That's Thomas Valente on the right.

As in,
the Department of Homeland Security?

He lied to me.

Sarah Mason
did work for the government.

She worked for him.

Is there something wrong?

I found out that someone
is stealing money from J&R.

And I think that they know
that I'm onto them.

Oh, my God.

- Okay, we'll just be quiet.
- What's going on?

It's Ravenwood. They're outside.

Anybody in there?

If you are, you need
to come out here and talk to me.

- What do they want?
- The ledger.

I saw them take Dale today.
What if they don't just want the ledger?

I'll tell them you're not here.

No, no, no, Bonnie, don't go outside.
Bonnie. Bonnie.

Ma'am.

Bonnie, right?

Is Mimi Clark inside?
I'd really like to talk to her.

Sorry, she's not here.

I'm gonna have a look inside.

- They're coming.
- Come on, come, come.

Come on.

Bonnie, hide. Bonnie?

Is the bomb secure?

Yeah, it is.

And thanks for the warning.

- Why are you helping me?
- I want the truth to come out.

Same as you.

What truth would that be?

This government,

or should I say, this company.

What?

You mean Jennings & Rall?

What are you saying, they got
something to do with the attacks?

No, that doesn't compute.

Corporations don't overthrow
governments that enrich them.

Project Boxcar. You're familiar?

It's all right to admit ignorance.

It's how we learn.

Project Boxcar, the covert operation

run by the Cheyenne government
to eliminate any and all evidence

about the origin
of the September attacks.

Evidence?

What evidence?

You, your bomb,
your team-mates, this report.

What is this?

That is a classified disaster plan.

Commissioned by the government,

prepared by Jennings & Rall.

Twenty-five cities, destroyed
from the ground by nuclear weapons.

Targets, specifications,
contingencies, chinks in our armour.

Jennings & Rall
put it all in one place.

It was supposed to protect us,

but someone got ahold of it.

It took our worst nightmare
and made it come true.

Okay.

How do you know about this?

Because

I helped write it.