Ep 1.1 Pilot

Transcribed by Sylar

Jericho

Opening Morse Code: Denver Colorado

[Jake gets into a car and drives to Kansas. He's 47 miles from Jericho, 196 miles from Wichita, 362 miles from Kansas City]

Jake: (laughs)

Man on Radio: Tension is High on capital hill as an emergency session of Congress prepares to hear the president address the issue of global violence. Recent attacks have pushed this administration to take extreme action. Raising more fears than alleviating. With global tension rising the president is taking a risky step confronting what some political observers.

(Jake drives up to the Richmond farm)

Stanley: Oh I can't believe it! Jake Green! How you doin' man?

Stanley: When'd you get back to town?

Jake: Just now

Jake: Is that Bonnie?

Jake: You grew up!

Stanley: Well wait a minute, where the hell you been?

Jake: Ahh...around

Stanley: Jake, no ones been around for five years.

Jake: The army. I've been in the army.

Stanley: Good for you.

Jake: Who's that?

Stanley: She's from the IRS.

Jake: The IRS? Audit IRS?

Stanley: Yeah

Jake: Not going well?

Stanley: No

Stanley: Forget it. How about you and I we go out tonight and we catch up.

Jake: I'd love to. But I just came in to see my grandfather. And then I gotta get back. So uhh....

Stanley: Okay.

Stanley: Bonnie!

(Bonnie is playing on a pink Nintendo DS)

(Stanley throws something at her)

Stanley: Bonnie, we need a pie. One strawberry rhubarb.

Stanley: Welcome back to Jericho, Jake.

(Jake is at Gracie's Market)

Gracie: His wife is lovely but I don't know about him. Mrs. Olson made me promise not to tell but she heard that he bought the old Thompson place in cash. Cash!

Lisa: That color looks really good on you!

Skylar: I know!

Lisa: Why didn't you mom take you to New York?

Skylar: Cause she hates me.

Skylar: (To Dale) What are you looking at loser?

Skylar: I could be shopping in Soho right now, instead of Gracie's Market.

Lisa: I know!

Skylar: Look at this thing.

Lisa: So ugly!

Gracie: Promise not to tell!

Jake: Promise, Mrs. Leigh.

Gracie: What about you, Jake? Where've you been keeping yourself?

Jake: I've been playing minor league baseball.

Gracie: Oh! Is that a fact?

(Jake leaving Gracie's Market)

Emily: (talking on the cell phone ) Well, when do you get in from Chicago?

Emily: Alright. Good. I'll pick you up.

Emily: I love you too.

Jake: Hey

Emily: Hi. What are you doing here?

Jake: I just came in for the day. Visit my grandpa, see the family

Emily: Of course... uh sure, I just didn't hear.

Jake: anyway, how have you been? Mom tells me you're teaching at the high school now.

Emily: (laughs) Yeah. It's weird huh?

Jake: (laughs) Yeah.

Emily: I love it. I just bought a house in the Pines.

Jake: Ah, east side on a teacher's salary?

Emily: Uhh....my fiancé....he's in banking. So...

Jake: That helps.

Emily: Yeah. Roger really loves it here.

Jake: Well, I'm happy for you, Emily.

Emily: How about you? You got somebody?

Jake: No

Emily: I'm sorry

Jake: Ahh, no you're not. You love it. (laughs)

Emily: (laughs)

Jake: Oh god...

Emily: Where have you been?

Jake: The Navy.

(Emily looks at him quizzically)

Jake: Ah hell, why do I even bother?

Emily: Seriously, where have you been?

(Jake pulls up to a Green house)

(Sign says "Re-elect Mayor Johnston Green)

(Jake pets the dog)

Gail: Oh Jake! Oh honey! Oh you're home!

Jake: You're choking me, mom!

Eric: I thought I heard an annoying voice......hey, brother.

Jake: Good to see ya.

(Sitting with Johnson, Gail, and Eric)

Jake: I'm not here to interfere with your campaign, dad. All I want is your signature, then I'll visit grandpa Then I'm...

Eric: It's been five years, Jake. That's all you have to say to dad?

Jake: It's none of your business

Johnston: It is his business. It is all of our business. What you put this family through....

Gail: Johnston, for Gods sake

Johnston: Now, he could've been

Jake: We could spend a week talking about what I could've been. Alright. I've apologized. I've made amends. This is me now. I have a plan, but I need my money to make a clean start.

Johnston: It's not your money. It's your grandfather's money.

Jake: I know. But he gave it to me for a reason.

Johnston: And he gave me authority over it for a reason.

Johnston: You convince me you're leading a more productive life and then.....

Eric: That's right, Jake.

Jake: We were both born on third base. Quit pretending you hit a triple.

Jake: When are you going to realize? I'm 32 years old.

Johnston: When you do. (walks out of the room)

Jake: (following Johnston) Can I talk to my mayor then? huh?

Gail: Let's go see your grandfather.

(At the Cemetery)

(GRAVESTONE:
Eric Jacob Green
Beloved Husband
Father
Grandfather
Mayor)

Jake: I just...

Gail: Stop it, Jake.

Jake: I can't.

Gail: You would have been here if you could

Gail: I brought money. Here.

Jake: I can't, mom.

Gail: I'll talk to your father.

Jake: If he doesn't get it

Gail: Because you won't tell him why you need the money.

Jake: Mom...

Gail: You don't give him enough credit. Your dad has had a few trials of his own you know.

Jake: He'll never know.

(Gail quietly slips money into his pocket)

Gail: Just... stay one more day.

Jake: I gotta get back to San Diego by tomorrow.

Jake: Mom, one more thing.

Gail: Hmm?

Jake: Come here.

Jake: You have clumsy hands. (hands the money back to her)

Gail: I love you. You be careful now, okay?

(Jake drives off)

Radio Announcer: Mr. Speaker. The president of the United States.

(Audience Cheers)

(At the home of Jericho Sheriff Jimmy Taylor)

Woody: Do I have to watch this?

(Jimmy signals the children that they can leave)

(On a school bus)

Kids on the bus: Old McDonald had a farm....E.I.E.I.O.

Heather: (on cell phone) Yeah, well we finally found a garage that can fix it. We had to take a detour.

(At Bailey's)

Man on the television: Ocean of hatred has created (inaudible)

Mimi: Now I feel Like I'm back in DC

Man on Television: And yet we all know that these provision pale in comparison to the fundamental dangers posed by the threat of terror. We have an internal commitment to make the world a better place for our children and grandchildren. This has always been our promise.

(Children playing outside)

Little Girl: Five... Four... Three... Two... One!

(On Schoolbus)

Heather: (on cell phone) We'll be back in an hour Ms. McVeigh. (Phone dies) Ms McVeigh? Hello?

Man on radio: Carried on.... (radio dies)

Man On television: we have... (TV dies)

(Children playing outside)

Little Girl: (seeing her brother on the rooftop) No fun, Woody! You have to hide better!

Little Girl: Woody? Whatcha looking at?

(Mushroom Cloud in the distance)

(Clock strikes 6:00 PM)

(Shows Dale returning home and people in the street talking)

Someone: Better hurry up and get on home

Someone: Has anyone seen Cody?

(At the Green's House)

Johnston: Gail? What's going on?

Gail: Oh, Johnston...

Johnston: (beeping telephone receiver) Nothing...

Johnston: Alright, it looked like the explosion came from the west, maybe Denver. Jimmy get on the Radio. I want everyone at the Sheriffs station. I'll pick up Eric, let's move.

Jimmy: (to Woody) Come here. I'll be back real soon alright?

Gail: Johnston....Jake!

Johnston: We'll find him...

(Jake is driving down the highway and sees the mushroom cloud. He collides with a car driven by a couple)

(At town hall/ police department)

Shep: We're bringing them out of the mine five at a time, as always. No need to start a panic.

Norman: Just trying to get another hours work out of my men.

Johnston: Stop it! Both of you. Norman, get everybody out of the mine. Immediately. And Shep? Help him for a change.

Johnston: Sheriff? Chief? Damage, fires, buildings?

Sheriff Daws: Nothing, Mr. Mayor. The town's fine.

Johnston: Well, let's hope you're right.

Chief Carroll: What does that mean?

Johnston: Do we have any Geiger counters?

(Mimi walks out of Bailey's and starts questioning people on the street)

Mimi: Excuse me? Uh, excuse me! Did something happen?

(At the Town Hall/ Sheriff's Office)

Sheriff: So what does the emergency plan say?

Eric: Contact the governor, National Guard and state troopers.

Officer: Are we under attack?

Johnston: Son, I don't want to ever hear that word again. Now look, this could've been a test, an accident, there's uh military bases near Denver. One explosion does not make an attack. We stay calm, the town stays calm. Okay?

(Waking up in his crashed car)

Jake: (coughs) agh! mmm...(grunts)

(At the Town Hall/ Sheriff's Office)

Bill: I found the Geiger counters.

Johnston: Thanks. Oh, Gray, good to see ya. We could use the extra help.

Gray: Thank you, Johnston... Eric. What can I do to help?

Johnston: We'll let you know.

Eric: Can you work that?

Johnston: Looks okay.

Woman: Mr. Mayor.. Sheriff. A bomb...

Johnston: Yes Ma'am. So far there's no sign of any radiation. We'll keep checking around town.

Theresa: No, no, no. No sir. The school bus isn't back from the field trip with my daughter.

Theresa: Well do something!

Eric: I got it.

Theresa: You should be out there looking for Stacy.

Johnston: Ma'am. Theresa. This is the first we've heard of it. But we will deal with it, alright? Just please, don't worry.

Theresa: That's easy for you to say! You don't have a child out there!

Johnston: (Looking at a map) So the school bus was here... Okay. You tell me where they might've gone

Fireman: There's Wilson's Garage off of Route 160.

Eric: Or Cedar Run Road.

Fireman: Maybe they took a detour

Sheriff Daws: Well I figure with two teams there's only so many places they can be.

Gray: What about the parents?

Johnston: Folks.. Folks! FOLKS! Look I know that every part of you wants to just rush out there. I don't blame ya. But as your friend I'm asking you to think about that. You're safe here. Now what if, God forbid, you go out there and you get stranded, and your child comes back an orphan? You know the Sheriff and his men. You know they'll find your kids. So... please.

(Jake begins to walk back to town. Two children run up to him)

School-Aged Girl: Mister!

School-aged girl: Mister! Please! save her!

Jake: What? What is it?

School-aged girl: Mister! Help!

School-aged girl: Mister! Please!

School Aged Boy: Mister! I-I think they're dying!

School-aged girl: Come on, mister!

(People gathering in the street)

Dispatcher: Thanks (inaudible)

Sheriff: Jimmy, get over there and calm them folks down.

Man: Hey Pete! Come on!

(At the Town Hall/ Sheriff's Office)

Sara: We have our frequencies sir, but outside it's like there's no one there.

Johnston: Alright, um, what about analog? We could contact the governor with a ham radio, couldn't we?

Sara: That could work, but there's only one in town that I know of.

Johnston: I was afraid you was going to say that.

(Back in the street)

Hawkins: Excuse me, Sheriff. Robert Hawkins.

Sheriff: It's good to meet you Mr. Hawkins, but as you can see we've got our hands full.

Hawkins: Could you use an extra man?

Sheriff: No civilians, mayor's orders.

Hawkins: But I used to be a cop. St. Louis.

Sheriff: You know the roads around here?

Hawkins: No... just moved to town.

Sheriff: Then I'm afraid you'd just slow us down.

Hawkins: You might want to get some black spray paint. You know, cover that? (points to the side of the Sheriff's car) Look, I know you're telling people that it was an accident. And I hope it was. But if it was an attack, Sheriff, there's chaos out there, you might not want the wrong people knowing the Jericho is still here.

Sheriff Daws: With all due respect, Mr. Hawkins, this is not St. Louis.

(In a dark basement?)

Johnston: (coughs)

Eric: Dad, are you okay?

Johnston: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me.

Johnston: (coughs) Oh, Oliver, would you stop that.

Oliver: Alright, Johnston. Thought you were aliens. Well, we're under attack! By aliens! Don't you know!

Johnston: Yes we do, that's why we're here. Do you have your ham radio?

Oliver: Yes. For you? 50 cents.

Eric: Oliver!

Oliver: Well, I need my 50 cents!

(Johnston hands Oliver some money)

Oliver: Okay... let me get your change...

(At Dale's home)

Dales Mom: (Answering machine message) Hi Dale! Sorry I didn't call sooner, Angel, but we've decide to stay in the city an extra couple of days.

Mom's Boyfriend: Put down the phone and come to bed!

Dales Mom: Honey, stop that, it's my kid. Baby, what are you looking at out the window?

Mom's Boyfriend: Get over here and look at this!

Dales Mom: Wh-what is that?

Dales Mom: Oh my god! Oh my god! (Window breaks)

(Dale repeats the message)

Dales Mom: (Answering machine message) Hi Dale! Sorry I didn't call sooner, Angel, but we've decide to stay in the city an extra couple of days.

Mom's Boyfriend: Put down the phone and come to bed!

Dales Mom: Honey stop.....

(Dale repeats the message again)

Dales Mom: .....but we've decide to stay in the city an extra couple of days.

Mom's Boyfriend: Put down the phone and come to bed!

Dales Mom: Honey....

Dales Mom: (Answering machine message) Hi Dale! Sorry I didn't call sooner Angel

Dales Mom: (Answering machine message) Hi Dale! Sorry I didn't call sooner Angel. but we've decide to stay in the city an extra couple of days.

Mom's Boyfriend: Put down the phone and come to bed!

Dales Mom: Honey stop....

Dales Mom: (Answering machine message) Hi Dale

(The lights go out)

(On the Street)

Man: How could we lose power?

Another Man: I don't know.

Fireman: The bomb could've fried the relays.

Fireman 2: That's possible

Chief Carroll: They could've blown up the power station for all we know.

Hawkins: Guys? It was probably just a drain on the system from Denver.

Chief Carroll: You a science teacher?

Hawkins: (laughs) Robert Hawkins

Chief Carroll: Chief Carroll.

Sheriff Daws: Jimmy, what's your 20?

Jimmy: Willow Creek, Sheriff. There is nothing in sight.

(Jake and the school children walking to the bus)

School-Aged Girl: It just went crazy, and it was running all over the road!

Jake: Alright, just don't look.

Jake: Augh! (entering the schoolbus and seeing if the driver is alive)

Heather: Is he alive?

Jake: Yeah...You okay?

Heather: Yeah... I.. I think my leg is broken.

Jake: You feel your toes?

Heather: Yeah. Don't worry about me. Worry about them.

Jake: Is anybody hurt? huh? Anybody?

School-Aged Kid: Stacy's sick! She can't breathe.

Jake: (grunts) What's wrong? What happened?

School-Aged Kid: When the bus stopped, she was like this (shows that her neck was on the back of the seat in front)

Jake: It's okay, let me see, let me see it. See. Let me see, Stacy. It's going to be okay. It's okay.

(Stacy struggles to breathe)

Jake: Do you have an ice pack? We've got to stop the swelling now.

Heather: Lucas, the first aid kit is under the seat.

Jake: Okay. Come on. It's alright. Just keep breathing. Breathe normally, alright? It's okay. It's okay. You're fine. Just keep breathing normally. You're okay. Okay.

Stacy: Please. Hurts.

Jake: Calm down. Hey Stacy! no, no, no, no,

(Stacy appears to lose consciousness)

Jake: Gotta think..

Jake: Alright. Look, I need everyones help right now. Who has a pen? Does anyone? Does anybody have a pen? Alright, I need a pen.

Lucas: We have pencils.

Jake: No, I need a... I need a tube. Something hollow, um, a straw!

Julie: I have a straw!

Jake: Here, let me see it, let me see it. Come on! That's too thin... Does anyone else have a juice box?

(Children start saying "I do" )

Jake: Alright, get them out. Get some band-Aids out. What's your name?

Julie: Julie.

Jake: Alright, everybody give your straws to Julie, okay? Hurry! Quick! Make them into a circle.

Jake: (grunts) Alright, you got that? Here you go, tape them together with those band-aids.

Jake: Who's the strongest kid? Huh? You? You hold her shoulders down in case she wakes up okay? Don't look! Right here....

(Jake performs a tracheotomy)

Jake: Where's my straws?

Jake: Go easy... I'm okay... come on...

(Stacy breathes)

(Driving)

Sheriff Daws: Wait! I see something! Okay, we see the bus.

Jimmy: Ah, good. You want us?

Sheriff Daws: No, you keep looking for Jake.

Sheriff Daws: Let's get down there, boys.

(On the Schoolbus)

Lucas: How did you learn how to do that?

Jake: uh.. military school.

Lucas: Were you a soldier?

Jake: (laughs) No, a screw up.

(Near a bus)

Riley: Sheriff? Sheriff? Look at this. It's the wrong bus!

Sheriff Daws: Riley? Riley get over here! RILEY!

(On the schoolbus)

Jake: Where's the damn rescue party?

(At the Green's house)

Gail: Well, hi Dale! Come on in, honey, come on we're all trying to get through this together.

Bonnie: Hi Dale.

Gail: You okay honey? Whatcha got there?

Dale: It's my mom.

Dales Mom: (Answering machine message) Hi Dale! Sorry I didn't call sooner Angel. but we've decide to stay in the city an extra couple of days.

Mom's boyfriend: Put down the phone and come to bed!

Dales Mom: Honey stop that, it's my kid. Baby, what are you looking at out the window?

Mom's boyfriend: Get over here and look at this!

Dales Mom: Wh-what is that?

Dales Mom: Oh my god! Oh my god! (Window breaks)

Gail: Oh Dale! I am so sorry. I didn't know your mother was in Denver.

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

Various People: Oh my god!

Gail: I'm sure they'll have some answers

(On the schoolbus)

Heather: How is she?

Jake: I need to get her back.

Someone taps on the window at Gracie's Market

(On the schoolbus)

Jake: Right here, right here.

Julie: Miss Lisinsky? Are we going to have school tomorrow?

Heather: We'll figure it out honey.

Julie: I vote no.

Jake: Agh!

(At Gracie's Market)

Gracie: Dale! Dale, what are you doing honey? Please! Please don't steal from me! Dale!

(At the gas station)

Man 1: Hey you got extras there?

Man 2: First come first serve!

Man 1: You pulled up your truck. You going to mow your lawn too?

Man 2: I've got a family you know.

Man 1: We've all got families. Come on.

Man 2: Get your hand off the can.

Man 2: What are you doing?

(On the schoolbus)

Jake: Alright, everybody, sit down.

(At Gracie's Market)

Dale: The food won't go rotten so long as the weather stays cold. Hopefully the power will be fixed by then.

Gracie: Thank you for this, Dale.

Dale: Anything for you, ma'am.

Horns honk

(At the gas station)

Man 1: Get out of the truck!

Hawkins: You need to get some lights on before people start losing it.

Chief Carroll: All we have are lanterns and flashlights. That's not enough to light up the street though.

Hawkins: But your town does road work at night, right?

Chief Carroll: You sure you're not the science teacher?

Man on the walkie: We have a problem at one of the gas stations. We need your help right away.

Chief Carroll: I'm on my way.

Hawkins: I've got this.

Gray: Alright, I'll come with you.

Chief Carol: Thanks.

(At Town Hall/ Sheriff's Office)

Sara: Sir.

Man on walkie: There something going on at the gas station. Big crowd, looks like trouble. We need help down here.

Eric: Dad!

Johnston: I heard! Go! go! Sara...

Gail: Honey....

Johnston: I don't have time right now. Some damn fool.....

Gail: Johnston!

Johnston: What?!

Gail: Listen to me! Dale Turner,s mother died tonight. In another explosion.... Atlanta.

Johnston: Oh my God!

(In a car)

Jimmy: Sheriff, there's no sign of Jake out here. In fact there's no sign of anybody. We're, uh, we're going to head back. Let me know if the kids need anything. Sheriff, are you there?

(Driving the schoolbus)

Jake: Stay awake... stay awake till.... (notices the gas gauge shows empty) does this bus have a gas can? (Heather shakes her head no) The bus... it stops

Heather: Okay... kids... Listen to me. If the bus stops again, we're going to need you to walk back to town and get help, okay?

Lucas: I don't know where we are!

Jake: When you get to the stop sign. Turn left. Take a left.

Lucas: Which way's left?

Jake: ugh!

Heather: Hold up your hands. Stick out your thumbs. The one that makes the L, that's your left.

(At the gas station)

(the crowd is saying a lot of things, hard to get anything audible. One man says "get your hands off of me!")

Gray: (Says two peoples names)

Chief Carroll: Break it up!

Gray: Morty, stop it right now! Yeah, Morty, I'm talking to you!

Gray: Michael Stevenson, Carl Meek, Carl! Now why are you turning on each other? Stealing from your neighbors? Then you are fighting the wrong people! We are literally in the dark. All I'm saying is that I-I think we need to get organized. I don't know where the mayor is. But maybe it's time we came up with a plan ourselves.

Johnston: What's going on Gray? We making speeches?

Gray: With all due respect, Mr. Mayor. We have a missing bus, no police, Firemen doing policemen's jobs.

Eric: How dare you politicize this?

Johnston: Eric...

Gray: I'm not talking to my opponent, I'm talking to my mayor. I don't care about the election, I care about survival. We just might be on our own here, and I need to know what my mayor intends to do

(Crowd starts agreeing)

Johnston: Look, I know we've been through a lot.tonight. I wanna tell you something. I've been to big cities, and been to foreign countries, but I will take the good people....

Shep: Take the good people of Jericho over any other city, we know Mr. Mayor we've heard the speech.

Johnston: Well, Shep, I hope you don't think I've been asleep at the switch. We had all hoped that this was an accident. But he unfortunate truth is there was another explosion in Atlanta. I've been busy trying to contact the governor.

(Crowd murmurs)

Man in the crowd: Yeah, well what if the governor is dead?

Johnston: There is no report of anything happening in Topeka

Another man in the crowd: How are we going to get reports without television? Or with no phones?

Johnston: We don't know anything about north

Yet another man in the crowd: When are we going to get the power back on?

Johnston: Folks, one at a time please. Calm down.

Man: Calm down? My boy is still out there.

Johnston: The Sheriff is out there looking for your boy AND my boy.

Theresa: Police officers...

Shep: We need to know what you're going to do now.

(Crowd murmurs)

(Bus honks its horn)

Jake: Help them! Help em'! Get Stacy.

Fireman: Are you the one? Okay.

Jake: (looking at Heather) What's your name?

Heather: Heather.

Jake: Jake.

Heather: Nice to meet you, Jake.

Jake: You too.

(kids get off the bus and run to parents)

Julie: Mommy!

Julie: I missed you so much! I love you!

Lucas: Dad!

Theresa: (to Stacey as she is taken to an ambulance) Mommy's right here. Right here, honey. Everything going to be okay.

Gail: Jake... oh honey...

Jake: I'm okay.

Gail: Eric, help your brother.

Jake: Dad...

EMT: Put your arm around me.

Gail: Careful. Careful.

EMT: Easy, Easy.

Gail: Eric, get April. We'll meet you at the medical center.

Eric: Okay.

Jake: Hey, there's an empty prison bus out there.

Eric; Where abouts?

Jake: Cedar Run

Eric: Alright. Just relax. We'll take care of it.

Gail: Oh God. Look at you! You're a mess.

Jake: I'm fine. Stop worrying about me

Gail: Good luck with that.

Johnston: Hey Shep! You said earlier that you had heard that speech before. You ever ask yourself why I say it? Because I happen to trust you people. Cause I love my town. Now something happened in Denver and Atlanta. And we could wake up and find out that's where it stopped. But until we know are we going to use our imaginations to solve problems or cause em? Now we can get the power back on, we can find out how big this thing is. If we have to we can fight, we can fight anybody, we can fight all enemies. The only way that's going to happen is if we work together. Now go on home. We'll meet... tomorrow. Town hall. And folks? Don't you break my heart again.

Johnston: Chief? Keep all your men posted until the sheriff gets back.

Johnston: Hey Shep.

Gail: I was afraid I was never going to see you again.

Jake: You think I'd let dad have the last word?

Johnston: Hey. You're talking about me. You did a great thing out there today.

Jake: Thanks.

Johnston: Your grandfather would've been proud. I'm going to go see what's taking these guys......

Jake: You know, I go away for a few years and the town goes to hell (laughs)

Gail: I'm glad you're home.

Jake: Yeah, well we'll see

Chief Carol: What are you thinking?

Hawkins: Well I was just wondering what it'd all look like in the morning.

(Emily is in a car. Then stops and steps out; sees dead birds all over the road )

Emily: What's happening?