All language subtitles for Jeremiah S01E01E02 The Long Road (1)(2)-eng

(Jeremiah) Dear dad,

I think about you every day.

The end of your world,
the beginning of mine.

6 billion lights
that went out in 6 months.

6 billion lives
lost to a mystery.

All the mothers, fathers,
sisters, brothers,

over the age of innocence.

I'm 15 years full
of missing you,

but I keep you alive
In my words.

I know you.

I have a warning for you.

And a blessing.

They're the same thing.

More efficient that way.

The thunder
will change you forever.

But everyone you love

will fall
at the end of the world.

[thunder clapping]
What's that supposed--

(Jeremiah)
I think about you every day.

well, Jeremiah, have you decided
you like fishing?

Devon, there's a phone call.
It's the lab.

They say there've been
10 more deaths in New Delhi,

and 3 this morning
in Paris.

(Jeremiah)
The end of your world...

(female reporter)
Public concern continues to grow

with mass panic
across the globe

as the virus continues to kill anyone
above the age of puberty.

(Jeremiah)
The beginning of mine.

(Devon) Jeremiah...

listen to me.

If anything should happen
to me and your mother,

I want you to watch out
for yourself and your brother.

I want you to promise me that you'll
take care of them now.

He's too young to understand.
Promise me.

(Jeremiah)
The end of your world...

there's one last plane for
Valhalla Sector in an hour.

I promise we'll be back
in less than an hour, OK?

(Jeremiah)
The beginning of mine.

(Devon) What's causing this
can't affect you directly.

You're too young.

(Jeremiah) The end.

[alarm beeping]

(Jeremiah)
The beginning.

(woman)
Stop, thief!

[people yelling]

(Michael)
Jeremiah!

[gasping]

[water splashing]

[bird cawing]

[bird hooting]

[rustling]

[twanging]

Shit! Oh, shit.

Ow! [coughing]

Listen, listen,
I--I--I'm sorry about your fish.

I didn't know
they were yours.

I--I didn't see nobody--

[gasping]

[sighs]

OK.

OK, so what you're saying
is you're pissed.

Well, look, look, I'm sorry I took
your goddamned fish, OK?

But you didn't have to go
tying me up and shit.

Uh, what if something happened
to you over there, huh?

Like-- I don't know,

maybe you--you--you--you
choke on a fish bone or something,

and I'm over here stuck,
all tied up, huh?

Then I'd be fucked.

I would be so completely,

supremely, eternally fucked
that--

I don't even think
there's a word

for that level
of fuckosity.

You know
what I'm sayin'?

Look,

it's-- it's just that I haven't eaten
in the last few days, OK?

And I'm--I'm--I'm
just hungry.

All right? I'm...

I'm just hungry.
That's all.

Wait--wait a minute.
Wait, look, look.

What the fuck?
I said I was sorry.

What--what're you--
What're you going to do?

Look, I--I said
I was sorry, man.

I said I was sorry.

Next time,
try asking.

[ropes snapping]
I caught plenty,

more than
I could eat by myself.

I can't exactly
freeze the rest.

Figured I'd take them
into Clarefield tomorrow,

trade 'em
for some supplies.

I can spare a couple.

Do you want 'em or not?

So why Clarefield?

You know, there's
another town a lot closer.

I hear a lot of people have been
going to Clarefield lately

for trade.

Maybe I'm looking
to find something.

What's that?

End of the story.

You got a name?

Kurdy.

Kurdy? Your name
is Kurdy?

Yeah, it is.
What of it?

Oh, I know.

"What the hell kind of name
Is Kurdy?"

Well, go ahead,
I've heard all the jokes.

"Kurdy must be wordy."

"Look at little kurdy-birdy
up in the tree."

"Dirty-kurdy, nerdy-kurdy,
purdy-kurdy."

Oh, yeah,
"turdy-kurdy."

See, I've heard 'em
all before,

so, go ahead, you just take
your best shot.

I was just going to say
I knew a guy in Seattle

named Kurdy.

He, uh, he had a snake tattooed
all up his left side.

Oh.

Good guy, you know,
stand-up guy.

Just hadn't heard
the name since.

OK. Fine.

I'm sorry I blew up.

Yeah, it's OK.

After a while
you get so tired--

It's OK.
Forget about it.

What about you?

What's your name?

Jeremiah.

Jeremiah.

Can't do much with that.

Nope.

You live around here?

I'm just passing through.

[laughing]

Well, who isn't?

Uh, man, I've been
on the road for so long,

it's all I remember.

I mean, that's why I...

Well, you--you know
the laws of the road:

You see food, you take it,

'cause you never know
when you're gonna see it again.

Hey,

you want to see somethin'?

I found this in the back
of a store 2 years ago.

Rock candy.

Stays fresh forever.

I've been holdin' onto this
for a special occasion.

Haven't had one yet.

Haven't even seen one.

So, uh,

how old were you
when it--

I don't want
to talk about that, OK?

Yeah.

It helps to think about
the way things were before,

you know, sometimes
it gives you something to shoot for.

There wasn't
no other time.

Not for me.

And not for mostly
everybody else.

I don't remember what went on before,
and I don't give a shit.

As far as I'm concerned,

the only world that matters
is this one,

because this is the one
I've got to live in.

Now, what came before,
what comes after, other people's shit,

it's not my problem,
you know.

Sometimes.

Other times...

You know, my dad
always said that, uh,

other people's problems
are everybody's problems.

Otherwise
it all falls apart.

Well, I don't mean
to alarm you or anything,

but it already
has fallen apart.

I don't even remember
my father,

so I sure as shit don't care what yours
had to say about any goddamn thing.

Hey, what are you doin'?

Writing a letter.

A letter?

Well, how the hell
you figure on mailin' it?

I'd say that's my problem,
wouldn't you?

[sighs]

[bird calling]

[people chattering]

[chickens clucking]

(seller)
Come on.

All right, people, listen up.
I'm looking for cans of milk.

I've got 6 bullets
to trade off, here.

I'm giving 2 bullets for a can of milk.
People, talk to me.

You won't get a deal
like this anywhere.

Step up, step up.
Look at that.

Come on, now. Come on.
Cheese. That'll do, that'll do.

I'll give you
2 bullets for that.

[people chattering]

(seller)
I've got 2.

Count them,
2 fully charged "d" batteries.

Fuck you.

Nobody's got
batteries anymore.

You can't charge them
past a certain point.

I said fully charged,
and I meant fully charged.

Money back.
Guaranteed to work.

What're you asking
in trade?

Coffee. Whole bean,
ground, freeze dried.

I don't care
just as long as it's coffee.

Coffee?

The last boat
from South America came in

15 years ago.

Or gas. I'll take
gasoline in trade.

Get out of here.

If we had gas, we could charge
our own damned batteries.

Nobody's holding gas.

[woman screaming]

OK, nobody moves!

Jimmy, Dex,
get the stuff!

Hurry up!

No, please. Look, look.
They're all I've got.

I said, let go.

[whistle blowing]

[people screaming]

(man)
Watch out!

[groaning]

[grunting]

Clear! Pickup.

[boys panting]

[goat bleating]

[sighing]

(man)
Are you OK?

[crowd murmuring]

Anybody hurt?

(woman)
No.

(man #1)
No.

Well, all right.

(man #2)
Is he all right?

(Colin)
Are you Theo?

I've--I've heard a lot
about you. it's an honor.

What do you want?

Those are my batteries.
I came here to sell them.

I can give you
a good price.

Look out!

[gun firing]

[grunting]

Are you OK?

Well, generally,
I prefer to be on top,

and usually there are
flowers involved,

but, yeah, I'm OK.

Good.

[rooster crowing]

Uh, wait, wait,
you didn't pay me for--

I don't pay for anything
I already own.

And if they're in my hand,
well,

I own them.

That's not fair.

One thing for another.

Excuse me?

"One thing for another."

That's what the sign says.

That's the law
of the marketplace.

You made the rules.
You hung the sign.

I figure you ought
to abide by them,

same as everyone else.

[scoffing]

Yeah.

Sure, why not?

Anything of value
you find on him, it's yours.

I don't know
if this guy--

Say, "thank you, Theo."

Thank you, Theo.

You're welcome.

Sam, you ever seen
that guy before?

(Sam) No. He must have
just rolled in today.

Send him my way
when you get a chance,

and anybody else
who just got into town.

Yeah, all right.

Look, maybe
it's gone.

I mean, we're not even sure
what it was--

Shh.

[beeping]

[sighing]

A signal.

Whoever it is, they're back.

I had my boys check
the signal strength.

They think it's real close,
maybe even right here in town.

Somebody's got a radio!

And a radio means
transmitters and receivers.

And that means
you've got electricity--

(Sam)
Or batteries.

And a way
to keep them charged.

And that means resources.

And resources means--

That means the end
of the world.

Find them, Sam.
Find them. It's important.

[chuckling]

[people chattering]

[music playing]

What'll you have?

What've you got?

Bathtub gin, bathtub vodka,
fresh-made whiskey

that's gonna take
all your chits

and half your brain cells.

And some local brewed beer.
Tastes like rat piss,

but after about 4 glasses,
you really don't care anymore.

Beer.

(woman) I ran into this guy
who made it as far as Chicago,

and he says the big death
ain't permanent.

(man) What do you mean,
"it ain't permanent"?

Dead is dead.

Yeah, unless
they were just asleep.

You know, some kind
of sleep so deep

that no one could tell
they were still alive.

I've heard of diseases
like that.

It could've been
like an infection.

Exactly.

So this guy says

that every night,
all over Chicago,

the dead come back,

wandering the streets,
looking for their lost kids.

Quite a bunch, huh?

They come in here
every night

trying to figure out
what the hell happened.

It gets crazier
every time.

Geniuses and philosophers,
every one of them.

How about you?

You got a theory?

Me?

I've got 9 chits,
this beer, you to talk to.

I don't need a theory.

Best answer I've heard
all night.

Next one's on me.

[grunting]

Hey.

Listen, I saw
what you did out there.

It was very cool.

There's not many people

that stand up to Theo
like that.

Well, not many people
still living, anyway.

Why'd you do it?

I guess the same reason
anybody does anything.

It seemed like the right thing
to do at the time.

Well, that puts you
in the minority.

See, most people, they tend to do
the most convenient thing.

The right thing?

Well, that's
a little harder to do.

My name's Simon.

Jeremiah.

Jeremiah, my friends
and I were thinking

that we could use
a man like you.

My gate doesn't swing
that way.

No, no, no, no.
This is a job.

It might be the most important job
anyone can think of.

We could use
guys like you:

People who aren't
afraid to stand up,

who haven't given up on the dream
of making something that's...

Something that's better
than this.

No. I've been hustled
too many times.

Everybody's got some big idea
how they want to rebuild the world.

I don't buy into that shit.
I just go my own way.

Simon, we've got to go.
Our appointment.

Right.

Well, we'll talk
again later.

(man #1)
You are so full of crap.

(woman) No, I'm not. It's totally
true. this guy was serious.

(man #2)
That is unbelievable.

How many drinks
did this guy have?

None. None.
He's totally serious.

OK, I heard that
there are armies building up

on the East Coast
of China,

getting ready to move in.
They probably started this.

Will you give it a break?

Jesus.

Look, I've been on the road
a long time,

and if there was
walking armies and dead folks,

I would've seen it.

You want to know
what happened?

What I think
really happened?

Somebody fucked up!

[music stops]

Something got loose
that wasn't meant to get loose.

Somebody grew
this thing in a lab,

and he felt real proud
of himself.

And he thought
how smart he was,

and how he was going
to get a raise and be real important.

Only one day, that thing in the lab
got bigger than he was.

And it bit him.

And it escaped
out into the world,

and the dying started.

All because of one asshole

with too much time
on his hands.

[sighs]

So, like,

did this guy say he'd actually seen
dead folks

walking around Chicago?

[music starts]

Come on. 3 cans of food
for 2 chits?

Are you feebed out
or what?

That's the price, man.

Take it or split.

Jeez. At least Jesse James
had a horse.

Who's Jesse James?

I don't know.

It's something my dad
used to say.

Look, man, 3 cans of food
is--is too high.

It's freaking extortion.

I mean, not that
I can't afford it.

It's just the principle
of the thing, you know?

(Sam) We called you as soon
as my guys found it.

Figured you'd want to have one of your
boys look at it, too, huh?

Keith, check it out.

Careful, now.
It might be booby-trapped.

It's probably got
a 20-gallon tank.

30, when you add
those 2 cans of reserve.

Assuming it gets
25 miles a gallon,

we're talking a range
of 750 miles.

Gas tank reads half-full.

Assuming they haven't set up
any fuel depots

between here
and the car's point of origin,

that means wherever
it came from

is within a distance
of 375 miles.

Theo, check this out.

[radio beeping]

Huh?

Same signal.

The one we heard
earlier, baby.

Yeah, you were right.

Means somebody's been spying
on our little operation.

(Keith)
Hey, Theo.

Some of these
recent modifications

suggest the use
of power tools,

access to equipment,
cars, gasoline.

Whoever this belongs to,
they represent a significant danger.

Or an opportunity.

Sam, I want guards
posted around the clock.

Whoever left this here
will be coming back for it

sooner or later.
And I want 'em alive.

Got it.

[music playing]

[people chattering]

And I've got
some pretty big plans

for the future.
Mmm-hmm.

See, I've been stashing
stuff away ever since before.

And with everybody
running out of everything,

pretty soon, it's going to be time
to start trading it all in.

I'm going to be wheelin',
dealin', buyin', sellin'.

And before
it's all over with,

I'm going to be
so set for life.

Now I figure
if you, uh, come with me,

we could probably work
something out.

Do you know how many other guys
have come in here with that line today?

No, for real.
I've got it--

In storage back home, right,
where no one can find it?

Give me a break.

No, uh, hey, I've got
all kinds of stuff, woman,

y-y-you not knowing.

Let me show you, OK?

I've got this little place
I can take you to.

I've never shown it
to anybody.

Another one.

Hey, Kurdy.
How are you doin'?

Bitchin'.

Good. That's real good.

Hi. I'm cherysse.

I'm Jeremiah.
Old friend of Kurdy's.

Hi, Jeremiah.

You know, I couldn't help
but notice this morning

how you took delivery
of that load of fish

that we discussed
the other day.

Now, you remember
our little discussion, don't you?

Yeah. Yeah, I remember
the discussion.

See, he's just got
so much stuff,

it's hard to keep
track of.

That little, uh, deposit
we talked about,

the, uh, finder's fee.

Shouldn't be a problem,
right?

No, it's not
a problem.

No problem at all.
I've got it right here.

Thanks.

Pleasure doing business
with you, Kurdy.

Oh, and, uh, take care of my friend,
will you? He's loaded.

I think we can work
something out.

[sighs]

Thanks for not
ratting me out.

Yeah, well, we're even now.
That's what matters.

Sure you know
what you're doing?

Don't have a clue.

But she's got a
sweet face.

And you don't see that many sweet
faces around here, you know?

No, I guess you don't.

Good luck.

Thanks. I owe you one.

Mmm.

[groans]

Theo wants
to see you. this way.

Now my day's complete.

You're sure this is
the right place?

This is where
they said to wait.

Then where the hell
are they?

I don't know.

[bell ringing]

[wind blowing]

Oh, dear God.

Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah, baby, that's good.

Just like that.
Come on, baby. Come on.

Wait, wait.
Not so fast.

Oh, no, no. Fast is better.
Fast is better! Come on!

Look, I just want to--
What?

[panting]

What's your name?

I told you, it's cherysse.

Is that your real name,

or is that name
you use downstairs?

What does that have
to do with anything?

Why do you need to know
my real name?

Well, I don't know.
I just do--

Baby, baby, there'll be
plenty of time for that later.

Now, come on. Come on.
Give it up for cherysse!

Come on. Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah!

That's great, baby.
Come on!

[dog barking]

(Theo)
Come on.

Nice place.

One of my brain boys
calls it postmodern entropy.

I don't know
what it means.

But I sure like
the way it sounds.

Yeah, after the big death,

the first places we burned
down were the schools.

That just goes to show you
how stupid we are,

because they had
civil defense shelters, fences.

Roofs you can secure.

[scoffing]

And the basketball courts
keep everybody happy.

What's this all about?

I ask anybody new in town
to come by for a chat.

I like to keep up
on what's happening outside,

find out about any new players before
they come knocking at my front door.

Not much to say.

Say it anyway.

I've got time.

Well...

I have seen more
raiding parties than usual,

up around the border.

They seem to be ranging further afield
to find their supplies.

More and more people
are fighting

over the pieces left
of the old world.

I hear the skinheads
have about taken over Montana,

and, uh, they're making
moves around here.

Hmm. They always were
pretty well organized.

It must be all that
marchin' up and down.

Chicago, Detroit,
New York, the big cities...

Pretty much empty.

You can't grow food
on concrete,

and nobody's
bringing it in.

The best places
I hear about are in the south:

Florida, Louisiana,
North Carolina.

Farming's come back.

You can pick your dinner
right off the trees.

Is that where
you're headed?

No.

I'm looking for someplace.

Well, hey, aren't we all?

What place?

Valhalla sector.

Valhalla?

[laughing]

Now, the only Valhalla
I ever heard of was in a book.

Some kind of
an afterlife, heaven.

Somethin' like that.
But not a real place.

What's that?

Some--some kind
of a town or somethin'?

I don't know.

Just some place I heard
my dad mentioned. he, uh...

Some place he needed to go.

Your dad is dead,
Jeremiah.

Everybody's dad
is dead.

I know. It just, uh,

seemed really
important to him

and, uh, I kind of want to know
how the story ends, you know?

It's like a door in my head.

I can't shut it until I find it.

What do you know
about the end of the world?

I got over it.

No, the end of the world.

That's a place
where all the stuff

of the old world
still works.

They've got electricity,

guns,

all the food you can eat.

That's just a story.

Like, uh, the dead
walking around Chicago.

I don't buy it.

Yeah, well, we'll see.

One other thing.

You saved my life
out there today.

Now, that doesn't
happen every day.

So I figure that deserves
some kind of thanks.

You found a bed yet?

No, not yet.

But if you're offering...

No, not like that, sugar.

[scoffs]

Not yet, anyway.

Let me show you around.

You like what you see,
you can stay on for a few days.

Come on!

Let me show you the world
accordin' to Theo.

What is it?

Something's wrong.

Somebody's been here.

We'd better get
out of here now.

[grunting]

[crowd chanting]
Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!

Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!

Hey, boys,
how's it hangin'?

(all)
Hey, Theo.

Yeah, what y'all
got for me today?

Prep the engine.

But it still needs
more testing.

I said, do it.

It'll just be a minute.

How'd you ever get
all this stuff together?

After the big death,

when the world
turned into camps--

Big kids against small kids, boys against
girls, dumb kids against smart kids,

I knew I had
to get protection.

I had to invest
in the future.

I got the jocks
to protect me

and do all the heavy lifting, and my
boys here to do all the heavy thinking.

There were books on how to build
a nuclear power plant

or make phones work.

But you had to understand
all the stuff leading up to that

to know what the hell
was in those books.

Am I right?

Most of us here have been with Theo
since the beginning.

She, uh, lets us
read all the time.

We don't have
to work.

She finds books
for us,

and looks after us.

We, uh...Even get laid
sometimes.

Yeah, and in return,

we get goodies that help
keep things moving forward.

We're ready here.

(Keith)
Now, it took us a while

to get all the parts
we needed.

Every town has its supplies,
but they don't like to share

because they don't want
anybody getting an unfair advantage.

What is it?

It's a steam engine.

[engine revving]

Watch.

(Phil)
It's only a prototype.

We just started wiring it
into the system here

to see how far we could
power up the lights.

Pretty soon, we think
we can light up the whole building.

[laughing]

Whoo! Whoo!
That's my boys.

Oh, I love you guys.

Hey, cheerleaders
for everybody! whoo!

[inaudible]

I've got to go.

You're free to stay here
as long as you like.

(Theo) You know, I've met some guys
That like to get hurt before.

but you are taking it to
a completely new level, Simon.

Where did you come from?

OK.

Then why don't you tell me
what this is, hmm?

Sam says you had
it hidden in your back pocket,

fought like hell
to keep him from taking it.

This must be important.

Oh, well.

I did...

Try...To be...

Civil!

I'll tell you what.

I'm going to ask you
one question, just one.

Answer it,
and all y'all can go.

Where is

the end of the world?

I saw your car.

It had to come from someplace
with more resources than we've got.

Where did you get it?

Where is the end
of the world?

It's closer--

[spits]

It's closer than you think.

You think we're playing
some kind of fucking game here?

Is that what
you think?

Let's play!

No!

[gun firing]

Where is it?

There is no such place.

[scoffs]

You know what?

The last time
I did this...

Hah! The last time
I did this...

Whoo!

I got so pissed, I screwed up and
pulled the trigger.

You remember that,
Sam, don't you?

You see, I've got
this temper.

It's such a burden,
you see.

Whoo.

Hang on now. Let me
think through this now.

Because if I kill you,

and I kill him,
then, well,

there ain't going
to be nobody left

to answer my question,
is there?

[sighs]

So maybe I will just
try another one.

Did anybody else
come here with you?

No.

(Sam)
He's lying, Theo.

I seen him talking to your new pal
down at the club.

Find him.
Get him here.

Now, you see?

You see how good it is
to be observant?

Let's all hear it
for Sammy.

[grunting]

No!

You bastards!

[dog barking]

Hey.

So, uh...

How'd it go?

OK.

Oh, just OK?

She wasn't
what I was looking for.

[laughing]

Now, don't get me wrong,
she was great.

It cost me
4 cans of food

and a chunk
of beef jerky.

But she just wasn't it.

Well, what are you
looking for?

Hell if I know.

I'll know when
I see it, though.

You know, I heard this place
was making a big comeback.

But now I'm here,
I don't think so.

No.

[grunts]

Why is it nothing
is ever as good

as it's supposed
to be?

Oh, you mean...

Her? No, no, no,
not her.

OK. Well, yeah,
her, too, I guess.

It's like you sit down
and eat, right?

And whatever's
on the next guy's plate

is always better
than what you've got.

I mean, it's like, if I've got chicken
and he's got chicken,

he's got a bigger piece.

You know, or--or--or
it's crunchier.

And I like my food crispy-crunchy.
You know what I'm saying?

Oh, yeah, crunchy's good.

But it's never right, man.

It's never the way
it's supposed to be.

Never the way you think
it's going to be.

You get a new shirt,

it's either too small
or it itches.

You get to a new town
and they've got running water,

they've also got
running rats.

And everything breaks
before it's supposed to.

It sucks!

Yeah.

You think it was
like this before?

Probably not.

Yeah, probably not.

Probably nothing
ever broke before.

Oh, I don't know.

Something sure did or
the world wouldn't look like this.

You've got
that right.

[sighing]

Look, I was thinking.

You know, you--
You're kind of odd.

Not in a bad way.

You--you--you've got
a lot happening up here.

You know, and most of these guys
around here, man,

they act like they know what's up.
But they don't.

But you, though,

it's like you're
the man with the plan.

You've definitely got
something going on, and I like that.

And I don't have it
all figured out,

but I was thinking that maybe
me and you can work together.

You know,
I--I watch your back,

and you let me know
what it is you're after.

You in?

I'll think about it.

I'll get back to you.

(man)
Theo wants you, Jeremiah.

Guys, not now, OK?

Tell Theo if I want to be hassled,
do it before 6:00.

Shit.

[grunting]

Come on.
Give me a hand.

This is not my problem.

It's not my problem.

I mean, he didn't say yes,

he just said,
"I'll think about it."

I sat here and poured
my heart out,

and he just said,
"I'll think about it."

you think about it.

(Theo) You know, it doesn't have
To be like this.

if we combined
our resources, work together,

do you have any idea
what we could accomplish?

I know what it takes
to get by out here,

to survive, to organize,
get people to do what I want.

I learned hard,

but fast.

Yeah, those
first few years, huh!

The things I had to do
just to survive.

Girls had it worst
of anybody, you know?

Is that so?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, when the big death hit,

anybody above puberty
died fast, and bad.

So for everybody on the edge,
when it happened,

oh, well, it gave the idea
of hitting puberty a lot more terror

than the need to go
find a tampon,

you know what
I'm saying?

You see, with a girl,

the moment you hit puberty,
you know it.

With guys, it takes
10, 15 years to notice a difference,

but we knew it
right off.

We had to live
with the terror:

"am I going to die now?

Is it my turn?"

we had no idea
the big death was over.

We didn't know
that son of a bitch was so fast

that it killed off everybody
who carried it,

so that by the time we started
pumping out those hormones,

there was nobody left
to infect us.

We knew none
of that.

So, you'll excuse me

if it left some of us
just a little bit

fucked up.

If you get somewhere
near a point soon,

you just send up
a flare, OK?

I'm saying
you had it easy.

You don't know what
it takes to survive out here.

From what I understand,
you guys have all the comforts of home

at the end
of the world.

There is no such place.

I want what
you've got.

And if you won't
give it to me,

I'll take it
one way or another.

[door opening]

There you go, boss.

He's got nothing to do
with this.

Yeah? Well, how come
we saw him

talking to you two clowns
at the club, huh?

He was talking real quiet
and intense-like, you know?

A couple of the other guys
saw him, too.

Mmm-hmm. Boy,
you get around, don't you?

Is that why you saved my life,
to get close to me,

learn more about my setup?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I met these guys at the bar
and we talked a little bit. That's it.

(Theo) Put him in the cage.
Put both of 'em in the cage.

(Sam)
All right.

[footsteps thumping]

[grunting]

Are you all right?

I'm OK. I'm OK.

How's he doing?

He's bleeding
to death.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Slow, bad way
to go.

I can take care of that.

[gun firing]

(Simon)
No!

[Simon grunting]

I'm tired of fucking
around with y'all.

You either give me
what I want or he's next, and you...

When we're through with you,
you're gonna wish you were dead.

Now, you decide if this is something
really worth dying for.

Do you mind telling
me what the hell his is all about?

She thinks the end
of the world is a real place.

Did you tell her
that it's not,

that it's just
some goddamned story?

Yes, I did.
She didn't believe me.

Why not?

'cause it is real.

(woman) And I was talking with people
today from back east,

they said the government's
coming back.

Not that again.

They say it's been slow. But things are
gonna improve around here real soon.

We're going to have
running water, power,

everything we--

Is that a--

Yes, it is,

and if you don't mind, I'd like to
continue eating in peace, thank you.

I haven't seen a stick
of candy like that in--

Where'd you get it?

Well, I'm really not
supposed to tell.

Where?

It fell off a truck, OK?

What truck?
Who's got a truck?

Look, I will get in serious trouble
if I say anything--

What truck?

(Kurdy)
OK, all right. Relax.

(woman) Check it out.
Check it out.

It's just like
you were saying

about the government
coming back. it's true.

They've had the red cross
sending in supplies

for about
6 months now.

Man, they've got food, they've got
blankets, they've got candy.

If they've been sending
in all this stuff,

how come we haven't seen
any of it?

'cause Theo's been
grabbing it all.

You are so
full of shit.

Wait a minute.

I saw a big truck going
into Theo's place tonight.

All covered up with tarps

so you couldn't see
what was on it.

Guards all over
the place.

I asked what
was so important.

And they said to mind my own
business or I'd find myself dead.

[crowd exclaiming]

They've got a truck?
With gas?

Where the hell
are they getting gas?

Same place
they got this.

See, the way I hear it,
they've been bagging stuff

earmarked for this whole town
for months now.

And now that they've got
everything they need,

they're gonna steal
the whole thing,

split town, and sell it
on the black market.

Leave everybody here
high and dry.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I don't buy it.

The only evidence
you've got

is that stupid
piece of candy.

Do you see anybody else
here willing to back you up?

You? You?

[crowd chattering]

There you go.

See, I ain't taking
on Theo.

(Carol)
He's telling the truth.

Had a guy come in here
earlier from the red cross.

Had I.D. And everything.

Said they'd sent him
out here to check things out.

Make sure the stuff
was getting to the right people.

Now all of a sudden,
he's gone.

Must've been that guy they jumped
a little while ago.

They took him
up to Theo's place.

You know, this is all
starting to fit.

I was talking
to a friend there.

They've got
electricity now, guys.

[crowd exclaiming]

They've got power,
they've got gas,

and they've got food.
We ain't getting shit!

(all)
Yeah!

Now they're going
to run out on us!

Like hell!
I'm going up there

and I'm taking
what's mine.

(all)
Yeah!

[all yelling]

Thanks.

It's OK.

I was planning
on leaving town anyway.

I'm sorry, Jeremiah.

I should never have involved
you in all this.

It's funny. She--she spends
all this time looking for something.

Finally she has it, she doesn't even
realize she's got it.

This place that Theo
calls the end of the world,

does it go by
any other names?

Yeah, it does--

Is one of them
Valhalla sector?

No.

How do you-- How do you know
the name of Valhalla sector?

Shh. I heard
something.

[crowd yelling]

Open this gate!

Theo, open the gate!

What the...

Come on.

What the hell
is going on?

We've come
to get back what's ours!

(crowd)
Yeah!

What's going on?

I don't know. I can't tell.
It's too dark.

Is Theo in trouble?

What part of "I can't tell"
couldn't you understand?

There's no way to tell how many
people there are out there.

Yeah, but we
can fix that.

Get the engine ready.
We're taking it to the max.

We've got a freaking riot
out there! come on!

We need everybody
we can get.

Oh, hey, man!

You've been robbing us
blind for months!

Robbing you? Are you
out of your fucking minds?

If it wasn't for me,
you would be dead by now!

What's in the truck, Theo?

What's in the truck
you brought in today, huh?

(crowd)
Yeah!

That's none of
your business.

(crowd)
Oh!

And where'd you get
gas for a truck,

when you said you don't have gas
to heat the town?

Hurry up. Hurry up!

Come on. Go!

Come on, come on.
Go, go, go, go, go!

[crowd yelling]

Y'all need to get to stepping
before I get pissed off.

You've got it all:
Food, gas, electricity.

(Theo) You know, you are out
of your mind, you know that?

I keep trying to tell y'all,

we don't have
any electricity here!

[electric buzzing]

Contact.

[crowd stops yelling]

Well, shit.

(man)
Let's get her!

[engine starting]

Hang on.

Goddamn, we're gonna make it.

[knocking on door]

We finally got rid
of the last of them, Theo.

But we lost 2 of our trucks,
one of our guys,

and the prisoners got away.

Put the word out.
We'll trade food for information.

Whoever turns them in can come in
here and take whatever he wants,

however much
he can carry.

I'm sorry, Theo.

Find 'em, Sam.

Whatever it takes, however
long it takes, I don't care.

This is important.

Find 'em!

[tires screeching]

All right.
I think we made it.

[horn honking]

Simon! Simon!

(Jeremiah)
Oh, fuck!

He's been hit.

(Kurdy)
How bad?

It's bad.

[grunting]

Here, sit him down.

Oh, man.

We have--have to
Warn the-- Warn the others.

There's a radio
on the Rover.

(Jeremiah)
It's broken. It's shot up.

No, no. Listen--
Listen to me.

I want-- I want you
to take this.

There's--there's a map
under the rear axle.

There's a hidden
compartment there.

And I want you to take
this back to Thunder Mountain.

I want you to p-promise me
that y-you'll tell 'em,

that you'll warn 'em.

Tell 'em what? What?

It's coming.
It's coming again.

Prom-- Promise me
that you'll tell 'em.

I promise.

You could've helped.

I don't touch dead guys.

Thunder Mountain, huh?

Only Thunder Mountain I've ever
heard of was in Disneyland.

Now, why would he want us
drive this Rover

all the way to California?

I don't think he meant
that Thunder Mountain.

There's another one.
I heard about it a long time ago.

He's got contacts
all over the place:

C.D.C., Thunder Mountain,
Wright-Patterson.

If anyone can get us on a plane
to Valhalla sector, it's max.

It doesn't matter either way.

I mean, we've got
the car, man.

Do you know what we can
get for this thing?

Do you have any idea
what we have--

We're not selling it.

What do you mean,
we're not selling it?

What good's it
gonna do us to keep it?

Sooner or later,
it's gonna run out of gas,

and we don't have
the resources--

We're not selling it, we're not
keeping it, we're taking it back,

just like he asked.

You're shitting me.

Do I look like
I'm shitting you?

I mean, seriously,
is my face twitching

or something
that I don't know about?

I've got your twitch.

We've got something
valuable here.

You can't just throw it away.
I mean...

Why?

Because I think
it's important.

I think he knew something
about Valhalla sector.

Besides, I promised him
I would.

Oh, you are nuts,
you know that?

You are messed up.
Because you promised him?

Let it go, will you?

Look, I'm talking to you--hey!

The last day I saw my father alive,
I promised him

I would take care
of my little brother,

'cause he couldn't take
care of himself, he was too young

and he didn't understand,
and...

And what?

Well, do you see a little brother
standing beside me?

Do you?

He's dead.

Because I let my guard down
for just a minute

because I was tired.

He was just being a kid,

and I just
didn't want to...

Look, I screwed up
one promise,

and I am not going to
screw up another.

This car is half mine.

My half's going
to Thunder Mountain.

Fine, I'm going with you.

Suit yourself.

Keep an eye
on my investment.

And hey, when we get to wherever
the hell it is we're going,

and we find
there's nothing there,

we do things my way,
OK?

OK?

I'll think about it.

[engine starting]

[engine starting]

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hold up!

Slow down,
quick draw.

I want you to know,
I was only mostly done.

Well, I guess I timed it
about right, then.

Damn door.

[yawning]

[tires screeching]

So, uh...

What're you doing?

Waiting for a call.

Oh.

[crow cawing]

(Kurdy)
I don't like this, man.

Are you sure there
isn't another way?

(Jeremiah) Yeah, about 10 miles
back that way.

[skinheads chattering]

(leader)
600 years ago,

[skinheads yelling]

The black death
wiped out most of Europe.

They thought it was
the end of the world.

Just like we did
when the big death hit.

But it isn't. It's another chapter
in our struggle

against the inferior breeds
who brought the big death

to our families
and our parents.

You see,

mass death
like this is just

[woman sobbing]
Nature's way of saying

there's too many people
breeding too quickly.

(skinhead #1)
We need purity!

(leader) Now, if we'd kept
things pure,

then it would've hit Africa
and it would've hit Israel,

or China, or Mexico,

and left us alone!

(skinhead #2)
That's right!

(leader)
But because they were here

and multiplying
like there was no tomorrow,

my brothers,

there almost
was no tomorrow.

(skinhead #3)
White power!

(leader)
But in the new world,

we will not make
that mistake again.

We're gonna clean up
this mess once and for all!

[all yelling]

(leader) We caught
these racial inferiors

trying to settle
in our area.

(man)
Force 'em out! White power!

Our people are looking
for the rest of them

and we shall have them
within a few days.

(man) Yeah! Let's do this!
Get in there!

(leader) And when we have
them all gathered together,

we'll proceed
with a mass execution

unlike anything
you've seen before.

[woman sobbing]

(skinhead #4)
Damn 'em! Let me at 'em!

(leader) We will send a message
and make it clear

that some things
will not be tolerated.

And we will strike a blow

for purity that will be heard
clear across the country!

[all agreeing]

Come on,
what are you waiting for?

What about those people?

What are we
supposed to do, Jeremiah?

Take on a whole army
by ourselves?

You think
I don't want to help?

Now get in
the freakin' car, man.

[engine starting]

[crickets chirping]

(Kurdy)
Hey, Jeremiah?

Yeah?

Remember I told you

that I didn't remember
anything from before?

Uh-huh.

Well, it's not exactly true.

There's one thing
I do remember:

(Kurdy) Stars.

[inaudible]

I remember the stars
were a lot brighter then.

Yeah,

yeah, I think they were.

Night, Kurdy.

Yeah.

Just like I thought.

There's nothing here, man.
It's sealed and dead.

Sealed, yeah...

Not dead.

[engine revving]

[tires screeching]

Now what the hell
did you do that for?

Old chain, new lock.

That's a goddamn big door.

Yeah, it had to be big.

Thunder Mountain.

That was NORAD's name
for this place.

NORAD?

North American
aerospace defense.

They built it deep
inside the mountain.

In the event of a nuclear attack,
it'd be safe.

My dad said if the end
of the world ever came,

this place would survive.

Well, I guess he was wrong.

There's no way in.

I mean, you could chip away
at this thing for years

and not get through.

We may not have to.

[beeps]

[metallic clanging]

[machinery humming]

Holy shit.

Uh, I'm not going
in there with you.

Suit yourself.

I'm not going in there
with you,

I'm going in with
what's gonna be my car

after whatever's in there
eats your ass.

[scoffs]

Come on.

Let's go!

[engine starting]

[guns cocking]

Did I mention
in the last 5 minutes

that coming here
was a stupid idea?

3 times.

Just checkin'.

We finished
going over the Rover.

The blood type matches one of
the people we sent out with it.

Well, I told you,
he was shot and killed

when we tried to get away.

(Lee) Was that before
or after you stole the Rover?

We didn't steal it.
He gave it to us.

An expensive piece
of equipment like that,

and he just gave
it to you,

because you seemed like
good guys

and he knew you'd come all
this way to return it?

Something like that.

Well, you know
what I think happened?

I think you ambushed them.

(Lee) You figured
wherever this came from,

there might be more
Goodies to steal.

so you tortured them until you
found Out where they came from.

and then you killed them.

That's a lie.

Bullet holes in the rear
and side of the Rover,

signs of a struggle,

blood,

that's all the proof
I need.

Look, we told you
what happened.

You don't
believe us, fine,

but it's the truth.

We came here to give
you back the Rover.

And a message.

What's the message?

I'll give it to the guy in charge
here and nobody else.

(Marcus)
That would be me.

Marcus? you don't
have to get into this.

I know, Lee. I want to.

[buzzing]

Who the hell are you?

Marcus Alexander.

I'm "the guy
In charge here."

and I'm here to say
3 very important words to you:

I believe you.

Why?

I spoke with Simon
shortly before he died.

He was on his way
to an appointment.

A very important appointment,
by the sound of it.

He spoke of you, Jeremiah.

You, Kurdy,

he didn't mention.

Figures.

He said he considered you
a likely candidate for recruitment.

Simon's only recommended
2 other people before you.

One of them, Matthew,
died by his side.

Lee Chen, here,
is the other.

I have always trusted
Simon's judgment.

So did I.

But he could've
made a mistake.

We don't know
what happened afterward.

We don't know anything.

Actually, we know
quite a few things.

I know that Simon would never
betray our location

to someone
he couldn't trust.

But even if he did talk,

even if you did
steal the Rover,

you never would have traveled
all this way,

hundreds of miles, on the vague hope
that there might be more here to steal.

You would've taken it
to the nearest town and sold it.

No, we never
would've done that.

Let them go.

Marcus,

I don't trust them.

Do you trust me?

You know I do.

Then let them go.

A gesture
of my sincerity.

Now perhaps we can have
one from you in exchange.

You said Simon had
a message for me.

What was it?

It's coming again.

Did he say anything else?

No.

He was dying, it was about
all he had time for.

"tell them. Warn them.

It's coming again."

now does this mean
what we think it means?

What do you want me
to do with them?

They've traveled a long way
to do us an important service.

I think the least we can do is see to it
that they're fed and made comfortable.

Have Sarah
show them around.

We'll talk again
before you leave.

This place was built
to survive a nuclear attack.

It would've taken decades before
the environment outside was livable.

So they designed a combination
of solar and other power sources.

We've got hydroponic gardens,
water filtration systems--

Well, yeah, yeah, I see
you've got all this stuff,

but what, you're just
sitting on it?

I mean, outside,
people are dying every day.

You could use this stuff
to help them.

If we let the outside world
know we're here,

they'll swoop down,
take everything they can carry,

burn the rest, and we'll be right back
where we started.

It's not my decision
or yours.

[people chattering]

There's some rec rooms and
a swimming pool down this way.

They have a rec room.

[people chattering]

Thanks.

- Dig in.
(Jeremiah) - OK.

I have never seen
so much food in one place.

Don't get too excited.

It's not as good as it looks.

What do you do here?

I work with Marcus on newcomer
integration and orientation.

So where does Marcus
fit in all this?

Marcus is the heart
of this place.

Without him, I think the whole thing
would fall apart.

He's an extraordinary man.

He believes in things.

He believes in us,
this place.

In the future.

And he has
this amazing ability

to make other people
believe in things, too.

Before I came here,

I didn't think there was a future
to believe in anymore.

Excuse me.

Elizabeth.
Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

I'm all right.

My name is Elizabeth Munroe.

The man that you helped,
Simon...

We just started seeing
each other about a year ago.

He was everything to me.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, I'm--I'm--
I'm sorry, too.

I was wondering
if I could ask you a favor.

Um, ever since I found out
that Simon was...

I keep picturing it
in my head,

and I think I could sleep
better tonight

if I knew
what actually happened,

rather than what my brain
conjures up in the middle of the night.

I...

I--I can do that.

I apologize for taking you away
from your friend.

That's OK.

He is your friend,
isn't he?

I don't know.
I think so.

It's just, I've never had
one before,

so it's hard to say.

I'm sorry.

It's just the way it is.

My collection.

Simon would always
bring me back

whatever he found outside.

He said if things
as delicate

and fragile
as these could survive,

there was hope
for the rest of us.

He said he was determined
to bring me back a glass swan.

I'm sorry.

I'll get the tea going.

You're all alone.

Sarah had some work
to finish.

I figured I'd just wait here.

It's quite the place,
isn't it?

Of course,
it's an illusion.

If we lost power,

the darkness would come
and all this would be dead in a week.

As peaceful as it seems
on the inside,

the world outside
is still the world outside.

And the world
that built this...

Is gone.

Question is,
what comes next?

For 15 years we've been living off
the scraps of the old world.

Now those scraps
are almost gone.

Playtime's over.

Either we let the world
keep falling apart,

or we start building a new world
out of the ashes of the old one.

The shape that that world takes
will be determined either by us in here,

or by the monsters out there.

Yeah, and I've seen
the monsters out there.

There's a lot more of them
than there are of you.

Which is why we're gonna need all the
help we can get when the time comes.

And when's that
gonna be, huh?

How long are you gonna wait?

Marcus, I understand
that you don't want the world

to find out about this place,
and I'm OK with that.

But you could do something.

How many people
are gonna die

while you just sit
and wait for the right day?

A good many,
I imagine.

You imagine.
I can guarantee it.

On the way here,
we saw a group of skinheads.

Now, they're gonna kill
a bunch of people

just because
they don't like them.

Said they were gonna do it
in a few days.

That's any time now.

And you want to do
something about it?

Yes.
But you know what?

I don't have...
I don't have all this.

But if I did--

What?
What would you do?

OK. I don't know.

But I would do something.

It's too dangerous.
We'd risk exposing our situation here.

We could figure
out a way to do it

without ever leading
anyone back here.

You could help those people.

They would never know
it was you.

You can't be sure of that.

No, I can't.

But if you're willing
to just sit on your hands,

and let people die
20 miles down the road

just because
it's inconvenient for you,

because you don't want
to risk anything,

what kind of world
are you trying to build?

And who do you think's
gonna wanna live there?

Well, I should get going.

So what did he want?

Nothing.
That's the problem.

Hmm.

Well, look, I, uh,
I told Elizabeth

that Simon wanted us
to say goodbye

and to tell her
that he loved her very much.

Yeah, which he didn't.
He didn't have time.

Yeah, I know. But I think
it was something she needed to hear.

Maybe so.

Remember when you
asked me what I was looking for,

and I said I didn't know,

but I would know it
when I saw it?

Mmm-hmm.

I saw it, man.

It figures. I finally found
what I'm looking for,

and I will never even get close to
having a chance with her.

Why not?

Come on, man.

You really think they're
gonna let 2 guys like us move in here?

No way, baby.

Nobody gives you a free ride.

In my entire life, everything I've
always wanted, I never got.

So why should this
be any different?

We're still on our own.
Always will be.

Fucking "a."

Do you really think
you could help those people

without getting caught
or giving away our position?

Yes, I do.

Show me.

[skinheads shouting]

(skinhead #1)
OK, get 'em on out!

Let's go!
Who wants to be next?

That one!

Let's do her, man,
do her right now!

(woman)
No!

[captives protesting]

(skinhead #3) Hey, you!
Game's over, snake eye!

[screaming]

[skinheads yelling]

[yelling]

[skinheads whooping]

[skinheads yelling]

Shit!

What the hell is going on?

[woman coughs]

Come on. You OK?
Let's go.

[grunts]

[yelling]

[woman yelling]

(Jeremiah)
Go!

[dynamite igniting]

[Kurdy laughs]

Now I see why these guys
think they're so superior and all.

How do you figure?

I ain't never seen
nobody run that fast in my life.

You see that, Jeremiah?

Uh-huh. All right, well,
check this out, baby.

[dynamite exploding]
Yeah.

Pretty damn fast.

All right,
we better get going

before they look up here.
Nobody saw us.

Nobody knows we're here.
We did what we came to do.

Yeah. Yeah, we did,
didn't we?

Welcome to the real world,
Marcus.

(Marcus)
Sorry to see you go,

but you, uh,
have to understand

we have certain limitations
on who we can let stay on here.

Yeah, we figured as much.

(Marcus) Everybody here has a role
to play, a job to do,

that's the only way we can
maintain our limited resources.

Still, I've had some supplies
set aside for you.

Enough for
a few weeks anyway,

to get you back
on your way again.

It's the least we could do.

Thanks. If that's all,
we'll be on our way.

Unless you'd like to have
a role here for yourselves.

I'm listening.

We have half a dozen
search teams out there,

bringing back information,
and keeping an eye on things.

When Simon died, we lost
one of the best teams that we had.

You've proven you can handle
yourselves in a crunch.

You could replace them,
pick up where they left off.

We could use someone with your
knowledge of the world outside.

How are we supposed
to get information for you

when you're holding back
information from us?

I don't know what you're--

Simon's message.

When I gave it to you,
it hit you pretty hard.

It has something to do
with the big death, doesn't it?

The big death wiped out
6 billion people in 6 months.

We still don't know
what it was,

or why it came, or if it might
come back again.

Simon's job was to answer
those questions.

He was tracking a lead when
he left here for the last time.

(Jeremiah) Do you know who he talked to,
who--who he was gonna meet?

No.
Simon kept a journal,

lists of contacts,
things he was investigating,

questions in need of answers.

But this must've come up
at the last minute

'cause there's nothing
in his journal about it.

Still, I could always trust
his judgment.

If he thinks these people
knew something,

then they knew.

What is it?

This list, uh,

names, places...

Yes, those were some
of the things he was looking into.

Why?

This entry right here:
Valhalla sector.

What do you know about it?

Just that it was
one of the last things

he was investigating
before he died.

So someone on that list of contacts
must know something about it.

I've told very few people
about Simon's message.

No reason to cause a panic.

But this raises
the stakes enormously.

We could use the help.

What do we have to do?

Go back outside,

find out who our potential friends
and enemies are,

look for resources
we can use in the future,

reconstruct Simon's list
of contacts,

and find out what
you can about the big death,

so we can prepare
for the worst, if necessary.

At the end of the day,
try to come home alive.

Do we get to keep this?

Of course.

It'll give you
a place to start.

So, what do you say?

(Kurdy) Look, if this thing's
comin' back,

there's nothing you
or anybody else can do to stop it.

Anybody with half a brain

would just go out there and party
until the big "d" comes again.

However,

I'm in.

Jeremiah?

I'm in, too,
on one condition.

While we're out there,
you let me look for places

where we can use
your resources here

to start helping people
pick themselves back up again,

without giving
away your location.

I figured you would ask that.

So my answer
is a qualified yes.

I'm not willing yet
to risk this place.

But I am willing
to risk you.

You can do as you say,
but if it goes wrong,

we will not come
looking for you.

Will that do?

That'll do just fine.

[people chattering]

So I hear
you're ready to go.

Yeah, yeah, looks like.

Hey, I, uh, found this
when we got the Rover back.

I guess he found one
after all.

It's beautiful.
Thank you.

You have, uh,
a glass cat?

No.

You will.

[car door closes]

I expect you back here
in 2 weeks.

And we'll be here.

[engine starts]

(Jeremiah)
Dear dad,

I think about you every day.

The end of your world,
The beginning of mine.

the world that's yet to be,

Waiting to be born.

We're all set.

What's the deal
with that anyway?

Letters to my dad.

I write 'em whenever I can.

I tell him where I'm at,
what I'm doing,

apologize for letting
him down.

How long you plan
on keeping that up?

Some day I'll put 'em in the fire,
and they won't burn,

and I'll know it's enough.

Come on,
let's get outta here.

[car door opens]

[car engine starts]

They're on their way.

original source: peritta
synced and corrected: quinnell