All language subtitles for Jeremiah S02E11 - The Past Is Prologue

Previously on jeremiah...

You have to trust me.

You sold us out.

I didn't. I swear.

Bull!

You were spying on us.

You were keeping tabs

on everything
we were doing.

You can stay at the mountain
on a probationary basis,

but you're no longer
head of security.

That role goes to erin.

As far as
i'm concerned,

you're just another
pair of hands

to do the work
ahead of us.

In time,
i hope you earn back my trust.

All right, smith,
you ready to go?

Pretty much, but, um--

lee, haven't seen you
in a while.

Well, markus has
had me working

latrine
and clean-up duty.

Nobody sees me.

Nobody wants to.

Well, sorry,
can't help you there, man.

smith, let's go.

Actually, I was thinking
i would bail on you

this time around.

Why?

Kurdy, i'm never going to
regain markus' trust

doing scut work.

I need to go outside.

I need to do something
that'll earn me a chance

to come back
as head of security.

lee asked if he could
ride shotgun

instead of me
on this one,

and I said I thought

it was a good idea.

smith said you're going
to east clifton,

to scope the place out,

to see if it's a good prospect
for the alliance.

It's a rough place.

You could use
the back-up.

You don't know the history
here, smith.

Yeah,
when I was running security,

I made some errors
in judgment,

but I was doing what I thought
was best for everyone.

markus is willing
to give me a chance

to prove myself.

Why aren't you?

i've spent four months
in hell, kurdy.

Give me a chance
to earn my way back.

I mean, someone's got to

start trusting somebody here,
right?

I think
that's a good idea.

Whatever.
Come on, lee, let's go.

Thanks, kurdy.

So why didn't you
ask jeremiah

if you could go
with him to milhaven?

i'm not exactly
his favorite person

in the world.

lee, you're nobody's
favorite person

in the world.

See, the thing
about jeremiah is...

He's not as hard
to get along with

as everybody thinks.

Are you sure
you don't want me to--

no, sir,
wouldn't hear of it.

i've been driving
this truck a long time,

it can be
kind of eccentric--

I think
we're getting along

just fine, sir.

How was it that, uh,
you got to be my liaison

to the troops in milhaven,
anyway?

I lost a bet.

What kind of bet?

Sir?

Well, was it a big bet
or a little bet?

I mean, i'd like to know.

Was it something important,
something stupid?

What?
What kind of bet?

I don't remember.

You don't remember.

No, sir.

You're lying to me.

Yep.

I like that.

We're going to get along
just fine.

Take the road up here
to the right.

I studied
the maps of the area,

and the road
you're thinking of

goes south.

We want to head north,

then back again
on clearbrook road,

which will take us
to milhaven.

Yeah, it'll add about an hour.

It's the safer road.

The south road
goes through some areas

thunder mountain
hasn't scouted yet.

If they haven't scouted,

how do you know
it's a safer road?

Technically, I don't,

but the north road
is a better road.

It'll be easier
to go that way.

We don't get points
for doing things the easy way.

Take the south road.

If it doesn't work,
we'll double back.

Yes, sir.

We're stuck.

Yeah...Sir.

So those points we get

for not doing things
the easy way,

how many do you think
we'll get for this one?

All right...

i've got a deck of cards,
also a flare gun.

Oh, here's two mres
from 16 years ago,

so you know they're
going to be good eatin'.

We can't just
sit here and eat.

Of course we can, sir.

Sooner or later,
the rain will stop,

flowers will bloom,
birds will sing,

and we can find out
where the hell we are,

or someone will find us,

and they'll say we should've
taken the north road.

Yeah, you, maybe.

i'm getting out of here.

Where are you going?

All we need
is some gravel or a board,

something to provide
a little traction.

I saw some lights
a little ways back.

i'm going to go check it out.

All right, well,
then i'm coming with you.

You are not coming with me.

Sir...

That's an order.

It's been 15 years

since a strange disease
wiped out all of the adults

and left us kids
to fend for ourselves.

Now i'm moving ahead,

through the past.

* I can't let go

* i'm holding hope so tight

* it's hard to breathe
when the whole world falls *

* i'm gonna put the stars back
back up in the sky *

* let them all just shine down
i'm gonna try *

* I believe we'll find
the world together *

* through your eyes

* that's all I can see

* I believe
we're looking at forever *

* in a world
where we can be free *

* I believe

( lee ): If there was ever

a place that needed
to join the alliance,

it's this one, all right.

Yeah.

i'm just not sure

how much
they can bring us.

You spend enough time
at the mountain,

you forget
there are still places

this messed up
out here.

I don't forget, lee.

I don't forget
any damn thing.

Something wrong,
kurdy?

Nah, I just want to
scope this place

and get out of here,
see if it's changed any.

So you've been
here before.

Yeah.

When?

A lifetime ago.

( Man ): It's a good thing
you found us.

It's a hell of
a day out there.

Hell of a day.

Here, this'll
warm you up.

Thanks.
It smells great.

That's corn chowder.

That's lisa's specialty.

The whole town
is after that recipe,

but we're not going
give it to them, though.

No point
having a secret recipe

if you tell everyone about it,
i always say.

Mm. Well,
that corn sure is special.

You guys are lifesavers.

A day like today,

you could've
wandered around

for hours
all by yourself.

I mean, I assume

that you are
all by yourself.

Yeah, I walk it alone,
pretty much always.

So, how many people
live around here?

Oh, quite a few.

There's a whole town
of us here.

Really?

Hmm.

Didn't say anything about that
on the map.

Well, then, doggone it,
i'd say you need a better map.

Anyway, it's a very nice town,
nice people.

Yeah, very nice.

You might say we're fortunate.

Favored, if you will.

Good things happen
to the people here,

because the town,

well, the town has
a real heart to it,

you know?

Yes, it's--
real heart.

Uh, you said
you had some boards--

oh, yeah, yeah.

Right out back.

Get you out of that hole
just like that.

You take your time.

All right?
There's no rush.

Eat that soup
while it's still hot.

Is he?

Oh, yeah.
He's out cold.

It's those secret ingredients.
They'll get you every time.

Yeah, well,

i'll tell the others
we got another one.

Good times are here
to stay, lisa.

Good times, indeed.

I checked around,

tried to find out
who was in charge.

Thing is,
nobody's in charge.

It's just--

well, it's a mess,
that's all.

Nobody even has a chance
of pulling it together

because you've got
all these little groups

pulling in
different directions.

Only bunch I hear

close to being
a power around here

is some gang called--

the dead.

i'd hoped they'd be
gone by now.

You sound like
you know these guys.

Yeah, I do.

Well, well, well, well...

So you came back,
you son of a gun.

( Woman ): Are you finished
with your nap yet,

sleepy-head?

I mean, I know
you've had a hard day

at the office,

and I do try
and explain that to jimmy,

but, well, he's young,

and sometimes he has
a hard time understanding.

You know how he loves
playing parcheesi.

Where am I?

Oh.

Oh, got the groggies
from your nap?

A little backrub
will take care of that,

but that's later.

Right now
there's a very nice pot roast

waiting for you downstairs,

with spinach
and creamed corn

and roast potatoes,

and I know
that's your favorite.

Well, it, uh,
would probably be anybody's--

I was talking
to marge the other day,

and she said, "sandra,

"the way you take care
of that husband of yours,

why, you make the rest of us
look bad."

Isn't that sweet?

I thought it was sweet.

Well, hurry up.

We don't want to keep dinner
waiting.

sandra, is it?

Don't play silly.

Of course it is.

Right. Uh, sandra?

Do me a favor?

Do I have a bullet hole

right in the back of my head
here?

'Cause I feel weird.

You're such a kidder.

february, 2004?

Did you say something,
jeremiah?

Yeah, I said,
"february, 2004..."

And here I thought
you wouldn't remember.

Next month is our
15th wedding anniversary.

That's crystal, glass,

or watches,

depending on whether
you want to go

modern
or traditional or--

that calendar's old.

Only about a month.

2004...

That's 17 years ago.

It's the year before
the big death--

the big what?

The big death.

Now, you know as well as I do

"death" is a word
we do not allow in this house.

This is a happy home.

There's no death,
big, small, or--

dinner's getting cold.

Now, jimmy, I told you,
no games at the table.

Put it away.

Mom, come on.

Hey, dad.

What?

Uh, what's going on?

It's called dinner.

Now just sit down, and i'll--

I don't want to--

you're such a tease.

They're watching us
constantly.

Play along or
they'll kill you.

Now, jeremiah,
what were you saying?

I don't want to...
Miss my favorite meal.

Pot roast and potatoes,
and, uh...

Creamed corn.

Creamed corn.

Good job, ben.

The family's intact again.

Our little piece of heaven

is as it should be

to guide us into the future.

The past is the future.

The future is the past.

Where is he?

Hello, kurdy.

Ike?

So you remember.

Good, because I sure as hell
i haven't forgotten you.

Look, hold on.

So you like
traveling with murderers?

'Cause because of him...

My brother is dead.

Look, clearly,
you've made a mistake.

That true?

Did I make a mistake?

Well?

Go on.

You're not a murderer...

So tell him he's wrong.

He is wrong,
isn't he?

No.

He's not.

No. Let him be.

The man's
suffered enough

because of me.

Because of me
and my choices.

Heads left. Tails right.

Come on, lucky coin,
don't fail me now.

( Coin drops )

Suck!

Suck!

You suck, suck suck,
suck, suckety-suck!

( ** )

( Banging )

Piece of junk!

So what's going
on here?

It just keeps
shutting down

halfway through
the game

and I have to start
all over again.

Hmm. Let me take
a look at it.

Hmm.

You know that part
that you were just

banging
on the table there?

Yeah, I know, i'm not
supposed to do that, right?

No. What I would do
is take hammer,

smash the hell
out of it.

That way,
if you don't fix it,

you do get
the satisfaction

of smashing the hell
out of something.

Oh, here's your problem.

See these old spring leads?

Sometimes they get bent in,

and then
they don't connect,

and you don't get
the power.

You've just got to reach in

and bend 'em up a little,
like that,

and I think...

That should do the job.

( Game beeping )

There you go.

Hey, cool. Thanks, dad.

( T.V. Crackling )

We can talk here.

The cameras tend to short out
when it rains,

so we have
a little while

before they get around
to fixing them.

Okay, so, now maybe
you can tell me

what the hell
is going on here.

You know what
a cargo cult is?

No.

It's an african cult

that believes
the planes are gods,

so they built wooden
planes to lure the gods
out of the sky,

or get them to grant favors
for the tribes,

so the crops grow
and the children stay healthy.

Yeah. Okay, okay.

africa, and it's a cult.

What does it have
to do with me?

Well, the people in this town

believe that
if they can recreate

a piece of the world

as it existed before
the big death,

that those days
will some day come back.

Keeping
this illusion going,

they think

it'll bring good fortune
for everyone here.

They believe that what
we create in this house,

the life we had
before the death,

happens to the whole town.

So everyone pitches in.

They set aside
part of their food,

and take turns
running the generators.

Yeah, drag people in
off the street,

bring 'em into
this little playhouse here.

There are
worse things.

Name three.

Look around you.

You have food and heat
and light and television.

We don't have to forage.

You can't be serious.

You like it here?

The windows are barred

and the doors are locked
from the outside.

We're under
constant surveillance.

There is no way out, jeremiah,

so after a while, you...

You just kind of give up.

You learn to adapt.

I won't.

Then they'll kill you.

I felt the same way

when they found me
and stuck me in here.

That was two years ago.

I remember
what it was like to be free,

to walk on the beach...

But after a while, I adjusted,

and so did jimmy
when they brought
him over here

in the summer,

but the oth--

understand? You are not
my first "husband."

The others,
they fought, too,

and they paid
the price.

I would give anything to get
out of here, jeremiah...

But there's just no way out.

There's just no way.

So, are you going
to tell me

what this is all about,

or do I have to wait
for divine revelation?

It was about a year
before I met jeremiah.

I was a different
person, okay?

My world didn't
look the same

as it does now.

There were two ways
i managed to stay alive.

First, by being
tougher and crazier

than anybody
i ever ran into.

Second, I found
who the power was in town,

and linked up with them
for as long as I stuck around,

and there were other gangs
in town

beside the dead.

You know, some had more guns,
some had more guys,

but we had the one thing
none of 'em had.

We had tony.

It didn't matter
if he had nothing

and you had a gun
pointed at his head,

he'd still come after you.

We used to say

the nights
belonged to the dead.

Days, I tried to be a person.

That's how I met ike
and his brother cal.

They were cool.

They weren't part of a gang.

They were just
trying to get by.

They shared their food,

even had some books
they gave me,

and in return,

I made sure
they stayed out of trouble.

I was talking to bill
the other day,

and he said

there were some tools
in a warehouse

over on sixth.

Cool. Maybe tonight
we can scope it out,

pick up some things we need
to fix this place up.

No, not tonight.

The dead's
walkin' on sixth.

They grazing?

Yeah.

Grazing was what we called it
when we hit the streets,

grabbed whatever we needed
from anybody we met.

I didn't like it,

but there wasn't
much of a choice, you know?

Maybe tomorrow, then.

Yeah, tomorrow'll be cool.

That all right with you?

Yeah, man. All right.

But it was a bad way to live,

but I used to say,

"hey, it could be worse,
right?"

Then one day, it got worse.

Okay. Here's the deal.

i'm tired of this
penny-ante crap.

We need to show these sheep
that we are a power,

and that we're
running the show.

The other gangs,
they can have their piece,

but the pie is ours,

and here
is how we're going to do it.

We are going
to make a statement.

We're going to cut through
this whole part of town

like a hot knife
through butter.

We are going to take
what we want.

We are going to do
what we want,

and we are going to kill

everybody and anybody
that we see.

We're going to blood
this place from end to end,

so everybody knows
who runs this town,

and best of all,

we do this once
and we do it right,

we'll never have to
do it again.

I signed on to survive.

I signed on,

knowing I was going to end up
doing some things
i didn't like,

but I did not sign on
to go around

killing people in cold blood.

If i'd stayed

and tried to warn ike, or cal,
or anybody else,

they would've found
that I was missing,

and I never would have
made it out of there alive.

There's no way

I could have taken on
that whole bunch and lived,

so I did the only thing
i could do.

You ran.

I ran.

And back then,

I didn't think one guy
could make much difference.

I know better now,

but at the time, man,

I did the only thing
i could do.

I didn't warn anybody.

I didn't tell anybody.

I just...

Ran.

And whatever
was going to happen

happened.

cal!

cal!

So, yeah, I killed him,

just as much
as if i'd pulled the trigger.

Him and anybody else
i could've warned.

Damn right you did.

So now that you got me
all trussed up...

You going to finish me off?

i'm going to finish

what I should've finished
a long time ago.

Ike, i'm not
the same person I was.

i've got resources now.

Now, I know I can't
bring cal back,

but I can set things
straight.

Yeah? How?

You're going to have to
trust me, okay?

Now, somebody's got to

start trusting somebody
here, right?

Sounds kind of familiar,
doesn't it?

lee, there's
an alliance town

about five, ten miles
away from here.

They--they've got a radio.

I just put them up
last week.

I need you to
get thunder mountain

on the line,

tell them we need
some shock troops,

we need them right now,

we need
the best they've got,

there's no way
this town can come back

as long as the dead
are running this place.

What about you?

i'm going to
stick around here,

keep my eyes
on the place,

and lay out a game plan

so we can
go after these guys.

Meet me back here
once you get word.

And, lee, it's
dangerous out there, man,

so be careful.

He's so lucky
to live in the old world.

It'll come back
again soon, lisa.

Just got to believe,

and any day,
any day now.

This whole room,

it's just--
just like I remember.

It's like stepping
back in time.

We have stepped back
in time, jeremiah.

In here, it's always
february, 2004.

A good year for america,
for the world.

A year of endless frontiers,
of new possibilities.

The warm, pre-death
long summer night

we hoped would never end.

Outside, they have to deal
with the world as it is.

We get to live
in the world as it was.

That's not really
so bad, is it?

It's still living in a cage.

I won't live in a cage.

I don't care
how nice the bars are.

jimmy?
Where on earth did you get to?

It's a beautiful day,

and i'm in a mood
for a game of parcheesi,

how about you?

Your friend's been gone
for hours.

How long does it take
to drive 10 miles?

20 minutes,
there and back.

Unless...

Unless what?

I saw the way he was
looking at you, man.

You're not big
on his hit parade, kurdy.

Maybe he wants
to get rid of you,

sell you out

the same way
you sold us out,

he can take your place.

Hey, kurdy.

Welcome back
to the neighborhood.

We missed you.

We've got a score
to settle with you, man.

tony's going to be happy
to see you again, man.

Real happy.

He's got plans for you.

You ran out on the dead.

Nobody runs out on the dead
and lives.

And I was thinking
tomorrow,

when we get up,

I can make pancakes
for breakfast.

We can have pancakes,
and orange marmalade,

and bacon with toast,
and fresh milk.

How's that sound, honey?

I thought you'd be
in bed by now.

You said that...

The people who are
doing all this,

they think that whatever
happens inside this house

will happen for the town,

that it's reflective
of what they want,

and what they believe
that they'll get?

Yes. Now, as I was
saying--

do you remember

that you told me
you walked on a beach once?

I know you know
what it's like to be free.

Do you want the chance
to walk on that beach again?

I think I figured
a way out of here,

but i'll need your help.

Yours and jimmy's.

jimmy won't help.
He likes it here.

He gets to sit around,
play games,

I don't think
he can be trusted.

What about you?

Will you help me?
Can you help me?

I can't --

you can.

You just--you've got
to do what I ask.

Listen to me.

Pancakes it is, then,

and we'll have syrup,
maple syrup,

and it'll be a good day,
a great day...

What the hell
are you doing out here?

Well, well,
looks like I was right.

You didn't go anywhere,
did you?

Where's kurdy?

Forget you.

He's probably
dead by now anyway.

I said, where's kurdy?

It's dangerous.

Everything is dangerous,

I know that,

but do you really think
that you're safe in here?

Do you really want
to grow old

and die in here,
in this house?

I know, I know.

You're right.

I hate to say it,
but you're right.

It's the only chance
we've got.

What're you guys
talking about?

jimmy, come here.

Listen, do you remember
when you and I talked,

and I told you sometimes

the only way

to deal with something
that's frustrating you

is to take a hammer

and just smash
the hell out of it?

Yeah?

Okay.

How would you like to take
a really big hammer

and smash this house down
so we can all get out?

You know,
i read once about these fish.

They swim
hundreds of mile upstream

just so they can die

in the waters
they were born in.

Kind of like you, kurdy.

You came all this way,
you came back home to us,

and now,
you're going to die here.

Symmetry's a beautiful thing,
kurdy.

A beautiful thing, indeed.

Reunion's over, kurdy.

Bye.

Drop your weapons!

Screw you!

You don't have to
do that, you know?

We were like family, right?

You were one of us.

I was never one of you.

So, ike?

This even things out
between us a little bit?

You don't win
people's trust back

that easily, kurdy.

Even if you save their life.

What took you so long, lee?

They had the rover.

There were too many of them
guarding it.

So how'd you get
to the next town?

What else was I going to do?

I walked.

Ran...

Walked.

You know anybody else
who'd walk 10 miles
to help somebody out?

So what do you want to do
after tonight's services?

i'm not really sure.

Oh, no...

Is there a problem?

What's that?

Looks like blood.

Okay, everybody, out!

Excuse me.
i'm wondering
if you've seen--

tell everybody
to get out of town now!

They have to get out
before the infection spreads!

Hurry!

It's been tainted!

Big death...

Those are
big death markings.

That's not possible....

jeremiah?

Yeah?

I think...

I think
they can't see us now.

The power's off.

Good.

Okay, the next thing is

they're going to want
to come in and check

to see what happened.

jeremiah?

What?

( Shouting )

Listen.

What are they--
where are they going?

What are they doing?

I just wanted
to get their attention.

Yeah, well,
i'd say we got it, all right.

They never wanted us
to mention the big death,

because the very
idea of it was enough
to taint this place.

I guess once they saw
the big death

come to their dream
of the past--

the good luck totem
became the bad luck totem,

the death totem.

Would you stick around
long enough

to find out what happened?

Hey!

We're still alive!

Hey, we're locked in here!

Hello!

Hey!

You suck!

You going to let our son
talk to us like that?

Hey!
Hello, we're still in here!

Hey, lady! Over here!

Slow down!

So, you think

the ice cream's
melted by now?

Yup.

The water's
not running anymore,

heat's off.

How long can we survive

without food
and heat and water?

I don't know,

but I got us out
of a situation,

didn't I?

I scared off
a whole town.

That's got to be worth
some kind of respect,

right?

Okay, I suck.

When the food runs out,
you can eat my body.

Start with my left arm.

Dibs on your fingers.

( Loud banging )

Morning.

Sorry it took me
so long to find you, sir.

I had to go
from house to house

till I found
the right one.

It's okay. She's with me.

Come on.

sandra, jimmy...

I want you to meet
the outside world.

Outside world, this is
sandra and jimmy.

Okay, so, maybe
you don't suck after all.

Yeah, well...

I tell you what.

How about next time
we go to your place?

You're on.

Anything else, romeo?

Just memories.

You look...

Like hell.

You've got to take better care
of that uniform.