Johnston Green quotes from Jericho

Johnston

Now look…you know I would like nothing better then to string up the guys who did this, but that’s not the way we do things. Last time you got mixed up with Mitch Cafferty, you left town and a boy was dead.

Jake

I’m not that guy anymore.

Johnston

Yeah? (removes gun from Jake’s waist) Let’s just make sure that it stays that way.

Jake

Look, if I don’t take care of him he’ll come back.

Johnston

We’ve got to do this right.

Jake

He could be out….

Johnston

If this family starts breaking the law how are we supposed to enforce it?

Eric

Well, if we’re sending missiles they must have figured out who attacked us.

God Bless America.

Jake

Could have just decided to take out one of the usual suspects.

Johnston

Which means there could be more missiles headed in our direction.

Gail

Well, is this the federal response we’ve all been waiting for?

Gail

What are you doing?

Johnston

What?

Gail

You were cooling your thermometer in that glass of water. Weren't you?

Johnston

No I wasn't. Fine, so what if I was, I'm tired of being sick.

Gail

You have a temperature of 350 degrees. You are going to rest. You are going to take the pills that April gave you. You are going to admire this ridiculous pumpkin with me and then we are going to try and eat the pumpkin together because we use every part of the buffalo in this house. Is that understood?

Johnston

Most of it.

Gail

This is nothing like what we went through.

Johnston

I seem to recall when my mother thought your name was ‘the other woman’. And I ignored her, just the way Eric’s ignoring us. Now, if this is so different, I’m not seeing it.

Gail

It’s all from China.

Emily

Are we being invaded?

Johnston

I doubt it. If they wanted to invade they’d send troops.

Emily

So this is charity?

Gail

We’re getting aid from China. Why isn’t our own government helping us, the United Nations or the Red Cross?

Gray

That stuff wasn’t half bad and I’m still alive.

Johnston

The only thing that proved is that you’re clinically stupid.

Gray

When are you going to hand out that food, Johnston?

Johnston

We are not having that debate here.

Gray

What, should we have it in your office again? Maybe this time I sucker punch you.

Johnston

Listen, if you’re still breathing this time tomorrow maybe we’ll distribute this stuff, in the mean time do the town a favor and forget you want my job for one second.

Eric

What are you talking about?

Johnston

April’s pregnant, I just found out myself.

Eric

And I got to hear this from you?

Johnston

Well, I shouldn’t be the one telling you. I’ll probably be in the doghouse till next Thanksgiving but I thought you ought to know.

Johnston

Let me get this straight. We’re talking about Vietnam era planes flying through Kansas airspace doing a Chinese drop and they’re using U.S. Air Force equipment to do it.

Robert

Sounds about right.

Eric

In what world does that make sense?

Jake

Ours.

Gray

I love this town. And I just want to keep it safe; the way it always was.

Johnston

What it was was a democracy. that's easy when everything is going well, but when you get mad or angry it gets a whole heck of a lot harder.

Gray

We just had our first murder in 30 years.

Johnston

And I’ve been Mayor of this town for 25 of those years.

Gray

Maybe that’s the problem. You still think Jericho is the same sweet little town it was before the bombs. We need someone who understands….

Johnston

Save it for the election, Gray.

Gray

This is what the election is about.

Johnston

You wanna get this civilian off the crime scene?

Johnston

[listening to Gray speak to the town] There’s a way of doing this without scaring the crap out of everybody.

Gail

He was elected. Means he’s gonna do it his way.

Johnston

Ahhh, I’m gonna need a hobby.

Heather

I shouldn't have sprung this on you. This is too weird.

Jake

What? What's weird?

Heather

Okay...I kissed you...a month ago. We haven't spoken since. Generally people speak after something like that.

Johnston

I'm just gonna...you know...uh... [walks away]

Jake

Did you ask Mom?

Johnston

Son, I’m 59 years old. I was Mayor of this town since the Carter Administration. I’m a retired U.S. Army Ranger and a combat veteran. Of course I asked your mother.

Jake

I can see her.

Johnston

See who?

Jake

The girl.

Johnston

What, girl? Jake I think you’re hallucinating son?

Jake

No, listen to me. When I was in Iraq….there was a girl, she couldn’t have been more than 10 or 12.

Johnston

Shh, shh, shh…don’t talk now son, save your energy. We’ll talk when we get home.

Jake

I killed her dad. I killed a little girl.

Jericho’s continuous acts of aggression against this town are unjustified.

Johnston

What ‘continuous acts of aggression’? We’re neighbors, for God’s sake.

I didn’t hear much talk of neighbors when you sent Ravenwood to our front door.

Johnston

We blew everything to hell and gone trying to defend ourselves against those mercenaries. We had no idea where they were heading next.

You didn’t try and warn us? You couldn’t help us while they were raiding what little we had left? Shooting whoever got in their way? My deputies, my friends?