Jericho · Season 1
Are we under attack?
Son, I don't want to hear that word again. Now look, this could have been a test. It could have been an accident. There's, uh, military bases near Denver. One explosion does not make an attack. If we stay calm, the town stays calm, okay.
Hey, Shep? You said earlier that you had heard that speech before. Ever ask yourself why I say it? ‘Cause I happen to trust you people. ‘Cause I love my town. Now, something happened in Denver, in Atlanta, and it could be that we 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 to cause them? 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 at the town hall. And folks, don’t you break my heart again.
You might want to get some black spray paint, you know, cover that. [Points at the word "Jericho" on the police car] Look, I know that you're telling people that is was an accident, and I hope it was, but if it was an attack, Sheriff and there's chaos out there, you might not want the wrong people to know that Jericho is still here.
We have our frequencies, sir, but outside, it's like there's no one there.
All right, um... what about analog? We could contact the governor with a Ham radio, couldn't we?
That could work, but there's only one in town that I know of.
I was afraid you were going to say that.
[Johnston knocks on the door, Old Man Oliver answers the door cocking his shotgun]
Oh, Oliver, would you stop that.
Sorry, Johnston. Thought you were Aliens. Well, we're under attack, by Aliens. Don't you know that?
Yes, we do. That's why we're here. Do you have your Ham radio?
Yeah, for you....50 cents.
If you convince me that you are living a more productive life, then..
That's right Jake.
We were both born on third base, stop pretending you hit a triple. When are you going to realize I am 32 years old?
When you do.
Attention, attention. There is radioactive fallout coming from the nuclear blast. You have less than 90 minutes to get indoors. I repeat, you have less than 90 minutes to get in doors. Use your basements. Put duck tape or leather tape to seal your homes. You have less than 90 minutes. There is a shelter at town hall and at the medical centre. There is radioactive fallout coming. You have less than 90 minutes to get indoors.
You're not from around here are you?
I came from DC to supervise a little audit on a farm. Is God punishing me?
You really should get to the basement at town hall.
You think?
Gail, who is in charge here? You or me?
You do not want to play that game.
Bonnie, take them to the storm cellar now!! Go, guys, go!! Emily, we've got to get inside. Emily? Emily, hey. It's going to be ok? Alright I promise. Everything is going to be ok, alright. We've got to go in now, babe. Babe? We've got to get inside before the rain, okay? Come with me. Come on. Run. Run. Get inside!
Do you realize a nuclear bomb went off yesterday?
So? If I'm going to die in a nuclear blast, so be it. I'll be right here, playing pool with my buddies.
But you're not going to die in a blast. You're going to get radiation poisoning. Within the first couple of hours you're going to be vomiting and have crippling diarrhea. Your hair is going to fall out in chunks. Your skin is going to blister. Your internal organs are going to start to shut down. Because, well, frankly....they're being cooked from the inside. You're going to get sicker and sicker until you can't move. And then you will die. Over there on the floor by the pool table....with your buddies.
You know I keep thinking about when we were kids and how they used to make us practice hiding under our desks in case of an atomic bomb.
Yeah and duck for cover.
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that mushroom cloud. Did they have enough time to hide under their desks? It's pretty stupid, huh?
Are you okay?
Huh, if you call radiation poisoning "okay".
Were you out in the rain, too?
Heavens no! I touched a building when we came out of the shelter.
Oh.
Look, you can stop pretending.
What do you mean?
I audited your farm. Why do you care?
Maybe I'm a nicer person than you.
Right. Were you in the rain?
Yeah, for about twenty minutes.
Well, you look pretty good.
Thanks. You know, try to work out.
[Mimi laughs]
Look, um, you know I think I got the worst of it, so as long as I'm okay, you should be fine.
You're really sweet. And you still owe the IRS $180,000.
Yeah, I know.
[Mimi rests her hand on a column, and when she lifts it, her hand is covered in black]
What's this black stuff?
That used to be Denver.
In my office. Now.
[Punches Gray Anderson]
Right now these people need our leadership. I will not have you tearing this town apart. And when all this is over, if you and I are still alive, you investigate your ass off. In the meantime, if I hear anymore talk like that out of you, you and I are gonna have a problem. Do we understand each other?
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