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Jericho,

a small town in Kansas that witnessed a series of nuclear attacks

that destroyed 23 American cities in a single day.

The attacks crippled and fractured the U.S. government

and left our town cut off from the world.

Please help us.

If this country is at war, we need to know it.

But even in the worst of times,

it's possible to find the best in ourselves

and in others.

Robert Hawkins,

a covert agent who was supposed to stop the attacks

is now hunted by his former bosses for the secret he holds.

What is that?

A nuclear bomb.

There were dozens of these used in the attacks, right?

And now you have the last one.

Evidence.

The smoking gun behind the greatest crime

in the history of the world.

Now as we are about to be overwhelmed

by a hostile neighbouring town,

a new government appears based out of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A government with a new face, flying a new flag.

NOW!

Previously on Jericho:

I'm Major Beck, 10th Mountain Division.

The dispute between these towns is now officially over.

As of this morning,

we've restored power to 70 percent of town.

Jericho's on the fast track to recovery.

I want you to be Jericho's sheriff.

I'd like to tell you not to worry, but your trial by fire as Jericho's sheriff

is coming sooner rather than later.

- How's that? - The president's on his way.

Stanley?

- Good morning. - What is this?

It's a celebration for your first day on the job at Jennings & Rall.

Could you be any sweeter?

Probably not.

This looks great.

I know. This is-- This is a big day.

You get to be an accountant again.

Count things, add things up.

Maybe even a little subtraction, right?

Well, I have to say I cannot wait to work in that office.

You wouldn't believe how organised the Jennings & Rall people are.

Everything is bar coded.

I have so missed bar codes and spreadsheets.

I mean, every component and package and food stuff,

every ounce is accounted for.

Where it's been, where it's going.

I've forgotten how beautiful order can be.

That's probably the most boring story I've heard in months.

No, I love it.

I mean, just a few weeks ago, we were sitting at this table,

trying to figure out how to defend our farm.

And now, we're sitting here,

we're about to eat pancakes with actual chocolate chips in them

and you're blabbing on about tracking packages, it's...

- We're boring. - We are. We're boring.

Yeah, we are.

Stanley Richmond?

- Yeah. - Hi, I'm Ken Calley.

I'm the president's deputy communications director.

- The president? - Yes, ma'am.

President Tomarchio wants to address the nation today.

From...

...right here, on your front porch.

Okay, let's get these cars out of here, all right?

Right away.

Sheriff Green.

Nice uniform.

- I'm pacing myself. - Well, it's a start.

And for today, you and your men are gonna have to wear these credentials.

I got deputies rerouting traffic

and I told them to keep an eye out for anything unusual.

Although I think Secret Service has got you covered.

Come on, what do you need me for? Trying to keep an eye on me?

Local intel always beats eye-in-the-sky.

We wanna know the hazards in the area.

Condor's gonna be here in a few hours.

- Condor? - Code name for the president.

Biggest bird in the west.

The Watch Room is in Town Hall.

The president will be making a stop outside of Jennings & Rall first

before heading to the farm for the speech.

And how long is he scheduled to be on Main Street?

Twenty minutes.

Shake some hands, meet and greet with the mayor.

Well, that sounds like the time for us to make our move.

- You got the password yet? - I will.

How about evac?

Okay. Here is your escape route.

Got transportation here.

Diversions here and here.

Should give you enough time to get out on the open road.

I just wish there was a way of doing this without getting you burned.

Riding with the Army was for uncovering the truth.

And the truth is coming to us.

All goes well, by this time tomorrow I'll be in Texas,

and we'll be changing history.

Or we'll be dead.

They call this the White House on wheels.

Unloads and reloads at every stop during the tour.

Command and control capabilities

equals anything we had before the attacks.

The president could fight a war from here.

Change of plans, the president has struck a stop from his itinerary.

That ETA of three hours is now 28 minutes.

Copy that.

Lieutenant Parker, take a patrol out

and secure the routes in and out of town one last time.

Roger that. I'll send them out now.

No, I want you to do it, Parker.

We need all eyes out there.

Yes, sir.

- What took you so long? - We've got a problem.

Secret Service cut the last stop short,

so the president will be here in less than 30 minutes.

- We can handle that. - That's not the problem.

Chavez got sent out on patrol.

- Did he get the password? - I don't know.

I mean, if he did, he didn't have a chance to give it to me.

- What if he's not back in time? - I'm assuming that he's not gonna be.

So I'm gonna have to do it myself.

How, Robert? You'll never get past all that security.

I gotta get a hold of one of their secure walkie-talkies.

I can get one.

Baby, this is not eavesdropping or xeroxing some fax pages.

- This is the real thing. - It's lifting a walkie-talkie

from a tray of walkie-talkies without being noticed.

I can do that.

I didn't realise how much I'd let this place go.

I don't know, the glare from the shell casings

really make the window treatments pop.

The grass?

I'm trying to figure out how to make our wedding registry

vital to national security.

You're already planning our wedding registry?

Yeah, since I was 12.

And I've taken off the list luxury items that we already have

such as your Star Wars collector glasses.

Well, I hope your friends are buying the high-ticket items

because I'm not inviting anybody who can afford an espresso maker.

I'm gonna go make sure that they're not scratching up the floors.

It's facial recognition software.

Takes a 3-D picture of every face,

checks them against the database we keep here at the Watch Office.

The flagged ones will be prohibited from secure areas today.

Since when does a criminal database

cross-reference people's voter registrations,

DMV files and library records?

September 2006.

Take a look through the ones we've flagged.

I've scanned them, but you know these people better than I do.

Let me know if there's anyone I need to be worried about.

- I should warn you I might be in there. - You aren't.

You've seen my file?

I don't know. A lot of files come across my desk.

Gray, you got a minute?

Sure. Yeah, I was just gonna come looking for you.

Mr. Calley has asked me to greet the president.

And I was hoping, Eric, that you and Jake would join me.

I'm sorry. Am I missing something here?

Show him what you showed me.

Jennings & Rall just received a crate of these new history textbooks.

They want them distributed by the end of the week.

And why is this a problem?

Look at the chapter titles.

The section after World War II is called:

"The Decline and Fall of the First Republic."

Talks about how the United States died because we got weak.

That the Cuban Missile Crisis was a failure

because we didn't attack the Russians.

That we pulled out of Nam in '75 too early.

I mean, it goes on.

- How should we handle this? - I don't know.

You don't know?

What do you want me to tell you?

Teach from it or don't teach from it. It's your classroom.

There's a bigger issue here, Gray.

This new government, first they change the flag.

Now our history?

At what point is this a country we don't even recognise?

These people have saved this town from annihilation,

to say nothing of the millions of people

who are still alive right now because of them.

I don't know, I think that earns them the right to a point of view.

Those terrorists just keep getting better looking, don't they?

Can I help you?

- Alex Utley. - Jake Green.

The Modesto Bee, huh?

Second largest paper in California now.

Though we had a little help getting there.

Is that a joke?

Guess not.

- Friend of yours? - She's a schoolteacher.

Says she's flagged because of her father.

Jonah Prowse.

- What did he do? - He runs a road gang in the area.

Although I'm not sure why that makes her a threat.

Well, I think they'd say that there's no such thing as being too careful.

Are you reporting on them or for them?

Yes.

Break, break. Condor is arriving.

Condor is arriving.

Mr. President, Mr. President.

Folks, stay back please. Please stay back.

Stay back.

Mr. President.

- Got it. - Okay.

I need you to give me as much time as you can

- before you let them find it. - Okay.

- Okay? Head back to Town Hall. - Okay.

I'm not far behind.

- What's going on? - I don't know what you mean.

I just saw Darcy put something in her purse

back in the Watch Office.

- Now, what are you up to? - Jake Green.

We're missing a secure walkie-talkie.

Did you take one from the Watch Office?

- No. - Let's go, turn around.

On your feet. You were in the office as well.

- I'll assume the position. - Let's go.

Sir, nobody told you to move.

- Sheriff and the reporter are clean. - Copy that.

- Mr. President-- - Gray Anderson.

- Good to finally meet you, sir. - Mr. President.

Eric Green, my condolences on your loss.

Your father sounded like a wonderful man.

- Wish I could have known him. - Thank you.

I have to tell you guys I am truly humbled

at the sacrifices you've all endured.

I think the country needs to hear this story.

Mayor, would you consider representing the area

at the upcoming Constitutional Convention?

Constitutional Convention?

We have an opportunity to write the next chapter in American history.

The triumph of democracy over the forces of evil.

Think about it.

We'll need good men like you guys to help keep this country strong.

Thank you, sir. I'm-- I'm honoured.

Crash, Condor. Repeat, crash, Condor.

Crash, Condor. Crash, Condor.

- Condor is secure. - Yes, sir.

I've got confirmation that Condor is secure at the Citadel.

Checkmate is moving to Billboard. Copy that?

Schultz, please confirm you have the new positions.

Darcy, hold it.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.

I just didn't want you wandering outside. We're in a crash.

What's a crash?

Secret Service procedure. If they believe the principle is in jeopardy,

they freeze everyone where they are.

A secure walkie went missing about 15 minutes ago.

- Until that's recovered, we stay put. - Okay.

Have a seat. This will take a few minutes.

Isn't this something you should be covering?

Cheyenne doesn't like incidents like this covered.

And they control my credentials.

What the hell kind of reporter are you?

The working kind.

So that's your idea of being a journalist? Not making waves?

Let me ask you this, you guys heard of the Hudson River virus?

Yeah, from the news. They stopped it at the Mississippi.

They don't want a panic,

so they won't let us publish reports that says it's jumped the Blue Line.

- The Blue Line? - That's what they call the Mississippi.

It's got U.N. peacekeepers all up and down it.

So nobody's reporting the real news. That gets you off the hook.

I used to work for the L.A. Times. Before the attacks, I won two Pulitzers.

So I've got a pretty good idea about what it means to be a journalist.

And they don't exist anymore.

Is your mother gonna come out to the farm for the speech?

She just left. Went to Cedar Brook.

To stay with some family we contacted after the roads were cleared.

Yeah, it couldn't be easy for her to be around here anymore.

You should be glad she's not here.

She would've thrown that history book in the president's face.

- Oh, come on. - He wasn't elected, Gray.

How does a government no one voted for change the Constitution?

We found time to have an election.

Of all people, I'd think you would remember that.

So you're a real reporter, huh?

And the news also says that the attacks were

North Korean weapons financed by Iran.

Is that the whole story?

Well, there's plenty of theories out there to pick from.

- What's yours? - I'm not a conspiracy nut.

Let me guess, you know a guy who knows a guy--

What if there were more to that story?

What if-- What if the government nuked two countries

who had nothing to do with attacking us?

What if a guy wrote an exposé about the appalling gaps in port security

three years before the attacks,

and it ended up on page C-18 because it doesn't have any zazz?

People get the news they deserve.

No, people get the news they're given.

It just takes someone willing to give it to them.

When I was a kid two guys took down the White House

with a typewriter because people listened.

They got angry. They acted.

If I thought anybody was willing to listen, believe me, I'd be talking.

Ma'am, I'd like to take a look inside your purse.

Is that really necessary?

Yes, sir, it is.

You searched the entire office, huh?

All stations on the net. This is Citadel 2.

We found the radio. Repeat, the radio is secure.

Copy that.

The crash is over.

- They found the walkie-talkie. - Where?

Overheard it was in the sheriff's office.

They're pretty embarrassed. Had the whole group out looking.

And a light staff at the Watch Office.

He caused the crash on purpose.

What?

Hold.

Hold it.

Find Hawkins.

You had a guy inside Beck's camp and you didn't tell me?

He hurt one of my deputies.

What makes you think I got a guy inside?

Well, before Beck arrested him, he attacked me

and he told me to find you.

Check your pockets.

Check them.

Okay.

What's going on?

There were some very important files in that Watch Room,

and I copied them.

But my guy inside, Chavez,

he couldn't get the password to me to open them.

So he gave it to you. I told him if he was in trouble, he could trust you.

That's what this is all about? Files?

A conspiracy this big leaves footprints, Jake.

Thank you.

You know, immediately after the attacks,

the 23 blast sites were tested by the military

to determine the origin of the fissile material in the bombs.

The results said the bombs were milled in North Korea.

You're saying they doctored the results? They falsified them?

Yes. But somewhere in here are the original results.

Here.

That bomb wasn't from North Korea.

It's from an ex-Soviet nuke.

This is proof they lied about the attacks.

Oh, this is just the paper trail.

And your bomb is the hard evidence.

Getting that evidence out is gonna be damn near impossible.

- What do you mean out? Out where? - Texas.

They're close to joining Cheyenne, and if they do that,

then Cheyenne is gonna be too strong to bring down.

So we have to make sure that that does not happen.

- Now, where did they take Chavez? - Holding him in a lock-up for now.

I heard they were gonna transfer him to someplace called Loomer Ridge.

That is a supermax prison in Colorado.

- A place you don't come back from. - He's well guarded.

I'm not gonna risk the greater mission trying to rescue him.

But Chavez had the contacts in Texas.

And I've gotta find a way of getting this information

to the right people by myself.

You gonna drive around Texas with a bomb in your car

looking for someone you don't even know yet?

You know, when you put it like that, Jake...

There may be another way to get the information out.

There's a reporter--

No, the media's in Cheyenne's pocket.

This one may be different.

All right? Let me feel him out.

- Jake-- - I'll keep you insulated, all right?

Unless you can think of a better way.

I've been trusting you. Now it's time for you to trust me.

That's a lot of information to take on faith.

- You can't give me your source? - No, not yet.

First, you have to convince your paper

to publish the information on the flash drive.

I've gotta know you're gonna follow this through to the end.

- I-- I don't know. - What don't you know?

God, this is the biggest news story in American history.

That's the problem, it's gonna make a god-awful mess.

It is a god-awful mess.

All right, let me call my editors now.

On a government issued phone? Are you crazy?

You'll have to leave the press pool. You can't talk to anyone.

Drive straight through to Modesto.

You want me to sit on the biggest news story for two days?

Yeah, that part's non-negotiable. But you can drive as fast as you want.

Are you in?

Two guys and a typewriter, huh?

- Trish. - Mr. Richmond.

Oh, Mr. Richmond's my dad. I'm Stanley.

Oh, Stanley, I'm pretty busy.

Oh, okay. Well, here's the thing.

I kind of need a favour.

Oh, no, he's not annoying. I really am busy.

Yeah, it's mandatory for all Jennings & Rall managers

to learn many languages, so I picked sign language.

Okay, so about this favour.

I hear you guys are really good at tracking things, so I need--

Yeah, fine.

But she scares me.

Okay, so what's the favour?

Stand down, gentlemen.

What was in that room that was so important?

This is probably your last chance to tell me what's going on

before somebody drops you in a hole somewhere, Parker.

If that's even your real name.

We fought together.

At least tell me who you are.

I'm a dead man.

- Lieutenant. - Sir.

Send his prints and ID to Camp Liberty.

- We'll find out who he is soon enough. - Yes, sir.

- Hey- - Hey-

Headed to the farm for the speech. You wanna ride?

No, I'll meet you out there. What is all this?

Some guy had a heart attack at Bailey's.

He was dead when they found him.

All right. I'll see you there.

Hold up.

About face.

Citizens of Jericho,

I am honoured to be standing here today with you

on this most hallowed ground.

Those who died here gave their blood to protect our lives and liberties.

And so we honour them.

Detail, present arms.

It's over.

He's dead.

The reporter's dead.

Accept this on behalf of a grateful nation.

Arms.

Ready, aim, fire.

Aim, fire.

Aim, fire.

They killed him.

If they killed him, why didn't they kill me?

Well, if they suspected you were a threat, they would have.

Best guess, the reporter called his paper

to prep them for the expose on the new government,

and the call was intercepted.

We need to get a hold of that phone log.

I wanna know who he talked to, and I want an autopsy.

You will never see that body again.

And we're lucky they didn't take him alive,

because he would have given us up.

You've lost loved ones.

And here you are again.

Still strong. Still proud.

This is the best of America.

But infighting has left us weak and vulnerable to our enemies.

Remnants of the old Federal government

have fallen back to Columbus, Ohio.

After the attacks, that government endlessly debated our response.

So in a vacuum of leadership,

I acted to let the world know that America was down, but not out.

- We can't let them get away with this. - They already have.

I have gotta figure out what I'm gonna do next.

You figure out what you're gonna do. I can't let this go.

Jake, I need you not to be my problem right now.

The Federal government of the eastern bloc states

no longer has any governing authority beyond the Mississippi.

You've seen the flag.

This is the flag of a new country,

flying from the Mississippi to the Pacific.

The 13 stripes of red and white still represent the 13 colonies,

but they run in a new direction.

Just as we must chart a new direction for ourselves.

In a few short weeks, Mayor Anderson will represent you

as we ratify a constitution for this new nation

that will be known to the world by a new name.

The Allied States of America.

And with this new name, a clean slate.

Our debts have been forgiven and we are open again for business.

That means jobs, stocked shelves, a return to life as we knew it.

And in the fall, we'll have elections,

where we can all take part in building a new government

as a safer, stronger America.

God bless you and God bless the Allied States of America.

- Where are you taking him? - He's being transferred.

Son of a bitch.

- Hey. - Pull him off.

Get him out of here.

Nobody wants to do that more than me.

He put one of my men in the hospital too.

Oh, he'll get his due. I assure you.

Lieutenant.

Sir, the info on Parker is back.

- He's dead. - What do you mean?

I mean Parker's name and identity belonged to a dead soldier.

"R.F. Parker, U.S. Army, Killed in action.

Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 11 May, 2003."

He's black ops.

Echo 3, this is Echo 1, over.

I need a SITREP now on the transport of a Lt. Parker to Loomer Ridge.

I repeat, Echo 3, this is Echo 1.

Come in. Over.

You left this at the farm.

You didn't even ask him one question.

All you did was say yes.

Well, I wanna go to that convention, and interrogating the president

is a good way to make sure that never happens.

Well, safe travels.

Eric, wait.

It was my dad's.

Hung in his old office before the renovations.

I thought it was lost.

Yeah, I found it in storage when the Army needed the space.

I thought about bringing it down here and hanging it up,

but it just isn't me.

I'm going to Cheyenne to ask those questions.

And I'm gonna keep asking the questions

until I get some answers.

I just don't want them to see me coming.

And I was hoping that while I was gone,

that you'd be willing to act as mayor.

And try not to get us into too much trouble.

What has happened today is unacceptable.

I understand, sir.

- How did your men lose him? - Don't know, sir.

There's absolutely no record of him existing.

Either through fingerprints or DNA.

Not to mention that every piece of paper

with his name or picture on it has disappeared from my CP.

How's your search for Sarah Mason going?

That's what I thought.

You're overwhelmed.

I'm sending you a private contractor who knows the area.

He'll take care of the day-to-day administration of the town

white you find the terrorist.

Jake.

I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out

how a handcuffed prisoner guarded by three soldiers

escaped from the back of a Humvee.

Any ideas?

I heard he was a spook.

Figured he picked the lock on his cuffs and fought his way out.

Sounds plausible.

Suppose I should have thought of that.

Thanks for your help today. It's appreciated.

Little help here.

What's going on?

Tell me what?

Nothing, nothing. There's nothing to tell.

What did you find?

Nothing.

I mean, we found your father's second cousin on a census in Indiana,

but the area had already been evacuated.

And there was a woman with the same last name in a nearby refugee camp,

but she wasn't related.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I really wanted you to have your family at the wedding.

I Will.

You're my family.

You and Bonnie, from here on in.

Thank Jake for me.

You were right about him. He's got good hands.

I wish he'd learn to pull his punches.

Yeah, me too.

So Darcy scrubbed the office.

There won't be any pictures to trace you with.

- A good woman you've got there. - Yeah, so she keeps telling me.

You got everything you need?

Car? Map?

Actually, I got something for you.

The phone's clean.

When I get to Texas and meet up with my contacts, I'll call.

I'll be waiting.

Say, hey

you ever heard of a Project Boxcar?

- No, what is it? - It was a file on the flash drive.

It was the only thing that the password wouldn't open.

That's strange. That password should've opened everything.

Yeah. I guess I'll keep working on it.

Remember when this job used to be easy?

No.

Hey.

Hey.

- Hey. - Hi.

Did--? you hear about your brother?

No.

Gray appointed me acting mayor in his absence.

Mayor Green.

Nice to hear that again, huh?

Long day?

Yeah, things with Beck are getting pretty dicey.

Well, we've dealt with worse. We're still here.

We can handle it.

Major Beck, 10th Mountain Division.

You Goetz?

Tactical operations officer. I'll take it from here.