All language subtitles for Jeremiah S01E04 - ...And the Ground, Sown with Salt

(Jeremiah)
dear dad,

back at thunder mountain,
marcus got a message
from jesse montoya,

one of his guys in the field
who feeds us information
from time to time.

Cryptic, but what else is new?

He said to get down
to cranston, fast.

"There's something
your people should see."

"His people."

That would be us.

We'll park the rover
further outside town
than usual and walk in.

There's a lot
of unspecified, bad shit
going on around cranston.

[Bird cawing]

All right, this is
where we're supposed
to meet him?

Yeah, but why in the hell
did jesse pick this place?

We could've met him someplace
outside of town.

Look, we get in, we get out,
we stay out of trouble.

Now, you see
some shit, no matter
how intriguing it looks,

it's not our problem,
all right?

[Water dripping]

I don't like this, man.

Me, neither.
It looks pretty skiddy.

Hey, jesse,
you here at all?
Shit!

Help me! Help me!

[Screaming]

Kurdy!

[Gun firing]

(Man)
Cease fire!

Whoo!

Pretty cool, huh?

Hey, guys.

How you doin'?

My name's michael.

Welcome to cranston.

(Jeremiah)
dear dad,

it's been 15 years

since the big death
wiped out everyone
over the age of innocence...

The end of your world,

the beginning of mine.

Pretty cool, huh?

Still works great.

Between what we've got here
at the base

and what we scrounge up,
we've got plenty of gas.

See, we've got teams out
scoutin' around,

bringing back anything cool
that still works,
bringing back information.

That's how we found out
about you guys,

and the end
of the world.

That's quite a name,
the "end of the world."

Thing is,

I hear it has another name.

Because, you see,
the end of the world
tells me what it is,

but not where it is.

Now, I tried to find out
from your pal jesse,

but it turned out
he just sent information
upriver,

and not enough came back down
for him to be any use to me.

So, you know.

Either one of you guys
want to tell me
what the other name is?

Huh?

Maybe you could tell me
somethin' that, oh,

I don't know,
could help me find it?

Ok,

that's cool.

I understand
you're not supposed
to talk about it.

You don't want to tell me
where your crib is.

It's ok.

We've got plenty of time.

I'll let you two
get settled in,

and we'll talk later.

[Men chattering]

Get away!

[Men yelling]

(Man #1)
Just kill him.

(Man #2)
Yeah, yeah!

Kurdy?

(Man #1)
Yeah!

This is bad.

Copy that.

(Man #2)
That's it, man.

(Man #3)
You'll fall.

(Man #1)
I know, I know.

[Sobbing]

Leave her alone!

[Grunts]

(Girl)
No!

Hey, hey, come on.
Give them a break,
will you?

Fuck you!

[Grunting]

(Girl #1)
No, leave her alone!

[Crowd clamoring]

[Groaning]

It's a thing
of beauty.

What is?

(Michael)
The way in.

Ok.

I got what I needed.

Break it up and
get the next group ready.

[Yelling]

I want him
to watch.

I'm going upstairs.

I got julie some sparklers
from town.

[Groans]

[People screaming]

Shut the fuck up!

We need 5 more.

You 3...

You...

And you.

No!

No!

And you.

I thought you said 5.

Michael says
you're gonna watch.

What about him?

He stays.

Insurance.

It's ok.

You just watch
your back.

You got those two?

I've got 'em.

[Julie moaning]

Yes!

That's it, michael.

Oh, yeah.

[Gasping]

[Grunting]

[Panting]

[Laughs]

[Panting]

Someone was excited.
Oh, yeah.

Oh, that's right.

We've got 'em, julie.

We've got 2 guys
from the end of the world.

This is where it starts,
you know?

We take what they got,

we put it with what we got,

and if what I hear is true,

nobody can stop us.

What if they say no?

We've just got to show 'em
where the power is.

Make them understand
what we got,

what we're building,

how far
we're prepared to go.

So this was...

You know, a good day?

What do you think?

Oh, michael!

[Gasps]

Michael, it's beautiful.

[Julie gasps]

How--

how much is mine?

All of it,

'cause it's been
a great day.

Oh.

Hey...

It's gonna be ok.

Is this your dad?

Kinda.

I was just a baby
when my real mom and dad died.

This is cindy.

She used
to baby-sit me.

How is he?

He's asleep.

I think he'll be all right.

Thanks for helping.

Yeah, no problem.

So what is this place,

and who the hell
is this michael guy?

He's in charge.

Of what?

Of everything.

Everything here,
everything in town,
everything.

He and his guys
moved into the base
right after the big death.

He's a smart guy.

The place had generators
and gas storage tanks,

guns, grenades,

rocket launchers,
plastique, ammunition.

Well, how'd he recruit
all these guys?

They used to be raiders

working what was left
of the highways.

They used to spend
most of their time
fighting each other.

Then michael stepped up,
organized them.

He's good at that stuff.

They think he's nuts,

but as long
as the goodies keep coming,
they don't care.

That's why we're here.

So they can take
whatever we have

and put us to work
getting more stuff for them.

(Man)
Give it back to me, man.
Give it back.

How do we get
out of here?

We don't.

Nobody does.

[Inaudible]

(Man #1)
You hear me?

(Man #2)
Cut it!

[Dog barking]

Do you know
what this is all about?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

Then stop it.

I can't.

Hey,

how's it goin'?
Are you settling in ok?

Yeah,

all the comforts
of home.

Good, good.

Yeah, I wanted you
to, uh, see this,

give you a little better idea
of what I'm trying to do here.

Check it out.

[Gun cocking]

Hi.

How you doin'? I'm michael.
Nice to meet you.

What's your name?

Jeff.

My name's jeff.

Hi, jeff.

Let me ask you somethin'.

Do you believe in god?

I, uh...

Yeah.

I mean, I think so.

Do you believe
in the efficacy of prayer?

The--
the efficacy of prayer.

That it works.

It would sure help
right about now.

[Laughing]

Give it a shot.

Pray to god

that you're gonna
get out of this alive.

I don't know
what you want from me.

Now, please!

Hey, what the hell...

God, get me out of this.

Please, god,

just get me out of here.
Jesus--

I'm sorry.

Who?

Jesus.

[Sobbing]

[Gun firing]

What about you?

[Stuttering]
And I don't believe in god.

[Prisoner grunts]

You son of a bitch!
What the hell are you doin'?

It's all right,
it's all right.

Just wait,

you'll see.

And your name is?

Lisa.

Hi, lisa.

Do you have anything
you'd like to say to me?

Do you believe
in the efficacy of prayer?

Yes,

I...

Michael, I pray to you.

I pray to you for my life.
I pray to you.

Done.

[Sighing]

I'm rick.

Save me, michael.

And so I shall.

I'm adam. Save me.

Where is the end
of the world?

Don't do this.

Where is the end
of the world?

There is no such place.

Please,

michael,

I pray to you. Please.

Michael, spare my life.

I pray to you.

Do you really think
god answers every prayer?

No!

No!

It's ok, it's ok.

We'll try again tomorrow.

And tomorrow,

I'll ask you twice.

The day after that,

I'll ask you 4 times.

And I'll keep doubling it

every day.

The number of times
that god will disappoint
his people

is entirely in your hands.

You're free to go.

You'll have to work
for the tribes,

helping them find stuff,
fix things,

whatever.

But you owe
your lives to me.

Never forget that.

Don't fight this.

It isn't gonna work.

Someone said,

"power comes out
of the barrel of a gun."

I've got all the firepower
in the world right here.

Hey, man.

What happened
out there?

Hey.

What happened
out there?

[Gasping]

[Retching]

[Panting]

[Toilet flushing]

[Water splashing]

Michael,

I have great news.

I'm pregnant.

Michael,

I thought you'd want
to know. I--I'm pregnant.

Hey, michael,

guess what?

I've got a little psycho
in the oven.
It looks just like you.

(Michael)
Julie?

Did you say somethin'?

No, no.

Just clearing my throat.

[Breathing heavily]

Hey,

you're sittin'
in my spot.

I said,

you're sittin'
in my spot.

Your fucking spot,
you asshole?

Your fucking spot?

Here! How about
this fucking spot?

Anybody else
got a fuckin' spot?

[Man chattering]

You ok?

Yeah.

You went away.

I know.

I'm back.

How about these guys?

They're fine.

So you got a plan?

No.

No, I don't.

What do you mean, you don't?

Your ass always has a plan.

Ever since I met you,
you've got a plan
for every damn thing.

You don't take a piss
unless you've got a plan.

Oh, that is so not true.

Yes, it is.

No, it's not.

Every time you tell a lie,
jesus bleeds.

Where did you come up
with that?

Every time you tell a lie,
jesus bleeds.

Every time you tell a lie,
jesus bleeds.

Every time you tell a lie,
jesus bleeds.

[Crickets chirping]

[Dog barking]

We're all set.

You really
gonna do it?

Oh, yeah.

I am.

You know what they call
these things?

Daisy cutters.

Is that a pretty name or what?

The end of the world.

They call it that,

but don't even know
what it really means.

It's time
to help them understand.

[Door opening]

[Footsteps approaching]

Hey, come on,

both of you.

What about them?

Screw them. Get up.

No.

You want to try that again?

Look, michael wants us
alive and cooperative.

If you pull that trigger,
we are neither,

and your boy michael
is really pissed off.

You want to be the guy
to piss him off?

I didn't think so.

So, here's the deal.

While we're gone,
you make sure nothing bad
happens to those people,

otherwise when we come back,

we'll just go back
to being uncooperative.

Ok, fine.

Sure, whatever.

(Guard #1)
What the fuck
are you lookin' at?

And I thought you said
you didn't have a plan.

That's as far as it went.

Oh, shit.

(Jeremiah)
Hey.

Oh, hi.

Maybe I should go.

No, don't, uh...

Don't leave because of us.

Yeah.

There's somethin' to be said
for having witnesses around.

I didn't catch your name
earlier.

Julie.

I'm jeremiah,
and this is kurdy.

How's it goin'?

I got the impression earlier

that, uh, you didn't like
what you saw.

No, it's just...

It takes
a very special kind of person
to organize all this,

get people to follow him,
so michael's just very...

Complex, you know?

"Complex"

is a word you use
when you don't want to say
anything bad.

You complex, too?

Not really.

Not that complex, anyway.

You know that
by staying with him,
you're helping him, right?

Why do you stay with him?

Because he saved me...

Years ago.

I was lost,
stuck in this desert for days,

and I passed out.

I would've died there,

but I woke up
and he was standing there
looking down at me,

and he had food
and water...

[Sighing]

And he said
the way I lay there,
I looked like an angel

that had fallen
out of heaven.

He was younger then,
different.

I mean,

he always knew
that there was something big
in front of him, you know,

but he wasn't like this.
He wasn't--

[sighing]

He has this image of himself,

see,

and it's gotten bigger.

And now, it's like
it's almost bigger than he is.

I don't think he understands
what he's doing sometimes.

But you do.

And sooner or later,

you're gonna
have to decide.

[Door opening]

Ok. I've been thinking.

The problem is

you don't know me,

and I don't know you.

You have no reason
to trust me,

but I know

that we're gonna
work this out
one way or another.

A couple of ways
we can do that.

First of all,

just so things
don't seem so one-sided,

I'll give you something

if you give me something.

What's that?

We could share information.

Save you a lot of time
finding out
who's gonna be a problem.

There's you guys.

There's
the rocky mountain brigade.

There's the posse commitatus

from down around montana.

They're going to be
all up in your ass pretty soon
from what I hear.

There's the army
of the south.

There's mitchell gang.

There's valhalla sector.

I see you've heard
of that one.

Yeah, I've heard of it.

Everybody's heard of it.

What do you hear?

Enough to know

that we have
a mutual enemy.

The old world's
dead and buried,

but those fuckers,

they just don't want
to get the message.

They've been arming up
for a long time.

Tell you the truth,

I thought they were gonna
come after us
about a year ago,

but somethin'
stopped them.

Something scared them.

The point is

the valhalla sector
is a perfect example

of why we should
work together.

At the end of the day,

they'll fight you guys
just as hard as
they'll fight us.

Look,

why's all this
so important to you?

Because I am meant

for something better.

I'm meant
for something special,

important.

I knew it even as a child,
I just didn't know
what it was,

and then
the big death happened.

And everyone I knew died,

and everyone they knew...

Died.

All those people,

billions and billions...

Died.

And I thought:

There must be a reason.

And I realized

the only way

the big death
could have happened

was if god...

Was dead.

And if god is dead...

Someone has to take
his place, right?

I've got my tribes,

I've got my people,

I've got believers,

and I've got a vision.

I've got a vision

for the new world,

and I see flags,
and I see banners,

and I see armies marching

in my name,
and it's all right here.

[Kurdy laughing]

What?

So, like, you're god?

I don't know, man.

I just thought
you'd be taller.

No, I'm not a god.

To be a god,

you have to get people
to believe in you.

Jesus,

mohammed,

buddha...

All the good gods
started out

as regular guys.

They worked their way up.

I mean,

you've got to start
somewhere, right?

Christianity wasn't spread
by love.

It was spread
at the point of a sword.

There were crusades.

There were inquisitions.
There were soldiers

saying, "believe or die."

The only difference
between that and this

is that I'm not gonna wait
until after I'm dead
to get the ball rolling.

Now, you can be
a part of it,

or you can be in my way.

Either way...

I just need to know
where you stand.

And I will.

Do you remember

that little problem
we were having
in east cameron?

(Julie)
Yeah.

East cameron's a little town
about 30 miles from here,

about 200 people.

It's pretty,

but, you know...

Anyway,

the way we keep
everybody happy

is to cut them in
for a little piece
of everything

that's going on
in their area.

But it seems east cameron

just doesn't
want to play anymore.

(Michael)
Julie,

is that east cameron
on the t.V.?

Yes.

Look, I don't get it.
What the fuck--

this is an army base.

We've got guns,

we've got tanks,

we've got jeeps,

we've got latrines,

we've got cafeterias,

we've got mines,

we've got rocket launchers,

and just like
every self-respecting
army base

in what used to be
the united states,

we've got
114 daisy-cutter bombs.

Non-nuclear,

but these babies
will incinerate anything

within 600 yards.

That's 6 football fields,
boys and girls.

The hand of god.

[Metallic clanking]

Now, I've placed
6 of these bombs

in east cameron.

Difficult for me
to part with them,
you understand,

but I need you gentlemen
to realize
just how serious I am.

You want to know why
you should either side with me

or stay the fuck
out of my way?

Michael, no, please.

Take a look
at the future, gentlemen.

It looks an awful lot
like this.

[Inaudible]

[Bombs exploding]

All I want

is the truth.

You withheld that truth,

and a town had to die.

Understand
that I am merciful,

understand
that I can forgive,

but also understand

I have 108 more of those.

[Dog barking]

(Kurdy)
This is so fucked up, man.

I have never seen
anything like...

I mean, you know,
you--you hear
about stuff like that

from the old world

and you forget it's there,
or you figure
somebody exaggerated.

Yeah.

This, like, all right...

You know that all these--
these armies and these navies

and these marines
or whatever...

If they know
they're gonna die,

then on their way out,

the least they could have done
was gotten rid of this shit,

instead of leavin' it
lyin' around

for crazy motherfuckers
to get ahold of them

and blow up
whole fuckin' towns.

[Sighing]

All right, jeremiah,
you know me.

You know,
I don't like getting involved
in other people's problems.

Yes, I know.

But we've got to take
this motherfucker out,

so you come up with a plan,
because if you don't, I will.

Man, did you see the looks
on their faces?

Oh, man, that was
somethin' else.

It really was like...

Like the hand of god,
you know?

I'm tempted to cap off
3 more of those things

to see the sky light up
like that again.

[Sighing]

Baby,

you look a little pale, uh...

Are you feelin' all right?

Yeah, yeah.
It's just, uh...

Michael,

I'm pregnant.

You sure?

Yeah.

I, uh...

I told you
I don't want kids.

I know, but--
because you're gonna
love it

more than you love me,
and I...

I just can't have that.

No, michael...

Well, there you go.

Michael...

You're my angel.

Angels don't have kids.

She stays the night,

then tomorrow...

Kill her.

Promise me...

Promise me you'll take me
to the end of the world.

No.

I mean it.

Promise me,

and I'll get you out of here,

both of you.

No.

Please?

Tell you what.
I'll make you a deal.

You get the rest
of these people
out of here,

I'll take you there.

Anything,

just take me away from here.

We're gonna need
more than this,
a whole lot more.

That's a good start.

[Bird cawing]

(Julie)
Hey.

Open the gate.

I don't think
you're supposed to--

[Chattering]

[Groaning]

(Guard)
No!

[Grunting]

Everybody, come on, go!

Go!

Move! Go!
Go!

[Gun firing]

Hold up!

Wait a sec.
Check it out.

No shit!

All right, come on.

(Kurdy)
You gotta come down.
Get down. Let's go!

Come on, go!

Go! Run!

[Groaning]

Kurdy, get her back
to thunder mountain.
Tell marcus what happened.

Wait a second.
What about you?

I'm not goin'.

Like hell you're not.

Somebody has got
to stop this psycho.
You said it yourself.

Otherwise, what's
to keep him from blowing up
one town after the other

until he gets
what he wants?

(Kurdy)
What are you gonna
do about it?

Let's say even
if you cap this guy,
there's still 50 other cats

waitin' to pick up
where he left off.

Kurdy, if you can save
somebody, it's worth it.

Angels don't have kids.

(Julie)
I don't think he understands
what he's doing sometimes.

(Jeremiah)
but you do.

And I see flags,
and I see banners,

and I see armies marching
in my name,
and it's all right here.

[Guns firing]

I'll think of somethin'.

I'll do it. You go.

I can stop him,
stop all of them forever.

Get in the fuckin' truck!

[Groaning]

She's going
with me.

Come on.

Ok, we know
how far those trucks can go
on the gas.

We send
everybody we can.

If anyone gives you
any trouble,

kill 'em.

Hey...

This is important.

Hey, god...

It's your angel.

(Jeremiah)
dear dad,

I don't have very much
to say tonight.

Some days

there just aren't the words,
you know?

But I think about
all the other bases

that must have survived
the big death.

How many more michaels
are out there

waiting to happen?

I don't think
I'll sleep much tonight.

To tell you the truth,

I may not sleep again
for a long time.