All language subtitles for Jeremiah S02E06 - The Mysterious Mister Smith

Previously on jeremiah...

When I was in charge of
the prison break in milhaven,

you told me
to pick lieutenants I trusted.

This guy that calls himself
"mr. smith,"

thinks god talks to him?

He saved my life,
markus, twice.

So where are you from?

portland.

i'm from portland.

That makes us practically,
like, homeboys.

It's a pinhole camera.

I use it to chronicle
where i've been,
what i've seen.

i'd like to put you
in charge of

putting this place
back together.

This was a transit point
for valhalla sector,

which means
a lot of people

will come through here
all the time.

I keep hearing
about this guy,
uh, daniel...

They say he's got
these slave-labor
camps going,

and anybody who
goes into his territory

without any kind
of resources,

they grab 'em up
and put 'em to work.

Kurdy, all i'm saying

is that if you're happy
with smith as your partner,
that's what matters.

There's no rule saying
i have to like
everybody that works here.

Yeah, but you said
he was a nut.

Yes, but he's your nut,
not mine.

The guy hears voices, kurdy.

Hey, that's not true.

It's just one voice.

God.

The scientific term for that
is a psychosis,

auditory hallucinations.

So you're saying
everyone through history

who said they heard
god talking to them
was crazy?

You saying they weren't?

Look, all i'm saying
is there's more to smith

than that god stuff,
all right?

He's a good guy.

You should talk to him,
get to know him.

He can talk about
a lot of other stuff
besides that stuff.

Okay, okay.

Hey, kurdy.

How's it going?

Good. Good, man. You?

Good, good.

Oh,

god.

What?

What what?

What'd he say?

What'd who say?

God.

About what?

You just, um...

I forgot the salt.

Oh.

Oh, i--i--i thought--
i thought that
you were, um...

You thought
that I was what?

That you were,
uh, you know...

Uh, salt--saltless.

No, that's what
we were doing.

We were just
commenting on your

saltless...Ness.

Are you all right, markus?

Is there anything
i can...Do for you?

No, i--i--i'm fine.

I, uh,

should go now.

Is he all right?

He's a nice guy.

He just seems
a little messed up,
that's all,

but I suppose anybody
can look a little crazy

in the right circumstances.

You did that on purpose,
didn't you?

Did what?

So you're still lugging
that camera around, huh?

What kind of stuff
do you take
pictures of, anyway?

You know,
just, uh...

Birds, trees.

You know, stuff.

I like to keep it
around, though.

You never know

what might be
coming your way next.

( Dogs barking )

( Crowd screaming )

( Machine guns firing )

We have to go
the other way around.

No. It's just too long,
they'll catch us.

leah...

I am not going back
to that camp.

I won't let them
take me back.

It's our only choice.

We have to risk it,
all right?

We have to tell the world
what we've seen,

or else the truth
dies with us.

Now, go. Go.

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

so aren't you excited?

Excited about what?

It's your first day.
You're in charge
of all of this.

Do you really think

these people are gonna
let me run this place

just 'cause
markus said so?

Yeah.

Come on,
you're rebuilding.

You're putting in...
Stuff.

These people are finally
free from valhalla sector.

Will they let you
run this?

Absolutely.

Hell, they'll probably
give you a fruit basket.

Oh, good,
a fruit basket.

That's what I need.

Then i'll have fruit
and nuts,

'cause I don't know if i've
told you this lately, libby--

you're nuts.

Okay, look around.

People are pouring
into this town, okay,

because they've heard
it's going to be

a centerpiece
for the alliance.

Plus, you know,
i'm here.

Yeah, and you're here.

See, I always put
the obvious thing
at the end, because--

because it goes
without saying.

Because it goes
without saying.

So i'm not saying.

What?

The obvious thing.

And what is that?

You know,

for someone who's going to be
in charge of all this,

you're a little slow
some days.

i'm not in charge,
all right?

i'm just helping out.

I don't even know that
i want to be in charge.

Of course you do.

You just have to have
the right attitude.

Hello.

Welcome to milhaven.

So, are you here with
a lot of people, or...

A lot fewer
than we left with.

Oh, are they still
coming, or...

They're dead.

Check this out.

smith then says,

"is there anything
i can do for you?"

Man, it was the funniest thing
i've seen in a long time.

Try that again.

You call that a shot?

The basket's
too small.

It's cold down here.
It makes the metal shrink.

Yeah?

I felt a warm draft.

Anybody else
feel a warm draft?

I don't know about that,
but there's a lot of hot air
passing through.

Anyway, smith's
a funny guy.

He's weird, but funny.

Turns out
we're from the same town.

You said you were
from portland.

Yeah.

smith's from new orleans.

No, he's from portland.

i'm just saying.

I know what I heard,
all right?

Now, he might've
passed through new orleans,

but he's from portland.
That's what he said.

Trust me, I know,
because I almost

smacked him when he said
we were practically homeboys.

He told me
he was from san francisco.

What?

Yeah. He said
when he was a kid

he used to hang around
down by the pier

in ghirardelli square,
same as me.

He tell the rest of you guys
different stuff

about where he's from?

What the hell's with that?

Don't know, man.

Maybe markus was right
about your pal after all.

And we've fixed up the place

real good for you.

Just made sense,

'cause the last guy
that ran milhaven lived here.

There's just the one
working bedroom upstairs,

but I figured
that you two probab--

um, jeremiah's
sleeping on the couch.

Sleeping on the couch.

Listen,
thanks for all your help,

nonsense.

In 10 years
of valhalla sector
running this town,

we've learned one thing--

whoever's got the power
makes the rules.

They're gone,
thunder mountain's in.

You got the power.
You make the rules.

Yeah, well,
i don't like rules.

I don't even like
my own rules.

Yeah, I understand.

Still, we all
took up a collection,

and we got you this,

as our way of saying thanks.

Oh, wow,
a fruit basket.

Told you.

Yeah, and it's got
a big green, flaky--

artichoke!

My wife
did the same thing.

I don't understand it,

but it makes them happy,

so i'm not going to
question it, right?

Anyway, like I was saying,

the town's become
a lot more stable lately.

We've fixed up the church
and the tavern--

kind of like society's
bookends, aren't they?

We even, uh,

we even got a little
marathon poker game going on.

Yeah, I just hope
that, we can, uh,

keep it all together.

What's to stop us?

Well, there's been
a lot of new people

showing up lately,
taking up space,

resources.

See, some people are trouble,

and some people just kind
of bring trouble with 'em.

So i'd be careful,
if I were you.

Poker...

Hey, kurdy, how's it going?

Good.

You?

Good.
A little restless.

Looking forward to
getting back out on the road.

Yeah, me, too.

I ever tell you that

I made it back home
to portland last year?

Really?
How'd that go?

Okay.

The place sure has
changed a lot, though.

What part of town did you say
you were from, again, smith?

Laurelhurst.

We had this great big house
right on the park,

dated back to the 1920s.

On either side of us,

there were houses
that were even older
than that.

That's right.

That was a pretty cool
neighborhood, laurelhurst.

Your parents
ever take you down
to powell's bookstore?

The main one, downtown,

or the one
near washington square?

Downtown.

Yeah, all the time.

My mom used to
take me there

to get pop-up books.

I love pop-up books.

And every saturday
they had a reading there

with that--that lady,
what was her name?

She wore purple sweaters
and smelled of lavender...

mrs. haversham.

Yeah. That's the one.

i'll never forget
the killer winds
in the wintertime.

Yeah, or the smell of roses
in the summer.

Happiest years of my life.

Why do you ask?

No reason.

Just asking.

Oh.

Anything else
you want to know?

Yeah.

Why do you always
carry that bag
around with you?

How come

you don't just
leave it in your room?

Oh, uh...

You do have
a room here, don't you?

Uh, yeah, you know,
i'm just sort of...Around.

I better go.

i've got a couple things
i've got to do.
See you in a little bit.

Excuse me.

Hey, I wondered
where you went.

You know how hard it is
to find a good poker game?

Some of these guys
have been here for days.

Raise you five.

See it.

i'm sure that finding
a good poker game

is at least as difficult
and rewarding

as discovering radium,
say--

look, libby, listen.

I spent 15 years of my life
looking for my dad.

That's a long time, okay?

And I got pulled into
a lot of weird stuff

along the way, believe me.

I mean, put my neck out
over and over again,

and that part of my life
is over.

I found my dad.

Now I want to find me.

I don't want any quests.

I don't want to have
any responsibilities,

I just...I want to have
a little fun, you know?

What's wrong with that?

You don't think

helping milhaven come back

could possibly be
construed as fun?

Yeah, for you, maybe.

Somebody who has fun

putting books
in alphabetical order,

when you're not starting
little fires and stealing--

excuse me.

You jeremiah?

i'm playing cards.

Yeah.

Name's frank.

Listen, uh, i've been
trying to get

this old printing press
going

and it occurred to me,
what milhaven needs

is a newspaper.

Help encourage trade,
help people find each other.

So what do you
want me to do?

Well, you're in charge.

I need your--
your blessings.

You--you do not need my--

okay, all right, fine.

Fine, whatever.

There you go.
Go forth.

Great.

Thanks, jeremiah.

See?
That wasn't so hard,

now, was it?
It's fun being mayor.

Easy, too.

Later. Later.

jeremiah?

Okay, I see that,

and, uh,
i'll raise you, uh...

This, right here,
this molar.

It's my best one.

You win,
you can have it.

Just come across the table
and get it.

jeremiah?

Hey, jeremiah.

Hey, steve, how you doing?

What can I do for you?

It's dave.

Right, right.
It is. Absolutely.

And don't you let anybody
tell you any different.

Listen, we're doing
the best that we can

to fix those sewer lines,
you know,

but it's really tough.

We're fresh out of diesel
for the bulldozer,

plus we gotta
tear up streets,
drill holes.

There's no way we can do it
with the tools we got.

Uh, get more tools.

That was my thought.

Now, we can bring up
more fuel and more equipment
from the mountain,

but it's gonna
take all of us

to bring everything
from there to here.

Now, there's a few depots
along the way,

but I don't know for sure
what they've got.

Well, you just do
what you gotta do.

It'll be okay.

You're sure?

Oh, yeah.

You're gonna be
on your own
for at least a few days.

i've got it all
under control.

All right. Take it easy.

Yup.

Damn it, I told you
to stop bothering people.

You don't
understand.

Out!

We need help!

We need to tell someone
who can do something.

i'll do something
in a second.

Hey, hey. Whoa, whoa.
No, no.

Don't, don't, don't.
It's all right.

i'll get rid of 'em.

Just go back in.
i'll do it.

You guys okay?

Yeah, thanks.

You all right?

Yeah. We didn't think
we'd make it this far.

They've been
following us
since we saw it,

but dad says
we lost 'em, so--

wait, wait, wait. Back up.

What's he talking about?

We were being held

in a forced labor camp
on the eastern kansas border.

Is this one
of daniel's setups?

I hear he's building up
pretty big back east.

Yeah, he is,

but the camp's
not the worst of it.

We were lucky,
we got out
with our lives--

but a lot of people didn't.

The people
in charge

wanted it to look like
they escaped,
but they didn't.

They've been killing people,

anyone who doesn't agree
with the way things
are being done.

Hundreds, maybe thousands.

i'd like to help you guys,
but i'm--i'm fresh out.

We can prove it.

We can take you to
where it happened.

That's why we need help.

They don't want
any witnesses

getting this information
outside.

I think they've picked up
our trail again,

and if i'm right about that,

then there's a world
of trouble coming
right behind us.

Hey, markus,

you got a second?

Sure, why not?

It's about smith.

Have you assigned him
a room yet?

Can't you
ask erin that?

I can't find erin,
and I figured it'd be
in the computer system.

You do realize
i just turned
the computer off?

It's always a hard-knock life
with you, ain't it?

smith...

smith.

mr. smith.

Nope. He doesn't have
a room assignment.

Anything else?

'Cause they're serving
salisbury steak
in the cafeteria.

They're always serving
salisbury steak.

I know.
It's depressing, isn't it?

That's interesting.

Security log says

he's been in and out of here
every couple of days.

Usually at night.

Where the hell
do you think he's going?

Out.

Which is where i'm going
right now.

Anything else,
you can ask smith.

Ante up.

Ante up.

Look, why don't you shuffle?

Bet I know
what you're thinking.

You know how I know that?

'Cause I was about your age
when all this...Happened.

You know?

You're probably thinking

that this isn't how
it was supposed to turn out.

Am I right?

It'll get better.

I promise.

Hey, jer!

It's your deal!

Go ahead.

Do you think, uh...

You think you could
find your dad for me?

libby?

libby!

What's wrong?

We got a situation
in here.

Look, this is james,
leah, and...

madison.

Right.
madison.

I brought 'em
down the back alley.

I don't think

anybody saw us crossing
out in front,

so they couldn't see us
coming up the outside stairs.

Is any of this
the answer
to "what's wrong?"

Or has mr. dictionary
deserted us again?

Do you remember the stories
that we heard about

the labor camps
in daniel's territory,

about people being killed?

Yeah.

Well, these guys know
where the bodies are buried,

literally.

( Tires squealing )

All right, you guys,
come on, let's go.

Get upstairs, now.

You jeremiah?

Last I checked.

daniel says hello.

My name is charles,

and we hate to intrude,

but we believe some people
that we've been looking for

might be here in your town.

Well, it's possible, charles.

A lot of people
pass through town.

They're free to come and go
as they please.

We're looking
for three people--

three people.

A father,
a mother, and their kid.

The father's name is james.

They would've arrived
either today or yesterday,

and we're willing to reward
whoever turns them over to us.

Hey, charles.

I said that
when people come here,

they're free to come and go
as they wish.

What part of that
don't you get?

Well, jeremiah,

there's free,
and there's free.

Free to make trouble?

Free to spread lies?

Free to cause problems
for innocent bystanders?

Best thing if you just
turn them over to us.

We'll take them,
be on our way.

daniel would be
most appreciative.

daniel...

Mm.

Can shove it.

Maybe we should
talk about this
in private.

Maybe you ought to just
get back in the car.

There's nobody here
that you want.

Tell you what.

You take the night
and you think about it.

Come back tomorrow,
and i'll ask again.

After that, we're done asking.

( ** )

i'm sorry to bring
this trouble
to your front door--

no, no.
It's okay, really.

It's just that the people
from thunder mountain

have all taken off

and we're sort of on our own
until they get back.

Except for

the rest of milhaven.

i'm sure
they'll help us out.

Maybe we should
leave now,

no.

No, you can't do that.

They watch all the roads
in and out of here,

and it's way too steep a climb

to try going
through the woods at night.

You mentioned
work camps.

What exactly
did they have you doing?

Construction, mainly.

Buildings, roads,

anything they needed done,
we did it.

They grabbed us
as we were passing through

on our way south.

Kept to
the back roads,

and we traveled
only at night.

We were almost outside
daniel's territory

when we stumbled
across the...

daniel's big
on making sure people
do what he tells them to.

Most just go along.

He brought back order,

and there's
building going on.

Lots of cities
have the power on again,

but if you don't agree
with how he's doing it,

or why,

or what's really
happening--

you disappear.

Most folks figured
they got exiled,

but we know better,
we saw it,

and we have to make sure
the truth gets out there,
jeremiah.

We have to.

( Knocking )

Just stay by the door.

Don't leave
until you hear trouble.

Sorry to bother you,
jeremiah...

It's okay, richard.
What's up?

We saw
what happened earlier,

and we're
a little concerned.

I mean, those guys
were packing

some pretty serious
hardware.

Yeah.

We don't know these,
uh, these other people.

We don't have
a vested interest in,
uh, them.

But you have a vested interest
in turning them over

to guys
who'll probably kill them?

They're drifters.

I mean, they have no business
getting us in trouble

for something they did
somewhere else.

It's just not our problem.

Uh-huh.

Somebody
could get hurt.

So what do you suggest?

Well, we took a vote,

and we'd like for you
to, uh, turn them over.

Is that so?

That's so.
I mean, it seems reasonable.

I think it's fair.

Yeah.

Well, richard?

Yeah?

Get the fuck off my porch.

You know,

everybody in this town
is proud of the fact

that we take care
of our own,

but strangers,
trouble-makers,

not a chance.

If this goes wrong,
jeremiah...

You're on your own.

They're asleep.

Good.

( Cocking gun )

In the morning,
before it gets light,

I want you to take them
away from here.

Just take them
somewhere.

Okay, I can take them to--

I don't want to know
where that is, okay?

Just in case.

And what are you
going to do?

i'm gonna stay here.

I want to keep these guys busy
until our guys get back.

That could be a little while,
could be days.

You know, if you're doing this
to try and impress me,

it's unnecessary.

i'm not.

Aren't you?

No.

Yes.

What's that?
For good luck?

jeremiah?

Get a clue.

( smith ): And then kurdy,

who i've
told you guys about before,

he leads his men
into the helicopter,

and they fly
to the valhalla sector.

They don't have
a chance in hell of winning,

but they go,

because they've got to
create a diversion

to allow the big death
to slip inside

and wipe out
everybody in there

without harming anybody
on the outside.

I trusted you,
you little twerp!

I vouched for you.

I went up against markus
for you,

and you're out here
rattin' us out.

Kurdy--

now, i'm not done!

I can explain--

there is no explanation
to cover what I just saw.

Well, then, you got
nothing to lose by listening,

and I got something to gain.

What?

My teeth.

i'm kind of attached to them.

All right.

Then you tell me why
you've been lying to me.

Like how you're from portland
when you talk to me.

You're from new orleans
when you talk to clete,

or you're from
san francisco--

I can't remember
where i'm from.

Bull!

i've tried, I swear,

but i--some part of my brain,

it just doesn't want to
go there.

So i--i learn
from other people.

I adopt their stories.
That's how I get
to have a home.

i'm not a big guy, kurdy,

but I found out early
that if i'm from
where the big guys are from,

guys like you,
then they like me
a little better,

and that's kept me alive
more than once.

What about the pictures?

I saw the house.

You've been
taking pictures of us

and not telling anyone.

It's a little difficult.

I mean, that and this,
it's kind of the same thing.

Everywhere I go,

I try and remember
everything I see.

I take pictures
of what's happening,

and then i--i keep them.
I put 'em in a safe place,

and i've got setups
like the place you saw

all over.

I figure at some point
i'll go back to each of them

and i'll--

and what?

What's it all for, smith?

You one of those guys
who likes to spy
on people for kicks?

Not for kicks.

For history.

Let me show you.
i'll prove it to you.

If you're still
pissed off,

then we can go
our separate ways,

but at the very least,
you should understand why.

The tellers
go all over the country

gathering stories
of the world

in the days
after the big death.

For what?

Because we have to
remember our history.

We have to pass that knowledge
on to the next generation,

so they won't make
the same mistakes we did.

These guys are like
living books,

chroniclers
of the new world.

They keep memorizing
the stories and telling
them to each other

so if something happens
to one of them,

the stories can go on...

And then,
when the time is right,

they'll be here,

and their stories,

our histories'll be here
with them.

This is kurdy,

the one i've been
telling you about.

He needs to know.

So, if you wouldn't mind,
please...

Show him.

Here begins
the story

of the world
after the death.

The birth of the new
out of the ashes

of the old.

( Two tellers ):
The first great fire

claimed the city of atlanta,

which burned for 17 days.

david, of peachtree avenue,

organized an escape
from the fires,

and saved the lives
of thousands,

( three tellers ):
Though he lost his life

saving the lives of others.

( Four tellers ):
We remember his life.

( All tellers ):
We remember his death,

we remember his dreams,

we remember his name.

In the fourth month
of the death,

the roads to new york
were closed,

and nothing moved.

( smith ): I thanked them
for the demonstration.

They don't usually
like to do that,

even for people like me,
who bring them information.

But why were you
telling them about me?

You just don't get it,
do you?

There are two kinds of people
in this world,

those who survive history

and those who make it.

You, kurdy,
are one of the latter.

You know you're
out of your mind, right?

Doesn't change the facts.

That's why god sent me
to find you.

You're gonna make history,
kurdy.

You've already started,

and i'm gonna be there
to make sure that
that history

gets preserved
for future generations.

i'm like your scribe, dude.

Huh. I don't think
i ever had a scribe before.

Well, there you go.

Is there some kind of hat
that goes with that?

Yeah.

It's in my other bag.

So are we okay?

I don't know, smith,
i don't know.

I--i guess so.

This whole thing's
just kind of weird, you know.

Come on.
We better get back.

So you tell these guys
about jeremiah?

Yeah.

Is he gonna
make history too?

Yeah, only
in a different way.

How?

I don't know.

I only repeat
what i'm told.

Well, only a fool believes
everything he's told.

Are you gonna
write that down?

Maybe later.

( Thudding )

"jeremiah endangers town.

Man of principle
or well-intentioned idiot?"

Great.

Frank! Open up.

I know you're in there.

Frank!

"Well-intentioned idiot?"

Or--or "man of principle."

Look, I just report
what people are saying,

and that's what
people are saying.

It doesn't draw
any conclusions.

You said it was okay
to start a newspaper,

and I think it's important
to show that we're objective.

It sucks.

Well, hey, that's
freedom of the press, man.

You can stop it
if you want,

but then, you know,
what are you fighting for?

( Vehicle approaching )

Do you know...

How to use this?

Uh...

Do you?

Yeah, yeah, but--

take it.
You've been drafted.

All we gotta do
is just hold 'em off

until reinforcements come.

Journalists
are supposed to be
non-combatants.

Take it up
with your editor.

I am the editor.

That's not my problem.

What the hell...

We've come for what's ours.

So what's it gonna be?

Are we going to do this
the easy way or the hard way?

Okay, so it's the hard way.

jeremiah?

Yeah?

This is bad.

Yeah.

( Creaking )

I think we're going to need
more than guns.

I know.

We are
the hand of daniel.

We wish you no harm.

We are the hand of daniel.

We wish you no harm.

Turn over the people
we've asked you for,

and we will leave in peace.

Okay, so what's
plan "b"?

I don't know.

i'll let you know
as soon as I get
plan "a" figured out.

jeremiah.

We--we saw
what was going on.

I barely managed
to get past

the guys they've got
covering the road.

What--what do you
want me to do?

I don't know.
What'd you bring back?

Any weapons,
anything I can fight with?

No, i'm sorry, man.

We got some, uh,
some handguns,

but they won't do any good
against that thing.

What'd you do, dave?

Go all that way for a hammer
and some binoculars?

Hey, we got tools,
all right?

Equipment.

Jackhammers, drills,
some gas.

What about this flare?
Is it any good?

They should be.

Well, you know, maybe.

Flare?

What is a flare
going to do against that?

I got three words for you--
gas tank.

That's two words.
What's the third?

The third one's yours--
distraction.

Let me out of here!

Put it down!
Put it down now.

Put it down.

Everybody else okay?

Just fine.

You got the rover
standing by?

Ready to go
when you say the word.

Okay.

Here's the deal.

You tell your guys
we're gonna make a break
for the south road

and to stay there
until you say different.

That way
my people can get moving
on the north road.

When they're out of here,
and they're out of here safe,

then we let you go,
and you say
you got bad information.

Or?

Or...

Or we shoot you in the head.

( Radio crackling )

When you get
to thunder mountain,

ask for markus.

If anybody
can help you prove
what you've seen,

it's him.

This is your ride,
so get in it.

Don't stop,
don't look back.

Thank you.

Hey.

It's gonna get better.

Promise.

Bye. Take care.

That headline
a little more to your liking?

It'll do.

Hey, come on.
Cheer up.

Why the long face, huh?

We won.

Yeah, sort of,

but they'll be back,

and we still have
an important question
to answer.

How did daniel even know
those people were here
in the first place?

You wanted to see us?

Yes.

I have a job for you,

both of you.

We just had some
people arrive,
courtesy of jeremiah,

with a pretty
disturbing story.

I understand
you have a camera.

Yeah.

Are you good
with it?

Yeah.

You'd better be,

'cause we've only got one shot
at getting what we need.

All right,
the coast is clear.

Start digging.

( markus ): There could be
as many as 500 bodies
buried here.

We have to be their witness.

( ** )