All language subtitles for Jeremiah S02E12 - The Face in the Mirror

Previously on jeremiah...

We understand
there's a woman

by the name of rachel,

works in one
of these clubs
down here?

Apparently, she's in
the supply and
demand business.

Welcome to the
underground.

The resistance.

Have you ever
actually seen daniel?

They say he's, like,
one of these guys

from out of
the old world,

tall and straight,
good teeth,

and eyes that see
straight through you
till sunday.

daniel's power comes from
guns and information.

You'd be surprised
how much he knows,

and how much of what he knows
filters down to the streets.

Have you ever met daniel?

How many soldiers
ever had the privilege

to meet the president
in person?

If there were
no daniel,

it would be necessary
to invent him.

This is a war
of powers and principalities.

We are the coyote, rod,
we are the wolf,

and it is time,
long past time,

that we bared
our teeth and fed.

He uses terror,
and fear, and repression,

and he won't stop
until he has everything,

the whole country.

The great war is coming.

The bleeding is coming.

The price will be terrible.

How much longer
until we get there?

Maybe about an hour.

You okay?
No.

Pull over.

Look, doc,
you know i'm not supposed
to make any stops.

I know you're
not supposed
to make any stops,

but please,

i'm telling you,

I think it's my heart.

Pull over.

Doc, you okay?

( Gunshot )

I don't like this.

He should've
been here by now.

He'll be here.

It'll be fine,

as long as he doesn't
lose his nerve.

Come on.

You can do this.
You can do it.

Damn it!

Unit seven,
is there a problem?

Can you hear me?

rachel, he's not coming.

He's not coming.

Shit.

What do you
want to do now?

Get some help.

Assuming the doc
isn't dead already,

we're going to need
all the help we can get.

Come on.

This is control.
jimmy, do you read me?

( Crash )

liberty, i'd like you...

To meet jeremiah, my son.

So you're jeremiah...

( devon ): jeremiah,

i'd like you
to meet liberty kaufman,

my assistant.

( Knocking )

( Knocking )

rachel?

I need you to get me
to thunder mountain.

We have a problem.

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 *

we waited until
nearly 3:00 in the morning

before we finally gave up.

So you just left?

We couldn't afford not to.

daniel has apvs
patrolling the borderlands

every six hours,

and we weren't prepared
to handle that much firepower.

It was supposed to be
real simple.

Yeah.

It's funny how it
never really works out
that way, isn't it?

Now we have to find
the target

before daniel's forces
get there first.

I don't have the people
or the resources

for a job this big, so--

why is he so important?

I can't tell you that
right now.

Look, all I can
tell you

is that he's an
important part

of daniel's operation,

one we've been courting
for a long time now.

He doesn't like
what daniel's doing

any more than we do,

but he's afraid.

We guaranteed him
protection.

Everything was
going fine

until he didn't show.

This target...

He, uh, got a name?

Yes.

And that would be?

I can't tell you that.

You know,

you could go to the mountain,
see markus by yourself.

We've told him
all about you.

He knows that
you're a resistance leader

in one of daniel's
main cities.

Does he know for sure
what I look like?

You show him a picture?

No.

Then I could
be anybody.

I live inside
daniel's world.

I know what
they're capable of,

and your people
shouldn't trust
anyone or anything.

Yeah, but obviously
you trust me a little,
or you wouldn't be here.

Well, I need you
to do the intros,

confirm that I am
who I say I am.

I can do that.

What else?

I need you to
contact someone,

someone who will come
if you in particular
make the call.

jeremiah?

You there?

Yeah, dad, i'm here.

What's up?

Well, uh, I can't
really say for sure,

partly because I don't know
the whole story myself,

but something's come up.

We need you
back at the mountain.

i'm kind of
in the middle of things
right now.

We're finishing up
on the relay systems

that connect
all the alliance towns

into one big
communications net.

Is it really important?

Yeah, I think it is.

You can't tell me
anything about this?

We're looking
for a guy,

and I think
you can help.

That's all
i've got right now.

You're going to have
to trust me on this one, dad.

What's the schedule?

i've radioed ahead.

markus will send a chopper
to pick you up in the morning

and bring you to the mountain.

All right.
i'll finish up
what I can,

and i'll see you
tomorrow.

Okay, i'll see you then.

All right, you can go.

This better be
worth it, rachel.

Would a chance to
bring down daniel

once and for all
be worth it, jeremiah?

And he can do this?

Who is this guy?

All good things
to those who wait.

Mind if I...

No, sure.
Go ahead.

What's the book?

It's the memoirs
of ulysses s. grant.

i've been looking
for this book

for over a year.

I finally found it
in an old library in denver.

i'm a bit of a history buff.

He--

was the 18th president
of the united states.

Died in 1885,

penniless and abandoned
by the country

that he saved
during the civil war.

The only way he figured
he could provide
for his family

was by writing his memoirs,

but nobody wanted
his life story.

The only person
that would publish it

was his old friend mark twain,

even though
it pretty much
bankrupted him.

i'm kind of
a history buff myself.

I see.
So you've read this?

No.

I heard there was
one last copy in denver,

but somebody got there
before I could.

Well, it's a great book.

It's actually
the best book ever written

on what it's like to go to war
with your own people.

Do you think
it'll come in handy?

I hope not.

I sure hope not.

You just get here?

Signed up last week.

Still working my way
through basic.

I probably shouldn't
even be talking to you.

Oh, please.
Don't even worry about it.

I don't stand much
on ceremony.

I figure, the more
information you know,

the better your chances
for survival,

so any time
you've got a question,

and i'm not busy,

just ask.

Are you busy now?

( Beep )

( markus ): Kurdy?

Kurdy, can I see you
for a moment in my office?

Sorry, i've got to--

it's okay.

What's your name?

Crystal.
Crystal.

i'm kurdy.

I know.

So what's the
four-alarm fire?

Whoa, you're a long way
from home.

Close the door.

I wanted you
to hear this

before we told
the others.

Why don't you tell them
what you told me?

We're looking for a man
named frederick monash.

He's part of daniel's
inner circle.

Now, we believe he
may have information

that could bring down
daniel's whole operation.

He's somewhere
in the borderlands

between daniel's territory
and yours,

but that's it.

We have to find him
before daniel's forces
get their hands on him.

You got a picture of this guy?

Just one.

It was taken a number
of years ago,

but it's still accurate.

You still haven't told me
why you wanted my dad here.

I mean, does this guy
have information

that he can help us with, or--

understand that frederick
is one of daniel's core group,

that he's one of the people
directly responsible
for his entire operation.

That doesn't explain
why you kept his name from me

all the way here.

I was afraid you might
say the wrong thing
to somebody.

Say the wrong thing to who?

One of my people
inside daniel's
organization

smuggled this out
to me last year.

Took us a while
to figure out

who the two guys
in the picture were.

One is the target.

The other...

Your father, jeremiah.

Hey, jeremiah.

What's all this about?

It's about you, dad.

Every time
i turn around,

i'm finding out
something new about you.

Where did you get this?

It doesn't matter
where I got it.

Do you know
who that is?

That is one of
daniel's core people.

He's dead.

That's what I was
led to believe.

All right,
you brought me
all this way.

You want to hear
the explanation or not?

How much longer
are you going
to keep doing that?

Battery keeps
losing the charge.

If I keep topping it off,
maybe it'll help.

You need to rest.

If we're going to get
out of daniel's territory,

we've got to keep moving.

In a minute, all right--

excuse me, could you
help me, please?

Who the hell are...

You're...
Old, yes.

i'm probably older
than any of you
have ever seen before,

but, you...
You don't have
to be afraid.

I don't...

The virus was
a long time ago.

It's just that I...

I haven't eaten
for almost two days,

and I smelled your fire.

Look, I...

I can pay you.

i've got some money here.

Those are daniel dollars.

Yes, they're d-bucks.

I got them from inside.

You can use these
to buy anything you want
inside the city.

You can take them.

Look, I...

I just need
something to eat.

You can share what we have,
but we won't take those.

That's the sort of thing
we're trying to avoid.

We want nothing
to do with daniel

or any of his people.

Then you've got
nothing to fear from me.

Thank you.

Oh, my god.

My god.

What have we done?

i'm sorry.

i'm...

i'm sorry.

i'm so sorry.

frederick monash
was a good man.

He was one of about
a hundred scientists

brought to valhalla sector
during the big death.

The government
wanted to have

a wide range
of skills on board

for when the time came
to rebuild the world.

I guess they never imagined

that the people
who survived,

you,

would have
some other ideas

about how that world
should be rebuilt.

So what was
his area of expertise?

Psychological warfare.

Brainwashing.

Social programming.

If you wanted
to convince people

to do what you
wanted them to do,

frederick monash
was your man.

He imagined
that his role would be

to help outline
the dynamics of
a better society.

Was it?

No.

Like many of the others,

he didn't realize
what he'd signed on for

when he agreed to go,

didn't know
what valhalla sector
would turn into.

He figured it out fast enough.

This wasn't about
the survival
of the country.

This was about
establishing a police state

under the control
of the power elite.

We started
meeting in secret,

to decide what to do

when valhalla was ready
to go out into the world.

Isn't there some way
we can fight
this from inside?

No.

We've created
the impression

of a two-party
system in here,

but it's the same crew,

same agendas,
just different names.

So maybe we need to create
a real opposition party,

a group that can speak out
against what's going on.

We already know
there's a lot
around here that--

but they won't
speak out.

They're too afraid
of the consequences.

They saw what
happened to paul.

It's just easier
to go along.

We'll never create
an opposition party

inside valhalla.

No.

Not in here.

What's on your mind?

i'm not sure.

Let me think about it
for a while.

I knew he'd come up
with something,

but he kept it to himself.

So he never told you
what it was?

No. Never.

Then what's the point
of all this?

Well, if frederick
is still alive,

it may have
something to do with
whatever he was planning.

He was one of a handful
of us allowed up
to the outside world.

It was his job
to collect data

on the various groups
forming above ground,

so that we could
keep an eye on
possible threats.

It was after he returned
from one such trip

that he began to put
things into motion.

Because access time
to the computers was limited,

he had me helping
with the analysis

of the data
he was accumulating,

while others handled
different aspects

of the project.

The last of them.

Just put them
down there, please.

Put those
with the others.

Because he was afraid
of the information
getting out,

everyone involved

had just their piece
of the puzzle.

Nobody but frederick,
and maybe a couple of others,

knew the full story.

Once I managed to catch a look
at some of the other papers.

There were papers
on psycho-social programming,

group dynamics,

the birth of social movements,

historical papers
on stalin, russia,
nazi germany,

charismatic leadership,
behavioral conditioning,

the whole gamut
of psychological warfare.

Too much knowledge can be
a dangerous thing, devon.

A very dangerous thing.

It's best you forget
anything you just saw.

Did you see anything else?

Nothing.

The only other thing
i knew about the program

was its name,
project backfire.

Backfire?

As in something
going wrong?

Maybe he was hoping
to use this stuff

to turn valhalla's people
against the guys in charge.

I don't know.

i'd hoped to find out more,

but one day,
several of his team

were allowed
to go with him on
an expedition topside.

They didn't come back.

Up until now,
i'd just assumed

that the military
had found out
what he was up to,

and simply
eliminated the problem,

but maybe that's
not what happened.

So if he's alive,

maybe some of the others
who went with him
are also alive.

It's possible,

but I can't see
why he or any of the others

would end up
working for daniel.

Something here
doesn't add up.

markus, since i've finished
hooking up the computers

between here
and valhalla sector,

perhaps I should start
searching through
some of those records.

Maybe there's something
about frederick
in the base logs.

Maybe there's
some of his files
that they didn't find.

Good idea. i'll have
someone set it up.

It'll take us a while
to hook in. Thanks.

Yeah.

If he's going to be
using the computer,

I want someone to monitor
his activities.

Hey, you're kind of
new in town
to be giving orders,

don't you think?

If he has
nothing to hide,

there's nothing
to lose

by keeping an eye
on what he finds.

Unless...

You'd rather not.

Do it.

You know,
it's a hell of a world.

You fight for 16 years
to find your father,

and in the end,
you don't even know
if you can trust him.

Hell of a world.

Okay, listen up, people.

Your target
is frederick monash,

age 57,

last reported
in the borderlands

west of daniel's
territory.

We're pulling you off
regular survey duties
in order to find him.

When you hit the border,
you'll split up,

but you'll report
to jeremiah and kurdy
as team leaders,

since they've had
the most experience
in daniel's territory.

So get your shit
together, people.

You're leaving
in 30 minutes.

Excuse me, markus?
Yeah.

I assumed i'd be going
with jeremiah and kurdy,

but they said it was
going to be just them.

Yeah, we're limiting
each team to two members

so we can get the maximum
number of scouts

looking for the target.

So who am i
going with?
Nobody.

You're staying here.
Why?

Because we have
something here
we need you to do.

Come on.

You're staring again.

I know. They told me
i was supposed
to stay here,

in case you
needed help.

In other words,
keep an eye on me,

in case
i can't be trusted.

Both eyes, actually.

You know,

sooner or later,

you'd think folks
would learn

that some people
can be trusted,

wouldn't you?

You'd think so,
wouldn't you?

How do they expect us
to find this guy?

This is several hundred
square miles out here.

It's like looking
for a needle
in a haystack.

Well, I guess we're
going to have to do it

the only way you can find
a needle in a haystack.

Sit on it till something
sticks us in the ass.

You know, that was
a rhetorical question.

Well, that was
a rhetorical answer.

No such thing.

There is now.

I thought i'd see
if you wanted
something to eat.

Are you hungry?
Starving.

How long have i
been out?

A day, maybe more.

There's somebody
chasing you,
isn't there?

Who are you, anyway?

It's better you don't know.

Better for me,
or better for you?

That's another question

I probably
shouldn't answer.

We have to go now.

We try not to stay
in one place too long.

Less chance of
trouble that way.

We wouldn't have
stayed here this long,

except--
you were worried
about me.

i'm sorry...

And thank you.

We can leave you
a few things,

if there's anything
you need.

The bike,

and the battery,
and those bits

of electrical
equipment there.

Can't do it.

We've been able
to hook up the bike
to the generator,

and we built up
a small charge
in the battery.

Figure we can sell it
in the next town,

get enough supplies

to keep us going
for a while.

We think we can
get a lot

for a charged battery.

Yes, yes, you can,

but you can get
a lot more for this.

Used to be,

it cost as much as a car,

a big car,

but now...

You're sure you want
to let this go?

That's from
another world.

I don't want it anymore.

i'll give you that
for those.

Okay.

What're you going to do
with a battery

all the way out here,
with nothing to use it on?

It's better you--

not to know.
Exactly.

Okay...

You had the whole
of the world's technology

at your fingertips, freddie.

Now look
what you're reduced to.

Afternoon, gentlemen.

i'm looking for a man.

I wonder if you've seen him.

Anything yet?
No, no.

Not quite.

What's the problem?

All the command
level files

at valhalla sector
were encoded.

Now, I got my hands
on all the secure codes

when we took over the base,

but every time I find a file
about frederick's work,

I have to manually
decode it all again.

I mean, look at them.

It could take days to
go through them all.

Well...

Have you decoded
that one?

Yes.

That one?

Uh-huh.

That one?

No, that's a maintenance
and supply subdirectory.

They wouldn't have
that kind of information

on a directory like that.

Maybe...

Or it could be a way
to make sure

that nobody goes there
looking for it.

Yeah, but why that one?

I mean, there are hundreds
of directories like that.

Trust me.

i'm very good
at these things.

That's odd.

It's got a security
level five.

Something this simple

should have
a security level two at best.

Hmm.

You are good
at these things.

I have connections.

We have got
to get this stuff
up to markus, asap.

I just hope
the right people
out there are listening.

( Tapping out "s-o-s"
in morse code )

After frederick disappeared,
his research was confiscated.

He had been
working on ways

to stop valhalla sector
by creating a backfire,

in the same way that you
would set a small fire

to stop
a much larger one.

He had developed a way
to fast-track the creation

of a counter-force outside,

using the same democratic
ideals and principles

that were abandoned
by valhalla sector.

The whole project
hinged

on finding the right
charismatic leader.

Once you had that person,

the program set out

how you could
manipulate a population

using the tools
of psychological warfare

to create a government
of your own design.

This feels pretty light
for something that ambitious.

Where's the rest of it?

I don't think
he ever committed it to paper.

If i'm right,

then frederick is carrying

the blueprints
to daniel's entire operation

inside his head.

Still nothing.

Moving on
to sector three.

All right. Survey two,
what do you got?

Copy that.

We're moving on
to sector two...

( Static )

Come back, survey two.
I didn't copy.

Radio's a piece of junk.

Wait a minute.

Let me see that.

jeremiah?

Survey two.
Clear the channel,

everybody else
stand by for a sec.

( "S-o-s" tapped
in morse code )

That's morse code.

You sure?
Yeah.

I read about it.

That's the big one.

That's the one
every book tells you
to look out for.

Three short,

three long,

three short.

S-o-s.

frederick?

If you were a scientist
from the old world,

what would you use?

Survey two,
you catching that static?

Negative. All quiet.

Survey one,
how about you?

Yeah, I got it
loud and clear.

I was wondering
what it was.

Okay, here we are.

Survey one, who can
hear the signal,

is right here.

Maybe we can form
a circle around this guy,

push our way in,
pick up on the signal...

If we to do it,
we better do it fast.

No telling how long

he's going to be able
to keep that signal up.

All right.

Survey teams, listen up.

We've got a lead.

Come on.

Just a bit more.

This has got to get heard.

Afternoon.

You know who I am.

These gentlemen,
my associates,

thought it might be worth
a moment of my time

to talk to you.

We're in search of a man,

an old man,

older than anyone else

you're likely to
have seen lately.

We haven't
seen anyone.

We're just--
you're drifters,

parasites living off
the works of others.

You are a darkness
in the eyes of daniel,

and entitled to nothing...

Except the possibility
of mercy,

but mercy comes

only in response
to true repentance.

Have you seen the man
we are pursuing?

No.

We've seen no one.

Interesting.

You see, my men are trained

to search the belongings
of anyone they find.

So perhaps you
might explain

what this was doing
in one of your bags.

Between you
and a blade...

There are your two roads.

One is the truth,
the other's a lie.

Which road do you
want to walk down?

( Honks )

Hey!

Over here!

Over here!

Stop!

Over here!

Hey.

We got you.
Climb on in.

Oh, thank you.

We've got company.

Let's go.

Where the road levels out,
we take them.

I can't shake him.

I know.

There's not even a hole
we can duck out in.

I know.

All right,
survey teams, listen up.

We've got the target.
We've also got problems.

I think there may be
a way out of this,

but there's
only one shot,

so listen up.

All right, stand by.

Where the hell
are they?

Which one do
we go after?

I mean, we can't
go after all of them.

We don't have
enough cars,

and there's no way
of telling

which one has frederick.

Sir?

I appreciate everything
you went through

to get here,
frederick.

Now, if you're tired,

we can wait until you've
had a chance to rest.

No, no.

That's all right.

You did all this for me.

The least I can do
is tell you the truth.

What I know

is known only by
a handful of people

in the inner circle,

most of whom
are part of the team

that left valhalla sector
with me

five years ago.

This information
is so sensitive

that anyone
discovering or hearing

what you're about to hear

is instantly marked for death.

Go on.

In trying to fight daniel,

you're fighting a shadow,

because there is no daniel.

We created
a false personality,

so perfect it couldn't exist
in the real world,

gave him a history
designed to inspire people,

and a will to use force

when it served the interests
of those in charge.

Now, wait a minute.

We've seen this guy.

You saw a face,

an image, a voice,

carefully engineered
for maximum impact.

Red hair for strength,
lean and serious.

We took the eyes
from one president,

the mouth from another,

created a composite image

that people would
instinctively want to trust.

We took our lessons

in images, music,
and architecture

from the second world war,

from the soviet union,

from korea,

from cults,

from charismatic leaders.

I thought
it could be controlled.

I mean, I thought
he could be controlled,

but daniel took on
a life of his own,

and that life
was only as good

as the men
ho created him...

And that's where we failed.

The people outside
were so naive,

and easily taken
advantage of,

because they wanted
to believe.

The others who escaped
valhalla sector with me

began to fall prey

to the power
they were accumulating.

They didn't want to create
a better world.

They brought
the old world with them.

We appreciate your
efforts here, frederick.

The research,
your contacts here.

It has given us
the opportunity to build
something important,

but we don't feel
your work goes far enough.

I don't understand...

Look, frederick,

we have to pull
a society together

out of chaos.

And that requires order.

You can't bank

on good feelings
and promises

to make people do
what you tell them to do.

They're going to need
positive results,

and those kind of results

only come
from proper application

of the iron fist
in the velvet glove.

That is not
what we discussed.

We said we would
lead by example.

And so we are.

We just don't feel
your example goes
nearly far enough.

What began as an experiment
to create a force for good,

a guiding light,

was corrupted,

twisted into something
dark and monstrous.

If everybody on
the east coast

finds out there is no daniel,

that everything
they've been led
to believe is a lie,

that they've been
all used and manipulated...

Then everything
would fall apart
at the seams.

One problem.

All we have
is your word for this.

There's no hard proof
of anything

you've just told us.

We could still
get the word out there.

No.

If we do,
they'll just deny it,

and if we can't back it up,
then nobody will believe us

when we come back
a second time.

But the proof
you require

does exist.

The reports, the files,
the rough drafts,

the elements of daniel's face
and personality...

All this and more
in a small, dark room,

in the hands of the men
that created him.

All you have to do
is go in and get them...

Before they get you.

i've just heard
from our people
in the field.

frederick has apparently
reached safe haven

in the western alliance.

If the truth gets out--
i know.

We'd previously agreed
to hold off

on a direct confrontation
with our opposite numbers

in thunder mountain.

I think you'll agree

that time is no longer
a luxury we can afford.

As of now,
time is our enemy,

and so are they.

We have to go
after them directly.

We have to bring
every force we have

to bear on the process
of eliminating the opposition,

before they can
do the same to us.

What began
as a grand experiment

has become
a life and death struggle.

Our lives,

their deaths.