Jericho Page #2

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STANLEY PETERSON (CONT'D)

I can’t believe it. Jake Green!

My God. When you get back to town?

JAKE:

Just now.

STANLEY PETERSON

You seen Emily yet? The family?

JAKE:

I just got back now, Stanley.

STANLEY PETERSON

Oh, right. Right. Sorry. Wait.

Where the hell have you been?

JAKE:

Around.

STANLEY PETERSON

No one is “around” for 5 years.

JAKE:

Believe it or not... the Army.

Just then, a woman emerges from the farm house. MIMI CLARK

is 30, sexy, stylish, Jewish, urbanite, and couldn't look

more out of place. Stanley’s good humor instantly vanishes.

JAKE (CONT’D)

Who’s that?

5.

STANLEY PETERSON

That? That’s the government.

JAKE:

Sexy government.

Mimi Clark runs frightened from a chicken. “Ewww!”

STANLEY PETERSON

Don’t let the style fool you, Jake.

Miss “shiver me timbers” is from

the I.R.S.

JAKE:

IRS? Audit?... Not going well?

STANLEY PETERSON

Forget it. How about you and me

get together tonight? Catch up?

JAKE:

I’d love to, but I’m only in to see

my grandpa, then I gotta get back.

So, if I can get my mother’s

favorite Peterson Apple Pie...

Stanley nods, slaps Jake’s shoulder, and turns to find...

STANLEY PETERSON

BONNIE!

Bonnie drops the phone and scrambles to get Jake's order.

STANLEY PETERSON (CONT’D)

Welcome back to Jericho, Jake.

14 EXT. JERICHO - VARIOUS LOCATIONS - AFTERNOON 14

We see it all through Jake’s eyes. Unlike most of flat,

dusty Kansas, Jericho is nestled in the foothills. It’s a

town that embraces its Old West roots and Frontier Spirit. A

statue reads... Welcome to Jericho: We Stand Strong.

ELECTION POSTERS hang on every storefront and telephone pole.

ELECT GRAY ANDERSON. RE-ELECT MAYOR GREEN. All to the

lovely sounds of Sean Hannity raving on the radio...

SEAN HANNITY (V.O.)

... we got an advanced copy, and

let me tell you, friends, this

speech is going down in history.

Bold agenda. Bold. Okay, who do

we have? Tiffany in Homestead,

Pennsylvania. Hi, Tiffany.

6.

As Tiffany tells Sean he’s a great American, Jake turns off

the radio and keeps driving. To his right, Jake sees a

moving truck. ROD HAWKINS, 39, serious, African American

tips the movers as his wife and kids play in the yard.

Suddenly, POLICE LIGHTS FLASH behind Jake. Jake pulls over.

He looks in the side view mirror as two ominous pairs of

policeman’s legs approach. Jake sighs until...

JIMMY:

I thought I recognized this car.

Jake looks at JIMMY, 42, and BILL, 42, two best friends and

the laughing stock of the police force. They smile at Jake.

JAKE:

Hey Jimmy, Bill. Still buyingthose lottery tickets?

JIMMY:

Man, if we ever win the lottery,

our wives are going to become world

travelers.

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