04x05 - Laura

[bunniefuu]

♪ I wanna know ♪

♪ Can you help me ♪

♪ I'll never be ♪

♪ Take me to the river ♪

♪ Drop me in the water ♪

Pupal.

Papal, pupal...

Stag.

Lusty.

Salty.

Patsy.

Aptly.

Aptly.

Splat.

Splay.

Pulp.

Plus.

Ah.

Strap.

Alps.

Yappy.

Sappy.

Layups.

Platypus.

Platypus.

- Come on.

- Drop that beak!

The day I met you, there were vultures in the sky.

Should have taken that for an omen.

Those were bluebirds!

Now, stop worryin'.

I'll get you out of this.

No, look, look.

Don't get me out of things, stop getting me into things, will you?

Look, Harold.

I'll be darned.

- French poodles.

- No!

Those are sheep!

Not another one.

Hey!

Where are you coming from?

Oh, my God.

Ma'am?

Can you hear me?

Jesus.

Okay.

Hey!

Oh, God.

Oh, boy.

- I have to get back.

- No.

You're safe now.

Don't you worry about that.

Okay.

All right.

You are injured.

I need to see how bad, okay?

Hey...

Ah...

Well, good news is, it's not a bite.

That's about as good news as you can expect these days.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

I'm gonna take care of this wound as best I can, and I'll get you to sleep, okay?

On the visor.

Don't come any closer!

No, no.

The keys.

They're on top of the visor.

But, er...

Transmission sticks.

So you might want to avoid reverse, unless you want it to become a permanent situation.

I just found you washed up by the river.

You got a pretty bad cut.

It's not a bite or a scratch, there's nothing angry about it.

All right.

Yeah.

It needs a new battery.

I've been meaning to attend to that.

Look, if you're gonna go, then I might as well set you up with food and water.

Make sure you're rested.

We might oughta change that bandage, too.

Okay?

Can you do it?

- I don't know.

- I can't.

And I need stitches.

Right.

Take one hand, hold the edges of the wound together, and then sew in one continuous loop.

Continuous loop.

Okay, excuse me.

- All right.

You sure about this?

- Just do it.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

This is fish stew.

But I believe zee French call it bouillabaisse.

So...

Soup is...

Soup...

Soup is the blanket of food.

So...

What?

I...

It's been a while since I had company.

But, er...

Enjoy your soup.

And, er, my name's John, by the way.

Thanks, John.

You look like a Laura, if I had to guess.

Would Laura be an acceptable substitute for now?

Yeah.

I used to work at Humbug Gulch on weekends.

Is that for, like, pizza or something?

No!

It's like trick sh**ting and lassoing for the kids and discerning adults.

You might know it more as Wild West shows.

It was just something I did for fun.

You know, you are welcome to stay here as long as you need, Laura.

I'll be moving on as soon as I can.

Okay.

But there's food and shelter here till you're ready.

Well, maybe next time you need something, you just ask.

'Cause, my word...

Hey!

I made you some privacy.

I said I'm not staying long.

No...

What are you, a doctor?

A nurse?

I figured it's a safe bet that you'd make resting up a priority, so I just made you some privacy to facilitate.

You can take the bed.

No, couch is fine.

I don't sleep anyways.

You don't sleep?

Hour, two hours if I'm lucky.

It's the damnedest thing.

I used to, I just haven't in a good while.

Anyway, I left you a clean shirt on the bed.

So...

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

How'd you know I was a nurse?

Well, I don't know too many people eager to stick a needle in their side.

Were you a nurse all the way up until...

Yeah.

Seems like forever ago, doesn't it?

It does.

Well, good night.

They wash up here?

Yeah.

There's something amiss upriver.

Need to suss it out.

Plus, it's Tuesday.

What happens on Tuesdays?

Go to the store.

A store.

I go to it.

I'll come.

Oh, you should probably rest up.

No, I need some new dressings.

I don't want this to get infected.

I can get those for you.

Rather do it myself.

Well, if you're feeling up to it, I suppose I wouldn't mind the company.

You should wear these boots.

They'll be big on you, but anything's better than those.

There's snakes out here.

No, I want to be able to run if I need to.

You can run in those.

They won't hold you back.

No, thanks.

Suit yourself.

You been out here long?

A good while, I suppose.

What did you do?

Before, I mean.

I was a police officer.

Why didn't you bring your g*ns?

What g*ns you mean?

I thought all cops had g*ns.

No.

They cause more problems than they solve.

Plus, they just attract more of the passed, in my experience.

Did you like it?

Being a cop?

For a time.

Is that yours?

I mean, is that how you ended up in the river?

No.

I'm a better driver than that.

Look out.

Hey, buddy.

- There's your problem.

- Yes, ma'am.

That's something that needs tending to.

What is this place?

Er, it was Bill's.

I think it was his father's.

I believe it's been in the family for 60 years.

- Where's Bill now?

- Not sure.

They closed the road for repairs just before everything went south.

Haven't seen anybody since.

Here you go.

Help yourself to whatever you want.

There's no shopping carts to speak of.

I'll manage.

You rearranging the place?

People always need splints and dressings, and when you're in trouble, it's hard to think outside the box.

Just doing my part.

You've done this before.

I'm lucky to have a job that's still useful now.

Blue Sky.

You like movies?

I've been making a study of the collection.

I went through the whole thing alphabetical first, but you always just end up going back to your favourites.

Your last name's Dorie?

Yeah, like the fish, but I-E, no Y.

Your name is John Dorie, like the fish, and you like fishing.

Yeah.

Okay.

What?

We're gonna need a ladder.

Thanks for your help, Laura.

Is it okay if I call you that?

Laura's fine.

I won't be staying much longer.

There's enough circulation in that man to start a shortage in the ink market.

- In what man?

- John Doe.

- What John Doe?

- Our John Doe!

The one I made up!

Look, genius.

Now, look.

Suppose there was a John Doe, and he walked into this office.

What would you do?

Find him a job and forget about the whole business, I suppose, huh?

Oh, I'm disturbing you.

I'm sorry.

Tuesday's usually my movie night.

Well, to be honest, every night's pretty much movie night these days.

I just want some water.

I'll turn the volume down.

I've seen this so many times, pretty much know what they're gonna say.

- You want some?

- No, thanks.

- Yeah?

- He thinks of the river, but no.

No, he has a better idea.

The City Hall.

Why?

Because he wants to attract attention.

He wants to get a few things off his chest, and that's the only way he can get himself heard.

- So?

- So?

So he writes me a letter and I dig him up.

He pours out his soul to me.

From now on we quote, "I protest, by John Doe." He protests against all the evils in the world...

You know, sometimes on movie night, I take my butterscotch and my caramels, melt 'em together into a kind of brittle.

Saw you take those Blackjacks from Bill's earlier.

Maybe throw a couple of those in there, see how that turns out.

Okay.

Yep.

Right.

It's gonna be great.

My name is Bert Hansen, Mr.

Doe.

I'm head soda jerk at Schwabacher's Drug Store.

Well, sir, you see, me and my wife, we heard your broadcast, we got quite a bang out of it, especially my wife.

Kept me up half the night saying, "That man's right, honey.

The trouble with the world is, nobody gives a hoot about his neighbour.

That's why everybody in town..." I lost my child.

"Well, that's fine, but how's a guy gonna go around loving the kind of neighbours we got?" I jumped out of bed and I walked right through the wall here, right straight into your room.

You know how dreams are.

And there you were in bed.

But you...

You were a little girl.

You know, about ten.

And very pretty, too.

So, I shook you, and at the moment you opened your eyes...

Teach me to fish.

Well, is this a request for a formal lesson, or something a little more casual?

A river's a resource.

I should know how to use it.

Well, all right, then.

I'll grab you some gear.

A little slack.

A little more slack.

Open the face of the reel like that, yeah, top of the cast, just let go.

Good.

Perfect.

Keep a little tension on it.

Let it drift.

- Hey!

Hey, hey!

- Tip up!

Tip up!

Pull him in.

Reel it in.

Nice, nice, nice!

You got it.

Don't have to go deep.

Just straight up, right between them fins.

Go in there.

Just like anything else.

- See it?

- Mmm-hmm.

All right, there...

Cut it out.

- This is really good.

- Yep.

Thanks for teaching me.

It'll come in handy out there.

Yeah, it will come in handy out there.

There might be a little bit of a scar.

But nothing too bad.

Hang on.

There.

I think I'm ready.

Right.

Seeing as I'm all healed up and everything.

- Nothin' keeping you here now.

- Yeah, I said I was gonna be leaving.

You said, soon as you were able.

Take a couple days to pack some things.

Be on your way.

I think that patch up on the bridge could use my attention.

We're gonna need something stronger to block that opening.

Maybe one of the cars parked at Bill's still has a charge in it.

I can handle it.

You helped me.

It's the least I can do.

Up to you.

All right.

Hey, where'd you learn to do that?

Some woman in a camp I lived in.

You gonna arrest me?

I asked you not to go through my things.

We're driving on a bridge filled with the dead.

We might need to protect ourselves.

You're good with the Kn*fe.

This is just gonna bring more of 'em.

Those g*ns aren't doing anyone any good in a box.

I want 'em in a box.

I don't want 'em out here.

Good job.

Okay, just stay straight, you're good.

John.

sh**t it.

- No.

- sh**t it, John!

No!

sh**t him!

John!

sh**t him!

John!

I didn't get bit.

It wasn't close enough to bite you.

I've seen people get really sick from just being exposed to this stuff.

Well, I didn't mean for that to happen.

You could have stopped it before it got close to you.

You had the g*n.

It's not how I do things.

How you do things nearly got you k*lled.

Well, better me than somebody else.

What are you talking about?

This doesn't have to do with using g*ns on the dead.

This has to do with using g*ns.

Is that why you don't like talking about being a cop?

Did somebody take your g*n, or did you have to fire it?

I fired it.

Good guy or bad guy?

I don't look at things that way.

But I guess you'd call him a bad guy.

Was it a mistake?

Or was it intentional?

It's not that simple.

It...

It was an intentional mistake.

I stopped at the gas station after one of my shows at the Gulch.

This guy was robbing the place.

I told him I was a police officer, put down his w*apon.

He would not.

So I tried to clip him in the leg...

- It's okay.

- No.

No, it's not okay.

Because he turned.

I hit him dead centre in that leg, and he bled out.

- Is that why you moved up here?

- No.

Why'd you move up here?

Hmm...

'Cause people thought I was a hero.

Doesn't matter how many people say it's not your fault.

Only thing that matters is if you believe it.

Laura!

John!

Thank you.

You may not think you're a hero, but I do.

And an honourable person.

I'm very, very lucky to have washed up in your front yard.

I can't.

If you're going, you'll need it.

And I need you to take it.

I'm gonna sit on the porch.

What's the matter?

Just leave it be.

Why won't you look at me?

- What is it?

- Nothing.

John...

I love you.

Well, I...

And I didn't want you to know.

Why didn't you want me to know?

'Cause you're gonna leave.

And I don't want you to.

I don't want you to.

If you want to be on your own, you stay.

I'll go.

I need you alive.

If you're alive, this whole world...

This whole world feels alive.

♪ I wanna know ♪

♪ Can you help me ♪

♪ I'll never be ♪

♪ Take me to the river ♪

♪ Drop me in the water ♪

Laura?

Oh...

She loved you.

Yes.

- Maybe if I'd waited to tell her...

- No.

There ain't no waiting, not in this world.

Waiting, that's...

That's how you lose people.

It's stupid to say...

...but I believed we'd have a second chance.

Stupid.

Maybe we still do.

Alicia.

Strand.

Luciana.

They're still here.

They think the only thing left is to fight and k*ll and die.

- Maybe they're right.

- Hey.

- Maybe.

- No!

Look me in the eye and tell me that's what you believe.

Tell me that's what you believe and we'll...

We'll go our separate ways.

I do not believe that.

I do not.

We're alive.

We are part of the world.

Let's not waste another second.