The Book of Jer3miah

Season

2009

USA

8.3

A college freshman, Jeremiah Whitney, accepts the undertaking to protect a mysterious Mesoamerican box. When Jeremiah's parents are mysteriously murdered, Jeremiah learns that he is the target of a frightening conspiracy. Every facet of his life is called into question, and now he must uncover the truth about the box, the conspiracy, and his very identity.

Episode List

S1 • E1

A Gift, a Record

On his 18th birthday, Jeremiah Whitney receives a new hand-held, video camera from his parents. He does not know that it is recording when he gets it out of the box and records another college student as she walks by Jeremiah and his parents. Jeremiah wants to show his roommate, Porter, his birthday gift, and so, before leaving for a family reunion in Manti, they lock the car and head inside. In the building's entry, various students greet him and his parents. One of the students wants him to film something that night with his new camera and two other students remind Jeremiah about Family Home Evening. He shows off the new camera to other students in his dorm and then Jeremiah and his parents walk upstairs to meet Porter. After an awkward exchange between Jeremiah's parents and Porter, they return to the car and discover a mysterious message addressed to Jeremiah that was left in his parents' locked car. The message says, "Manti Library," and Jeremiah asks who knew that they were going to Manti. Jeremiah's father tells him to turn off his camera.

S1 • E2

A Sacred Trust

Jeremiah holds the mysterious note in his hand as they travel in the car to Manti; he is determined to discover the truth behind the note's strange appearance. After Jeremiah's father decides to ignore "one of Jeremiah's feelings," that they should go to the Manti Library, a large semi-truck without license plates nearly runs them off the road. They stop at the Manti library, and though it is past closing time, he discovers a woman waiting for him there in secret. She takes Jeremiah and his parents to a hidden vault that is below the library where Jeremiah discovers that it is not, in fact, his birthday. He was actually born 8 months earlier. The woman presents Jeremiah a mysterious Mesoamerican box and tells him of his sacred obligation to protect it, in spite of the dangers that will follow. Strange and frightening noises come from outside the library. Confused at what he should do, Jeremiah listens to the Holy Ghost and decides to accept the charge.

S1 • E3

Detour

A mysterious figure takes the box away.

S1 • E4

Porter's Call

A police officer interrogates Jeremiah about the incident. Jeremiah watches the footage on his camcorder, and gets a ride home from the officer. A dark car is parked outside his dorm. He gets a text message from an unknown number. His roommates Porter, Brian and Simon are playing with action figures, but Jeremiah ignores them and crashes on his bed. Porter sees the dark car parked outside, and sits in the doorway to guard the room overnight.

S1 • E5

Departure

Porter and his girlfriend, Lilah, find Jeremiah at the cafeteria. Porter wants to know what is wrong, but Jeremiah, still devastated by his parents' deaths, is not talking about it. As they try to lighten his mood, Claire Warren, a fellow student who is in Jeremiah's ward and who clearly has a crush on him, interrupts the conversation. She apologizes to him about the tragedy when Megan, the school's head, student reporter, interrupts and embarrasses her in front of Jeremiah. Megan tries to get an interview with Jeremiah about the accident, claiming that he needs to set the record straight about his parents' death. This is when Porter and Lilah finally find out about what happened. Megan keeps pushing for an interview and Porter starts to get protective of Jeremiah. Overwhelmed, Jeremiah leaves to catch his flight to his parents' funeral.

S1 • E6

Coming Home

Jeremiah has a sobering trip home to New York. After his parents' funeral, he returns home only to find his home ablaze and an unfamiliar truck in the driveway. Fleeing the scene, he finds an envelope addressed to him in the mailbox. Inside are the records of his adoption.

S1 • E7

Back to School

Jeremiah arrives back at his dorm after his harrowing trip to New York. He is repeatedly invited to a dorm function, but insists he needs to just go back to his room. He arrives at his room to find it ransacked.

S1 • E8

Abide with Me

Jeremiah wrestles free from the man in his dorm room and narrowly escapes, running down the hallway. The man chases Jeremiah across campus. Just when it seems like Jeremiah has eluded his pursuer, he drops his video camera and is caught in a parking garage. The man in black demands that Jeremiah tell him where the box is. Jeremiah says he does not know and the assassin starts to strangle him. Porter, who is looking for Jeremiah, sees his camera and heads to the parking garage.

S1 • E9

Lineage

In their dorm room, Porter asks Jeremiah if he wonders who his real parents are. He tries to convince Jeremiah to investigate his lineage, but Jeremiah does not want to. Brian, who had planted a microphone in their room, listens to their conversation. They leave to go to their class, Doctrines of the Old Testament. While Jeremiah is gone, Megan tries to break into his dorm room to learn more about him, but Brian and Simon stop her. Megan turns up the charm and both acquiesce to giving her all the info they have on Jeremiah, including the photo of his adoption papers and something about "the box." Megan reports this intelligence to her faculty mentor, who demands she find out more about the box. Meanwhile, the lecture in Jeremiah and Porter's Old Testament class, which is about spiritual lineage, convinces Jeremiah to delve deeper into his adoption.

S1 • E10

Constance

Finally giving in to his roommate Porter's nagging, Jeremiah goes to the Family History center to try to find out who his biological parents are. There he is helped by Lilah's Grandmother, Constance. A mysterious man shows up outside the family history center and gives Constance a message to give to Jeremiah.

S1 • E11

Mile Marker 3

S1 • E12

The Box

S1 • E13

Call on Him Often

S1 • E14

Promises

S1 • E15

Secret Combinations

S1 • E16

The Date

Porter lectures Jeremiah about not going to Family Home Evening. Jeremiah suggests that Porter teach an "object lesson." On his way out, Jeremiah runs into Claire and says that he will not be able to teach with her because of something that came up. He arrives at the concert and meets Megan. The main group is not starting for a while and so she takes Jeremiah to the basement where a rave-like party is happening. She introduces Jeremiah to an influential business magnate, Luc Dahl, who offers to help Jeremiah pay his way through school if he can postpone his proselytizing mission for a few months. Jeremiah starts to realize that he is in bad company, so he leaves the party to try to make it back to Family Home Evening. As Jeremiah leaves, Megan sees him get jumped and kidnapped by an assassin.

S1 • E17

The Break

S1 • E18

Interrogation

Jeremiah is tied to a chair and is interrogated by a British assassin. He tells Jeremiah that he met Jeremiah's parents once, when he killed them, driving a semi truck. When Jeremiah will not give in and tell him where the cave and box are, the assassin brings in Claire, bound and gagged. He threatens to kill her if Jeremiah does not talk. Jeremiah realizes he cannot break his oath to protect the box and denies the assassin's request once more. As the assassin fires his gun at Claire, Jeremiah and Claire miraculously disappear, leaving the assassin all alone.