Cell 213 Page #2

but I do believe they call this irony.

Move your ass!

Come on, people, let's go!

Move it, fat ass. Got a diet for you!

(DOOR BUZZER)

(PRISONERS SHOUT)

HEAD GUARD:
Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Move it, move it.

PRISONER:
Sweet little smooth cheeks.

Over here, sweetheart.

Single file.

PRISONER 2:
Where you going, baby?

PRISONER 3:
Oh, so shy!

Lesson number one. Don't look at your feet.

Straight ahead. Straight ahead.

That's good.

Come on, let's move it. Move it.

(DOOR BUZZER)

(PRISONER LAUGHS MANICALLY)

Where are we going?

You don't get to ask questions anymore.

(DOOR BUZZER)

(PRISONER WAILS)

(DOOR BUZZER)

HEAD GUARD:
That's good.

If it were up to me,

I would have dropped your sweet little

candy ass off in that shark tank.

Churned the water with you a little bit.

(CHUCKLES)

But our warden, he's a compassionate man.

Pretty much just you

and the short eyes in here.

Getting the special treatment

right off the bat.

You're a lucky boy.

- Cell 213, stepping.

- (DOOR BUZZER)

Stop. Keep facing the wall.

Cell 213 locking.

(DOOR BUZZER)

Welcome to your private hell, lawyer.

(EXTERNAL DOOR BUZZER)

(KNOCKS DOOR)

- Hey.

- You go over the file?

Yeah.

You don't need to take this assignment on.

You've done your fieldwork.

I can send you to Vic Services

and get Reuben to fill in for you here.

I'll be fine.

It's not our job to change

the way the world works.

These are bad places with bad people.

They're people, Tom.

They won't let you inside with that thing.

- I'll take it anyway.

- Listen to me.

This is a routine facility check.

You just get your information and get out.

No After-School Special bullshit, okay?

There's nothing to save in there.

(FLIES BUZZING)

(SCRAPING)

(DOOR BUZZER)

(DOOR BUZZER)

Can I help you?

I'm Audrey Davis

from the State Correction Services.

I'm here to see Superintendent Sands.

- (KNOCK ON DOOR)

- Mm-hmm?

Oh, you've got to be kidding me.

Audrey Davis from

the State Correction Services.

It's nice to meet you, sir.

Have a seat, young lady.

(SNIFFS)

I'm a government official

and I'd appreciate it

if you'd address me as such, sir.

Have a seat, sir.

Mr Sands, I'm here to do my job because

someone in this prison is not doing theirs.

- So I'd really appreciate it if...

- How can we help you, Ms Davis?

The state is doing a check of all facilities.

We're looking into reports of excessive

force used by guards on inmates.

Is that so?

I'll be here as long as it takes,

so I'll need full access to the facility

and all prison records.

(KNOCKS)

(KNOCKS AGAIN)

Hey.

Oh, f***.

(GLASS SMASHES)

- MAN:
Hey, baby!

- MAN 2:
Hey, baby, you want a ride?

(TIRES SCREECH, HORN BLARES)

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA)

You okay?

What's going on with the appeal?

There's no appeal, Michael.

What? Why not?

The partners are distancing themselves.

Mr Lieber is afraid supporting you

reflects negatively on the firm.

You must be kidding.

It was completely circumstantial evidence.

The only witness they had

admitted to not liking me.

You were the only two people

in a locked room.

You hear from your wife?

Ex-wife.

The papers went through

the day of sentencing.

- I wish I could do something.

- Get me out of here.

I'm so sorry, Michael.

I... I can't do this.

I guess I'm not much of a

"stand by your man" kind of girl.

- Hey, pretty lady.

- Hi, Ray.

- Bossman's expecting us.

- Sure, go right on in.

JOSEPH:
Thank you, Ray.

You sure you don't want me to stick around?

I mean, I wouldn't want him

to molest you or anything.

No, I think we'll be fine. (LAUGHS)

Be right outside.

Have a seat.

I think you'll be more comfortable

on the couch.

So, what happened

the night Charlie was killed?

Why did you do it?

I didn't.

You go to church, Mr. Gray?

Occasionally.

Well, I'm betting it's closer to never.

Let me tell you a story...

...that I heard in church on Sunday.

This woman is driving home and she sees a

snake on the side of the road, half dead.

She decides to take it home

and nurse it back to health.

She carries it outside to set it free

and the snake bites her.

She's lying there poisoned and dying

and asks the snake, "Why did you bite me?"

And the snake says,

"I'm a snake. It's what I do."

I just think one of your snakes

finally bit you.

What is thanatophobia?

Excuse me?

Your file says you suffer from

thanatophobia. What is it?

It's...

It's a fear of death.

But we all die, Michael.

I have a little theory about death.

You want to hear it?

Does it have anything to do

with snakes and churches?

Death is a motherf***er.

Death doesn't care who you are,

or who you're pretending to be,

and you have cheated your whole life.

You've been pretending

and cheating and winning.

And you can't cheat death.

That's what's so scary to you, Mike.

And you know it.

Now, I'm going to try

to help you with this phobia.

We have a very creative

rehabilitation program.

JOSEPH:
Charlie, despite his

personal shortcomings,

was a real asset to this prison.

We get a lot of bodies sent to us

from other facilities in the state,

even some overflow

from the local funeral home,

because we have

a top-notch embalming facility.

Ray will get you situated down there.

- I don't think this is a good idea.

- I do.

The smell gets to you at first,

but you'll get used to it.

- (MICHAEL COUGHS)

- You'll get used to it.

This is Mr. Jefferson over here. He's

gonna show you how everything works.

- I can't do this.

- Whoa, whoa, what are you talking about?

Sure you can. Big hotshot lawyer

like yourself, you can do this.

Now come here.

Turn your ass around and do it.

You don't understand.

What the warden told you is...

It's a phobia. It's a medical condition.

It's not...

- I can't.

- No, no! Wait! Wait.

(SCREAMS)

Help me! Help!

Oh, Jesus! Help me! Help me!

(RAY LAUGHS)

Oh, my God. You okay, buddy? Huh?

You okay?

(LAUGHS)

RAY:
Come on!

Move, move, move.

(GUNSHOT, CHILD SCREAMS)

RAY:
Get up.

Come on. Go! Go, go, go. Go!

(DOOR BUZZER)

- 213, locking.

- (DOOR BUZZER)

RAY:
What's this all about?

Just running a preliminary investigation.

Why do you want to talk to me?

Well, we're talking to everybody.

You ever hit a prisoner, Mr. Clement?

It's a prison. You know?

They get rough with us,

we get rough with them.

All I want to do is try to make it home

at the end of the day.

How about you, Ms. Davis?

You ever been in a prison?

I mean other than the executive offices

like this.

It's hell in there.

You understand?

Please remove your hand, Mr. Clement.

It's a whole other world.

RAY:
Different rules of survival.

People go real crazy, fast.

(TOILET GURGLES)

Everything you thought you knew

starts to come undone.

Pretty soon it's just you in your cell.

That sh*t will eat you up.

(TOILET GURGLES)

You ever feel like you've crossed

the line with a prisoner?

No.

People are in here for a reason, Ms. Davis.

They get what they deserve.

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