Hold Your Breath
[ Owl hooting ]
Yeah, they can go.
Go ahead.
Looks like the press
is coming out tonight.
Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.
I'm warden John Wilkes.
Some of you I have met
already over the years.
Tonight, the family members
of the many victims
Shall see due justice,
As one-Time preacher,
Turned convicted mass murderer,
Dietrich van Klaus,
Is put to death
By the means
of electrocution.
[ Keys jingle ]
For Catherin Tomkins
and Lauren Delany,
Who, only by the grace of god
Escaped his murderous rampage
and are still with us today.
But as for
the not so fortunate:
Beth Holmberg,
a young high-School girl
Walking home from choir practice
after school,
Slain in cold blood;
Newlyweds
James and Betsy Drews,
Taken from us
only a week after they married;
Kenneth Darwin,
His body so mutilated
It was nearly impossible
to identify him;
Claire bell,
A young aspiring actress;
And lastly,
his mother and father.
What kind of child
would kill their own parents?
I do not know.
But I do know this:
There is no place on this earth
for such a person.
And though it will
not bring back the departed,
It shall hopefully
bring some comfort
To all those in need.
[ Door thuds ]
At this time,
you are entitled
To make any apologies
or verbal reparations
To family
of the victims
Whom you have
so greatly harmed.
[ German accent ]
indeed I have, warden.
I would like to recant my
father's favorite passage
From Leviticus that he
so often loved to quote.
"Any man that blasphemeth
the name of the lord
"Shall surely
be put to death,
"And all of the congregation
shall certainly stone him.
"As well
as the stranger
"As he who
is born in the land,
"When he blasphemeth
the name of the lord,
"Shall surely
be put to death!
"And if a man cause a
blemish unto his neighbor,
As he hath done,
so shall be done to him!"
No!
Aah!
[ Blood gurgling ]
"An eye for an eye!"
Aah!
"Tooth for a tooth."
[ Thunder ]
"As he has caused
a blemish in his neighbor,
So shall it
be done to him!"
Get those straps on!
"And Moses spake
to the children of Israel."
[ Thunder ]
"Bring forth he who has
cursed outside of the camp
And stone him
with stones!"
"And the children
of Israel,
They did
as the lord commanded!"
You are all sinners
in the eyes of the lord!
Forget about it!
Forget it!
Sinners!
You are all sinners!
Each and every one of you
shall die a horrific death!
Sinners!
You are all sinners!
- Throw that switch!
- [ Thunder ]
[ Power generator whirring ]
[ Van Klaus screaming ]
[ Thunder ]
[ Rock music ]
# Today ain't all
that you want it to be #
# 'Cause nobody'll
let you down #
Man:
Got it!- [ Horn honks ]
- Hey! Yeah!
- Johnny!
- Oh, Johnny!
You guys ready
or what?
How are ya?
Good. How you doing?
Good to see you.
Good to see you
good! Good!
Mmm. [ Chuckles]
- Johnny?
- Tony.
Johnny:
Hey.- Hi.
- Johnny.
Nice to see you.
Hey. I want you now.
Out of the way,
Lovebirds.
Come on.
Don't be jealous.
Tony:
I don't think it's jealousy.
[ Conversations
continue indistinctly ]
What's wrong with you?
Get that out of your mouth!
Could you just relax?
You know we can get
in trouble for that, right?
- What's wrong with you?
- Oh, my god.
What are you, 5?
Relax.
Seriously?
Look at this guy.
- Kyle, hey, hey.
- Really?
There's gonna be plenty
of time for this,
- Plenty of time.
- Fine, fine.
And a better place.
I get shotgun.
How does he even
get that in anyways?
It's Kyle, man.
I don't know
what to tell you.
Kyle:
[ laughing ]yeah!
- Start it up.
- Look at this thing.
- Whoo!
- Whoo-Hoo!
All right, guys, cell
phones, pass them up.
What?
- Pass them up.
- What?
Pass them up.
I told you guys.
We said no phones
this weekend.
- Come on, you were serious?
- Yeah.
So stupid.
Come on, guys.
We all agreed to this.
You guys said you wanted
to have a nice weekend,
Relax, no phones,
no bosses.
Yeah, yeah,
I know what we said.
Here.
It's my iPod.
Yeah, I know what it is.
Where's the phone?
I didn't bring it.
[ Whispers ]
she's lying.
- Aw, come on.
- [ Stops engine ]
Fine, just take it.
- There we go.
- Dumb.
Throw those things
in the glove box.
Let's lock it up.
Better hope
you don't lose that key.
Not gonna lose the key.
You guys ready?
- Yeah!
- Let's do this!
Whoo!
[ Rock music playing ]
# Time is runnin' out now
# It's time
# On and on and on
# Just kick it away
# Well, I'm nothin'
but a f***in' lie #
# Just cut it away
# Well, I'm nothin'
but a heartbreak #
# Waiting for you
# So, girl,
you think you've got it made #
# In my heart,
I know you're walkin' away #
# Bad news is always
hangin' on you, yeah #
# So, girl, you're
feeling just the same #
# In my heart, I know
you're feelin' the pain #
# Somebody should
let you down, yeah, yeah #
# Nah nah
# Nah nah-Nah
nah nah nah #
# Nan nah-Nah nah nah nah
# Nah nah-Nah
nah nah nah #
# Nan nah-Nah nah nah nah
Nah nah-Nah
nah nah nah #
# Nah nah-Nah nah
nah nah-Nah nah #
# Nah-Nah nah-Nah nah
# Yeah, yeah
So, heath, you, uh, discover
anything cool lately?
I have actually,
But nothing your
feeble little mind
Could possibly comprehend.
Hey, heath, do you remember
when you shot miss Heidelberg
In the neck
with a paperclip
And she had
to take sabbatical?
Yes, I do remember that.
That was f***ing awesome.
Hell of a shot, dude.
It was good times.
Don't forget
about Tony's guinea ts, huh?
Hey, it's a t-Shirt.
Yeah, that's meant
to be worn under your clothes,
Not as dress wear.
Pathetic.
Hey, like you said,
nothing has changed.
By the way,
when did you dye your hair?
What?
Yeah, didn't it used to be
like a murky brown?
It was dirty blonde.
It was brown... ish.
Wait, he shot the paperclip
at the Handelman b*tch?
[ Laughter ]
Hey, welcome back
to the conversation, Kyle.
You know, I actually
missed you guys.
You know, most people don't even
keep in touch after high school.
Yeah, it's kind of cool
that we did.
Wait, we're not
in high school anymore?
[ Laughter ]
[ Rock music playing ]
# You know I'm comin' with it,
real tough fool #
# And you know
that I don't play around #
# I start at mach speed
and everybody's slowin' down #
# Check the sound and you'll
see that I ain't new to this #
# The past five years
# I'm the guy
that you been cookin' with #
# I stay original,
that's why when you... #
Tony:
Can someoneturn the air up?
Kyle is smokin'
the sh*t out of me.
Kyle, how high
do you plan on getting?
Pretty damn big.
Johnny:
So you sell weedfor a living?
Kyle:
Kind of.I mean, it's not like
I declare it on my taxes,
But, you know, it pays
the child support, so...
Proverbial stoner.
That's me.
Oh, check out that
old graveyard over there.
- Everyone hold your breath!
- What?
Everyone has
to hold their breath!
What are you
talking about, jerry?
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