Last Dance

# With no warmth inside

we surely will shiver

# So we sleep

We sleep so satisfied

# Lay down, lay down, lay down

Down and feed

# Lay down, lay down, lay down

Down and feed

# Lay down, lay down, lay down

# And feed the fire

# Lay down, lay down, lay down

Down and feed

# Think I'm lost

with all your promises

# Think I act strange

when you talk to me

Oh, that's gonna kill you.

...represent concepts.

Now, what you're...

I'm sorry. Could you tell me where

the chief of staff's office is, please?

- Sure. Up the stairs and to your left.

- Up the stairs. Thanks.

The one nearest the front door

at the crossing represents justice.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I'm Rick Hayes.

- I'm here to see John Hayes.

- Oh, you're John's brother.

Yeah, among other things.

- Louise, John's brother is here.

- Okay.

- He's right here in the conference room.

- Great.

We should take each case

on its merits.

Now, we have restricted

out-of-state travel...

and we've delayed the purchase

of new state vehicles.

It doesn't sound like enough.

We have to trim ten million...

from department spending over

the next fiscal year. John?

I've requested the department trim

five percent across the board,

except for education.

Okay. But we're gonna have to

find some additional measures.

Cutbacks? With an election

next year, it might...

You want the tooth fairy to come,

you're gonna have to put some teeth

under the pillow.

Agreed. With what we've done,

we're now in a position to take stock...

make our judgments regarding

the staffing and expenditures...

and we will take a long, hard,

critical look at all...

I'm just trying to figure out what kind of

idiot shows up his first day of work...

late and stinking of wine.

I guess now you know.

You wanna try to explain

your resume?

- What do you mean?

- Well, you went to law school.

Did pretty well.

Worked for Hayes Development for

three years. Working for your old man?

- On and off.

- Mmm.

And then there's this gaping hole.

What have you been doing with

yourself for the last two years?

Well, my father passed away. Maybe you

know. I helped settle his affairs.

And after that?

Um, well, after that I, uh, I did

some travelling and I, I just

tried some different things.

Partied for two years.

Well, call it what you want.

Okay. What do you want to do?

- What do I wanna do?

- Hell, it's your call.

Your brother's

the governor's chief of staff.

Well, um...

Well, while you think about it, I'll get you

a desk and a subscription to Playboy.

Of course, if you're interested in actually

working, I'm up to my butt here.

Yeah, I'd like to give it a try.

You know anything about this office?

You know what clemency is?

Yeah, it's the power to pardon

people, commute sentences.

- Whose power?

- I believe, the governor's.

In this state, his sole power.

He makes the final decision.

The Clemency Office makes

recommendations, but we're not here

to retry the case.

This is about mercy.

Has the prisoner rehabilitated himself?

Will solid citizens

speak out on his behalf?

Does his own mother

have anything good to say?

- Will I get some kind of training for this?

- Yeah, by doing it.

Well, this is it...

124 pending cases.

Everything from tax fraud

to murder.

Wow. How do you keep on top

of all of it?

You don't. You prioritize.

I've got death warrants

coming down any day.

Obviously they come first.

Every time a death warrant is issued or

reissued, we have to make a new report.

- You know anything about John Reese?

- Uh, yeah, John Reese.

That's the cop killer who pleaded

self-defence, right? I saw him

on 60 Minutes

Right. Yeah. Big celebrity.

Even wrote a book.

Every time I see him, he gives me one.

Couldn't get through the damn thing.

- Well, great. I'll take Reese.

- No, I've already got that one started.

Take Cindy Liggett.

Look through her file.

- It's a death penalty case?

- Yep.

- Get your dick wet with Liggett.

- Okay.

Helen'll get you a desk and a Playboy

if you change your mind.

- Slow down, slow down.

- All right.

Are we there?

All right. Okay.

Well, what do you think?

It's not bad, huh?

Bedroom, bathroom,

office area up there...

and gourmet kitchen

and swimming pool.

Never know who you'll meet

down there.

- And I got you into the tennis club.

- What's this?

- Oh, you'll be needing that.

- I got a tux.

It's an Armani.

I thought the days of profligate

spending were over, John.

Oh, don't worry about it. You're in the

majors now, you gotta look the part.

Okay. Thanks.

Ah, don't look like somebody

slammed your nuts in the door.

- It's... It's gonna be good.

- I know.

- Wait and see.

- I know.

Listen, it doesn't mean

the party's over.

It's just a better class of guests.

Well, you know, her crimes, you don't

think of a woman committing

a crime like that.

I mean, I don't, anyway.

That... That brutal.

Most of the time a woman kills,

it's a crime of passion.

Usually her husband

or her boyfriend.

And last time she got a stay of execution

with about four days left.

- Well, when was that?

- About 18 months ago.

It's all a delaying game, really.

They come up with some new

constitutional theory...

and find a sympathetic judge to grant

a stay, then they start appealing

all over again.

Right, and they just

stretch it out indefinitely.

Well, no, not this time.

It looks like she's run out of arguments.

- And a lot more women

are gonna be executed now.

- Why's that?

Women's lobby. They all want equal

treatment in the eyes of the law.

- Hey, Frances, what's up?

- Where you goin', girl?

What's goin' on?

- Hey, Frances!

- I'll tell you something now.

Don't be like that, Frances.

- Frances!

- Hey, Cindy, you checkin' out

of death row?

- You don't like it here?

- Hey. Hey!

...somebody. He don't need

to know my personal life.

I have my own life, and just because I have

a kid don't mean my life needs to stop...

and I need to stop

what I need to do.

She ain't the only one raising him.

The father raises him too.

Oh, yeah. On the weekends he...

And that's my business.

That's my time now.

How 'bout self-respect?

Every dollar you have, these sweet

and innocent-looking girls...

shamelessly tell us

they are money hungry and...

I'm Rick Hayes. I'm with the Clemency

Board. Would you like to have a seat?

I'm gonna be working on your report,

the update, so we need to...

- No.

- No?

No, we don't need

to do anything.

- Well, what do you mean?

- I'm not playin' your game.

Um, l...

Well, I don't understand.

It's one big, sick f***in' joke.

- How's that?

- This governor doesn't give clemency.

Well, uh... What is it

that you're saying here?

I'm saying you go ahead

and you make your damn report...

then you give it to the governor and you

let him give it serious consideration...

then you can all go ahead and

kill me with a clear conscience.

Miss Liggett, maybe you can explain

to me... what is it that you have to lose?

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