Maze Page #3

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You have until tomorrow to get out.

JOE:
Or one of you won't be

seeing your next birthday.

(SHOUTING INSULTS)

(SINGING) Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio...

Who runs this place, you or them?

Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio...

First we let them have civilian clothes,

and now we're handing them

their own private wings on a plate.

Have we done some deal

that I don't know about?

We've just relaxed a few policies,

for a calmer atmosphere, that's all.

Eighteen prison officers were murdered

enforcing those policies.

I was almost one of them.

I'm sorry about what happened to you, Gordon

but we all want an easier life,

the prisoners too.

When the hunger strikes were on,

coming in here was like walking

through the gates of hell.

Now when I go home, I can have

an actual conversation with my wife.

Take some time off, Gordon? Eh?

Bunch of animals.

We should be feeding yiz peanuts.

Jesus, you look like sh*t.

Thanks to Ken and his marching band,

everything's changed.

- We can do this now.

- Not so fast.

I'm stalling everything until our friends

on the outside get up to speed on this.

What! Hold on a minute.

It's way too early.

This is only one piece of a big jigsaw.

Sorry, can't do it, Larry.

We've gotten this far by ourselves

but we're not alone.

So you're to down tools

and wait until they have their say.

That's an order. You write it up.

Just leave it there.

O'Shea.

Kelly.

Stay together!

Go on, f*** off!

Get back!

Message from your Da.

He's expecting you. Now f*** off home.

I made it first instead of asking.

You want it?

Go on.

Are you proud of yourself

for that stunt the other day?

Some things are worth fighting for.

Cop yourself on, Larry.

You like prison, do you?

Not a hell of a lot...

But you get used to it after ten years.

Your family? The girl looks smart.

She is, bright as a button.

Your wife's a bit of a looker too,

Gordon! How did you manage that?

We're not together right now.

She moved over to London.

I'm sorry to hear that.

You might not understand this, but...

I spent half my life trying to

protect them from you bastards.

And after all that she ups and leaves.

Well I'd be home with my family

if it wasn't for you bastards.

It's your own fault that you're

in here, Larry. No one else's.

I don't see it that way.

I know you probably wouldn't agree.

No. You're right, I don't.

Now piss off back to work,

this isn't a daycare centre.

WARDER:
You wait there a minute.

They knocked it back.

I told you it wasn't ready, didn't I,

but no, you had to go

and send the damn thing out.

You don't get to make these decisions, Larry.

They didn't buy into it

and they don't want a botched escape

hurting morale on the outside.

F*** their morale!

What about ours? We're on the floor in here.

Look, we don't have to stop,

but trying to take

a whole block, it's too risky.

We need to set our sights lower.

I've a couple of guys

I want you to meet later.

That's your new strategy? Think small?

It has to be big.

That's the whole bloody point.

It's finished, okay. Move on.

No! I need to do this. I have to.

You need to do this?

We're in this together.

Don't forget that.

All right, come on.

Let me back in!

I want you to meet those two guys later.

Their plan is less complicated.

You talk to them. I'm done.

I'm not asking, Larry.

We want to go this way from the garden,

using ropes and ladders to get this far.

The warder can't see us from the tower.

He comes around every ten minutes.

Where are they off to?

The garden.

Say they want to grow stuff.

Governor gave the O.K.

See ya lads, I won't be here

when you get back. I won my appeal.

You jammy sod.

- Same old car?

- Aye.

Hey, I know them...

That's the food lorry.

Cheers for doing this.

No problem.

Sorry to hear about your trouble.

He drives it around

the prison all day long...

Meals on wheels.

Do they search it?

O'Brien followed your friend last night...

Looks like your plan is back on the table.

Need a hand there?

I could do with one.

Just there.

Right, just lift it.

How many?

Packed in like sardines.

- Thirty-eight.

- Jesus...

- That big enough for you?

- No, actually, but it'll do.

Brendan and Bobby,

we're gonna take your block, H7.

Then we're all gonna get in

the food lorry and drive out the gate.

I've to go out for a minute.

Guard the fort, with your life.

You're trusting me with it?

What are you going to swipe?

(DOOR SHUTTING)

It needs to be injury free, no blood spilled,

otherwise they'll write about that

and not what we did.

And to do that some of us

are gonna need to be carrying.

F***... How many will we need?

Six'll do it.

Look, if we have them, there's less

chance of anyone getting hurt.

Can they find a way to get them in?

Seen your wife lately, Fenian lover?

What did you say?

You heard. Forgotten which side

you're on, Gordon?

Well, I'm not on your side, arsehole.

F*** you, Gordon!

Is there something I should know about? Huh?

F***'s sake! I don't want to see anything

like that again. Do you f***ing hear me?

What have you got there?

Nothing. It's personal.

Show me... Now.

It looks just like her.

You know, there's one thing

I don't get about you.

What's that?

How the hell do you keep your marriage

together from in here?

Maybe because we don't have to live together.

We've known each other since

we were kids. Kinda joined at the hip.

Well, a man should look

after a woman like that.

Don't you worry. Once I get out that gate...

I'm not coming back.

They'd never expect men on all four wings

to work together at the same time.

Imagine a ripple in water

moving out from the centre

each warder taken,

one after the other, like dominoes falling.

One shot. That's all we've got.

O'Toole.

Delahunty.

Healey.

Flanagan.

Ryan.

Marley.

How's it going, son?

- All right.

- All right.

The choices you made...

What if you had them to do over?

I'd do the same.

I've no regrets about what I did.

So, why was it right for you and not for me?

Someday men like us

will be a thing of the past.

The future's yours, Danny,

if you don't mess it up.

What about your studies, how's all that?

You could follow your big brother

and go on to college, couldn't you?

You don't think college is a cop out?

It's not about that.

Danny, we're talking about your life.

Look, when I'm out, things

are gonna be different. You'll see.

And you'll be there to see me graduate?

I'll make a deal with you, all right.

You do it...

And I'll be sitting in the front row,

with a big grin on my face.

That's a promise.

I've been meaning to ask you something...

If the hunger strike hadn't ended,

would you have gone on it?

I dunno. I guess, probably.

So you would have been willing

to leave us all behind?

But it did end, Danny.

Aye...

We need to talk about my transfer...

That's it.

We're looking at a week today

if you give us the nod.

Sorry lads, we can't.

You're joking. Why?

Ropes and ladders was never

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