The Task of the Translator Page #3

and have a look

at some cameras.

Yeah.

Boys.

Too late.

We need to talk.

I'm busy.

Well, we talk now or I walk.

You know that the

success of this show

is very, very important

to me, right?

It's important

to me too, Taylor.

Okay, good. So why are you

trying to sabotage it, hmm?

What do you mean?

Well, I've been

doing a little research.

And by "research,"

what you actually mean

is you've been f***ing

one of the local girls.

Am I right?

Loose lips sink ships, Taylor.

Yeah, well, you know

what she told me?

Okay, this prison didn't just

have a men's wing, all right?

It had a women's wing,

too, all right?

And the twisted f***ing Warden

would roam around it, naked,

answering to no one.

He beat them, he raped them,

made them have his children,

then he starved them to death.

People say he even fed some

of them their own babies.

What's your point?

My point?

My point is that the real story

would have made the show a hit!

Everybody would've

been talking about us.

The story you cranked out is

nothing compared to the real one.

I agree.

So why didn't we use it?

Because the town said

they'd sue us if we did.

They did?

Yeah.

Oh.

Right.

Are we done here?

Yeah.

No, wait. No. Wait, wait, wait.

No, there is...

There is one more very important

thing I need to discuss with you.

Oh, yeah?

What's that?

The girl I slept with,

I think she gave me crabs.

Anyway,

I'm gonna go take a nap.

They on?

Yep, they're on.

Sweet.

Scelzi,

what was that?

Just a little something

to get me through the night.

Do you want?

No, I do not want.

Just get your hairy butt back here, okay?

Aye, aye, captain.

Hello?

You scared the sh*t out of me.

You seem a little tense, man.

You wanna get high?

I've got some good stuff.

Suit yourself.

How we doing? Fixed?

Great. Just great.

We are totally ready to go.

Test two. Bishop!

I would have to say my biggest

fear would be being buried alive.

Where do I go next?

Okay, "Go right at

the end of the hallway.

"This will lead you

to Freedom Row. "

All right,

I'm at the end of Freedom Row.

What do I do next?

Tell him to go right again.

Go straight on

and then right.

Straight and right.

Got it.

Oh, sh*t!

What? What is it?

I don't know, something just

dripped on my forehead.

What?

Blood.

Oh.

It's not real blood.

Yeah.

No sh*t, Sherlock.

I love that girl.

Okay, do you see

a door to a staircase

somewhere on your left?

Oh, man, please tell me I

get to go up and not down.

Sorry.

"Down one floor

to the lowest level

"in the entire prison complex.

"The level you are going to

"is known amongst inmates

as Suicide Row. "

Sh*t, man!

Hold me back, hold me back.

Okay, take

approximately 80 paces.

Eighty paces?

Who do I look like, a pirate?

You should see a metal door

once you've gone a flight down.

Okay.

Yeah, I see it.

It says...

Damn.

"Welcome to solitary

confinement, cell number five.

"Solitary confinement was

the most feared cell block

"in the entire facility.

"For the violent

and frequently insane,

"cell number five was

the biggest contributor

"to the cell block's

death toll. "

Sh*t.

What?

What happened?

No, nothing happened.

This place literally smells like sh*t.

Look, just tell me

what I need to do

so I can get

the hell out of here.

Okay, do you see a boiler suit?

Yeah.

Yeah, I see it.

Right, put it on.

No!

Ooh. Cool bugs.

Thanks.

You guys ever get tired of

complimenting each other?

I don't. Do you?

Um...

No.

The things I do.

Okay,

I got it on now.

It says, "If an inmate failed

in his suicide attempt,

"he'd be further punished

"by being placed

in the hole. "

"You are to now re-enact the torture

of a prisoner. "

Okay, so where is it?

Under your feet.

Oh, come on!

You gotta be kidding me.

I mean, this thing is, like,

full of sh*t in here.

Money, money, money.

That's a pretty

harsh task.

"Once in the hole, you are

to await further instructions. "

Okay.

Hello?

Hello?

Sh*t. They've

cut us off again.

Hey, no offense, but I really

hope you're not my task.

Connie.

What?

Take a look

at this.

What is it, Snow?

Just tell me.

No. Come look.

What?

What the...

Who is that?

That isn't...

You're fired.

Why?

You go behind my back and you

hire some extra to be in the show

when I specifically

told you not to,

and you wanna know

why you're fired?

That's not my guy.

Well, that's weird.

He just disappeared.

Where'd he go?

Who the f*** was that?

I don't know.

Don't look at me.

Look, Connie, you've got to get

that guy out of there, all right?

I mean, this is gonna

screw up the show.

Damn.

This is gonna kill us.

You're sure this isn't

just you screwing around?

Scout's honor.

Why are you laughing?

This isn't funny.

It's so obvious.

What is so obvious?

Come closer.

Remember when I asked you

why you were having Snow rig

cameras in the control booth?

Yeah.

The network wanted

some guys in there

to shoot some

behind-the-scenes...

F*** me!

F*** me!

You're right.

It's kind of genius, isn't it?

It's total genius.

What are you two talking about?

We're part of the game.

What? You mean to tell

me that the network

is throwing some twists

into the game

just to see how

freaked out we get?

Bingo!

So what do we do now?

Go on with the show.

As planned.

Task three.

Black King and White Knight.

Task four.

Black Rook and White Queen.

Double trouble.

I like it.

Told you you might have

to do another task.

Smartass.

Okay, Black King

and White Knight

are to turn right and make

their way to the gas chamber.

White Queen and Black

Rook are to go straight

and head to the prison kitchen.

Okay, laters.

Good luck.

My greatest fear would be

being left alone.

"King and Knight

go left and then right.

"Rook and the Queen go

to the end of the hall

"and take

the stairwell down. "

Scelzi, pick up.

I need to talk to you.

Scelzi, are you there?

Can you hear me?

Come on, pick up.

We're in.

"Welcome to

the gathering room.

"The windows in front of you

have been the viewing area

"where hundreds of citizens

"witnessed dozens

of condemned men

"breathe their last breaths.

"If the condemned wished,

"this is where he would

receive his last rights. "

You should see a light

switch at the rear wall.

"If you're being put to death

"during the reign

of Warden Harvis,

"you might also find him

enjoying his evening meal here,

"calling it

'Dinner and a show. '"

"Black King and White Knight

are to enter the gas chamber. "

Again, nice set, Connie.

Can't take credit for that,

it's the real deal.

Only thing the legal

department could clear.

Cool, right?

Well, it's scary all right.

Christ!

What's that smell?

It is a well documented fact

that execution chambers frequently

have the smell of death in them.

Of course the smell

isn't actually death.

When a human knows his or her

life is about to come to an end,

it will tend to

reach an anxiety level

that will cause it to emit

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