You Don't Know Jack Page #11

'cause I don't

have forever.

Your little band of

kevorkians is shrinking

Into nothing,

disappearing.

Dr.

Kevorkian, a question!

Man:
Dr. Jack kevorkian was

among the who's who on hand

To celebrate "time" magazine's

75th anniversary gala

At radio city music hall.

The big night was attended

by many of the faces

Who have appeared on "time"'s

covers over the decades.

Janet:
You need more

people in your corner.

I'm afraid for you.

Man:
...

Joe dimaggio to jerry falwell

To raquel welch to

henry kissinger.

Janet:

I'm afraid for you.

Your little nd of kevorkians

is shrinking into nothing.

Jack's voice:
I don't have forever.

We have to take this

To the supreme court, geoff.

Fieger:
Jack, I'm dealing

with the religious right.

- Jack:
My condolences.

- Fieger:
And the disability group-- I mean,

They think you want to kill

the whole lot of them.

So?

What have we accomplished?

No law has been passed.

I mean, this is the prelude.

This is the beginning.

The battle of concord,

- The battle of lexington--

- what are you thinking?

I'm thinking

of the supreme court!

I'm thinking of

going all the way.

If they want to silence me,

let them prosecute me,

Convict me,

send me to jail

Like martin luther king,

- Galileo or-- - the supreme

court has already said

That the states do have the right

to outlaw doctor-assisted suicide!

See? You don't listen.

You don't listen! They also said

That they would hear a case

if the right one came along.

If it was for a particularly

suffering individual,

They would hear it.

You don't listen.

( door closes )

( geese honking )

Jack:
Okay, tom, so

have you discussed

Your wishes with your

wife and family?

Do they want you

to go on?

( slurring ) yes,

They understand

Why.

It's my decision.

He's saying, "it's my decision.

"

Okay.

Now, tom,

I will be administering

direct lethal injection,

What's called "active

euthanasia."

You don't want to

wait a month or so?

No, I do not.

Jack:
How about two weeks?

Two weeks?

No.

A week?

Can you wait a week?

Yeah.

Okay. Okay, we'll stretch

it out another week.

You're doing

the deed yourself?

This is really crossing

into uncharted territory.

Well, so I set sail.

Rudderless, I admit,

But that's the way it goes.

Jack on tv:
This is gonna allow

me to do direct lethal injection.

Jack:

I'm all alone, neal,

And I'm running

out of time.

That first day

35 years ago

You came down

to the basement lab

And talked

to all us med techs.

You were the only doctor

in our whole hospital

We didn't think was a

pompous son of a b*tch.

Well, that was

your first mistake.

( chuckles )

I let you stick

needles in me,

Transfuse cadaver blood.

Sh*t, you weren't the only one

that got hepatitis, jack.

Hell, we h

some good times.

( chuckles ) you had

purpose, jack.

You had purpose and I

guess I needed some too.

And I know that

this is your decision,

But if you decide to pull the

plug on somebody yourself,

You're gonna

be flying solo.

( phone ringing )

- Yes.

- This is melody youk.

I'm-- I'm sorry

to call so late,

But it's tom.

He can't wait

any longer.

He's terrified.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

I'm on my way.

Just say your

goodbyes then, melody,

Because I don't want anyone to

be there when I do this thing.

I'm on my way.

( car honks )

( people chattering )

- Jack.

- Lessenberry:
Hey, jack.

Look what I got.

I want

a national debate on ts,

Because once that happens,

they have to charge me.

- They have no choice, right?

- With murder, maybe.

I want to put

euthanasia on trial.

Let the people decide

if it's murder or not.

You want

to sacrifice yourself?

Because you'd go to prison

for the rest of your life.

You know I know

barbara walte.

She likes me,

But I want

a bigger audience.

You know mike wallace,

don't you?

No, I under-- yeah.

I mean if--

If you put him

on the air,

Will you be dealing with

a rational human being?

Well, I can't promise rational

with kevorkian, mike.

But if you're asking

if he's sane,

I'd say yes.

He knows exactly

what he's doing.

( stopwatch ticking )

Mike wallace on tv: Dr.

Jack kevorkian, who has acknowledged

Helping more than 130

patients kill themselves,

Tonight reveals that

two months ago

He killed one

of his patients himself

And recorded it

on video tape.

Tom youk led

an active life.

He restored and raced

vintage cars.

But two years ago

at age 50,

He was diagnosed with

lou gehrig's disease,

A devastating

incurable illness

That destroyed

his muscles.

He lost the usof his

legs and then his arms.

His family says he was

in terrible pain,

Had trouble breathing

and swallowing,

And was choking on

his own saliva.

Jack on tv:

And we're ready to inject.

We're going to inject

your right arm. Okay?

Mike:
First the doctor

gave him seconal

To put him

to sleep quickly.

Sleepy, tom?

Tom, are you asleep?

Are you asleep?

He's asleep.

Mike:
Then he injected

a muscle relaxant

To stop his breathing.

- And this?

- Paralyzes the muscles.

Mike:

But he's still alive at--

Jack:
He's still alive,

but that's why--

Now you see-- now this lack of

oxygen is getting to him now.

But he's unconscious, deeply,

so it doesn't matter.

- Mike:
Is he dead now?

- Jack:
He's dying now,

Because his oxygen's cut

off, he can't breath.

So I'll now

quickly inject

The potassium chloride

to stop the heart.

Now there's

a straight line.

- Mike:
He's dead.

- Jack:
Yeah.

- The heart has stopped.

- Melody:
I'm shocked that it's come to this,

That in thf '90s

We have to make such an

issue out of something

A person should be

in control of--

Their own life

and death.

And those who say

that jack kevorkian,

Dr.

Death, is a fanatic?

Zealot.

I'm fighting for me, mike,

For me.

Because this is a right I want.

I might wind up being

terribly suffering.

I'd like to know there's

a colleague out there

Who will come to me

in my time of need.

Now that might sound

selfish, and maybe it is,

But if it helps

everybody else,

Then so be it.

( stopwatch ticking )

This whole thing's making

me sick to my stomach.

Well, he admits on national

tv that he's a killer.

50 million homes heard him

say "f*** you" to us.

I want that

whole interview

And I want him convicted.

Let's make

it happen, john.

He's gone too far.

- ( gunshot ) - (

geese honking )

I'm gonna

represent myself.

What?

What, you're firing me?

Finally I get to say

what I want to say.

No lawyer,

not even you,

Can address

a jury theay I can.

Ho!

Skedaddle!

( gunshot )

- Migrate, will you?!

- ( gun c*cks )

- Jack, you don't know sh*t about law.

- ( gunshot )

Okay?

They'll hurt you.

No, I'm gonna hurt them,

Because if I lose, I hurt

them; if I win, I hurt them.

Well, you're lucky

you're in michigan,

'cause if you were in some other

state, they'd fry your ass.

Here they'll just toss you in a cell

and throw away the key forever.

- This is not a game.

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