"A Day in the Death" "Fact: 2.5 million people die in the United States each year. toe tagged and body bagged." "The number one cause of death in America: heart disease." "But not all heart disease will leave you dictionary dead." "Some will kill you and still leave you living." "Yeah." "We got a whole lot of walking dead in Oz." "there you are." "I've been looking everywhere for you." "Get the fuck away from me." "I heard what you've been telling people." "Do you honestly believe I would fuck you over just to get you back?" "Don't play the wounded puppy." "I know who you are." "I love you." "I need you." "you're only making it worse." "I'm innocent." "Okay." "Let's say I give you the benefit of the doubt. that you're capable of it. and I wish to God I'd left you on death row." "Chris?" "Go away." "I can understand you being a little testy." "I heard about what went on in the gym." "It's a heartbreaker." "I'll survive." "I know you will." "You always do." "I remember when we first served time together back in Lardner." "17?" "really." "There is one tough little motherfucker." "Vern?" "Why the sprint down memory lane?" "Been thinking about how close we were." "I sucked your cock." "That was it." "I didn't love you." "either. what we had was ...more then nothing." "So what?" "Too much shit's happened between us since Lardner." "I'm saying let's be friends again." "just two guys looking out for each other." "What do you say?" "Okay. and the second leading cause of death." "cancer will eat your insides up." "You know why it's so fucking scary ?" "'Cause the word itself is a cancer." "Just the idea of it can infect you." "you." "The stress of it can spread through your spirit." "The fear can turn into the disease." "over here." "Pablo?" "man." "why are you treating Ms. C like a bitch?" "She's not a bitch." "That's right." "She's a nice lady." "and yet you're bringing her the fuck down." "And the cancer?" "It ain't that big a deal." "she told me yesterday." "I guess she needed someone to talk to since your acting like my younger fucking sister." "Maria freaked out when my momma got breast cancer." "she was eight." "And mi Madre?" "She squashed that disease like it was a cockroach." "I bet that's something you can identify with." "could you sit a minute?" "I've dealt with a lot of death in my life." "We all have." "this place was never more of a prison then when Alex Jr. was dying." "Robert." "You don't know that for certain." "I'm sure as hell more certain then you are." "'cause this one sucks." "I'm sorry. someone I love." "Robert." "I do." "And I promise to be here for you." "I don't want you here. don't dissipate simply because you 'fess up to them. you are just not good to have around." "of course." "But let me say one thing before I go. especially?" "That's where Said lived." "People there loved him." "Not everybody." "this is suicide." "I never get to see the night sky." "I used to go to the planetarium every single evening. looking for a sign." "But there never was one." "Everything out there is so still." "I didn't even see a shooting star. bringing that scum bag to Em City." "including you! I don't exactly see why you are so self righteous." "the man killed Said." "you and the minister didn't always get along." "but we respected each other." "Most of the time." "you bringing him here." "Just a few days ago you were begging me to let you see him." "see him." "But not to have to breathe the same foul air with him on a continuous basis and shit!" "Damn." "I want you to promise no harm will come to Idzik." "swear to me." "Don't give me a reason to stick your ass back in solitary permanently." "okay!" "I won't hurt Idzik." "Good." "Now I want you to meet him." "Huh?" "Omar White." "Omar's gonna be your sponsor. too." "Why would he do that?" "right?" "knowing there's gonna be motherfucking trouble." "why?" "man." "For whacking Said." "I see." "Perfect." "the hands of fate are applauding." "What--What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" "I asked to be placed in Em City for one purpose and one purpose only." "what's that?" "To find someone to kill me." "Detective Tarnowski." "it's a pleasure." "What can I do for you?" "replacing detective McGorry on the Wilson Loewen case." "why?" "She was rotated out of the unit." "Happens all the time." "Not in the middle of a major case." "is over." "Let's go to my office." "Willy Brandt confessed to the murder." "What more do you need?" "except money." "Adrian Johnson." "Did you interrogate him yet?" "and he's guilty." "I want to find out why Johnson ordered the hit." "the reasons are racial." "Loewen conspired to kill two little black girls back in the 60's." "That would make any man angry." "McGorry thought something else was going on." "Didn't you read her report? let's find this C.O.-- and put this body to bed." "which way?" "Do you know a prisoner named William Brandt?" "I know who he is." "I don't know him personally." "You never had any contact with him?" "Warden." "How about Lionel Kelsch?" "Same thing." "either before or after he was incarcerated in Oswald?" "Nope." "Where were you the night he was killed?" "Home in bed with my wife." "thank you very much." "I'll get back to work." "I'd hardly call that a comprehensive interview." "Warden?" "No." "Until now I considered him one of my top C.O.'s." "Then why would you be willing to take the word of a convicted felon over his?" "I'd say Johnson is innocent." "Leo." "thanks for coming by." "Sit." "starting to really see it's potential." "you said this was urgent." "I'm a busy fellow." "that's a big job." "Devlin is a needy man." "his indiscretions." "What's this about?" "I was just reviewing Officer Adrian Johnson's file." "I noticed he attended the Middlesex academy for boys." "I went to their website where they list the alumni." "You and he graduated the same year?" "he was a senior when I was a freshman." "We suspect Johnson paid Brandt to whack the Mayor." "What?" "to your...career guilt by association. but I appreciate your concern." "I'd just hate to see a fine man like you take an unnecessary fall." "Perry?" "There's something I need you to do." " Kill Willie Brandt?" " Yes." "And Leo Glynn. brain attack." "Serious." "That's a real medical term." "But who the fuck among ain't had their brain attacked which forces us to keep on attacking back." "I started... bullying people and waving my dick around." "Sister." "that was one line I never thought I'd cross." "I always said I would never lay a hand on Liesel." "being in the hole gave me time to really think about who I am and who I want to be." "the visit with Liesel." "What would you do differently?" "I'd talk." "Hug her. but not put her hand inside my pants." "What the fuck was I thinking?" "what?" "I don't know. how much it sucks." "And?" "I guess." "What stuff?" "You know what stuff." "you accept it." "It's the first step in healing. and that's why I didn't call her for so long." "And I would tell her that I'm sorry that I turned into such a fucking fuck up." "I came to Oz nine months ago." "right away I was targeted." "shit like that." "They put me on special restrictions." "locked in my cell all day." "and he... he beat me until I said yes." "I could hear the TV in the C.O.'s office." "They were watching "I Love Lucy. 6 guys come into my cell while I'm asleep." "They held me down and they put a razor to my throat." "I asked for a kit to collect evidence to prove what happened." "The C.O. waited two days to take me to the infirmary." "He said he bought me for 2 cartons of Kools." "there was nothing left to find." "but I ran out of money." "orally and anally penetrating." "Someone wrote to my mother." "She wrote the Warden." "I was rented out." "'..." "Please help my son.'" "$3.00 for a blowjob..." "The hack told me.... $5.00 for anal sex." "Quit whining." "To stand up and fight. 000 milligrams." "I took them all." "I had no choice." "I had no choice." "I had no choice." "I had no choice." "You want any of Morales' stuff?" "I feel bad." "Enrique was really angry at me when he died." "then it's probably best he's dead." "He would have made your life miserable." "True." "But he's got no family left." "They're gonna stick his body in Potter's field." "He ain't gonna know the difference." "I'm tired of all this shit." "man." "Pancamo asked me who was gonna lead El Norte." "What'd you say?" "You." "I'm keeping my head down until my next parole hearing." "you got a surprise visitor." "My girlfriend Maritza?" "one Cathy Jo Cutler." "She's the..." "Wolfgang Cutler's grieving widow." "that's good." "Now I can figure out why he left me all his shit." "good luck." "right?" "Yes." "Thank you for seeing me." "of course." "." "all right?" "Let me just save you a little speech or whatever." "I don't want your husband's crap." "I didn't know you decided that." "I just did. the new owner of the bed I was lyin' in." "okay?" "You gotta tell me why he did this." "I've been wracking' my brains." "He did like to fuck with me when it came to the purse strings." "you know?" "Why did I marry him if I never loved him?" "You're not married?" "no." "Girlfriend..." "She don't come around now." "then." "Thank you for being a better husband then my husband." "If that makes sense." "Anytime." "whatever?" "Miguel." "all right." "Enrique." "don't." "a nasty man who deserves to die." "thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." "And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil." "Amen." "these guys are gonna be carrying my body out." "you're gonna get paroled." "I've been thinking... we should set up a meeting between you and Luis Ruiz." "I hit the motherfucker in the face." "He's not gonna come by for afternoon tea. and the rumor is that Ruiz is gonna get the job." "You're gonna need him to be on your side." "Fine." "I'll do whatever you two guys say." "I just don't want to end up like Enrique Morales." "I don't want to end up as landfill. same as Martinez." "do you think Dave Brass did the job?" "I'm betting both murders were done by the same man." "I need a list of all the patients who were in the ward both nights." "there wasn't one." "could be two killers." "didn't they see anything?" "you know the night shift is skeletal at best." "Who was on duty?" "Gerald Lesowski." "that I should check her background." "Where's she from?" "I don't know." "She was hired before I got here." "Pull her file." "right?" "What the fuck's so good about having your breath taken?" "Respiratory disease clocks in at number four on our little hit parade you're dead just the same." "please?" "doctor." "Warden." "Carol." "you worked at Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo and Saint Eligius in Boston." "What is this about?" "why?" "Jealousy." "The patients always liked me the best." "We checked with the head of nursing at both places." "A combined total of eight men died on your watch." "And I checked our own death certificates." "Three prisoners coded while you were on duty." "What are you implying?" "to the homicide unit." "just let me get my things." "you!" "you Spanish cunt!" "You fucking bitch!" "Spanish cunt!" "Let me go!" "Accidents are the fifth leading cause of death." "there's no such thing as an accident. we're the leading cause of death." "Mankind." "And there's no cure for us." "we cannot compete with Arif." "Burr." "I can see that." "Explain why." "000 men sitting around with nothing to do." "the labor supply dwarfs its demand." "but what makes a prison is the pride inside." "Knowing that the other inmates are making 20 times as much as you are?" "supply and demand." "are going to do some more recruiting." "I already tapped all of my soldiers." "They've gone AWOL on me." "Then you're going to have to branch out." "but that's it." "Life's about where ever you're goin' get to. come on over and join our company?" "pissing off strangers at dinnertime." "Ain't no money in the kitchen." "That's why my middle name is 'subsidize.'" "boys." "right?" "Haven't really had a chance to settle in yet." "Oz has a better place to turn." "It's called the employment." "Arif?" "Burr Redding." "Telemarketing." "I'm gonna try and get seconds before they shut down. a sales position in telemarketing is a fine way to keep yourself active." "I got an appointment with Sister Pete." "What about you?" "You gotta go jerk off or something?" "I'd take the job." "good boy." "But I'm Dyslexic." "you squirmy little maggot." "this be payday." "I--I know." "Where's my money?" "You're gonna have to wait until the end of next week." "What?" "I'll have your money for you." "Just trust me." "Trust you?" "Fuck." "Excuse me." "I'm stone cold broke." "man." "We've got to get back to selling tits." "way ahead of you." "my nigger Sky Bar." "Shipment coming in today." "my dogs." "All right?" "Poet." "It's too bad about your friend Sky bar." "What about him?" "you didn't hear?" "He got run over by a Chevy... 37 times." "Samuel Gougeon." "Convicted August 5th 1997." "up for parole in 10. and God himself is running for office." "choir boy! using my work place as a front for your gospel-mongering." "no shit." "you're going to repent." "I've got a special job for you." "I guess this is one of those times you don't ask "What Would Jesus Do?"." "Make it fast." "For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin--is ever before me." "according to thy loving kindness and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies." "wasn't it?" "Arif." "Redding." "You know that?" "though." "what do you call that?" "Downsizing for the overall good." "This is your chance to go to Glynn and tell the truth before I do." "son." "was it?" "How would you know that? and you ought to be grateful to me." "you can collect your insurance and get all that money back your Muslim brothers have lost." "And you can put all that aggravation behind you." "Don't mention it." "Did he confess?" "I need time to think." "right?" "No." "What happened to our machinery was an accident. the supreme court did an about face and decided last June to bar the death penalty on retarded defendants." "'The large number of States prohibiting the execution of mentally retarded persons provides powerful evidence that today our society views mentally retarded offenders as categorically less culpable then the average criminal." "how's Cyril doing?" "He hasn't defecated on himself again." "And he's sleeping a lot." "How much is a lot?" "all day long. maybe he can just nap up until the time they put him to sleep for good." "lethal injection isn't just falling asleep." "What do you mean? but we don't really know how painful lethal injection is." "What I can tell you is the little-known-fact that it was invented by the Nazis." "What?" "Hitler's personal physician devised the procedure as a means to kill off children and eventually used it on adults as well." "Hitler?" "Given the concern those bastards had for mercy." "that's all." "I was wondering if maybe the electric chair wouldn't be the better way to go." "The chair?" "Why not just feed him to the fucking lions?" "Think about it." "which isn't such a far cry from electrocution." "at least is his mind it wouldn't have to be." "he's used to the straps and the electrodes." "Just tell him he's going in for a special session." "He might never know the difference." "Fuck." "wake up." "you want the good news first or the bad news?" "The good news." "Alright." "The good news is you're going to have your last ECT session in a couple of days." "Why is this the last session?" "you know." "They're gonna move you back upstairs." "hmm?" " Really?" " Yeah." "I can watch what I want?" "bro." "I'm gonna be there with you." "You are?" "and they're gonna make you this big dinner where you can eat whatever you like." "I can have a fluffernutter?" "You can have two fluffernutters." "I can have two fluffernutters." "you want to hear the bad news?" "All right." "They've got to--They've got to cut your hair." "Why?" "I like my hair." "I'm sorry." "Will it grow back?" "you put Repunzel to shame." "Ryan?" "right." "too." "Gonna go from Rapunzel to Elvira." "all right?" "okay?" "you know what?" "Let me get a few snips in." "I've been wanting to do this for years." "Holy shit." "you handsome fuck." "look." "but" "I'm aware of how hard you've tried to stop your brothers execution." "I admire your efforts. everyone in Em City will be with him." "yeah?" "How?" "You'll see." "O'Reily." "Any word yet from the State Supreme Court?" "and then when they take him downstairs we'll bring you back here." "I could be alone." "Stay in your pod." "I--I was thinking maybe I could walk in your mediation maze." "All right. which seems to have only magnified the disagreement on the execution of the mentally challenged." "this afternoon at Oswald State Penitentiary" " What was that about Oz?" "Nothing." "Why does that man keep watching me and taking notes?" "It's part of the last ECT session." "They always do that." "I think I have a stomachache." "you big freak." "get a snooze in." "I forgot to ask for Rolaids." "Ryan?" "buddy. but the gas chamber in Iowa where he's normal enough to die. two opposite fates depending on which invisible state line he crosses." "one's entire identity is now a matter of geography." "there's going to be other people there watching today." "Who? Dr. Nathan and a few other people you probably won't recognize." "Are you gonna be there?" "but I can't." "Why?" "it's not good for big boys to cry." "you know what?" "Dad was wrong and I was wrong." "I'm so sorry." "Did I do something?" "and the only way for me to cure myself is to cry." "okay?" "Whoops." "I think I got gas from dinner." " Any word from Zelman?" " No." "You look pretty." "Sit down." "I want to teach you this little prayer that I know." "it goes... can I?" "Afraid not." "you know." "I promise." "Your time is up." "have mercy on me." "have mercy on me." "we have to go." "Amen." "man?" "that's right." "More then you'll ever fucking know." "allright?" "Okay." "My boy." "What?" "Nothing." "These are the clothes you asked for." "I didn't ask for any clothes." "Is that Ryan's shirt?" "He said I could wear it?" "There's widespread agreement that retarded people are less accountable for their crimes then those of average intelligence. right?" "these victims still die heinous deaths and families still grieve." "then who or what shares the responsibility?" "God?" "Human nature?" "Society?" "who isn't to blame?" "Why do I have to wear these?" "Where are my shoes?" "Cyril." "Don't I need my shoes? for though art with me." "they comfort me." "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;" "Thou annointest my head with oil;" "My cup runneth over. and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever." "What the fuck is going on?" "Sinking" "Caught up in a whirling motion" "Such a strange sensation" "The current's uncertain" "I spin." "Like wheels I move in a circle" "While you stand on the bank." "Save me." "looking' in Throw me a lifeline" "Save me." "Now is your opportunity to make a last statement." "Frozen I forfeit." "Full hand of love" "With no..." "Like a moth with no flame to persuade me." "Like blood in the rain... no reason not to go forward." "We're all set here." "While you stand on the inside looking in." "Save me." "Inside looking in." "Throw me a lifeline." "Save me." "Save me." "this is Warden Glynn." "Right." "Okay. based on new found merit in his appeal." "This sentence has been postponed until further notice." "What happened?" "What about the special session?" "Flashback to 1989 when the Supreme Court first weighed in on this issue. there is not sufficient evidence present of a national consensus against such executions." "there is." "Polls show most Americans agree that an adult with the mind of a third graded should not be on death row." "But are we a maturing society with evolving standards of decency?" "Who's to say we're any further along than some cosmic equivalent of third grade?" "aren't retarded." "Thank you."