"and it's likely they're gonna say five." "Five?" "fair play?" "five is about the most our tiny little brains can handle. we blow a fuse." "And what's that lead to?" "Senseless violence. comes in all shapes and colors. ignited by Governor Devlin's comment that he would pardon Mayor Wilson Loewen if Loewen is convicted for his role in the 1963 murder of two small African American girls." "city schools and offices are closed." "All state correctional facilities are under tight security." "A verdict is expected some time this week." "Guard!" "Guard!" "Ahh!" "No!" "uh! several times in the stomach." "Who?" "Who murdered my dad?" "for the murder weapon." "this is bullshit." "I" " I want to go to the funeral." "we can't permit that." "We're in lockdown. and there's a fairly good chance that I'm gonna go free anyway." "your hearing has been postponed." "Guess what we found." "But why?" "Why would Clarence Seroy kill my father?" "it makes no sense." "and nothing makes sense." "there's a lot of racial tension out there. or planted the ice pick in his cell to throw Glynn off." "This is fucking Schillinger's doing." "what a rush." "It's better then a case of Red Bull." "The fucking hacks haven't a clue who did the deed." "how's it going?" "this is bullshit." "They'll never figure out who did it." "Shut the fuck up!" "The jury found mayor Wilson Loewen guilty of murder in the second degree." "Fuck!" "I believe that mayor Loewen is innocent and I believe this trial was a mockery of justice." "I will not pardon him." "I won't pardon him yet." "then we'll get him out." "Why send him here?" "cushy minimum security prison like Hecht or Macarthur." "That won't placate the mob." "They want the mayor to suffer." "The most important thing is to keep him safe." "What's the safest place in this charnel house?" "Unit J. Primarily we put bad cops there so they don't face retaliation by the rest of the community." "Who's in that cell block now?" "Tobias Beecher." "Are either of them black?" "No." "Okay." "hear this." "Wilson Loewen is my friend." "I will burn this building to the ground." "Mayor Loewen." "Leo." "The last time I saw you was at the big fundraiser in Morrisville back when you were running for Lieutenant Governor." "huh?" "I was disappointed when you dropped out of the race." "I always thought you had the makings of a fine politician. that's over." "You're my prisoner now." "huh?" "Or do you think I actually killed those little girls?" "You were found guilty. you ought to know that don't mean dick." "Take his honor to Unit J." "friend. though the damage to the east side due to the rioting is estimated at $13.7 million." "Lockdown is over!" "where'd they put Wilson Loewen." "Don't know." "Probably Unit J." "J.?" "Shit." "Let me the fuck out!" "I'm coming." "Beecher's in J." "He'll try to hurt the mayor to get back at me" "Winthrop." "I want Beecher to know he better not touch a hair on the old man's head." "I wouldn't be sitting in this chair." "see." "Got the presidential shield on them." "you're the only one I know with a bigger appetite then me for power." "I hear you're not gonna resign from office." "You're forcing the city counsel to vote you out." "the honorable James Michael Curley served the good people of Boston he even won re-election while sitting in stir." "I could do the same thing." "people love me." "I might run for Governor." "why not run for God?" "What the Hell?" "Jesus." "can you talk?" "I just... choked on..." "He gave him the Heimlich maneuver." "He what?" "Beecher saved Loewen's life." "What does Schillinger want with me?" "I think it's better if he tells you himself." "I don't want to hear anymore of his lies." "this is probably just some trap to fuck with my parole hearing tomorrow." "but I it's different." "Beecher." "What do you want?" "for me he gave him a job in the parks department." "he gave us airline tickets." "The man is my hero." "You saved his life." "I am now indebted to you." "I want you to know that I won't do anything to try and stop your parole." "If you can get out of this fuck hole go." "I'm not buying." "grateful to me?" "It's true." "True?" "I can give you a list as big as my tattooed ass of things you said were true." "Do I have to stay here?" "No. why'd you save Loewen?" "and my instinct was to save his life my gut instinct." "I still have that instinct." "That's something you don't know shit about. the board has decided to grant you parole." "You're a free man Mr. Beecher. you are free." "Thank you." "Good luck" "I'm dreaming again." "you are not dreaming." "my goodness." "Holy fucking Christ." "Oh my God." "my lawyer was supposed to be here an hour ago." "Can you call down and find out what's going on?" "You haven't heard?" "Heard what?" "I got good news and I got bad news." "The bad news is Beecher's father's dead." "No." "murdered right down the hall." "I guess that puts a kink in your appeal." "What's the good news?" "Your girlfriend got paroled." "Beecher's going home he's in such a hurry to leave he won't even have time to come say bye-bye." "Shirley Bellinger Executed in Oz by hanging" "You know what they say?" "the other ones compensate by getting stronger." "your hearing suddenly perks up." "Can't smell?" "Your taste buds bloom." "If things no longer make any sense? that could be dangerous." "Rise and shine you little fucks!" "Get up." "I'm sick. you're in for a rude awakening." "Now get the fuck up." "Jesus." "we got a problem over here." "Ebola?" "Martinez." "Un di voy a meterlo en su culo." "cha yourself." "alright?" "or I will put you in restraints." "the nurses pet?" "Nathan won't give me more pain killers." "call the A.M.A." "What's the emergency?" "and Martinez have Methylene Chloride poisoning." "us." "What?" "\ Oz itself paint removers basically everything that was used to rebuild this place." "And guess where all the residue settled?" "Solitary." "Shit." "what's the prognosis?" "but it's all they've been breathing in 24 hours a day." "Martinez's liver is shot. and to say nothing of the neuropsychological effects." "These guys are gonna get crazy?" "Or it may make them sane." "But Martinez needs treatment I can't provide." "I'd like to send him to Benchley Memorial." "No." "he'll get better care." "let's keep this close to home." "Leo..." "I don't think we need to spread the word just yet that Oz is toxic." "then I want to go on record." "Gloria." "You saved Pancamo after he got a staph infection." "did we?" "too." "Espire." "Espire." "Mi siento como una mierda." "yo se." "Don't you knock?" "i'm sorry" "Didn't think you'd be doing anything that needed knock" "I'm here to transfer Martinez back to solitary." "He's not going back to solitary yet." "That's what the paperwork says." "I don't care about the paperwork." "Martinez is going." "I'll be right back" "Excuse me." "huh?" "You gonna die?" "I love it when you go all silent on me. at least not until you tell me who paid you to cut my tendon. they're- line 3." "mi amigo." "you two make a really cute pair. and three..." "This is the best Ms. Sally ever." "and work those legs..." "I got an ask." "Morales." "I want to shift jobs." "I need a change." "To where?" "I thought maybe I could do some good." "you mean." "I'm an idiot?" "Your pal Martinez is in the ward recuperating from something he caught in solitary." "Carlos is in the hospital?" "I didn't know that." "I made it a priority of mine to keep you and Martinez as far away from each other as possible." "until Martinez admits that you ordered him to attack Dave Brass." "That old song of yours again?" "you're going down." "Morales." "down to the lowest pit with no bottom." "Fine." "I'll just ask McManus for the transfer." "you go do that." "Yeah" "Bye." "Bye" "What if Martinez jabbers on me?" "he never will." "Chico. the hacks are withholding medicine until he turns." "What could we do?" "Kill him." "he's one of us." "but for how long?" "Lights out! her sense of smell changes for the worse. it's more like ammonia." "Epileptics got something similar." "They can often tell when they're about to do a back flip at least they got a chance to sit down before the seizure hits." "you've got a pretty good sense of impending doom." "Too bad we've got no sense of how to avoid it." "Stella." "give me a hand?" "I need you to take the book cart around today." "William Blake." "That's right." "It's the cover to- 'Songs of Experience"." "I never expected to find a Blake fan in here." "why are you here?" "Why would you work in Oz as opposed to some city library where you wouldn't be surprised to find a Blake fan." "I was home taking a shower and I heard a noise." "and there was this kid standing in the hallway with my DVD player." "There I am 'au natural' and the kid freaks and jumps out the window." "He twists his ankle." "A couple of minutes later the police pick him up." "It seems he'd robbed other people as well. sitting next to his mother." "he's going to jail." "he can have my DVD player." "You could have dropped the charges." "but everyone else held firm." "Why aren't you in school?" "and you know what he told me?" "He couldn't read." "It broke my heart." "I went to Plymouth house every week and he took to words like a plant to rain." "so thirsty." "That's wonderful." "He got stabbed and died." "And even though I knew there were others like him in Plymouth" "I couldn't go back." "I also knew I couldn't stop what I'd started." "So...ta-da." "You came to a place filled with old books and bad attitudes. every book on these shelves is new to someone who hasn't read it." "There is a moment in each day that Satan can not find." "That's right." "You know what my ultimate goal is?" "To make that moment last a lifetime." "Libros." "Libros para los muertos." "I'll take a novel." "Which one?" "I'm out of toilet paper." "recommend something?" "You got any pop up books?" "I love pop up books." "No." "But I'm not interested." "Reading confuses me." "Agamemnon." "I know what you're gonna ask." "The answer is no." "Come on." "This is the third straight visiting day Norma's come." "Then tell her to stop. shows up a couple months later carrying some other Joe's child." "Don't you even want to know if she's doing okay?" "If the child is?" "I'm assuming they are." "Fine." "Assume away." "is there something wrong?" "McManus." "Is Norma all right?" "Ask her yourself." "So Norma was here again today?" "So we're both in prison?" "Excuse me?" "I'm sorry." "I though we were asking questions that we already knew the answers to." "I think you should see her." "I was talking to Stella about it and" "What's Stella have to do with anything?" "She's a very smart woman." "She reminded me of a Blake passage." "Some are born to sweet delight." "Some are born to endless night." "I'm endless." "that's not my point at all." "What Blake is saying is that everyday you're born and it's your choice." "this is why I like pop up books. sounds with touch." "Imagine reading a book and being constantly awash or hearing a guitar or hearing a guitar chord and feeling it like your lovers lips against your neck." "Why they call it a condition I'll never know. and just goes to prove that even the most basic reality is totally different for each of us. those dark and troublesome souls that spent the last hours of their lives on death row." "quit that shit." "Praise Hell." "Praise Satan." "You gotta get Kirk to stop." "He's driving me fucking crazy." "that's why I'm here." "Somehow I knew we'd meet again." "You wrote a letter to the Cardinal claiming that I sexually abused you." "You touched my penis." "You licked my ear." "That's a lie." "I have a meeting later this week with the archdiocese and the cops" "I'm gonna tell them all the sin-sational details. and you do harm to the many Priests who have lived celibate and spiritual lives." "the Roman church is almost ready to fall." "I want you to tell the truth." "Let me at him!" "I'll squeeze the truth outta his scrawny little neck." "you'd think by now you'd realize that's not the answer." "He's gonna die anyway." "What's the difference how?" "to free you from the Devil's hold." "but I've contacted an expert who's a priest- as always..." "Too late. you will be abandoned by holy mother church and you will spend the rest of your days wandering aimlessly and without hope." "In death..." "I will be triumphant." "A fashion layout?" "Yes." "With the prisoners on death row?" "Yes." "In Maxim Magazine?" "Yes." "And why do you think this is such a good idea?" "The Governors press secretary believes a photo op will give a positive spin to the prison system. unethical." "a last hurrah." "This thing is gonna work like so." "Each of you clowns is gonna be photographed individually in various sets of clothes." "And then a group shot." "Questions?" "when's the magazine come out?" "January." "I'll be able to see it." "My execution isn't until April." "Great." "good." "Let me see a little smile." "good." "That's good." "ladies." "big smile." "Jericho can smile." "That's good." "I need to change the glass tube in that lamp." "Okay. great." "Let's get this over with." "we're ready for the group shot." "Let me get you right behind him." "Let's have you in the back." "Let's get you behind them also." "captured on film for posterity." "that looks good." "And look butch." "fuck." "mother fucker!" "I just got a call from the Vicar general." "Monsignor Slon has convinced the police to drop the investigation against me." "You're back." "Yes." "My prayers have been answered." "Pete..." "I prayed for Kirk to die." "I just finished reading Augustus Hill's memoirs." "isn't it? it's the best book about prison life I've read in years." "I completely agree." "what do we do with it?" "Well..." "I've just taken the liberty of sending the pages along to my publisher." "He wants to publish." "That's terrific." "Have you told Redding about it?" "I tried." "He didn't seem to hear me." "going around in circles." "you gonna be done soon?" "We trying to ball." "too." "that old motherfucker's done." "We need young blood to run the tribe." "You man." "I aint no number 1 yo." "and the shoe does not fit." "Then who?" "we're stuck with old Burr here." "yes." "Yes." "YES" "It's essential for the state government to work hand in hand with business to create new economic opportunities." "Today I am pleased to announce that privately owned enterprises will be set up employing prisoners full time on a merit basis." "The first programs will be set up in the Oswald and Parker Women's correction facilities." "shit." "Said how I'm a leader who does not truly lead." "I been dwelling on all the shit that I done caused." "I got Augustus killed." "I got young boys out there slinging tits." "and I won't let them do it either." "I'm very happy to hear that." "but I need to talk to McManus upstairs." "he ain't got much credibility anymore." "go see him for you?" "I want you to be there with me." "Your presence is gonna give me voice." "Okay." "But what's you idea? I got to get them an alternative." "We're gonna get real jobs." "The young lady at the other end of the table is Donna Degenhart" "She's the owner of this new enterprise in Oz." "Donna." "Thanks to all of you in advance for helping me create my company." "What exactly is your company?" "Telemarketing." "I'll hire inmates to man phone banks and control databases for businesses on the outside." "who? you name it." "what happens to Kentwell communications?" "I'm sorry?" "The telemarketing company that's already in town." "we're not putting anyone out of business." "The market can bear two companies." "And you know this through your extensive experience? and the benefits inside far outweigh any small complications that may arise outside. and how often does that work out for us?" "what do you got stock in Kentwell communications?" "a brother." "We wants to get involved in this new business that's coming in." "So fill out an application." "we was thinking about something a little more proactive." "you been coaching him? I run a business better then most." "you'd both serve as foremen?" "Exactly." "I really don't have to money in my budget for two positions." "that brings me to a question that I have." "they make minimum wage?" "not even close." "they make a pittance." "when I say it's honest people who deserve an honest wage." "this is more then the $2.50 a week you're currently making in receiving and discharge." "That's like telling a slave it's not all bad because he gets to work with his family inside the master's house." "the woman is just trying to get the operation off the ground." "At whose expense?" "I have no intention of exploiting anyone." "Sometimes that just comes naturally." "it is always just business." "I've decided the Muslims will not participate." "Excuse me." "ain't but one thing I got to say." "Fuck him" "I'll work for nothing until you hit your profits bull's-eye." "My foreman." "Yes." "Feelings and all and trying not to fall Into them hard places inside you" "Created by them hard places around you." "It's a 'I don't give a fuck' song" "Set to the tune of the bullshit that bore you I'm just fixing my mind to just enjoy the dream." "Getting got to." "this poem is for you.'" "The meeting didn't go well." "How can you tell?" "Your eyes are filled with rage." "my heart is filled with disappointment." "How come all good things have to have bad a thing attached to them?" "everyone would believe." "Minister." "to do business without cheating all the workers." "Economics is not my strong suit." "Yeah." "Where are you going?" "To think." "Just to think." "I wish to Christ I could figure out what Redding is up to. that he's gonna be foreman of the telemarketing business." "That don't mean he'll stop slinging." "join us." "You want me to sit with you?" "you and Guerra made peace you won't be stabbing each other with the silverware." "I got a question." "baby." "You friendly with any of the niggers?" "maybe." "he knows you and us have been at war." "I want you to talk to him find out what Redding's real plans are." "Spy." "yeah." "I ain't hungry anymore." "we'll welcome you back into El Norte. man." "I got my parole in three years." "I'm Mahatma-fucking-Gandhi." "You want the peach cobbler?" "Miguelito...you look great." "and you look really young." "What's up with the visit after all this time?" "Do I need more of a reason then you're my son?" "did it?" "maybe I haven't been here 'cause you're always in solitary or in the hole or escaping and not even coming to see me." "huh?" "You just came here to make my life more fucked up right?" "Thank you. think what that says about the bitch that bore you." "You're a tough bitch." "Yeah." "You do bore me." "I'm glad you came." "I didn't come to see you because I thought that'd be the first place the cops would look." "It was." "How's Maritza doing?" "She's wonderful." "She fucking anybody?" "Australia." "I asked you a question." "maybe twice a month." "I don't think she is." "You tell her that she gotta come visit me." "That would mean a lot more coming from you." "I ain't gonna beg." "She should just show up." "Shit." "so please leave a message." "Ritz." "Thinking about you a lot lately. sending people all over the world and stuff. you're still most of mine." "you know but if um... I promise." "Alright." "I love you." "Martiza." "I really do." "Please come." "please come." "Let's say a young man mugs someone." "A young girls steals 20 purses from Sears." "A young mother drowns her daughter." "The one thing they're all said to lack is common sense." "Somewhere along the way they lost their ability to think correctly." "look at Oz." "Common sense creates the common criminal." "The desire to do right is probably the most uncommon sense of all." "what's the matter?" "Help!" "Help!" "Get me that crash cart!" "HELP !" "fuck." "I heard your pal Father Meehan crashed and burned." "huh?" "he was a good man." "I guess now you got a little taste of what if felt like when you murdered my father." "bitch." "okay." "I was just wondering how you're gonna feel when Cyril dies." "We're appealing Cyril's case." "And your Ma." "What?" "Your Ma." "I'll fuckin' skin you alive." "remember?" "whatever." "you know." "My wife's Grandmother put the evil eye on the fat fuck and he was dead within hours." "man." "You're fuckin' nuts." "Meehan gave me his rosary." "That's all you need." "A possession of the person you want cursed" "Meehan. and I'll be smiling when you're twisting in your own shit." "you fucking Dago!" "You mother fucker!" "Fuckin'!" "man." "Momentary lapse." "Yeah let's take 'em down." "you got a minute?" "I got only 28 seconds." "But the way you double talk it should be plenty." "Peter Schibetta." "He's walking around saying he can put curses on people." "sure." "she's got the power." "Petey's got two screws loose." "um... he said he put a curse on you." "that's what he said." "I think he still blames you for him taking it up the ass." "Twice." "That fucking little prick." "huh?" "maybe I should." "Yeah keep on track." "But Screw your courage to the sticking place." "And will not fail'." "Good" "Then I explain the murder plan." "Right that's it." "We start up again tomorrow at 3:00." "we'll see you later." "I'm having the best time." "but I can't wait to tell her all about you." "we'll see you later." "have you heard from the lawyer about the exact date of Cyril's appeal?" "all Zelman said was sometime this week." "Damn." "What's the matter?" "I can't find my car keys." "What?" "I was sure I left them right here." "Ryan." "O'Reily." "I got an emergency." "What emergency?" "just let me go." "You ain't going anywhere." "Fuck." "Baba?" "long time no see." "where you going?" "Visit with my wife." "Uh-uh." "We called and cancelled." "we need to have a little chat." "About?" "Life and death." "your death." "no!" "you better come and see this." "I can't say I'm sorry Schibetta's dead." "What's that?" "His eye." "Lockdown!" "Lockdown!" "man?" "O'Reily." "Catch." "There's that little prick." "you shanked me and I almost died." "You're going to wish I had." "Officer!" "Officer!" "Officer!" "let's go!" "Holy shit." "Yeah." "I need your help." "Keep walking." "you owe me." "keep walking." "prag. you're the one with the nigger gums." "Bye-bye." "You know what true boredom is?" "True boredom is when you want to get yourself off and you don't want to at exactly the same time." "the wops have got it out for me." "I need your protection." "you name it." "I need your clout to keep my ass safe." "I'm afraid your ass is the one thing that's not gonna be safe prag." "I'm no bitch." "baby. come get papa out of his boredom." "I don't really have anyone else to talk to in this place." "That's what I'm here for." "You ever been scared of dying?" "yeah. a man named Warren sticks" "and suddenly he leaped out of his chair and started to choke me. his blood." "He had slit his wrists with the edge of my tape dispenser." "I realized he was... attempting to knock me out so he could kill himself." "thinking you were gonna die?" "Is that how you feel now?" "since as long as I could remember." "How far back is that?" "Much further then I'd like." "I was Gerald Robson's only child 'cause when you're six running away is not an option." "Did he beat you?" "yeah." "And worse." "Did he abuse you sexually?" "here I am 36 years old I got no where to run. is it okay to do whatever it is necessary... to survive?" "Is what okay?" "Or should I die?" "but" "That's what I figured." "Thanks Sister. the worst possible fucking state of being..." "Is having all your senses working full tilt." "How can that be bad? smelled and tasted all at the same time that'll make you wish you were dead." "Lick this." "lick it real good." "Now give it back to me" "Drop your pants." "Now bend over." "What?" "we're gonna spoon." "Now bend the fuck over."