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As the story unfolds Jessica Foster, an assistant to the Governor of Tennessee begins to interview Raine while on death row, claiming that she's writing a book about the inmates. Through various circumstances, Raine puts two and two together and builds a case that he believes can prove his innocence.
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00:00:00To be continued...
00:01:00The priest is here to give you the last rites.
00:01:07I'm sorry.
00:01:09Father.
00:01:15In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
00:01:20We're ready.
00:01:30A good writer can make the mind imagine.
00:01:36A great writer can make the mind believe.
00:01:41It's strange where inspiration to create comes from.
00:01:44For some, it comes from the challenges of everyday life.
00:01:47For others, it comes from a much darker place.
00:01:51The fear of death.
00:01:53Living with it.
00:01:55Tasting it.
00:01:56Smelling it.
00:01:58Knowing exactly where and when it will happen.
00:02:00As a writer, I find it quite intriguing how other people's destiny can play such a great role
00:02:11as to how a life will end.
00:02:15To be continued...
00:03:45As I read back through the final pages of my book, what I find most interesting is not the facts, the details, or speculations.
00:03:55But rather the people I knew, or thought I knew.
00:04:04My story begins in a church in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
00:04:07Fall, 1991.
00:04:10I'm ready to leave, Linda.
00:04:33I need your help.
00:04:36Bill, you have a son.
00:04:37You have a wife that's been faithful to you.
00:04:40I think you should reconsider this.
00:04:42Look, I don't need you to make me feel guilty.
00:04:44Do you understand?
00:04:46I came here bearing my soul to you.
00:04:48Now look, I said I want to leave Linda, and I don't want to hear anything out of you, not a word.
00:04:53I'm a very powerful man, and I can have you out of the priesthood if I want it.
00:04:57Father Lucifer T. Powers, you have been found guilty of murder in the first degree.
00:05:10And you are hereby sentenced to death by electrocution in Tennessee State Prison.
00:05:15Date of execution is hereby set for October 31st, 1993.
00:05:20When I met Christy, or Angel, as her patrons called her, she was a dancer.
00:05:28She was the most beautiful creature I'd ever seen.
00:05:31The absolute object of my desire.
00:05:33Unfortunately, the object of a lot of men's desires.
00:05:48Hey, guys, am I late?
00:05:49Angel, who's that that dropped you off?
00:05:53None of your business, Amber.
00:05:55One of your regulars.
00:05:58Wordbot, he's just a friend.
00:06:00Nice car.
00:06:02Or a friend.
00:06:04You have any more of having friends like that?
00:06:06Wouldn't you like to know?
00:06:13Angel, where the fuck have you been?
00:06:16You're up, let's go.
00:06:17We're dicking around with that cigarette, Amber, and get ready.
00:06:21How are you guys doing tonight?
00:06:22We've got something you're going to enjoy coming up next.
00:06:24Angel's Heavenly Delight.
00:06:26Put a couple of body parts together, gentlemen.
00:06:28Start your engines as Angel does that sexual thing.
00:06:32Come along, let's do it.
00:06:41It's what I'm going to enjoy.
00:06:42Michael Kittle, I love you too.
00:06:45A child is walking after love
00:06:52And a woman dies
00:06:53She's an act of love
00:06:55Something ain't right around here
00:06:57A life for the man
00:07:01When he's alive
00:07:02But then I cry for him
00:07:03But when he dies
00:07:04Something ain't right around here
00:07:07Still I dream of things
00:07:12Still I dream of things
00:07:14Baby, baby
00:07:16I don't belong around here
00:07:19You know, Amber, some of us
00:07:24have better things to do on Halloween.
00:07:26Enjoy.
00:07:32Christy was the victim of an abusive father.
00:07:35The road she chose was paved long
00:07:37before she had control of her own destiny.
00:07:40Her hard outer shell was nothing more than a shield
00:07:42to protect the heart of an innocence lost in her childhood.
00:07:45You've been home long?
00:08:13No, I just got home
00:08:15It sucked
00:08:17Yeah, that's okay though
00:08:19They're coming over when?
00:08:23Around 12?
00:08:25Okay
00:08:26Well, drive careful, okay?
00:08:28See you next time
00:08:29Hey, baby
00:08:37Aw, look at you
00:08:40I missed you so much
00:08:42Look at us
00:08:44The two on Halloween
00:08:45What are we doing?
00:08:47Don, mommy's going to take your picture, okay?
00:08:49Stay there
00:08:50Hey, baby
00:08:57Where'd you go?
00:09:00Hello?
00:09:05Did you retreat?
00:09:06Is this what you wanted?
00:09:16Throw me out of the club
00:09:17Who the fuck do you think you are?
00:09:20Where'd you think you're going to throw that off of me?
00:09:22You get up
00:09:23Get the fuck up
00:09:24Shut up
00:09:29Shut up
00:09:31Fuck me
00:09:55Oh, my God
00:10:11God, are you strange
00:10:28Boorish shit
00:10:29Don't have
00:10:30I'm a one-foot sheriff, this is the emergency.
00:10:47Hey, Christy, I'm gonna get out of here, baby, all right?
00:10:50Why'd you turn the lights off in here for?
00:10:51Would you fall back asleep on me already?
00:10:53Hey, listen, baby, I'm gonna get to taping everything and get out of here, all right?
00:11:03And, uh, let me see, mask, I hope I got everything.
00:11:07Hey, baby?
00:11:09Baby.
00:11:13Did you hear that?
00:11:14Christy.
00:11:16Fucking God.
00:11:18Christy, wake up!
00:11:20God.
00:11:26Where is the fucking tape, Christy?
00:11:28The tape!
00:11:30Freeze!
00:11:31What the fuck?
00:11:33God!
00:11:42I won't go out of the back, I won't down!
00:11:50He's dead, I'm going after him!
00:12:00Freeze, motherfucker!
00:12:07Get out of the side!
00:12:08You go again, I'll get the car!
00:12:20Move!
00:12:41Come on, come on, come on, bitch!
00:12:42Him!
00:12:43Come on, come on, come on, bitch, man!
00:12:44Come on, you, you, you!
00:12:46238 in pursuit of one male white looks like 73 chevy nova heading southbound market drive
00:13:02possibly armed
00:13:09my name is michael rain i'm a struggling songwriter from pittsburgh pennsylvania
00:13:13believe me it's tough finding a job in your hometown when people know you're on probation
00:13:19they never quite look at you the same or trust you i thought moving to nashville would give me
00:13:24a chance to start over i was wrong car left looks like he's headed for the interstate
00:13:43and make you feel sorry for me away from the vehicle do it now
00:13:49would it make you like me right there right there right there
00:13:55let me see the man move away from the vehicle keep him up
00:14:01game motherfucker put your hands there now
00:14:04he's got a gun he's got a gun i got him yeah i got him hit him up i got him
00:14:15boys don't do it did you really believe i was innocent
00:14:30come in
00:14:32governor your wife is here
00:14:36well i'm sorry to come rushing down here but when i woke up you were gone
00:14:39and when i called no one answered i was worried to death where were you look linda everything is fine
00:14:48just took a little drive i got a lot on my mind i'm sorry bill you've been so good with david and
00:14:55me the past few months you're not starting to
00:15:03what the hell too
00:15:05yes
00:15:10could we uh have some kind of laundry yeah
00:15:15michael you ought to be glad you're still alive now listen to me a guilty plea will help your case
00:15:20if you plead guilty they may dismiss the death penalty and give you a life sentence you may even
00:15:26get paroled
00:15:29death penalty bateman what the are you talking about i'm telling you i'm innocent
00:15:33michael michael they found you at the scene of the crime the lab test proved that was your sperm
00:15:38in that girl not to mention the videotape left in the camera that shows you killing christy
00:15:43what videotape are you talking about there's no videotape in that camera when i left there
00:15:48the videotape was still in there michael and why didn't you tell me your real name was james
00:15:52michael bolchak and that you had a prior arrest record for assault and skipping parole
00:15:56how the hell do you expect me to help you if you're not even going to tell me the truth
00:15:58my assault in pittsburgh was a bullshit right and second of all i'm telling you right now this is
00:16:04someone's idea of a sick joke because i didn't kill her i'm telling you it's a sick joke joke this is
00:16:10no joke these people are serious the news media has been all over this thing these people want to see
00:16:15you fry michael the governor wants to see you fried he's out there spouting off about tougher
00:16:19laws for the next election now you listen to me if you don't start helping me these people are going
00:16:24to get their way do you understand me yeah good
00:16:31now i want you to really think about that guilty plea sleep on it i'll see you in the morning
00:16:45i'll see you in the morning
00:17:00hello michael won't you come in i've been expecting you
00:17:11a seat michael
00:17:15i'll see you in the morning
00:17:18how have you been
00:17:30tell me how's your mother
00:17:32tell us hello
00:17:35michael have a pleasant execution
00:17:45hello michael
00:17:50guess who
00:17:51guess who
00:17:54did you really enjoy killing me
00:17:57maybe you'll remember
00:17:58shut up
00:17:59bitch
00:18:01don't say another
00:18:02fucking word
00:18:15will the defendant please rise
00:18:24this court will come to order michael rain the jury has reached a decision in your case
00:18:29you've been found guilty of murder in the first degree in the deliberate and willful death of christie
00:18:36richards you're hereby sentenced to death by electrocution in the tennessee state prison
00:18:42date of execution to be set
00:18:44bailiff you may remove the prisoner this court is adjourned
00:18:48judge listen to me judge
00:18:58no judge i'm telling you i'm innocent
00:19:01i didn't kill her listen to me
00:19:03the shadow of a doubt
00:19:07all my lawyer had to do was prove to that jury that i was innocent beyond the shadow of a doubt
00:19:20the
00:19:29the
00:19:30the
00:19:32the
00:19:32the
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00:20:04Welcome to Death Road, Mr. Raines.
00:20:20I'm Corporal Benjamin Green.
00:20:22Come over here and stick your hands through these bars and I'll take those cuffs off of you.
00:20:31Now around here we serve breakfast at 6 a.m.
00:20:34Your stuff's already been searched and delivered to yourself.
00:20:43Now, we post shower times once a day.
00:20:47You're allowed one hour of exercise every day.
00:20:51If you need to go to the infirmary or anything, you better see Corporal Spencer or myself.
00:20:56The warden's gonna come around tomorrow, boy, and he's gonna talk to you about the rules.
00:21:00Now I guarantee you, if you don't follow his rules, you'll get one month of solitary confinement.
00:21:05Understand me?
00:21:06Yes, sir.
00:21:06Okay.
00:21:08What's your name?
00:21:10Well, hell, man, I'm Buford Danker.
00:21:12I burnt my house down with my own wife and kids in it and would have gotten away with it.
00:21:17But the fucking cops caught me or else I'd have been long goddamn gone.
00:21:22What?
00:21:24I said, what'd you do, boy?
00:21:26Talk to me, punk.
00:21:28First of all, Danker, I ain't nothing like you.
00:21:33Second of all, I don't believe that's any of your fucking business now, is it?
00:21:36Hoo-hoo, pretty thing.
00:21:37Talk to me, motherfucker.
00:21:40Tell me all about your goddamn innocence.
00:21:42You innocent too, man?
00:21:43Man, we all innocent.
00:21:46Shut the fuck up.
00:21:48I'm not talking to you, brother.
00:21:50Fuck you, Danker, you white trash piece of shit.
00:21:54I'm Tyrone, man.
00:21:55What's your name?
00:22:00Michael Rain.
00:22:04Oh, yeah, Michael Rain, the videotape murderer.
00:22:08Ranger as stupid as that fucking Redford down there, man.
00:22:11He come back from now, I'm a goddamn hero.
00:22:13Went in the convenience store and killed the Gook family in cold blood.
00:22:17And then got it on fucking video.
00:22:19Can you believe that shit?
00:22:21Can't wait till they fry your ass.
00:22:23Ooh, you got me shaking, motherfucker.
00:22:26I ain't scared of dying or frying.
00:22:28Who's in the other cells?
00:22:31Yeah, there's only two more.
00:22:32The rest are empty.
00:22:33They've been burning them up left and right.
00:22:39Yeah, one of some young kids shot a cop.
00:22:41They shot him back, fucked him up real good.
00:22:44He turned real religious in here, though.
00:22:46And he don't say much.
00:22:48And the other one, oh, man, you don't want to know about him.
00:22:51Who is it?
00:22:52Lucifer T. Powers, the preacher, man.
00:22:55Seems he killed some little altar boy and left him in the bottom of his church.
00:22:59Yeah, Lucifer.
00:23:00He's always quoting the Bible.
00:23:01Something about revenge or vengeance he's going to get on the governor.
00:23:04Where do they got Lucifer right now?
00:23:08Well, he's in solitary, man.
00:23:09Seems like he stays there most of the time.
00:23:12Guards are scared to death of him.
00:23:15Yo, pretty thing.
00:23:16Lucky you got here fucking late today.
00:23:18Because the warden and his Nazi redneck boy was going to give you one of them long prison showers.
00:23:26If you know what I mean.
00:23:28Yeah, man.
00:23:29Everyone gets one sooner or later.
00:23:33It's a little hands-on discipline, motherfucker.
00:23:36They get to know you real good.
00:23:38All right, everybody.
00:23:41Lights out.
00:23:43Good night.
00:23:45I'll be dreaming about you.
00:23:50The first night spent on death row is the most horrifying.
00:23:54When all gets quiet around you and the thoughts come creeping in.
00:23:59Visions of a life behind bars.
00:24:02Guards watching your every move.
00:24:04Demoralizing you.
00:24:05And especially images of the final seconds ticking away.
00:24:10Tick.
00:24:10Top.
00:24:11Tick.
00:24:13Top.
00:24:14Tick.
00:24:14Top.
00:24:15Tick.
00:24:16Top.
00:24:21My name's Sergeant Wyndell.
00:24:23I'm second in command here, and that's all you need to know.
00:24:28Now, front and center, boy.
00:24:29It's shower time.
00:24:31You mind if I finish eating first?
00:24:35Well, it looks like you're done eating now, son.
00:24:38Like I said, front and center!
00:24:41Spencer.
00:24:42Morning, sir.
00:24:42Morning, sir.
00:24:43Well, what have we here?
00:24:46Just preparing the prisoner for his shower, sir.
00:24:48Oh, no, not today.
00:24:49Sergeant, no.
00:24:51See, it seems that inmate Rain here already has a visitor.
00:24:54A woman, Jessica Foster.
00:24:59Says she works for the governor.
00:25:00Says she's working on some kind of book.
00:25:02Says Governor Roberts has given her full permission to interview this inmate.
00:25:07Yes, sir.
00:25:08Should I take the prisoner to the interview cage, sir?
00:25:10Yes, that'll be fine, Sergeant.
00:25:11By the way, uh, Michael, my name is Warden Leonard Felcher, and I think someday very soon, uh, you and me and Sergeant Wyndell should sit down together and go over the prison rules.
00:25:28I run a very strict institution.
00:25:34I think you'll find me a firm man.
00:25:37Firm, but fair.
00:25:40I'd like to get to know all my inmates personally.
00:25:44I don't suppose we'll be having any trouble from you, will we, uh, inmate Rain, while you're here?
00:25:50No, sir!
00:25:51Good.
00:25:52Once again, Miss Foster, I must ask you not to provoke this man in any way.
00:25:59Now, we're dealing with some, some extremely dangerous prisoners down here.
00:26:08And at no point do you try to make any physical contact with this inmate.
00:26:14If you do, this interview is terminated immediately.
00:26:17I'm sorry about this morning, Rain.
00:26:22I was a little rough on you.
00:26:24It must be the coffee.
00:26:26I wouldn't know, Wyndell.
00:26:27I'm still wearing most of mine.
00:26:29Got that right.
00:26:30All right, I just gotta check quick.
00:26:31Make sure you ain't holding nothing.
00:26:33Yeah, like what?
00:26:35Get my back pocket quick.
00:26:36I think there's a fucking sharp plastic spork back there.
00:26:39Hey, you never know.
00:26:40You can have drugs, knife, hell, anything.
00:26:42All right, open up.
00:26:44Why?
00:26:45Just checking.
00:26:46For what?
00:26:47For these.
00:26:48Hey, you got my fucking teeth.
00:26:50You never know.
00:26:50You might just be hiding something.
00:26:52Why, now, give me...
00:26:53Shut up, Rain.
00:26:55It's such a shame.
00:26:56She's so pretty, too.
00:27:00Damn, she is pretty.
00:27:03Open up, trauma queen.
00:27:08What's wrong?
00:27:09Can't get it up, Spencer?
00:27:11Shut your ass, Rain.
00:27:12All right, let's go.
00:27:17Good luck, boy.
00:27:19Hello, Michael.
00:27:27My name is Jessica Foster.
00:27:31Please, let me explain to you why I'm here.
00:27:33I'm writing a book.
00:27:34I'm writing a book.
00:27:36It's a mystery.
00:27:38And your input would be most valuable to me.
00:27:41So I'd like to ask you some questions.
00:27:43All right?
00:27:44Michael.
00:27:46Michael, I'm over here.
00:27:47Why are you looking down?
00:27:49Because they took my teeth.
00:27:51Because they what?
00:27:55I said, because they took my damn teeth.
00:27:58Now, what do you do when you're writing a book?
00:28:00A mystery?
00:28:01I've got a mystery for you.
00:28:03How my innocent white ass got stuck here on death row.
00:28:06Now, that's a story for you.
00:28:08Are you innocent?
00:28:09You even spoke to my attorney about doing this.
00:28:11Actually, I have.
00:28:12And he felt that the publicity might do you some good.
00:28:15Publicity.
00:28:19Only thing I've gotten from the media has been bad publicity.
00:28:23Besides that, Michael, I work for the governor.
00:28:27That's where I knew you're from.
00:28:28I knew it.
00:28:30You were at the trial, weren't you?
00:28:31You were there with the governor.
00:28:33Hey, screw the governor.
00:28:34He couldn't wait to get my ass in here.
00:28:36Hey, wait a minute.
00:28:37Maybe the governor's right.
00:28:39Maybe you did kill that girl.
00:28:42Kill Christy?
00:28:43Shut up.
00:28:46No.
00:28:50Michael, do you recall anything from that night?
00:28:56Listen, I've been through this a million times.
00:29:00With that video, I don't have a chance.
00:29:02And you know that.
00:29:04Well, it was on tape.
00:29:07So how do you explain that?
00:29:08Look, we are playing out a sexual game, period.
00:29:13I think it was her old man.
00:29:15She told me he was a lawyer.
00:29:16Maybe he came home early, saw me making love to his wife, and got real jealous and killed her.
00:29:20I don't know.
00:29:21Michael, from what the police said, Christy had no boyfriend, nor husband, for that matter.
00:29:31It seems they think they have their man.
00:29:33What?
00:29:34What?
00:29:35What are you talking about?
00:29:37She told me she had an old man.
00:29:39I was seeing Christy long enough.
00:29:41I should have known.
00:29:41Why the hell do you think I was in such a hurry?
00:29:43She told me he was coming home that night.
00:29:45Do you recall seeing or hearing anyone else in the house that night?
00:29:49No, but outside I thought I saw someone watching me, but hell, it was Halloween and could have been anybody.
00:29:54Really?
00:29:55Did you get a good look at them?
00:29:57I might have.
00:29:59Christ, I'm so damn drunk I don't remember exactly, but I told all this to my lawyer anyway.
00:30:05He never brought any of this stuff up in court anyhow, so what's it matter now?
00:30:10Well, Michael, if you remember anything else from that night, let me know for the next time.
00:30:15I may be able to help you.
00:30:19Look, that's enough questions for now.
00:30:21I have to get back to work.
00:30:24Try and remember as much as you can from that night for the next time, Michael.
00:30:30What the hell are you asking me about that night for?
00:30:34How's that going to help in your book?
00:30:35Tell me that.
00:30:37Look, Michael, if these questions are too much for you, I can interview any of the other inmates.
00:30:42No, it's cool.
00:30:44You don't got to go.
00:30:45Listen, it's just a little hard for me to deal with the fact.
00:30:49And my first day being on death row, that's all.
00:30:54Jessica liked me.
00:30:55I could tell.
00:30:56Whether or not she believed me was a whole different thing.
00:31:00But for now, she was the only way I hope I had to prove my innocence.
00:31:04To tell my story.
00:31:06Hello?
00:31:19Mr. Bateman, I see you got the picture.
00:31:23Now that things have calmed down, just wanted to say that I appreciate the outcome of Michael's trial.
00:31:28I should hope that there will be no appeals while he's on the road.
00:31:32I'd hate for that awful picture of you to hit the press.
00:31:36Your wife would go crazy.
00:31:37I don't foresee any problems.
00:31:39Good.
00:31:40Look, my lines aren't tapped.
00:31:42Is this who I think it is?
00:31:43Hello?
00:31:47Damn it!
00:31:51That Miss Foster must have taken a real liking to you.
00:31:54Toothless and all.
00:31:56Because she dropped off this TV at the gate.
00:31:58Hell, it's got video and everything.
00:31:59Go figure it out.
00:32:02Yeah, figure it out, Spencer.
00:32:04Hell, it wasn't even that nice to her.
00:32:05Oh, I don't know.
00:32:07Those middle-aged chicks get all hot and bothered for you, young, pretty boys.
00:32:12What's up, Corporal Spencer?
00:32:15Don't you go hang yourself with that electrical floor, boy.
00:32:18You get the warden off this top.
00:32:21Now, Michael, what do you say to the nice maintenance man?
00:32:24Tell you what, why don't you give me that TV set come execution day and we'll call it even.
00:32:30How about tell you what?
00:32:31How about I just give it to you when I walk out of here a free man?
00:32:34How's that sound?
00:32:35Whatever you say.
00:32:38You're a real dreamer, right?
00:32:40Let's go.
00:32:45You gotta try those on.
00:32:47See those on.
00:32:47Help your vision.
00:32:50Well, looky, looky, looky.
00:32:51I tried to pass the time best I could, but I couldn't get my mind off of Danker's execution.
00:32:58When you're locked up 23 hours a day next to the guy, believe me, it's a hard thing to do.
00:33:03Get dressed, Rain.
00:33:11We got somewhere to go.
00:33:12Kind of early in the morning for a stroll, isn't it, Weindell?
00:33:17Hell, it's Danker's big day.
00:33:19And you need to get ready for it.
00:33:21See that piece of shit in there?
00:33:31Crying like a fucking baby.
00:33:34Oh, he didn't mind torturing his family, acting like a big man on death row.
00:33:38Michael, now look at him.
00:33:42That's gonna be you, Michael.
00:33:45Sooner or later.
00:33:47Sitting right there.
00:33:48Hey, Sergeant, what the fuck are you doing?
00:33:52Shut up!
00:33:54That press out there, making you fucks out to be a bunch of heroes.
00:33:59Writing all kinds of books about your shitheads.
00:34:01Making all kinds of money.
00:34:02Well, it makes me sick.
00:34:04But I ain't nothing like that.
00:34:05Shut up!
00:34:06You got the governor's bitch coming down here to see you tomorrow, Michael.
00:34:09Wants to know how you feel.
00:34:11What about the victims?
00:34:13Why don't we ask them how they feel?
00:34:15Why don't we dig up your dead girl and ask her how she feels?
00:34:18Where the fuck are you taking me, Weindell?
00:34:21The Lorden and I think it's time we clean you up for your interview.
00:34:25We'll make you look like a real hero.
00:34:30Got to take your break.
00:34:31That really can let you in.
00:34:32I said take your break!
00:34:41Corporal Spencer.
00:34:49I believe you're dismissed.
00:34:51But Warden, I'm supplicating...
00:34:52Spencer!
00:34:53You heard the Warden.
00:34:55Yes, sir.
00:34:56Spencer, where are you going to?
00:34:58Sergeant Weindell tells me it's a big day for you tomorrow.
00:35:03But you know, I hear that your head, your poor body, is just covered with crap lives.
00:35:11I hate to hear that.
00:35:13I can't possibly let you see Miss Foster in that condition.
00:35:16Oh, it's much too unsanitary.
00:35:19What are you talking about?
00:35:20Shh!
00:35:21God, he was a crazy bastard.
00:35:39Well, the Warden was concerned about you.
00:35:41He said to give you a checkup and make sure you're all right.
00:35:45The Warden said Danker did this.
00:35:47Yeah, well, it happens.
00:35:52If you need anything, anything at all, just let the guards know.
00:35:56I'll bring you right down to the road.
00:36:01Governor?
00:36:04Can I ask you a personal question?
00:36:08Sure.
00:36:08Oh, yeah.
00:36:09Do you miss her?
00:36:16Yeah.
00:36:19I miss her.
00:36:22I miss her every single day.
00:36:25I'm so sorry, Bill.
00:36:27But your secret is safe with me.
00:36:29I don't condone what goes on in here.
00:36:33I don't think you do, Father.
00:36:36You got a minute to talk?
00:36:37Yes, I do.
00:36:40I've been trying to act so tough since I've walked into this prison.
00:36:44And I've never been as scared of dying as I am right now.
00:36:51I mean, I'm telling you right now.
00:36:54The fear is okay, Michael.
00:36:56No, listen to me.
00:36:57I love Christy, and I know you don't believe me.
00:37:00But I did kill Christy.
00:37:02And no one in this prison, no one believes me.
00:37:06The fear is okay, Michael.
00:37:07Just don't let these bars be your keeper.
00:37:10Look at me.
00:37:12I'm a fucking...
00:37:13Be strong, Michael.
00:37:21Father.
00:37:22Yes, Lord?
00:37:23Would you excuse us just a moment?
00:37:24Prisoner Rain here has a visitor.
00:37:26Of course.
00:37:28My prayers are with you, my son.
00:37:30Thank you, Father.
00:37:31You're welcome.
00:37:33Take the cups off of it.
00:37:36You need to get dressed, Rain.
00:37:37I told Miss Foster about your head lice problem.
00:37:41About how Danker went crazy.
00:37:44Beat you up in your cell.
00:37:46We just couldn't control that crazy guy, could we?
00:37:49You understand, right?
00:37:51Hope you ain't planning to tell her anything but the truth.
00:37:56She deserves that much, at least.
00:37:58Now, she's waiting for you down in the visitor's cell.
00:38:02Michael, you could say things.
00:38:05But who's gonna believe it?
00:38:07A crazy killer like you, and besides, inside here,
00:38:10you need my friendship.
00:38:13Now, you watch yourself, boy.
00:38:17Because I'll be right in there, listening.
00:38:21Cuff him.
00:38:22Oh, my God, Michael.
00:38:26I can't believe that Danker did this to you.
00:38:28Miss Foster!
00:38:29Keep your seat, please.
00:38:31Oh, my God.
00:38:31Are you okay?
00:38:34I'm fine.
00:38:36Okay, Michael.
00:38:40Okay.
00:38:40How do you feel after last night?
00:38:47I screwed you good last night.
00:38:50Excuse me?
00:38:52I said I'm glad they fried Danker last night.
00:38:55Why would you say that, Michael?
00:38:57I got so sick.
00:38:59Listen to that crazy bastard bragging in his cell,
00:39:01how he's some big, bad fucking killer.
00:39:04Now look at him.
00:39:05He's dead, Jessica.
00:39:07Dead!
00:39:08Michael, what have they done to you?
00:39:11You seem so different from the last time I saw you.
00:39:14None of us are innocent, Jessica!
00:39:16None of us!
00:39:18We all got demons.
00:39:20You got demons.
00:39:20For the reason I got demons, Jessica,
00:39:21I'm going to tell you something right fucking now!
00:39:24Every man's got his snapping point.
00:39:27Maybe I reached mine.
00:39:28Maybe I did kill Christy.
00:39:30Maybe I was just too damn drunk to remember it, though.
00:39:32All right, Michael.
00:39:34Let's change the subject, okay?
00:39:37You said something about seeing something
00:39:39or hearing something in the bushes the other night.
00:39:41Do you remember that?
00:39:43Yeah.
00:39:44I do remember.
00:39:45You were supposed to do two favors for me.
00:39:48Oh, right.
00:39:50I left your magazines with Corporal Spencer,
00:39:53and your lawyer apologizes.
00:39:55He's been a very busy man.
00:39:57Bateman?
00:39:58Busy?
00:39:59He sucks.
00:39:59Why do you think I'm on death row?
00:40:01What the hell could he be busy about?
00:40:02I'm on death row, Jessica.
00:40:04I don't have a lot of time in here.
00:40:05Don't you get it?
00:40:06He's trying to get you an appeal, Michael.
00:40:09It's a long process.
00:40:12You know, he is doing this pro bono.
00:40:14And no money.
00:40:15He does have paying clients, you know.
00:40:20Gee, Miss Foster.
00:40:21Thank you very much for the insight.
00:40:23I appreciate that.
00:40:24Look, I'm going to go now.
00:40:26You do that.
00:40:29And one other thing.
00:40:31What?
00:40:33You see that fat bastard warden standing behind you,
00:40:36and that pencil deck guard?
00:40:37They did this to me!
00:40:39Break that in your book!
00:40:41Foster!
00:40:41This interview is over.
00:40:43That inmate is obviously upset,
00:40:44but last night it's time to take him back to his cell.
00:40:47What do you mean this interview is over?
00:40:49It's time to go, Miss Foster.
00:40:51Get your hands off me.
00:40:53Is what he said true?
00:40:54I asked you a question.
00:40:56Now, you listen to me, and you listen good.
00:41:00I run a prison full of murderers and rapists.
00:41:03It's my job to discipline them any way I can.
00:41:07Most of these guys have broken every rule in the book.
00:41:11It's my job to teach them respect.
00:41:18And it's people like you who better pray to God
00:41:21that people like me do my job while they're in there,
00:41:24because one of these days these scumbags
00:41:26are going to be out on the street.
00:41:28And then you better pray to God
00:41:29you're not walking down the street.
00:41:31You are one of your self-righteous, liberal friends.
00:41:33And one of these good old boys
00:41:34decides that he's going to put a bullet
00:41:36in that pretty head of yours.
00:41:40Now, when you run this prison,
00:41:42you run it any way you want to.
00:41:45But while I am in charge,
00:41:49I will discipline these bastards
00:41:52as I see fit.
00:41:56Now, do I make myself clear?
00:42:00When the warden gets through with you,
00:42:03you are going to wish you were somebody else.
00:42:07It would be so much trouble, boy,
00:42:09if you just kept your mouth shut!
00:42:11Let me out of here!
00:42:26Wind down!
00:42:28Open it!
00:42:30Open the door!
00:42:34It'll teach you to spit on me,
00:42:36you piece of shit!
00:42:36Don't fucking touch me!
00:42:37I know who you are!
00:42:38I know who the hell you are!
00:42:40You're Lucifer T Powers!
00:42:41Why, that's strange, Michael!
00:42:42Son of a bitch!
00:42:43We just met, and already you want to kill me?
00:42:45Yeah, well, you just stay the fuck away from me!
00:42:47It's got to be in the darkness.
00:42:48They say it plays tricks on a man's mind.
00:42:52Father, I'll be keeping an eye on you.
00:42:55Oh, and Governor Roberts
00:42:57says hello.
00:42:58Hello.
00:42:58Do you have any idea why I'm in here, Michael?
00:43:17Yeah, because what I hear from the other prisoners,
00:43:24you, I guess, had killed an altar boy or something,
00:43:27is what I heard.
00:43:31Oh, fuck.
00:43:37Oh, no, no, Michael.
00:43:40You don't understand.
00:43:41I'm a man of God.
00:43:42Back in 91, our good governor came to me.
00:43:47He had a belly full of guilt.
00:43:49He told me he was cheating on his wife.
00:43:52He had fallen in love with a hooker.
00:43:54She was a very beautiful, exotic dancer.
00:43:57He told me his desire for her was totally out of control.
00:44:01He was obsessed and insanely jealous of her.
00:44:03I listened, tried to help him.
00:44:07But the more he confessed, the angrier he got.
00:44:11Finally, he realized what he'd done.
00:44:14He just confessed to committing adultery.
00:44:18In a fit of rage, he threatened,
00:44:20if I ever spoke a word of this to anyone,
00:44:22he would see me out of the priesthood.
00:44:25A week later,
00:44:27the police showed up at the church.
00:44:30Said an altar boy was missing.
00:44:31Could they look around?
00:44:34Of course I said yes.
00:44:36I even helped them search.
00:44:38My only mistake was asking them not to look in the cellar,
00:44:41but they did anyway.
00:44:43That's where they found the boy's body.
00:44:45I couldn't believe they thought I did it.
00:44:47I tried to run.
00:44:50They shot me.
00:44:51When I came out of the coma, Michael,
00:44:52this is what I had.
00:44:55A glass eye.
00:44:56A glass fucking eye.
00:44:58Look at it, Michael.
00:44:58This is the thanks I got for being a priest.
00:45:01Oh, and you better believe the good governor was at my trial.
00:45:05He saw to it that I was convicted and sentenced to die.
00:45:08No one would believe me.
00:45:10Do you understand me, Michael?
00:45:11I was a holy man.
00:45:13But God was listening.
00:45:15He has provided me an escape.
00:45:18A way out.
00:45:21Before I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
00:45:23I will see to it the governor walks before me.
00:45:27And vengeance will be mine.
00:45:29But you must never tell anyone my secret, Michael.
00:45:31Ever.
00:45:32Do you understand?
00:45:33Everything has been arranged.
00:45:40Please see that he gets the message, Mark.
00:45:43Yes, sister.
00:45:45I promise Lucifer will get the message.
00:45:47There's a place where you go.
00:45:53I've never been.
00:45:55I never know.
00:45:57The pain you keep inside.
00:46:00The secrets that you hide.
00:46:03But I try to understand your pain.
00:46:06Be a shelter from the falling rain.
00:46:09Just maybe I feel what you're going through.
00:46:12Maybe I have been there, too.
00:46:16Please take the demon from my head.
00:46:22Michael.
00:46:23Michael.
00:46:24Don't let me think of screaming out.
00:46:27Listen to me good.
00:46:28Don't ever tell anyone what I told you.
00:46:31Because I'm getting out.
00:46:33Do you understand me?
00:46:35Before I go to the chair,
00:46:37I'll see to it that the governor pays for both of us.
00:46:40Do you understand me?
00:46:41Spencer, get me the fuck out of here!
00:46:44Michael, as soon as I'd heard that they put you in with that sick man,
00:46:47I got you out.
00:46:49Rather, Donald got you out.
00:46:51You okay, Michael?
00:46:52Yeah, I'm fine, I think.
00:46:54Did he tell you anything?
00:46:57About what?
00:46:58No, about his feelings.
00:47:00Anything like that.
00:47:01Jessica, I'm not exactly in the mood for an interview right now.
00:47:04I just spent two weeks in solitary confinement, okay?
00:47:07And ask me about what?
00:47:09Why?
00:47:09Who gives a shit?
00:47:11I'm sorry.
00:47:11I'm just thinking about the book, that's all.
00:47:13I'll ask you later.
00:47:14We'll talk.
00:47:16Michael, I got good news and bad news.
00:47:17What you want first?
00:47:19Well, let me see, Donald.
00:47:21How about where the hell have you been?
00:47:24Come on, Michael.
00:47:25I've been very busy.
00:47:26Now, listen.
00:47:27The good news is one of your songs got published,
00:47:29and it's giving you some good press out there.
00:47:31It may even help with your appeal.
00:47:33And guess what else?
00:47:34We found your father.
00:47:36I took the liberty of flying him in from Pittsburgh on my own.
00:47:39My dad.
00:47:42The bad news is they've set the date for your execution, Michael.
00:47:50When?
00:47:53February 10th, 1995.
00:47:54You're telling me I'm going to wait in here two years to die, Bateman?
00:48:02Uh-uh.
00:48:03No way.
00:48:04Come on, Michael.
00:48:05I'm doing all I can.
00:48:08Michael, try and think more positive about the appeal.
00:48:11Well, I have more questions for you about the book,
00:48:14so I'll talk to you later, okay?
00:48:16Your father's waiting outside.
00:48:37Hello, son.
00:48:40Hi, Dad.
00:48:41I brought you some cigarettes.
00:48:45I left them to the guard out there.
00:48:52You okay?
00:48:57I've been better.
00:49:01James, James.
00:49:02How the hell did you wind up in here, son?
00:49:06I mean, damn.
00:49:08I thought you would have learned your lesson first time.
00:49:10My name's not James no more.
00:49:15I changed it to...
00:49:16I changed it to Michael Rayne when I moved down here.
00:49:20Well, maybe that's not such a bad idea.
00:49:22It saves me a whole lot of embarrassment.
00:49:25Embarrassed to what, Dad?
00:49:26Dad, don't you give a shit.
00:49:27They treat me like an animal in here.
00:49:29Now, listen to me, James.
00:49:32They let you out.
00:49:33They gotta let everyone out.
00:49:34How could you say that to me, Dad?
00:49:37Look at me.
00:49:37They're gonna kill me while I'm in here.
00:49:39Don't you get it?
00:49:40Don't you raise your voice at me, son.
00:49:42I reach in there and smack your face.
00:49:44I never should have come here in the first place.
00:49:45You're a disgrace, son.
00:49:47Damn two-time loser.
00:49:51I'm sorry, Dad.
00:49:52Yeah, you're sorry.
00:49:54It's a little too late for sorry now, don't you think?
00:49:57I've seen all I want to see.
00:49:59I'm leaving now.
00:50:01And may the good Lord have mercy on your soul.
00:50:03Dad, you're gonna fucking kill me if you leave.
00:50:15I got nobody.
00:50:17I got nobody.
00:50:22I got nobody.
00:50:33I was so sorry to hear about that falling out you had with your old man there, Michael.
00:50:49I was such a shame.
00:50:51Seems like families just don't stick together anymore.
00:50:56You looking for these?
00:50:58Now, sing me a pretty song, Michael.
00:51:04Oh, come on, Michael.
00:51:06Sing me a pretty song.
00:51:08Let's see.
00:51:10Pretty little pussy boy sitting in a cell
00:51:14waiting to die
00:51:16and going straight to hell.
00:51:20Come on, motherfucker.
00:51:22Come on.
00:51:23Get you off of that.
00:51:24Come on, boy.
00:51:25Come on.
00:51:26Get off of it, son.
00:51:26There's too many witnesses.
00:51:29Next time we go to the showers,
00:51:31your ass is mine, Ray.
00:51:32You're dead, you hear me?
00:51:34Fuck you.
00:51:35Shut up.
00:51:37All y'all.
00:51:37Weindell, fuck.
00:51:39Shut up.
00:51:41What the hell's up with Weindell?
00:51:44Yeah, nobody knows.
00:51:45I think he's just searching for his inner child.
00:51:48Yeah, well, his inner child needs his ass kicked.
00:51:50Although Jessica stood behind these walls,
00:51:52she was free to leave.
00:51:54I hated that.
00:51:55I also hated the fact that she pretended to understand how I felt.
00:52:01Maybe the fact was I was just falling in love with her.
00:52:04After all, she was the only person who listened,
00:52:07who cared.
00:52:08Or at least she pretended to care.
00:52:10Over the next several months, we became very close.
00:52:15Talked a lot about my childhood,
00:52:17and I told her how my mother had died of complications right after I was born,
00:52:22and how my father blamed me for it.
00:52:25I told her I had absolutely no friends on the outside,
00:52:28except for her.
00:52:29I told Jessica lots of things,
00:52:32but I kept my word to father powers.
00:52:35Redford, go in.
00:52:36I never shared his secret.
00:52:37Tyrone, break.
00:52:38Come on, Tyrone, break.
00:52:39I sure do appreciate this, sister.
00:53:00Now, don't you worry about a thing.
00:53:03I am the trusted maintenance man in that there prison.
00:53:06You know, still, I find it strange
00:53:13that a woman of the cloth
00:53:17should be so interested in springing a convict.
00:53:25Anyhow, I'll be here at 1015 to collect.
00:53:29You just make sure that your contact inside the prison
00:53:32explains the route,
00:53:34and if the priest follows the plan,
00:53:37we should come out that storm drain right about 1030.
00:53:39Let's see.
00:54:09Hawkins was always pretty calm, except for the morning Lucifer's execution.
00:54:18Although I felt something was up, one thing I learned after solitary confinement
00:54:23was keep my damn mouth shut.
00:54:30Well, what you doing, Mr. Hawkins?
00:54:33Just, uh, checking these vents.
00:54:36Been getting complaints from the prisoners they ain't getting enough airflow lately.
00:54:39You know how they like to bitch.
00:54:41Yeah, you got that right.
00:54:44Got you here early today, Ben. Big day.
00:54:48Execution day. Got me working two shifts.
00:54:51I don't mind, though. It pays time and a half.
00:54:55All right, prisoners, listen up.
00:54:57Due to tonight's execution, your one-hour workout period today
00:55:01has been reduced to 45 minutes.
00:55:03And we're gonna take you all out in just a minute in a line.
00:55:07I expect no funny business.
00:55:10Anybody tries anything?
00:55:12One month in solitary confinement, I promise you.
00:55:17All right, any questions?
00:55:19Yeah, I wanted to know if, uh...
00:55:20No, I didn't think so.
00:55:22Okay, guards, get the prisoners ready.
00:55:24File them on out.
00:55:25All right, let's move, convicts. Come on.
00:55:28Is it done?
00:55:40It's a done deal.
00:55:42Hey, Redford, you think they're really gonna execute Lucifer tonight?
00:55:48Yep.
00:55:49You ever think they'll execute you?
00:55:52More than likely.
00:55:53Been stayed twice already.
00:55:55You think you deserve to die?
00:55:57It's a funny thing, man.
00:55:59The government sends you to Nam.
00:56:02Gives me a license to kill.
00:56:04Come home.
00:56:06Get rocks thrown at me.
00:56:07Spit on.
00:56:08Got no job.
00:56:09No family.
00:56:10Then one night I get drunk, have a bad flashback, kill a couple of gooks in a convenience store.
00:56:21Bing, bang, boom.
00:56:22Here I am, waiting on the same government to kill me.
00:56:25All right, you convicts.
00:56:27Time to go back to your cells.
00:56:29We got a busy night ahead of us.
00:56:31Prisoner Blackwell, you stay in your cage.
00:56:34We'll be back in a minute.
00:56:34We'll take you up the visitor area.
00:56:36That's strange.
00:56:37No one ever comes to see him.
00:56:40Why should that guy never talks to anybody anyway?
00:56:43That's what I mean.
00:56:44What are you trying to say?
00:56:46What I'm trying to say is I got a strange feeling about tonight.
00:56:49I've done as you asked, sister.
00:56:51Would you please ask God to forgive me?
00:57:00Oh, by the way, tell the governor that I got his letter.
00:57:02And I'm going to take care of the problem myself.
00:57:05Legally.
00:57:06I should hope so.
00:57:08Bill, I think you should go see Father Powers.
00:57:11Talk to him.
00:57:13After all, he was our priest and a very good friend for a long time.
00:57:16Now, I believe he's going to pay for his sins, but while he's still here,
00:57:19I think that you should go unquestionably.
00:57:21Governor Roberts, that's a big mistake.
00:57:23Sorry, Linda.
00:57:24The governor's going to get enough bad press for allowing a priest to be executed.
00:57:29I don't think he should be anywhere near that place.
00:57:31Dad, may I please be in case I'm finished?
00:57:35Yeah, David, why don't you go upstairs and get ready for bed?
00:57:37I'll be up in a little bit and read to you, okay, bud?
00:57:39Good night, David.
00:57:44Bill, what's the matter with you?
00:57:47Look, Linda, Jessica is right.
00:57:51I don't need to go see Father Powers.
00:57:54It'll only bring me more bad press, and I don't need any more bad press.
00:57:58But, Bill, I think it's...
00:58:00Governor Roberts, I couldn't agree with you more.
00:58:02Look, Jessica, why don't you stay here tonight?
00:58:06I'm sure she wouldn't mind.
00:58:08Damn it, Linda!
00:58:10Don't you understand?
00:58:12I just want her to answer the phone.
00:58:14I just want her to take care of a few things.
00:58:16I'm going nuts.
00:58:18Look, I didn't mean to start something.
00:58:20Damn.
00:58:21Governor Roberts, I'm going to go back to my apartment and gather a few things, all right?
00:58:26I'll try and be back by around 11.
00:58:28Pretty thing, get up.
00:58:38Pretty thing.
00:58:39They're bringing Lucica.
00:58:42Right now?
00:58:43Yeah, man, here they come.
00:58:44They're walking into the observation cell.
00:58:49Mark.
00:58:51Have you done as the good Lord asked?
00:58:53Yes, Father, I have.
00:58:55Has he provided all I will need to free my soul?
00:58:57Yes, Father.
00:58:59God bless you, my son.
00:59:01I shall see to it you're rewarded in heaven.
00:59:09Lucifer has a last request, Michael.
00:59:11He wants to speak to you.
00:59:14Michael, have you told anyone my secret?
00:59:18No.
00:59:20Put your cigarette in my mouth.
00:59:22Say goodbye.
00:59:22I'm sorry, Lucifer.
00:59:29I hate to break up you lover boys, but Lucifer already has a date.
00:59:33Let's go, Lucifer.
00:59:34Let's go, Lucifer.
00:59:34Spencer, keep your eye on him while I deal with the media.
00:59:52Later on, I'll be with the warden.
00:59:54Only when allowed in this man's cell are his priest and his lawyer, period.
00:59:58You know the routine.
00:59:59Yes, sir.
01:00:01Nash, Roberts, check the electrocution room.
01:00:03Yes, sir.
01:00:05Father, you tell the governor I'm coming for him.
01:00:12Oh, my God.
01:00:14Oh, my God.
01:00:15Oh, shit.
01:00:17Observation cells on fire.
01:00:18Lucifer's serious cell won't fire.
01:00:19The whole fucking cage is running out.
01:00:20Free, grab the extinguisher.
01:00:23Hurry up.
01:00:24I am doing it on that door again.
01:00:25I got it up, you.
01:00:25It's running off.
01:00:26Let's get out of hell.
01:00:28Watch out.
01:00:28That might be a trick.
01:00:33Son of a bitch, if he didn't do it.
01:00:36It's out.
01:00:37It's out.
01:00:40All right, guards, stand ready.
01:00:42What the fuck is going on, man?
01:00:44Sergeant, check that cell.
01:00:45There you go.
01:00:54Horton, he ain't in here.
01:00:55He set the mattress on fire.
01:00:57What did you say?
01:00:58He's gone.
01:00:59Where the hell were you?
01:01:00I went to the bathroom.
01:01:01I was only gone for a minute.
01:01:02All right.
01:01:03You go sound the alarm right now.
01:01:04Yes, sir.
01:01:05The whole world is watching this.
01:01:08How did you let this happen?
01:01:09All I know is Ray gave him a lit cigarette right before he went in there.
01:01:13Remember you were there, Sergeant?
01:01:14You let him do what?
01:01:17You let him do what?
01:01:22He's gone.
01:01:24This state's going to get an execution if I got to fly you myself.
01:01:27You hear me?
01:01:29You hear me?
01:01:30What the hell is going on in here?
01:01:49Oh, God, Warden.
01:01:52Lucifer's going to the governor's house.
01:01:54Bullshit!
01:01:56Warden, you've got to believe me.
01:01:59Weindell, you find Lucifer.
01:02:03You find him now, you hear me?
01:02:07Rain, your ass is mine.
01:02:10Hey, Warden, come here and look at this.
01:02:17Son of a bitch.
01:02:18Yeah, smoking confusion.
01:02:20All he had to do was just kick that out.
01:02:23Damn, Hawkins.
01:02:24I knew he was up to something.
01:02:26What does Hawkins have to do with this?
01:02:27Well, he was working on this vent all morning.
01:02:30All right, somebody get Hawkins on the phone.
01:02:33The rest of you guys checked the yard.
01:02:34He couldn't have gotten very far away.
01:02:35Sir, come quick.
01:02:36We found where he escaped.
01:02:40Excuse the expression, sister.
01:02:47But it sounds like all hell he's broke loose.
01:02:55You must pay me my money.
01:02:58Spencer, where do these come out?
01:02:59Four different places, they all come out at the wall, sir.
01:03:01All right, I want you to get some men.
01:03:03Check all the exits to these drains.
01:03:07Weindell?
01:03:07Yes, sir.
01:03:08We'll get a flashlight and start crawling through these drains.
01:03:12But, sir, that's shit down there.
01:03:13Don't give me any lip.
01:03:17You're knee-deep in shit already.
01:03:21Now start crawling.
01:03:24Yes, sir.
01:03:24Oh, praise the Lord, sister.
01:03:34I don't know why you're helping me, who you are, but God must have shown you I'm an innocent man.
01:03:40Who in heaven's name is heading back?
01:03:41Hello, Miss Foster.
01:03:51Hey, Thomas.
01:03:52I don't imagine you have any explosives or weapons, Miss Foster.
01:03:55What are you kidding?
01:03:57I don't imagine you've heard the bad news.
01:03:59No.
01:03:59Lucifer Powers escaped tonight.
01:04:02What?
01:04:04When?
01:04:04It was about an hour ago.
01:04:06I just heard it on the radio.
01:04:07Oh, my God.
01:04:08Does the governor know?
01:04:09I'm sure somebody's phoned him, but you better get up there.
01:04:12He'll be in a panic.
01:04:14All right, Thomas.
01:04:14You be careful out here tonight.
01:04:15Yes, ma'am.
01:04:16I'm Linda Savage with the Channel 20 Newsroom special report.
01:04:23Governor William Roberts awaits news on the condition of his six-year-old son, David,
01:04:28who police report was thrown out of a second-story window of the governor's mansion sometime early
01:04:32this morning, causing severe neck and head injuries.
01:04:36At this time, he remains in a coma, and his condition is termed critical.
01:04:40Brain, you're watching this man?
01:04:42From Hendersonville Hospital, here's Ruth Moran.
01:04:44Governor Roberts was awoken this morning by the sound of a gunshot.
01:04:50Security then found the unconscious body of his young son outside the mansion.
01:04:54God, can you believe that shit?
01:04:57It doesn't look good for you, Michael.
01:05:03Oh, by the way, your attorney dropped this letter off.
01:05:06Seemed like he was in a really big hurry.
01:05:09Thanks, Spencer.
01:05:11Apparently, he had shot himself with a single gunshot wound to the hand.
01:05:14A source close to the governor reports the note said,
01:05:18I have come seeking vengeance for myself and another soul wronged by the governor, Michael Raine.
01:05:24By the time you read this, I will have found my vengeance.
01:05:28This is Ruth Moran, Channel 30 News.
01:05:30Michael, the picture says it all.
01:05:41Surprised?
01:05:42I was also a client of Christie.
01:05:45That's right, she was a whore.
01:05:46Someone from the governor's office got this picture of me leaving her house.
01:05:51Wrong place, wrong time.
01:05:54I got blackmailed into taking your case.
01:05:57Tell the governor that I got his letter.
01:05:59And I'm going to take care of the problem myself.
01:06:01Legally.
01:06:02I should hope so.
01:06:05But my instincts tell me that you may be innocent.
01:06:08Christie was drunk one night and told me that the governor was also a client and extremely jealous of her.
01:06:14Immediately following Christie's death, I received this picture from the governor's office.
01:06:19He really wants to see you executed.
01:06:21At first I thought it was because of the upcoming re-elections, but now I feel that he may be involved in her death somehow.
01:06:29Do not try to contact me, I have left the country.
01:06:32I'm sorry.
01:06:33I just can't believe it.
01:06:36And now he's dying and you loved him so much.
01:06:43Your poor wife, she can't have any more children.
01:06:47But I can.
01:06:52And you know that.
01:06:53Yeah.
01:07:17Hello, this is Jessica.
01:07:27Please leave a message.
01:07:28Bye.
01:07:31Jessica, this is Donald Bateman.
01:07:33I hate to call you at home, but look.
01:07:34Hey, I heard about the governor's son on the morning news.
01:07:36Man, what is going on?
01:07:38What I'm about to tell you, I won't make any sense to you.
01:07:40Just tell the governor that I dropped Michael's case.
01:07:43It's all become too much for me to handle.
01:07:45Well, I gave Michael a letter this morning that's going to explain everything to him.
01:07:48Tell Governor Robertson he may need a very good attorney.
01:07:51I'm leaving town for a while and I can't be reached.
01:07:54It's too bad you had to be called up in the middle of all this, but due to the circumstances, you know, I can't contact the governor.
01:08:00Please relay my message.
01:08:02He'll understand.
01:08:04Goodbye.
01:08:05It's to the governor, Bateman.
01:08:07You will not.
01:08:09Jessica Foster's here to see you.
01:08:10She looks really upset.
01:08:11Who?
01:08:12Jessica Foster.
01:08:13Right.
01:08:13Okay.
01:08:14I told you, man.
01:08:16Right here.
01:08:25Thank you, Ruth.
01:08:27This just in, sources close to the governor report that his son David has regained consciousness,
01:08:33and his doctors are now saying his chances of full recovery are excellent.
01:08:38Stay with us for further live updates on this tragic story.
01:08:41No, the hospital said that he went into a coma.
01:08:45He stopped breathing.
01:08:46That's why I left.
01:08:48I couldn't take it, Michael.
01:08:50No, Jessica.
01:08:52He's still alive.
01:08:52Listen to me.
01:08:53I just heard it in the news.
01:08:55And besides, with everything going on, why'd you still come here to see me?
01:09:00Huh?
01:09:01Michael, I don't know.
01:09:03I'm confused.
01:09:05I don't know.
01:09:09Me too.
01:09:11This whole thing just doesn't make sense.
01:09:13What doesn't make sense?
01:09:15Jessica, what I'm trying to say is, why would he go to all the trouble breaking into the governor's house,
01:09:19and then kill the governor's son, or try to kill the governor's son, and not the governor?
01:09:24Bullshit.
01:09:25He's a very sick man, Michael.
01:09:29Don't you remember?
01:09:30He killed that boy.
01:09:33But in solitary, he told me that he had...
01:09:35He told you what?
01:09:36You said he didn't tell you anything.
01:09:38No, Jessica.
01:09:40He told me lots of things.
01:09:42And now I got something to tell you about your good governor.
01:09:44No, they're not true.
01:09:46The governor is a very good man, Michael.
01:09:49He never killed that boy.
01:09:51What'd you just say?
01:09:53I never mentioned that Lucifer said anything about the governor killing a boy.
01:09:57The governor is not a good man, Jessica.
01:09:59He's not a good man.
01:10:00He's trying to blackmail me and blackmail my attorney.
01:10:03Give me the fucking letter that Donald gave you, Michael.
01:10:07What letter?
01:10:08How the hell did you know Donald gave me a letter, huh?
01:10:10I can help you.
01:10:11Give it to me.
01:10:12Jessica, why are you freaking out like this?
01:10:16I trusted you, Jessica.
01:10:18Don't tell me you're involved in this thing, too.
01:10:21Just give me the fucking letter, Michael.
01:10:26You're not writing a fucking book, are you, Jessica?
01:10:28You're just trying to get information out of me, are you?
01:10:31It was the governor in the bushes that night, wasn't it?
01:10:33No, no.
01:10:34The governor did not kill Christy.
01:10:36He didn't care anything about her.
01:10:37He loved me, Michael.
01:10:38Spencer, you listen to this shit.
01:10:39Now give me the fucking letter.
01:10:42I'll take that.
01:10:53Jessica, what the hell are you doing here?
01:10:54Governor, I was just trying to...
01:10:56It doesn't matter what you were trying to do.
01:10:58Now get out of here.
01:10:59I want to work at this Mr. Reign.
01:11:02Miss Foster, come with me.
01:11:03I don't believe you're going to want to see this.
01:11:04Governor, if you need me, I'll be at the hospital with your son.
01:11:07You filthy fucking piece of trash.
01:11:15My son is in the hospital dying!
01:11:19Do you hear me?
01:11:21And so help me God.
01:11:24If he dies, it's because of you.
01:11:27You sent Lucifer for him.
01:11:32Why?
01:11:36Why did you do this?
01:11:42God.
01:11:44Look at him.
01:11:47Look at him!
01:11:49Piece of fucking trash.
01:11:52If you call it me trash, you probably did it yourself.
01:11:54All right, you're finished!
01:12:08How are you holding up, Mrs. Roberts?
01:12:10I'm fine.
01:12:16I didn't send Lucifer to kill your son.
01:12:19And I didn't kill Christy either.
01:12:21I swear to you, read the letter!
01:12:23God damn it.
01:12:26It's all in that letter.
01:12:27My lawyer thinks you did it.
01:12:28You set me up, didn't you?
01:12:30Lucifer told me that you set him up.
01:12:33When I was in solitary, he said you confessed to him everything.
01:12:36You were in love with a hooker.
01:12:38A stripper.
01:12:39It was Christy, wasn't it?
01:12:41You're the one that had Lucifer framed
01:12:43for a murder he didn't commit.
01:12:46And you wanted me dead to cover your ass.
01:12:48I don't want you to worry about David.
01:12:50He's going to be all right.
01:12:51Okay?
01:12:52Try to rest easy.
01:12:53Thank you, Dr. Baker.
01:12:54You're welcome. Bye-bye.
01:12:55Dr. Myers.
01:13:07You think I would be here
01:13:09with all these witnesses
01:13:11if I'd done anything wrong?
01:13:13Look, I never saw these photographs before.
01:13:19And I never sent this letter to Donald Bateman.
01:13:22And I didn't set you or Lucifer up.
01:13:25You're lying.
01:13:27It's true.
01:13:29I was insanely jealous of her.
01:13:32At that trial,
01:13:33when I saw that video
01:13:34of you
01:13:36with her,
01:13:37I wanted you dead.
01:13:40The Lord was pleased with Abel
01:13:42and his offering,
01:13:44but with Cain.
01:13:45What about Jessica, huh?
01:13:47She wasn't writing no damn book.
01:13:49You were just sending her to me
01:13:50to find out information
01:13:51because you thought maybe
01:13:51I'd seen you in the bushes
01:13:52that night, didn't you?
01:13:54Hell, hell,
01:13:54I don't know anything about a book.
01:13:56I didn't even know
01:13:57she was coming here
01:13:58to see you till tonight.
01:14:00She knew everything.
01:14:01She knew about what Lucifer
01:14:02told me in solitary.
01:14:03She knew that I had
01:14:04a letter from Donald.
01:14:05How the hell else
01:14:05do you think she knew?
01:14:08God.
01:14:10Jessica.
01:14:14What?
01:14:15Linda.
01:14:16Hi, you've been in here
01:14:17such a long time.
01:14:18Why don't you go
01:14:19and have a cup of coffee?
01:14:21I'll watch David.
01:14:23Governor.
01:14:24What?
01:14:24If it's Jessica,
01:14:25that would explain
01:14:26why none of Lucifer's fingerprints
01:14:27were found in David's bedroom.
01:14:30Yeah, wait a minute.
01:14:31Wasn't he wearing gloves?
01:14:31No, sir,
01:14:32not when they found the body.
01:14:33And I haven't had time
01:14:34to tell you this today,
01:14:35but the coroner thinks
01:14:36Lucifer had been dead
01:14:37for over eight hours
01:14:39when the body was found.
01:14:40The gunshot that woke you up,
01:14:42that couldn't have been Lucifer's.
01:14:45Something else
01:14:45don't make sense.
01:14:47Why would she want
01:14:48to hurt David?
01:14:50Crimson,
01:14:51where's Jessica?
01:14:52She went to the hospital
01:14:53to be with your son.
01:14:55Stop her.
01:14:56Get me to the hospital
01:14:56right now
01:14:57and don't let that drink
01:14:59Goddammit,
01:14:59I told you I was innocent.
01:15:00You hear that, warden?
01:15:01I told you I was innocent.
01:15:03I can't stand seeing you
01:15:05in this condition.
01:15:07I'll take care
01:15:08of everything, David.
01:15:10Don't worry.
01:15:12Your mother
01:15:12will be with you soon
01:15:13and I'll take
01:15:15very good care
01:15:16of your father.
01:15:20Jessica,
01:15:20get off of him.
01:15:21You're under arrest
01:15:22for murder.
01:15:23Quit resisting.
01:15:24Put hands behind your butt.
01:15:25Go, Woody.
01:15:25Are you crazy?
01:15:26Let's go.
01:15:41So how's it feel,
01:15:42Miss Foster, huh?
01:15:43How's it feel
01:15:44being on the other side
01:15:44of those bars?
01:15:45Don't feel so damn good,
01:15:46does it?
01:15:49Write in a book.
01:15:50That was a good one.
01:15:53Me as a big bad killer
01:15:55and you as a poor
01:15:55innocent interviewer.
01:15:57Well, I guess they got
01:15:58the real killer now,
01:15:59didn't they, Jessica?
01:16:00What's he talking about?
01:16:04What are you shaking
01:16:04your fucking head for?
01:16:07You're in this book, too.
01:16:08What?
01:16:09You don't think
01:16:10they're gonna publish it?
01:16:12Oh, you better believe
01:16:13they're gonna publish it.
01:16:15Right, Miss Foster?
01:16:17Who's Miss Foster?
01:16:18I don't know.
01:16:20The whole world
01:16:21of people out there
01:16:21don't have any idea
01:16:22what it feels like
01:16:24to be behind these bars.
01:16:28Clock going tick,
01:16:29tock, tick,
01:16:30and you just sitting here
01:16:31waiting to be executed.
01:16:33Don't have any idea
01:16:34what it feels like
01:16:34behind here.
01:16:35Fucking inmates
01:16:37with their bullshit lies
01:16:39about how they're all
01:16:39victims of circumstance.
01:16:41Hell, hell,
01:16:43I didn't do it.
01:16:44Or the dog did it,
01:16:46or my mama made me do it,
01:16:47or my daddy used to beat me
01:16:48or rape me,
01:16:49or the voices in my head,
01:16:50or God made me do it.
01:16:51The voices in my fucking head
01:16:52got me.
01:16:53The voices in my fucking,
01:16:53always the voice in my fucking,
01:16:55shut the fuck up!
01:17:03Michael,
01:17:04the priest is here
01:17:06to give you the last rites.
01:17:07I'm sorry.
01:17:12All the public's just
01:17:13broke one thing,
01:17:14Miss Foster.
01:17:16Father.
01:17:17The public just loves
01:17:18to read about
01:17:19sick fuckers
01:17:20like you and me.
01:17:24In the name of the Father,
01:17:25the Son,
01:17:26the Holy Spirit.
01:17:32The end.
01:17:34We're ready.
01:17:37We're ready.
01:18:07We're ready.
01:18:37Did I make you like me?
01:19:04Did I make you feel sorry for me?
01:19:11Did you really believe I was innocent?
01:19:15A good writer can make the mind imagine.
01:19:18A great writer can make the mind believe.
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