The Task of the Translator

You okay?

I'm so sorry.

No, that's all right.

Really, it is.

You want me to help

you out with this?

Yeah, that would

be amazing. Thanks.

No problem.

Here, let me just help you out here.

These, too?

Okay, here, let me get that for you.

Thanks.

Yeah.

Hey! Hey!

What are you doing?

Come on, boy!

Connie.

Bob.

What you're proposing, Connie, is,

to say the very least, extreme.

Very extreme.

I agree, Bob, but in

this particular case,

I truly believe we have

to do whatever it takes.

Come on! Come on!

Okay! Okay!

Come on! Come on!

Move, move, move!

What are you doing?

Get off me.

Please. I don't wanna die.

We all gotta

go sometime, huh?

Four months ago, each of you

little piggies attended auditions

to be on a never-before-seen

reality TV game show.

And guess what?

You won.

Hey. Rhonda Shoemaker.

I think, in life, some people

are meant to be on TV,

and I'm one of them.

My favorite color is yellow,

like the sun.

Hi, I'm Randall,

and I'm totally off-the-hook

gay and proud of it.

You're a cutie, aren't you?

My favorite book is Ok! Magazine.

Hi, I'm Toni,

and I have the IQ of Einstein

and Stephen Hawking,

put together.

I wanna lead our country.

Next question.

My name is Angel,

on loan from England.

Me, too.

He's my brother

Stanton/parole officer.

Hello.

When Stanton and I were two,

our mother dropped him

on his head.

And he doesn't know.

Well, but I do.

Dixon, 6'2", 200 pounds.

You know, people used to say

I look like Will Smith.

Now they say

Barack Obama. Okay.

The name of the show

is The Task,

and the premise is simple.

To win $20,000 each,

all you have to do is spend

one night in a prison.

That abandoned prison.

Whoa.

Holy sh*t!

Cool.

How come I've never

heard of this show?

Like, how do we know this is not

some sort of frat house prank?

Right.

This is actually

our third show,

but we won't be

on-air until the fall.

And as for knowing if this is

anything more than a college prank,

you'll just have to play

for the money to find out.

You'll be asked to perform

a series of tasks.

Tasks that will

test your nerves,

your courage and your sanity.

Sounds like fun, right?

What kind of task are

we talking about, dawg?

That I can't tell you.

You either accept the challenge or not.

Feel free to take

the easy way out,

by jumping into

this yellow taxi cab,

yes, the pun is intentional,

and going home.

Make your decision now.

I'm in.

What, you kidding me?

I'll pay you to let me do this.

Where do I sign?

Sh*t! I can't have no girl

do this while I take off.

My boys will rob my ass

to the grave. I'm in.

I have to look

after my baby sister.

I'm in.

You guys are insane.

Do any of you know the

history of that prison?

Some really f***ed up

sh*t went down in there.

He's right. Some truly

disturbing events

took place on the other

side of those walls.

Like what?

Stick around.

You'll find out.

The total money will be divided

equally between the survivors,

but if all of you make it

through the night,

there will be a substantial bonus.

So the team counts.

Ain't enough money in the world

to make me stay in that place.

So, you're out?

Way out.

Anybody else wanna join him?

Not me.

Well, there's no way

I'm riding all the way

back to the city

with urine boy.

Oh, I'm in.

Just get me

the hell out of here.

Your chariot awaits.

Unlock him.

Bye.

You guys are idiots.

This is for some

f***ing frat party joke

and you're all

gonna be made fun of.

You're all gonna look

like a bunch of losers.

Can't you just see this

video playing at a party?

Or we get famous.

Jesus! There's a freaking

human head in there!

Don't worry, it's not real.

Sure as hell looks real to me.

What we in the business like

to call a "special effect. "

Pretty cool, huh?

A little taste of what's

waiting for you in there.

Thanks to our award-winning

special effects team.

Follow me, my friends.

In the warm,

swampy water,

lazy crocodiles wait

for the next meal.

The Indian crocodiles

have long, pointed faces.

These crocodiles are called...

Boys.

I see you're

working hard as usual.

Are we ready?

Totally ready.

Totally and absolutely.

Good.

Let's keep it that way.

Yes, ma'am.

Hey.

And the award for "Best

Performance in a Reality TV Show"

goes to me.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Great job selling

the fear out there, man.

Yeah.

I can't believe any of those

kids stuck around for the show.

You actually looked like you

were terrified out there.

Well, that's because I am.

I mean, first of all, just looking

at that place totally creeps me out.

And second, I have a cousin

that lives near here,

and he told me that, like,

disappeared in there.

Did you know about that?

About the dead homeless people?

Sure.

Why didn't you say anything?

Some homeless

people died. Big deal.

That's kind of a lot of

people for a coincidence.

I mean, do you really

think it's safe in there?

Safe enough to get

the show insured.

Any more questions?

Yeah.

How do you sleep at night?

Like a baby.

Let's do this.

Okay.

We are filming.

All of you have chosen,

of your own free will,

to spend the night

in this prison

for the chance to

win $20,000 each.

Pretty straight forward, right?

Okay, then let's get

this party started.

You'll find everything you

need in your base camp,

which is located in

the Warden's office.

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