Murder in the First Page #2

by the laws that they break.

Unable to resist the forces

that are pulling them down.

Other men live by the rules...

...that society has set down.

You're not one of them.

Henri, I have a job to do here at Alcatraz.

Do you know what that is?

To protect you from yourself.

You were among the selected sinners

the state set apart...

...so that you could simmer in scum.

The good people of the United States

have decided...

...that you are better off here.

I had nothing to do with that decision.

But where I play a part in your life is

to make sure that you stay here.

That you rehabilitate yourself...

...become a model prisoner...

...a better human being.

That's my job, Henri.

You, too, have a job.

And trying to escape...

...is not one of the duties

of your job description, if you follow me.

In life, Henri...

...for every action...

...there is a definite and distinct reaction.

Action...

...reaction.

- Yes, Mr. Glenn.

Now, if you escape, action:

I lose my job.

Reaction:
I have a family...

...that I will not be able to provide for!

I'm not done yet, Henri.

Now, knowing this information, Henri...

...can you tell me...

...why you would possibly

want to escape...

...and jeopardize my family?

I've done nothing to you but my job.

And instead of letting you learn

by breaking the rules...

...I feel I need to show you

how to obey them.

Tolerance.

Tolerance for pain.

My tolerance of you.

But tolerance can be mistaken

for kindness...

...and kindness can be mistaken

for weakness.

And we can't have weakness,

can we, Henri?

I understand. I'Il... I'll... I'll be good.

I'm not gonna try and run again.

- No, you won't, Henri.

- Action, reaction, Mr. Glenn.

Action, reaction, Mr. Glenn.

- Action, reaction.

- Action, reaction.

Good.

Take him to the hole.

Clean him up, take him to the hole.

Christmas, 1939...

...I celebrated visiting with my brother.

Henri Young celebrated in Alcatraz.

Stop it!

Get in here.

- Please, no, no, no.

- Please, don't put me back.

Please, don't put me back.

Don't put me back.

No. I don't want to. I don't want to.

No. No. No!

Joy

They sound great.

Nice.

Merry Christmas.

- Very good, children.

Really sounded good.

Standing round a flagpole

And he caught himself a head cold

Been singing it over and over.

I can't get him to shut up.

It gets on your nerves, you know?

In January of 1941...

...I had passed the bar exam.

Henri Young was in his third year

of rehabilitation.

No, Mr. Glenn!

Welcome to Alcatraz, gentlemen.

Step off the boat and onto the dock.

Eyes straight ahead at all times.

There was one boat

named after Warden Humson...

...which handled traffic to and from Alcatraz.

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