Cell 213 Page #4

Occasionally.

Well, I'm betting it's closer to never.

Let me tell you a story...

...that I heard in church on Sunday.

This woman is driving home and she sees a

snake on the side of the road, half dead.

She decides to take it home

and nurse it back to health.

She carries it outside to set it free

and the snake bites her.

She's lying there poisoned and dying

and asks the snake, "Why did you bite me?"

And the snake says,

"I'm a snake. It's what I do."

I just think one of your snakes

finally bit you.

What is thanatophobia?

Excuse me?

Your file says you suffer from

thanatophobia. What is it?

It's...

It's a fear of death.

But we all die, Michael.

I have a little theory about death.

You want to hear it?

Does it have anything to do

with snakes and churches?

Death is a motherf***er.

Death doesn't care who you are,

or who you're pretending to be,

and you have cheated your whole life.

You've been pretending

and cheating and winning.

And you can't cheat death.

That's what's so scary to you, Mike.

And you know it.

Now, I'm going to try

to help you with this phobia.

We have a very creative

rehabilitation program.

JOSEPH:
Charlie, despite his

personal shortcomings,

was a real asset to this prison.

We get a lot of bodies sent to us

from other facilities in the state,

even some overflow

from the local funeral home,

because we have

a top-notch embalming facility.

Ray will get you situated down there.

- I don't think this is a good idea.

- I do.

The smell gets to you at first,

but you'll get used to it.

- (MICHAEL COUGHS)

- You'll get used to it.

This is Mr. Jefferson over here. He's

gonna show you how everything works.

- I can't do this.

- Whoa, whoa, what are you talking about?

Sure you can. Big hotshot lawyer

like yourself, you can do this.

Now come here.

Turn your ass around and do it.

You don't understand.

What the warden told you is...

It's a phobia. It's a medical condition.

It's not...

- I can't.

- No, no! Wait! Wait.

(SCREAMS)

Help me! Help!

Oh, Jesus! Help me! Help me!

(RAY LAUGHS)

Oh, my God. You okay, buddy? Huh?

You okay?

(LAUGHS)

RAY:
Come on!

Move, move, move.

(GUNSHOT, CHILD SCREAMS)

RAY:
Get up.

Come on. Go! Go, go, go. Go!

(DOOR BUZZER)

- 213, locking.

- (DOOR BUZZER)

RAY:
What's this all about?

Just running a preliminary investigation.

Why do you want to talk to me?

Well, we're talking to everybody.

You ever hit a prisoner, Mr. Clement?

It's a prison. You know?

They get rough with us,

we get rough with them.

All I want to do is try to make it home

at the end of the day.

How about you, Ms. Davis?

You ever been in a prison?

I mean other than the executive offices

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