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Sarry
Levinson
Tom
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TR
Episcde
One
“The
Routine”
by
Tom
Fontana
4/14
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#101
FINAL
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1997
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LAUREZN
VZILEZ
RITA
EDIE
FALCO
EAMONN
WALKER
HARQOLD
PERRINEAU
SIMON
ADEBISI
ADEWALE
RLVAREZ
(non
TO
LEZ
D
KEZANE
(non
DERRICK
SIMMONS3
SON
KEANE
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LEON
MRS
.
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O.L.
DUKE
RYAN
O
REILY
DEAN
WINTERS
DINO
.
JON
SZDA
JOSE
SOTO
TONY
MUSANTE
SIMMONS
CRTOLANI.
...
DESIRIEZ
MARIE
2
EXTERIORS
y
Street
debisi’s
Cell
Suburban
Road
Room
Warehouse
cManus’
Office
clani’s
Cell
id’s
Cell
.
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Cell
nillinger’s
Cell
Room
¥
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Wb
v
Cz
Bathroom
Cafeteria
Factory
Hallway
Holding
Tank
The
Hole
Glynn's
Office
Kizchen
Library
*
Cffice
of
Psychiatric
Evaluation
Post’s
Cell
Receiving
and
Discharge
Staff
Lounge
Visiting
Roor
Prison
Hospital
AIDS
Ward
Examining
Room
Office
Ward
3
et
"The
Routine”
11
April
97
FADE
IN:
CU
on
AUGUSTUS
HILL,
twenties,
in
a
wheelchair:
HILL
Oz...
The
name
on
the
street
for
the
Oswald
Maximum
Security
Penitentiary.
Oswald.
Like
the
freak
who
whacked
the
first
Kennedy
boy...
0z
is
retro.
Oz
is
retribution.
You
wanna
punish
a
man?
Separate
him
from
his
family.
Separate
him
from
himself.
Cage
him
up
with
his
own
kind.
CUT
TO:
INT.
HOLDING
TANK/OZ
-
DAY
The
old
part
of
the
prison,
dark
and
foreboding.
Ten
newly
arrived
INMATES
enter,
handcuffed
together.
Among
them
are:
TCBIAS
BEECHER,
thirty,
bespectacled,
WASPy,
completely
out
of
place;
DONALD
GROVES,
thirty,
long
hair,
Iowa
corn-fed,
demented;
PAUL
MARKSTRAM,
African-American,
forty,
mean;
and
MIGUEL
ALVAREZ,
Latino,
twenty,
small
but
fiery.
ALVAREZ
is
cuffed
to
a
GANGBANGER,
who
glares
at
him
menacingly.
As
soon
as
OFFICER
uncuffs
them,
GANGBANGER
stabs
ALVAREZ
in
the
chest,
with
a
crudely
made
shank.
ALVAREZ
staggers.
OFFICERS
grab
GANGBANGER,
wrestling
him
to
floor.
ALVAREZ
falls,
bleeding,
at
BEECHER's
feet.
HILL
(v.0.;
cont.)
Oz
is
hard
times
doing
hard
time.
On
BEECHER,
horrified,
CUT
TO:
INT.
GLYNN'S
OFFICE/0OZ
-
DAY
LEC
GLYNN,
forties,
African-American,
has
risen
through
the
system
from
guard
to
Warden.
He's
hard,
cynical,
yet
patient.
GLYNN
sits
at
desk
as
TIM
MCMANUS
enters,
carrying
a
stack
of
files.
Just
under
forty,
MCMANUS
has
enormous
energy
and
resolve.
His
major
flaw:
the
righteousness
of
his
vision
is
bound
up
in
his
own
ego.
GLYNN
MeManus,
don‘t
you
ever
knock?
MCMANUS
I’ve
been
through
the
files
of
all
the
inmates
who
arrived
today.
I
want
Tobias
Beecher
(CONTINUED)
4
“The
Routine”
9.
11
April
97
~...’ONT
INUED:
GLYNN
Okay.
MCMANUS
Miguel
Alvarez.
GLYNN
be
tough.
He'’s
in
the
hospital.
Stab
wound
to
the
chest.
MCMANUS
He
gonna
live?
GLYNN
Apparently.
Who
else?
MCMANUS
Donald
Groves.
GLYNN
Groves?
MCMANUS
Yeah.
GLYNN
Let
me
ask
you
McManus,
and
don‘t
take
this
the
wrong
way:
Are
you
out
of
your
fucking
mind?
Donald
Groves
is
a
demented
sociopath
without
a
skoosh
of
remorse.
MCMANUS
Maybe.
.
GLYNN
He
ate
his
parents.
He
killed
them,
carved
them
up
and
he
ate
them.
Now
what
the
fuck
do
you
think
you
can
do
with
him?
MCMANUS
Teach
him
table
manners.
GLYNN
The
only
thing
an
animal
like
that
understands
is
punishment,
hard
and
swift.
MCMANUS
Every
time
I
come
in
here,
you
say
that.
Every
time.
(CONTINUED)
5
3
"The
Routine”
11
April
97
CONTINUED:
2
-
GLYNN
Then
you‘d
think
by
now
it
would've
sunk
in.
MCMANUS
Leo,
I
know
it
isn‘t
easy
having
me
here.
You're
the
Warden,
you‘re
used
to
being
the
boss.
I
got
shoved
down
your
throat,
I
was
given
this
autonomy
to
run
cell
block
five
my
way
GLYNN
No
Groves.
MCMANUS
You
said
yourself,
our
first
conversation,
all
we
do
is
recycle.
.
An
inmate
comes
in,
we
sit
on
him,
send
him
out,
he’'s
back
with
a
vengeance.
Unless
we
do
something
different
with
these
guys,
try
something
radical,
we're
never
gonna
break
the
chain.
GLYNN
Groves
isn‘t
going
out,
he’s
in
here
‘til
God
drop
kicks
him
to
Hell.
MCMANUS
Or
maybe,
if
we
help
the
poor
bastard,
God‘ll
decide
to
just
punt.
GLYNN
(exhales)
Fine,
take
Groves.
MCMANUS
Thank
you.
{(starts
to
go)
GLYNN
And
Paul
Markstram.
MCMANUS
Markstram?
He‘s
a
petty
drug
dealer.
I've
got
plenty
of
drug
dealers
already.
(CONTINUED)
6
o
.
4
4.
11
April
97
CONTINUED:
3
GLYNN
You
want
Groves,
you
take
Markstram.
MCMANUS
Why
Markstram?
GLYNN
He’'s
my
cousin.
As
MCMANUS
shrugs
an
okay,
CUT
TO:
CU
on
HILL:
HILL
Timmy
McManus,
created
an
experimental
unit
inside
0z,
a
new
approach
to
the
"prison
-—
some
call
it
Emerald
City.
To
me,
it’s
a
concentration
camp.
People
think
‘cause
the
building’s
new,
all
sparkly,
that
life
in
Em
City
is
easier.
It
ain’t.
Far
from
it.
CUT
TO:
INT.
HOLDING
TANK/OZ
-
DAY
The
other
INMATES
are
gone.
BEECHER,
MARKSTRAM
and
GROVES
sit
facing
OFFICER
DIANE
WITTLESEY.
WITTLESEY,
thirty,
can
handle
herself
in
any
situation.
She‘s
tough
without
losing
her
femininity.
BEECHER
listens,
intently.
)
WITTLESEY
In
Emerald
City,
we
got
rules.
A
lot
more
rules
than
anywhere
else
in
0z.
Your
cell
is
your
home.
Keep
it
clean.
Spotless.
You
are
to
exercise
regularly,
attend
classes,
go
to
drug
and
alcohol
counseling.
You
are
to
work
in
one
of
the
prison
factories.
You
are
to
follow
the
routine:
We
tell
you
when
to
eat,
when
to
sleep,
when
to
piss.
There‘s
no
velling,
no
fighting,
no
fucking.
Follow
the
rules,
learn
self-discipline.
Because
if
you‘d
had
any
self-discipline,
any
control
over
yourself
at
all,
you
wouldn’t
be
sitting
here
now.
Questions?
{CONTINUED)
7
"The
5.
11
April
97
‘..‘ONTINUED
:
MARKSTRAM
Can
I
go
to
the
bathroom?
WITTLESEY
Suck
it
in,
tough
guy.
WITTLESEY
opens
door,
signals.
Entering
are:
DIND
ORTOLANI,
twenties,
handsome,
with
the
stride
of
a
wiseguy;
JEFFERSON
KEANE,
twenty,
ghetto~raised,
with
the
scars
of
many
battles;
and
BOB
REBADOW,
age
undeterminable,
with
whimsical
eyes.
-
WITTLESEY
(cont.)
Okay,
these
are
your
sponsors
--
they’ll
help
you
get
used
to
the
routine.
GROVES
I
want
any
fucking
sponsor,
I
don’t
want
any
fucking
routine.
WITTLESEY
Listen,
Groves,
you‘re
inside
now.
what
you
want
and
what
is
are
two
.
distinctly
different
things.
REBADOW
Hi,
I’m
Bok
Rebadow.
REBADOW
extends
his
hand
to
shake.
GROVES
takes
REBADOW's
band,
licks
the
palm.
REBADOW
takes
hand
back,
looks
at
palm,
then
at
GROVES.
REBADOW
(cont.)
Nice
to
meet
you,
too.
WITTLESEY
(turns
to
KEANE
and
MARXSTRAM)
Paul
Markstram,
Jefferson
Keane.
MARKSTRAM
Bey.
KEANE
gives
MARKSTRAM
the
gang
sign
of
WITTLESEY
Tobias
Beecher,
Dino
Ortolani.
BEECHER
(extends
his
hand)
Hello.
{CONTINUED)
8
“The
11
&7
‘!DNTINUED:
2
ORTOQLANI
(turns
to
WITTLESEY)
I
really
have
to
do
this?
WITTLESEY
Cut
the
shit,
it‘s
your
turn.
.
ORTOLANT
{turns
to
Beecher,
huh?
BEECHER
.
Yes.
ORTOLANTI
I'm
guessing
you
ain’t
Italian.
BEECHER
smiles
awkwardly.
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
So
what’‘re
you
in
for?
Shaving
strokes
off
your
galf
scare?
ECHER,
still
trying
to
smile,
B
EXT.
SUBURBAN
ROAD
-~
DAY
DISSOLVE
TO:
Acura
SCREECHES
around
a
curve.
INT.
ACURA
-~
DAY
BEECHER,
drunk,
drives.
He
tries
to
focus,
to
pay
attention,
but
his
eyes
start
to
close.
EXT.
SUBURBAN
ROAD
~
DAY
A
GIRL,
on
a
bicycle,
darts
out.
INT.
ACURA
-
DAY
BEECHER's
eyes
widen
as
he
realizes
he's
going
to
hit
the
GIRL.
He
pumps
the
brakes,
trying
to
stop.
On
the
SOUND
of
a
DULL
THUD,
DISSOLVE
TC:
9
“The
Routine®
7.
11
April
87
on
HILL:
HILL
Prisconer
number
97B412,
Tobias
Beecher.
Convicted,
July
ninety-seven,
driving
while
intoxicated,
vehicular
manslaughter.
Sentence:
fifteen
years.
Up
for
parole
in
four.
CUT
TO:
-1
INT.
HALLWAY/OZ
-
DAY
BEECHER,
MARKSTRAM,
GROVES,
KEANE,
REBADOW
and
ORTOLANI
being
led
by
OFFICERS
through
a
narrow
and
oppressive
corridor.
The
NEW
ARRIVALS
each
carry
bedding
and
towels.
HILL
{(v.0.)
In
Oz,
the
guards
lock
the
cages
and
walk
away.
Then
the
predators
rise,
take
control,
make
the
rules.
They
reach
a
set
of
bars
and
enter.
.NT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
LEGEND
READS
Like
the
moment
in
the
movie,
when
Dorothy
steps
into
color,
the
transition
the
old
and
the
new
is
startling.
Unlike
the
rest
of
0z,
Em
City
is
bright
and
full
of
promise.
HILL
(v.0.;
cont.)
But
in
Em
City,
the
guards
are
with
us
twenty-four
hours
a
day.
As
the
NEW
ARRIVALS
enter,
the
other
INMATES
stare
at
them
in
silence,
checking
them
out.
BEECHER
steps
back,
afraid.
HILL
(v.0.;
cont.)
There's
no
privacy.
Everyone
sees
what
everyone
is
doing.
Eyes
are
everywhere.
jooks
at
BEECHER,
chuckles,
moves
on.
As
the
THREE
NEW
INMATES
enter
their
cells
for
the
first
time,
CUT
TO:
10
11
12
10
"The
11
April
387
._'U
on
HILL:
HILL
(cont.)
eyes.
Y’'see,
in
Em
City,
retribution
gives
way
to
redemption.
Timmy
boy
believes
he
can
save
every
one
of
us.
HILL
From
each
other,
from
ourselves,
frem
the
system
that
dumped
us
here.
The
only
thing
he
don’t
get
is
-—
you
got
to
want
to
be
saved.
CuT
TO:
4
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
~
DAY
A
line
forms
by
two
pay
phones,
both
occupied.
Sign
reads
"One
Call
Each.
Five
Min
Max."
JOEY
"THE
ANGEL"
D'ANGELO,
twenties,
thinks
smarter
than
he
is,
waits
in
line
for
ORTOLANI,
who
leans
against
a
wall,
smoking
a
cigarette.
BILLIE
KEANE,
Jefferson’s
brother,
twenty,
on
one
of
the
phones,
stares
at
ORTOLANI.
BEECHER
passes
ORTOLANI,
smiles.
BEECHER
How're
you
doing?
ORTOLANI
Look,
pal,
I
know
I‘m
supposed
to
be
some
kinda
Big
Bro,
but
the
headline
is:
I
don‘t
give
a
shit
about
you.
BEECHER
That's
fine,
Dino...
ckay.
ORTOLANI
Hey,
give
you
one
slice
of
advice:
Get
a
weapon.
First
guy
who
fucks
with
you
take
him
out.
BEECHER
Anything
else?
ORTOLANTI
Don’t
smile.
Ever.
The
other
CALLER
hangs
up,
goes.
Telephone.
{CONTINUED)
13
14
11
14
15
“The
9.
11
April
97
CONTINUED:
D’'ANGELO
hands
ORTOLANI
the
phone.
BEECHER
in
line.
ORTOLANI
turns
to
see
BILLIE
staring
at
him.
ORTOLANI
the
fuck
you
looking
at?
BILLIE
turns
away.
MARKSTRAM
and
KEANE
approach
BEECHER.
MARKSTRAM
You
got
a
code
for
the
phone?
BEECHER
{nods}
M.C.I.
MARKSTRAM
what's
the
number?
BEECHER
Filve-five-five-two-three-seven-four-
six-six-six.
MARKSTRAM
Get
outta
line.
BEECHER
looks
at
ORTOLANI,
then
at
MARKSTRAM.
BEECHER
steps
away.
ORTOLANI
shakes
his
head,
then
talks
into
phone.
ORTOLANI
Ginny,
how
are
ya?...
Yeah,
baby,
I
miss
you,
too.
The
kids
around?
As
BEECHER
slinks
off,
CcUT
TO:
INT.
CAFETERIA/OZ
-
DAY
LEGEND
READS
"11
A.M."
INMATES
sit
together
based
on
which
group
they
belong
to:
MUSLIMS,
GANGBANGERS,
LATINOS,
WESTIES,
ARYAN
BROTHERHOOD,
GAYS,
BORN-AGAINS,
MAFIA.
NINO
SCHIBETTA,
fifties,
a
capo,
sits
with
ORTOLANI
and
D*ANGELO.
ORTOLANI
1
got
some
veal
coming
in
you
are
gonna
love.
SCHIBETTA
Bene.
BEECHER
carrying
tray,
passes
them.
{CONTINUED)
15
12
135
"The
14
April
97
CONTINUED:
BEECHER
Can
I
sit
here?
ORTOLANI
No.
BEECHER
moves
on,
approaches
REBADOW.
BEECHER
sits,
begins
to
eat.
out
loud.
BEECHER
Anybody
sitting
here?
REBADOW
You.
REBADOW
(cont.)
You‘re
right
you
know.
BEECHER
Beg
pardon?
REBADOW
right.
BEECHER
About
what?
REBADOW
Genevieve.
She’s
thinking
about
divorcing
you.
In
fact,
she’s
having
lunch
with
your
old
law
partner
to
talk
it
through.
BEECHER
Wait.
How
do
you
know
my
wife's
name?
REBADOW
God
told
me.
BEECHER
God
told
you?
REBADOW
I
read
your
file
in
the
office.
BEECHER
Ah...
wait.
How
did
you
know
what
I
was
thinking?
10.
On
stage,
POET
reads
a
poem
(CONTINUED)
15
13
135
16
“The
Routine”
11.
11
April
97
CONTINUED:
2
15
REBADOW
God
told
me...
BEECHER
nods,
not
sure
if
he
should
move.
GLYNN
enters
with
bullhorn,
which
he
tests.
GLYNN
Attention
=--
Relative
silence.
GLYNN
(cont.)
According
to
the
new
state
health
guidelines,
starting
the
end
of
the
month,
smoking
will
be
prohibited
inside
Oswald
Penitentiary.
The
room
ERUPTS:
curses,
boos.
GLYNN
(cont.)
Quiet
down,
quiet
down.
The
NOISE
continues.
GLYNN
yells.
GLYNN
(cont.)
Anyone
caught
with
tobacco
will
be
charged
with
possession
of
contraband
and
sent
to
Ad
Segq.
That’s
all.
GLYNN
exits.
Food
and
trays
start
flying
through
the
air.
One
tray
hits
ORTOLANI,
who
rises,
crosses
to
WHITE
PUNK.
BEECHER
watches
ORTOLANI
slap
the
shit
out
of
PUNK.
As
BEECHER
cowers
in
fear,
.
CUT
7T0:
INT.
-
DAY
16
LEGEND
READS
"1
P.M."
INMATES,
including
HILL
in
wheelchair,
sit
at
workbenches,
cutting
cloth.
REBADOW
and
BEECHER
enter.
BEECHER
This
is
where
you
make
the
prison
uniforms?
REBADOW
Well,
actually,
no
--
our
uniforms
come
from
Taiwan.
These
are
prison
clothes
we
make
to
sell.
(CONTINUED)
14
16
17
“The
12.
11
April
87
CONTINUED:
.
'
16
BEECHER
Sell?
To
who?
REBADOW
(holds
up
pants)
They‘re
hip
or
hop,
I'm
not
sure
which.
-{indicates
fabric
on
rolls)
Grab
a
bolt
and
pull.
BEECHER
really
not
used
to
doing
this
kind
of
work.
(off
HILL'S
stare)
Not
that
I
think
there’'s
anything
wrong
with
it
or
demeaning...
HILL
what’'d’ya
do
on
the
outside?
BEECHER
-~
I
was
a
lawyer.
HILL
(turns
away)
I
hate
lawyers
almost
as
much
as
I
hate
cops.
On
BEECHER,
yanking
on
the
roll
of
cloth,
CUT
TO:
INT.
KITCHEN/OZ
-
DAY
17
LEGEND
READS
"4
P.M."
BEECHER
stands
in
line.
ORTOLANI
yells
at
KEANE,
loud.
ORTOLANI
What?
You
can’t
count?
You
come
up
short
again
on
the
zucchini,
you’ll
be
eating
it
through
your
asshole.
As
KEANE
moves
toward
ORTOLANI,
SCHIBETTA
enters,
steps
in
between,.
faces
ORTOLANI.
(CONTINUED)
15
172
“The
Routine”
11
april
97
CONTINUED:
ORTOLANI
backs
down,
walks
away.
SCHIBETTA
Ferma.
SCHIBETTA
turns
to
KEANE,
hands
him
pack
of
cigarettes,
then
stares
at
BEECHER.
As
BEECHER
walks
away,
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-DAY
LEGEND
READS
INMATES
hang
about,
"5
P.M."
BILLIE.
REBADOW
crosses
to
BEECHER.
BELL
RINGS.
REBADOW
Nice
watch.
BEECHER
I
just
bought
it
at
the
commissary.
REBADOW
Throw
it
away.
:
BEECHER
Why?
REBADOW
The
last
thing
you’re
gonna
wanna
be
doing
is
checking
the
time...
MINEO
yells
out.
MINEO
Count.
BEECHER
What
now?
REBADOW
We
go
to
our
cells.
They
do
a
head
count,
then
lock
us
in
for
the
night.
BEECHER
{locks
at
watch)
It*s
five
e‘clock.
What
am
I
supposed
to
do
‘til
-~
what
time
is
lights
out?
REBADOW
Ten
p.m.
CUT
TO:
including
MARKSTRAM,
GROVES,
HILL
and
{CONTINUED)
174
16
178
18
“The
Routine”
11
april
97
CONTINUED:
BEECHER
What
do
I
do
for
five
hours?’
-
REBADOW
Try
to
keep
breathing.
The
INMATES
go
to
their
cells,
stand
in
doorway.
BEECHER
looks
inside
cell.
INT.
ADEBISI'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
DAY
SIMON
ADEBISI,
twenties,
Nigerian,
drug
dealer,
rummages
through
&
box
of
BEECHER‘s
things.
BEECHER
enters.
BEECHER
Hey,
what’'re
you
doing
with
my
stuffz
ADEBISI
What
stuff?
ADEBISI
takes
carton
of
cigarettes.
BEECHER
reaches
for
them.
BEECHER
Those
are
mine.
ADEBISI
Anything
you
got
belongs
to
me.
You
understand?
BEECHER
freezes
in
fear.
ADEBISI
holds
up
carton
of
cigarettes.
BEECHER
turns
to
see
other
INMATES
watching
them.
OFFICER
JOE
MINEO
enters.
MINEO
Time
to
count,
gentlemen.
Come
on
out.
ADEBISI
Just
getting
to
know
my
new
Officer.
MINEQ
goes.,
ADEBISI
puts
carton
under
pillow,
exits.
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
ADEBISI
stands
in
doorway,
BEECHER
squeezes
past
him.
As
OFFICERS
do
a
head
count,
YELLING
numbers
back
to
OFFICER
at
Monitoring
Desk,
CUT
TO:
18
19
17
&0
21
"The
Routine"
15.
15
April
g7
INT.,
ADEBISI’'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
NIGHT
20
LEGEND
READS
"10
P.M."
BEECHER
lies
on
top
bunk.
ADEBISI
sits
in
chair,
as
BELL
RINGS.
LIGHTS
OUT.
ADEBISI
crosses
to
bunk,
BEECHER
flinches.
ADEBISI
laughs.
ADEBISI
I
won‘t
be
fucking
you,
prag.
{gets
into
lower
bunk)
At
least
not
tonight.
ADEBISI
laughs
again.
On
BEECHER,
starting
to
pray,
cuT
TO:
INT.
CAFETERIA/OZ
-
DAY
21
LEGEND
READS
"7
A:M."
BEECHER
sits
alone.
VERN
SCHILLINGER,
forty,
bald,
blue
evyes,
friendly
smile,
approaches
him.
SCHILLINGER
Hey.
Mind
if
I
sit
here?
BEECHER
shakes
head
no.
SCHILLINGER
(cont.)
Vern
Schillinger.
SCHILLINGER
extends
hand.
BEECHER
hesitates.
SCHILLINGER
(cont.)
I
understand.
I
saw
last
night
Adebisi
giving
you
shit,
taking
your
cigs.
BEECHER
This
morning
he
stole
my
watch.
SCHILLINGER
That
sucks.
He
tried
the
same
shit
with
me
when
I
first
got
here.
BEECHER
What
did
you
do?
SCHILLINGER
Went
to
McManus,
asked
to
be
switched
to
another
pod.
BEECHER
And
he
did?
(CONTINUED)
18
“The
16.
11
April
1
CONTINUED:
SCHILLINGER
Sure.
But
don‘t
say
it
has
to
do
with
Adebisi,
‘cause
1f
you
get
him
in
trouble,
he’ll
kill
you...
In
the
meantime,
wear
armor.
BEECHER
Armor?
SCHILLINGER
lifts
his
shirt
--
a
magazine
is
stuffed
in
his
pants,
covering
his
stomach.
As
BEECHER
looks
at
the
armor,
cuT
TO:
INT.
ADEBISI'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-~
DAY
BEECHER
rolls
up
his
blanket
as
ADEBISI
stands
to
side.
ADEBISI
You
rat
on
me,
bitch?
Huh?
SCHILLINGER
(o.c.)
Shut
the
fuck
up.
BEECHER
turns
to
see
SCHILLINGER
in
doorway.
ADEBISI
Who
you
telling
to
shut
up?
SCHILLINGER
You,
boy.
ADEBISI
makes
a
move
toward
SCHILLINGER
just
as
WITTLESEY
approaches.
WITTLESEY
Play
nice.
SCHILLINGER
turns
and
goes.
ADEBISI
backs
off.
BEECHER
takes
his
stuff,
starts
to
go,
turns
back
to
ADEBISI,
who
snarls.
BEECHER
exits,
followed
by
WITTLESEY.
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
-WITTLESEY
heads
off
as
BEECHER
walks
to
another
cell.
INT.
SCHILLINGER'S
CELL/EM
CITY
~
DAY
.".HILLINGER
stands
by
bunks,
as
BEECHER
comes
in.
SCHILLINGER
I'mon
top.
(CONTINUED)
21
22
23
24
19
"The
Routine"
’
17.
April
97
«
CONTINUED:
BEECHER
nods,
starts
teo
unroll
blanket,
SCHILLINGER
(cont.)
aot
a
Jew,
are
you?
BEECHER
Me?
Jewish?
I
don‘t
even
like
Barbra
Streisand.
SCHILLINGER
laughs,
lifts
off
his
shirt.
On
his
chest,
a.
tattoo
of
a
swastika.
On
his
arm,
twin
lightning
bolts.
SCHILLINGER
what‘d‘ya
think
o‘my
tattoos?
BEECHER
nods,
noncommittally.
SCHILLINGER
(cont.)
-
We’re
gonna
hafta
get
you
one.
BEECHER
Um,
no
thanks.
.
SCHILLINGER
(leans
up
close)
Oh
yeah.
I‘m
gonna
brand
yeu
myself.
BEECHER
Livestock
gets
branded.
SCHILLINGER
Livestock,
that’s
what
you
are.
My
livestock.
'Cause
now,
Tobias,
your
ass
belongs
to
me.
As
BEECHER
inhales,
CUT
TO:
>
CU
on
HILL:
HILL
They
call
this
the
penal
system.
But
it‘s
really
the
penis
system.
It’s
about
how
big.
It’s
about
how
long.
It’s
about
how
hard.
Life
in
Oz
is
all
about
the
size
of
your
dick.
And
anyone
who
tells
you
different,
ain’t
got
one.
CuT
TO:
20
27
28
“The
Buff
Revision
18,
18
April
97
INT.
COMMON
ROOQM/EM
CITY
-
NIGHT
LEGEND
READS
p.M."
OFFICER
silts
at
Monitoring
Desk,
talking
on
phone.
INT.
SCHILLINGER’'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
NIGHT
CU
on
BEECHER’s
face,
in
pain.
CAMERA
SLOWLY
PANS
DOWN
HIS
NAKED
BODY,
revealing
SCHILLINGER
branding
his
ass
with
a
Bic
lighter
and
a
ballpoint
pen.
BEECHER
flinches,
humiliated,
as
the
other
INMATES
watch.
As
the
BELL
RINGS
and
the
LIGHTS
GO
0OUT,
26
27
FADE
T0
BLACK:
FADE
IN:
INT.
WARD/PRISON
HOSPITAL
-
DAY
ALVAREZ
lies
in
bed,
as
FATHER
RAY
MARATA
approaches,
with
file
folder.
MARATA
Miguel
Alvarez?
Ray
Makata,
I'm
one
of
the
prison
chaplains.
.
ALVAREZ
~
McCotter?
MAKATA
.
Ma
-
Ka
-
ta.
How're
you
doling?
ALVAREZ
Th'fuck
do
you
care?
MARATA
to
this
file,
.
about
to
become
a
father.
You've
got
a
girlfriend
-~
Maritza
--
who’s
an
inmate
at
Parker
Women’s.
ALVAREZ
We
got
arrested
together.
Ain’'t
that
sweet?
MAKATA
I
can
arrange
for
you
to
be
there
for
the
birth.
{CONTINUED)
28
21
“The
-
Buff
Revision
19.
18
April
97
28
CONTINUED:
'
28
ALVAREZ
Naw,
I
don’t
give
a
shit
about
like
that.
MAKATA
)
.
Miguel,
you’ll
probably
get
paroled
in
two
years.
When
you
get
out,
you‘re
gonna
wanna
to
be
a
father
to
your
kid.
ALVAREZ
That
right?
ALVAREZ
points
to
a
forty-year
old
LATINO
inmate,
EDUARDO,
*
working
as
an
orderly.
ALVAREZ
(cont.)
See
the
pendejo
over
there?
my
father.
MAXATA
turns
back
to
surprised.
*
ALVAREZ
(cont.)
.
And
up
in
some
cellblock
somewheres
--
is
my
grandfather.
$o,
man,
don't
be
giving
me
none
of
your
-
shit,
okay?
MAKATA
*
Okay,
you
had
a
miserable
childhood.
But
the
bottom
line
is
still
this:
You
are
responsible
for
bringing
a
new
life
into
this
world.
You're
responsible.
The
same
way
I‘m
responsible
for
you
--
for
your
soul.
So
get
ready,
Miguel,
because
1'm
gonna
be
over
your
shoulder,
I'm
gonna
be
up
your
ass.
Comprende?
MAKATA
heads
off.
On
ALVAREZ,
unconvinced,
TO:
2%
INT.
LIBRARY/0Z
-
DAY
2'9
taff
meeting
in
progress.
stands
before
EMPLOYEES,
including
WITTLESEY,
OFFICER
MICHAEL
HEALY,
forties,
whe
R
carries
his
bitterness
with
a
thin
smile,
and
SISTER
PETER
MARIE
REIMONDO,
fiftyish,
mischievous.
22
“The
Routine”
14
April
97
CONTINUED:
MCMANUS
enters.
HEALY
I‘m
telling
ya,
Leo,
fucking
McManus
is
outa
fucking
control.
He
tells
me
yesterday,
he’'s
thinking
of
starting
a
"quiet-time"
--
yva
ready
for
that?
BAn
hour
everyday
when
the
cons
gotta
sit
in
silence.
I
mean,
what's
next?
Arts
and
crafts?
Milk
and
cookies?
MCMANUS
Maybe
you
shoulda
listened
to
what
I
was
saying,
Healy.
We
gotta
make
‘em
be
guiet
in
here,
‘cause
when
they
get
out
and
get
a
job,
they‘re
gonna
have
to
sit
and
do
their
work,
in
quiet.
HEALY
Man,
what
kinda
fairy
dust
you
been
snorting?
These
stupid
fucks
aren’t
going
to
work
for
Microsoft.
It’s
bullshit.
MCMANUS
Bullshit?
You
wanna
know
bullshit?
If
an
inmate
survives
0z,
he’s
got
balls
on
the
street.
All
I
wanna
do
1s
take
away
the
glory,
take
away
the
glamour
of
that.
Make
‘em
get
a
high
school
diploma,
make
‘em
learn
to
fucking
read.
GLYNN
Hey,
is
everyone
done
making
speeches?
I'm
moving
on.
Next
item,
the
"No
Smoking*
rule
--
MCMANUS
More
bullshit.
You
don’t
actually
expect
us
to
carry
out
this
ban.
GLYNN
These
are
state
guidelines.
Recommended
by
the
Board
of
Caorrections,
passed
by
the
Legislature,
signed
by
the
Governor.
20.
(CONTINUED)
29
23
"The
14
April
g7
9
CONTINUED:
2
MCMANUS
The
Governor
is
an
asshole.
GLYNN
Do
you
mean
politically
or
personally?
:
MCMANUS
He
campaigned
on
the
“No
perks
for
prisoners“
platform.
He's
gonna
reinstate
capital
punishment.
Slash
our
budget.
Incite
a
riot,
HEALY
A
riot?
MCMANUS
I
heard
what
happened
in
the
cafeteria.
It's
only
gonna
escalate.
This
joint
is
fueled
by
cigarette
smoke.
GLYNN
Hey,
I
know
that
Marlboros
aren’t
gonna
disappear,
that
they're
gonna
.go
underground
~—
like
drugs.
I
sald
we
have
to
enforce
the
new
rules,
I
didn’t
say
I
liked
them.
MCMANUS
Leo
--
GLYNN
Next
item,
Kareem
Said.
He’ll
be
arriving
today.
I
don’t
need
to
tell
you
what
a
potential
powder
keg
we
have
here.
And
I’'m
not
just
saying
that
because
he
blew
up
a
white
owned
warehouse
in
his
community.
HEALY
Is
he
gonna
be
in
Em
City?
GLYNN
Yes.
21.
(CONTINUED)
29
24
"The
Routine”
April
g7
9
CONTINUED:
3
MCMANUS
This
is
news
to
me.
GLYNN
Said
claims
he’s
not
a
criminal,
that
he’s
a
political
prisoner.
(MORE
)
(CONTINUED)
29
25
"The
Routine"
April
97
!9
CONTINUED:
3
22.
GLYNN
(cont.}
Until
all
the
appeals
and
shit
are
cleared,
Said
is
to
he
treated
with
kid
gloves.
After
that,
we
can
bury
him
in
genpop.
MCMANUS
This
fucking
place.
GLYNN
I
got
a
direct
request
on
this
from
your
pal,
the
D.A.
You
got
a
problem,
take
it
up
with
him.
MCMANUS,
angry
but
resigned,
TO:
30
INT.
HOLDING
TANK/OZ
=~
DAY
KAREEM
SAID,
thirties,
African-American,
charismatic,
strong,
intelligent,
sits
with
other
new
INMATES,
as
DFFICERS
BARK
orders
and
YELL
questions.
As
SAID
remains
emotionless
at
the
verbal
abuse,
DISSOLVE
TO:
i1
EXT.
WAREHOUSE
-
NIGHT
The
peace
of
the
evening
is
shattered
as
the
building
EXPLODES.
DISSOLVE
TO:
2
INT.
RECEIVING
AND
DISCHARGE/QZ
-
DAY
HILL
(V.o0.)
Prisoner
number
975444,
Kareem
said,
a/k/a
Goodsen
Truman.
As
the
NEW
ARRIVALS,
including
SAID,
are
fingerprinted,
CutT
T0:
i3
INT.
EXAMINING
ROOM/PRISON
HOSPITAL
-~
DAY
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
Convicted
June
sixth,
ninety-seven.
Arson
in
the
second
degree.
As
DOCTOR
pokes
every
crevice
on
SAID’s
naked
body,
CUT
TO:
28
30
31
32
33
*
26
“The
Routine”
il
April
4
INT.
RECEIVING
AND
DISCHARGE/OZ
-
DAY
HILL
cont.)
Sentence:
eighteen
years.
23.
As
the
NEW
ARRIVALS,
including
SAID,
are
photographed,
5
INT.
HOLDING
TANK/QZ
-
DAY
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
Eligible
for
parole
in
five.
CUT
As
the
NEW
ARRIVALS,
including
SAID,
put
on
uniforms,
6
INT.
MCMANUS’
OFFICE/EM
CITY
-
DAY
MCMANUS
sits
opposite
SAID.
MCMANUS
In
Em
City,
we
treat
each
other
as
we’d
like
to
be
treated.
We
treat
each
other
with
respect.
SAID
And
what
happens
when
one
of
us
does
not
respect
the
other?
GLYNN
There’s
SAID
Then
prison
life
all
that
different
from
the
outside
world.
MCMANUS
I
should
tell
you,
your
celebrity
status
won’'t
get
you
any
extra
advantages.
All
my
prisoners
are
equals.
SAID
How
ireonic.
To
finally
be
an
egqual
in
a
place
where
I
have
no
freedom
to
enjoy
it.
MCMANUS
You
do
the
work
you‘re
assigned,
you
stay
out
of
trouble,
we’ll
get
along.
TO:
GLYNN
leans
on
window
sill.
(CONTINUED)
34
35
36
27
"The
Routine~
24,
11
April
97
5
CONTINUED:
MCMANUS
(cont.)
You
break
the
rules
once
too
often,
you
go
into
the
general
population.
And,
Kareem,
in
the
rest
of
0z,
no
one
is
treated
as
they‘d
like
to
be
treated.
SAID
I
consider
myself
warned.
MCMANUS
studies
SAID
for
a
beat.
I’'ve
read
a
couple
of
your
books.
You
are
a
brilliant
writer.
SAID
Thank
you.
MCMANUS
I
know
the
kind
of
influence
you
can
have
on
other
men...
I‘m
hoping
we
can
work
together
to
make
everybody’s
stay
here
productive.
I
would
like
to
help
my
brothers
live
a
full
life.
GLYNN
So
would
we
all.
Anything
else
we
can
tell
you?
SAID
No.
I
do
have
one
thing
I
can
tell
you.
GLYNN
that?
SAID
Seventy-eight
percent
of
the
population
at
Oswald
State
Penitentiary
are
men
of
color.
The
ratio,
at
last
count,
is
one
officer
for
every
nine
inmates.
We
can
take
over
this
prison
any
time
we
want
to.
‘I'
GLYNN
You
could
take
it,
but
you
wouldn‘t
keep
it.
(CONTINUED)
28
"The
Routine”
25,
11
April
97
36
CONTINUED:
2
.
SAID
That
remains
to
be
seen.
.
GLYNN
Are
you
saying
you
intend
to
start
a
riot?
SAID
I
am
saying:
as
of
today,
I
run
Oz.
GLYNN
Don‘t
fuck
with
me,
my
brother.
(calls
Officers.
HEAR
MUSLIM
CHANT.
OFFICERS
enter,
take
SAID
out.
37
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
CHANT
CONTINUES.
OFFICERS
escort
SAID,
who‘s
carrying
sheets
and
towels.
The
other
INMATES,
including
REANE,
SCHILLINGER,
HILL,
ORTOLANI,
GROVES,
SCHIBETTA,
D’ANGELO,
ADEBISI,
MARRKSTRAM
and
REBADOW,
stop
whatever
they’re
doing
and
watch.
They
can
feel
the
presence
of
this
man.
HILL
(v.o.)
There
is
always,
in
Oz,
an
undercurrent
of
fear.
OFFICERS
lead
SAID
to
his
cell.
38
INT.
SaID’S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
DAY
SAID
looks
around.
HILL
(v.0.;
cont.)
0f
violence.
He
puts
the
sheets
and
towels
down.
HILL
(v.o.
cont.)
Of
hate.
.
He
looks
up.
MUSLIM
INMATE
stares
directly
SAID’s
eyes.
MUSLIM
CHANT
FADES.
As
SAID
nods
to
MUSLIM
INMATE,
cut
TO:
29
“The
26.
14
April
87
®
|
A
CU
on
HILL:
38A
HILL
(cont.)
Waiting
to
explode.
FADE
TO
BLACK:
FADE
IN:
9
INT.
ORTOLANI’S
CELL/EM
CITY
—
NIGHT
39
LEGEND
READS
"10
P.M.*
ORTOLANI
sits,
smoking
a
cigarette.
As
the
BELL
RINGS
and
the
LIGHTS
GO
OUT,
DISSOLVE
TO:
0
EXT.
STREET
-
NIGHT
40
lurks
in
doorway,
tense.
RYAN
O’REILY,
thirties,
Ireland
chiseled
in
his
cheekbones,
wearing
a
long
leather
coat,
exits
a
bar
with
another
WESTIE.
ORTOLANI
pulls
out
a
snub-nosed
.38
and
fires
at
them.
O‘REILY
and
the
other
start
firing
back,
but
ORTOLANI
takes
out
the
other
ESTIE
with
dead~on
aim.
gets
ORTOLANI
in
the
shoulder,
then
ORTOLANI
shoots
O'REILY
in
the
chest.
C’'REILY
goes
down.
Silence.,
ORTOLANI
crosses
to
BODIES.
He
savagely
kicks
O’REILY
several
times,
then
drops
his
gun
and
walks
away.
Beat
as
POLICE
SIRENS
fill
the
night
air.
As
O'REILY,
in
pain,
opens
his
eyes,
DISSOLVE
TO:
1
INT.
ORTOLANI'S
CELL/EM
CITY
—
DAWN
41
LEGEND
READS
"6
A.M."
CU
of
ORTOLANI,
asleep.
His
eyes
slowly
open;
unsure
of
where
he
is.
HILL
(v.o.)
Prisoner
number
96C382.
Dino
Ortolani.
ORTOLANI
remembers
where
he
is,
peels
back
covers,
plants
his
feet
on
the
ground.
HILL
{(v.o.;
cont.)
Convicted
December
twelfth,
ninety~six,
one
count,
murder
in
the
degree,
assualt
with
a
deadly
weapon.
(CONTINUED)
30
41
42
“The
.
27.
11
April
97
CONTINUED:
He
rubs
his
face,
waiting
to
start
his
daily
routine..
He
crosses
to
sink,
throws
water
on
his
face.
.
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
Sentence:
Life
imprisonment
without
the
possibility
of
parole.
As
ORTOLANI
lifts
his
face
up,
facing
the
mirror,
CUT
TO:
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
LEGEND
READS
"7
A.M."
A
lone
OFFICER
stands
at
the
Monitoring
Desk.
WITTLESEY
enters,
nods
to
OFFICER,
who
flicks
a
switch.
BELL
RINGS.
Beat,
as
the
CLICK
of
METAL
BOLTS
unlocking
ECHOES
throughout.
INMATES
come
out
and
stand
by
their
cell
doors.
ORTOLANI
exits
his
cell.
BILLIE
watches
him,
sighing
with
longing.
HILL
comes
out
of
his
cell
in
wheelchair.
Also
at
their
cell
doors
are
SAID,
SCHIBETTA,
D’ANGELO,
KEANE,
ADEBISI,
REBADOW,
GROVES
and
MARKSTRAM.
SCHILLINGER
exits
his
cell,
turns
back.
BEECHER,
in
fetal
position,
lies
under
covers.
SCHILLINGER
Beecher,
c‘mon,
breakfast.
BEECHER
No.
SCHILLINGER
Suit
yourself...
SCHILLINGER
passes
SAID,
eye-fucks
him.
WITTLESEY
Shakedown.
Door
BURSTS
open:
Ten
more
OFFICERS
rush
in,
led
by
two
GERMAN
SHEPERDS,
panting
and
sniffing.
The
OFFICERS
start
searching
each
cell.
ONE
OFFICER
flattens
an
INMATE
against
wall,
as
ANOTHER
OFFICER,
holding
dog
leash,
holds
up
a
baggie
filled
with
white
powder.
WITTLESEY
signals
for
the
INMATE
to
be
cuffed
and
taken
away.
ORTOLANI
laughs.
B&as
the
drug
sweep
continues,
TO:
41
42
31
“The
Routine”
28.
April
987
3
INT.
HALLWAY/EM
CITY
-
DAY
43
MCMANUS
talks
with
GLYNN.
GLYNN
Shakedowns
aren‘t
We
need
more
than
a
few
sniffing
dogs
to
stop
the
flow
of
drugs.
MCMANUS
We
gotta
fight
the
addiction.
We
gotta
fight
the
traffic.
MCMANUS
How?
GLYNN
A
week-long
lock-down.
Let’s
see
"
try
and
move
that
shit,
sitting
in
their
cells
twenty-four/seven.
Oh,
I
get
it:
your
big
idea
is
to
punish
everyone,
gulilty
or
not.
XNOCK
on
door.
REIMONDO
approathes.
GLYNN
Well,
I
sure
as
hell
don‘t
hear
you
coming
up
with
anything
better.
Hello,
Marie.
heads
off,
REIMONDOD
¥cManus,
we’ve
got
to
talk.
MCMANUS
REIMONDO
Sex.
MUMANUS
Sister,
iasatlable.
REIMONDO
And
you’re
not
that
funny.
head
into:
32
“The
Routine®
29,
11
April-
87
A
INT.
OFFICE/EM
CITY
~
DAY
432
REIMONDO
and
MCMANUS
enter.
REIMONDO
(cont.)
Dino
Ortolani
has
a
conjugal
visit.
MCMANUS
Sa?
REIMONDO
be
the
fourth
one
since
January.
MCMANUS
Oh.
REIMONDO
Part
of
my
job
is
to
arrange
for
inmates
and
their
wives
to
make
whoopie.
Part
of
your
job
is
to
tell
me
if
said
inmate
has
earned
said
whoopie.
MCMANUS
Four
times
this
year,
huh?
I
didn‘t
have
sex
that
often
when
I
was
married.
REIMONDO
That's
probably
why
you’'re
divorced.
MCMANUS
He
can
have
a
six-hour
conjugal.
REIMONDO
{turns
to
go)
Let’s
hope
he’'s
not
a
premature
ejaculator.
As
REIMONDO
exits,
CUT
TO:
INT.
KITCHEN/QZ
-
DAY
44
LEGEND
READS
"11
.EANE,
dressed
in
food
service
whites,
doles
out
mass
roduced
meals
on
trays
covered
in
plastic
to
INMATES.
JOHNNY
POST,
African-American,
twenties,
also
in
whites,
prepares
real
breakfasts,
carries
trays
out
into:
33
45
“The
Routine"”
30.
11
April
8§87
INT.
-
DAY
45
POST
brings
trays
to
SCHIBETTA
and
ORTOLANI,
sets
them
down.
SCHIBETTA
Thanks,
kid.
SCHIBETTA
hands
him
some
cigarettes.
POST
crosses
off.
D*ANGELO
and
ORTOLANI
look
at
GROVES,
who
sits
by
himself,
hunched
over
his
food.
He
ate
his
mother.
SCHIBETTA
Get
outa
here.
D’ANGELO
This
how
I
heard
it:
he
killed
her,
then
he
broiled
her
head.
Smothered
it
in
onions.
]
ORTOLANTI
What?
No
garlic?
He
had
his
father
in
the
freezer.
SCHIBETTA
Sick
fuck.
What
the
fuck
is
wrong
with
this
country?
In
the
old
days,
murder
was
murder.
killed
someone,
it
was
business.
And
you
sure
as
Christ
didn’t
eat
them.
ORTOLANI
Times
change,
Nino.
SCHIBETTA
Fuck
that,
times
change.
Nothing
changes.
Nothing
ever
changes.
ORTOLANI
turns
to
see
GROVES
stick
his
fork
into
another
INMATE’S
meatloaf.
GROVES
lifts
the
meat
to
his
mouth,
chews.
On
ORTOLANI,
repulsed,
CUT
TO:
34
46
“The
Routine”
11
april
97
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
46
LEGEND
READS
"1
P.M."
ORTOLANI
enters
smoking,
sees
SAID
talk
to
three
MUSLIM
INMATES.
KEANE
and
the
other
GANGBANGERS,
SCHILLINGER
and
the
ARYANS
and
the
LATINOS,
are
also
watching.
WITTLESEY
sits
at
Monitoring
Desk.
SAID
My
brothers,
we
must
dedicate
ourselves
to
a
whole
different
set
of
principles,
to
a2
whole
new
set
of
priorities.
We
must
rekindle
our
natural
sense
of
purity
—--
the
mind
and
the
heart
must
be
cleansed
and
set
free.
No
drugs,
no
foul
language,
no
alcohol,
no
cigarettes,
no
abnormal
sex.
These
temptations
must
be
replaced
with
a
channeled
focus.
Not
only
will
our
lives
here
in
Satan’s
house
be
improved,
but
our
spirits
will
be
renewed.
We
are
not
a
gang
of
hoodlums,
we
are
a
group
of
men,
rooted
in
Africa,
living
in
America,
proud
and
strong.
We
are
an
entity,
a
presence,
a
force
that
must
be
dealt
with.
We
are
voices
that
must
be
heard.
The
white
man
may
enslave
us
with
his
laws,
enslave
us
in
his
prisons,
but
he
has
not,
can
not,
will
not
enslave
the
very
essence
of
our
immortal
souls.
Bismillah
ar-Rahman
ar—-Raheem.
SCHILLINGER
appreoaches
ORTOLANI.
SCHILLINGER
You
hearing
this
shit?
Abba
dabba
doo.
ORTOLANI
Yeah.
SCHILLINGER
This
fuck
Said
is
a
threat.
You
Schibetta
we
gotta
stick
together
on
this
one.
ORTOLANI
You
see
me
riding
a
bicycle?
{
CONTINUED)
35
"The
Routine"
32.
14
April
§7
CONTINUED:
’
46
SCHILLINGER
Huh?
I'm
no
messenger
boy.
You
got
something
to
say
to
Nino,
you
tell
him
yourself.
SCHILLINGER
Yeah,
yeah.
(looks
off)
Oh
oh,
looks
like
we
may
not
have
to
wWorry.
-
ORTOLANI
turns.
As
SAID
and
other
MUSLIMS
kneel
in
prayer,
KEANE,
ADEBISI
and
MARRSTRAM
approach
them.
:
MARKSTRAM
whatcha
doing,
Kreme?
ARDEBISI
You
like
being
on
your
knees?
{moves
in
front
of
SAID)
Wwhile
down
there
——
RKEANE
You
been
talking
to
the
brothers
apout
not
dealing
drugs.
You
stick
your
nose
in
my
business.
He
grabs
kofia
off
SAID’s
head.
The
MUSLIMS
rise,
ready
to
fight.
SAID’s
raised
hand
halts
them.
He
rises,
calmly,
faces
KEANE.
SAID
Is
this
what
you
want?
KEANE
Huh?
SAID
Is
this
what
you
really
want?
KEANE
You
mean
a
piece
of
you?
Yean.
SAID
We
Muslims
in
non-violence.
We
believe
in
respecting
our
neighbors.
(CONTINUED)
36
“The
11
April
97
CONTINUED:
2
KEANE
wWell,
we...
(indicates
other
GANGBANGERS)
Don‘t.
SAID
So
be
it.
SAID
turns
to
MUSLIM.
SAID
(cont.)
Hit
me.
MUSLIM
reacts,
incredulous.
SAID
(cont.)
Hit
me.
MUSLIM
hits
SAID
with
fist.
Harder.
MUSLIM
hits
SAID
harder.
SAID
(cont.}
SAID
(cont.)
Again.
MUSLIM
hits
SAID
again.
SAID
(cont.)
Harder.
MUSLIM
hits
SAID
harder.
SAID
(cont.y
Again.
WITTLESEY
What
the
hell’s
going
on
over
there?
KEANE
stares
at
SAID.
KEANE
Man,
you
are
one
crazy
motherfucker.
33,
MARKSTRAM
and
ADEBISI
cross
off.
SAID,
bloocdied,
calls
to
them.
(CONTINUED)
46
37
'ANGELO
enters.
“The
34,
14
april
87
CONTINUED:
3
46
SAID
Alaikum.
As
SAID
turns,
sees
ORTOLANI
staring
at
him,
cuT
TO:
INT.
SCHIBETTA'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
DAY
47
LEGEND
READS
"3
ORTOLANI
and
SCHIBETTA
play
pinochle,
smoking
cigars.
ORTOLANI
What
day
is
it?
SCHIBETTA
Friday.
ORTOLANI
Friday?
Feels
more
like
Monday.
D'ANGELO
You
ready
for
this?
Guess
who's
checking
into
Qz
tomorrow?
SCHIBETTA
Your
uncle
Vinnie.
D’ANGELO
Naw.
The
Feds
got
Vinnie.
(to
ORTOLANTI)
Ryan
O‘Reily.
ORTOLANI
You‘re
shitting
me.
D'ANGELO
I'm
shitting
you?
Why
am
I
gonna
shit
you
about
that
scumfuck?
ORTOLANI
They
gotta
be
outa
thelr
minds
putting
him
near
me.
SCHIBETTA
Maybe
they
know
exactly
what
they’re
doing.
You
better
be
careful,
Dino.
{CONTINUED)
38
“The
35,
11
April
97
.
CONTINUED:
47
D
O'Reily’'s
not
gonna
be
in
Em
City.
He's
gonna
be
somewheres
over
the
rainbow.
SCHIBETTA
Small
time
punk
like
him
~-
Munchkinland.
ORTOLANI
gonna
cap
the
motherfucker.
SCHIBETTA
turns
to
him,
a
command:
SCHIBETTA
You
ain‘t
gonna
do
a
fucking
thing,
unless
I
say
so.
On
ORTOLANI,
reveange
seething
in
his
bones,
CUT
TO:
.’.NT.
GYM/02
-
DAY
.
48
ARYANS,
LATINOS
and
GANGBANGERS
pump
iron.
ORTOLANI
enters,
crosses
to
punching
bag.
.ORTOLANI
starts
punching
the
bag,
hard.
As
ORTOLBNI
works
out
his
fury,
CuUT
TO:
9
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
49
LEGEND
READS
"5
BELL
RINGS.
The
INMATES,
including
HILL,
GROVES,
REBADOW,
SAID,
MARKSTRAM,
SCHIBETTA,
D’'ANGELO,
SCHILLINGER,
BILLIE
and
KEANE,
walk
slowly
to
their
cells,
prodded
by
OFFICERS.
ORTOLANI
passes
BEECHER's
cell.
HILL
(v.0.)
Oz
is
where
I
live.
0Oz
is
where
I
will
die.
Where
most
of
us
will
die.
.
POV:
BREECHER,
under
his
covers,
in
fetal
position.
BILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
What
we
were,
don’t
matter.
ESUME
ORTOLANI
as
he
goes
to
his
own
cell.
OFFICERS
count
heads,
YELL
numbers
back
to
OFFICER
at
Monitoring
Desk.
39
50
51
52
53
54
55
Routine”
35,
11
April
987
INT.
ORTOLANI’S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
DAY
50
ORTOLANI
steps
inside.
The
DOOR
closes.
LOCKS
are
heard
SNAPPING
shut.
HILL
(v.0.;
cont.)
What
we
are,
don‘t
matter.
As
ORTOLANI
stands
still,
CUT
TO:
CU
on
HILL:
51
HILL
(cont.)
What
we
become,
don’t
matter,
CUT
TO:
INT.
ORTOLANI'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
NIGHT
52
LEGEND
READS
"10
BELL
RINGS.
The
LIGHTS
GO
OUT.
ORTOLANI
sits
in
the
dark.
As
he
lights
a
cigarette,
the
match
glowing
red,
CuT
TO:
CU
on
HILL:
53
HILL
(cont.)
Does
it?
CUT
TO:
INT.
ORTOLANI'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
DAWN
54
LEGEND
READS
"6
A.M."
CU
of
ORTOLANI,
asleep.
His
eyes
open
slowly;
unsure
of
where
he
is.
Then
a
beat
as
he
realizes.
He
peels
back
covers,
plants
his
feet
on
the
ground.
As
he
rubs
his
face,
waiting
to
start
his
daily
routine,
CUT
TO:
INT.
HOLDING
TANK/OZ
-
DAY
55
MORE
NEW
ARRIVALS,
cuffed
together,
are
lead
in.
Among
them:
B&As
the
admitting
process
begins,
CUT
TO:
40
56
57
"The
11
April
97
INT.
CAFETERIA/OZ
-
DAY
LEGEND
READS
"7
BILLIE
passes
ORTOLANI,
who
comes
out
of
kitchen
with
clipboard.
BILLIE
stares
at
ORTOLANI,
who
sits
down
with
and
SCHIBETTA.
ORTOLANI
That
fucking
faggot.
ORTOLANI
looks
up.
ORTOLANI’s
POV:
O’REILY
enters
with
other
WESTIES.
sees
ORTOLANI,
him.
RESUME
ORTOLANI,
who
starts
to
rise.
SCHIBETTA
lays
his
hand
on
the
crook
of
ORTOLANI's
elbow.
Siediti.
SCHIBETTA
ORTOLANI
I
can’t
let
that
punk
disrespect
me.
SCHIBETTA
Maron,
you
stupid
or
what?
There
are
cops
all
over
the
place.
ORTOLANI,
frustrated,
sits.
O'REILY
laughs,
exits
into:
INT.
KITCHEN/OZ
~
DAY
O’REILY
enters
as
KEANE
and
POST
hand
out
pre-fabbed,
plastic
covered
breakfasts
on
tray.
O’'REILY
Who’s
Keane?
Me.
So?
KEANE
I‘m
O'Reily.
Like
I
said,
*so"?
I
heard
KEANE
C’'REILY
you
can
take
care
of
a
little
business
for
me.
KEANE
What
kind
o’business?
(CONTINUED)
56
57
41
“The
Routine”
38.
11
April
97
57
CONTINUED
(V)
C’'REILY
(sotto
voce)
Dino
Ortelani.
I
want
him
air-noled.
And
I‘'m
willing
to
pay.
KEANE
Fuck
that,
man.
We
don‘t
kill
Wiseguys.
Here.
KEANE
hands
O’REILY
tray.
O’REILY.
Yum,
yum.
Plastic.
As
O'REILY
tosses
the
tray
away,
TO:
S7A
INT.
HALLWAY/QZ
-~
DAY
STA
.
HEALY
smokes
a
cigarette
as
O'REILY
approaches.
'I'
O’REILY
My
brother
says
hello.
HEALY
nods,
hands
O'REILY
a
clgarette,
lights
ic.
O'REILY
(cont.)
He
says
you
c¢an
help.
BEALY
I'm
here,
ain‘t
I?7
Who?
O'REILY
Ortolani.
The
niggers
are
afraid
to
touch
him.
HEALY
va
don’t
hafta
worry
about
wasting
Dino,
he’s
on
self~-destruct.
As
HEALY
heads
off,
CuT
58
INT.
ORTOLANI’S
CELL/EM
CITY
~
DAY
58
LEGEND
READS
"1
P.M."
ORTOLANI
puts
towel
around
his
torso,
exits.
42
"The
39.
11
April
97
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
59
ORTOLANI
walks
to
showers.
BILLIE
follows.
KEANE,
MARKSTRAM
and
ADEBISI
watch
a
basketball
game
on
TV.
Each
has
earphone
in
their
ears.
NO
SOUND
from
the
TVs.
a
basket
1s
scored.
ALL
of
THEM
jump
up,
CHEERING.
SAID
kneels
on
prayer
mats
with
THREE
OTHER
MUSLIMS.
ANOTHER
INMATE
puts
on
lipstick.
REBADOW
plays
solitaire,
looking
over
at
BEECHER’s
cell,
concerned.
BEECHER
lies
under
covers.
SCHILLINGER
laughs
with
other
ARYANS.
As
ORTOLANI
enters
shower,
CuT
T0:
3
CAMERA’S
POV
-—
A
FIST
coming
FAST,
directly
at
the
FRAME.
The
FIST
HITS
the
lens
and
the
CAMERA
goes
spinning,
falling
down
sideways.
Water
pours
over
the
lens.
And
blood.
the
FIST
SLAMS
the
CAMERA
again,
REVEAL:
3
INT.
SHOWER
ROQOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
&0
ORTOLANI
stands
over
BILLIE,
pounding
him
repeatedly
with
his
clenched
fist.
Two
shower
heads
gush
hot
water
as
white
steam
rises.
Both
ORTOLANI
and
BILLIE
are
naked.
BILLIE
ries
to
defend
himself,
but
ORTOLANI
is
an
unbeatable
force
£
strength,
anger
and
speed.
ORTOLANTI
You
fucking
faggot.
Enter
two
OFFICERS,
followed
by
Officer
TRAVIS
BALLARD.
BALLARD
Alright,
enough,
Ortolani,
enough.
The
two
OFFICERS
try
to
grab
ORTOLANI,
but
the
bastard’s
from
the
streets.
He
smacks
one
OFFICER
in
the
head,
stunning
him.
He
the
other
OFFICER
against
the
wall,
shoving
his
face
into
the
spigots.
Then
he
turns
the
hot
water
up
full
blast.
The
OFFICER
yelps
in
pain.
BALLARD
takes
out
a
baton
and
starts
hammering
ORTOLANI
over
the
head
with
furious
force.
BALLARD
pummels
ORTOLANI
as
the
two
OFFICERS
grab
him
again,
slipping
and
sliding
on
the
wet
tiles.
BALLARD's
blows
to
ORTOLANI‘s
head
take
their
desired
effect.
He
falls.
With
the
one
last
ounce
of
strength
left
in
him,
he
struggles
to
rise,
but
BALLARD
stomps
his
foot
on
ORTOLANI’s
forehead.
Finally,
eyes
closing,
losing
consciousness,
ORTOLANI
surrenders.
The
OFFICERS
stand
above
him,
panting,
their
uniforms
sopping
wet.
As
the
water
and
blood
swirl
down
the
drain,
CUT
70:
43
-I
60A
60B
“The
Routine*
15
april
97
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
INMATE
/ORDERLIES
carry
BILLIE
out
on
stretcher.
KEANE
rushes
over.
KEANE
What
the
fuck
happened?
INMATE
/ORDERLIES
say
nothing,
exit.
RKEANE
(cont.)
Who
did
this
to
my
brother?
On
KEANE,
raging,
Cur
TO:
INT.
E.R./PRISON
HOSPITAL
-
DAY
DOCTOR
GLORIA
NATHAN,
twenty-eight,
beautiful
and
incredibly
smart,
crosses
to
closed
cubicle,
pulls
curtain
back,
revealing
ORTOLANI,
sitting
on
a
gurney,
his
face
cozing
blood
and
puss
from
his
wounds.
NATHAN
You
better
hope
they
get
Billie
Reane
to
City
Hospital
in
time.
He
flames
out,
you‘re
up
for
murder.
ORTOLANI
I'm
doing
life,
Doctor,
one
more
murder
ain‘t
gonna
matter...
(as
she
tends
to
his
wounds)
You
got
an
angel’s
touch.
NATHAN
When
you
were
outside,
did
you
ever
get
laid
with
a
line
like
that?
ORTOLANI
Outside,
I
was
faithful
to
my
wife.
NATHAN
Yeah.
ORTOLANT
I
was
faithful
by
choice.
1In
here,
I
ain‘t
got
a
choice...
{smiles,
sexy)
Or
do
I7?
NATHAN
No
choice,
no
chance.
(CONTINUED)
60A
608
44
“The
15
April
97
60B
CONTINUED:
ORTOLANI
I
don’'t
get
it.
How
come
a
high-class
steth
like
you
wastes
her
time
treating
jamingas
like
me?
NATHAN
Stay
still.
ORTOLANI
Why
ain‘t
you
volunteering
at
the
women‘s
prison?
Why’re
you
shaking
your
tits
in
front
of
fourteen
hundred
guys?
NATHAN
I‘m
trying
to
meet
men
and
I'm
bored
with
the
bar
scene.
ORTOLANI
You
ain’‘t
got
a
husband?
NATHAN
That’s
none
of
your
business.
ORTOLANT
I
gotta
wonder
a
guy
let
his
slice
come
into
a
pit
like
this.
Deon’t
he
got
concern
for
you?
NATHAN
He's
got
plenty
of
concern.
ORTOLANI
Ah.
So
you
are
married.
ORTOLANI
smiles
his
most
charming
smile.
Then
he
reaches
his
hand
around
NATHAN's
back,
laying
it
open
and
flat
on
her
butt.
She
tugs
a
little
hard
on
the
suture.
ORTOLANI
Owww
.
NATHAN
You
happy?
ORTOLANT
Happy?
Doctor
Nathan,
I‘m
delirious.
NATHAN
continues
working.
On
ORTOLANI,
very
turned
on,
CuT
TO:
=
60B
45
"The
Routine*
40B.
15
April
97
61
INT.
OFFICE/EM
CITY
-
DAY
MCMANUS
works
at
his
desk.
A
cockroach
crawls
across
his
desk.
He
drops
a
glass
over
it.
KNOCK.
MCMANUS
Yep?
HEALY
enters
with
ORTOLANI.
MCMANUS
(cont.)
Ah...
Sit
down,
Dino.
HEALY
pushes
ORTOLANI
into
seat.
MCMANUS
turns
to
HEALY.
MCMANUS
(cont.)
Take
the
handcuffs
off,
please.
HEALY
You
sure?
MCMANUS
I'm
sure.
HEALY
reluctantly
takes
the
cuffs
off.
Beat.
MCMANUS
(cont.)
That“ll
be
all,
Mister
Healy.
Wait
cutside.
HEALY
grunts
and
exits.
MCMANUS
turns
to
ORTOLANI.
MCMANUS
(cont.)
You
put
Billie
Keane
in
intensive
care.
ORTOLANI
Hey,
I
don’t
start
fights
—-
(CONTINUED)
61
46
61
“The
11
april
97
CONTINUED:
No
response.
MCMANUS
I
know,
you
finish
them.
(takes
off
his
glasses)
Look,
I'm
gonna
put
this
as
simply
as
possible
--
From
what
I
can
tell,
all
the
officers
and
all
the
inmates
hate
your
guts.
Or
are
terrified
of
you.
Or
both.
ORTOLANI
Being
popular
has
never
been
a
big
concern
of
mine.
MCMANUS
How
about
staying
alive?
1Is
that
a
concern?
Because,
if
you
keep
this
up,
one
of
them
will
kill
you.
ORTOLANI
So
what?
I‘m
gonna
be
sitting
in
that
cell
‘til
they
carry
my
tight
little
guinea
ass
out
in
a
body
bag.
Just
put
me
in
The
Hole
and
leave
me
the
fuck
alone.
MCMANUS
Do
you
know
why,
in
Em
City,
I
have
lifers
mixed
in
with
the
rest?
MCMANUS
(cont.)
So
that
people
learn
to
live
together
and
not
just
for
when
they
get
released.
Even
if
you're
gonna
be
inside
‘til
you
die,
Dino,
your
life
can
have
purpose.
ORTOLANI
McManus,
if
you’re
on
drugs,
stop.
If
you're
not,
start.
41.
MCMANUS
scans
the
report
on
his
desk,
as
ORTOLANI
taps
glass
with
cockroach.
MCMANUS
This
is
your
third
fight
related
to
some
kind
of
homeosexual
encounter.
You
can‘t
go
swinging
every
time
guy
makes
a
pass.
(CONTINUED)
61
47
“The
11
April
97
61
CONTINUED:
2
-
What
am
I
supposed
to
do?
standing
there
all
faggy,
stroking
his
dick,
making
it
hard
in
front
of
me.
MCMANUS
Laugh
it
off.
ORTOLANI
I
don’t
got
that
kind
of
sense
of
humor.
.
MCMANUS
exhales,
then
smiles.
HEALY
enters.
cockroach.
MCMANUS
As
punishment,
instead
of
putting
-
you
in
lock-up,
assigning
you
to
work
as
an
orderly
in
the
AIDS
Ward.
ORTOLANI
What
the
fuck,
are
you
fucking
nuts?
I
work
the
kitchen.
MCMANUS
Mister
Healy.
ORTOLANI
rises,
taps
glass,
squashes
ORTOLANI
He
just
fucked
me
up
the
ass.
As
HEALY
takes
ORTOLANI
out,
62
INT.
SCHIBETTA'S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
DAY
ORTOLANI
and
SCHIBETTA
play
pinochle.
ORTOLANI
You
gotta
do
something
about
this.
You
gotta
get
me
off
this
bullshit
hospital
duty.
SCHIBETTA
Who
the
fuck
you
talking
to?
I
gotta
do
a
fucking
thing.
42.
CUT
TO:
(CONTINUED)
61
62
48
“The
43,
11
April
97
-
62
CONTINUED:
ORTOLANI
I
don‘t
wanna
be
touching
no
diseased
faggots.
SCHIBETTA
Most
o‘them
are
junkies.
ORTOLANTI
Who
the
fuck
cares
how
they
got
it?
I
don‘t
wanna
get
it.
SCHIBETTA
Then
be
careful
--
'
ORTOLANI
You
saying
you
ain’t
gonna
help
me?
SCHIBETTA
That’s
right.
ORTOLANI
(loud)
I
run
the
kitchen,
Nino
-~
SCHIBETTA
You
raising
your
voice
to
me?
Stunatu.
This
is
what
talking
about.
You
gotta
learn
to
behave.
Wiseguys
have
been
running
these
joints
for
generations.
How?
By
this
--
(grabs
his
crotch)
aAnd
this
--
(taps
his
brain)
We
run
the
rackets,
same
as
on
the
street.
But
you,
Il
Arrabbiato,
you‘re
gonna
kill
O’Reily,
you‘re
gonna
kill
the
faggot.
You
gotta
learn
to
think
before
you
act.
Life
ain’t
an
icepick.
So
go
be
a
nursemaid
for
a
while,
go
wipe
some
asses.
As
ORTOLANI
heads
off,
without
a
word,
CUT
TO:
63
INT.
CAFETERIA/OZ
-
DAY
LEGEND
READS
"4
O’REILY
walks
past
MUSLIMS,
including
SAID,
eating.
One
MUSLIM
stands
reading
the
Koran
as
others
eat.
exits
into:
49
64
“The
11
April
97
INT.
KITCHEN/OZ
-
DAY
KEANE
and
POST
wipe
down
a
steel
counter,
ADEBISI
and
other
GANGBANGERS
hang
out.
HEALY
enters.
KEANE
My
brother’s
lying
in
a
fucking
hospital,
half
dead,
tubes
up
his
nose,
‘cause
of
that
m-f-ing
dago.
ADEBISI
{sees
O’'REILY)
What
do
you
want?
O'REILY‘
I
heard
you
were
having
a
meeting
about
Ortolani.
KEANE
For
the
brothers.
O’'REILY
Yeah,
whatever.
You
don’t
need
my
help,
that’s
cool.
HEALY
Hey,
what’s
going
on?
KEANE
signals
POST
to
go
back
to
work.
HEALY
escorts
GANGBANGERS
out,
HEALY
(cont.)
what‘re
you
all
doing
in
here?
KEANE
Consoling
me
’'bout
my
brother.
HEALY
Your
brother‘s
a
fag,
Keane.
They
say
it
runs
in
families.
You
a
fag,
too?
Suck
my
dick,
you’ll
find
out.
HEALY
You
got
two
minutes
to
finish
your
work.
Everybody
else
out.
Beat.
O'REILY
turns
to
KEANE.
You
and
me
can
get
the
job
done.
44.
as
O'REILY
enters.
nods
to
O'REILY,
who
stays.
{CONTINUED)
64
50
64
65
“The
Routine*
45.
11
April
87
CONTINUED:
:
'
64
KEANE
(turns
to
POST)
You
up,
Johnny.
I
want
you
to
go
into
the
Hole
and
whack
that
wop.
POST
nods,
happily.
:
McManus
didn’t
put
Ortolani
in
the
Hole.
He’s
got
him
doing
bedpan
duty
in
the
AIDS
ward.
KEANE
No
shit.
O‘REILY
It’1l]l
take
a
day
or
two,
but,
I’ll
get
your
man
Post
here
reassigned
to
the
AIDS
ward.
REANE
When
the
right
moment
comes,
off
the
fucking
douchebag.
As
KEANE
and
O’REILY
shake
hands,
CuT
TO:
INT.
AIDS
WARD/PRISON
HOSPITAL
-
DAY
63
A
long,
white
Room.
Fifty
beds,
each
with
a
MALE
INMATE
in
various
stages
of
disease.
EMILIO
SANCHEZ,
Latino,
twenties,
lies
in
one
bed,
thin,
pock-marked,
dying
from
AIDS.
ORTOLANI
enters,
in
an
orderly
uniform,
with
a
tray
of
food,
wearing
gloves
and
a
surgical
mask.
ORTOLANI
Qkay,
chow
time.
SANCHEZ
I'm...
not...
hungry...
ORTOLANT
Doctor
Nathan
said
you’d
say
that.
Doctor
Nathan
said
to
feed
you
anyway.
So,
c‘mon.
ORTCLANI
puts
the
tray
down,
swivels
it
over
to
SANCHEZ,
who
very
fragilely
pushes
it
away.
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
Very
cute.
{CONTINUED)
51
65
66
67
"The
Routine®
46.
15
April
§7
CONTINUED:
ORTOLANI
pushes
tray
back.
SANCHEZ
pushes
it
away
again.
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
Knock
it
off.
ORTOLANI
pushes
tray
back.
SANCHEZ
pushes
it
away.
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
Geez,
you‘re
like
one
of
my
kids.
SANCHEZ
I
want...
to
die...
ORTOLANI
sits
by
the
bed,
takes
a
spoon,
digs
into
food.
ORTOLANI
Open
your
mouth.
SANCHEZ
doesn‘t.
ORTOLANI
flares.
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
Open
your
goddamn,
mother-fucking,
mouth.
Terrified,
SANCHEZ
does.
As
ORTOLANI
slips
the
spoon
into
SANCHEZ's
mouth,
CUT
TO:
CU
on
HILL:
HILL
Cock~sucking.
Butt-fucking.
1In
prison,
you
got
three
kinds
of
men:
Sallys,
who'd
be
getting
dicks
up
their
asses
whether
they
were
inside
or
not.
Ralphs,
who
beat
off.
And
Genes.
Deprived
of
sweet
pussy,
they
are
looking
for
love
in
all
the
wrong
places.
In
any
hole.
A
body
is
just
a
body.
Any
flesh
is
fine.
cUT
TO:
INT.
STAFF
LOUNGE/OZ
-
DAY
McMANUS
sips
coffee
as
NATHAN
approaches.
NATHAN
Thanks
a
lot.
(CONTINUED)
65
66
67
52
“The
16
April
97
67
CONTINUED:
47.
MCMANUS
Nice
to
see
you,
too,
Gloria.
NATHAN
Thanks
for
shackling
me
with
Dino
Ortolani.
Not
only
he
keep
his
hands
off
my
fanny,
he’s
got
the
bedside
manner
of
Attila
the
Hun.
MCMANUS
He
gets
into
a
fight,
I
put
him
in
The
Hole.
He
gets
out,
he’s
in
another
fight.
I'm
trying
to
break
the
pattern.
NATHAN
He’s
a
violent
criminal.
A
thug
born
to
kill.
He'll
never
change.
MCMANUS
Ckay.
What
do
you
suggest
then?
Caning?
Castration?
NATHAN
Lorazepam.
Sedate
Ortolani
with
four
milligrams
of
lorazepam.
Put
him
in
a
passive
state,
he
gets
a
great
buzz
and
he
doesn’t
harm
anyone.
MCMANUS
Better
prison
through
chemistry.
NATHAN
Grow
some
balls,
Tim.
MCMANUS
You
free
for
dinner
NATHAN
I'm
married.
MCMANUS
You're
separated.
Do
you
want
to
have
dinner?
{
CONTINUED)
67
53
67
68
“The
Routine*®
14
April
97
CONTINUED:
2
As
NATHAN
exits,
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
NIGHT
LEGEND
READS
"5
P.M
GROVES,
SCHIBETTA,
MARKSTRAM
mingle
with
other
INMATES.
ORTOLANI.
47A.*
NATHAN
Yes.
MCMANUS
I’'1l
have
balls
by
then.
cuT
TC:
REBADOW,
D'’ANGELO,
HILL,
REANE,
SAID
and
SCHILLINGER
approaches
SCHILLINGER
Dino,
my
friend,
been
looking
for
you.
.
(CCONTINUED)
67
68
54
68
69
“The
Routine*
48,
11
April
97
CONTINUED:
:
‘
:
68
-
ORTOLANI
Yeah,
what'd’ya
want,
Schillinger?
SCHILLINGER
Heard
you
crippled
Billie
Reane.
The
Aryan
Brotherhood
is
grateful.
ORTOLANI
Swell.
SCHILLINGER
I'm
trying
to
give
you
a
little
jizz
here.
ORTOLANI
I
don't
need
your
jizz.
SCHILLINGER
Then
fuck
you.
ORTOLANI
No,
fuck
you.
What
went
on
in
that
shower
was
between
me
and
the
fag-boy.
It
had
nothing
to
do
with
you,
you
fucking
redneck
scumbag.
So
just
get
your
pure
white
ass
the
fuck
away
from
me.
SCHILLINGER
(gives
him
the
finger)
You
stupid
greaseball.
BELL
RINGS.
Another
head
count.
HILL
(v.o0.)
Greaseball.
Cracker.
Mick.
Spic.
Kike.
Gook.
Nigger.
Words.
Words
are
weapons.
Though
rather
have
a
Mac
Ten
anytime.
INMATES
step
inside
cells.
On
the
SOUND
of
LOCKS
SHUTTING,
CUT
TO:
INT.
ORTOLANI’S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
NIGHT
.
63
LEGEND
READS
"10
P.M."
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
People
say
viclence
is
the
worst
thing
we
gotta
face.
LIGHTS
GO
QUT.
ORTOLANI
sits
in
the
dark,
in
his
cell.
As
he
lights
a
cigarette,
TO:
55
71
"The
Routine”
49,
11
April
87
CU
on
HILL:
]
.
70
HILL
(cont.)
For
me,
what’'s
worse
is
the
Great
Yawn.
How
do
you
fill
day
after
dull-ass
day?
We
got
a
routine
to
follow,
that’s
supposed
to
give
our
lives
order,
meaning.
But
I
am
here
to
testify
--
I'm
less
afraid
of
getting
a
shank
in
my
back,
then
of
the
routine.
‘Cause
the
routine,
man,
kill
you...
CUT
TO:
INT.
ORTOLANI‘S
CELL/EM
CITY
-
DAY
71
LEGEND
READS
"6
A.M."
ORTOLANI
wakes
up,
knows
exactly
where
he
is.
He
peels
back
covers,
plants
his
feet
on
the
ground,
rubs
his
face.
At
sink,
ORTOLANI
throws
water
on
his
face.
As
he
lifts
his
face
up,
facing
the
mirror,
cuT
TO:
INT.
AIDS
WARD/PRISON
HOSPITAL
-
DAY
:
72
LEGEND
READS
“"11
A.M."
ORTOLANI
finishes
feeding
SANCHEZ,
who
has
difficulty
talking
through
the
drugs
and
the
dementia.
SANCHEZ
I
wanna...
see
my
daughter.
ORTOLANI
Daughter?
You
got
&
daughter?
SANCHEZ
nods.
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
Geez,
I
thought
you
were
a.queer.
SANCHEZ
Queers
have
daughters...
(CONTINUED)
56
“The
Routine”
50.
11
April
97
72
CONTINUED:
ORTOLANI
I
guess.
SANCHE?Z
three.
ORTOLANI
Yeah.
-
I
got
a
son
that
age.
SANCHEZ
pulls
out
pack
of
cigarettes
from
a
secret
hiding
place.
He
offers
one
to
ORTOLANI
who
says,
as
he
slips
one
from
the
pack:
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
You're
not
allowed
to
smoke.
ORTOLANI
realizes
wearing
the
surgical
mask.
He
lowers
the
mask,
as
he
lights
SANCHEZ's
cigarette.
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
why
the
fuck
did
you
get
AIDS?
SANCHEZ
I
loves...
loved...
hercin...
Took
me...
to
another...
body...
felt
--
golden...
you?
ORTOLANI
I
never
like
that
shit,
I
sold
enough
of
it,
though...
SANCHEZ
Maybe
I...
got
mine
from
you...
ORTOLANI
I
was
never
out
on
the
street,
dealing...
SANCHE2
sStill...
There
is
an
unknowing
indictment
in
SANCHEZ's
eyes.
ORTOLANI
sees
it,
rises.
ORTOLANI
Listen
to
me,
you
stupid
fuck.
I
was
in
business,
pure
and
simple.
I
tell
you
to
share
no
fucking
needle.
SANCHEZ
holds
up
a
scrawny,
scabbed
arm.
ORTOLANI
walks
away,
stops,
comes
back,
pulls
cigarette
out
of
SANCHEZ's
mouth.
(CONTINUED)
57
“The
Routine*
51,
14
April
97
-
72
CONTINUED:
2
ORTOLANI
(cont.)
You‘re
not
allowed
to
smoke.
As
ORTOLANI
exits,
CUT
TO:
73
INT.
HALLWAY/OZ
-
DAY
POST
walks
along,
sees
ORTOLANI
leaning
against
wall
cutside
AIDS
ward,
smoking.
POST
Yo,
Ortolani
—-
ORTOLANI
What’'d’‘ya
want
Post?
POST
I'm
gonna
be
working
in
the
AIDS
Ward
witcha.
Great
news,
huh?
Got
an
extra
cig?
ORTOLANI
No.
MCMANUS
approaches.
MCMANUS
Dino...
How
goes
it?
ORTOLANI
turns
away
from
him.
MCMANUS
(cont.)
Jesus,
I
feel
like
I'm
in
high
school.
ORTOLANT
You
think
by
shoving
me
in
there,
you‘re
gonna
change
me.
Lemme
tell
ya
something,
coach,
even
with
all
your
good
intentions
and
reforms
and
overhauled
policies,
I
gonna
change.
We
ain’‘t
-gonna
change.
None
of
us.
ORTOLANI
tosses
down
cigarette,
smashes
it
into
floor
with
his
foot
and
walks
away.
POST
follows.
On
MCMANUS,
watching
them
go,
.
CUT
TO:
72
73
58
74
“The
Routine”
11
April
97
INT.
OFFICE
OF
PSYCHIATRIC
EVALUATION/OZ
-
DAY
REIMONDO
sits
at
desk
as
MCMANUS
enters.
REIMONDO
Hey,
Timmy,
up?
MCMANUS
Dino
Ortolani’s
conjugal
visit,
cancel
it.
Tell
him
instead
he
can
have
family
time.
REIMONDO
Family?
He’s
Italian.
That
could
mean
upwards
of
a
hundred
people.
MCMANUS
His
wife
and
kids.
And
I
want
them
to
meet
behind
the
glass.
Let
him
see
them
but
not
be
able
to
touch.
REIMONDO
You‘d
better
be
careful,
Tim.
MCMANUS
Of
what?
REIMONDO
Playing
God
once
too
often.
you’re
not
careful,
the
real
one
is
going
to
get
pissed
off.
As
MCMANUS
goes,
INT.
OFFICE/PRISON
HOSPITAL
DAY
LEGEND
READS
"1
P.M."
ORTOLANI
takes
a
long,
deep
drag.
POST
Some
fucking
pussy
inmate
took
the
State
to
court.
Says
smoke
is
bad
for
his
health.
Fuck,
this
whole
fucking
place
is
bad
for
our
health.
what
I‘'m
saying?
But
the
State,
pussies,
too.
Banning
cigs
in
all
the
prisons.
thirty
more
years
without
no
cigarette?
No
fucking
way.
(MORE)
52.
CUT
TO:
plays
cards
with
POST,
who
lights
a
cigarette,
(CONTINUED)
74
75
59
75
"The
14
April
97
CONTINUED:
POST
laughs.
POST
(cont.)
They
even
let
the
brothers
on
Death
Row
puff.
Like
they're
worried
about
getting
fucking
lung
cancer.
ORTOLANI
You
like
to
hear
yourself,
talk,
don‘t‘cha?
POST
(holds
up
cigarette)
You
ever
wonder
what
it’s
like
to
burn
eye
out?
nuts.
NATHAN
walks
up,
turns
to
POST.
NATHAN
Put
that
out.
(to
ORTOLANTI)
Go
take
care
of
Emilio
Sanchez.
What
now?
NATHAN
He
had
an
accident.
Change
his
sheets
and
then
sponge
him,
ORTOLANI
No
fucking
way.
I
ain’t
cleaning
up
no
diseased
turds.
NATHAN
Yes,
you
are.
ORTOLANI
No,
I
ain‘t.
NATHAN
Look,
Sanchez
hasn’t
got
long.
And
he
knows.
I
can’t
do
more
for
him
than
dull
the
pain.
And
the
least
you
can
do
is
not
let
him
die,
lying
in
his
own
shit.
CRTOLANI
looks
at
her
for
a
beat,
then
grabs
gloves
and
mask,
exits.
relighting
his
cigarette,
sneering,
NATHAN
goes
out
the
other
way.
On
POST,
53,
CUT
TO:
75
60
77
“The
11
april
97
INT.
AIDS
WARD/PRISON.HOSPITAL
-
DAY
ORTOLANI
lifts
SANCHEZ
out
of
wheelchair.
He
holds
in
his
arms
like
a
baby,
then
places
him
in
the
bed.
SANCHEZ
stirs,
For
a
moment,
looks
up
at
him.
SANCHEZ
I
want...
to
die...
ORTOLANI
Well,
pal,
you’'re
gonna
get
your
wish.
SANCHEZ
Please...
.
ORTOLANI
What?
SANCHEZ
No
more
life...
This
way...
Bad...
Help
me...
Help
me
die...
ORTOLANI
sees
SANCHEZ'’s
pain
in
all
i
horror.
ORTOLANI
stares
into
SANCHEZ's
pleading
ey
to
SANCHEZ's
secret
hiding
place.
He
pulls
out
cig
offers
SANCHEZ
one.
SANCHEZ
turns
away.
On
ORTOLANI,
looking
at
the
back
of
SANCHEZ's
head,
SANCHEZ
t's
es,
goes
arettes,
CUT
INT.
VISITING
ROOM/OZ
-
DAY
GINTARE
ORTOLANI,
early
thirties,
stunning,
raven-haired,
sits
with
two
small
CHILDREN,
ages
three
and
six.
enters.
A
glass
partition
separates
them.
GINTARE
ORTOLANI
smile
lovingly.
ORTOLANI
Hiya.
GINTARE
wWhat
happened
to
your
face?
ORTOLANI
I
slipped
in
the
shower.
{smiles
at
his
KIDS)
Will
you
look
at
these
two?
(to
his
BABY
GIRL)
Hey,
sweetheart.
GINTARE
(to
the
CHILDREN)
Get
down
from
there.
ORTOLANI
and
(CONTINUED)
76
77
61
"The
11
april
97
77
CONTINUED:
)
ORTOLANTI
Let
"em
be,
kids
shouldn‘t
be
cooped
up...
How’'re
you,
Ginny?
GINTARE
The
house
is
so
empty.
ORTOLANI
They
taking
care
of
you?
GINTARE
Of
course.
But,
babe,
the
money,
it
don’t
mean
nothin’
to
me
~-
ORTOLANI
You
can
take
care
of
these
two.
That’'s
what'’'s
important
=--—
GINTARE
(tears
welling
up)
I
miss
you.
ORTOLANI
What’'d
I
say
to
you?
You
gotta
get-
on
with
your
life.
GINTARE
I
don’t
wanna
hear
about
that.
ORTOLANI
You
gotta
get
on
with
your
fucking
life,
Ginny.
You
gotta
act
like
1'm
dead,
y'understand
me?
As
if
I
got
shot
like
Mario
and
Jake.
GINTARE
What?
You
want
me
to
find
a
guy?
Get
married
again?
Have
another
guy
watch
your
children
grow
up?
Call
him
Daddy?
This
is
hard
for
ORTOLANI.
He
wants
to
say
yes,
but
he
can‘t.
Finally,
re:
the
children
--
ORTOLANI
I
don’t
want
you
bringin’
them
back
here
ever
again.
GINTARE
starts
to
cry.
ORTOLANI
can’t
take
anymore
—-—
the
crying,
his
children’s
voices.
He
rises,
turns
to
go.
He
stops,
turns
back
to
her.
He
places
his
hand
flat
on
the
glass.
She
places
hers
over
his.
As
ORTOLANI
turns
and
exits,
CUT
TO:
77
62
"The
56.
11
April
97
INT.
-
DAY
ORTOLANI
enters,
goes
to
sink
to
wash
his
hands.
O’'REILY
(o.c.)
Well,
fancy
meeting
you
here.
ORTOLANI
turns
to
see
O’'REILY
sitting
on
toilet
with
one
leg
in
his
pants.
He
rises,
putting
other
leg
in
pants.
O'REILY
(cont.)
I
want
you
to
know,
Dino,
I
got
no
hard
feelings.
Your
goombah
tells
you
to
kill
me,
you're
trying
to
make
your
bones,
I
appreciate
that.
S’not
your
fault
I
didn‘t
die.
ORTOLANI
Yeah,
and
I
guess
it’s
not
your
fault,
you
didn’t
have
the
balls
to
come
after
me.
No,
you
go
running
to
the
fucking
D.A.,
rat
fuck.
C’'REILY
Now,
see,
you're
trying
to
provoke
me
into
a
fight,
which’ll
go
on
my
record,
which’ll
keep
me
from
getting
a
berth
in
Em
City.
ORTOLANI
You
gonna
live
in
Em
City?
How
great
is
that?
You
and
me,
lasagna
boy,
side
by
side,
every
single
day
for
the
rest
of
our
lives.
Unless
I
get
paroled
in
twelve,
o’course.
ORTOLANI
You
come
to
Em
City,
you’'re
dead.
O'REILY
I
guess
that
means
I
can‘t
use
you
as
a
reference.
ORTOLANI
Eat
shit.
With
one
swift
move,
ORTOLANI
slams
under
the
chin
with
the
back
of
his
fist.
O'REILY
falls
into
the
stall.
ORTOLANI
lifts
O'REILY‘s
head
and
shoves
it
into
the
toilet
bowl,
the
floating
feces.
He
literally
makes
O°REILY
eat
shit.
ORTOLANI
lets
go
of
O'REILY,
who
gags
and
sits
on
£loor,
leaning
against
the
stall
wall.
{CONTINUED)
63
78
79
80
“The
Routine”
-
Buff
Revision
57.
18
April
§7
CONTINUED:
:
’
78
ORTOLANI
exits
stall,
catches
sight
of
himself
in
the
mirror.
He
looks
like
a
raging
animal.
On
ORTOLANI,
isgusted
with
himself,
with
his
life,
TO:
INT.
HALLWAY/OZ
-
DAY
79
LEGEND
READS
"5
P.M."
ORTOLANI
walks
down
hall,
passes
SAID.
ORTOLANI
You
can
take
a
punch.
SAID
wWhen
I
have
to.
ORTOLANI
You
got
all
the
answers,
huh?
SAID
Not
all,
some.
ORTOLANT
Too
bad
you’re
the
wrong
color.
SAID
moves
on.
BELL
RINGS.
OFFICER
approaches.
On
ORTOLANI,
ducking
into
shadows,
CUT
TO:
INT.
POST’'S
CELL/OZ
-
DAY
80
POST
sits,
playing
with
matches.
O'REILY
enters,
in
a
rage.
I
want
that
wop
fuck
dead
and
I
want
him
dead
tonight.
The
nastier
he
goes
down,
the
bigger
the
prize.
POST
I
hear
ya,
cuz.
O'REILY
exits.
As
POST
smiles,
blows
out
match,
CuT
T0:
INT.
COMMON
ROOM/EM
CITY
-
DAY
81
BELL
RINGS.
INMATES
stand
in
doorway
during
head
count.
OFFICER
stops,
realizing
ORTOLANI
is
not
at
his
cell.
INMATES
are
locked
inside.
As
OFFICERS
start
search
for
ORTOLANTI,
CuUT
TO:
64
"The
Routine”
58.
11
April
97
.z
OMIT
82
’
82
33
OMIT
83
83
INT.
AIDS
WARD/PRISON
HOSPITAL
-
DaY
84
Low
lights,
SANCHEZ
lies
in
bed,
mumbling.
ORTOLANI
enters,
goes
to
bedside.
He
takes
a
pillow
from
underneath
SANCHEZ's
head,
places
pillow
over
SANCHEZ's
face.
On
ORTOLANI,
applying
pressure
to
the
pillow,
CuT
TO:
HALLWAY/PRISON
HOSPITAL
-
NIGHT
.
835
MCMANUS
comes
running
down,
approaches
NATHAN,
who
stands
watching.
A
LOUD
CRASH
from
inside.
MCMANUS
What
the
hell
is
happening?
NATHAN
The
bastard
killed
one
of
my
patients.
I
walked
in
but
it
was
I
called
security
and
--
too
late.
ANOTHER
THUNDERING
CRASH.
MCMANUS
Jesus.
NATHAN
He’s
a
monster,
Timmy.
You‘ve
got
to
do
something.
You’ve
got
to
stop
him.
MCMANUS
Alright,
alright.
BALLARD
and
the
OFFICERS
drag
an
out-~of-control
ORTOLANI
out.
BALLARD
whacks
ORTOLANI
with
baton.
HILL
(v.0.}
People
kill
people
to
stay
alive.
BALLARD
and
MCMANUS
exchange
a
look.
As
BALLARD
thumps
ORTOLANI
again,
cuT
TO:
65
87
Routine”
59.
11
April
97
INT.
THE
HOLE/0Z
-~
NIGHT
LEGEND
READS
"10
P.M."
ORTOLANI,
his
wrists,
feet
and
head
in
restraints,
struggles
to
get
free.
-
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
That’s
as
true
in
prison
as
out.
MCMANUS
and
NATHAN
enter.
ORTOLANI
gets
more
viclent.
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
But
I‘m
wondering
why
-~
in
here
we
fight
so
hard
to
stay
alive.
NATHAN
takes
out
hypodermic
needle.
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
A
man
gets
sentenced
to
a
hundred
years
—-—
NATHAN
injects
lorazepam
into
ORTOLANI's
arm.
HILL
(v.o.;
cont.)
He
really
thinks
if
he
exercises,
gets
buffed,
stays
diesel,
he’ll
walk
out?
As
the
lorazepam
starts
tc
take
affect,
CUT
TO:
CU
on
HILL:
HILL
(cont.)
A
judge
says,
"Life
imprisonment
without
the
possibility
of
without
the
possibility.
Lifers.
HILL
t
some
point
they
realize
they
ain‘t
going
nowhere.
I
seen
it
happen.
A
calm
comes
in
their
eyes.
They’ve
sorted
out
something
the
rest
us‘ll
never
see.
They
are
suddenly
free,
in
a
whole
other
kind
o‘way.
They
are
ready
to
die.
And,
maybe,
do
what
they
can
to
hurry
that
shit
along.
CUT
86
87
66
88
“The
60.
11
April
97
INT.
THE
HOLE/0Z
-
NIGHT
’
88
ORTOLANI
lies
absolutely
still,
eyes
open,
in
a
trance.
The
face
of
POST
appears
at
the
bars.
OFFICER
appears
next
to
him,
unlocks
the
door.
POST
pays
off
OFFICER,
who
goes.
Then
POST
steps
inside
the
cell.
He
walks
to
the
bed.
He
stares
down
at
the
unconscious
man.
A
smile
comes
across
POST's
twisted
face.
He
takes
out
a
tube,
he
douses
ORTOLANI
with
fluid.
He
lights
a
match.
As
POST
drops
the
match
onto
ORTOLANI,
FADE
TO
BLACK.
HE_END
67
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