Standoff s01e17 Episode Script
Kids in the Hall
Statistics say juvenile offenders will never be rehabilitated Statistics say that we're lucky if just one of us in this room doesn't head to adult lockup You see, the supreme court don't even care about your ass Now they're trying to say that incarceration on its own counts as rehabilitation That's why we don't have a real counseling program here So why do we got to listen to you instead? You got something to say, durell? Nah,I just don't see why you keep shoving these statistics down our throats I keep shoving them down your throats' cause it gets you angry And I want you to get angry People get angry, they bring about change You got your boy quoting you now I'm quoting malcolm X And I ain't a boy Sorry You his bitch Cut it out I said stop Way to prove your statistics Don't move - Nathan, what are you doing - Shut up! Durell,cuffs Hector,tear gas I need your shirts Not you,just your shirts Come on,give 'em up All right call fletch Tell him there's wards in the yard with guns We got armed wards in the rec yard Repeat that The wards are armed,sir They got guns This is superintendent fletcher be advised that there are armed wardsin the rec yard ******* Uh-oh,you better run Shut up,rome Stay here,watch him - Wait,what should I - Stay here! Relax,rook Yore safe here with me "Ability to perform well under pressure "I'd say you're excellent at that This is supposed to be a confidential evaluation "Rate your partner's communications skills "Excellent You think I don't know what you're doing? What am I doing? You're giving me high scores to guilt me into giving you high scores - Would that work? - No All right,show me yours and I'll show you mine The point of this this is to give an honest assessment of our strengths and weaknesses I don't have any weaknesses Cut it out! You gave me a "good" for organization? "Good" isgood "Good" is not excellent Yeah,well,neither is your organizational ability I've seen your apartment What did you put for the main assessment for us? - You really want to know? - Yeah You just earned yourself another excellent "Is there any situation you find yourself and your agency-assigned partner unable to resolve? "Everything okay down there? Copy that ********* ******* Let's go I don't see any guns Or guards Where is everybody? get down,get down Don't touch it Get down On the floor Get your face on the floor,now Get down,now Durell You're never going to make it out of here Who says we want out? proudly presents Season01 Episode17 All right,well,can you confirm it? Yeah,there should be a rec yard pay phone That's the one we want It's a hundred or sorioters out in the yard They don't know how it started or who's running it,if anybody I hate these things Think positive-- maybe it'll be over in a couple of hours The last one was three weeks Well,last one was lifers.
These are juveniles.
They'll be easier to talk down Or it could take a couple of weeks Maybe we could share one of those cots like we did the last time Hey,now you're talking Welcome to the dungeon Is that what the kids call it? Yeah,that and dung hill correctional, which is more apt The place was scheduled to be torn down next week It's going to be replaced by a brand-new super-max prison We're here just in time Superintendent fletcher,matt flannery,emily lehman--the negotiators Call me jim Glad to have you - Glad to be here - Thanks Hey,guys,there's a phone in the yard,I've got the number This is a state run facility We are on loan to the bureau of prisons They have their own tactical response team which answers directly to superintendent fletcher This is his show He's in charge Okay,tell me what to do In our experience,incidents like this usually arise from racial tension among the population or reports of abuse from staff Anything along those lines we should know about? Our wards here are treated with respect - And they respect our authority in return - We didn't mean no,I know why you had to ask,but you have to know that dunnehill has the best reputation of any juvenile hall in the state of california hey,who 'dis? This is the fbi We're at the main gate Who's in charge in there? Who's in charge? I'm in charge Rome:Get off the phone This is rome You're talking to the man in charge now Superintendent fletcher,this is nathan toll Number 778 I have control of the security room,control of the yard and control of all of your shotguns I also got three guards under my care You want to talk,call the bunker You stay on the yard phone Lia,patch me into the bunker chill,all right?Chill,They hear me only,all right? Fletch? Uh,no Great movie,though Whowho is this? This is matt flannery with the fbi Fbi's here already? Yeah Not the only ones either Uh,yeah? Let me guess--I'm completely surrounded There's no way out and if I don't give up now I'm going to go to prison That's good It's good we can joke about this The problem is,I don't think the sort team's laughing - Sort? - Yeah,swat for prisons Special operations response team Like,"kill 'em all,let god sort 'em out later "Whatever,man We're just kids in here You can't bring it like that You're kids with guns--that changes the equation Good,'cause that'swhat we're here to do Now unless you want this thing to go down like attica,I suggest you cooperate with me You're talking to the right guy for that Number one-- don't cut the water or the power,you just make things worse Number two-- don't come into the yard Number three--I want to speak to senator richard espinosa I want him to haul his ass down from sacramento and I want to see him face-to-face Okay,you know that the governor is the guy that grants the pardons,it's not the senator I don't want a pardon I plan to do my time and I plan to do it here at dunne hill where I was sentenced to do it Not at some super-max prison where espinosa crams 10,000 bodies into half sized cells just so espinosa can claim he saved tax payers 50 bucks on their returns Okay So you're doing this to keep dunne hill open? hey,rook what's your name,man?It's tony,right? Oh,come on,man,don't worry I ain't gonna rat you out Think I want to see you get tore up by these young'uns? Claw out your your eyes and stuff? Give me them keys on your belt,let me out of these cuffs-- I'll make sure to keep hush until your cavalry get here Dunne hill is home to a lot of kids in here For most of them,it's the only home they ever had Espinosa calls it a failure He goes around quoting statistics about inmate violence that don't match up to what I see Yeah,you know,nathan,there's a lot of ways to get your point across besides putting a gun to somebody's head Like what?Writing letters,signing petitions? - Yeah - Yeah,we did all that We've been doing that for months and getting nothing back Espinosa don't care about us Hey,even if most of us didn't have records,we ain'told enough to vote anyway Yeah,I understand I understand what you're saying No one cares A lot ofI care All right? I care I'm listening to you I hear what you're saying right now Well,yeah That's because I got a gun to somebody's head Turn on the monitor There's something going on in the yard Damn! You are one stupid CO,You know that? Come on,man Please Please Oh,please Come on,man Don't even try to tell me you got a wife and kid,'cause I don't see no ring Come on!Come on,man No! He's going to brand him Jerome kaden,18,serving Was supposed to be transferred to chino today Nate,check this out What the hell is he doing out there? Nathan,are you in control of this situation or not? Yes Yes Yes All right,then you take control or I will Come on Please,man Don't burn me This might sting just a little Please Hey!Stop right there! Rome,I see you Don't make me come out there This ain't a cage,and you're not animals,so be a man,and let that man be Unless you think you deserve to live in some super-max prison I sure as hell don't! And that's why I'm up here fighting for you But I can't help youif you act like thugs You see me?You see me? You see this? swat team standing by Wait here what you going to do with that,homeboy?Huh? What you going to do with that? Back!Everybody get back! Back! Back!Stay back! Looks like your men can stand down Thank god Think we should call the senator now? I don't know what to make of any of this I mean,nathan toll is a kid who spent the last year convincing me to give him classroom space so he could run his own counseling program If he wants to talk,he's got to have good reason boy,don't do it That's nathan's deal It's my deal,too - This matt? - Yeah Who's this? Hector Rome shouldn't even be in the yard He's got two bodies on him He's in for life Yeah,well,it sounds like the plan got messed up You think this might be too much for him to handle? Ain't nothing nate can't handle You talk to meand me only Clear? Hector picked upthe phone,nate Personally,I think he's a little young to get involved He's not hector's a bystander He hasn't touched a gun and he won't I got your guns,and I'm your key to keeping order here till you get espinosa All right,if I call the senator,he's going to want to know what kind of guy you are,all right? I'd like to tell him you're stand-up Maybe if you give me one of those guards I know one of them needs medical attention You get the senator down here,and then we'll talk For now,we done till tomorrow morning 7:00 AM Smart kid You okay? I was just trying to help You trust me,right? Of course I do Then you got to let me be the bad ass A guy your age shouldn't have to fight like this I'm ready if I have to You know,I got a good feeling about this matt guy He's going to do like he says Wake up,toll Espinosa's never coming down here - Shut up! - Let him talk Just let him talk You're one of the smart ones,nathan,but you're in over your head Clear your weapons,walk out now,you might get out of this alive Is set to close at the end of the week,the speculation among some is that this revolt is the result of pent-up aggression against the facility itself - How are the bathrooms? - Awesome Reading up on this new super-max prison It's pretty scary They're calling it a "mini-max"'cause it houses juvies Just puts them in a two-year step-down program Well,because spending time in a 6x12 box really teaches you how to behave Yeah It's bad news I got worse The senator's not coming What? I just ran into cheryl Espinosa's dodging the call He doesn't want to get involved in this That's so stupid It just reinforces everything the kid already thinks about him Well,you got to look at it from his angle It's a political nightmare any way you cut it You're going to defend him? No I'm explaining him Feel like explaining him to nathan? I don't know if we have to Look at nathan's profile,He was scheduled for early release Yeah Not anymore Yeah Exactly He knew what this was going to do to his sentence You think he wants to stay inside? I think,when he said that this place is the only home that some of these boys ever knew he's talking about himself Yeah I also think he was talking about hector Hector's the little kid on the phone? Look Now they're splitting them up Hector's going to white rock correctional,and nathan's going to the mini-max So you think he's doing all this for the kid? Well,I don't know It could be his weak spot If we press on that,we could crack him I don't know,it just feels like it's bigger than that I mean,what if he's right about senator espinosa messing with the stats? Well,there's no way to prove that And,besides,like I said before,he's not coming down,so there's nothing we can do about it there's nothing we can do So you want to put nathan toll on the morning news? I think it's a goodway to show trust,and let him know he's being heard It's also a great way to publicly shame the senator into coming down here Well,I never thought about it that way Yeah Are you in on this? I think that's one way to go I don't think it's the only way You got a better way? Well,it's not necessarily better Yeah,she wants to drive a wedge--divide and conquer Well,I wouldn't use those exact words,but I do think that we can use the listen He's going to call in three hours,okay? I would much rather tell him we're going to meet him halfway than say no, you can't have what you want,and,by the way,let's talk about your friends All right Either way,it buys us some time And I don't like having my telephone calls dodged,so I'm going to see which reporter wants to wear kevlar Okay What was that? Look,I'm not saying you're right or wrong No,you're just saying I'm wrong No,I'm saying I'm right My name is nathan toll,and I am out of options I've tried to send my message through the proper channels,but that didn't work Now my only optionis violence For that I apologize,but senator richard espinosa should apologize,too If he didn't treat me like a statistic,I wouldn't have to act like one All I want is a meeting,televised,where we comparehis facts to my reality Where I can prove why he's wrong about closing this place down Senator Thank you for coming I'm just embarrassed it wasn't sooner Morning,guys My heart goes out to that boy in there and what he's going through I plan on doing everything I can to see him through it Thank you Senator espinosa,thanks for coming Who's flannery? Right here You put this kid on camera? Whose side are you on? We're all on the same side,senator Then move in there and end this sideshow before it gets any bigger And use whatever you need to--tasers,hoses--hell,gas 'em if you have to I don't care how this ends,but it ends now ***old The kids ******* nathan******* ******clear *******head ******attention****** ******now no******** senator******** *****end the stanoff i'm telling******* you *********8 ********** this is exactly******** ********* now you in charge here****** they are********* if we******** senator *********** OK**********control now so*****anybody ******** ******** the only****** ******listen nathan*****88 matt********* yeah********** ******* senator here so ******** ok****come down here now it's up to you *********8 ******** well ********** you ******body bags ********** listen********* trust me i will give you two OK senator******** you and you ** wait a mintue******* ********** ********* just let them go ********* hey **********news nathan******** he*****fbi shut up *******walk *****locked up *********all of you ********with these pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs.
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pigs pigs pigs The senator has agreed to talk to you,nathan You'll meet him in the visitation room He'll be one one side of the plexiglas You'll be on the other Your meeting will be filmed,just like you asked You'll have 15 minutes to say whatever you want Make it count You wanted to talk to me,nathan? All right,guys Nice drill I want it just like that when we go Did you know about this? We don't rule out options,you know that It doesn't have to go down like this Did you know about this before I made the call? Chain of command,matt It's fletcher's call Just tell me one thing How come you're so anxious to kill this kid? You're a law-enforcement officer I thought you'd understand This state has a prison crisis and I promised the voters that I'd do something about it So,what,you're going to blow him away to keep a campaign promise? Believe it or not,I don't want to see this boy hurt Look,we take out nathan and this revolt loses its leader You kill a snake by cutting off its head The senator's a real american hero Decorated soldier in the first gulf war And here's his basic political Why do you want all this anyway? you know,this guy's not only ducking nathan,he's ducking the cameras, and the only time I've seen a politician avoid free publicity is when he's got something to hide It could just be his policy--the senator's always been zero tolerance on crime Yeah,I know I voted for him This isn't about policy,though He doesn't want this super-max thing open to public scrutiny I don't know why If you say so According to this,the guy is super-clean He's a heavy hitter in the charity world,goes to church He even leads a scout troop in clovis He never touched any of them inappropriately,did he? Well,that sounds good Thank you What's up? I had lia pull some numbers for me You know espinosa says the recidivism rate here is 90% yeah It's not? - Try 60 - Really Well,that's impressive The best in the state Also,there hasn't been an escape or a fatality since fletcher's running the place Okay,so where are we going with this? Where we're going with this is that nathan's right What?To holdguards at gunpoint? I mean,I'm not crazy about the senator either, but we're not here to save the prison,matt,just the people Yeah,that's what I'm trying to do.
Are you with me or not? With you how? You think we should be taking nathan out this early? No Okay,you're with me All right It's now day three of the hostage crisis here at dunne hill, and authorities have confirmed that senator espinosa is preparing to go inside himself to talk with the leader of the revolt Officials are optimistic that the meeting could bring an end to this terrifying ordeal It's time Hey,keep the door locked Nate,stop!It's a trap! They're gonna shoot you Come back All right,please tell meyou didn't call hector I'll take the heat,but this is where the "you're-with me" part gets important Hey! All right,cheryl,it was my call This little stunt just cost you your job,and that'll be my call Yeah,well,I'll see you on the unemployment line,rick Matt,you're relieved What the hell is that supposed to mean? Finally figured out why you didn't want to talk to nathan I thought I made myself clear Yeah,you kind of skipped the part about being in bed with the holden corporation Matt,what'sgoing on? Holden corp.
Is the single biggest contributor to his re-election campaign They also happen to be the developer behind the super-max, which is why you were so excited to get this thing over with chop chop, because every day bulldozers don't roll costs them money Holden contributes to my campaign Generously And so do abouta hundred other corporations hoping it'll give them access Gary mcalpine pitched me a plan to replace an overcrowded, rat-infested hell hole with a modern,secure,state-of-the-art - yeah,modern - With no classrooms,no programs - no socializing - All the donations were properly declared Everything was above-board,and this,son,is how politics works Really,senator? Why don't you give me a civics lesson,'cause I'm really dying for acivics lesson right now Matt!You are relieved That means shut up and walk away Now Fine.
You don't want to negotiate What do you need negotiators for? Come on,let's go I'll take primary Negotiation is still viable.
I can get nathan back on the line That might be him,nate so it was all just a bum rush,huh? Now you know why I can't trust nobody Nathan Who is this? This is emily Where's matt? Matt's on a break No,no,no,no.
Matt wouldn't take no break from this Yeah,he didn't want to do it,believe me,but it's procedure No No,matt,matt's out'cause he warned us about the setup That's what's going on here No,no And the rest of y'all are just looking for excuses to draw down on some juvies Well,guess what? To win a duel,you have to draw first The sad thing is,one of my hostages is gonna be caught in the crossfire Do you really think that's the answer,nathan? Can't you see what's happening here? Nobody is listening,so I'm gonna have to shout Get up,dawg just tell them to put matt on the phone What are you doing? Get back,hector Get back! Look,look,carl,carl's got two kids,okay,nathan? Two little girls All right,you really want to leave them without a father? Oh,it'll make 'em tough Like it did me Nathan - Nathan! - shut up - Nathan,just put the gun - hector! Just put the gun down Get him back in line Get him back in line.
Let's go! I cannot dig up anything else on espinosa It's one thing to comb through public records,but what you're asking me I'm asking you to run some financials Come on,we do that all the time For suspects.
Espinosa's on the team He's running the team I could lose my job for this I could lose my job for just talking you're not gonna get fired for that You can't guarantee that I can guarantee you that if someone would okay,don'T.
Just stop it - What? - Negotiating I am not gonnaig up anything on senator espinosa unless a us attorney files a warrant, and you cannot talk me into that All right,how about gary mcalpine,the ceo of holden corporation - Matt! - What?Look,look.
Lia.
Listen.
Okay? You could dig some of this stuff up without anybody knowing you there No digital signatures I know you're good like that You're doing it again All right.
You want to know the truth? I just got tossed because I would rather lose my job than do it wrong Lia,I don't care what they tell you,the consequences and what goes on in there stays with you--forever-- and I don't see any reason that you should look at it differently because you sit behind the screen while I stand out on the line And those aren't the skills talking? No.
That's totally skill-less I'll see what I can do We're running out of options.
Your sort teams are armed and ready Yeah,with live ammo Consider the repercussions,jim We're knee-deep inrepercussions right now Look,if we were talking about hardcore criminals,I'd bust in there with an m-4 myself All right,look,nathan I-I want to buy it,but I don't,and I'll tell you why 'Cause I read your file It is one thing to get angry It's another thing to throw away everything whoa,whoa,wait wait.
You gonna switch up my words now? No,no,no.
Not your words It's not about words.
You know what?Forget-forget words Okay,let's talk about actions Let's talk about how two days ago you went down to that prison yard to stop rome from doing this very same thing that you're about to do right now It's still a bust These are espinosa's financials There's no red flags Okay,what about the ceo,uh,mcalpert? Mcalpine.
He's clean,too He lives in clovis But I thought the internet said he lives in the bay area Here,he just bought a house in clovis It's probably a vacation home Clearly,you've never been to clovis It's an investment property Yeah,I say that's an investment,all right Look at the price on that thing I'm sending down one guard Carl actually say she wants to stay.
Can you believe that? Yeah Thank you,nathan I am gonna call you back in a minute to arrange a transfer Impressive work Yeah I,uh,I second that All right,go get your team ready As soon as that guard is free,we're moving in Wait,what excuse me? Well,we have him right where we want him Yeah,that's my partner for you,and as soon as he releases that hostage, you and I are gonna have a sit-down with nathan And why would iwant to do that? You sold your house to gary mcalpine last year What,are you saying that that's illegal? I don't know,single-family residence in clovis worth about $500,000 You sold it for five mil Nice markup-- can I have your realtor's number? That sale is in the public record I don't know if it's illegal or not,but there's a bunch of tv reporters out there, they're gonna call it criminal I'll fight this Great-- you can get started right now,as soon as you finish up out there-- while you're fielding questions about dead kids, - you can tell them about shady real estate deals - Don't even attempt or maybe you can sit down and talk to the kid,hear him out,maybe even listen to him I told you,I can't do that Yeah?Well,everyone's gonna know exactly why Boys are getting jacked up Tired of running in circles around here We're the cockroaches,son--that's what we do Maybe nate probably got a plan or something Yeah.
Nate's got it all figured out 'Course no one would be happier to get out of here than you,right? What you talking about? They say you cry yourself to sleep every night,like a baby cockroach Who said that? Your boy philly - Chilly? - Yeah He says when you're not crying,you're begging bigger boys to take care of you Look,man,I'm just the new guy--that's what he told me Maybe you shouldset him straight fellas,let's go handle the yard Let's move Nathancome out,come out,wherever you are I'm the new warden here,and I got your boy Let's move ******** Let go of me! That's what I thought Hey,don't fight it,man--you're just gonna hurt yourself let him go Hey-hey-hey!It's nate dawg! Oh,what,you want me to cut him open? Put down the gun Put down the gun! Okay,okay Let's justwhy don't we just swap,me for him? That's what you want anyway,right? didn't know what else to do I mean,I had to shoot him--he was gonna kill you That's,like,self-defense,right? What the hell,nathan? Tell me what I should do?What am I supposed to do? attention.
We have the tower exits blocked Surrender and you won't be hurt What the hell am I going to do? You're notyou're not gonna do anything--I killed him Nathan just shutjust shut up and listen to me--I shot him You can't do that.
I shot him It's my fault No,justjust give me the gun,hector It's-it's my fault It's-it's my fault Drop your weapon! Drop your weapon! Hold your fire! Nathan,put it down.
Put the gun down Hold your fire The senator's gonn atalk to you,okay? And you were right about him It doesn't matter anymore It's-it's over All of it Just let me do this Do what?What are you gonna do,huh? You gonna shoot your way out of here? Come on,man,that's not gonna happen,you know that I screwed up That doesn't matter I screwed up.
I'm screwing up right now,all right? We tried It would've been better if I didn'T Everything I was trying to save what about your friends,huh? What about hector? I just want it to be over Wait a second! Stop!He's just trying to protect me! Shut up,hector It wasn't nathan! Okay,okay I shot rome! Nathan.
Right here.
Look at me Right here.
It's okay Okay?It's all right let's go hey Hey So,you want to talk about this now,or you want to wait till later? What's to talk about? You know,this could've gone down a lot worse - Yeah? - Yeah As far as prison riots go,this was was a mess From the very start I mean,chain of command was broken,communication was broken,trust was broken we were broken.
That's what you wantto say-- say it I-I was right about espinosa - I never said you were wrong - No,I know you didn'T - In fact,I think you said you were with me - Yeah.
That doesn't matter Well,it matters I think-I think it matters What'd you want me to do,matt?You wanted me to quit with you? How abouttrust me for once? Even though you didn't trust meenough to tell me what you were gonna do? I didn't know what I was gonna dountil I was doing it Yeah,and then when you did it,it was so far over the line,matt,that I had no choice - You always have a choice - What,between you and my job? Because I'm not gonna make that choice I can't work like that And I can't live like that,so all right,well,maybe we should take a breakfrom this What's "this"? - From this - What? You know,it's likey ou say,if,uh,if it's keeping you from doing the work 'Cause I don't think you should have to make that choice Yeah? Unless you want to put in for reassignme you don't even have tothat's all right A break is good Yeah,I know - Okay - OKay
These are juveniles.
They'll be easier to talk down Or it could take a couple of weeks Maybe we could share one of those cots like we did the last time Hey,now you're talking Welcome to the dungeon Is that what the kids call it? Yeah,that and dung hill correctional, which is more apt The place was scheduled to be torn down next week It's going to be replaced by a brand-new super-max prison We're here just in time Superintendent fletcher,matt flannery,emily lehman--the negotiators Call me jim Glad to have you - Glad to be here - Thanks Hey,guys,there's a phone in the yard,I've got the number This is a state run facility We are on loan to the bureau of prisons They have their own tactical response team which answers directly to superintendent fletcher This is his show He's in charge Okay,tell me what to do In our experience,incidents like this usually arise from racial tension among the population or reports of abuse from staff Anything along those lines we should know about? Our wards here are treated with respect - And they respect our authority in return - We didn't mean no,I know why you had to ask,but you have to know that dunnehill has the best reputation of any juvenile hall in the state of california hey,who 'dis? This is the fbi We're at the main gate Who's in charge in there? Who's in charge? I'm in charge Rome:Get off the phone This is rome You're talking to the man in charge now Superintendent fletcher,this is nathan toll Number 778 I have control of the security room,control of the yard and control of all of your shotguns I also got three guards under my care You want to talk,call the bunker You stay on the yard phone Lia,patch me into the bunker chill,all right?Chill,They hear me only,all right? Fletch? Uh,no Great movie,though Whowho is this? This is matt flannery with the fbi Fbi's here already? Yeah Not the only ones either Uh,yeah? Let me guess--I'm completely surrounded There's no way out and if I don't give up now I'm going to go to prison That's good It's good we can joke about this The problem is,I don't think the sort team's laughing - Sort? - Yeah,swat for prisons Special operations response team Like,"kill 'em all,let god sort 'em out later "Whatever,man We're just kids in here You can't bring it like that You're kids with guns--that changes the equation Good,'cause that'swhat we're here to do Now unless you want this thing to go down like attica,I suggest you cooperate with me You're talking to the right guy for that Number one-- don't cut the water or the power,you just make things worse Number two-- don't come into the yard Number three--I want to speak to senator richard espinosa I want him to haul his ass down from sacramento and I want to see him face-to-face Okay,you know that the governor is the guy that grants the pardons,it's not the senator I don't want a pardon I plan to do my time and I plan to do it here at dunne hill where I was sentenced to do it Not at some super-max prison where espinosa crams 10,000 bodies into half sized cells just so espinosa can claim he saved tax payers 50 bucks on their returns Okay So you're doing this to keep dunne hill open? hey,rook what's your name,man?It's tony,right? Oh,come on,man,don't worry I ain't gonna rat you out Think I want to see you get tore up by these young'uns? Claw out your your eyes and stuff? Give me them keys on your belt,let me out of these cuffs-- I'll make sure to keep hush until your cavalry get here Dunne hill is home to a lot of kids in here For most of them,it's the only home they ever had Espinosa calls it a failure He goes around quoting statistics about inmate violence that don't match up to what I see Yeah,you know,nathan,there's a lot of ways to get your point across besides putting a gun to somebody's head Like what?Writing letters,signing petitions? - Yeah - Yeah,we did all that We've been doing that for months and getting nothing back Espinosa don't care about us Hey,even if most of us didn't have records,we ain'told enough to vote anyway Yeah,I understand I understand what you're saying No one cares A lot ofI care All right? I care I'm listening to you I hear what you're saying right now Well,yeah That's because I got a gun to somebody's head Turn on the monitor There's something going on in the yard Damn! You are one stupid CO,You know that? Come on,man Please Please Oh,please Come on,man Don't even try to tell me you got a wife and kid,'cause I don't see no ring Come on!Come on,man No! He's going to brand him Jerome kaden,18,serving Was supposed to be transferred to chino today Nate,check this out What the hell is he doing out there? Nathan,are you in control of this situation or not? Yes Yes Yes All right,then you take control or I will Come on Please,man Don't burn me This might sting just a little Please Hey!Stop right there! Rome,I see you Don't make me come out there This ain't a cage,and you're not animals,so be a man,and let that man be Unless you think you deserve to live in some super-max prison I sure as hell don't! And that's why I'm up here fighting for you But I can't help youif you act like thugs You see me?You see me? You see this? swat team standing by Wait here what you going to do with that,homeboy?Huh? What you going to do with that? Back!Everybody get back! Back! Back!Stay back! Looks like your men can stand down Thank god Think we should call the senator now? I don't know what to make of any of this I mean,nathan toll is a kid who spent the last year convincing me to give him classroom space so he could run his own counseling program If he wants to talk,he's got to have good reason boy,don't do it That's nathan's deal It's my deal,too - This matt? - Yeah Who's this? Hector Rome shouldn't even be in the yard He's got two bodies on him He's in for life Yeah,well,it sounds like the plan got messed up You think this might be too much for him to handle? Ain't nothing nate can't handle You talk to meand me only Clear? Hector picked upthe phone,nate Personally,I think he's a little young to get involved He's not hector's a bystander He hasn't touched a gun and he won't I got your guns,and I'm your key to keeping order here till you get espinosa All right,if I call the senator,he's going to want to know what kind of guy you are,all right? I'd like to tell him you're stand-up Maybe if you give me one of those guards I know one of them needs medical attention You get the senator down here,and then we'll talk For now,we done till tomorrow morning 7:00 AM Smart kid You okay? I was just trying to help You trust me,right? Of course I do Then you got to let me be the bad ass A guy your age shouldn't have to fight like this I'm ready if I have to You know,I got a good feeling about this matt guy He's going to do like he says Wake up,toll Espinosa's never coming down here - Shut up! - Let him talk Just let him talk You're one of the smart ones,nathan,but you're in over your head Clear your weapons,walk out now,you might get out of this alive Is set to close at the end of the week,the speculation among some is that this revolt is the result of pent-up aggression against the facility itself - How are the bathrooms? - Awesome Reading up on this new super-max prison It's pretty scary They're calling it a "mini-max"'cause it houses juvies Just puts them in a two-year step-down program Well,because spending time in a 6x12 box really teaches you how to behave Yeah It's bad news I got worse The senator's not coming What? I just ran into cheryl Espinosa's dodging the call He doesn't want to get involved in this That's so stupid It just reinforces everything the kid already thinks about him Well,you got to look at it from his angle It's a political nightmare any way you cut it You're going to defend him? No I'm explaining him Feel like explaining him to nathan? I don't know if we have to Look at nathan's profile,He was scheduled for early release Yeah Not anymore Yeah Exactly He knew what this was going to do to his sentence You think he wants to stay inside? I think,when he said that this place is the only home that some of these boys ever knew he's talking about himself Yeah I also think he was talking about hector Hector's the little kid on the phone? Look Now they're splitting them up Hector's going to white rock correctional,and nathan's going to the mini-max So you think he's doing all this for the kid? Well,I don't know It could be his weak spot If we press on that,we could crack him I don't know,it just feels like it's bigger than that I mean,what if he's right about senator espinosa messing with the stats? Well,there's no way to prove that And,besides,like I said before,he's not coming down,so there's nothing we can do about it there's nothing we can do So you want to put nathan toll on the morning news? I think it's a goodway to show trust,and let him know he's being heard It's also a great way to publicly shame the senator into coming down here Well,I never thought about it that way Yeah Are you in on this? I think that's one way to go I don't think it's the only way You got a better way? Well,it's not necessarily better Yeah,she wants to drive a wedge--divide and conquer Well,I wouldn't use those exact words,but I do think that we can use the listen He's going to call in three hours,okay? I would much rather tell him we're going to meet him halfway than say no, you can't have what you want,and,by the way,let's talk about your friends All right Either way,it buys us some time And I don't like having my telephone calls dodged,so I'm going to see which reporter wants to wear kevlar Okay What was that? Look,I'm not saying you're right or wrong No,you're just saying I'm wrong No,I'm saying I'm right My name is nathan toll,and I am out of options I've tried to send my message through the proper channels,but that didn't work Now my only optionis violence For that I apologize,but senator richard espinosa should apologize,too If he didn't treat me like a statistic,I wouldn't have to act like one All I want is a meeting,televised,where we comparehis facts to my reality Where I can prove why he's wrong about closing this place down Senator Thank you for coming I'm just embarrassed it wasn't sooner Morning,guys My heart goes out to that boy in there and what he's going through I plan on doing everything I can to see him through it Thank you Senator espinosa,thanks for coming Who's flannery? Right here You put this kid on camera? Whose side are you on? 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pigs pigs pigs The senator has agreed to talk to you,nathan You'll meet him in the visitation room He'll be one one side of the plexiglas You'll be on the other Your meeting will be filmed,just like you asked You'll have 15 minutes to say whatever you want Make it count You wanted to talk to me,nathan? All right,guys Nice drill I want it just like that when we go Did you know about this? We don't rule out options,you know that It doesn't have to go down like this Did you know about this before I made the call? Chain of command,matt It's fletcher's call Just tell me one thing How come you're so anxious to kill this kid? You're a law-enforcement officer I thought you'd understand This state has a prison crisis and I promised the voters that I'd do something about it So,what,you're going to blow him away to keep a campaign promise? Believe it or not,I don't want to see this boy hurt Look,we take out nathan and this revolt loses its leader You kill a snake by cutting off its head The senator's a real american hero Decorated soldier in the first gulf war And here's his basic political Why do you want all this anyway? you know,this guy's not only ducking nathan,he's ducking the cameras, and the only time I've seen a politician avoid free publicity is when he's got something to hide It could just be his policy--the senator's always been zero tolerance on crime Yeah,I know I voted for him This isn't about policy,though He doesn't want this super-max thing open to public scrutiny I don't know why If you say so According to this,the guy is super-clean He's a heavy hitter in the charity world,goes to church He even leads a scout troop in clovis He never touched any of them inappropriately,did he? Well,that sounds good Thank you What's up? I had lia pull some numbers for me You know espinosa says the recidivism rate here is 90% yeah It's not? - Try 60 - Really Well,that's impressive The best in the state Also,there hasn't been an escape or a fatality since fletcher's running the place Okay,so where are we going with this? Where we're going with this is that nathan's right What?To holdguards at gunpoint? I mean,I'm not crazy about the senator either, but we're not here to save the prison,matt,just the people Yeah,that's what I'm trying to do.
Are you with me or not? With you how? You think we should be taking nathan out this early? No Okay,you're with me All right It's now day three of the hostage crisis here at dunne hill, and authorities have confirmed that senator espinosa is preparing to go inside himself to talk with the leader of the revolt Officials are optimistic that the meeting could bring an end to this terrifying ordeal It's time Hey,keep the door locked Nate,stop!It's a trap! They're gonna shoot you Come back All right,please tell meyou didn't call hector I'll take the heat,but this is where the "you're-with me" part gets important Hey! All right,cheryl,it was my call This little stunt just cost you your job,and that'll be my call Yeah,well,I'll see you on the unemployment line,rick Matt,you're relieved What the hell is that supposed to mean? Finally figured out why you didn't want to talk to nathan I thought I made myself clear Yeah,you kind of skipped the part about being in bed with the holden corporation Matt,what'sgoing on? Holden corp.
Is the single biggest contributor to his re-election campaign They also happen to be the developer behind the super-max, which is why you were so excited to get this thing over with chop chop, because every day bulldozers don't roll costs them money Holden contributes to my campaign Generously And so do abouta hundred other corporations hoping it'll give them access Gary mcalpine pitched me a plan to replace an overcrowded, rat-infested hell hole with a modern,secure,state-of-the-art - yeah,modern - With no classrooms,no programs - no socializing - All the donations were properly declared Everything was above-board,and this,son,is how politics works Really,senator? Why don't you give me a civics lesson,'cause I'm really dying for acivics lesson right now Matt!You are relieved That means shut up and walk away Now Fine.
You don't want to negotiate What do you need negotiators for? Come on,let's go I'll take primary Negotiation is still viable.
I can get nathan back on the line That might be him,nate so it was all just a bum rush,huh? Now you know why I can't trust nobody Nathan Who is this? This is emily Where's matt? Matt's on a break No,no,no,no.
Matt wouldn't take no break from this Yeah,he didn't want to do it,believe me,but it's procedure No No,matt,matt's out'cause he warned us about the setup That's what's going on here No,no And the rest of y'all are just looking for excuses to draw down on some juvies Well,guess what? To win a duel,you have to draw first The sad thing is,one of my hostages is gonna be caught in the crossfire Do you really think that's the answer,nathan? Can't you see what's happening here? Nobody is listening,so I'm gonna have to shout Get up,dawg just tell them to put matt on the phone What are you doing? Get back,hector Get back! Look,look,carl,carl's got two kids,okay,nathan? Two little girls All right,you really want to leave them without a father? Oh,it'll make 'em tough Like it did me Nathan - Nathan! - shut up - Nathan,just put the gun - hector! Just put the gun down Get him back in line Get him back in line.
Let's go! I cannot dig up anything else on espinosa It's one thing to comb through public records,but what you're asking me I'm asking you to run some financials Come on,we do that all the time For suspects.
Espinosa's on the team He's running the team I could lose my job for this I could lose my job for just talking you're not gonna get fired for that You can't guarantee that I can guarantee you that if someone would okay,don'T.
Just stop it - What? - Negotiating I am not gonnaig up anything on senator espinosa unless a us attorney files a warrant, and you cannot talk me into that All right,how about gary mcalpine,the ceo of holden corporation - Matt! - What?Look,look.
Lia.
Listen.
Okay? You could dig some of this stuff up without anybody knowing you there No digital signatures I know you're good like that You're doing it again All right.
You want to know the truth? I just got tossed because I would rather lose my job than do it wrong Lia,I don't care what they tell you,the consequences and what goes on in there stays with you--forever-- and I don't see any reason that you should look at it differently because you sit behind the screen while I stand out on the line And those aren't the skills talking? No.
That's totally skill-less I'll see what I can do We're running out of options.
Your sort teams are armed and ready Yeah,with live ammo Consider the repercussions,jim We're knee-deep inrepercussions right now Look,if we were talking about hardcore criminals,I'd bust in there with an m-4 myself All right,look,nathan I-I want to buy it,but I don't,and I'll tell you why 'Cause I read your file It is one thing to get angry It's another thing to throw away everything whoa,whoa,wait wait.
You gonna switch up my words now? No,no,no.
Not your words It's not about words.
You know what?Forget-forget words Okay,let's talk about actions Let's talk about how two days ago you went down to that prison yard to stop rome from doing this very same thing that you're about to do right now It's still a bust These are espinosa's financials There's no red flags Okay,what about the ceo,uh,mcalpert? Mcalpine.
He's clean,too He lives in clovis But I thought the internet said he lives in the bay area Here,he just bought a house in clovis It's probably a vacation home Clearly,you've never been to clovis It's an investment property Yeah,I say that's an investment,all right Look at the price on that thing I'm sending down one guard Carl actually say she wants to stay.
Can you believe that? Yeah Thank you,nathan I am gonna call you back in a minute to arrange a transfer Impressive work Yeah I,uh,I second that All right,go get your team ready As soon as that guard is free,we're moving in Wait,what excuse me? Well,we have him right where we want him Yeah,that's my partner for you,and as soon as he releases that hostage, you and I are gonna have a sit-down with nathan And why would iwant to do that? You sold your house to gary mcalpine last year What,are you saying that that's illegal? I don't know,single-family residence in clovis worth about $500,000 You sold it for five mil Nice markup-- can I have your realtor's number? That sale is in the public record I don't know if it's illegal or not,but there's a bunch of tv reporters out there, they're gonna call it criminal I'll fight this Great-- you can get started right now,as soon as you finish up out there-- while you're fielding questions about dead kids, - you can tell them about shady real estate deals - Don't even attempt or maybe you can sit down and talk to the kid,hear him out,maybe even listen to him I told you,I can't do that Yeah?Well,everyone's gonna know exactly why Boys are getting jacked up Tired of running in circles around here We're the cockroaches,son--that's what we do Maybe nate probably got a plan or something Yeah.
Nate's got it all figured out 'Course no one would be happier to get out of here than you,right? What you talking about? They say you cry yourself to sleep every night,like a baby cockroach Who said that? Your boy philly - Chilly? - Yeah He says when you're not crying,you're begging bigger boys to take care of you Look,man,I'm just the new guy--that's what he told me Maybe you shouldset him straight fellas,let's go handle the yard Let's move Nathancome out,come out,wherever you are I'm the new warden here,and I got your boy Let's move ******** Let go of me! That's what I thought Hey,don't fight it,man--you're just gonna hurt yourself let him go Hey-hey-hey!It's nate dawg! Oh,what,you want me to cut him open? Put down the gun Put down the gun! Okay,okay Let's justwhy don't we just swap,me for him? That's what you want anyway,right? didn't know what else to do I mean,I had to shoot him--he was gonna kill you That's,like,self-defense,right? What the hell,nathan? Tell me what I should do?What am I supposed to do? attention.
We have the tower exits blocked Surrender and you won't be hurt What the hell am I going to do? You're notyou're not gonna do anything--I killed him Nathan just shutjust shut up and listen to me--I shot him You can't do that.
I shot him It's my fault No,justjust give me the gun,hector It's-it's my fault It's-it's my fault Drop your weapon! Drop your weapon! Hold your fire! Nathan,put it down.
Put the gun down Hold your fire The senator's gonn atalk to you,okay? And you were right about him It doesn't matter anymore It's-it's over All of it Just let me do this Do what?What are you gonna do,huh? You gonna shoot your way out of here? Come on,man,that's not gonna happen,you know that I screwed up That doesn't matter I screwed up.
I'm screwing up right now,all right? We tried It would've been better if I didn'T Everything I was trying to save what about your friends,huh? What about hector? I just want it to be over Wait a second! Stop!He's just trying to protect me! Shut up,hector It wasn't nathan! Okay,okay I shot rome! Nathan.
Right here.
Look at me Right here.
It's okay Okay?It's all right let's go hey Hey So,you want to talk about this now,or you want to wait till later? What's to talk about? You know,this could've gone down a lot worse - Yeah? - Yeah As far as prison riots go,this was was a mess From the very start I mean,chain of command was broken,communication was broken,trust was broken we were broken.
That's what you wantto say-- say it I-I was right about espinosa - I never said you were wrong - No,I know you didn'T - In fact,I think you said you were with me - Yeah.
That doesn't matter Well,it matters I think-I think it matters What'd you want me to do,matt?You wanted me to quit with you? How abouttrust me for once? Even though you didn't trust meenough to tell me what you were gonna do? I didn't know what I was gonna dountil I was doing it Yeah,and then when you did it,it was so far over the line,matt,that I had no choice - You always have a choice - What,between you and my job? Because I'm not gonna make that choice I can't work like that And I can't live like that,so all right,well,maybe we should take a breakfrom this What's "this"? - From this - What? You know,it's likey ou say,if,uh,if it's keeping you from doing the work 'Cause I don't think you should have to make that choice Yeah? Unless you want to put in for reassignme you don't even have tothat's all right A break is good Yeah,I know - Okay - OKay