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MAX: I'm going down with it.

No. No, you can't airstrike leader.

SUSAN: Max. Brush your teeth.

MAX: No, the battle of Fort Frontier's...

SUSAN: No, no, no......in a minute.

SUSAN: I don't wanna hear it. Right now. Come on.

SUSAN: Count of five.MAX: No, come on.

One, two, three, four...

If you're not up there by the count of five

there are gonna be some serious consequences.

...four and a half, four and three quarters

four and seven eighths, and five.

Hannah?

Hannah.I'm in my pajamas, Mom.

SUSAN: I can see that darling. Did you brush your teeth?

I just have one more page left.[SIGHS]

MAX: I already did.All right! Excellent. Good.

Now, come and give me a big hug.HANNAH: Max, go upstairs.

MAX: No. No. No. No...SUSAN: Yes. Yes. Yes.

Come on. Up, up, go.

SUSAN: Come on, Hannah, let's go.

Just one more paragraph, Mom. Please?

SUSAN: All right. But it better be a short one.

Hey, are you coming up or not?

I'll be up in a minute. Get into that bed.

[DOOR BREAKING]

HANNAH: Mom?

HANNAH: Mom!DEA OFFICER: Police! Freeze!

Susan Walker, we have a warrant for your arrest.

Get down! On your knees. Get down!

Susan Walker.Mom!

You have the right to remain silent.MAX: Mom!

Mom!Anything you say

can and will be used against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney before answering any questions.

If you cannot afford one, one shall be appointed for you.

I haven't done anything.Mom! Let go of me!

SUSAN: Stop it. What are you doing?

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]DEA OFFICER: Do you understand these rights

as I have explained them to you?

Mom!Max!

Where are you taking my children?

MAX: Mom!

[CELL DOOR SLAMS]

[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]

Come on, you guys, help me here.

Angie. Ya didn't fall overboard.

I'm so glad you and Barney could join us.

[CHUCKLES] We had a great time, it was fun.

And Barney loves the water, too, don't you, baby?

Wanna help me swab the deck, Angie?[SUSAN LAUGHS]

SUSAN: Look at Russell.

He loves this boat.

SUSAN: Hey, going my way, sailor?Sure. [CHUCKLES]

So, Angie, I bet you didn't know

your sister was such a natural at the helm, huh?

Oh, yeah, really.

How are doing with those kids?

You run out of little nautical lessons yet?

Uh, not yet. You gonna come play with us?

Yeah. In a minute.All right. Why don't you take this?

[LAUGHS]

So Russell really loves those kids.

RUSSELL: Wrap it up. Excellent.So down to earth, Sus.

Russell? Russell is very earthy.

Russell, what's this?SUSAN: You have no idea.

ANGIE: Ooh, hubba hubba![LAUGHS]

SUSAN: You know how hard it is to find a guy

who'll take on a widow and two kids?

[SCOFFS] Impossible.

Crazy luck.

Just crazy luck.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[PHONE RINGS]

RUSSELL: I got to go. All right.

Yeah, I'll help. Okay, bye. Bye.

SUSAN: Hey you.Hey. [CHUCKLES]

It's ready. They're just getting it washed up for you.

I'm so excited, I couldn't sleep.[CHUCKLES]

Oh, great.

I knew I left this at your place.

Um, is my watch in here?I don't know.

You didn't look?At your dirty gym clothes?

No, Russell. I gotta draw the line somewhere.

It's ready. Hi, Susan.Hey, Rog.

Okay, I'm gonna go take a look. I'll be right back.

So, how's the job?

Pay is low, hours are long, we're understaffed.

And I love it.[BOTH LAUGH]

Well, we sure miss you here.

I miss you guys.

This place got me through nursing school, it really did.

Oh, Susan, this is Olivia, our new bookkeeper.

Oh.Hi.

Susan used to be our receptionist extraordinaire.

Oh, right. Hi, Susan.Hi.

I used to work with Russell at the Bedford dealership.

Ah.

OLIVIA: Nice meeting you.You too.

Okay. Ready?

[CAMERA WHIRS]

All right.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

You don't have to thank me.Oh, yes, I do.

You don't know how much I needed this.

Or maybe you do.Here. Come on, get in.

SUSAN: I met Olivia today.

She seemed very nice.Yeah, she's great.

You never mentioned Olivia.

Let me tell you, Olivia is the best there is...

When it comes to the books.[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Oh, the books, is it?

All right, nobody gets in this car...

This is Russell.

Hey, man.Finish it out here.

HANNAH: Why not? We always do.

Yeah, I got some.

[SUSAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]Well, I'm in the neighborhood.

All right, I'll see you soon.

Listen, I have to stop by this guy's house. My friend Andy.

He owes me some money.

Let's get in. Come on.HANNAH: But Mom said...

All right, all right, come on. Get in.

SUSAN: Get in. Go ahead.But...

No, it's all right. Come on. Now, now. Chop chop.

Come on.With the ice cream?

Yes.Yes, with the ice cream.

Get your seatbelts on.MAX: You're slipping.

[RUSSELL CHUCKLES]

Um, Russell, I really don't think this is the time.

We're just a couple blocks away. I'll be two minutes.

Come on. Let's go.[SIGHS HEAVILY]

[ENGINE TURNING]

Well, they're off to slumber land.

Oh, just so you know, I paid the electric bill today.

I told you, you don't have to keep doing that.

I want to.

I mean, I'm here all the time.

I'm using up all your kilowatt hours.

Wait... Is this...

Is this about Olivia?

Russell...

We're planning a life together.

I am not interested in her. I never was.

I can't have that kind of crap around my kids.

Drugs.

That little stop this afternoon, what was that about?

What? What was that about?

Oh, don't. Don't do that. I hate that.

We've had this discussion before, you know.

That time I found that bag of pot in your pocket.

The guy was in a jam, I gave him a little something to tide him over.

It's no big deal.Listen, Russell.

Some people drink a glass of wine to relax,

some people smoke a joint.

I really don't care.

I really don't.

I just can't have it around my kids.

The wine.

Promise me.

Russell.

I promise.

RUSSELL: Come on, I wanna show you something.

Russell...

[SUSAN CHUCKLES]

Oh, my God, Russell.

This is so unbelievably...Nice?

Perfect.

Perfect.

Why are you showing me this house?

I think we should make an offer.

Can we afford this?

Yeah, we can afford it.

Oh...

What do you think?I think I'm in love.

With me or the house?

The house is wonderful, too.

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

Happy?

[MOANS][REALTOR CLEARS THROAT]

So, fire place, huh?

And I love this.

I love these windows, it lets in a lot of light. Great idea.

Look at that. Glass blocks. That's very...

[BOTH LAUGH]

[LAUGHTER]

RUSSELL: Anyway, that night we hear this thud against the cabin.

Yeah, and we thought it was Charlie Manson's brother coming to butcher us.

RUSSELL: So, anyway, I peek out the window

and I see this huge brown bear.

I mean, his head, like, yea big.

So I grab Larry. The bear, he looks at Larry, then he looks at me,

and then he just turns and lumbers away.That's it.

Yeah, laughing his ass off, probably.[BOTH CHUCKLE]

The hippy was in a bear suit?

No.

BOTH: It was a real bear.

Where'd you get her?[LAUGHS]

All right, give me the bread.

She's all there. This is good stuff.

Yeah, love it.

He ain't kidding.

It was somebody named Shaun on the phone.

He says you know the number.

Yeah. Okay, thanks.

I don't think this is gonna work out between us.

Because of a little pot?

Yes, because of a little pot.

I never in my life thought that would be the reason, but yeah.

As long as you keep doing that...

Oh, come on...

I don't believe this.

Susan, hey.

I love you.

I love you, too, Russell.

But you have promised me, and promised me again and again,

and now I just don't trust you anymore.

And I can't have you around my kids.

They're all I have, and probably all I'm ever gonna have.

So, let's not make this any harder than it already is, okay?

Why don't you just take a few minutes,

go up and pack your stuff and leave.

[SOFTLY] Come on.I'm so mad at you!

Oh, leave it, leave it. I'll take care of it, just go.

MAX: Is Russell coming over tonight?

Uh...

No, not tonight.

Why isn't he?

Let me talk to you both for a minute. [CLEARS THROAT]

Uh...

Russell is not gonna be coming over again.

Why not?

Because we're not gonna be seeing each other anymore.

Did you have a fight with him?

No, not really...

It's just that sometimes you can really care for somebody,

and then you get to know them a little bit better,

and you realize

that he's not the man that you're supposed to spend the rest of your life with.

And it stinks.MAX: Yeah.

I think it stinks.

RUSSELL: Susan. Hey.

You look good.

Hi.Hi.

I was in the neighborhood

and thought maybe we could go for lunch.

Whenever is good for you, you know, I'm flexible.

I don't think so, Russell.

Look, I told you when you called...

Hey, why are you doing this?

I mean, we've been through so much.

How can you just turn your back on that?

I really think you should go.

What do you want from me? Hmm?

Look, Susan, I miss you so much.

I miss you, too.

I love you, Russell.

That kind of feeling doesn't go away just overnight.

Well then why the hell are you doing this?

Because I love my children more.

I really have to get back to work.

Fine, you do that.

Tell Hannah and Max I said hi.

SUSAN: [SOFTLY] Joanne?

Joanne?

Joanne!

[CELL DOOR SLAMS]

Where are the kids? Are they okay?

A little shaken. They're all right.

Barney's with them.

I'll pick them up and go home.

Well, it's gonna have to be my place.

Your house is still crawling with cops.

Well, at least they let me post bail, they're not giving it to Russell.

He was arrested last night, too.

What are you talking about?

The DA's office, and the FEDs, and the US Attorney have entered the case.

Listen, I got the name of the best defense lawyer around.

We have an appointment with her in half an hour.

So let's go, okay?

HELEN: Knowing about the drugs is the same as if you traffic them yourself.

So did you knew about the drugs or not?

SUSAN: Well, I knew.

I mean, I knew that Russell smoked pot.

And I knew that he sold some to friends to get his for free.

And I didn't like it,

but was I gonna call up the police and turn him in?

SUSAN: No.Well, the United States Government expects you to.

[SIGHS]

Back in '86, Congress put into law something called

mandatory minimum sentencing.

It was a part of the war on drugs.

What it mean is that if you're convicted of a drug offense

regardless of how much or how little you are involved,

you may have to serve a legislatively-mandated number of years in prison.

The judge in each case has zero discretion,

he has to impose whatever sentence the legislation requires.

The larger the amount of drugs, the longer the sentence.

That's all there is to it.

What does that have to do with me?

In '88, Congress upped the ante by saying that

any person who knows of, or in any way helps anyone

who deals drugs, what the government calls a co-conspirator,

that person faces the same penalty

as the person who actually commits the crime.

And it doesn't take very much to implicate you in a conspiracy.

Wait a minute. So, what you're saying is

even though I have never sold drugs,

even if I've never done drugs,

which I haven't,

I can still get that kind of sentence?

Yes, that's right.

And they're not talking overt plotting or scheming,

it could be as simple as having the drugs in the house,

taking phone messages from your boyfriend

or your husband's drug associates, driving him to a connection.

The prosecution is going to say, "She must have known what was going on."

And that's enough to secure a conviction.

[SIGHS] Oh, God.

Miss Shaw...

What do I need to do?

Under these laws, the only way a person charged

with a drug offense can get a sentence reduction

is to help the prosecution build a case against someone else involved.

Which is just what Russell and Larry plan to do.

Larry Pearson is involved in this, too?

It was Mr. Pearson who nurtured several thousand marijuana plants

in the basement of an abandoned farm house.

Russell and his friends helped.

I'm afraid Larry has implicated you.

Why would he implicate me?

As I just explained, to get less time on his own sentence.

But what could he say about me? I haven't done anything.

Did the police find anything at my house?

They don't have to.

All it takes to be charged in a drug conspiracy

is for one other person to say that you participated in,

or had knowledge of, a conspiracy.

Oh, God. This is insane.

It's the war on drugs and it's all about numbers,

locking up as many people as possible.

Even innocent bystanders?

Unfortunately, they are the worst hit.

The wives, the girlfriends, mothers.

The less involved you actually are

the less you have to offer the prosecution,

the more likely you are to do serious time.

Miss Walker, under these circumstances

I require a retainer of $10,000.

[CHUCKLES]

I don't have that kind of money.

I'm gonna have to mortgage my house.

HELEN: You won't be able to do that.

The government has seized your house,

your automobile, and your other property.

How can they do that?

Any property connected to a drug offense

is subject to immediate seizure, it's the law.

[EXHALING SHAKILY]

Now, you may wanna speak to someone else on this,

but I assure you my fees are in line for this kind of thing.

I spent all the bonds Dad gave me

on the down payment for the house.

I spent all of mine on happy hour.

I can't afford her.

And I don't wanna go to some public defender

who doesn't know I am and could care less.

You think maybe I should call Tully?

Daddy's lawyer?Yeah.

Give it a shot. Why not?

TULLY: Susan, you okay?SUSAN: Yeah.

TULLY: They're gonna be all right.

I told them I would give them a tour ...

MAX: Mommy, Mommy!Hey, hey.

See you, guys.[HANNAH AND MAX CRYING]

[GENTLY] Okay. It's all right.

They put handcuffs on you.I know...

Well, that's their job, they gotta do that.

Come here, come here. Sit down.

[HANNAH SOBBING]

It was all a big mistake,

and Mommy's gonna straighten it all out.

Right, you're gonna straighten it out.

Hush, hush, hush, hush...

[SINGING A LULLABYE]

JUDGE MARKHAM: Susan Michelle Walker,

you are charged in counts one and eleven.

Count one,

conspiracy to manufacture and/or possess with intent to distribute marijuana.

Count 11, engaging in and profiting from

an ongoing criminal enterprise.

This proceeding will commence on November 6th,

in the United States District Court, eastern district of Virginia.

They have virtually no evidence against you.

No drugs, no drug paraphernalia.

There wasn't anything to find.

We're gonna meet with the prosecutor right now. He's asked to see us.

SHELTON: Miss Walker, you have been charged with conspiracy,

do you know what that means?

Every co-conspirator is charged with the entire scope of the operation.

And in this case that's over 2,000 plants.

One hundred plants, five years.

Thousand plants, 10 years.

We can do the math, Mr. Shelton.

I assume you've asked us here to talk about a plea bargain.

You cooperate, help us,

by telling us names, dates, details,

and we're willing to make you a deal.

Five years, over and done with.

How can I cooperate?

How can I confess something I had nothing to do with?

You're asking her to do the impossible.

I don't know these people!

Then you're gonna wish the hell you did.

You think we're screwing up your cozy little middleclass life, lady?

That's too bad.

ANGIE: What? What's up?

I got fired.

Those creeps, I can't believe they let you go.

I have worked so hard to get here.

To be a good nurse is the only thing I have ever wanted.

You are a good nurse.

What's up with you, Max?Nothing.

Brandon, he called you a drug dealer.

They were all saying it, yelling it.

[SIGHS]I'm gonna kill him.

Okay.

People are gonna say some pretty awful things about me.

We know they're not true.

But that's not gonna make it any easier to take,

and you're gonna have to be prepared for that.

Okay?

What's gonna happen to you?

I'll tell you.

There's gonna be a trial,

and I'm gonna be able to prove I didn't do anything wrong,

and then it's all gonna be over.

But I'm not gonna sit here, and I'm not gonna pretend

like this is gonna be easy 'cause it's not,

but we're gonna get through it.

We're gonna get through it together.

Okay.Okay.

SHELTON: Did you ever work alone?

I was never there by myself, there was always a group of us.

Did Susan Walker help out at the farm house?

LARRY: No, not at the farm house, no.

She took messages from buyers.

SHELTON: How many transactions would you say in a month?

SHELTON: One or two?LARRY: [SCOFFS] At least that, probably more.

She and Russell invited us over for a barbecue,

but it was really an opportunity

for the guys to talk business,

'cause Russell and Larry wanted to buy this other cabin

that they knew about in the mountains,

start an operation there.

You know, Roger and I went up to the Spring Pines last summer

with another couple, and stayed in a cabin like that.

Hello. Russell!RUSSELL: Can you take a message?

LARRY: Messages about transactions,

and she cooked for us a couple of times.

Russell helped her buy a car with some of her share.

Hey, Susan. Oh, Susan, this is Olivia, she's our new bookkeeper.

OLIVIA: Hi, Susan.

I used to work with Russell over at the Bedford dealership.

She brought a delivery to the car dealership where Russell and I worked.

How did she bring it?

In a gym bag.

Is my watch in here?SUSAN: I don't know.

You didn't look?

SUSAN: Who is this Olivia?

I met her once. I don't even know her.

These people will say anything to save their own skins.

Tomorrow, when it's your turn to get up there,

and you tell what happened in your own words,

the truth will come through. The jury will see that.

SHELTON: You said Susan Walker never saw drugs in her house,

never had dealers there.

RUSSELL: No, not that she knew of.

You gave her money on a regular basis.

RUSSELL: Yeah, I mean, yes.

With proceeds from marijuana sales?

Will you answer the question?

Look, I... I helped her out with some expenses around the house,

you know, groceries...

Oh, just so you know, I paid the electric bill today.

I told you, you don't have to keep doing that.

I want to. I'm here all the time.

SHELTON: With proceeds from marijuana sales, Mr. Davis?

Yes or no?Yes.

But she never knew where it came from.

And the new car?

Did she know where the money for that came from?

RUSSELL: You look gorgeous in it.

Yes, it came from me.

I helped her with her trade-in,

and I gave her some money for the rest, okay?

But that's all she knew.

You were taking steps to buy a house together, were you not?

SUSAN: Oh, my God, Russell.

This is so perfect.

RUSSELL: Susan is a good woman.Thank you.

Listen to me!

Sorry. I'm sorry, Your Honor.

Look, she wasn't involved with my business.

She was involved with me.

We were gonna get married, you know.

What led you to this action?

The breaking up of the relationship.

Because I walked in on them,

and I saw money changing hands.

And I was not going to have that in my house or in my life.

There are children here, Russell.

My children.

SHELTON: Did you see him, or speak to him again, after that evening?

He called once, and he came by the hospital where I work once.

SHELTON: What was the purpose of that phone call and that visit?

He wanted to get back together.

And I made it clear that wasn't gonna happen.

So, you didn't take messages for transactions?

I took messages on the phone,

simple messages. So and so called, call him back.

I had no idea this had anything to do with

drug dealing.

You didn't make deliveries to his place of work?

Of course I went to his place of work several times.

And I made one so-called delivery of a gym bag

to best of my knowledge full of dirty gym clothes.

Look, the truth is getting so distorted here.

Russell was my boyfriend,

consequently, his friends came to my house from time to time.

I took messages for him on the phone from time to time.

I drove him to a friend's house once.

But when I realized he was dealing marijuana,

I broke up with him.

SHELTON: And kept your mouth shut.

I had no idea the extent.

I certainly had no idea of anything that you call a conspiracy.

Susan Walker fed and sustained her five co-conspirators,

and allowed them to manufacture and distribute

2,342 kilos of marijuana,

and then profited substantially from it.

It's disingenuous of her to say that

she did not know what the end result

of what that drug trafficking would be.

They put drugs into the hands, and the bodies,

and the blood streams of the children of America.

Particularly for a mother,

that should not be forgiven lightly.

JURY FOREMAN: Susan Walker.

Count one,

conspiracy to manufacture and/or possess with intent to distribute marijuana,

the jury finds you guilty.

Count 11, engaging in and profiting from

a continuing criminal enterprise.

The jury finds you guilty.

Susan Walker,

you'll remain free on your own recognizance

until this matter comes before this court for sentencing,

on November 16th.

[GAVEL STRIKES]

You just sat there and you did nothing.

Okay, okay, let me just sit down for a moment, will ya?

Angie...We trusted you.

I know you did.

I'm sorry.

I just didn't realize what we're up against.

These laws don't make any sense.

ANGIE: It's a little late to think of that now.

TULLY: Tell Susan I'll call her.

SUSAN: Can I drive?

Only if you keep going, Susan. I mean it.

Where am I gonna go?

Mexico, some place, I don't care.

People do it all the time.

Well, that's not any kind of life for my kids.

I'm so worried about them. What's gonna happen to them?

[SOFTLY] Hey...

Whatever goes down, all right,

Max and Hannah will be with me,

they'll be just fine.

[SNIFFLES] Can you?

You've kept my head above water all these years...

So, shut up.

Shut up. It's end of discussion.

MAX: Will you get to come home sometimes?

You'll come to visit me.

Okay? Every chance you get.

Mr. Tully says that wherever they send me,

it's probably gonna be pretty far away.

But Angie's gonna bring you whenever she can.

Okay.

Listen to me,

you remember when Daddy died,

and we all said that

we could still feel him alive in our hearts

as if there was, like, a little silver cord

that connected all four of us

that could never be broken no matter what?

Well, you trust that now.

Because no matter how far away I am,

I will always be connected to you.

And besides,

it's not gonna be for long.

It can't be.Right. It can't be.

Hey, guys.

Wanna come help set up the table?

Yeah.SUSAN: Go on, go on.

Go on, help Angie.

Okay, I've made a list of

all the kids that they play with

and their telephone numbers,

and numbers of their parents, where they work, and

I made a list of the teachers that they have.

And, also, their doctor's appointments.

She has an appointment on December 15th...Come on, come on...

...and every Wednesday at 4:30...

Larry Pearson.

96 months.

Eight years.

68 months.

60 months.

72 months.

168 months.

240 months.

Tully.

20 years.

Judge Markham.

My client does not warrant 20 years in jail.

Mr. Tully, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind

that these are severe mandatory sentences.

I wouldn't have given her 20 years,

but what I feel is just and right has been taken out of my hands by Congress.

But, Your Honor, I urge you.

The other co-defendants have cooperated with the prosecutor

and, as a result, have received some leniency per the statutes.

You client has given the government nothing.

TULLY: She had nothing to give.

JUDGE MARKHAM: I'm bound by law.

[GAVEL STRIKES]

HANNAH: No! [SOBS]

[SOBBING] Mom...

RUSSELL: I'm so sorry.BAILIFF: Okay, you'll have to come with me. Come on.

Mom! Mom!

[CELL DOORS SLAMMING]

FEMALE OFFICER: Take off your clothes.

Your pants.

Your sweater.

Open your mouth. Turn your head.

Raise your arms.

Bend over, turn around.

[BUZZER SOUNDING]

[CHATTERING AND LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

Ladies, ladies. Why can't you keep it down, huh?

Why can't you keep it up?

[LAUGHTER]

Cece, that smart mouth is gonna get you in trouble.

WOMAN: You take my freakin' toothbrush?

[WHEEZING]

Shut up.

Shut up or I'll kill you!

Shirley's having a seizure again.

[GROANING AND GASPING]

It's okay.

WOMAN: She should take her damn medication

if we're hoping to get any sleep around here.

[SHIRLEY'S GASPING CONTINUES]

[INAUDIBLE]

[BUZZER SOUNDING]

[WOMEN MUTTERING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

WOMAN: Don't wanna get up.

[WATER RUNNING][CHATTERING]

There's no hot water.Call the press.

You know what?

If I ever make it out of here,

I'm gonna write my life story.

That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna write my life story.

WOMAN: Yeah, if you ever make it out of here.

[MACHINERY HUMMING]

[CHATTERING]

Walker.

These have to be redone.I didn't do this. This isn't my work.

Find somebody else.

Okay, I'll do it. I'll do it.

Pay attention to what you're doing.

When are you gonna get it right, sweetie?

All right, get back to work.

Bless us, O Lord, with these thy gifts

which we are about to receive.

Amen.Amen.

And let us dig into this dinner.

[CHUCKLES]

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

[CRIES OUT][WOMEN GASP]

WOMAN: She got a knife!MAN: Drop it!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Get her out of here![INMATES JEERING]

Sit down!

Get back in line! Sit down or get in line!

[CHAIR CREAKS]

Hi.Hi.

I'm Roxanne.Susan.

You just got in here from Marianna, didn't you?Mmm-hmm.

I've been shipped all over.

I was actually kind of hoping they'd transfer me to Danbury.

This is kind of too far for my husband to bring my kids to see me.

I haven't seen them in nearly a year.

That's too bad.

I'm seeing mine the week after next.

ROXANNE: Yeah?Yeah.

How many you have?Two. How many you have?

Well, my Samuel is 10 years old.

And my babies are 18 months.Aw.

Chloe and Clarissa.

I had them in Marianna.

Shackled to the bed.

So, um...

You write a lot of letters.

I saw you in here yesterday too.

These are all about my request for a new trial.

So, are you writing the judge?

Yeah, I'm writing the judge, I'm writing my senators, my congressmen.

Could I take a look at one of your letters?

I just wanna see how you put things.

Yeah.

Sure, go ahead.

I need to write one of these myself.

Well, I'm no Johnnie Cochran. Don't expect too much.

Hmm. I just wanna get a feel of it.

It's all I need.

INMATE 1: 0-4-6-1-4-0-6-2.

0-8-5-2-3-9-7-4.

0-1-9-3-7-9-6-3.

INMATE 2: 0-5-9-3-1-7-5-6.

INMATE 3: 0-8-0-3-6-2-3-3.Right about here.

0-7-6-3-7-0-9-3.

INMATE 4: 0-4-2-9-7-2-5-4.

INMATE 5: 0-5-9-2-3-2-9-1.

[TV PLAYING]

How you doing, baby?

Settling in all right?

Better watch out you don't end up like, uh, her over there.

Give it a rest, Ramona.

SUSAN: She just got here.

She's not ready for all this dazzling hospitality yet.

Hey, baby, how you doing?Don't you "Hey, baby" me.

I'm Susan.Danielle.

[SIGHS] It gets easier.

My boyfriend, he asked me to buy these chemicals that he needed.

I didn't know.

[EXHALES SHAKILY]

They gave me 24 years.

I wasn't even part of the conspiracy.

I don't know anything about manufacturing methamphetamine.

I'm 19.Okay, okay.

Be careful in here, all right?

Make sure you can trust who you're talking to before you tell them your life story.

You don't know what they're gonna use against you

to get their sentence reduced. It happens in here all the time.

See this woman coming in here now?

That's Lucy.

She's in for murder.

Across the way, writing, Shirley, she's in for armed robbery.

That's Greta. She's blind and diabetic.

She's in for drug conspiracy.

So's Dorothy over there.

A lot of rage in old Dorothy.

It's a real bunch of charmers.

Behind you...

You have a mother and daughter and a granddaughter.

They got 24, 30 and 19 years respectively because... Look back at me now.

Because her son and a couple of his buddies

were dealing drugs out of her house.

A lot of people are in here for the same thing you're in here for.

MAN ON INTERCOM: Two minutes. Lights out.

SUSAN: Okay, just listen to me.

Do your job. Stay out of trouble. You'll be okay.

Don't try to make sense out of any of this, kiddo.

You're just gonna drive yourself nuts if you do.

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

MAX: Come on Russell, help me out here.

How do I tie this?

[CHILD LAUGHING]

HANNAH: Mom, Russell taught me how to tie a clove hitch.

[OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS]

Hey!

HANNAH: Mommy!MAX: Mom!

Come here, you. [LAUGHING]

Oh, big guy! [LAUGHS]

MAX: Mommy, Mommy, I love you, I love you, I love you.

And I love you too.

[CHUCKLES]

[SUSAN SIGHS]

SUSAN: Hannah, this one is even better than the one that you read me on the phone.

Really?SUSAN: Yes.

You know what you are? You are a writer.

Yeah, you're the writer.

And what about you, big guy?

You still like your new teacher?She's okay.

Oh, just okay, huh?

Okay, you guys want to go to the machine and get something?

HANNAH AND MAX: Yeah.

Get something for your mom and me too, okay? Thanks.Okay.

So how's Max doing in school?It's odd.

He's been acting out a lot. He's been fighting with his classmates.

And then sometimes he's very quiet, he's very very sullen. Hi there.

MAX: Hey.Hey, big guy.

Listen, what's this about school?Yeah?

Hmm?

You know you can't do that.

Hey, come here. Look at me. Eye to eye.[GROANS]

You know you can't do that, sweetie.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

Oh!

Three of spades. I got it!Yes!

You did it again!

MAN ON INTERCOM: Visiting hours are over. All inmates, return to your units.

MAX: No.A whole day to learn that.

I have to go. Listen up, listen up.

And you're gonna come back so soon,

that you're not even gonna notice that I'm not home, okay?

It's gonna go by really, really fast. You'll see.

Okay?Bye, Mom.

Goodbye, baby.Bye, Mommy. I miss you.

I want you to be strong, and be brave,

and be a good boy, all right?I can't, Mommy, I can't.

No, it's okay.Bye, Sus.

MAX: Bye, Mommy.

Bye, Sus. Wave.MAX: Bye.

HANNAH: See you soon.

SUSAN: Okay, okay, okay. In plain English.

The judge won't grant me a new trial, right?

Right?

All right, so we'll go to another judge.

Okay, so what's our next move?

Janice, please.

This could be something. This can't be the end of it.

Please.

Don't say that.

[STUTTERS] It... I...

What's wrong with the system? How can this happen?

They turned down my request for a new trial.

What?

Nineteen more years in this hell hole.Bastards.

They are destroying my life. They are destroying my family.

And I'm supposed to, what, resign myself to this?

We are buried alive in this hell hole and nobody gives a damn.

Because nobody knows.

Well, if nobody knows, and nobody cares, then what's the point?

Boy, people in this country better wake up,

because if this can happen to me, it can happen to anybody.

[SIGHS]

Oh, God.

You signin' up for this thing the new chaplain's putting together?

I don't wanna sit around and talk about my problems.

I don't want anyone knowing my business.

It's at 11:00, you get out of work.

[LAUGHS]Mmm-hmm.

Hey, Susan.

All these judges and senators you keep writing,

they ever write back?

Yeah, some of them do.

I don't see them sending you any bus ticket.

Well, it's a little matter of changing the law first.

Oh, you wasting your time.

That ain't gonna happen.

They never gonna let you out of here.[SCOFFS]

SUSAN: And there could be more than $100 worth of stuff.

ROXANNE: No, oh, God.

Hey. Somebody took Susan's commissary card.

They've been buying stuff on it.

WOMAN: Oh, nice, nice.

[MACHINES CLATTERING]

All right, Ramona, let's go.

I ain't going to that broiler room with you, Terry. [SCOFFS]

You know what I'm talking about.

The Commissary Chief says you're using something that doesn't belong to you.

Using what?An ID card.

Oh.

Search me. Search me.

Come on, Terry, search me!

Get your hands off her! I'll cut your leg off, you hear me?

Chill out, June, or you're next.

Ladies, it's 11:00.

Whoever signed up for Miss Robles group, let's go.

You watch your back.

I'm Marguerite Robles, the new chaplain.

Would anyone like to talk about anything in particular?

That's what I hope this group will be,

a place where we can get stuff of our chests.[YAWNS]

Not just about what's going on in here... That too, of course...

But also what you're having to deal with with your families on the outside.

[SCOFFS]

[SNICKERS]

Okay then. Um, I've brought

a newsletter some of you might be interested in, uh...

Some of you may have already seen it, but...[SIGHS]

Oh, well, I'll just put them right here actually.

Uh, any of you here serving mandatory minimum sentences?

What do you want to know that for?

Well, um, because, right after seminary, I interned at a state prison

and I got to know this group that's working to reform mandatory sentencing laws.

There are thousands of women serving harsh sentences like these.

I answered my boyfriend's telephone.

And I took a message.

I got 15 years.

How was I supposed to know it was about a drug sale?

I got life because one of them had a gun.

The other guy I didn't even know.

I got an enhanced sentence.

They offered me a plea bargain, 10 years, I says, "No, I'm innocent.

"I'm going to trial."

[SCOFFS]

If the government thought that 10 years was enough punishment,

why am I doing life?

Right.

Anybody else here serving a mandatory minimum sentence?

Six of you.

You have kids?

Oh, Cece's got a bunch of them.

Tell her. Come on.

When I was sentenced, they were nine, four, two and one.

My boy was 16 when I left.

He's not doing too good.

I...

I haven't seen my babies in five years.

CECE: Each of mine lives with a different relative.

The youngest doesn't even remember me.

And my brother who has them,

he won't let there be any contact.

Susan? It's Susan, right?

Yeah.What about you?

Oh, pretty much the same as everybody else.

How about you, Dorothy?

You have kids?No.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

You're a nice looking woman.

But your face ain't gonna look nothing like that when Ramona gets out of the hole.

She's a piece of work. Ignore her.

Mind if I join you, ladies?

Go ahead.Great, thanks.

Oh, I wouldn't eat that pot pie if I were you.

Right. [CHUCKLES]

I don't know if you picked up one of these or not.

I did.Great.

Uh, the group's called FAMM,

Families Against Mandatory Minimums.

If you look on the back, there's a case summary you fill out.

It asks about your sentence, the offense,

sympathetic factors, your family and so on.

Then you write a brief personal account of what happened.

Excuse me, Chaplain,

staff table's over there.

I'm fine here, thanks.

Yeah.

They use these case summaries to write profiles on people serving mandatory minimums.

That's how they publicize the unfairness of these laws, by putting a face on them.

Mmm.

Yeah, I'll fill one of these out.

I got a story.Great.

You know, you should read some of the letters that Susan wrote about her case.

Oh, yeah?

ROXANNE: The judges and congressmen, and then...

That's great. You have to do that.

It's probably a waste of time.

No, hey,

you can't give up. You've gotta let people know.

I mean, that's what's so great about FAMM, they can do that.

And for your kids too.

How old are they?

Hannah's 17. She's a junior in high school.

And Max is 15.

They were 11 and 9 when I came in here.

In some ways, that's what they still are to me.

Excuse me.

Hey, Angie.You better go home, Jake.

[SIGHS]

Right.

And I'll see you tomorrow.Yeah.

What was going on here, hmm?

I mean, I know what was going on,

but I'd like you to tell me.

Well, we've been sleeping together for the last year. You happy?

ANGIE: Hannah.

Okay, we don't sleep. [CHUCKLES]

Why haven't you told me?

You're not my mother.

I know I'm not your mother.

My mother is in prison and my father's dead.

No, we need to discuss this.

"We" don't need to do anything. How come you...

No "how come."

Now, if you're intent on being sexually active,

you're going to have to take some responsibility for it.

[SCOFFS] Please, advice from the party girl.

[PHONE RINGING]That was a long time ago.

I'm responsible for you.

Hello.Hi, what's going on?

Hi. Oh, I just got in from work, trying to fix dinner.[DOOR CLOSES]

Oh.

Listen, I was wondering if you and the kids might be able to come up

and visit me soon.

Oh, Susan, I'm so booked at work.

Angie, it's been three months.

I gotta see 'em.

Please, I gotta see 'em.

Okay.

I'll try and juggle the schedule.

I'll see what I can do, okay?

Okay, thanks.

JUNE: Hey, Susie.

Ramona asked me to give you a message.

[GRUNTS]

[YELLS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

Check this out!

[ALL CLAMORING]

Susan!

TERRY: Freeze! Get off her!

Let me at her!

Thank you.

Susan.

You okay?SUSAN: Yes.

Roxanne told me what happened. I'm saying something to the warden.

Marguerite, don't do that.

But you didn't do anything?Please.

Let it go.

If I rat on somebody in here, it's just gonna make it a hell of a lot worse.

Please.

Okay, Susan.

Look, I'll be back later with something to eat.

You hang tough.

[SIGHS] I'm reassigning you.

Oh, please don't do that.Maintenance detail.

I've worked so hard to become Grade One. I've always done a good job.

Now you have a chance to excel in another area.

June's been relocated to another facility.

And you will too, if there's another incident. Do you understand?

Good.

What are you doing?[GRUNTS]

GRETA: Double six.

You know that's not a double six, Greta.

Come on, you're cheating.No, you're cheating.

Double six.That's better.

Hey, Susan.Hey, Lucy.

Kids gonna be here today?[SIGHS] Yeah.

Been so long since I've seen 'em,

they're probably gonna have my grandchildren with them.

Good luck out there.Sixteen years.

Gonna be like that old guy who woke up.

Rip Van Winkle.

Behave yourself.Good luck to you, Lucy.

Yeah, thanks.

Hey, do you believe that?

She murders two husbands and they let her out early.

Oh, yeah. They gotta make room for all us drug kingpins

with no chance of parole.

Red queen. Hey, Roxie.

Guess you're not gonna make Inmate of the Month this month, huh?

Is there something about the way I'm mopping the floor

that bothers you, Terry?

As long as you don't start any fights, I got no problem.

You know, something just occurred to me.

One day I'm gonna be out of here

and you're a lifer.

ANGIE: Tell your mom the cat story, Max.

MAX: So they had these two huge fire engines, right?

And all these guys with their gear for some scrawny little cat stuck up in a tree.

[CHUCKLES]Did they get it?

Barney did.

He goes up there saying, "I don't see it! I don't see it!"

And out of nowhere, this stupid cat jumps out at him.

He screamed like a girl.[LAUGHING]

That's my guy.

MAN: Yo, Max.

I'll be back, okay?All right.

[INDISTINCT]

[SIGHS]

So, how's cheerleading?

It's fine.

Angie told me about the other day,

about walking in on you and Jake.

It's okay.

I'd like you to be able to talk to me about this stuff.

Looks like somebody already beat me to it.

Baby,

when I think about the time we've lost,

it hurts so much I can't stand it sometimes.

There's so much I wish we'd been able to talk about.

Mom. I'm not a slut, okay?

If that's what you're thinking.

That is not what I'm thinking.

I am thinking that you are my tenderhearted girl.

And I want you to be careful.

Now, listen. This is serious. Listen to me here.

I see too many women in this place

who are infected or whose kids are infected.

Mom, I'm careful, okay?

A lot more careful than you were.

I'm gonna get something to drink.

Is she all right?

What's wrong with her?

Look, I know what you're thinking.

Even if you were there, she's a 17-year-old girl

and 17-year-olds put up walls, right?

Come on, remember?

[SNIFFLES]

[SIGHS]

SUSAN: I'm glad Max is spending more time with Barney.

That's good. That's good for him.

Is he doing better in school?

Yeah, when he goes.

Police picked him up in the middle of the day last week,

brought him to the shop.

Angie!

Why didn't you tell me?

'Cause I just didn't.

Angie.What good would it do for me to tell you?

He is my son. I'm supposed to know this.

Is there a chance they're going to flunk him?

Yes. What am I supposed to do?Oh, God.

You are supposed to be on top of this stuff.

You are the adult.I know that.

You are supposed to be there, Angie.I am there.

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the past six years,

I am there.

When I'm not working overtime to put food on the table.

I'm doing the best I can.

I know it's not as good as you would do.All right. All right.

I didn't mean to bite your head off, I'm sorry.

[SIGHS]

[SOBBING]

Shirley, you okay?

What... What?

Danielle! Get somebody in here quick!

She's taken something. Get somebody in here right now!

TERRY: Get out! Move, will you?

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Come on, Murphy, let's go.

Can't you see she's not breathing, you jackass?

You've gotta...Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Susan Walker, now get out of here! Move it!

Get in here!

[SOBBING][INDISTINCT CHATTER]

TERRY: Where'd she get this, huh?

[SOBBING]

[BUZZER SOUNDING]

Is she gonna make it?

This time.

Poor kid.Yeah.

I'm gonna go in and see her.

Oh, hey, uh...

Don't forget, the coordinator from FAMM's gonna be here Friday at 3:00.

I already reminded Roxanne.

Hiya.

[EXHALES]

You know...

Before you and Roxanne got here,

I didn't hang out with anybody.

I just went through the day.

One foot in front of the other.

Just doing my time, just trying to survive.

Look, I know...I really don't want to talk about this.

I know what this place can do to you.

It kills your soul.

That's why everybody in here is either eating or sleeping

or drugging themselves into oblivion.

Don't you lose yourself.[SOBS]

[BREATHES SHAKILY] I feel...

[SOBBING] I feel so alone.

Well, you aren't.

I'm never gonna have anybody to love

or to love me or to take care of me.

Or children. [SOBBING]

Oh, sweetheart.

Where'd they pick him up?

ANGIE: Behind the strip mall.

He was with some guys I told him I didn't want him hanging around with.

Is he there?Yeah.

Put him on.

Max.

Yeah?

Max, where did you get the pot?

You there?

Yeah, I'm here.

Where did you get the pot?Some guy had it.

What guy?

Ryan, okay? You don't know him.

Look, I'm not angry. Okay?

This is not an angry voice you're hearing.

I'm very worried.

I want you to let me help you.

Help me? What can you do to help me?

Okay? In there, you can't do anything.

[DIAL TONE]

This is Mark McNamara from Families Against Mandatory Minimums.

Hi, Susan, how do you do? It's nice to finally meet you in person.

What's the matter, are you okay?

My son got picked up today by the police for smoking pot.

I know who's being punished here.

My kids.

They don't have a father, he's dead.

And their mother is in prison serving a 20-year sentence for picking up a phone.

[SOBBING] And taking a damn message!

[SUSAN SNIFFLES]

My little kid's out on the street.

And he doesn't stand a chance.

MARK: Susan.

I put your profile on the FAMM website.

What I'd like to do next is to bring a journalist in

to talk to you and tell your story.

That's really going to help your case.

Do it. If you can arrange it.

That's what I want.

SUSAN: I didn't co-operate with the government for a reduced sentence

because I didn't know anything.

And I thought, if I didn't know anything and I didn't do anything

then nothing could happen to me.

And then

several of my co-defendants

testified against me to get their own sentences reduced,

and I was convicted purely on their testimony.

Where's Russell now?

I don't know. The last I heard, it was Leavenworth,

but that was a few years ago

and I haven't been in touch with him

for a long time.

Somewhere inside, I knew.

HEATHER: You did?Yeah.

Somewhere inside.

Where you know all the things you don't want to know, you know.

Miss Rutman,

I had been a widow for six years.

I had two little kids to raise.

I was working a couple of part-time jobs.

I was going to school at night to get my nursing degree.

I was struggling to make mortgage payments on a house.

My life was hard.

And then suddenly Russell appeared.

And it just looked to me like

finally everything was gonna come together.

I fell in love with him.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

And that's where this whole nightmare began.

TV ANCHOR: The rolling blackouts continue across California...

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

The White House announced today

that President Clinton has commuted the prison sentences

of Dorothy Gaines, Louise Howes, and Shondra Mills,

the three women convicted of drug crimes,

but who received much harsher mandatory minimum sentences

than the men involved in the cases.

Hey. [SHUSHES] I want to get this.

...they had served a disproportionate amount of time,

according to White House spokesman Jake Sewert.

They received much more severe sentences than their husbands and boyfriends.

In a related story,

one man, Alain Arasco, also was ordered free

after serving time on a drug conviction.

[ALL CHEERING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Mark. This is Susan Walker.

I just... I just heard something about President Clinton on the news.

SUSAN: What's this about?

Yeah, that's right. Um...

He commuted their sentences. They're free.

But what does it mean? I mean, what does it mean for me?

Well, it's still too soon to tell.

We heard that the President might commute some others

with mandatory minimum sentences.

Julie Stewart, who is the founder of FAMM,

has a meeting in the Pardon Attorney's office later

to try and find out some more information.

Susan, as soon as we hear anything, I promise you, we'll let you know.

Okay.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Hello!

MARK: The Pardon Attorney suggests that we focus

on those people with the best chances.

You're saying us?

Yeah. Those who've served at least five years, have no priors

were minimally involved, have a clean prison record,

and most importantly, admit any wrongdoing and are remorseful.

So we're getting out?

We're gonna help you file a petition.

We chose 24 members with the best chances

and the both of you were included.

[LAUGHING]

Yes!

Yes! Yes!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

You're welcome.[LAUGHS HAPPILY]

Yes!

Oh, thank you, thank you.

SUSAN: So what does it say? Are they gonna represent you?

"An associate with our firm, Daniel Krull,

"will come to meet with you on the 26th."

Good for you!That's Friday!

Oh, man, I hope they find somebody for me soon.

How come you two got in on this?

Probably put out for Terry.

TERRY: I heard that!It's not just us.

Anybody can file a petition.Even you, Ramona.

[SARCASTIC LAUGHTER]

MARK: Mark McNamara speaking.Oh, hi. Good Morning. My name is Jimmy Carpenter.

Uh, Mr. McNamara, I'm a lawyer

here in Augusta, Georgia.

Now, I was just reading this article in this magazine here about mandatory minimums.

And I thought I have to talk to you.

Thank you, Mr. Carpenter.

Absolutely.

Yes, we'll be in touch. Thank you.

Okay. Bye-bye.

Julie.

Julie, I just got off the phone with a lawyer from Georgia.

He read the piece on Susan Walker and he wants to help us.

Great. Does he want to start a local chapter?

No, he wants to represent her pro bono.

It's been a long time since I've heard anybody this excited.

Excitement's good. Is he with a big firm that does a lot of pro bono?

No. He's a one-man band.

Now, we need letters of support

from family members, lawyers, everyone we can.

The Pardon Attorney will study the petition and official documents

like your pre-sentencing report and sentencing transcripts.

Now, this is important.

Any mis-statements on this application can be grounds for rejection.

So be honest and forthcoming.

Accept responsibility.

And do not re-argue your case.

You see, clemency is forgiveness, not exoneration.

It assumes guilt.Oh, I know.

Why are you doing this?

Because I think your mom has a case.

Transferring me somewhere else.

Judge Markham.

Jimmy Carpenter.

Did you have a chance to consider what we talked about

on the phone the other day?

Frankly, I've never written a letter to the President before,

asking that one of my sentences be commuted.

I hear that some judges are now refusing to hear low-level drug cases

prosecuted under the mandatory minimum laws.

Several senior federal judges that I know of, personally.

That's why I had to leave.

I hope that does Mrs. Walker some good.

SUSAN: "Susan Walker was given a 20-year sentence,

"a much harsher sentence than any of the other co-conspirators,

"merely because they cooperated with the government and she didn't."

Man, I never thought you'd get this out of Judge Markham.

"As you know, mandatory minimum sentences

"have been severely criticized by the American Bar Association

"and the US Sentencing Commission."

"Even the Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist has called these sentences

"a good example of the law of unintended consequences."

This is incredible.We may have a problem.

What?

Losing your prison factory job may count against you.

It can't count against me.

Jimmy, it can't. That was self-defense.

Nevertheless, it may diminish your chances.

I mean, you got in a fight, you went to the hole...[SIGHS]

...they took your job away from you.

Now, according to the Pardon Attorney's guidelines,

on paper, you're not the exemplary prisoner.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, the Pardon Attorney called the warden?

Yeah, because they want to know more about what happened at the factory.

Oh, God, Mark, I went into all kinds of detail about that in my statement.

I was doing my job, I was minding my own business

when she just came out of nowhere and attacked me.

I know. Susan, I know.

All because her damn friend got caught stealing my commissary card.

I know. SUSAN: What am I supposed to do?

Susan.

Please, don't do this to yourself.

Okay? This could either be good news, or it could be bad news.

We don't know yet.

So please just hang in there.

And try not to worry.

[SIGHS]

DOROTHY: Come on. Read me the front page.

They lost. Come on. Get me out of here.

Did the guy file your petition?

Mine was sent by registered mail this morning.

[CHUCKLES] Well...

When I get out of here,

I'm gonna lay in a bathtub.

And buy myself some silk sheets.

And get cable. [LAUGHS]

How does that sound?That sounds pretty good.

Mmm.

Oh, boy.

Julie?

Julie.

Pardon Attorney's office.

Roxanne.

Roxie.

Roxie.

I didn't make the list.What list?

My lawyer just told me.

The pardons.

Roxie, what are you talking about?

Did the President make a decision?

[BELL RINGS]

He said there were two names on the list.

And neither of them were mine.Did they tell you who they were?

MAN ON INTERCOM: This is an emergency count.

All inmates report to your units immediately.

He said we could do it again.

File another petition.

I don't think I can go through this all over again.

Come on, ladies. Let's go. Let's go, let's move it. Come on.

Come on, Roxie, we got to go.

Come on. It's emergency count. Roxie, come on.

Come on, let's go.

TERRY: Come on. Let's go. Everyone in. Come on.

Susan!

Susan, did you hear? Your sentence is being commuted.

MARGUERITE: Did you hear what I said?

You're free. You're going home!

Rox! Roxanne! No, no. Just let me talk to her...

TERRY: Keep it moving. Come on, Roxie, let's go.

Roxie, Rox!Hey, hey, hey, hey. Walker, Walker.

TERRY: I just got the official word.

We got to process you out of here.

Come on. I'm gonna miss you, you know that?

0-8-5-2-3-9-7-4.

0-1-9-3-7-9-6-3.

0-5-9-3-1-7-5-6.

INMATE 1: 0-6-9-1-4-5-8-7.

INMATE 2: 0-5-9-2-3-2-9-1.

INMATE 3: 0-4-6-1-4-0-6-2.

0-6-9-1-4-5-8-7.

Hi.Hi. [CHUCKLES]

Oh, thank God this nightmare's over, Sus.

[SNIFFLING] This is all I need.

[CHUCKLES] This is all I need.

[LAUGHING AND SOBBING]

Having all of you here like this.

[LAUGHS AND SOBS]

When Marguerite told me, I couldn't dare let myself believe it.

MARGUERITE: You should've seen the look on her face.

All the way here, she kept shaking her head.[BOTH CHUCKLE]

I couldn't get it in... Couldn't get it in.

[SNIFFLING] Jimmy, thank you so much.

Now, you did it on your own.

No, no, no.

If you hadn't all been here, I couldn't ever

[GASPS] have gotten through this.

JIMMY: We're gonna take off now. We'll call you tomorrow.

Okay, okay.

Welcome home.Thank you.

[INAUDIBLE]

ANGIE: Thank you.

Max?

You okay, kiddo?

Yeah.

You okay, kiddo?

Yeah.

I'm home now.

Now I'm home.

You know, Mark asked me if I would speak at a seminar for FAMM

next week.

And...

I thought it might be good if you came along.

I don't think so.

Well...

I think it'd be interesting for them to hear your point of view.

Interesting?All right. All right. Wrong word.

[SCOFFS]

Important.

I think it would be important for them to hear what you went through.

Nobody

really cares what I've been through.

That's not true.

It's just not sexy enough.

There's no way anyone can know.

Hannah. Can I talk to you?

HANNAH: Hey, your sentence has been commuted, too.

Just leave me alone, okay?

Hannah.

Don't talk to her that way.[SIGHS]

SUSAN: Listen, you two.

The whole time I've been away in prison,

Angie's put her life on hold.

She's sacrificed six years of her life for us.

We can never repay her.

Sus.

Treat her with respect.

Look.

It's never gonna be the way it was before.

The people we were six years ago, they're gone.

We're never gonna see them again.

But I would hate to think that anything as stupid

and as unfair as what happened to us

could permanently destroy us as a family.

I will not let it happen.

Don't you. Don't you.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

[INDISTINCT]