Ext. E block prison yard - day

A small are reserved for inmates of the Mile, fenced-off from

the main prison yard. Arlen Bitterbuck walks the perimeter

under the watchful eyes of guard BILL DODGE.

We find Paul sitting by himself on the bleachers with

Coffey's file on his knees, thoughtfully unwrapping his brown-

bagged sandwich. PUSH SLOWLY IN as he begins to read...

EXT. DETTERICK FARM - DAWN (FLASHBACK)

...and we see Klaus Detterick walk from his house to the barn

with a milking pail, a solitary figure against a brightening

horizon. He disappears into the barn...

...and we hold for a long moment, the house silent

b.g., chickens clucking and scratching in the front yard...

...until a WOMAN'S SCREAM shatters the silence. Klaus

reappears, dropping the pail, running toward the house...

PAUL ON BLEACHERS

...as Paul turns the page, keeps reading...

INT. DETTERICK HOUSE - DAWN (FLASHBACK)

...and Klaus bursts in to find his wife MARJORIE absolutely

frantic with terror:

KLAUS

WHAT? GOD SAKES, WHAT?

MARJORIE

THE GIRLS! THE GIRLS ARE GONE!

She drags him through the house to a screened-off porch area

where their 12 year old son HOWIE is pointing and shouting--

HOWIE

Papa! Papa, look! The blood!

--and Klaus freezes there, stunned to see blood spattered on

the floor and the screen door hanging off its hinges...

KLAUS

Oh my God.

PAUL ON BLEACHERS

...as Paul absently takes another bite of his sandwich, not

really tasting it, keeps reading...

INT. DETTERICK HOUSE - DAWN (FLASHBACK)

...plunging us back into the screaming chaos: Klaus grabbing

up shotgun shells, Howie loading the.22 rifle he got for

Christmas, Marjorie sobbing incoherently...

KLAUS

GODDAMN IT, WOMAN, GET ON THE

PHONE NOW! YOU TELL 'EM WE HEADED

WEST! MIND WHAT I'M SAYING! WEST,

Y'HEAR?

...and she goes stumbling through the house, grabbing for the

phone as her men disappear toward the porch b.g.:

MARJORIE

Central! Central, are you on the

line? Oh, God, please, somebody

took my little girls...

OUTSIDE THE HOUSE

Klaus and his son race from the house, following spatters of

blood across the yard...

PAUL ON THE BLEACHERS

...as Paul lets out a long breath, turns the page...

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD/FIELD - DAY (FLASHBACK)

---and we see CARS AND TRUCKS pulling up, MEN jumping out

with rifles, pouring down the incline toward the field where

Klaus is hollering and waving his arms. Deputy McGee comes

sliding down from the road, taking charge at the top of his

lungs--

McGEE