Execution chamber

They enter. Brutal is waiting for them, gun drawn. Percy

peers out from behind the partition wall from the switch room.

PERCY

What do I do?

PAUL

Watch and learn.

Paul motions Percy behind the wall. Percy sighs, takes his

spot next to Jack Van Hay, peers through the wire mesh as

Toot plops into Old Sparky, wriggling his skinny ass to get

comfy.

TOOT

Sittin' down, sittin' down, takin'

a seat in Old Sparky's lap...

Paul and Dean kneel to apply the ankle clamps. Brutal steps

in from the side, pressing down on the condemned man's left

arm to keep him in place until the ankle clamps are secure.

Harry moves in from the other side, securing the right arm

clamp.

TOOT

Gettin' clamped, gettin' clamped,

gettin'--ow, shit, watch the skin!

Paul signals " ankles secure." Brutal holsters his pistol,

applies the final clamp to the left arm.

BRUTAL

Roll on one.

BEHIND THE PARTITION

Van Hay mimes turning the generator knob up, whispering:

VAN HAY

" Roll on one" means I turn the

generator up full. You'll see the

lights go brighter in half the

prison...

RESUME MAIN CHAMBER

as Brutal steps before the " condemned" and pronounces:

BRUTAL

Arlen Bitterbuck, you have been

condemned to die by a jury of your

peers, sentence imposed by a judge

in good standing in this state.

Do you have anything to say before

the sentence is carried out?

TOOT

(gleefully)

Yeah! I want a fried chicken

dinner with gravy on the taters,

I want to shit in your hat, and I

got to have Mae West sit on my

face, because I am one horny

motherfucker!

Brutal tries to hold on, but it's impossible--he cracks up.

Everybody falls apart, howling helplessly with laughter. Even

Jack Van Hay is guffawing behind his partition.

Only Paul is reining it in--he's a little too pissed to go

with it. He waits until the laughing fit starts to pass, then:

PAUL

Shut up, Brutal. That goes for

everybody. I want quiet in here.

(turns)

Toot, another remark like that,

I'll have Van Hay roll on two for

real.

BRUTAL

(beat, gently)

It was pretty funny.

PAUL

That's why I don't like it.

Tomorrow night we're doing this

for real. I don't want somebody

remembering a stupid joke like

that and getting going again.

(off their looks)

Ever try not laughing in church

once something funny gets stuck in

your head. Same goddamn thing.

BRUTAL

Sorry, Paul. You're right. Let's

keep going. Harry...

Harry takes a black mask and snugs it down over Toot's head,

leaving only the crown of his head exposed. Brutal takes a

large sponge, dips it in a steel bucket, mimes soaking it...

BEHIND THE PARTITION

PERCY

What's with the sponge?