So, Paul, you really think you can help her?
It's not a bladder infection or even a busted mouse...
...but there might be a chance. - Hold on now.
You're talking about our jobs. Sneak a sick woman into a cellblock?
No, Hal would never stand for that.
You know him. He wouldn't believe anything, even if it fell on him.
So you're talking about...
...taking John Coffey to her.
That's more than just our jobs, Paul.
That's prison time, we get caught.
- Dang right it is. - No, not for you, Dean.
The way I figure it, you stay back on the Mile.
That way, you can deny everything.
Why do I have to stay behind?
Our boy's grown up...
...gone off to school.
Harry's girls, they're all married now.
Brutal's a single man.
You're the only one here with two children, another on the way.
Let's not discuss this as if we're thinking of doing it.
Brutal, help me out here.
I'm sure she's a fine woman.
The finest.
What is happening to her is an offense, Brutal...
...to the eye and the ear and to the heart.
I have no doubt.
But we don't know her like you and Jan do.
And let's not forget, John Coffey is a murderer.
Now, what if he escapes?
I'd hate to lose my job or go to prison...
...but I'd hate worse to have a dead child on my conscience.
I don't think that's gonna happen.
In fact...
...I don't think he did it at all.
I do not see God putting a gift like that...
...in the hands of a man who'd kill a child.
That's a very tender notion, but the man is on death row for the crime.
And plus...
...he's huge.
If he tried to get away, it'd take a lot of bullets to stop him.
We'd all have shotguns, in addition to side arms.
I'd insist on that.
If he tried anything, anything at all...
...we'd have to take him down.
You understand?
So...
...tell us what you had in mind.
There it is.
I see it.
You think this is enough?
I don't know.
You fellas thirsty?
Fresh out of the icebox.
You bet. That's swell, Brutal.
- Thanks. - Oh, yeah.
Hot in here.
Boy, howdy.
Hey, hey. I'm gonna get some too, ain't I?
- My ass, you get some too. - What makes you think you deserve any?
Because I got a big pecker.
Well, the day report says he's been okay.
Hell, yeah, I been behaved. Come on, now.
Don't be stingy hogs.
Come on.
Come on now, fellers.
Come on, boss.
I been good all day.
It's hot in here.
It's hot in this cell, and I'm dogged to drink. I'm thirsty.
Why don't you give me some?
Come on.
You gonna stay behaved?
Come on, you clunk, give me that.
You promise me...
...or I'll drink this myself right here.
Come on, now. Don't be that way.
I'll be good.
Cup.
Anybody wants out, now's the time.
After this, there's no turning back.
So?
We gonna do this?
Sure. That'd be just fine.
I'd like to take a ride.
Guess we're all in.
What is this?
Payback.
That's right.
- No, you let me go! Let go of me! - Settle down.
- Let go! - Settle down.
What are you doing?
Settle down.
"Miss Lotta Leadpipe."
- What would your mother say? - You let go of me, you ignoramus.
I know people. Big people!
Percy, stick out your arms like a good lad.
No, I won't do it. You can't make me.
You're dead wrong about that, you know.
You gonna put your arms up?
A big man is ripping your ears off. I'd do as he says.
There you go.
Please, Paul.
Please don't put me in with Wild Bill. Please don't.
You would think that.
No, no, you can't do this to me.
You can't do this to me. You can't.
I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
We can and we are.
We'll give you a few hours of quiet time to reflect on what you did to Del.
And if you get lonely, just think about Miss Leadpipe.
All right, let's go over it one more time.
What do you say if somebody stops by?
Coffey got upset after lights out...
...so we put the coat on him, locked him in the restraint room.
They hear kicking, they'll think it's him.
What about me?
You're in Admin pulling Del's file, going over the witnesses...
...on account of how big a screwup the execution was.
We going for the ride now?
That's right. We going for the ride.
What about us, Dean?
You, Harry, Percy, all down in the laundry doing your wash.
Probably take a few hours before you're back.
Where you think you going?
You a bad man.
That's right, nigger. Bad as you'd want.
What's wrong? What's wrong?
What's wrong?
Whole room, whole room's spinning.
It's like I'm shitty-ass drunk.
Had me some shine or...
...or what?
Niggers ought to have their own electric chair.
White man...
...ought not to sit in no nigger electric chair. No, sir.
He a bad man.
Look, boss.
It's Cassie, the lady in the rocking chair.
John, we have to be quiet now.
You see her? You see the lady?
Yeah, we see her, John. Come on.
Let's go. Go, go!
Now!
All right, big boy. Let's get moving. Come on.
Upsy-daisy.
Do you know where we're taking you?
Help a lady?
That's right.
How do you know?
Don't know.
Tell the truth, boss, I don't know much of anything.
I never have.
We can still turn back.
Boss, look.
Someone's up.
This was a mistake.
Christ, what were we thinking?
It's too late now. John, you stay.
Harry, you keep John here till we call you.
Who the hell goes there at 2:30 in the goddamn morning?
It's us. It's Paul and Brutal.
- It's us. - Jesus.
It isn't a lockdown, is it? Or a riot?
No. Hal, for God's sakes, just take your finger off the trigger.
Are you hostages?
Who's out there?
- Who's by that truck? - Harry, the lights!
John Coffey.
Halt!
- Stay where you are! - Take it easy, now.
- Don't you move! - Wait!
I'm warning you.
Halt or I'll shoot!
- I said halt! - Hal, put the gun down!
Who are you talking to down there?
Goddamn it!
Now, nobody is hurt. And we are here to help.
Help what? I don't understand.
You're just gonna have to trust me.
What do you want?
Make them go away!
I don't want no salesmen...
...in the middle of the night.
Tell them to take a flying fuck at a rolling...
Just to help.
Just to help, boss. That's all.
You can't. No one can.
- Stay out of here! - Don't you go in there!
- Whoever you are, just stay out! - Don't you do it!
I'm not dressed for visitors.
You stop now. You hear me?
- Paul, I don't want him up there. - Boss...
...you just be quiet now.
It's all right, Hal. It's all right.
Hal, watch. Just watch him.
Don't come near me, pig-fucker.
Why do you have so many scars?
Who hurt you so badly?
Don't hardly remember, ma'am.
What's your name?
John Coffey, ma'am. Like the drink...
...only not spelt the same.
Ma'am?
Yes, John Coffey?
I see it.
What's happening?
You be still now. You be so quiet and so still.
Come on, John. Sick it up.
Come on. Cough it out like you done before.
He's choking. Whatever he sucked out of her, he's choking on it.
I'll be fine. Just let me be.
How did I get here?
We were going to the hospital in Vicksburg.
Remember?
Melly...
...it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter anymore.
Did I have the x-ray?
Did I?
Yes.
Yes. It was clear. There was no tumor.
Can you stand up?
Can you turn around and see this lady?
What's your name?
John Coffey, ma'am.
Like the drink.
Only not spelt the same.
No, ma'am, not spelt the same at all.
No, you can't.
I dreamed of you.
I dreamed you were wandering in the dark.
And so was I.
And we found each other.
We found each other in the dark.
Take it, John. It's a present.
It's St. Christopher.
I want you to have it, Mr. Coffey.
And wear it. He'll keep you safe.
Please.
Wear it for me.
Thank you, ma'am.
Thank you, John.
Christ, he goes down, it'll take three mules and a crane to pick him up again.
Take it easy, John. You gotta stay on your feet.
He'll never sit in Old Sparky. You know that, don't you?
He swallowed that stuff for a reason.
I give him a few days.
One of us will do a cell check, and he'll be dead on his bunk.
Well, if that's his choice, he's earned it.
Let's just get him back on the Mile.
Am I happy to see you. You were gone so long.
Wild Bill's making noise like he's waking up.
What happened to him?
He's hurting, Dean. He's hurting bad.
Okay, John.
We're gonna set you down on your bed now. Here we go.
Well?
What about Mrs. Moores?
Was it like the mouse?
Was it...
...you know, a miracle?
Yes, it was.
Damn!
Now...
...I want to talk, not shout.
I take that tape off, you gonna be calm?
My mama always said you do it fast, it won't hurt so much.
Guess she was wrong.
Let me out of this nut-coat.
- In a minute. - Now!
Right now! I want out now!
Shut up and listen.
You deserved to be punished for what you did to Del. Accept it like a man.
Or else we'll make you sorry you were ever born.
We'll tell people how you sabotaged Del's execution...
...and pissed yourself like a frightened little girl. Yes, we will talk.
But, Percy...
...you mind me now.
We'll also see you beaten within an inch of your life.
We know people too.
Are you so foolish, you don't realize that?
Let bygones be bygones.
Nothing's hurt so far but your pride.
No one ever need know about that, except the people in this little room.
What happens on the Mile stays on the Mile.
Always has.
May I be let out of this coat now?
My things?
Think it over, Percy.
I intend to.
I intend to think it over very hard.
Starting right now.
He'll talk. Sooner or later.
- Hey, let him go! - John, let go!
Let go, John!
John, goddamn it! Let him go!
Let go, John! No!
Back off!
John, stop it!
Let him go! Back off!
John, let him go!
Easy, now. Easy.
Easy.
Are you all right?
Boy, what you looking at?
What you looking at? You limp noodle.
You wanna kiss my ass? You wanna suck my dick?
Grab the gun! Grab the gun!
I punished them bad men.
I punished them both.
Why?
Why Wild Bill?
I saw in his heart when he grabbed my arm.
I saw what Wild Billy'd done.
Saw it plain as day.
You can't hide what's in your heart.
What?
You saw what?
Take my hand, boss.
You see for yourself.
No.
Please.
No, no.
Please.
I gots to, boss. I gots to give you a little bit of myself.
A gift.
A gift of what's inside of me so you can see for yourself.
Suppertime!
Bring the girls!
Girls! You heard your mama!
Yes, Papa! We're coming!
Come on, Billy. I worked you enough for one day.
Come get you some supper.
God is great, God is good, and we thank You...
You love your sister? You make any noise, you know what happens?
I'm gonna kill her instead of you.
You make any noise, I'm gonna kill her. You understand?
You understand?
He killed them with they love, they love for each other.
Now you see how it is.
That's the way it is every day.
That's the way it is all over the world.
Percy.
Percy Wetmore.
Son?
- Son, can you hear me? - Speak up if you can hear us.
I think this boy's cheese slid off his cracker.
Percy, I got to ask you a few questions.
One minute, he was fine, and the next, blammo!
Dirty bastard grabbed him through the bars.
Scared the boy so bad, he wet hisself.
See, we didn't even see it happen.
I'll cover for you as much as I can...
...even if it means my job.
But I have to know...
...does this have anything to do with what happened at my house?
Does it, Paul?
No.
Does Hal know? That Coffey's innocent, I mean.
Well, can he help?
Does he have the influence to do something about this?
Stop the execution?
No.
Then don't tell him.
If it can't help, don't tell him.
Ever.
I won't.
There's no way out of this for you, is there?
No.
And I've been thinking about it, believe me.
I've been running it through my head any number of ways.
I'll tell you the truth, honey.
I've done some things in my life that I am not proud of...
...but this is the first time I've ever felt real danger of hell.
Hell?
Talk to him.
Talk to John.
Find out what he wants.
Hello, boss.
Hello, John.
I guess you know we're coming down to it now.
Another couple of days.
Is there anything special you wanna eat that night?
We can rustle you up most anything.
Meat loaf be nice. Mashed taters, gravy.
Okra.
Maybe some of that fine corn bread your missus make...
...if she don't mind.
Now...
...what about a preacher? Somebody to say a little prayer with.
Don't want no preacher.
You can say a prayer, if you like.
Me?
Suppose I could, if it came to that.
I have to ask you something very important now.
I know what you gonna say.
You don't have to say it.
No, I do. I do. I have to say it.
Tell me what you want me to do.
You want me to take you out of here?
Just let you run away? See how far you could get?
Why would you do such a foolish thing?
On the day of my judgment...
...when I stand before God...
...and He asks me why did I...
...did I kill one of His true...
...miracles...
...what am I going to say?
That it was my job?
It's my job.
You tell God the Father it was a kindness you done.
I know you're hurting and worrying.
I can feel it on you. But you ought to quit on it now.
I want it to be over and done with.
I do.
I'm tired, boss.
Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain.
I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with...
...to tell me where we's going to, coming from, or why.
Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other.
I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...
...every day.
There's too much of it.
It's like pieces of glass in my head...
...all the time.
Can you understand?
Yes, John, I think I can.
Well, there must be something we can do for you, John.
There must be something that you want.
I ain't never seen me a flicker show.
Heaven
I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so That I can hardly speak
And I seem to find The happiness I seek
When we're out together Dancing cheek to cheek
Why, they's angels.
Angels, just like up in heaven.
I'll be all right, fellas.
This here's the hard part.
I'll be all right in a while.
I should have this just for now.
I'll give it back after.
You know, I fell asleep this afternoon and had me a dream.
I dreamed about Del's mouse.
Did you, John?
I dreamed Mr. Jingles got down to that place Boss Howell talked about.
That Mouseville place.
I dreamed there's kids.
And how they laughed at his tricks. My!
I dreamed that those two little blond-headed girls was there.
They's laughing too.
I put my arms around them and set them on my knees.
And they was no blood coming out of they hair, and they's just fine.
We all watched Mr. Jingles roll that spool.
How we did laugh. Fit to bust, we was!
They's lots of folks here that hate me. Lots!
I can feel it.
It's like bees stinging me.
Well, feel how we feel, then.
We don't hate you.
Can you feel that?
Kill him twice, you boys!
You go on and kill that raping babykiller twice!
That'd be fine!
Wipe your face before you stand up, Dean.
Yes, sir.
Roll on one.
Does it hurt yet? I hope it does.
I hope it hurts like hell.
John Coffey, you've been condemned to die in the electric chair...
...by a jury of your peers.
Sentence imposed by a judge in good standing in this state.
Do you have anything to say before sentence is carried out?
I'm sorry for what I am.
Please, boss...
...don't put that thing over my face.
Don't put me in the dark.
I's afraid of the dark.
All right, John.
Heaven, I'm in heaven
Heaven, heaven
I'm in heaven
Heaven, heaven
I'm in heaven
John Coffey...
...electricity shall pass through your body until you are dead...
...in accordance with state law.
May God have mercy on your soul.
You have to say it.
You have to give the order.
He killed them with they love.
That's how it is every day all over the world.
Roll on two.
It was the last execution I ever took part in.
I just couldn't do it anymore after that. Brutal either.
We both transferred out, took jobs with Boys' Correctional.
It was all right.
"Catch them young" became my motto.
You don't believe me.
I don't imagine you'd lie to me, Paul.
- It's just that... - It's quite a story.
It's quite a story.
One thing I don't understand.
You said you and Jan...
...had a grown son in 1935.
Is that right?
The math doesn't work, does it?
Do you feel up to taking a walk?
Watch your step.
Now let your eyes adjust.
There.
Wake up, old fella.
Wake up.
Paul, it isn't. It can't be.
Come over here, boy.
Come on over here and see this lady.
That can't be Mr. Jingles.
Go on, you can do it.
This isn't exactly the Mouseville we had in mind, is it?
But we make do. Don't we, old fella?
I think Mr. Jingles happened by accident.
I think when we electrocuted Del, and it all went so badly...
...well, John could feel that, you know.
And I think a part of...
...whatever magic was inside of him...
...just leapt into my tiny friend here.
As for me...
...John had to give me a part of himself...
...a gift, the way he saw it...
...so that I could see for myself what Wild Bill had done.
When John did that...
...when he took my hand...
...a part of the power that worked through him...
...spilled into me.
He... what?
He infected you with life?
It's as good a word as any.
He infected us both, didn't he, Mr. Jingles?
With life.
I'm 108 years old, Elaine.
I was 44 the year that John Coffey walked the Green Mile.
You mustn't blame John. He couldn't help what happened.
He was just a force of nature.
I've lived to see some amazing things, Ellie.
Another century come to pass.
But I've had to see my friends and loved ones die off through the years.
Hal and Melinda...
...Brutus Howell...
...my wife, my boy.
And you, Elaine.
You'll die too.
And my curse is knowing that I'll be there to see it.
It's my atonement, you see.
It's my punishment...
... for letting John Coffey ride the lightning.
For killing a miracle of God.
Almighty, everlasting God...
...the source of all being and life.
You'll be gone like all the others. I'll have to stay.
I'll die eventually. Of that I'm sure.
I have no illusions of immortality.
But I will have wished for death...
... long before death finds me.
In truth, I wish for it already.
Mr. Jingles?
Where you been?
Been worried about you, boy. You hungry?
Let's see if we can find you something to eat.
A few crumbs anyway. I know you'd like that.
Look at you.
I lie in bed most nights thinking about it.
And I wait.
I think about all the people I've loved...
... now long gone.
I think about my beautiful Jan...
... how I lost her so many years ago.
And I think about all of us walking our own Green Mile...
... each in our own time.
But one thought more than any other...
... keeps me awake most nights:
If he could make a mouse live so long...
... how much longer do I have?
We each owe a death.
There are no exceptions.
But, oh, God...
... sometimes...
... the Green Mile seems so long.
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