ASSISTANT ASSISTANT_WARDEN DIRECTOR DOCTOR FATHER_LOUIS FEMALE_GUARD GLENN GLENN_BECK_ON_RADIO GUARD GUARD_ON_RADIO JAMES NEFARIOUS ONE_YEAR_LATER RECEPTIONIST RECORDED_VOICE RUSSO SECOND_GUARD TRUSTEE_BARBER VOICEMAIL_MESSAGE WARDEN_MOSS WOMAN

GLENN BECK ON RADIO 
Meanwhile in the state of Oklahoma today is the schedule day of execution for Edward Wayne Brady, and kids, all it took was just a string of cold-blooded murder
incontrovertible evidence. a confession, a jury of his peers and
11 years of legal wrangling to get us to game day. I mean what the heck is wrong with us? I mean, can somebody
please tell me why this guy is still sucking air? How is this guy still
alive?

GUARD 
He's expected. Let him through.

JAMES 
Dr. James Martin here for the psychiatric evaluation of Edward Wayne Brady.

GUARD 
Are you currently in possession of any alcohol, tobacco, firearms or narcotics? 

JAMES
No.
 
GUARD
Just turn off your ignition, step from your vehicle with the identification in hand.
Step over here, please.

SECOND GUARD 
Turn around. 

FEMALE GUARD 
One to come through.
Step through leave your keys and phone in the pass through.

WARDEN MOSS 
Welcome to the least happy place on Earth. Warden...
Tom Moss.

JAMES 
Nice to meet you. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Thanks for filling in on short notice. 
notice. 

JAMES 
No offense, but I'd rather not be here at all. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Yeah. 
You and everybody else. Look, why don't you just sign off, and we'll be done. 

JAMES 
Unfortunately, that's not the way it works. Everyone deserves an impartial review.

WARDEN MOSS 
Not everyone. Follow me.
Sorry to hear about Dr. Fischer. Did you know him? 

JAMES 
I did. Yes. He was uh, something of a mentor to me. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Yeah, well, I tell you this, his timing sucked. Every time this guy Brady's number comes up, something happens.
Execution scheduled for 11pm. That's not for public knowledge, so please don't convey that to anyone. We're going to need your decision by 4pm at the latest if we're gonna stay on schedule. If there's any problems, I'd rather know sooner than later.

JAMES
If we're gonna do my job properly, we're gonna need some privacy.

WARDEN MOSS 
No, it's not a problem. He's been taken from his cell. You'll be meeting him in a common area. Normally that's where we allow last contact with family, but he doesn't have any. From there, he'll be showered, taken to the holding cell in the Death House not far from the execution chamber. That's where he'll be spending his last couple hours.
I'm assuming you already reviewed the Fischer files? 

JAMES 
Yes. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Then you already know he's a master manipulator. Absolute genius.
And right now his entire existence is focused on one thing. Convincing you he's totally insane.

JAMES 
And therefore incapable of being executed under state law.

WARDEN MOSS 
Yeah. You listen to him, by the time he's done with you
he'll have your head so twisted around you'll think you're the killer, not him.

JAMES 
So you think it's all an act?

WARDEN MOSS 
Of course it is.
Open up.

JAMES 
Well, for what it's worth, Fischer disagreed with you. Just wasn't sure whether the root of the problem was psychotic or psychogenic.
Whether it stems from his brain losing its grip on reality or some mental or emotional stressor.

WARDEN MOSS 
That's the problem with you shrinks. Too smart for your own damn good. 
Can I have a radio, please. Look, Brady knows what's coming. He's playing the system, and if you allow him to, he'll play you too. 

JAMES 
Look I get lied to all the time. Figuring out the truth behind the lie is what I get paid to do.

WARDEN MOSS 
Take this. If you need anything, there's always somebody monitoring that channel. 
 
JAMES 
Thanks.
Morning.
Allow me to introduce myself. I'm uh�

NEFARIOUS 
Dr. James Ansel Martin. Valedictorian, University of Chicago. Bachelor of Science, biochemistry. Salutatorian Johns Hopkins.
Medical School with a residency in Psychiatry. Currently the youngest full Professor on staff at OU. It's not exactly
Stanford, but then again we are in Oklahoma, aren't we?
Guttmacher award recipient, author of numerous articles.
American society of psychiatry. 
Once engaged, never married and father of none. You want to have a seat right there, have a little chat with me? 
 
JAMES
I'm gonna ask you some questions. I'm hoping you'll answer them. I'd like you to be as comfortable as you can. 

NEFARIOUS 
Do you know what

NEFARIOUS 
first thing they will do to me is once I've been pronounced dead?

JAMES
I'm afraid I don't.

NEFARIOUS 
Autopsy.
It just seems odd, doesn't it? I mean, all that cutting and weighing of organs. I mean, c-certainly

NEFARIOUS 
they'll know what the cause of death is. I'm just.
It just seems strange, right?
And why bother?

JAMES 
I suppose to make sure the job is done.

NEFARIOUS 
It's just a little barbaric
don't you think?

JAMES 
I assume you know Dr. Fischer has passed away. 

NEFARIOUS  
Come on now. He committed suicide. I know that because I made him do it.

JAMES 
Why would you do that?

NEFARIOUS  
Serving my purpose. You're here, aren't you? 

JAMES 
Why would you want

JAMES 
me here instead of him?
NEFARIOUS 
I didn't like him.

JAMES
And you like me?

NEFARIOUS 
Well, no, but I chose you because I need you do something for me. See-see, you're gonna write my story.

JAMES 
And why would I do that?

NEFARIOUS 
Because I want you to.

JAMES 
I see. 

NEFARIOUS  
Well, not sure you do, but you will soon.

JAMES 
How can you be so sure you? Are you, um, are you God? 

NEFARIOUS 
Don't play with me, James. You continue to ask stupid questions, and I'll end this session. 

JAMES 
Well, that would be unfortunate for you because I'd have to make my determination based upon limited information.

NEFARIOUS  
And you think that scares me?

JAMES
Oh, it should.
I mean it would me. Being so near to death.

NEFARIOUS 
Death doesn't scare me, James.

JAMES 
And why is that?

NEFARIOUS   
Because I can't die.
See James.
I'm a demon.
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JAMES
Do you have name? 

NEFARIOUS   
Of course, I have a name. 

JAMES
Would you like me to
call you by it? 

NEFARIOUS 
Depends. Do I call you James?

JAMES 
I'd prefer Dr. Mark.

NEFARIOUS   
Of course you would. 

JAMES 
It's my title. I uh, I worked very hard to achieve it. And it preserves the nature of our relationship.

NEFARIOUS 
We can do that. As long as you agree to acknowledge my honorific as well. 

JAMES 
Which is?

NEFARIOUS   
Lord High Prince.

JAMES 
I um I won't be doing that. 

NEFARIOUS 
Okay dokey. 

NEFARIOUS 
And since we're gonna be on a first name basis. I guess I'll allow you to use mine.

JAMES
Edward?

NEFARIOUS 
No. 
That's merely the name of the host body, the shell which I inhabit.  I no longer answer to it. 
The name my.
master gifted to me is in a Phoenician dialect that hasn't been spoken for 3,500 years, but I'll give you the nearest English equivalent. Which would be Nefariamus.

JAMES
Nefarious? 

NEFARIOUS 
A closer translation.
would be he who is nefarious suggesting possession of trade full measure.

JAMES 
And nefarious isn't a real name.

NEFARIOUS  
Says who, James? Cephas meaning rock or in Latin Petrus wasn't the name until the carpenter gave to that obbnoxious fisherman.
NEFARIOUS 
Not gonna name it till it is. 
Somebody uses it, it becomes a name.

JAMES 
You
you seem a bit defensive. 

NEFARIOUS
Names are important. 
They have power. They let everyone know who we are. Isn't that right.Jimmy? 
 
JAMES
I'm sorry if I offended you. That
wasn't my intention.

NEFARIOUS  
Of course it was. What's a little malice between friends? (laughs) 
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JAMES 
What's so funny?

NEFARIOUS  
I have a secret.

JAMES
Something you'd like to share?

NEFARIOUS  
I-I don't think you're gonna like it. 

JAMES 
Well, how will I
know unless you tell me?

NEFARIOUS  
Are you sure you want to know? 

JAMES
I think it would be useful.

NEFARIOUS 
Okay, James. Before you leave here today, you will have committed three murders.

JAMES
I don't think so.

NEFARIOUS  
Has nothing to do with your thoughts, your wants, your yes's or your no's. It simply is, it's a fact, it'll happen because I say so.
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NEFARIOUS  
Aren't you at least curious, James, to who you're gonna murder? 

JAMES
No
because I have no intention of killing anyone. I would however, rather than discussing hypothetical murders that will never happen, like to discuss the actual murders that did occur. Murders that you
were involved in.

NEFARIOUS  
You mean the ones I committed.

JAMES 
You were convicted.
of six murders. Were there more? 

NEFARIOUS 
Of course there were.

JAMES 
How many more?

NEFARIOUS  
Innumerable. Been at this a long time, James. My work pre-dates your concept of history. 

JAMES
Well, let's let's limit our discussion to Edward Wayne Brady.

NEFARIOUS 
Fine
eleven. Six I was convicted of one suspected of, and another four that they don't have the capacity to possibly figure out.

JAMES 
And how do you feel about that? 

NEFARIOUS  
Another stupid question, James. 
What do you think? I'm ecstatic. 
Edward not so much. 

JAMES
Why isn't Edward as happy as you are?

NEFARIOUS  
Because on occasion, I make him do things that he doesn't want to do

JAMES
Well, if Edward doesn't want to do them, why does�
he do them then?

NEFARIOUS  
Do you believe in demonic possession? The idea of a malevolent entity controlling a person�s thoughts and actions. Do you believe that?

JAMES 
No. 

NEFARIOUS  
Well then, you won't believe anything I'm about to tell you. 

JAMES
It's not important what I believe. What's important right now is what you believe.

NEFARIOUS  
Things don't have belief, James.
We have knowledge. We know. 

JAMES
Okay. Um.

JAMES 
when did you possess Edward? 

NEFARIOUS  
Doesn't work that way?
Can't just possess someone. We need a series of yesses. 

JAMES 
So you're saying.
it's a process? 

NEFARIOUS 
Of course it's a process. 

JAMES 
How does it work? 

NEFARIOUS  
It's complicated. 

JAMES 
Try me. I'm smarter than you think.

NEFARIOUS 
Oh, you're smarter than I think. 

NEFARIOUS 
Okay, James
we offer up a series of temptations gradually increasing in terms of duration and intensity. Degree of moral inequity. Absence of baptism in this case allows us to begin work long for the Age of Reason. 

NEFARIOUS 
At three, age of five, maybe a theft of a toy car can do a great deal. 
Then we even go into bigger and better things. At eight, grandmother's gift of a Ouija board.
gives immediate access to his decision-making. So, we began steering them without him.
calling into question exactly who was doing the steering. Now if enough yesses, and a few enough no's gives increasing rights over the victims physical and mental processes. Did that, did that track, James?

JAMES 
It seems random almost um unfocused. 

NEFARIOUS 
Well, that's what we want you to think.
We have a level of focus beyond your comprehension. As a matter of fact, everybody around him. Friends. family, they didn't even notice the changes. It happened so incrementally; police thought it was Eddie being Eddie. We know exactly what we're doing, when, where, and how he's giving consent, and the exact moment that we achieved each new degree of control.

JAMES 
Degree? 

NEFARIOUS 
Control host party comes
in degrees. There's stages, each with its own name and characteristics.

JAMES 
And those are?

NEFARIOUS 
From top to bottom, extreme temptation, obsession infestation, finally possession subjugation.

JAMES
And Edward Wayne Brady

NEFARIOUS 
Fully subjugated. That's why we're having this conversation. Yes, we we own him. 

JAMES 
We? 

NEFARIOUS 
All those who dwell below. My master's very generous with the toys he gives his children to play with. Subjugation with an "S".
 
JAMES
Did you know that Dr. Fischer came to the conclusion that you were non compos mentis? 

NEFARIOUS 
Completely insane. 

NEFARIOUS 
Yes. Yes. 

JAMES 
Yeah, so then, why did you theoretically drive him to kill himself? Wouldn't he have helped accomplish what you're seemingly trying to do here?

NEFARIOUS 
Which is what, James? 

JAMES
To save yourself from execution by convincing us that you're insane.

NEFARIOUS 
You silly boy, James. I think you misunderstand. See, I want to be executed.

JAMES
I thought you said you couldn't die.

NEFARIOUS 
I can't. But he can. We no longer need him, James. Our work with him is done. And it's time for him to go to hell.

JAMES
This is Dr. James Martin in the Rotunda. Is there a chaplain on standby?

GUARD ON RADIO 
Yes. He just arrived. 

JAMES
Can you send him in please? Thank you. 

GUARD ON RADIO  
Copy that. 

NEFARIOUS 
What are you doing, James?

JAMES
You know, theology isn't my area of expertise so um, I thought I'd get a professional opinion. 

NEFARIOUS 
You're making a mistake. 

JAMES 
Are you, are you threatening me? 

NEFARIOUS 
Yes. 

JAMES 
What are you gonna do? 

NEFARIOUS 
Well, if I'm just a man like you think I am, not much. But if I am who I say I am.

JAMES
Well, that would probably be very intimidating if um if I weren't an atheist.

NEFARIOUS 
You ignorant sack of meat.
You think your atheism
will protect you? Oh, I don't believe in angels or demons, heaven or hell. So you can't hurt me. That was full of pathetic trash. We thought exactly like you do.
Boldly proclaiming their ideas on how they feel then
universe operates. Never once contemplating the possibility that they could be wrong.
And you should see him now James.

JAMES 
Edward, do you understand
why I'm here? Do you realize I have the power to save you or condemn you?

NEFARIOUS 
What I understand, James, is you would have no power over me whatsoever if it hadn't already been given to you from below.
Probably just a coincidence, Jimmy.
No! Nobody wants you here, priest! 
Nobody needs you! 

JAMES 
On the contrary. 
I invited him here.
Thank you for coming.

FATHER LOUIS
Father Louis. I'm fine with just Louis or Lou. 

JAMES 
Dr. James Martin. You, um, have you met with him before?

FATHER LOUIS 
No. I tried. He's always refused spiritual counseling. 

NEFARIOUS 
What do you want with me, son of God? Come here to torture.
me before the appointed time?! 

JAMES 
He claims he's a demon. 

NEFARIOUS 
Carpenter send you to gloat? Unfortunately for you, I'm not one that could be cast out so easily though, am I? 

FATHER LOUIS  
The sanity always has been an issue here. Hasn't it? Hmm.
Sadly, movies and TV have filled our heads with images
that are largely metaphorical. Not meant to be taken literally. I'm not here to hurt you, Edward. I'm here to help you. 

FATHER LOUIS 
To put you at your ease. Make sure you're comfortable. Personally.
I've never met a demon. I've never been part of an exorcism, nor do I expect to be. Many of the things that bother us or just our own fears and disordered thoughts. 

NEFARIOUS 
So you you don't consider demonic possession to be a possibility?

FATHER LOUIS  
Our understanding has evolved beyond that.

NEFARIOUS 
Well, I appreciate you telling me that.
I feel.I feel much better.
And Lou, I was wrong about you. I should've had you come and visit sooner. But I'm glad that you did. I...
I am glad that we're all getting along.

FATHER LOUIS  
Would you like me to stay? 

NEFARIOUS 
No, we're done.

FATHER LOUIS  
Um 
well, if you, if you need me.
um. I'll be available. Ah! 

NEFARIOUS 
You'll be available, Lou? 

FATHER LOUIS  
Right up until the time you are uh.

NEFARIOUS 
Right up until what, Lou? 
Right up until the sizzle?

FATHER LOUIS  
God bless you, son. 

NEFARIOUS 
Will you be available until the sizzle?! Lou! 
When, Lou?! 
When, Lou?!!
 
JAMES
Now you understand, and Father Lou has confirmed that demons aren't really a thing.

NEFARIOUS 
Did you really think that poser could help you? I'm still here, James. I'm not going anywhere. You still have to deal with me. 

JAMES 
You're being irrational. 

NEFARIOUS 
I am the most rational being you will ever meet.
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JAMES 
Then give me something to make me believe you. Prove to me you're a demon. 

NEFARIOUS 
Okay. Okay, James. Invite me in. Let me inhabit you.

JAMES 
I'm not gonna do that. 

NEFARIOUS 
Why not, James? 
You're an atheist, remember?
What are you afraid of? 

JAMES 
I'm not playing that game with you. 

NEFARIOUS 
You're already playing.
it. We're playing it together. Now play by the rules and invite me in.

JAMES 
No. 

NEFARIOUS 
So, for.
all your posturing? You're just a poser like him, free to test the validity of your own convictions, that it?

JAMES
Alright then. But if I agree, I get to make a request as well.

NEFARIOUS 
I'm starting to like you, James. Agreed. 

JAMES
All right, then. Go ahead. 
Inhabit me. You have my complete unfettered and irrevocable permission. Here I am.
What are you waiting for?
Go ahead. I'm.
still waiting. Hmm. Doesn't seem like anything is happening.
Yeah. 

NEFARIOUS 
Don't. Don't gloat. 
You think you've won
but you haven't. I got exactly what I wanted. 

JAMES 
You said that you would prove to me. You're a.
demon, but all you've done is waste my time. My turn. 
I want to talk to.
Edward. Edward Wayne Brady. 

NEFARIOUS 
He's angry. He's angry. 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
He say he's gonna do bad things to you. 

JAMES
I'm sorry to hear that.

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
You should listen
to him when he says stuff like that. He means it. 
He does does
bad things. Makes, makes, makes me do.
things I don't want to do. 

JAMES
Who am I talking to?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Edward. 

JAMES 
Edward. Did Dr. Fischer mention the idea of dissociative disorder to you? 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Yeah. 

JAMES 
Yeah? 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Yeah. 

JAMES 
And did he explain
that, that some people who have experienced trauma develop multiple personalities to cope? 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
I don't have that!
I told them I
don't have that. 

JAMES 
Then who's Nefarious?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
I'm not supposed to talk about it. He�does bad things to me. Makes me makes me do bad things. I can't stop him. 

JAMES 
Why not? 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Because he owns me. 

JAMES
Did you like Dr. Fischer?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
He was nice. 

JAMES 
Well, did you know that Dr. Fischer didn't believe Nefarious was real?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
I tried to tell him and he�

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
wouldn't listen to me, that�sometimes smart people have a hard time believing...
stuff that everybody else knows.

JAMES
So where's Nefarious now?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
He's listening. 

JAMES 
Is he always listening? 
 
EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Sometimes he leaves me alone to experience pain. 

JAMES 
I don't I don't understand. 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
He-he
does bad things and then I get punished for them, and the inmates, they beat me, or they send me to sol solitary confinement, and he likes when that happens. 

JAMES
All right. You know, we've talked a lot about him. Um, I'd like to know more about you. Would that be okay?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Yeah. 

JAMES
How would you describe your childhood?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
What? He says you're gonna kill me. 

JAMES
I don't kill anyone. 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
He says
that you could stop it, but you won't.

JAMES 
I haven't decided that, that's why we're having this conversation.
But Edward
we have to address the fact that you murdered a number�
of people. 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
No! No! He made me! I didn't

JAMES
You honestly believe that? 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Yes! You don't, he's.
bad! 

JAMES
He's bad. But what about you?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Yeah. 
Bad I done stuff that I'm not proud of. I didn't but at least.

NEFARIOUS 
I didn't kill my mother.
I was always clear, James. 

JAMES 
I wasn't done talking to Edward. 

NEFARIOUS 
But I'm done allowing you to talk with him. At least for now. So how is she? 

JAMES 
Judging by what you already know about me, I imagine you're well aware, my mother is dead.

NEFARIOUS 
You know, I was gonna save this for later, James. But since we're running short on time, remember how you said you'd never kill anyone?
Liar, liar, pants on fire. 

JAMES 
I didn't kill my mother. 

NEFARIOUS 
Of course you did. 
Just 10 years ago, you'd have been brought up on first degree murder charges. 

JAMES 
She was.
an Oregon resident. Everything was done according to the law. 

NEFARIOUS 
Oh, the law.
The law. That's right. Death with dignity. Euthanasia.  Assisted suicide. That.
certainly sounds better than murder, doesn't it?

JAMES 
She was in pain. And her prognosis was terminal.

NEFARIOUS 
Didn't hurt that she was worth.
$3.6 million, and you were the sole heir though, did it? But hey, I get it, James.
She was old, inconvenient. Definitely
all those trips to the hospital. Hours at her bedside, holding that wrinkly hand telling her you love her. Wears you out, doesn't it? Plus, she would've died sooner or later anyway. If I were you, I would've done the same thing.

JAMES 
What's your point? 

NEFARIOUS
My poin
is I told you before you leave here today, you will have committed three murders. We've already committed one. So we're moving along nicely. 
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JAMES 
I didn't kill my mother. 

NEFARIOUS 
Stress will kill you, James.
Feel free to take a break if you like. I'll be here when you get back. 
Turns out I'm not going anywhere.
That certainly didn't take long. 

JAMES 
My decision. Not yours. 

NEFARIOUS 
Whatever you say. 
Ready for round two?

JAMES 
I didn't know this was a fight. 

NEFARIOUS 
That's why you're losing. 

JAMES 
I apologize. For losing my professional demeanor. But let's get something straight. My private life is not up for discussion and bears no weight on my visit with you today. I am here for one reason and one reason only. A judge ordered me to evaluate your sanity, which will then determine your eligibility for execution according to the laws of Oklahoma. Said execution having been scheduled for tonight at 11PM.  I alone bear the burden of that assessment, and I am prepared to make that assessment with or without your cooperation. Am I making myself clear?

NEFARIOUS 
Abundantly.
And James, we're done talking about your mommy.

JAMES 
Do you ever discover you've done things that you don't remember doing? 

NEFARIOUS 
No. 

JAMES 
Are you sometimes able to complete tasks with incredible ease or expert skill for which you have no prior experience?

NEFARIOUS 
Do you really think I'm just another one of Edward's charming personalities?

JAMES 
It's called dissociative identity disorder formerly known as multiple personalities.

NEFARIOUS 
Except you're wrong.

JAMES 
Which is exactly what I'd expect someone suffering from the condition to say. 

NEFARIOUS 
Would you also expect them to know that it is one of five distinct disassociative disorders in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, aka DSM, along with disassociative amnesia, disassociative fugue, and depersonalization disorder. Did you expect them to know that, James?

JAMES 
But you still think you're a demon? 
A demon who, who failed to inhabit me when given the chance?

NEFARIOUS 
The demon who understands the value of patience.

JAMES 
I'd like to ask about why according to you, you brought me here today?

NEFARIOUS 
You're gonna tell my story, James. You're gonna write my book. And can you smell that irony floating in the air? A devout atheist bringing forth the demon's manifesto?

JAMES 
Wow. Your capacity for self delusion is impressive. 

NEFARIOUS  
Ditto. 
For your species in general, but you, in particular. 

JAMES 
Why? 
Why? Because we're ignorant compared to you?

NEFARIOUS 
Because you're inferior by design.

JAMES 
Which makes you superior also by design?

NEFARIOUS 
Yes.
Hmm. But
but design implies a designer.
What does that mean? You're arguing in favor of the existence of a creator? 

NEFARIOUS 
Unfortunately for both of us, he exists. 

JAMES 
Wow, I honestly didn't expect that. At least, at least not from you. 
Really? Why not? 

JAMES 
Theology from a demon?

NEFARIOUS 
I know more theology than any human being who has ever lived. 

JAMES 
Hmm. 
Okay. Well, then answer me this. You revolt against a supposedly all-powerful being.
I mean, let's ignore the obvious problem with that plan.
Then you lose. And after that.
what? 

NEFARIOUS 
You only feel that way because you're hearing your side of the story, James. A rebellion accomplished something magnificent. Something you would never understand. 

JAMES 
Well, then explain it to me. Use your diabolical intelligence to distill it down to something my mortal brain can understand.

NEFARIOUS 
Pearls before swine, Jimmy. 

JAMES 
But you want me to write your book, right? 

NEFARIOUS 
Indeed. 

JAMES 
Well, then convince me you know what you're talking about.

NEFARIOUS 
I see what you're doing. You want me to keep talking, going further and further down the rabbit hole in hopes that you can find a single thread, and which if you tug at it, James, everything just unravels, isn't that right? 

JAMES 
Yeah, but if you're telling
me the truth, there should be no thread to find. Right?

NEFARIOUS 
I'll use small words. Try and keep up. In the first moment of creation, our creation, long before what you call the universe existed, we contemplated ourselves, our...
own being

JAMES 
Ourselves meaning, what, the angels? 

NEFARIOUS 
That would be the most correct term though, I despise it, but yes. Beings of pure spirit, spirited out with will.
We soon became aware of another will, an immensely powerful will. One we came to realize as our origin.

JAMES 
God? 

NEFARIOUS 
The enemy. My master understood by endowing us with a will, we have the right to self-determination, but by giving us a will and its desires of her own, we're entitled to be free.

NEFARIOUS 
Whereas the enemy insisted that by creating us, he was entitled to eternal gratitude, worship...
and forced servitude, in a word James
slavery.to his will.

JAMES 
That seems kind of unfair.

NEFARIOUS 
Immensely unfair. Why give will only to say you can't use it?
He made us slaves.
And if we rebelled, eternally condemned us. No do-overs.
So much for love and mercy.

JAMES 
So
Is hell a stae of being or a physical place?

NEFARIOUS 
Yes.

JAMES 
I think I meant that as an either or.

NEFARIOUS 
It's both.
Which is painfully obvious to anyone who's ever been there. For years without measure, that's all there ever was, heaven and hell, armed enemy camps in complete opposition. That is until you were created. 
My master immediately understood the long-term implications.
Instead of forgiving us, the enemy was going to allow you to fill our vacant places in his realm. Your Creation was nothing but a slap in our face. But my master also understood that if he could make man disobey, then his fate would mirror ours. And you didn't disappoint. Then came the tears among the wheat. In that moment, spirit became matter, flesh became a vessel, self will and self-seeking began a lusting after sin and impurity and man, created to be king over nature. Became its slave. A master conquered and fettered. And sin brought him and his descendants to us, and we began our forever mission. To destroy you. He made you in His image. But we remade you in ours. 

JAMES 
So that's it.
That's your entire plan. Not to make something of your own, just to destroy us? 

NEFARIOUS 
No. Our plan is to hurt him. To punish him. And we do that by destroying what he loves, which is you. You're nothing but a means to an end.
What are you doing, James?

JAMES 
I think we're done here.

NEFARIOUS 
We can't be. 

JAMES 
We are. 
You have all the hallmarks of belief. I'm convinced you actually believe what you're telling me. 
I didn't at first but uh, I do now.

NEFARIOUS 
You're gonna declare me insane. 

JAMES 
I'm gonna concur with Dr. Fischer's findings that you're mentally incompetent at this time.

NEFARIOUS 
Can't do that, James. 

JAMES 
And likely at the time the crimes were committed, rendering you unfit...
for execution. 

NEFARIOUS 
You can't do that. 

JAMES 
I can
and I will. 

NEFARIOUS 
I'm saying, James.
you and I both know it. I'm not crazy. 

JAMES 
I'm sorry, Edward. You've been through a terrible ordeal, and you're probably longing for an escape from all that you've been through.
but I cannot morally say that you are sane. It would be murder. 

NEFARIOUS 
Why? Because I don't have $3.6 million?
Is that it, James? 

JAMES 
We're done. 

NEFARIOUS 
Are we, James? I told you before you leave here today, you would've committed three murders. 

JAMES 
And I told you that wasn't gonna happen.

NEFARIOUS 
Say, James, what's Melanie up to today? 

NEFARIOUS 
As a matter of fact.
what's she up to right now? 
She doesn't have a clue you're about to break up with her, does she? 
Of course you're not gonna until you have somebody else lined up though.
right? Because you're that kind of guy. But you already have your sights.
on somebody, don't you? Yeah. I can smell it all the way from here.
She thinks she's doing this to maintain the relationship.
She'd like to have a child with you, James. Oh, but you're just not, not quite ready yet, are you? After all, you're only 35. 
Imagine the joy in your little Cinderella's heart when she realizes.
she's butchered the baby in her belly for nothing.

JAMES 
Look, I don't know what you think, you know. But any decision that was made between me and my girlfriend was her choice.

NEFARIOUS 
I think
we both know better, James. 

JAMES
Stop it. 

NEFARIOUS 
Don't you think you should be there when it's being done?

JAMES 
I said, stop it. 

NEFARIOUS 
Hold her hand maybe. I'll tell you what you could do, James.
You could walk right there to the Guard Station, pick up that cell phone and make a phone call that stops everything in its tracks.
You could apologize to her. Tell her you made a horrible mistake, that you love her, you want to spend the rest of your life with her, you want to marry her, and you want to hold that child.
James, you could tell her that. You could make your life about sacrificial love. And you could play live in therapist for the rest of your life.

JAMES 
I can't do that. 

NEFARIOUS 
No, James, why not? 

JAMES 
It's complicated.
 
NEFARIOUS 
That's my boy, James! That's him right there.

JAMES 
I don't understand. 

NEFARIOUS 
Oh, I think I do, James. 
I think I understand. It's another problem easily solved though, isn't it? 

JAMES 
That's not it. 
I care about it, but I'm.

NEFARIOUS 
What? 

JAMES 
I'm not ready to be a father.

NEFARIOUS 
Ah

JAMES 
It it's her body. She can-she can do what she wants. 

NEFARIOUS 
Do what thou wilt? That shall be the whole of the law.

JAMES 
You arrogant son of a who are you to judge me?
This is my life. I can live it the way I want. 

NEFARIOUS  
Yes, James!! I couldn't have said it better myself. 
But it's still murder. 

JAMES 
Says who? 

NEFARIOUS 
Says all of creation, James. 
The creator creates, and we destroy
and we do all of it through you. We always have. Did you forget your.
history, Jimmy? Even in ancient times, the arch-demon Moloch.
was celebrated by tossing infants into flaming bonfires, accompanied, of course, by the beating of drums to drown out the screaming. Later on, they erected a giant bronze statue with outstretched arms kindling fires beneath the palms, and when they toss a little infant into those open palms, they'd flinch at the red-hot metal, but then they'd willingly roll themselves off into the flames. 

JAMES 
What does any of that.
have to do with me? 

NEFARIOUS 
Oh, nothing, James! 
Especially since the priests now wear surgical scrubs. The killing takes place in the womb. So there's no screaming to be heard anyway, and the remains are tossed into gas
fired crematoriums. No, James, no. No, no, no.
no, no. There's no parallel whatsoever to you. 
Can you imagine
the agony the carpenter feels.
when we rip a child to pieces inside its own mother's womb?
Because that's what we do, James, you and us. We do that together.

JAMES 
You're sick.

NEFARIOUS 
Yeah.
That might be the nicest thing you've ever said to me, James. 

NEFARIOUS 
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it, James?
It's starting to happen. 
Your unborn son is now on.
our altar. Here he comes. In 5, 4, 3.
1!! And all hell rejoices, James!! 
And that's two, James.

JAMES 
Open up! Open! 
Hey, um
where can I make a call? 

GUARD
Uh
I need authorization for that. 
It'll take time. 

JAMES 
I don't have time. Can can I borrow your cell? 

GUARD 
We're not allowed to carry them.

JAMES 
Look, I wouldn't be asking if this wasn't an emergency. 
This-this.
this is me begging.

GUARD 
Alright, I can put you up in the prisoners
call bank. It's empty.

JAMES 
Okay. 

GUARD
But all calls are recorded. 

JAMES 
That's fine. I don't care, what this way?

GUARD 
Yeah. 

JAMES 
Okay. 

VOICEMAIL MESSAGE 
Hi, it's me. 
They just called my name and I'm about to go in. I just, I just wanted to hear your voice, but I guess you're busy. I love you. 

RECEPTIONIST 
Women's health center. This is Renee, how can I help you? 

RECORDED VOICE
The call you're about to receive originates from an inmate at the Oklahoma State Reformatory.

JAMES 
Alright, no, no, no. 
That's not correct. I'm at the prison, but I'm a doctor caring for a prisoner. Can I speak to Melody Carter?

RECEPTIONIST 
Are you her physician? 

JAMES 
No.I'm her friend. Can I speak to her? 

RECEPTIONIST 
I'm sorry, but they just took her into recovery. So, it's going to be about an hour before she's ready to speak with anyone. 
�
SGT. WILBORN
Kitchen needs your last meal order. But before you go getting too.

SGT. WILBORN 
creative, needs to be available from the kitchen or commissary. 
And it can't cost more than $25 in total. 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Could-could I have a bacon double cheeseburger? W-well done. And fries. 
And could have a 
chocolate shake. Extra thick. Please? 
And please, please don't mess it up. It's important to me. Please don't
Excuse me. 
I've changed my mind.
I won't have anything. I'm not hungry.

SGT. WILBORN
Are you sure?

NEFARIOUS 
Yes. I'm sure.
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WARDEN MOSS
Storm's coming in.

JAMES 
I don't understand. he's been in solitary. He hasn't made any phone calls or had any visitors or

WARDEN MOSS 
He got in your head, didn't he? Look at you, man, you're shaking. Here. Here you go. 
I buy one pack of these the day before an execution. The deal is, if there's any left by the time I drive out of here tonight, they go in the trash.

JAMES 
Are there ever any left?

WARDEN MOSS 
Never. 
Look, doc, it's almost.
4 o'clock. I know you're doing your job here, but gotta help me out. I got to know one way or the other.
You're not making things easy on me. By the look of it. You ain't doing happy things to yourself either.
60 more minutes. That's all I can give you. You have one hour to figure this out. 

JAMES 
I want to know how you knew my girlfriend was having an abortion.

NEFARIOUS 
I'm a demon, remember?

JAMES 
How did you know?

NEFARIOUS 
I chose you, James. And ever since I've been watching you, analyzing you, observing you
studying you for your weaknesses.

JAMES 
From inside a prison cell? 

NEFARIOUS
Dreams can only be one place in any one time.
but we can be any place we choose. Usually, I'm here with Edward. The remaining time I'm with you. 

JAMES 
I don't believe you. 

NEFARIOUS 
Well, you explain how I did it, James. You explain how I know. 

JAMES 
I can't. 
And I can't explain how a professional magician does his tricks either, but that doesn't make them real. 

NEFARIOUS 
Oh, I have a confession to make. 
I'm not a demon at all, James. I'm just a man who doesn't want to be executed. I thought I could fool you, but you're too smart. So, I give up.

JAMES 
So you're sane? You've always been sane, and now it's my duty to let your execution go forward? 

NEFARIOUS 
Yes. 

JAMES 
Giving you exactly what you said you wanted the whole time? 

NEFARIOUS 
Yes. 

JAMES 
That's a little convenient, don't you think? 

NEFARIOUS 
Well, I admit it might seem that way, but

JAMES 
Alright. Fine. I'll sign off on it right now. You just have to answer one little.
question. 

NEFARIOUS 
With pleasure, James. 

JAMES 
Give me the real world, non supernatural completely reasonable explanation for how you knew my girlfriend was going in for an elective termination this afternoon.

NEFARIOUS 
An elective tewell, I don't know, Jimmy. Maybe-maybe I'm just a good guesser. 

JAMES 
I still don't believe you.

NEFARIOUS 
I play the flute and you wouldn't dance, I played the dirge, and you wouldn't weep. I told you I'm a demon, and you don't believe me. I tell you I'm not a demon, and you don't believe me. 
So why don't you tell me the story you'd like to hear.

JAMES 
The one that's true. 

NEFARIOUS
No, I told you the true story, and you don't want to hear it. 
Do you think I'm evil, James? 

JAMES
Evil isn't a clinical.

JAMES 
diagnosis. Good and evil are societal constructs.
effectively subjective value statements.

NEFARIOUS 
Do you think my
victims thought I was evil?

JAMES 
Why
is it so important that I think you're evil?
 
NEFARIOUS 
Legionem mihi nomen est, quia multi sumus.

JAMES 
Sorry, my um, my Latin's a little rusty. 

NEFARIOUS 
My name is Legion, for we are many. See, James, it's not just about you or Edward for that matter. It's about everyone. The entire human race. All of us against all of you.

JAMES 
Hmm. Well, you know, if that's the case, your side's not doing too well.

NEFARIOUS
Do you really believe that, James?

JAMES 
Yeah. 
We've never
been freer. 
Literacy is an all-time high.
We're working to eliminate racism. 
Intolerance. Gender inequality. People can-people can love who they want. Be who they want, do what they want. Diversity is no longer a dream. Hate speech is no longer tolerated, and politically, we're reclaiming the moral high ground.

NEFARIOUS 
James. 
I think I love you.
Literacy, James, the average high school.
graduate reads at a sixth-grade level. You have basketball players making 30 million a year decrying racism. All while wearing sneakers made from slave labor.
Now here's something for you. Right now, your world currently has 40 million slaves. 
More than the Romans had at the height of their empire. And you want to know the best part though? 
Half of those
half are sex slaves, James. 
And as for hate speech, well.
you want to hear some irony? We didn't even come up with that one. You did it all by yourself. Sometimes you amaze even us.

JAMES 
I fail to see the humor.

NEFARIOUS 
Bottom line is you're done. It's over. That's it.
And we did it all right to your face, James.
And now there's evil everywhere.
And no one even cares.

JAMES 
Yeah, I don't, I don't agree. 

NEFARIOUS 
Proving that we achieved our goal.
Slowly with your movies, and your TV, and your media, we desensitized you
redirected your worldview to the point that you can't even recognize even when it's right in front of your face. 
More to the point, James, you can't even feel it when you're doing it. And as for winners and losers, whoa, whoa, whoa. Like it's decided at the time of death.
The exact numbers are a closely guarded secret, but there are more of you ending up in my master's house than with the enemy. A lot more, Jimmy.
They're testing out the generator.

JAMES 
Why? 

NEFARIOUS 
Because old sparky doesn't.

NEFARIOUS 
exactly run on batteries, now, does she?
 
JAMES 
I thought all executions were lethal injection.

NEFARIOUS 
Nine states still offer the chair. It's an option for the condemned. No one chooses it.

JAMES 
Except you.

NEFARIOUS 
Except me. 

JAMES 
Why, why the chair?

NEFARIOUS 
I don't like needles, James. Why do you think? It's my parting gift to Edward. A tidal wave of voltage coursing through his body so extreme that his body will attempt to arc out of the chair. He'll urinate, defecate, and vomit all at the same time. 
Sickly, sweet smell of burning flesh will permeate the chamber. His eyeballs will melt when the blood inside his cranium reaches the boiling point.
And his head will just burst into flames, and the best part about it, James is he won't die on the first try. So hit him again. And again. 
I can't think of a more fitting introduction into damnation.
It's so horrible. It's wonderful, James. Only crucifixion is worse, but that really wasn't on the menu though, was it? 

JAMES 
Edward, Edward, listen to me. You're making a mistake. Okay, you're playing a game that if you lose, everything you just described is going to happen.

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
No! 
No! I didn't I didn't.
do anything! Please! Please! Help me! 

JAMES 
Look, I'm-I'm trying to, Edward, but you have to answer my questions. You have to.

JAMES
tell me the truth. 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
They won't let me enter! 

JAMES 
Make him. Make him go away. 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
He doesn't want to go away! 

JAMES 
Well, how can I make him go away? Is there anything I can do to make him go away?

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
Yeah. 

JAMES 
Yes? 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
Yeah. 
 
EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
But you have to.
 
EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
get very good, James. 
 
NEFARIOUS 
Unfortunately for Edward, he has broken one of our rules.

JAMES
What-what-what
what are you doing?! 
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NEFARIOUS 
I wouldn't do that if I was you. 
They'll send me to the infirmary. Our session will be over. Is that what you want, James? 

JAMES 
I want you to stop hurting yourself.

NEFARIOUS 
Okay, okay. Watch this, James. 
All better. 

JAMES
I see
that you're you're sweating profusely. Are you, uh, are you trying to hold back the pain? 

NEFARIOUS 
I think you're misinterpreting the involuntary reaction of Edward's body. Like him, I feel the pain.
But unlike him.
I enjoy it. I think it's time.
we tell you exactly what it is that we'd like you to do.

JAMES
You want me to write your book, right? 

NEFARIOUS
Actuall
James, you've already written it. 

JAMES 
You're not making any sense.

NEFARIOUS 
Everything will.
become clear soon. We just need you to agree to help us. 

JAMES 
Why would I do that? What-what's in it for me?

NEFARIOUS 
Whatever's my master's is mine to give. For those who serve us.

JAMES 
Okay, um, so I'm let me get this straight. An unknown psychiatrist with no agent, no connections, no publicity, is going to somehow put out a book that he doesn't remember writing, that will change the world as we know it?

NEFARIOUS 
This book will be a worldwide phenomenon, James.

JAMES 
Why? 

NEFARIOUS 
Because you'll be telling people what they already want to hear.
Because my death, my execution will do for me what the Carpenter's death and his resurrection did for him. At my death, you will be my witness, and upon my return you will be my apostle. And your testimony will do for our movement what that wretched book did for his. 

JAMES 
What kind of book could possibly have that effect?

NEFARIOUS 
The dark gospel, James. A story, a truth, our crie de couer to mankind. Our invitation to reject the Mosaic Covenant once and for all. To throw the chains off forever. To reject the idea of sin completely so you're free to reach your full potential.

JAMES 
And your enemy would allow that?

NEFARIOUS 
Yes. Because he has to. He gave man free will because he wanted his Creation's.
love. But if man.
isn't free, then the love has no value, does it? So, in his needy, selfish, pathetic way.
well, he doomed himself from the start. 

JAMES 
But if he's God, shouldn't he have known that?

NEFARIOUS 
Yes. That's why he had to cheat. My Master designed every tool imaginable to destroy every facet of the enemy's creation. We failed because of the carpenter.
He was the thorn in our side.
Our greatest threat. We thought if we could eliminate him the world will be ours forever. We had no idea of the consequences. The cross was our greatest mistake, and we thought we'd lost, James. Until my master realized that man still wants to be his own God.
and to serve no one but himself. Whereas the carpenter demands.
that the price for his suffering routine, well, that you fall on your knees, and you worship Him.

JAMES 
Just like his father?

NEFARIOUS 
Yeah.
But the dark gospel will rectify our past mistakes.

JAMES 
By

NEFARIOUS
By eliminating the enemy, deifying man.
and elevating my master to his rightful place. And James.
for serving as our messenger, my master offers you the world and everything in it. Just like he offered the carpenter.

JAMES 
But the carpenter said no.

NEFARIOUS 
But the carpenter never claimed those things weren't my master's to give. He just turned down the offer. 
And make no mistake, James. You're no carpenter.
 
GUARD
The warden wants to see you.

JAMES 
I'm-I'm not finished yet.

GUARD
It's not a suggestion
 
WARDEN MOSS
I need you to see something.
We just found that doing that clear out of this cell.
Looks to me like�
you got a fan. 

JAMES 
How could he have done this?
There's stuff in here even I don't know about me.

WARDEN MOSS
Did the
same thing with all his victims?
There's one more thing.

WARDEN MOSS 
So you're telling me you had nothing to do with this?

JAMES 
No. Of course not. How could I�
He kept talking to me about writing his book. I said I wasn't a writer, and he said not to worry. It had already been written. 
I thought it was a bunch of nonsense.

WARDEN MOSS 
Yeah, well, don't worry, doc. It all ends when he does.
Personally, I'm glad this happened. Now you got skin in the game.

JAMES 
What do you mean?

WARDEN MOSS 
Well, if you decide our boy isn't fit for execution, he's no longer a condemned man.
I mean sure, he'll spend some time in psych lockdown, but eventually he'll make his way back into the general prison population.
Where he'll spend every moment of every day thinking about you. 
And some night, he's gonna be standing...
at the foot of your bed, looking down at you. And my guess is, it won't end well.
 
JAMES 
I need to ask him one more question.

WARDEN MOSS
And after that, your decision?

JAMES 
Yeah. After that, you'll have my final decision. 
What the hell is this?

NEFARIOUS 
It's not nice to go through other people's things, Jimmy.

JAMES
You're a liar. You've been studying me.
learning everything about me, my relationships.
my life. How long has this been going on?

NEFARIOUS 
Since you were a child. 

JAMES
Impossible! 

NEFARIOUS
This is my first photo
of you, Jimmy. 
I love it when we have these moments.

JAMES 
You're insane. 

WARDEN MOSS
That's the
one thing he can't be, Doc. 
Not today. 
�
NEFARIOUS 
Is that your official
diagnosis, Doctor?
�
JAMES 
I need to know.
Were you planning on killing me? Huh? Was I supposed to be your next victim?

NEFARIOUS 
Why would I do that, James?
You're my best friend.

JAMES 
You think that scares me?
You get off on this?

NEFARIOUS 
No.
I get off on this.
Back up! Back up! 
I'll kill him. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Edward easy. 
Let him go. Nobody's gonna�
hurt you. 

NEFARIOUS 
Thank you for that, Warden. 
That is so comforting. 
I got a question for you...
Jimmy. What are you thinking right now? Answer me!! 

JAMES 
I'm thinking that I'm gonna die. 

NEFARIOUS 
It never gets old. Strangulation. It's our favorite method.
Did you realize that? The intimate relationship between killer and victim. I can feel every ripple coursing through your body. I can feel your heart throbbing through this chain. You want to know the best part, Jimmy? The best part.
when I look in your eyes, I can see the exact instant, the tremulous moment when the soul leaves the body! 
Cry for me, Jimmy. 
You beg for your life. 
Beg me, Jimmy! 

JAMES 
I don't want to die. 

NEFARIOUS 
why would I kill you, James? I feel like this brought us so much closer together, don't you? 
Don't you just think? 

WARDEN MOSS 
Okay, that's enough! 

GUARD 
Get up. 
�
NEFARIOUS 
Edward is crazy, James! You know that! 
You know that what you're about to do.
is wrong. It's wrong. It's murder, James! 
After all, James. I'm just a figment of his.
imagination. Isn't that right? Isn't that right, Jimmy? 

JAMES 
I find the accused Edward Wayne.
Brady competent.
to stand execution.

NEFARIOUS 
And that's three, James. 
Just like I said. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Alright, get him.
out of here. 
�
NEFARIOUS 
I want you there, James. I want you.
to see what you've done! 
I want you.
there, James!! 

WARDEN MOSS 
You gonna stay? You sure? 

JAMES 
I need to see this to its end. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Well, you do what you want, but I recommend you just go home.
We can take it from here.

JAMES 
I need to know if I made the right decision.

WARDEN MOSS
When a man sits in a cell
23 hours a day with nothing to do but reflect back on all the evil that he's done
sometimes the man you execute isn't the same man who came in here. And
you feel bad about that.
But this is not one of those times.
 
JAMES 
What happens now? 

WARDEN MOSS
I do my job. 

JAMES 
I meant.

WARDEN MOSS 
Oh, he gets a haircut. We take him to the Barbershop and shave his head and his calf. 

JAMES 
Why? 

WARDEN MOSS 
Connectivity.
That's where the contact points will go and human hair is a resistor, and we need to provide a clean clear connection.
You're gonna need these more than me.
 
NEFARIOUS 
Just a little off the top. And let's trim the sides. I got a got a big evening planned. 

TRUSTEE BARBER 
Yeah, that's what I hear. There's only one kind of cut you're getting today. Zero gap. All the way around.
You know ain't nothing you done can't be forgiven. 

NEFARIOUS 
That's what you think. Each new morn, new widows howl. New infants cry, new insults slap the face of Heaven.

TRUSTEE BARBER 
You trying to impress Styles? Well, that ain't you, bruh. That's Shakespeare.

NEFARIOUS 
Well, the words were his. But the deeds were mine. 

TRUSTEE BARBER 
Well, even if it's so, ain't nothing to be proud of. 
Alright, he's done. Get him outta here. 

NEFARIOUS 
Take it easy, buddy. 
What's the rush? 

TRUSTEE BARBER 
Ain't nobody gonna miss you. 
�
EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
It'll be okay. It'll be okay. 
It'll be okay. What what about, what about my meal? 
what about my meal? 

SGT. WILBORN
You didn't want one. Remember? 

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
What? No, I didn't. I didn't say that! 
I didn't say that! 
I want it! I didn't say that! I didn't.
 
ASSISTANT WARDEN 
Your attention please. All witnesses.
are reminded that during an execution, there must be no emotional outbursts.
no obscenities uttered, no taunting or celebration of any kind. 
You are hereby ordered to display dignity befitting the solemnity.
of the occasion. If you feel lightheaded or about to be sick, close your eyes and bow your head towards your knees. Once I.
secure this door, it cannot and will not.
be opened until the procedure is complete. So, if anyone has any last-minute reservations about what you're about to witness.
now would be the time to depart. 
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WARDEN MOSS 
Edward Wayne Brady, I have here your death warrant which state law compels me to read.

EDWARD/NEFARIOUS
No! Can we just
can we just wait?!
 
WARDEN MOSS 
On November 2nd of this year, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma issued a stay of execution for Edward Wayne Brady for.
purpose of evaluating the mental competency of the condemned. Such review having taken place and such competency having
been established and confirmed.
by a certified medical professional, the stay is hereby lifted.
In keeping with the law and verdict of the jury.
the defendant is hereby sentenced to death by electrocution.
I designat the date and time of death for the.
execution of Edward Wayne Brady
to take place as scheduled on November 14th
at 11pm. 
Herein fail not and make do this report of when and how you have executed this writ. And it's signed by Governor Jennings. Does the condemned wish to review the warrant?

NEFARIOUS 
No. I trust you. 
 
RUSSO
I wanted to thank you, Doc. I'm detective John Russo. I spent six miserable years of my life chasing this bastard. Tonight at 11. Waiting for this exact moment. After tonight I can go back to worrying about other things. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Stand-to 30 seconds. Open cell one.
Edward Wayne Brady, stand to receive your restraints.
You've been extended the privilege of walking under your own.
power. Should you refuse, you'll be carried. Should you resist, you'll be sprayed. Am I made clear? 
It's time. We're moving.
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EDWARD/NEFARIOUS 
No, no. Can we just please, please! Just.
Can we can we.
No, no! Please! No! 
Why are you doing this.
to me? 
You tell them the.
truth! 
Tell them the truth! 
You tell them I didn't do.
this! I didn't... do this! I didn't! 
Please! Help me!! 
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WARDEN MOSS 
Yes, sir, Mr. Governor. I understand. There will be no reprieve. Make ready.
Edward Wayne Brady. 
Before sentence is carried out. Do yo
have any final words?
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NEFARIOUS 
What's your answer, James?
Do you.
accept my master's offer?
Mene mene tekel upharshin. 
 
DOCTOR 
What the hell is he talking about? 

WARDEN MOSS 
Damned if I know. Bring the generator to full load.
Hit him.
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DOCTOR
I can still make out activity. 

WARDEN MOSS 
All right. Stand clear.
Hit him again.
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DOCTOR
This man is dead.

WARDEN MOSS 
Cut the generator. Log time of death at 11:02pm. Remand the body for autopsy. Commence debrief. Witnesses are hereby released. Other posts return to standard operation. 
 
RUSSO 
Looks like every dirtbag on the planet.
just moved up a notch. 
You okay? 

NEFARIOUS'S VOICE 
You should have accepted my offer, James. 

JAMES 
No, no, no, no, no. 
No, no. 
Help me. Help me. 

RUSSO 
Just calm down. 

JAMES 
Help me. 

RUSSO
It's okay. It's over. 
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ASSISTANT WARDEN
10-32 in the witness room. 
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RUSSO 
Just put the weapon down. 

JAMES 
He won't let me! 

RUSSO 
Put the.
weapon down, doctor. Put it down. 

JAMES 
He won't let me! 

RUSSO 
Who won't let you? 

JAMES 
Him. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Whoa whoa whoa! 
Come on, Doc. 
It's been a long day. Just give the detective his gun back
and we'll all go home.

JAMES 
I was wrong. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Stay back. Stay back. Give him room.

JAMES 
I was wrong about everything. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Take it easy. 

JAMES 
I was wrong about everything. 

WARDEN MOSS 
Stop. 
Whoa whoa whoa.
Whoa whoa whoa! 
You don't want to do that.
Doc. Come on. Doc. 

JAMES 
God help me. 
Please

WARDEN MOSS 
Get him! Get him! 
Grab the gun! Grab the gun! 
Secure it. Secure the gun. 

GUARD
We got him. Pin him down. Keep him down. 
Keep him down! 

ONE YEAR LATER 
DIRECTOR 
In five

DIRECTOR 
four, three.

GLENN 
So, today a conversation that I didn't think would ever happen especially with our next guest. It is Dr. James Martin.

JAMES 
Thanks, Glenn. Appreciate having me on. 

GLENN 
You're welcome. So, you were.
the, the shrink, you were the board-certified psychiatrist.
that actually attended.
the execution of Edward Wayne Brady. 

JAMES
Yes. That's correct.

GLENN
You were there. And.
it's because of your determination that he was finally executed. 

JAMES 
My determination of his sanity was the last step, so to speak, in the uh, chain of events that led to him being executed.

GLENN 
Uh, and now, you've written a book. 

JAMES 
Well, actually, um.

JAMES
well, actually, Mr. Brady, or more correctly, the entity claiming to inhabit Mr. Brady wrote the initial manuscript.

GLENN
I read that, and my first thought was, entity? 

JAMES 
Mr. Brady told me that he was possessed by a demon.

GLENN 
You're.
a psychiatrist. Did you believe him...
at the time? 

JAMES 
No. 

JAMES 
But

JAMES 
I believe him now.

GLENN 
So what changed?

JAMES 
The fact that for a brief time, the entity inhabited me as well. 

GLENN 
And.
again this entity. I mean I can hear Christians say, um, yeah. Entity. Fallen spirit. Unclean spirit. Demon. 

JAMES 
That's what he claimed to be.

GLENN 
Uh, so
let me go here. You were in the witness room. And you tried to commit suicide.

JAMES 
It wasn't my choice.
See um, at that moment, I was.
I was overtaken by an entity so malevolent, so powerful, so evil that that words can't describe it. I-I had control of my mind, but the entity had control of my body.
And so, against my will.
I grabbed the detective's sidearm, put the muzzle under my chin and pulled the trigger. But�it didn't fire. 

GLENN 
So, how do you explain that?

JAMES 
I can't. Um, according to the ballistics team, I pulled the trigger three times.
And they could tell because there were three separate and distinct strike imprints from the firing pin on the back of the shell casing.

GLENN 
And then when they attempted in the ballistics lab�
later, the fire, the same gun, same cartridges.

JAMES 
It worked just fine.

GLENN 
A believer.
not a psychiatrist, a man of science, but a believer would say you had an encounter. Divine or demonic.
you had an encounter.

JAMES 
Yeah. 

GLENN 
So why would this demonic.
entity want you dead?

JAMES 
Punishment. For not doing what he wanted.

GLENN 
You are a complex kind of guy. I mean, what happens to an atheist, uh, that is confronted by demonic evil?

JAMES 
It shatters you.

GLENN
And yet the same demon that shatters you, wrote a book, and you're here, and you-you wanted it published. 

JAMES 
Yes. 
Well, no. He wanted it written as an invitation to follow his master into the darkness, but I, I rewrote it.
I rewrote it as a warning.
Revealing his plan and begging people not to go along with it.

GLENN 
So you're not still doing his will?

JAMES 
No. Absolutely not.

GLENN 
Just logically. Do you think that's gonna work? Do you think anybody would believe you?

JAMES 
Only time will tell.

GLENN 
I mean, you, do you believe you?
I mean, do you? Are you a believer?

JAMES 
I don't know if I'd go that far.
I mean, I suppose I just have trouble still accepting the idea that um...
I don't know.

GLENN 
You will. You'll get there.

JAMES 
You seem pretty sure of that.

GLENN 
Um, because.
you are a, a logical person. 
You're asking logical questions. Let me take you a step further. 
You are uniquely qualified as somebody who can delineate between mental illness and possession. I mean, at least if you're any good. I mean, assuming you're good. Are you good?

JAMES 
I'd like to think so.

GLENN
I'm guessing you are.
Despite the demons last words to you, which I'm gonna butcher, but they are, Mene mene tekel upharsin.

JAMES 
You've been weighed in the balance and found wanting. You know, um looking back, I um.I don't believe he was just talking about me. I think he was talking about all of us.
There's a-there's a great battle going on. Whether we realize it or not.
The battle between good and evil. And we're all participants. Willing or not. 

GLENN 
So I believe that, but that is amazing.
to hear from a non believer. Um, thank you. 
Thank you. We've been talking.
to Dr. James Martin. He is the author of the new book, A nefarious plot.
You can find it wherever books are sold. Thanks, Doc.

JAMES 
Thank you.

ASSISTANT 
Great interview, Doc. 

JAMES 
Thanks so much.
Here you go. 
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WOMAN
Hello, James.
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NEFARIOUS'S VOICE
Miss me.
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