Episode Report Card Kim: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Cruel And Unusual Punishments
By Kim | Season 3 | Episode 6 | Aired on 08.17.1999
Two of the gay guys knock on Pancamo's cell door. Pancamo asks what information they have, and they nod knowingly. Clearly, they've been in touch with Ginsberg. Cut to Pancamo on the phone, telling someone that Nappa is writing a tell-all book about his life. Pancamo hangs up and tells his minion that they need to get the book and "take care of Nappa."
At night, the camera pans up Kenny's naked body. Kenny is tied facedown on his bunk, complete with wrist restraints. In the bunk above him, Adebisi (wearing the little hat, socks, and underwear) wakes up. Adebisi unties Kenny's restraints and tells Kenny that he's going to teach him how to live. Kenny calls Adebisi sick, and Adebisi drags him out of his bunk by the arm. Kenny claims to respect Adebisi, who tells him to get ready to prepare breakfast. Kenny holds his shoulder in pain.
Kenny meets with McManus, who is concerned since so many people close to Kenny have died recently. What McManus doesn't know is that Kenny was behind all of those deaths. McManus says that Kenny's son will need more from him as a father now that the kid doesn't have a mother. McManus wants Kenny to join a parenting program. Kenny agrees, saying that he will do anything for his kid.
Kenny joins his mother and son in the visitors' room. McManus is there too, for some reason. Kenny is happy to see his son, Jordan, but the kid acts like he doesn't know Kenny. Kenny's mom says that Jordan hasn't seen him for a while. Jordan starts crying; Kenny holds him out and yells at him to stop crying and to be a man. Kenny's mom rushes over to take Jordan. McManus shrugs and looks away. Kenny takes off.
Adebisi ties Kenny back up to his bunk and says that McManus was just messing with Kenny's head, as white men will do. Adebisi says that he has a plan to break McManus and bring in someone new to run Em City. Kenny thinks that it'll be just as bad, but Adebisi promises that it will be a black man. You know, the guy in charge of the entire prison is black, and that doesn't seem to be doing Adebisi any good. But, whatever.
Clayton hangs out in the library. An inmate makes a lewd gesture towards him, and then a group of inmates laugh at Clayton. Cut to the SORT team giving a class in "cell extraction of a non-cooperative prisoner." The procedure seems to be to beat the crap out of the prisoner, as far as I can tell. Clayton walks by and sees the training going on, then breaks into a smile.
In the break room, Clayton asks Murphy and Diane whether they've ever thought about going SORT. Diane says that they aren't big on women, and Murphy adds that SORT guys have to remove all of their human parts. Clayton thinks that SORT guys have to be that way, in order to shut an ugly situation down. Murphy says that he appreciates SORT, but that it takes a special kind of hard-ass to do it. Clayton asks whether Murphy thinks that Clayton doesn't have what it takes. Murphy doesn't respond. Claire walks in, and the room falls silent. She asks a question, and no one responds. Finally, Diane pipes up that what Claire did to Tim McManus sucks. Claire retorts, "What I did to Tim McManus was suck his cock, and for that, he treated me like a shitball." Full of charm, that Claire. Diane says that accusing Tim of sexual harassment is an insult to women who have been abused. Claire asks, "Like you?" Diane says that she does mean women like her. Claire accuses Diane of wanting to be everyone's best pal. Diane accuses Claire of wanting to be everyone's worst nightmare. Clayton smirks. Claire takes her coffee and leaves. Father Mukada comments that Claire is the right type for the SORT team, and Murphy cracks up. Diane looks uncomfortable.