The Mustang

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"On your way home from work" -

- "you stop at the shopping mall to pick up some dinner.

"As you walk past a restaurant you catch a glimpse of your partner

"with another man or woman.

"They are kissing publicly and very passionately."

"Up until this moment," -

"you believed your relationship was stable, -

"loving and committed."

"A: I don't feel angry at all."

"B: I feel slightly annoyed."

"C: I feel moderately angry."

"D" I feel very angry. I feel furious."

Yeah.

I know.

Let's do it differently.

Um...

Let me be more specific.

You've been in isolation in Ely State Prison -

and you've just been transferred here, -

back into isolation again.

What do you think about that?

As I said, this is your pre-classification meeting, -

- so that we can discover what options are available to you -

- as you enter back into the general population.

Is there a vocation you're interested in?

Would you like to resume your education?

It's just... It's real easy to get lost in the system.

Especially when you come into a new facility, -

- and, you know, you're not from around here.

I'm just trying to find out what's important to you.

Is your freedom important to you?

Is that something you think about?

Are you listening to me at all, Mr. Coleman?

- Yeah. - "Yeah" what?

Yeah, you're listening? Or yeah, your freedom's important to you?

- I'm listening. - Okay, thank you.

Just get me back there.

Hey, hey, hey, hey! What?

It's okay, thank you. Sit down!

Sit down. Sit down!

I get it. You feel like you have no control in here.

I get it. I understand that.

I am giving you some control.

That's what this is.

And like it or not, you're gonna be reintegrated into the general population.

Hmm. I'm not good with people.

All right.

I can get you into the outdoor maintenance program then.

And while you're there,

you'll have the opportunity

- Can I go now? - Yep.

Here you go. Start with this pile right here.

- Are you kidding me? - No, man.

When you get done with it, put it in that pile over there.

What, you're in charge here?

Yeah, I'm the chief of shit-shoveling.

Come on, let's go.

Pop three.

What the hell are you doing in there? Get out now!

You never go in there. That's a dangerous animal.

You have a name? What's your name?

Roman.

Well, Roman, -

- I don't need my yard and my lawn fertilized.

So why don't you just take your wheelbarrow and your pitchfork -

- Who the hell are you? - I'm over here.

Why are you here?

All right.

Very good.

I just need you to sign this.

Don't come back here.

Very good.

Very good, thank you.

Good day.

And... All right.

Okay, guys. Now, is everybody ready?

Yes, boss.

'Cause this one is particularly crazed.

- All right. - So be very careful.

And open the gate on three.

One...

Two...

Yeah. Son of a bitch. Look at him go.

How long you been standing here?

Huh?

I'm talking to you. Yeah, right.

How long you been here?

You can make a sound, right? You can speak?

- Yeah, I can. - Okay. What's your name?

I told you, sir. It's Coleman Roman.

Coleman Roman is your name?

That's a joke, right?

Shut up, Henry. It's not funny.

He's got a name. It's just backwards.

- You ever rode a horse? - No, sir.

5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

No, I'm just here for maintenance.

No, sir. You're not here for maintenance.

You're here to do what I decide you're gonna do.

And here's the drill.

If you can stay in there for more than five seconds, -

you're in the program.

Get it? And you're in charge.

Get him fed, get him watered

Your boots, Mr. Coleman.

Yeah, they go on your feet.

Fellas, fellas, fellas, good morning, good morning, good morning.

- Justin. What up? - Tom, what up?

Mikey. How you feeling? All right?

Oh, good morning. Good morning, good morning.

What's up? What's up?

Hey, man, what's up? How you been? Top of the morning.

Ah, ah, ah, got the boots on.

Oh, yeah, don't worry. You'll get used to it.

Nice boots.

Pop your cherry today, homeboy. Walking a little funny.

Cute in that orange.

He's fucking with you, man. He's fucking with you.

The whole purpose of this program is to learn how to break these wild horses -

- and turn them into some horse of value -

- that can be auctioned off in the next 12 weeks.

It pays to keep this program running,

our rehabilitation.

And ironically enough, the police buy most of them.

That horse is crazy.

He's really spooking out right now.

Why's that?

I don't know. Why don't you ask him? You ready?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Get back.

Hey, listen up. 'Cause I'm the best trainer in here.

See this? This is your hand.

You always wanna control your hand.

What you wanna do is find an opening, you know?

Get him going.

Hey, hey. You just wanna get him going.

And make sure you stay in the center.

All right? Make him move around you.

Come on.

Now, normally, when you start a new horse, -

- you can keep him right along the fence like he is right now.

Because they're trying to keep as much space as they can away from you.

All right? Now the first thing you wanna do -

is just establish direction.

Get him going one way and then send him the other way.

And after you get that down pat, -

- you can start working on the hook and the draw.

Or as I like to call: "The touch."

All right?

Like I said, respect his space, okay?

And he'll respect yours.

And never look him in the eye.

Get your ass in here.

Come on, man. We ain't got all fucking day.

Don't forget the stick.

Hips, Roman.

- What about them? - Your shit is tight.

You need to loosen it up a little bit if you wanna connect with him, all right?

I bet you don't have

Oh, this is gonna be fucking great.

Where you going? Where you going?

All right, look. Drop the stick. Fuck the stick.

Put your hands up, all right?

Establish a boundary.

Now tell your horse to back off!

Back off.

- With your body. - Back off. Back the fuck off.

You're acting like a bitch -

right now, Roman.

- Tell him to back off. - Back off!

Back off!

With your body, Roman. Come on.

It's good, Roman Coleman, -

- but if you wanna control your horse, first you gotta control yourself.

Yeah. You be the boss. You got it, Roman.

Just keep working on them dance moves. Hips!

Go over there. Go over there, man.

Yeah, come on, move it.

- There you go. - Come on.

You're really not that bad for a first time.

I'm actually pretty proud of you.

I looked up and that motherfucker just ran straight over me.

Then I look back up -

- and I got 15 horse cocks swinging in my fucking face.

You actually have to be on the horse, man.

You spend more time on the ground than you do on your horse.

Fuck you, Tom.

Have you seen T-Bird? That motherfucker's a maniac.

He's not one of the lazy, squishy donkey types.

What, man?

I'm just listening. Hey, what's your name again?

Roman.

- You got the new horse, right? - Yeah.

When I first saw T-Bird, I was like,

"I pity the fool that gotta ride that motherfucker!"

Happened to be me.

Come on, man. You know we got like three more minutes in here.

- You're done. Time's up! - All right, all right!

What you looking at, man?