"You're So Vein", Way to Die #277, is the fourth death featured in the Season One finale "I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up)", which aired on April 5, 2009.
Plot[]
It was a very special day for the man behind the blinds. His name was Scott Randall and this was the day he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. Randall was bad to the bone. Rotten to the very core. Three people died by his hand, and you wouldn't want to know how he did it. The families of his victims were there to make sure he got what was coming. A good actor when he wasn't killing anyone, Randall relished his final role.
Lethal injection involves a number of drugs. The first was sodium pentothal, which was intended to knock the inmate unconsious, and then potassium chloride to finish him off. But there was a hitch. Even with enough drugs in his system to drop a rhino, Randall's heart surprisingly didn't skip a beat.
The authorities were shocked by this, then the order came in for Randall to be released. From there, the convicted murderer (and phenomenal scumbag) had an apparent new lease on life. Randall was unstrapped and he proceeded to start hurling abuse at his victims' families and attempts to break the glass, scaring them away. But in the midst of his rage, Randall went down and out. The reason he didn't die right then and there before was that the straps were secured too tight and were acting instead like an impromptu tourniquet.
"SON OF A BITCHES!!!" -Scott Randall's last words before the drugs in his system hit his heart and shut him down for good.
Once they were unstrapped, the drugs found the one thing most people swore Randall never had: a heart, and it finished him off and sending him straight to hell where he belonged.
"The authorities were mystified. Then the order came in. Scott Randall, a convicted murderer and lifetime scum, had a new lease on life. But in the middle of his fury, Randall went down...and then out."
Transcripts[]
(Angry Ed is playing, officer opens the curtain, Randall shows up)
Randall: (Laughs) Hello, suckers!
Narrator: It is a special day for the man behind the blinds. His name was Scott Randall and this was the day he was scheduled to die by lethal injection.
-Randall: Ooooooooooo... (Laughs)
-Narrator: Randall was bad to the bone.
Narrator: Three people died by his hand, and you don't want to know how.
(The prison guard wears the glove)
Randall: What do you doing, Skappy?
Narrator: The families of his victims were there to make sure he got what was coming.
(Another guard squeezes Randall's left arm with the belt)
Narrator: A two bit actor when he wasn't killing anyone, Randall relished his final role.
(The guard uses the syringe)
Randall: Slip the juice to me, Bruce.
Narrator: A lethal injection involves a number of drugs. The first, sodium pentothal is supposed to knock the inmate out, and then potassium chloride finishes him off.
(The guard injects to the wire)
Randall: Here's come death.
Narrator: But there was a hitch.
Randall: Nothin'. I don't feel a thing. (Whistles) Nothin'! (Laughs)
Narrator: Even with enough drugs in his system to drop a rhino, Randall's heart didn't skip a beat.
Randall: Nada. (Nothing.) (Laughs)
Dr. Kim Henderson: I think that this guy wasn't Superman and that the reason when he stayed alive was because the tourniquet was too tight on his arm, and the drug wasn't able to flow, past the injection site to his heart where it was supposed to go.
(The guard calls the president of the police)
Narrator: The authorities were mystified.
-Randall: Hihihi. Please sir, may I have more?
-Narrator: Then the order came in.
(The president of the police orders to:)
President: Release him.
Narrator: Scott Randall, a convicted murderer and lifetime scum, had a new lease on life.
(Guards release Randall)
Randall: Nothing into it. You ****** couldn't kill me. You ****** couldn't kill me!
(Randall takes the IV fluid post)
Randall: Son of a bitches!!
(Cut in Two Part B (Reconstructed) is playing, Randall rams the glass, people run away, but Randall losing his consciousness)
Narrator: But in the middle of his fury, Randall went down...
(Randall dies)
Narrator: ...and then out.
(Flashback)
Narrator: Once unstrapped, the drugs found the one thing most swore Randall never had: a heart and finished him off.
Dr. Steven Burstein: When you deliver drug, you always take the tourniquet off. Otherwise, there is no drain initial for compound into the central circulation to just sitting his arm.
Narrator: It's hard to justify one death with another, but a creep like Scott Randall? He deserved to die.
(Guards surprise as they succeed to kill Randall)
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Aye Jaye - Scott Randall (lead: intended victim)
- Kevin Hawley - Prison Guard
- Dr. Kim Henderson - Herself (Toxicologist)
- Dr. Steven Burstein - Himself (Interventional Cardiologist)
Trivia[]
- When Scott Randall curses his victims' families, he says "son of a bitches!". This is plurally incorrect. He should have said "sons of bitches!"
- Scott Randall is actually the name of one of the crew members behind each episode of 1,000 Ways to Die.
- A similar situation plays out in Way to Die #401, where the victim is named after another one of the members of the show.
- According to IMDb, the legend Aye Jaye passed away on September 9, 2022, at the age of 83 (Undisclosed).
- As of 2009, the state of New Mexico has abolished the death penalty.
- Scott saying, "Please, sir. May I have some more?", is a reference to the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist.
- This is one of the very few cases where the segment does not have Latin American Spanish dubbing (The Argentine version) or if it does, it's lost media. The other one is Doggie Style (which, curiously, is the next death after this segment in production order).
- In the hypothetical case that a convict survives this procedure (which is virtually impossible) the sentence can be changed to life imprisonment by order of the judge; in certain Arab countries where stoning is still used as a form of execution, if the convict survives he automatically earns his freedom.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Lethal Injecti-cide
- Injection Ache
- Lethal Injection Gone Wrong
- Injection Interrupted
- Tourni-Quetched
Foreign Names[]
- Por Vanidad (By Vanity) - European Spanish dub
- Totgesagte leben länger-aber nicht ewig (Those said to be dead live longer-but not forever) - German dub
- Eres Tan Venenoso (You're So Venomous) - Latin American Spanish and Mexican Spanish dubs
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