Based on a true story, Bosco follows its titular character, Quawntay “Bosco” Adams, as he plans to escape maximum security prison to meet his newborn daughter. During his incarceration, Bosco befriends a young woman he met through a Lonely Hearts ad and eventually convinces her to help drive him away from the facility. While, in the end, the prison escape is a success, Bosco slowly starts realizing there’s more to freedom than being outside a cell.
While Bosco manages to cut a hole in the ceiling, every time he ventures up the vents he can’t find a suitable way out. After the young drug addict in the adjacent cell ends his life, Bosco’s fury at Hunt’s negligence leads to him being thrown into solitary confinement for a month. During this time, Tammy starts believing Bosco is cheating on her with some other girl.
How does Bosco escape prison?
As Bosco starts losing hope of getting out, he eventually comes across a vent leading right outside. With the plan in motion, Bosco gets Tammy to wait outside in her car while he gets ready to jump through the vent.
Unfortunately, the night Bosco is about to escape is when Ramos gets randomly hit by an ounce of compassion. While he’s in the office gazing at the cameras, he comes across the ultrasound of Bosco’s baby, the one Hunt stole from the young man, and decides to return it. The only problem is that Bosco is not safely tucked into his cell bed, but is about to jump out through a vent.
Was Hunt fired or did he quit?
When Ramos takes the picture to Bosco’s cell, he mentions that Hunt won’t be returning to work, but it’s unclear if he quit or if he got fired over the death of the drug-addicted inmate. When Ramos realizes Bosco is not in his cell, he immediately sounds the alarm.
Meanwhile, Tammy gets cold feet at the last second and locks her car door before Bosco can get in. She eventually relents, and the two lovebirds drive off.
At his house, Hunt hears about the prison escape on his police radio. The man does seem to have turned a corner and appears to be encouraging his former charge.
The next day, Bosco is at a rundown motel with a very stressed-out Tammy. He calls his mom to ask for help, but she does raise a very good point when she asks Bosco what he plans on doing. His only option is to stay on the run for the rest of his life. If he convinces his girlfriend to join him with their baby, then his whole family will spend their lives miserable and in hiding.
While discussing their next steps, Bosco encourages Tammy to go home and tell the police she only picked him up because she thought he was being released. Of course, as soon as she got to her trailer, the police were already waiting for her.
Why does Bosco allow the police to re-capture him?
Bosco could run as he knows Tammy will lead the cops to his motel room. Instead, he sits patiently on the bed as the authorities arrive. In a powerful voiceover, he explains that he will never be truly free if he keeps running without a purpose.
According to the epilogue containing footage of the real Quawntay Adams, Bosco was released in 2020 after serving 16 years. Since his release, he’s been helping his community and fellow inmates, but spends most of his time with his daughter as he wants her to have the “chances he never did.”
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