Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime,
Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator...
and vanished.
He awoke to find himself trapped in the past,
facing mirror images that were not his own...
and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better.
His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time,
who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear.
And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life,
striving to put right what once went wrong...
and hoping each time that his next leap...
will be the leap home.
That's the last of it.
Comin' through.
Thanks. Thanks a million. I don't want to hang you up anymore.
I just didn't know how I was gonna do it alone.
It's hideous, isn't it?
I know it's silly, but I'd just die if anything happened to it.
It's... all I got left from my dad.
Then you sure don't want to leave it behind for a hurricane.
Hurricane?
Oh, boy.
Oh, man.
Archie, are you okay? Oh, my God.
Yeah, I'm all right. I'm so sorry. I never should have called you.
Are you sure you're okay? Maybe we should take you to a hospital.
- No, I'm gonna be... - Just let me see.
- That's weird. - What?
I almost swear I saw a hint of green in your eyes.
Green? In my eyes? Ha, ha. That's weird.
Here, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
So, where you gonna go, Miller's or Clanton? Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Archie? Huh?
What do you think?
Well, uh, the way the wind is pickin' up,
and with the hurricane comin' and all, you know, I think that...
Well...
You should probably head inland as far as possible and-and-and as quick as you can,
and then get out of the path of the storm too.
Thanks. I mean it. Uh, sure.
Boots? Boots?
Boface! I swear, if I didn't love that dog so much, I'd get rid of him.
Now, you're gonna be all right, aren't you?
We'll be fine.
Strangely enough, the thought ofbeing in a hurricane...
was somehow comforting and familiar.
I guess that's because every time I leap,
I feel that strange, unseen forces hurl me wherever they want to,
and there's nothing I can do to stop them.
So that for me, life, like storms, is unpredictable.
She's really kind of sweet, isn't she?
Who? You know who... Lisa.
Yeah. No horns, no hooves. She's just nice.
I didn't expect that, especially after the way she kept buggin' you.
"Oh, Archie, I'm so scared. Won't you come over and help me evacuate?"
I'm not sure she'd like to hear that.
When did you know you loved me?
First time I saw you.
Oh, I am glad. Because I love you too.
Still, it must have been tough.
But it's just like you said... sometimes things don't work out.
Sometimes people need more than you can give.
Harrison to 28. Harrison to 28.
Arch, you there? 10-4 me.
Duty calls. Yeah.
Harrison to 28. Come on in, Arch. I know you're out there.
Quit foolin; Arch, put your clothes on and get out the backseat. 10-4?
I swear!
Yeah, 28... here.
Twenty-eight, you got a 10-22 to 3-0-5-sixer on U.S. 90. 10-4?
Uh... 10-22, huh?
Arch, haul butt over to the Gulf View Apartments on 90...
and make sure everybody's outta there.
Manager said some of the people won't go.
And after that, swing over to Unabelle's. Make sure everything's goin'okay. 10-4?
Okay. Uh, this is Arch.
Twenty-eight... out.
Growing up in Indiana, I had seen plenty of tornadoes,
but none of them had prepared me for a hurricane,
and they certainly didn't prepare me for the terror of driving through one.
I just hoped that if I stayed on Highway 90,
I could get to the apartments before the hurricane did.
Mr... Hello there, "Occifer."
Lejeune? Uh...
Uh, Mr. Lejeune, I'm Cissy Davis of the Red Cross. This is Deputy Necaise.
We've come to warn you that this whole area is being evacuated,
and you and everybody here are...
Are gonna have to leave.
Oh, hell's bells. The steaks ain't even done yet.
You can't have a barbecue without some steaks!
There's a hurricane comin', folks.
Yeah, and don't that play damnation with the charcoal.
I had to give up the Weber and start grillin' 'em indoors.
Well, you're gonna be grillin' 'em under water if you don't leave here soon.
Man. Strange.
Depending on which eye I use, you look different.
Brown hair, black hair.
- Brown hair, black hair. - Brown, black, brown, black.
Pretty weird.
Makes you seem almost like two different people. Now ain't that somethin'?
Yeah, well... I don't know what you're talkin' about, but you all have to get out of here now.
Son, let me tell you.
About two years ago, this place went co-op. Y'all know what that means?
- I don't know. Uh, you gettin' ready to sell for a profit?
Hell, no. I'm gonna wait three years before I do that.
What it does mean, though, is that this deluxe, three bedroom,
two bath, shag carpeted piece of heaven...
Is private property.
I own it. You can't make me go.
But a hurricane can and will if you stay here.
I been through a lot worse hurricanes than this.
It's all just a bunch of rain and wind.
So thank you kindly, but, uh, we gonna be just fine.
Now if you'll excuse me, I got a hurricane party to attend to.
Whoo!
I guess it's on to Unabelle's. Yeah.
Driving along the coast to Unabelle's,
it was easy to see why people needed to be evacuated.
With each passing minute, the hurricane drew closer and closer,
and it seemed like nature herself was punishing the land for some unknown transgression.
I just hoped that I wasn't going to be punished with it.
You know, in a way I can't blame him for not wantin' to leave.
I mean... Most of your life, nothin' every happens.
Now, we're livin' on the edge. Literally.
God, can't you feel it?
The-The power, the possibilities.
Oh, I don't know, l...
Ever since I was a little kid, I-I always felt so charged up...
whenever there was a thunderstorm or somethin'.
I just feel... more alive.
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
Yeah.
Move mountains, right wrongs,
travel through time,
grow 10 feet tall and run forever.
Yes.
We better get inside.
Cissy? And Archie!
You both here to join us for the ride? If you'll have us.
That's the good thing about being a designated shelter...
lets you catch up with folks you haven't seen for a while. Yes!
Cissy, you can help me fill the tubs with water. Okay.
And, Arch, fill this and finish pumping those lanterns, would you, please?
Yes, ma'am. Well...
Duty calls.
Later.
Oh. Hi, Sam. What's the matter?
Huh? What's wrong?
Nothin'. I was just goin' for a walk and... What happened?
Oh, I had a fight with Tina.
Oh. I can never figure out when life is so short...
how we always find time to argue.
You'd think that we would look at the good things around us.
Carpe diem. Seize the day.
And that's the way it should be.
But we don't seem to remember those things.
Speaking of which... Oh, uh, yeah.
It's, uh, August 17, 1969, and you're in...
Jackson's Point, Mississippi. Jackson... Okay.
Your name is... Archie Necaise.
You're a deputy sheriff, and, uh, according to Ziggy,
there's a 96.2%-
six point... Al.
Two percent, uh, chance that you're here...
to save a nurse named... Cissy Davis from getting killed by Camille.
Who's... Who's Camille? No, it's no "who." It's a "what."
Camille is a hurricane.
I don't remember anything about Hurricane Camille, Al. What happened?
It was a killer storm, Sam.
There were winds up to 190 miles an hour.
More than 360 people were killed.
I remember the head of the National Hurricane Center...
said that this was the greatest storm of any kind ever to affect this nation.
And we're in its path. No, we're a little off to the side, thank God.
It's still gonna be a big deal here though.
How much time do we have? Well, no. No, I mean...
I mean, what-what time did the storm hit?
Well, at 10: 15, all the power lines, all the telephone lines go down.
At 10:30, a three-story high wall of water...
is gonna come over the seawall and flatten everything in its path.
But not here. No. No, we're fine here.
Well, then where does she get killed?
She goes back to save that hurricane party, doesn't she?
No, actually you d... Uh, Arch... You, Archie, did evacuate some people from the hurricane party...
just before the wall of water came and leveled the entire apartment building.
You were a big hero. You saved 12 people's lives.
But unfortunately, Cissy was killed across town while you were at the beach.
Some object came smashing through the window of her house, hit her on the head, killed her.
That's the shingles. The wind must be flickin' 'em off the roof like potato chips.
Why did she go back to her house?
Ziggy hasn't got a clue about that. But I can tell you this.
The coroner's report fixed the time of her death at 10:30,
because she was wearing a wristwatch that got smashed and that was the time on the watch.
She must've gone back to rescue somethin' from the storm, right? Well, then you better tell her to forget it.
If it was that important, she's not gonna forget about it.
No, I-I gotta get her to go back and do it earlier.
Oh, my. If we get up any earlier to do it,
we might as well not go to sleep.
Which might not be a bad idea after all.
What l... What I was thinkin' was that, uh...
Since we're gonna be so busy today, you know,
evacuating people and-and doin' all kinds of work,
that if there's anything at your house that you need, we should... we should go back and get it now.
Oh, that's slick, Sam. Okay. Uh...
First I'll have to think of something to get.
Okay. Well-well, you do that, all right?
I'm sorry, Sam. She still gets killed.
So you better stick with her until she's back here, safe and sound.
I'm gonna go back and see if I can find out some way to figure out what it is she went back for.
Now you stick with her.
Archie, I know. I know. I said I was goin', but...
Well, it's just... seein' you again made me think...
I mean, what I want to say is,
maybe you and I could go to dinner some night, you know?
Oh, Lisa. I... I don't know, um...
You're right. You're right.
I'm sorry, you know, a-about things.
It's just you... You wouldn't answer my phone calls, and I-I called you at the station, and...
I... I keep wonderin'... what if...
W... What?
What if... we'd stayed together?
What if I'd never met Cissy?
But I did, and... I can't change that.
Some things you can change,
and then there are some things that... you can't.
I know. I just... thought...
I seem to have bad luck with men,
just like my mom.
All the ones I like leave,
and l... I just thought...
I can't eat. I just think about you and...
My daddy wouldn't even stay with my mom, and...
Wow. The wind is really pickin' up.
Yeah. Yeah, it is.
You look good.
So do you.
What's his name?
Oh, uh, Boface.
Hmm. He's pretty.
Well...
If you ever...
You know...
Yeah. Yeah, I know.
You gonna be okay? Yeah.
Sure. Are you sure you don't want to stay with us?
No.
Bye.
I couldn't help but wonder if maybe I shouldn't have tried harder to make Lisa stay.
She seemed so lost and confused, but at the same time oddly determined.
Whatever Lisa felt for Archie was too strong to let it rest, and not even a hurricane could stop her.
Hello. Anybody home?
Hi, Archie. Come on, Daddy. You're lettin' the storm in!
Don't worry about me. I'll be there. I'll be there.
Need some help? You could giveJoe a hand.
Somebody forgot to turn off the weather outside.
Where's the cake? Is this Joe's house?
We told 'em we were going toJoe's house for a party.
It's the only way we could get 'em to leave their place.
Oh, you are real strong! Today is their 61 st anniversary.
Thank you, boys.
You know, if you could make the earth spin the other way, you could unwind a hurricane.
Oh. Is he your husband?
Uh, no. Not yet. Well, you got a mighty cute figure on you.
You oughta make him marry you.
Hey, what do you think about that?
You oughta snatch him up before some other gal does. Hey, this ain'tJoe's place.
- What're we doin' here? - There's a hurricane comin;
We can't stay here then. We only knew each other...
I gotta go back home and hold the house down. Two weeks before we got married.
That was before the war. Otherwise, we might come home and find we got a new address.
D! Get me some water! You can't be gettin'...
Here we go now. Let's go. Where are we goin'?
You know, if we was smart... Where's my hat?
We'd figure out some way to harness the power from a hurricane. It's on your head. There you go.
- Let nature do the work. - There's a hurricane comin'.
That's why we invited everybody over for the party. That way you wouldn't have to leave.
Party? What kind of party? What kind of party?
It's your anniversary party! We've lots of cake and ice cream.
You gonna be there? Oh, I wouldn't miss it for the world.
What's everybody screamin' for?
Is it my birthday?
You can just put me right over there, next to my sweetheart.
Fetch some sodas from the cooler, would you, please? Okay.
You know, I don't like you wearin' that cold, wet...
I'm all right. Don't be so picayunish, Mama.
Well, I'm not picayunish. Well, stop harpin'at me.
Can you believe that? They got married after only two weeks.
Yeah. Do you marry someone after only a couple weeks?
If it was the right someone, I'd marry 'em after a couple of hours.
Nice.
Nice? I'll bet it was nice.
You should see a doctor about that cough. What cough?
What do you got for me, Al?
Well, I hate to interrupt your hanky-panky here... What do you got, Al?
But Ziggy's come up with a new wrinkle.
It seems that one of the people here is oneJoe... Deever.
Yeah, yeah. He just got here a little while ago.
He came with his grandparents, his wife and two kids. What about him? Uh-uh.
Uh-uh what, Al? He came with his sister and her two kids.
Okay, he came with his sister and her two kids. So what?
So this is the kind of guy they're gonna be writing box-office smashes about 20 years from now.
He's one of Cissy's ex-boyfriends.
He's got a hot temper, he's a violent type, and he's insanely jealous.
And according to Ziggy, Cissy is last seen leaving Unabelle's... with him.
Where's Cissy? She and Joe just left.
Cissy, what... Joe?
What were you guys doin' out there? L...
Archie, are you okay? Here. Let me get the door.
Yeah, I'm fine, uh...
I... I was just comin' out to look for you.
Well, here we are. Well, thanks. This is the last of it.
Didn't have time to load up much else. Joe, why don't you go put that over in the bait shop?
Sam, I don't get it. Nothing's changed.
He's still the last one to see her. She still gets killed.
- Cissy? - Yeah?
You better get this jacket off, huh? Come on.
Thank you. Yeah. Listen, um...
Are you... Are you sure you got all your stuff... from your house?
Archie, what's the matter with you?
You've been actin' strange all afternoon.
Is it because you saw her again today?
No. Her?
No. No, no. Who, her? You mean there's another woman involved in this?
That has nothing... Why didn't you tell me?
Who is she?
Lisa came back here...
a while ago, just beforeJoe and his family arrived.
- What'd she want? - Well, she wanted to make contact, I guess.
Honey, I know you're a nice guy,
but y-you just can't go around encouraging her. I wasn't encouraging her.
Don't worry. He's the original Boy Scout.
You know what I mean.
Look, Lisa's hurt because you guys broke up, and she's lonely,
and-and she doesn't wanna let a good thing get away.
And neither do I.
Next to Boface, you're the male I love most.
How do you feel about holograms?
So that puts me pretty near the top then, right?
Absolutely.
So then... it's pretty much over between you and Joe, right?
What's that supposed to mean?
She's defensive, Sam.
I just... wanna make sure that... it's over, right?
How many times do I have to tell you? That is ancient history.
Yeah, but is it ancient history with him?
Look, Ar-Archie, are you... Are you afraid he's gonna do something?
No, no. That is exactly what we're afraid of. Yes!
Well, I-I'm just a little worried that he might want to take something out on you.
I know he's got a temper.
But we grew up together. He'd never hurt me.
He never even touched me when we were goin' out together.
That shoots that theory to hell. If it's true.
Course it's true.
You're just...
What was that word I read?
Projectin' your fears. It's just not gonna happen.
Well, something certainly is.
Projecting my fears? You sound like a psychologist.
Well, that's me... Doc Cis.
Oh, ex-boyfriends, current boyfriends, ex-girlfriends... I can help 'em all.
When you've been a nurse as long as I have,
you-you start to realize that a... lot of people's problems aren't physical.
- Did you ever think about becoming a psychologist? - Me?
Yeah. No.
When I was in nursing school, I-I used to dream about being a doctor,
But, uh, now it's too late.
No, it's... It's never too late, not if you want something bad enough.
Sam, psychologist, seismologist. She's not even gonna have a future unless you figure out...
Archie, phone. What's gonna happen to... her.
Okay. Thanks. It's never too late.
Hello. Yeah, this is Archie.
Yeah, Sheriff.
- Heck of a night. Yes, it is.
Reminds me of Audrey back in '57. Remember?
When we stood up on the seawall or when we climbed up into the trees? Trees.
It's just like we were seven years old again.
Swayin' in the wind, back and forth,
hangin' on for all we were worth 40 feet above the ground.
Our parents went crazy lookin' for us.
And us havin' the times of our lives.
He treatin' you right?
Joe.
Just lookin' out for you is all.
I appreciate that.
But you want me to butt out.
I want you to be the friend you've always been.
You know what the three worst words in the English language are?
"Let's be friends."
Joe, come on.
It's just hard watchin' you with him, that's all.
Particularly since we are... since we were so close.
No, they're havin'a hurricane party... Um...
- Cissy, hold on. - Uh, Sam.
Yeah? Sam. S... Wait. Look.
Just hear me out. Hear me out. I'm not gonna bite you.
Archie, what... What is it?
You all right? Yeah.
Tell this nozzle to take a hike.
We, uh...
We gotta go back to the hurricane party.
Don't let me stop you.
You looked like you were gonna... I know. I know. I just...
I just thought...
I don't believe you did that.
My knight in shinin'... khaki...
Chargin' to the rescue.
Look, I'm sorry.
L-I just... I overreacted a little bit. I, uh...
You know, sometimes, uh, knights would get rewards from the damsel...
when they helped them in a... I like seeing you jealous.
I think you're gonna get a reward.
It's kind of sweet.
Sweet, yeah.
Yeah, but you know, Sam, I don't think in the... in the closet there, uh...
Sam?
Oh.
You gotta make it a king. You gotta put the king...
Sit down.
Here you go.
Come on. Come on.
Isn't it gonna get a little hot in there?
Oh, we should... We should go now...
Yeah.
All right, Sam. I'll see you later.
Don't forget the... hurricane.
I'll, uh, meet you at the hurricane party. I'm goin'to check on them now.
Uh, bye.
Boface?
Joe took him to the kitchen for some water.
He was scratchin' to go out so I let him.
Wait, wait, wait. Where-Where you goin'? Home. That's where Boface is headed.
Come on, Sam. You better hurry up. I know!
L-I know where he's headed. I'll go get him. I'll get him.
No! No!
Look, I'll go get Boface and I'll go over to the apartments, all right? But you can't do both.
It's too dangerous for everybody to be runnin' around outside right now.
You stay here where it's safe, and I'll come back as soon as I can. You won't even know I'm gone.
Want me to go with you? No, thank you.
I'll see you. You be careful!
Get it closed.
What's everybody slammin' doors for?
I didn't know whyJoe let Boface out into the storm,
unless it was to lure Cissy back to her house.
But I figured that as long as I went there instead ofher,
Cissy would remain alive, and that I would leap out ofhere...
as soon as I returned with Boface.
That is, assuming I survived the storm.
Boface!
Boface. Here, boy!
Here, boy! Boface!
That-a-boy. There you go.
Easy, Boface, easy.
Come on. That's it.
Ah... Come on. Come on, Boface.
We're almost there.
Ah. Come on. Come on.
Come on, Boface.
Yeah. Easy, Boface. Easy, easy.
Easy, Bo. Easy, Bo.
How's it goin', Sam? Boy, it's really blowin' out here, isn't it?
Oh, I see you got the dog. That's good.
Uh-oh! What?
I don't know. You must've changed history, Sam.
Cissy still dies, but this time it happens back at Unabelle's!
How does Cissy get killed back at Unabelle's?
A hunk of debris bonks her on the head.
Al, let's...
Uh-oh. It's 10:15, Sam. All the power in Jackson's Point just went off.
That means that in 15 minutes, that giant wall of water...
is gonna come over the seawall and flatten everything in its path!
If I go back and save Cissy, does Archie have enough time to go to the apartments and save those people?
Uh, that's a negative, Sam.
No, if you save Cissy at Unabelle's and leap out, Ziggy says there's no way in hell...
that the real Archie could get back to those apartments to save those people from the wave!
Then what the hell am I doin' here? I don't know.
Uh, maybe it's tryin' to fix somethin' that the real Archie didn't do or somethin'. I don't know!
This is 28 to base, over!
Archie, where the hell are you? You should've been 10-39 an hour ago.
Uh, that means back at the station.
Look, it doesn't matter. I need you to send a car over to Gulf View Apartments...
to get those people out of that hurricane party.
Over. Everybody's up at the other end of the county already, Archie.
And you better get your butt up there, too. 10-4? You can't do both, man. You can't.
All right, listen to me. I need you to get in touch with my girlfriend, Cissy Davis.
She's at Unabelle's Bait and Rest.
Tell her to stay inside. I know it sounds crazy. Just do it, all right? Over.
Arch, we got phone lines down all over. I don't know if we can do it. 10-4?
Then send somebody! Everybody's out. You're the only one even close.
Where you headed? 10-4.
- Gulf View Apartments. - 10-4. Over and out.
All right, Al. What does Ziggy say is the closest safe place to the apartments?
Uh, well, some people would say that's the Gulfport Bank. It's... two blocks away.
All right. I'm going to the apartments.
You go find Cissy, all right? Stay with her.
Okay. I'll stay with Cissy. Good luck, Sam.
Thanks. Come on, Boface.
All right? All right, let's go.
Open up. Open the door.
Hold your horses. I'm comin'.
All right. Everybody out! Let's go!
Get outta here right now! Look, I told you before.
I don't have time to discuss it! Get the hell out of here!
If you don't, you're all gonna be killed in a few minutes!
Now, Sheriff, simmer down. Nobody's goin' nowhere.
Get the hell out of here. I mean it!
Hey! Go to the Gulfport Bank. It's two blocks from here.
Don't stop for anything! This whole area's gonna be flooded in eight minutes!
Hey! What?
You're one mean son of a bitch. Yeah. Well, I just saved your life. Now get the hell out of here.
All right. Okay. Go on!
Come on, Sam.
Come on. Hurry up!
All right! Everybody up!
What's the ruckus about?
Away from the windows! Come on!
Archie?
Lisa!
The causeway to Clanton was washed out, and... I didn't know where else to go.
Did you see Archie out there?
No. No, I didn't.
Now wait a second. That causeway wasn't washed out.
Let's get to the back where it's safe. You know, I'd like some coffee.
Okay, I-I'll get you a towel and some coffee.
You wait right there.
I got a funny feeling about this.
Hmm, who is she? Come on, Ziggy.
Give me... Uh-oh. Uh-oh, Ziggy.
- Give me some information here. - Lisa?
Archie used to take me fishin' all the time.
How 'bout you?
Uh, no. Uh, we haven't gotten around to that yet.
You know,
everything was fine until you came along,
until you stole Archie.
Lisa, I didn't steal Archie. He-He made up his own mind.
No, he didn't.
Oh, I don't like the looks of this.
Cissy, you better get out of here. Get out of here! Get out. Get out!
Sam, you gotta hurry!
Lisa's back at Unabelle's and she's got a knife! What?
Yeah! She's goin' after Cissy!
- Lisa, come on. Put the knife down. - No.
- Put it down. - It's too late.
Stop!
Cissy, get up. Get up! Get up! Get up!
No. Let go of me!
No! What are you doing?
You said sometimes there are things we can change, and sometimes there are things we can't change.
Well, I wanna change things.
I want us back together. You can't do that by killing Cissy.
But then we'll be together.
Lisa! I'm gonna kill her!
No! Cissy.
- You all right? - Come on. Come on!
Sam, behind you!
Lisa, put down the knife.
I love you. Can't you see?
I do, but... No, you don't!
Everybody hates me. Everybody leaves me, but I'm not gonna let you!
I'm gonna kill you, and you're gonna have to kill me to stop you, and then we'll be together!
Shoot her, Sam. Shoot her!
I love you!
Don't!
Bye, everybody. There you go.
Bye. Bye, y'all!
Everybody's leaving except me.
I don't know. I don't understand it.
You saved Cissy. You saved the people at the hurricane party.
You should have been out of here a couple of hours ago.
What do you think's gonna happen to Lisa?
Lisa? Well, um... Oh.
I don't know. I think, um...
Well, I think with the right help, she's probably gonna be...
She'll probably be okay.
Don't look at me.
Hmm. That's on the nose, Sam. Yes.
After a couple of years of intensive therapy, she turns out to be pretty much okay.
Look, I'm not saying that you would help her.
I'm just saying that with the right training, maybe you could help a lot of people like her.
I mean, look. You're caring. You're perceptive. You're smart.
You've got every good trait to be a psychologist.
Oh, but then I'd have to go back to school. So what?
I don't think I could face that. It's kind of scary.
What have you got to be scared of?
You just lived through a hurricane and you were almost killed in the middle of it.
I had some help. Well, yes, you did. That's true.
But... But what?
Maybe if I had some more help, I could get through school too. Well.
That's what the sheriff department's here for, ma'am.
Thank goodness I've got their number.
Ah, bingo.
Yep, she goes back to school, Sam, and she becomes a psychotherapist.
I'm just so glad we're together.
Yeah.
Me too.
And we shall dedicate our lives...
to the preservation...
of the purity of the white race.
We fight to the death to resurrect our country...
from the fires of racial degradation.
And now, by the powers vested in me...
as a Royal Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan,
I dub thee, fellow Klansman.
Oh, boy.