1 00:00:01,402 --> 00:00:04,530 Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, 2 00:00:04,605 --> 00:00:08,302 Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator... 3 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:10,309 and vanished. 4 00:00:14,915 --> 00:00:17,509 He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, 5 00:00:17,585 --> 00:00:21,180 facing mirror images that were not his own... 6 00:00:21,255 --> 00:00:25,385 and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,496 His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, 8 00:00:30,564 --> 00:00:35,160 who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. 9 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:40,570 And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, 10 00:00:40,641 --> 00:00:43,735 striving to put right what once went wrong... 11 00:00:43,811 --> 00:00:46,644 and hoping each time that his next leap... 12 00:00:46,714 --> 00:00:48,944 will be the leap home. 13 00:00:58,826 --> 00:01:02,353 Oh, God, they love us! We were bad, girlfriend! 14 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:05,159 They want an encore! What are we gonna sing? Cherea. 15 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:09,362 Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! 16 00:01:09,436 --> 00:01:11,529 - No, no, no. I don't think so. - Yes! 17 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:13,004 No, no, no. Oh, boy. 18 00:03:02,471 --> 00:03:04,735 Ah. Sorry. 19 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:52,625 Who did that hair? 20 00:03:57,839 --> 00:04:00,706 You must've hit your head a lot harder than you thought. 21 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:07,474 Yeah, I guess... I guess I did. Come on. Come on. Come on. Hurry, hurry, hurry. 22 00:04:07,549 --> 00:04:09,779 Hurry, hurry. Come on, come on, come on. 23 00:04:09,851 --> 00:04:12,547 We could've won. That would've been a hundred dollars, 24 00:04:12,620 --> 00:04:14,918 new costumes, plus a shot at the finals. 25 00:04:14,989 --> 00:04:17,549 Well, Bobby Lee said we could come back and try it again. 26 00:04:20,295 --> 00:04:24,231 That's not true! He just saw that Cherea hurt herself and wanted to give us another chance. 27 00:04:24,299 --> 00:04:26,290 We should've won. Would you come on, please. 28 00:04:26,367 --> 00:04:30,326 Now what's your problem? I just don't think that we should be out walkin' around this late in this neighborhood. 29 00:04:30,405 --> 00:04:33,841 My father would kill me if he knew we were out this late. And so would yours. 30 00:04:33,908 --> 00:04:37,173 Cherea's old man doesn't stay home long enough to know when she's gone. 31 00:04:37,245 --> 00:04:39,770 Hey, baby, why don't you come over here and talk to me? Come on. 32 00:04:39,847 --> 00:04:42,680 Who the heck would want to talk to your ugly behind? Paula! 33 00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:44,809 Ooh, you talkin' to me, Paula? 34 00:04:44,886 --> 00:04:48,947 Hey, come on. Why don't you bring your real fine brown body over here? 35 00:04:49,023 --> 00:04:50,957 I don't talk to night crawlers, 36 00:04:51,025 --> 00:04:53,926 so you can just crawl back into whatever cave you came from. 37 00:04:53,995 --> 00:04:56,793 Damn, Paula! Just keep on walkin'. That's all I'm sayin'. 38 00:04:56,864 --> 00:04:59,856 What about you? You know I like me some real nice, tall woman there. 39 00:04:59,934 --> 00:05:03,870 Keep walkin'. Keep goin'. Look, why don't you and your friend just go back and sit down? 40 00:05:03,938 --> 00:05:05,872 Yeah, why don't you just come and sit down with me? 41 00:05:05,940 --> 00:05:08,932 Actually, we were supposed to be home hours ago, and my father get real upset... 42 00:05:09,010 --> 00:05:10,944 Yeah, well, let me give him something to get upset about. 43 00:05:23,424 --> 00:05:25,358 - Come on, girls. - How'd you do that? 44 00:05:25,426 --> 00:05:27,621 Let's just get goin' home, okay? Cherea. 45 00:05:27,695 --> 00:05:29,856 Huh? I think we better get you to a hospital. 46 00:05:29,931 --> 00:05:32,866 I mean, something must've really happened when you hit your head. 47 00:05:32,934 --> 00:05:35,368 We're goin' the wrong way. We live this way. 48 00:05:35,436 --> 00:05:39,236 Are you crazy? I think that bump turned this child into some kind of super girl. 49 00:05:39,307 --> 00:05:41,241 I like this move. Look, l... l... l... 50 00:05:41,309 --> 00:05:44,676 I think we could put it in the act. I don't know what happened back there. 51 00:05:44,746 --> 00:05:48,739 Look, I do know that girls shouldn't be out at 2:00 in the morning alone. 52 00:05:48,816 --> 00:05:50,977 Now let's go. On these streets. Come on. Get going. 53 00:05:51,052 --> 00:05:53,316 Especially one with a mouth like Paula. Get-Get goin'. 54 00:05:53,388 --> 00:05:55,879 I can take care of myself. Would you cut it out! 55 00:05:55,957 --> 00:05:58,721 Get goin'. 56 00:05:58,793 --> 00:06:03,492 Get goin'. You're trippin' me up. You're trippin' me up like that. Get goin'. What am I gonna... 57 00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:08,160 All I know is, if Cherea hadn't have done whatever she did, 58 00:06:08,236 --> 00:06:12,639 you'd be tellin' my daddy about it, 'cause I'd have made sure I was dead. 59 00:06:12,707 --> 00:06:15,870 Are you gonna spend the night? No, I don't think I'd better. 60 00:06:15,943 --> 00:06:18,935 Maybe the three of you better get your hides inside... 61 00:06:19,013 --> 00:06:23,780 and start doin' some serious explaining on why my 15-year-old daughter is out at 2:00 in the morning! 62 00:06:23,851 --> 00:06:27,810 Inside! Let's go! 63 00:06:27,889 --> 00:06:30,585 Quantum leaping has taught me a lot about people, 64 00:06:30,658 --> 00:06:33,252 and I knew right away I liked this man. 65 00:06:33,327 --> 00:06:35,261 You're not old enough... Even with all his blustering and bravado, 66 00:06:35,329 --> 00:06:39,322 Reverend Walters was saying everything that I had wanted to say since this leap had started, 67 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,868 and his concern for his daughter's safety and well-being... 68 00:06:41,936 --> 00:06:45,394 was grounded in as much reality as the walk we just took home. 69 00:06:45,473 --> 00:06:47,498 Sit down. 70 00:06:47,575 --> 00:06:51,272 Not to mention that three young girls have absolutely no business... 71 00:06:51,345 --> 00:06:55,714 on the streets of Chicago, unescorted, at 2:00 in the morning. 72 00:06:55,783 --> 00:07:01,551 Since you are too foolish to understand the dangers of life in the big city, 73 00:07:01,622 --> 00:07:05,456 I have taken it upon myself to call your parents... 74 00:07:05,526 --> 00:07:09,189 and tell them what's been going on and how you children have been lying to us. 75 00:07:09,263 --> 00:07:11,697 We wouldn't have to lie if you'd come hear us, Daddy. 76 00:07:11,766 --> 00:07:13,700 We're really good, Reverend. 77 00:07:13,768 --> 00:07:16,896 I will not support my 15-year-old daughter singing in a brothel! 78 00:07:16,971 --> 00:07:19,201 It's not a brothel! Daddy, please! 79 00:07:19,273 --> 00:07:22,470 Paula, your mother's waitin' up for you. 80 00:07:22,543 --> 00:07:26,070 And, Cherea, since your parents are not at home, 81 00:07:26,147 --> 00:07:28,638 you will stay with Lynell and I until they come back. 82 00:07:28,716 --> 00:07:32,777 I don't think you understand how important this is to us, Daddy. 83 00:07:32,854 --> 00:07:36,620 What's important is that you understand that there'll be no more of this nonsense... 84 00:07:36,691 --> 00:07:38,625 about singing in nightclubs. 85 00:07:38,693 --> 00:07:40,820 It's not nonsense! 86 00:07:40,895 --> 00:07:44,991 Not finishing school is nonsense. 87 00:07:45,066 --> 00:07:47,057 Not getting a degree is nonsense. 88 00:07:47,135 --> 00:07:49,797 Not makin'something out of yourself is nonsense. 89 00:07:49,871 --> 00:07:54,638 - I want people to hear me sing, Daddy. - Don't you understand? 90 00:07:54,709 --> 00:07:58,702 Don't you understand, baby, 91 00:07:58,780 --> 00:08:01,214 that you can sing... 92 00:08:01,282 --> 00:08:03,512 for God and for my congregation. 93 00:08:03,584 --> 00:08:06,644 God gave me a voice to do with whatever I want. 94 00:08:06,721 --> 00:08:09,519 Not as long as you're under my roof! 95 00:08:09,590 --> 00:08:12,058 Then I'll leave! Lynell, just a second. 96 00:08:12,126 --> 00:08:15,323 No! I won't let him lock me in this miserable house! 97 00:08:15,396 --> 00:08:17,762 It killed Mama, and I won't let it kill me too! 98 00:08:17,832 --> 00:08:20,460 Lynell! Let her go. 99 00:08:20,535 --> 00:08:23,993 She didn't mean what she said, Reverend. I swear she didn't. 100 00:08:24,071 --> 00:08:26,005 But she did. 101 00:08:29,377 --> 00:08:31,902 She still misses her mama. 102 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:34,641 I love her. 103 00:08:34,715 --> 00:08:37,684 I gotta do what I think is right. 104 00:08:37,752 --> 00:08:41,244 I know she'll understand it as soon as she grows up. 105 00:08:41,322 --> 00:08:45,418 Well, Paula, I guess I better walk you home. I know your mother's waiting for you. 106 00:08:45,493 --> 00:08:48,792 I'll walk her home. You better go upstairs and talk to your daughter. 107 00:08:48,863 --> 00:08:51,024 And who's gonna walk you back here? Hmm? 108 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:53,396 Oh, Cherea can take care of herself. You should've seen... 109 00:08:53,467 --> 00:08:55,560 I don't know what I could've been thinking of. 110 00:08:55,636 --> 00:08:57,900 Cherea, get Lynell to give you one of her mother's gowns. 111 00:08:57,972 --> 00:09:01,100 There's a blue one in there I think'll fit you just fine. 112 00:09:01,175 --> 00:09:03,666 And we'll talk later, tomorrow after the services. 113 00:09:03,744 --> 00:09:05,803 Come on, Paula. 114 00:09:14,088 --> 00:09:16,522 How long have you been here? 115 00:09:16,591 --> 00:09:20,049 Well, long enough to hear the fireworks between Lynell and her father. 116 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:22,561 That's one very angry little girl. 117 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:25,428 Yeah. What do you got? 118 00:09:25,499 --> 00:09:29,731 Well, all Ziggy's got so far is that the mother died five years ago of unknown causes. 119 00:09:29,804 --> 00:09:32,295 Yeah. From the little we know, 120 00:09:32,373 --> 00:09:37,037 apparently shejust went to her bed and then stayed there for six months until she died. 121 00:09:37,111 --> 00:09:39,705 - What did the autopsy say? - No autopsy. 122 00:09:39,780 --> 00:09:44,717 Huh? So Ziggy says I'm here to help Lynell deal with her mother's death? 123 00:09:44,785 --> 00:09:46,912 Is that it? Well, we don't know. There's no data. 124 00:09:46,988 --> 00:09:48,922 Well, okay, what do you know? 125 00:09:48,990 --> 00:09:50,924 Know about what? 126 00:09:50,992 --> 00:09:54,792 What do you know. You still have this old picture of us. 127 00:09:54,862 --> 00:09:56,830 - Old? - Good recovery, Sam. 128 00:09:56,898 --> 00:09:59,492 I just got that printed last week. 129 00:09:59,567 --> 00:10:02,627 Not so good. Boy, time sure flies when you're having fun, doesn't it? 130 00:10:02,703 --> 00:10:05,399 Yeah. You should've quit while you were ahead. 131 00:10:05,473 --> 00:10:08,237 People are gonna think you're as crazy as I feel. 132 00:10:08,309 --> 00:10:10,277 You're not crazy. I'm going to be... 133 00:10:10,344 --> 00:10:13,472 if I don't get out of this miserable house. 134 00:10:13,547 --> 00:10:15,447 Ziggy says she runs away day after tomorrow. 135 00:10:15,516 --> 00:10:16,847 - What happened? - You heard him. 136 00:10:16,918 --> 00:10:21,218 - No data. - He's got my life planned for the next 20 years. 137 00:10:21,289 --> 00:10:25,658 It seems to me like your father is just trying to protect you. 138 00:10:25,726 --> 00:10:28,718 He wants to control me. He loves you. 139 00:10:28,796 --> 00:10:31,526 Yeah, but it's killin' me, Cherea. 140 00:10:31,599 --> 00:10:33,829 The same way that it killed my mother. 141 00:10:33,901 --> 00:10:36,369 Don't look at me. Ziggy's working on it. 142 00:10:36,437 --> 00:10:40,931 I don't think that your mother's death was your father's fault. 143 00:10:41,008 --> 00:10:44,808 You weren't here, Cherea. You don't know what it was like. 144 00:10:44,879 --> 00:10:49,543 I mean, she had no friends. She wasn't allowed out, except to go to church. 145 00:10:49,617 --> 00:10:52,415 And she didn't even... All right, look. You're just angry right now, okay? But if you... 146 00:10:52,486 --> 00:10:56,616 No, I'm not. And I'm not gonna let him lock me in... 147 00:10:56,691 --> 00:11:00,092 and make me shrivel up and die just so he won't be alone. 148 00:11:00,161 --> 00:11:03,562 Look, I'm hungry. You want some chicken? 149 00:11:05,685 --> 00:11:07,619 What's gonna happen to her? 150 00:11:07,644 --> 00:11:10,340 Well, she runs away and tries to become a singer. 151 00:11:10,365 --> 00:11:14,699 Then she gets locked into a slave contract with some guy named Bobby Lee. 152 00:11:15,018 --> 00:11:17,350 Bobby Lee? Wait a second. 153 00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:20,037 And then things go downhill after that. 154 00:11:20,235 --> 00:11:24,604 - What do you mean, downhill? - Oh, crummy clubs, drugs, arrests. 155 00:11:24,629 --> 00:11:27,154 And her father? 156 00:11:27,431 --> 00:11:32,425 Her father dies in '72, right after he loses his church to a fire. 157 00:11:34,929 --> 00:11:37,659 He and Lynell never speak to each other again. 158 00:11:37,732 --> 00:11:40,360 Good night, Cherea. 159 00:12:56,444 --> 00:12:58,605 Thank you, Jesus. 160 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:02,047 Amen! Yes! Yes, Lord! 161 00:13:02,117 --> 00:13:05,450 Yes, Lord! 162 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,080 Right on. 163 00:13:08,156 --> 00:13:11,319 The voices of the children singing the praise of the Lord God Almighty. 164 00:13:11,393 --> 00:13:13,361 Amen! 165 00:13:13,428 --> 00:13:16,124 - You know what that means, brothers and sisters? - Yes, it does! 166 00:13:16,197 --> 00:13:21,499 It means that we are blessed. 167 00:13:21,569 --> 00:13:26,029 With that blessing comes... dangerous temptation. 168 00:13:26,107 --> 00:13:28,041 Yes, it does! Yes, it does! 169 00:13:28,109 --> 00:13:32,637 Sinful temptation that often leads these pure, sweet, young spirits... 170 00:13:32,714 --> 00:13:36,707 to walk in the burning light of Satan himself! 171 00:13:40,221 --> 00:13:44,590 And in that burning light, these innocent children fall... 172 00:13:44,659 --> 00:13:47,219 by the wayside. 173 00:13:47,295 --> 00:13:51,823 Brothers and sisters, it is our responsibility... 174 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:55,529 I said it is our responsibility... 175 00:13:58,673 --> 00:14:01,938 - To see that these children stand in the cool... - Right on. 176 00:14:02,010 --> 00:14:04,001 Refreshing... Come on. 177 00:14:04,079 --> 00:14:06,513 Healing light... 178 00:14:06,581 --> 00:14:10,039 of Christ our Lord Almighty. 179 00:14:10,118 --> 00:14:12,916 God help us... 180 00:14:12,987 --> 00:14:15,285 save those children from damnation! 181 00:14:15,357 --> 00:14:18,190 - Yeah! - Hallelujah! 182 00:14:18,259 --> 00:14:21,228 - Hallelujah! - Glory! Hallelujah! 183 00:14:21,296 --> 00:14:25,130 - Glory! Hallelujah! - Marchin' on. 184 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,431 All it takes is a good preacher to make you remember... 185 00:14:28,503 --> 00:14:31,097 that the devil's out there just waitin' to get you. 186 00:14:31,172 --> 00:14:34,232 Amen! Amen! Guess he got you, forgot to let go. 187 00:14:34,309 --> 00:14:37,210 Sister Rose will now lead the choir... What? 188 00:14:37,278 --> 00:14:39,746 In a soul-stirring hymn... What did you say? 189 00:14:39,814 --> 00:14:43,944 What do you mean? He forgot? He forgot to let go of what? 190 00:14:48,556 --> 00:14:50,649 Al, I think I figured out why I'm here. 191 00:14:50,725 --> 00:14:55,025 Well, Ziggy says there's a 90% chance you're here to keep Lynell out of show business. 192 00:14:55,096 --> 00:14:57,030 Wrong. Wrong? 193 00:14:57,098 --> 00:15:00,932 Wrong. I think I'm here to make sure that her father supports her. 194 00:15:01,002 --> 00:15:03,869 And if I can do that, that'll keep their relationship intact. 195 00:15:03,938 --> 00:15:07,874 No, no, no. Ziggy... No, no. Ziggy has been known to be wrong. 196 00:15:09,277 --> 00:15:11,905 Well, we have to trust Ziggy's statistics over yours. 197 00:15:11,980 --> 00:15:17,282 Why? Why? Well, we... Ziggy keeps better records. 198 00:15:17,352 --> 00:15:21,118 Besides, Ziggy says day after tomorrow, 199 00:15:21,189 --> 00:15:23,817 you're gonna sing in some local contest. 200 00:15:23,892 --> 00:15:26,292 The winner gets a hundred bucks and a tryout at the Regal Theater. 201 00:15:26,361 --> 00:15:29,922 - Regal Theater? - Yeah. It's Chicago's version of the Apollo. 202 00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:33,964 Except Lynell doesn't sing, right? 203 00:15:34,035 --> 00:15:36,970 Well, yeah, she sings. She lies to her father, 204 00:15:37,038 --> 00:15:39,563 and he traces her to the club, 205 00:15:39,641 --> 00:15:42,804 and then he pulls her off the stage right in the middle of the show. 206 00:15:42,877 --> 00:15:45,607 And a big fight breaks out. Terrible. And Lynell never forgives him. 207 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,205 Bingo. Then I'm right. 208 00:15:48,283 --> 00:15:52,219 I'm here to help Reverend Walters support his daughter, 209 00:15:52,287 --> 00:15:55,154 to-to-to accept her and to understand her. 210 00:15:55,223 --> 00:15:59,683 So how are you gonna do that? Eh... Uh, uh... 211 00:15:59,761 --> 00:16:03,458 Well, I don't know. I mean, you know, maybe if he heard how good they were... 212 00:16:03,531 --> 00:16:05,465 No, no, no, no. Then I'd have to sing. 213 00:16:05,533 --> 00:16:08,900 So? So first of all, I don't know any of the songs or the routines. 214 00:16:08,970 --> 00:16:11,268 And secondly, I'm a man. I'm not a 16-year-old girl. 215 00:16:11,339 --> 00:16:13,273 That never stopped you before. 216 00:16:13,341 --> 00:16:16,242 Besides, they're gonna be hearing and seeing Cherea. 217 00:16:16,311 --> 00:16:19,405 What does Ziggy say our chances are? Well the odds are 50-50. 218 00:16:19,481 --> 00:16:22,746 But I can up the odds with the right music and a few choice steps. 219 00:16:22,817 --> 00:16:24,876 Yeah, well, I don't know a few choice steps. 220 00:16:24,953 --> 00:16:28,582 Well, I do. I'll teach you some moves. You'll teach me some moves? 221 00:16:28,656 --> 00:16:31,318 Hey, I was at the Regal Theater in its heyday. 222 00:16:31,392 --> 00:16:34,793 I remember the Marvelettes, Smokey, 223 00:16:34,863 --> 00:16:39,664 Martha and the Vandellas, James Brown, the hardest-working man in show business. 224 00:16:39,734 --> 00:16:43,135 All you have to do is keep your harmonies tight and remember to say... 225 00:17:01,856 --> 00:17:03,915 These moves made the Temptations famous. 226 00:17:03,992 --> 00:17:06,859 They're just a little ahead of their time, that's all, these steps. 227 00:17:06,928 --> 00:17:08,862 They're out of time. 228 00:17:08,930 --> 00:17:12,798 Damn, Cherea, you're movin' like a white girl. 229 00:17:39,260 --> 00:17:42,252 Put 'em out straight like this. Put 'em like that. Oh, okay, okay. 230 00:18:09,090 --> 00:18:11,684 Yes! Yes. We did it. 231 00:18:11,759 --> 00:18:13,693 Yes. All right. Now, don't get too happy. 232 00:18:13,761 --> 00:18:16,389 All right. Don't get too happy. You still need a lot of work. 233 00:18:16,464 --> 00:18:18,398 We still need a lot of work. We'll be terrific. 234 00:18:18,466 --> 00:18:20,661 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but we're doin' the wrong song. 235 00:18:20,735 --> 00:18:24,432 What? This was a number one hit. That's just it. It was. 236 00:18:24,505 --> 00:18:27,440 We need somethin'... somethin' hot. 237 00:18:27,508 --> 00:18:29,942 - Something with a little more fire, you mean? - What? 238 00:18:30,011 --> 00:18:31,308 "Mickey's Monkey." Uh, "Mickey's Monkey." 239 00:18:31,379 --> 00:18:32,744 No, no, no. What? 240 00:18:32,814 --> 00:18:35,749 No, no. Forget that. Forget it. No, that wouldn't have been good. 241 00:18:35,817 --> 00:18:37,910 How about "Can I Get A Witness"? No, that wasn't out yet. 242 00:18:37,986 --> 00:18:40,079 What? What? What? What's he talkin' about? No, no. Forget it. 243 00:18:40,154 --> 00:18:43,123 - What? What? What? - What about "Heat Wave'"? 244 00:18:43,191 --> 00:18:45,557 By Martha and the Vandellas. 245 00:18:45,627 --> 00:18:48,061 I just so happen to have a pre-release on it. 246 00:18:48,129 --> 00:18:51,155 So who's this giabbone? How'd you get in the house, Mr. Lee? 247 00:18:51,232 --> 00:18:55,498 I told you to call me Bobby. My father will get upset if he finds you here, Bobby. 248 00:18:55,570 --> 00:19:00,200 Oh, he'll get more than upset, honey. We're talkin' murder in the first degree. 249 00:19:00,274 --> 00:19:04,210 Well, that's because a young lady would never entertain a gentleman up in her bedroom. 250 00:19:04,278 --> 00:19:07,907 Well, since we all understand that, why don't you go downstairs? 251 00:19:07,982 --> 00:19:09,916 It's not my fault. 252 00:19:09,984 --> 00:19:12,316 I was just walkin' down the street, mindin' my business, 253 00:19:12,387 --> 00:19:16,585 and I heard that sweet, sensual voice of yours ridin' on a cool breeze. 254 00:19:16,658 --> 00:19:18,990 It made me come and knock on the door. 255 00:19:19,060 --> 00:19:22,723 When nobody answered, I just... Well, I just knocked a little harder, and it came open. 256 00:19:22,797 --> 00:19:27,166 Watch out for this guy, Sam. He's slicker than spit on a patent leather shoe. 257 00:19:27,235 --> 00:19:30,136 - You shouldn't be here. - All right, maybe not. 258 00:19:30,204 --> 00:19:33,367 But Lynell knows I mean no disrespect. Trust me, Sam. 259 00:19:33,441 --> 00:19:36,342 This guy is a snake. 260 00:19:36,411 --> 00:19:39,380 I'm sure you don't, so why don't you just leave. 261 00:19:40,381 --> 00:19:42,315 All right. 262 00:19:42,383 --> 00:19:44,681 But I meant what I said about this song. 263 00:19:44,752 --> 00:19:47,414 You guys sing this tomorrow night, you're a cinch for first place... 264 00:19:47,488 --> 00:19:49,581 and a shot at the Regal. 265 00:19:49,657 --> 00:19:52,421 Especially with a voice as beautiful as Lynell's. 266 00:19:52,493 --> 00:19:55,223 We don't have charts for the band or... Can you learn the song? 267 00:19:55,296 --> 00:19:58,424 Well, yeah. All right, well, I'll get Rainey to do up the charts. 268 00:19:58,499 --> 00:20:01,024 - He knows your key. - Why? 269 00:20:01,102 --> 00:20:05,766 Let's just say I, uh... I believe in young talent. 270 00:20:08,109 --> 00:20:12,739 Plus if you girls win, you sign an exclusive deal with me, and I'll take you straight to the top. 271 00:20:12,814 --> 00:20:15,578 More like the bottom. Get this, Sam. Robert Z. Lee, 272 00:20:15,650 --> 00:20:19,245 small-time businessman, part-time... pimp. 273 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,154 - Well, what do you say? - He's the owner of Bobby's Blues Club, 274 00:20:23,224 --> 00:20:26,751 and he ends up doing 20 years in the big house for statutory rape. 275 00:20:26,828 --> 00:20:30,992 - Lynell? - I don't know if we can get it together that fast. 276 00:20:31,065 --> 00:20:33,761 No data. All right, Mr. Lee, I'll tell you what. 277 00:20:33,835 --> 00:20:36,133 Lynell, Paula and I, we're gonna talk about this. 278 00:20:36,204 --> 00:20:39,105 We're gonna listen to your song. We'll let you know our intentions. 279 00:20:39,173 --> 00:20:41,971 That's a hellfire grip you got there, darling. You don't know the half of it. 280 00:20:42,043 --> 00:20:44,102 Daddy! What are you doin' in my house? 281 00:20:44,178 --> 00:20:47,909 - He came by to bring us a new record. - That's the God's honest truth, Reverend Walters. 282 00:20:47,982 --> 00:20:50,780 It's so new, it hasn't even been played on the radio yet. 283 00:20:50,852 --> 00:20:54,288 Well, somebody better tell me why this sinner has to deliver records to my daughter's bedroom! 284 00:20:54,355 --> 00:20:56,789 - Daddy! - I asked a question. 285 00:20:56,858 --> 00:20:59,793 Look, man, just because I don't attend your church doesn't make me a sinner. 286 00:20:59,861 --> 00:21:03,627 Even though you don't attend any church doesn't make you a sinner. 287 00:21:03,698 --> 00:21:08,158 But what you said to Leda Brown's 13-year-old daughter does make you a sinner! 288 00:21:08,236 --> 00:21:11,694 Well, that's just her word against mine, ain't it? 289 00:21:11,773 --> 00:21:14,264 Now, if you don't mind... 290 00:21:14,342 --> 00:21:17,436 I've got nothin', Sam. Either they never brought charges, or they were dropped. 291 00:21:17,512 --> 00:21:20,481 - Your word is about as good as the devil's in this house. - Just stop it! 292 00:21:20,548 --> 00:21:25,986 Mr. Lee came over to try to be nice to me, not to commit a crime! 293 00:21:26,053 --> 00:21:27,987 Lynell, this man will... 294 00:21:28,055 --> 00:21:30,319 Lynell, this man will hurt you. Don't you know that? 295 00:21:30,391 --> 00:21:33,224 Does that privilege only belong to you, Daddy? How dare you! 296 00:21:33,294 --> 00:21:37,663 Now, don't you defy me. You hear me? 297 00:21:37,732 --> 00:21:39,666 Now, you go to your room. No! 298 00:21:39,734 --> 00:21:41,668 I said go to your room! 299 00:21:41,736 --> 00:21:44,830 And you... You stay away from my daughter. 300 00:21:44,906 --> 00:21:49,343 Or as God is my judge, I will come down to that... brothel, 301 00:21:49,410 --> 00:21:52,743 and I will rip it down with my bare hands. 302 00:21:52,814 --> 00:21:55,681 Let me tell you something. You step one foot in my club, 303 00:21:55,750 --> 00:21:57,877 and God himself won't be able to keep me off of you. 304 00:21:57,952 --> 00:22:00,420 Sam, do something! This could be the start of it. 305 00:22:00,488 --> 00:22:03,013 All right. All right. Okay. I need you to leave now. 306 00:22:03,090 --> 00:22:05,354 Please. Please. 307 00:22:08,930 --> 00:22:12,388 Daddy, don't do this. Lynell, this is for your own good. 308 00:22:12,466 --> 00:22:16,664 All right? Now, just close the door and go to your room. 309 00:22:20,174 --> 00:22:23,302 Lynell. Lynell, wait just a second. 310 00:22:23,377 --> 00:22:25,777 He's my chance to get outta here! There's got to be another way. 311 00:22:25,847 --> 00:22:27,906 What? I... I don't know. 312 00:22:27,982 --> 00:22:31,315 Then let me go talk to him! No, just give me a chance to figure out another way. 313 00:22:31,385 --> 00:22:35,082 Oh, God. 314 00:22:38,860 --> 00:22:41,556 You better think of something. Yeah, well, I have. 315 00:22:41,629 --> 00:22:44,996 I want you to get me the name of all the local record companies, okay? 316 00:22:45,066 --> 00:22:50,003 I'll call every one of them until I can find somebody who will come and hear the Dovettes. 317 00:22:50,071 --> 00:22:54,770 Maybe I can convince Lynell there's somebody out there better than Bobby Lee. 318 00:22:54,842 --> 00:22:56,776 Okay. 319 00:23:12,059 --> 00:23:15,893 What are you doing? Lookin' at my feet. 320 00:23:20,234 --> 00:23:22,168 Those are nice feet. 321 00:23:22,236 --> 00:23:27,071 Yep. And they're nailed down right here at 47 th and Ellis. 322 00:23:27,141 --> 00:23:31,100 Nailed down tighter than a pine coffin. 323 00:23:31,179 --> 00:23:33,807 And I'm runnin' out of air, Cherea. 324 00:23:33,881 --> 00:23:36,873 Oh, come on now. Everything's gonna be fine. 325 00:23:36,951 --> 00:23:39,647 That's what Mama used to say. 326 00:23:40,888 --> 00:23:45,086 She said, " You'll make it just fine, Lynell. 327 00:23:45,159 --> 00:23:47,093 Just fine." 328 00:23:47,161 --> 00:23:49,391 I'm sure she meant it too. 329 00:23:49,463 --> 00:23:51,988 She meant it until the day she decided to die. 330 00:23:53,501 --> 00:23:55,526 People don't decide to die. 331 00:23:55,603 --> 00:23:58,071 Mama did. 332 00:23:58,139 --> 00:24:00,607 And you know what? 333 00:24:00,675 --> 00:24:03,838 I think she was happy. Happy to be free. 334 00:24:03,911 --> 00:24:06,846 How could she be happy, Lynell? 335 00:24:06,914 --> 00:24:09,212 She had to leave behind a daughter that she loved. 336 00:24:09,283 --> 00:24:11,751 She hated him more. 337 00:24:11,819 --> 00:24:14,413 She tried to leave him once. 338 00:24:17,091 --> 00:24:19,457 She took me, and... 339 00:24:20,862 --> 00:24:23,023 and she tried to run away. 340 00:24:24,498 --> 00:24:27,365 But he brought us back. 341 00:24:27,435 --> 00:24:30,370 You know why? 342 00:24:30,438 --> 00:24:32,531 Because he loved you? 343 00:24:32,607 --> 00:24:37,806 Because he was afraid about what people would say about the righteous reverend... 344 00:24:37,879 --> 00:24:40,746 if his wife ran off and left him. 345 00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:46,013 It didn't matter that she was unhappy, 346 00:24:46,087 --> 00:24:48,988 that she had no life of her own. 347 00:24:49,056 --> 00:24:52,048 The only thing that mattered... 348 00:24:52,126 --> 00:24:54,890 was what other people thought. 349 00:24:58,399 --> 00:25:00,924 That's when she decided to die. 350 00:25:02,536 --> 00:25:06,438 And so will I if we don't sing in this contest tomorrow night. 351 00:25:06,507 --> 00:25:10,238 Now, wait just a second. Singing in a contest isn't gonna save your life. 352 00:25:10,311 --> 00:25:13,007 Yeah, but Bobby said... Wait. Wait. Wait. Forget about Bobby Lee. 353 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,480 Forget him. Forget about his contract. 354 00:25:15,549 --> 00:25:18,746 Today I talked to the head of Decca Records. 355 00:25:18,819 --> 00:25:21,788 He said that he would come and hear us sing. When? 356 00:25:21,856 --> 00:25:25,257 Well, as soon as I can find us a club. Well, he can hear us sing at Bobby's club! 357 00:25:25,326 --> 00:25:27,817 No, no, no, not Bobby's. Not Bobby's. 358 00:25:27,895 --> 00:25:29,954 Come on! We don't have a choice! 359 00:25:34,268 --> 00:25:37,066 All right. All right. We'll sing in the club. All right! 360 00:25:37,138 --> 00:25:40,733 Now, wait a second now. You gotta promise me... no contract with Bobby Lee. 361 00:25:40,808 --> 00:25:43,402 What? And you have to finish high school. 362 00:25:43,477 --> 00:25:45,536 Oh, come on, Cherea. Now, Lynell, Lynell, please. 363 00:25:45,613 --> 00:25:48,878 You gotta trust me on this. You gotta meet your father halfway. 364 00:25:48,950 --> 00:25:51,646 You finish high school, and I bet that he will let you sing. 365 00:25:51,719 --> 00:25:53,653 I can't change him, Cherea. 366 00:25:53,721 --> 00:25:56,281 Well, I think that's what I'm here for. 367 00:25:56,357 --> 00:25:58,587 What are you gonna do? 368 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,593 Well, I think, um, 369 00:26:02,663 --> 00:26:05,029 we should invite him to hear us sing. 370 00:26:05,099 --> 00:26:07,533 Oh, are you crazy? It's the only way. 371 00:26:07,601 --> 00:26:10,934 Once he hears you sing, he will accept your career. 372 00:26:11,005 --> 00:26:14,236 And if you could accept his love... I don't know. 373 00:26:14,308 --> 00:26:16,799 It's the only way. 374 00:26:16,877 --> 00:26:18,902 All right. All right. 375 00:26:18,980 --> 00:26:22,882 But if this doesn't work, we're gonna have to sign with Bobby. It doesn't work. 376 00:26:22,950 --> 00:26:26,579 She signs with Bobby, and she has a miserable life. 377 00:26:26,654 --> 00:26:30,988 Well, I can't change history... until I talk to her father, right? 378 00:26:31,058 --> 00:26:34,516 Well, when do you plan on doing that? Tomorrow night before the show. 379 00:26:34,595 --> 00:26:38,463 But we need some new choreography, some new steps for that new song we got. 380 00:26:38,532 --> 00:26:40,830 You gotta come up with something for us. Okay, okay, okay. 381 00:26:40,901 --> 00:26:44,769 But what are you gonna do about the sleaze with the perfect teeth? What he doesn't know doesn't matter. 382 00:26:44,839 --> 00:26:48,468 Look, the important thing is to keep Lynell out of his clutches, right? 383 00:26:48,542 --> 00:26:51,705 Ziggy says this whole thing is gonna be a catastrophe. 384 00:26:51,779 --> 00:26:55,340 Ziggy should have a little more faith in human nature. 385 00:26:57,485 --> 00:26:59,783 Ziggy says that's the problem. 386 00:27:01,655 --> 00:27:04,920 Arms go down... and walk 'em up... 387 00:27:04,992 --> 00:27:07,187 and a little more. 388 00:27:07,261 --> 00:27:10,162 Flick it. 389 00:27:10,231 --> 00:27:12,927 And around and... 390 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,594 That felt much better. 391 00:27:15,669 --> 00:27:19,230 Maybe with the chorus this time. That was pretty smooth, ladies. 392 00:27:19,306 --> 00:27:21,297 Thanks, Rainey. 393 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:25,471 Hey, Bobby. Bobby? Look. Look at these here, Bobby. 394 00:27:25,546 --> 00:27:27,605 These charts are so hot... 395 00:27:27,681 --> 00:27:30,479 that, uh, I hope your girls can handle 'em. 396 00:27:30,551 --> 00:27:33,714 Lynell will do fine. That's all that matters to me. Hey, uh, Cherea. 397 00:27:33,788 --> 00:27:36,279 Hmm? Raineyjust made a pass on the chord sheet. 398 00:27:36,357 --> 00:27:38,985 - Do you wanna take a look at it. - Tell 'em to take five. 399 00:27:39,060 --> 00:27:42,223 Yeah, okay. Okay. Uh, take five, everybody. 400 00:27:42,296 --> 00:27:44,457 I read music, right? 401 00:27:44,532 --> 00:27:47,023 You have a doctorate in it. That's good. That's... 402 00:27:47,101 --> 00:27:49,035 Okay, uh, Cherea? Mm-hmm. 403 00:27:49,103 --> 00:27:51,071 Here it is. 404 00:27:52,807 --> 00:27:56,038 Now, this is, uh... Yeah, right here is where we do the vamp. 405 00:27:56,110 --> 00:27:59,602 Yeah, that... that looks great. 406 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,841 This is where, uh, we were gonna change it and... 407 00:28:01,916 --> 00:28:03,850 Right here. All right. All right. I see that. 408 00:28:03,918 --> 00:28:05,943 You girls are good. 409 00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:08,853 Yeah, but there's so much to do, and it's already 1:00. 410 00:28:08,923 --> 00:28:11,483 Ah, don't worry about it. You'll be perfect. Come here. 411 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:14,050 Where are we going? Trust me. 412 00:28:14,128 --> 00:28:16,096 I have a surprise for you. 413 00:28:21,001 --> 00:28:25,028 Oh, Bobby! They're beautiful! 414 00:28:25,106 --> 00:28:29,133 Yeah. I had 'em made for this girl group that I was tryin' to put together, 415 00:28:29,210 --> 00:28:31,701 but, well, things didn't work out. 416 00:28:31,779 --> 00:28:34,179 I want you ladies to wear 'em tonight. 417 00:28:34,248 --> 00:28:36,648 Oh, Bobby! Now, look, it's just a loan... 418 00:28:36,717 --> 00:28:39,584 till, uh, you're under contract with me. 419 00:28:39,653 --> 00:28:42,315 Start makin' some real money. Then you can pay me back. 420 00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:45,517 I... I don't know what to say. 421 00:28:47,394 --> 00:28:50,022 You don't have to say anything. 422 00:28:58,472 --> 00:29:01,202 Right. Will do. If there's a big applause from the crowd, have 'em jump right back in. 423 00:29:01,275 --> 00:29:05,302 If we've really got the crowd, we'll come back in here at the bridge, all right? Okay. Smokin'! 424 00:29:05,379 --> 00:29:08,507 Yeah. You know, if you ladies pull this one off, 425 00:29:08,582 --> 00:29:11,142 ain't nobody to stop you. 426 00:29:11,218 --> 00:29:14,449 That's what I'm countin' on. Can I keep this for a while? 427 00:29:14,522 --> 00:29:17,355 Yeah, why don't you do that. Thanks, Rainey. 428 00:29:17,424 --> 00:29:19,358 Is everything set? 429 00:29:19,426 --> 00:29:23,886 I don't know about everything, but, uh, these charts are... smokin'. 430 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,528 Well, we better get our chocolate behinds in motion, 431 00:29:29,603 --> 00:29:32,299 or else we're gonna look like a bunch of amateurs from the boonies. 432 00:29:32,373 --> 00:29:34,307 Oh, yeah, okay. 433 00:29:34,375 --> 00:29:36,343 Where's Lynell? Hmm? 434 00:29:36,410 --> 00:29:38,344 Where's Lynell? I don't know where Lynell... You seen Lynell? 435 00:29:38,412 --> 00:29:40,903 No. Where is Lynell? 436 00:29:40,981 --> 00:29:44,041 I'll center in on her and, uh, give you a holler. Lynell? 437 00:29:44,118 --> 00:29:47,212 Stop, Bobby, please! 438 00:29:47,288 --> 00:29:51,588 Hey! Hey! You keep your hands off her. This girl is 15 years old. 439 00:29:51,659 --> 00:29:54,856 What do you think you're doing? Hey! Hey! Bobby, please! Stop, Bobby! 440 00:29:54,929 --> 00:29:57,363 Sam! Get back here right now! 441 00:29:58,699 --> 00:30:01,725 - What? What? - Sam, get this nozzle off of her! 442 00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:06,565 Damn! Bitch, you better not ever put your hands on me again. 443 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,700 - And you keep your hands off of her. - I wasn't doin' nothin' she didn't want me to. 444 00:30:09,777 --> 00:30:13,474 - You were hurting me. - This is my club. If you want to sing here, you take whatever I dish out. 445 00:30:13,547 --> 00:30:16,107 - We don't need you or your club. - Cherea! 446 00:30:16,183 --> 00:30:18,515 I want an apology. 447 00:30:18,586 --> 00:30:21,384 Don't do it. Don't... Look, we don't need this guy, okay? 448 00:30:21,455 --> 00:30:24,015 Then get outta here. But if you wanna sing here tonight, 449 00:30:24,091 --> 00:30:26,719 you'll be back here with an apology, or you can forget it. 450 00:30:31,098 --> 00:30:33,032 What have you done? 451 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:35,398 Saved your pretty little neck. What have I done? 452 00:30:35,469 --> 00:30:38,131 - Look, we gotta apologize. - Are you crazy? 453 00:30:38,205 --> 00:30:41,572 We don't need this guy. We'll get the guy from the record company to come... 454 00:30:41,642 --> 00:30:44,634 To do what? To come see us perform in my bedroom? 455 00:30:44,712 --> 00:30:47,840 Now, either you apologize with me, or I'm goin' on by myself. 456 00:30:49,283 --> 00:30:52,775 - Now what? - She goes on by herself. 457 00:30:52,853 --> 00:30:56,448 Her father still breaks up the show, and she ends up alone. 458 00:30:56,523 --> 00:30:59,014 But now she... she ends up completely alone. 459 00:30:59,093 --> 00:31:02,688 She's got one last chance, Sam. You've got to speak to her father. 460 00:31:07,501 --> 00:31:12,404 Sylvia, oh, Sylvia, I miss you so much. 461 00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:17,438 I miss the way you used to laugh, the sound of your footsteps, 462 00:31:17,511 --> 00:31:20,002 the... the smell of your hair. 463 00:31:21,849 --> 00:31:24,579 Know what I miss most? 464 00:31:24,652 --> 00:31:27,587 I miss your wisdom. 465 00:31:27,655 --> 00:31:31,557 You always knew the right thing to say to Lynell. 466 00:31:31,625 --> 00:31:34,560 She won't listen to me, you know. 467 00:31:34,628 --> 00:31:39,463 That child... She's got so much anger inside of her. 468 00:31:41,802 --> 00:31:46,068 I used to think she was mad at you for dyin' and mad at me for lettin' you die. 469 00:31:46,140 --> 00:31:48,870 But Lynell is... Mad at herself, Reverend. 470 00:31:51,245 --> 00:31:56,547 I should have never, ever let Lynell take care of her mother. 471 00:31:56,617 --> 00:31:59,245 She was too young to see that kind of pain. 472 00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:04,920 My mom used to say that... 473 00:32:04,992 --> 00:32:08,359 God only gives us what he thinks we can handle. 474 00:32:08,429 --> 00:32:11,762 She blames me, and now I've lost her. 475 00:32:11,832 --> 00:32:15,131 No, you haven't. No. 476 00:32:15,202 --> 00:32:17,329 Not yet anyway. 477 00:32:17,404 --> 00:32:21,397 If I try to hold on to her, she'll just run away from me. 478 00:32:21,475 --> 00:32:23,909 Like your wife did? 479 00:32:23,977 --> 00:32:27,140 Sylvia was sick for a long time. 480 00:32:27,214 --> 00:32:31,116 I mean, she... she stopped seeing her friends. 481 00:32:31,185 --> 00:32:34,518 She locked herself away from everybody. 482 00:32:34,588 --> 00:32:40,083 And when she found out she was dying, she tried to run away from me. 483 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,855 But Lynell said that you stopped them. 484 00:32:41,929 --> 00:32:43,863 Them? Yeah. 485 00:32:43,931 --> 00:32:46,525 She didn't take Lynell with her. 486 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,366 But Lynell said... That's what Lynell needed to believe. 487 00:32:50,437 --> 00:32:53,565 When her mother left, she cried for weeks. 488 00:32:55,275 --> 00:33:00,144 I finally found her in a hotel, 489 00:33:00,214 --> 00:33:03,183 and I brought her back home. 490 00:33:03,250 --> 00:33:06,617 Lynell never left her side. 491 00:33:06,687 --> 00:33:08,712 Not until they came and took her away. 492 00:33:11,225 --> 00:33:14,626 She had a right to be angry, 493 00:33:14,695 --> 00:33:17,289 because I left them there to face death... 494 00:33:17,364 --> 00:33:19,662 while I came and hid in my church. 495 00:33:22,669 --> 00:33:24,603 I couldn't... 496 00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:32,008 And now... I've lost my little girl too. 497 00:33:36,016 --> 00:33:40,248 Not if you stand by her. You tell her you want her to sing tonight, 498 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,584 that you want to be there to hear her. 499 00:33:46,093 --> 00:33:48,789 No, I can't. I can't do that. 500 00:33:48,862 --> 00:33:52,161 She has to finish school so she can become somebody. 501 00:33:52,232 --> 00:33:56,134 You've gotta trust her to find her own reasons to finish school. Let her make her own choices. 502 00:33:56,203 --> 00:33:58,967 Well, she's 15 years old. She has plenty of time to make her own choices. 503 00:33:59,039 --> 00:34:01,269 I know that, but... Right now... 504 00:34:01,341 --> 00:34:04,640 I'd like for her to live by mine, okay? 505 00:34:04,711 --> 00:34:07,339 Thank you. 506 00:34:11,785 --> 00:34:15,983 What now? Ziggy says there's a 70% chance... 507 00:34:16,056 --> 00:34:18,456 that Lynell is going to go back to that club... 508 00:34:18,525 --> 00:34:21,392 and apologize to that slime bucket. 509 00:34:21,462 --> 00:34:23,794 She still goes on tonight? Yeah, but she goes on alone. 510 00:34:23,864 --> 00:34:26,697 And get this... She doesn't win, and then she gets even more desperate. 511 00:34:26,767 --> 00:34:29,668 You've got to save her from this pervert, Sam. 512 00:34:36,778 --> 00:34:38,712 Why are you doing this? 513 00:34:38,780 --> 00:34:41,715 - Doing what? - Don't play stupid with me, girl. 514 00:34:41,783 --> 00:34:44,343 You're gonna give it up to that creep so you can sing tonight. 515 00:34:44,419 --> 00:34:47,911 I'm not gonna give up nothin'. I'm gonna apologize so that we can sing. 516 00:34:47,989 --> 00:34:50,822 Don't use me for an excuse. If you wanna lay down with that old man, 517 00:34:50,892 --> 00:34:53,383 do it 'cause you want to, not for me and Cherea. 518 00:34:53,461 --> 00:34:55,656 Bobby's just mad at Cherea. 519 00:34:55,730 --> 00:34:58,824 I'll tell him I'm sorry, and then everything'll be just fine. 520 00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:00,891 But you shouldn't be sorry. 521 00:35:00,969 --> 00:35:03,836 Or did you forget what he tried to do? 522 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:07,572 I just wasn't ready for what he wanted. 523 00:35:08,777 --> 00:35:10,711 So are you ready now? 524 00:35:10,779 --> 00:35:14,180 'Cause if you go down there with a bunch of "I'm sorrys," he's gonna be all over you. 525 00:35:16,518 --> 00:35:18,782 - I'm only 15. - So what? 526 00:35:18,853 --> 00:35:22,414 To men like Bobby Lee, 15 is woman enough. 527 00:35:22,490 --> 00:35:24,321 You're wrong. 528 00:35:24,392 --> 00:35:27,987 - No, she's not. - Don't you start too. 529 00:35:28,062 --> 00:35:31,190 Bobby is a businessman who's trying to help us, 530 00:35:31,266 --> 00:35:33,427 and y'all are talking about him like he's a dog. 531 00:35:33,501 --> 00:35:37,198 - If the name fits... - Look, some men think they can have whatever they want, 532 00:35:37,272 --> 00:35:39,206 and they don't care who they hurt to get it. 533 00:35:39,274 --> 00:35:41,538 - Bobby's not like that. - Yes, he is. 534 00:35:41,609 --> 00:35:43,975 He respects my talent. I respect your talent, 535 00:35:44,045 --> 00:35:46,206 but I'm not gonna seduce you to prove it. 536 00:35:46,281 --> 00:35:48,374 You're a girl. You know what I'm talking about. 537 00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:51,886 - Now, you cannot go to Bobby by yourself. - I will if I have to. 538 00:35:57,225 --> 00:36:02,857 You can't go to Bobby by yourself, but you can go with us. 539 00:36:02,931 --> 00:36:05,126 Then you'll come with me? 540 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,998 - You gonna apologize to that fool? - I'm gonna do whatever Lynell needs me to do. 541 00:36:08,069 --> 00:36:11,505 Now, are you two gonna stare at me, or are you gonna help me win this contest? 542 00:36:28,890 --> 00:36:31,358 Fine as they come, baby. Fine as they come. 543 00:36:31,426 --> 00:36:34,657 You mean as slime as they come. Jerk! 544 00:36:34,729 --> 00:36:37,926 Mr. Lee? "Fine as they come." Huh. 545 00:36:37,999 --> 00:36:40,331 The Dovettes are here. Good. 546 00:36:40,401 --> 00:36:42,665 Um, make sure they're in the pink sequins. 547 00:36:42,737 --> 00:36:45,365 I want 'em to look good when they come crawling. 548 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,533 Oh, Sam I hope you know what you're doing. 549 00:36:47,609 --> 00:36:50,100 Mr. Lee? Can I talk to you for a second? 550 00:36:50,178 --> 00:36:53,079 Uh-oh. Gooshie, center me on Sam. 551 00:36:53,147 --> 00:36:55,741 Reverend, Reverend, Reverend. 552 00:36:55,817 --> 00:36:59,082 You know, you said some pretty ugly things to me the other day in your house. 553 00:36:59,153 --> 00:37:02,122 What I said to you yesterday has nothing to do with why I'm here right now. 554 00:37:02,190 --> 00:37:04,124 Oh, yeah? And what is that? 555 00:37:04,192 --> 00:37:08,128 My daughter wants very much to sing in your contest. 556 00:37:08,196 --> 00:37:11,290 Well, that's up to her. No, that's up to you too. 557 00:37:11,366 --> 00:37:14,199 I want you to tell her no. 558 00:37:14,269 --> 00:37:18,365 Tell me something... Why would I do that? 559 00:37:18,439 --> 00:37:20,964 Because she's 15 years old. Let her grow up. 560 00:37:21,042 --> 00:37:23,272 No, you let her grow up. 561 00:37:23,344 --> 00:37:27,974 Look, man, I-I got kids runnin' in and out of here every year. Lynell's got the gift. 562 00:37:28,049 --> 00:37:30,984 She'll have that same gift three years from now. 563 00:37:31,052 --> 00:37:35,455 She'll just be able to handle herself. Now, I'm asking you... 564 00:37:35,523 --> 00:37:38,014 I'm asking you as a father... 565 00:37:38,092 --> 00:37:40,083 who loves his daughter very much. 566 00:37:40,161 --> 00:37:43,494 Please help me. What's in it for me? 567 00:37:45,533 --> 00:37:49,560 All right. I'll make a deal with you. 568 00:37:49,637 --> 00:37:53,334 You get my daughter outta here, and I promise you I won't call the police... 569 00:37:53,408 --> 00:37:56,502 and tell them that you got minors in your club. 570 00:37:56,578 --> 00:37:59,911 I don't need you to make any deals for me. 571 00:37:59,981 --> 00:38:03,178 Well? I'm waiting. 572 00:38:16,064 --> 00:38:17,998 Please. 573 00:38:18,066 --> 00:38:22,264 And when you win, you sign a seven-year contract. 574 00:38:22,337 --> 00:38:27,832 Lynell, I can't let you do this. I want to sing, Daddy. Please understand that. 575 00:38:27,909 --> 00:38:30,776 - Lynell... - Trust her, Reverend. All you have to do is trust her. 576 00:38:33,381 --> 00:38:36,544 Bobby, the Dovettes are up next. What you want me to do? 577 00:38:39,787 --> 00:38:43,883 - Sing, baby. Sing with all your heart. - Oh, thank you, Daddy. 578 00:38:43,958 --> 00:38:46,119 I know you have to do it. 579 00:38:47,629 --> 00:38:49,722 All right. Y'all feelin'good? 580 00:38:49,797 --> 00:38:52,061 I can't hear you. I said are y'all feelin' good? 581 00:38:52,133 --> 00:38:54,567 Y'all put your hands together... 582 00:38:54,636 --> 00:38:58,538 and get ready to party with the fabulous, vivacious Dovettes! 583 00:39:01,643 --> 00:39:05,670 Win this for me. I'll win for me, Bobby. Me. 584 00:40:31,699 --> 00:40:35,157 You're right, Bobby. She's a star. Have her at the Regal tomorrow. 585 00:40:35,236 --> 00:40:37,261 You got it, man. 586 00:40:57,658 --> 00:40:59,626 Man, we were bad! 587 00:40:59,694 --> 00:41:02,857 Sam! Sam! Sam! You're gonna go to the Regal. You won. 588 00:41:02,930 --> 00:41:05,296 Where's my father? Forget him. 589 00:41:05,366 --> 00:41:09,200 Did you hear what I said? I'm gonna make you a star. 590 00:41:09,270 --> 00:41:11,738 Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! 591 00:41:11,806 --> 00:41:14,741 Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! 592 00:41:18,112 --> 00:41:21,138 She's gone, Cherea. She's gone for good, you know. 593 00:41:24,485 --> 00:41:27,386 A prophet named Gibran once said, 594 00:41:28,689 --> 00:41:32,090 "Hold your children with open arms, 595 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,823 and they will always know they can come home to you." 596 00:41:35,897 --> 00:41:39,765 No. No. Too much has gone on between us. 597 00:41:39,834 --> 00:41:44,134 She'll never forgive me for loving her the only way I knew how. 598 00:41:44,205 --> 00:41:48,574 I'll miss her, Cherea. I'll miss that angelic face of hers. 599 00:41:48,643 --> 00:41:53,046 I'll miss it. I'll never hear her sing again. 600 00:44:26,634 --> 00:44:29,125 I love you, Daddy. I love you too, baby. 601 00:44:29,203 --> 00:44:32,172 I love you too.