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Theorizing that one could time travel
within his own lifetime,
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Dr. Sam Beckett stepped
into the Quantum Leap accelerator...
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and vanished.
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He awoke to find himself
trapped in the past,
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facing mirror images
that were not his own...
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and driven by an unknown force
to change history for the better.
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His only guide on this journey is Al,
an observer from his own time,
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who appears in the form of a hologram
that only Sam can see and hear.
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And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself
leaping from life to life,
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striving to put right
what once went wrong...
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and hoping each time
that his next leap...
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will be the leap home.
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Oh, God, they love us!
We were bad, girlfriend!
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They want an encore!
What are we gonna sing?
Cherea.
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Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes!
Dovettes! Dovettes!
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- No, no, no. I don't think so.
- Yes!
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No, no, no. Oh, boy.
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Ah. Sorry.
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Who did that hair?
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You must've hit your head
a lot harder than you thought.
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Yeah, I guess... I guess I did. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Hurry, hurry, hurry.
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Hurry, hurry.
Come on, come on, come on.
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We could've won.
That would've been a hundred dollars,
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new costumes,
plus a shot at the finals.
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Well, Bobby Lee said
we could come back and try it again.
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That's not true!
He just saw that Cherea hurt herself
and wanted to give us another chance.
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We should've won.
Would you come on, please.
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Now what's your problem?
I just don't think that we should be out
walkin' around this late in this neighborhood.
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My father would kill me
if he knew we were out this late.
And so would yours.
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Cherea's old man
doesn't stay home long enough
to know when she's gone.
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Hey, baby, why don't you
come over here and talk to me?
Come on.
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Who the heck would want to talk
to your ugly behind?
Paula!
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Ooh, you talkin' to me, Paula?
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Hey, come on.
Why don't you bring your real fine
brown body over here?
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I don't talk to night crawlers,
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so you can just crawl back
into whatever cave you came from.
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Damn, Paula!
Just keep on walkin'.
That's all I'm sayin'.
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What about you?
You know I like me some
real nice, tall woman there.
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Keep walkin'. Keep goin'.
Look, why don't you and your friend
just go back and sit down?
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Yeah, why don't you just come
and sit down with me?
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Actually, we were supposed to be home
hours ago, and my father get real upset...
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Yeah, well, let me give him something
to get upset about.
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- Come on, girls.
- How'd you do that?
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Let's just get goin' home, okay?
Cherea.
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Huh?
I think we better
get you to a hospital.
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I mean, something must've really
happened when you hit your head.
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We're goin' the wrong way.
We live this way.
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Are you crazy? I think
that bump turned this child
into some kind of super girl.
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I like this move.
Look, l... l... l...
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I think we could
put it in the act.
I don't know what happened back there.
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Look, I do know that girls shouldn't
be out at 2:00 in the morning alone.
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Now let's go. On these streets.
Come on. Get going.
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Especially one
with a mouth like Paula.
Get-Get goin'.
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I can take care of myself.
Would you cut it out!
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Get goin'.
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Get goin'. You're trippin' me up.
You're trippin' me up like that.
Get goin'. What am I gonna...
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All I know is, if Cherea hadn't
have done whatever she did,
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you'd be tellin' my daddy about it,
'cause I'd have made sure I was dead.
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Are you gonna spend the night?
No, I don't think I'd better.
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Maybe the three of you
better get your hides inside...
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and start doin' some serious explaining
on why my 15-year-old daughter
is out at 2:00 in the morning!
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Inside! Let's go!
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Quantum leaping has taught me
a lot about people,
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and I knew right away I liked this man.
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You're not old enough...
Even with all his blustering and bravado,
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Reverend Walters was saying
everything that I had wanted to say
since this leap had started,
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and his concern for his daughter's
safety and well-being...
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was grounded in as much reality
as the walk we just took home.
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Sit down.
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Not to mention that three young girls
have absolutely no business...
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on the streets of Chicago,
unescorted, at 2:00 in the morning.
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Since you are too foolish to understand
the dangers of life in the big city,
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I have taken it upon myself
to call your parents...
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and tell them what's been going on
and how you children have been lying to us.
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We wouldn't have to lie
if you'd come hear us, Daddy.
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We're really good, Reverend.
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I will not support my 15-year-old
daughter singing in a brothel!
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It's not a brothel!
Daddy, please!
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Paula, your mother's
waitin' up for you.
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And, Cherea, since your parents
are not at home,
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you will stay with Lynell and I
until they come back.
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I don't think you understand
how important this is to us, Daddy.
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What's important is that you understand
that there'll be no more of this nonsense...
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about singing in nightclubs.
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It's not nonsense!
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Not finishing school is nonsense.
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Not getting a degree is nonsense.
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Not makin'something
out of yourself is nonsense.
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- I want people to hear me sing, Daddy.
- Don't you understand?
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Don't you understand, baby,
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that you can sing...
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for God and for my congregation.
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God gave me a voice
to do with whatever I want.
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Not as long as you're
under my roof!
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Then I'll leave!
Lynell, just a second.
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No! I won't let him lock me
in this miserable house!
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It killed Mama,
and I won't let it kill me too!
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Lynell!
Let her go.
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She didn't mean what she said,
Reverend. I swear she didn't.
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But she did.
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She still misses her mama.
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I love her.
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I gotta do
what I think is right.
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I know she'll understand it
as soon as she grows up.
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Well, Paula, I guess
I better walk you home. I know
your mother's waiting for you.
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I'll walk her home.
You better go upstairs
and talk to your daughter.
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And who's gonna walk you
back here? Hmm?
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Oh, Cherea can take care
of herself. You should've seen...
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I don't know what
I could've been thinking of.
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Cherea, get Lynell to give you
one of her mother's gowns.
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There's a blue one in there
I think'll fit you just fine.
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And we'll talk later,
tomorrow after the services.
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Come on, Paula.
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How long have you been here?
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Well, long enough to hear the fireworks
between Lynell and her father.
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That's one very angry little girl.
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Yeah.
What do you got?
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Well, all Ziggy's got so far is that
the mother died five years ago
of unknown causes.
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Yeah.
From the little we know,
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apparently shejust went to her bed
and then stayed there for six months
until she died.
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- What did the autopsy say?
- No autopsy.
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Huh? So Ziggy says I'm here to help
Lynell deal with her mother's death?
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Is that it?
Well, we don't know.
There's no data.
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Well, okay, what do you know?
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Know about what?
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What do you know.
You still have this old picture of us.
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- Old?
- Good recovery, Sam.
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I just got that printed
last week.
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Not so good.
Boy, time sure flies when
you're having fun, doesn't it?
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Yeah. You should've quit
while you were ahead.
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People are gonna think
you're as crazy as I feel.
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You're not crazy.
I'm going to be...
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if I don't get out
of this miserable house.
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Ziggy says she runs away
day after tomorrow.
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- What happened?
- You heard him.
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- No data.
- He's got my life planned
for the next 20 years.
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It seems to me like your father
is just trying to protect you.
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He wants to control me.
He loves you.
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Yeah, but it's killin' me, Cherea.
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The same way that it killed my mother.
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Don't look at me.
Ziggy's working on it.
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I don't think that your mother's death
was your father's fault.
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You weren't here, Cherea.
You don't know what it was like.
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I mean, she had no friends.
She wasn't allowed out,
except to go to church.
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And she didn't even...
All right, look. You're just angry
right now, okay? But if you...
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No, I'm not. And I'm not
gonna let him lock me in...
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and make me shrivel up and die
just so he won't be alone.
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Look, I'm hungry.
You want some chicken?
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What's gonna happen to her?
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Well, she runs away
and tries to become a singer.
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Then she gets locked into a slave contract
with some guy named Bobby Lee.
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Bobby Lee? Wait a second.
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And then things
go downhill after that.
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- What do you mean, downhill?
- Oh, crummy clubs, drugs, arrests.
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And her father?
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Her father dies in '72,
right after he loses his church to a fire.
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He and Lynell never
speak to each other again.
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Good night, Cherea.
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Thank you, Jesus.
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Amen! Yes! Yes, Lord!
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Yes, Lord!
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Right on.
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The voices of the children singing
the praise of the Lord God Almighty.
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Amen!
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- You know what that means, brothers and sisters?
- Yes, it does!
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It means that we are blessed.
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With that blessing comes...
dangerous temptation.
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Yes, it does!
Yes, it does!
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Sinful temptation that often leads
these pure, sweet, young spirits...
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to walk in the burning light
of Satan himself!
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And in that burning light,
these innocent children fall...
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by the wayside.
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Brothers and sisters,
it is our responsibility...
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I said it is our responsibility...
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- To see that these children stand in the cool...
- Right on.
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Refreshing...
Come on.
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Healing light...
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of Christ our Lord Almighty.
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God help us...
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save those children from damnation!
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- Yeah!
- Hallelujah!
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- Hallelujah!
- Glory! Hallelujah!
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- Glory! Hallelujah!
- Marchin' on.
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All it takes is a good preacher
to make you remember...
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that the devil's out there
just waitin' to get you.
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Amen! Amen!
Guess he got you,
forgot to let go.
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Sister Rose
will now lead the choir...
What?
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In a soul-stirring hymn...
What did you say?
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What do you mean? He forgot?
He forgot to let go of what?
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Al, I think I figured out
why I'm here.
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Well, Ziggy says there's
a 90% chance you're here
to keep Lynell out of show business.
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Wrong.
Wrong?
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Wrong. I think I'm here
to make sure that her father
supports her.
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And if I can do that,
that'll keep their relationship intact.
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No, no, no. Ziggy... No, no.
Ziggy has been known
to be wrong.
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Well, we have to trust
Ziggy's statistics over yours.
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Why?
Why? Well, we...
Ziggy keeps better records.
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Besides, Ziggy says
day after tomorrow,
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you're gonna sing
in some local contest.
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The winner gets a hundred bucks
and a tryout at the Regal Theater.
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- Regal Theater?
- Yeah. It's Chicago's version of the Apollo.
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Except Lynell doesn't sing, right?
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Well, yeah, she sings.
She lies to her father,
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and he traces her to the club,
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and then he pulls her off the stage
right in the middle of the show.
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And a big fight breaks out.
Terrible.
And Lynell never forgives him.
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Bingo.
Then I'm right.
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I'm here to help Reverend Walters
support his daughter,
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to-to-to accept her
and to understand her.
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So how are you gonna do that?
Eh... Uh, uh...
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Well, I don't know. I mean,
you know, maybe if he heard
how good they were...
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No, no, no, no.
Then I'd have to sing.
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So?
So first of all, I don't know
any of the songs or the routines.
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And secondly, I'm a man.
I'm not a 16-year-old girl.
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That never stopped you before.
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Besides, they're gonna be hearing
and seeing Cherea.
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What does Ziggy say
our chances are?
Well the odds are 50-50.
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But I can up the odds with
the right music and a few choice steps.
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Yeah, well, I don't know
a few choice steps.
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Well, I do.
I'll teach you some moves.
You'll teach me some moves?
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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.