All language subtitles for The Jeffersons s04e18 The Blackout

Well, we're moving on up. Moving on up.
Too deep down. Moving on up. To a deep.

That's it. We ain't moving no more
furniture. But, George... You know what

call a woman who works her husband too
hard?

What? A widow.

Quit complaining, George. The living
room needs a change.

That's the same thing you said last
year. And after we moved all the

you decided you liked the way we had it.
Well, it doesn't hurt to experiment.

The hell it don't. My back is killing
me.

George, do you know what it's like
looking at the same old thing day after

Tell me about it. I've been looking at
you for the past 25 years.

And you got no sense of humor, Louise?

Of course I have.

I married you, didn't I?

Mr.

Jefferson, ain't you decided where to
put the furniture yet?

No, I just can't make up my mind.

Well, if you ask me. Who's asking you?

George, Florence can say what she wants.
Go on, Florence.

Everything looked fine where it was.

Who's asking you?

Every time I turned around, our
furniture was changed.

Well, your folks kept moving it? No, it
kept getting repossessed.

George, let's try moving the sofa over
there. Oh, Weezy. Oh, come on, George.

Well,

are you going to help or are you too
busy holding down the floor?

He didn't ask me to help you.

Oh, okay.

Florence, dear, would you mind giving us
a hand with the sofa?

Okay.

to do was ask.

You know, Weas, I think I'm going to
give her a raise.

A raise?

Yeah. Maybe if we pay her enough, she
can afford to quit.

Okay, George.

Ready? Ready.

One, two, three.

George!

Weasley, it ain't polite to keep people
waiting.

thing in your ear, you can't hear me.

That's the idea.

Here's your cleaning. Thank you.

Man.

This place looks like it was hit by a
tornado.

No wonder the tornado was Hurricane
Louise.

We are redecorating, Marcus.

Oh, well, have fun.

Hey, Marcus, you finished working
downstairs, ain't you?

Yeah, why?

Well, how would you like a chance to
work upstairs?

You move me a store?

Uh -uh.

Who's a friend of yours?

Well, I feel it. Come on, come on, come
on. It'll be more fun.

More fun than what?

More fun than me doing it by myself.

I heard that. Okay, let's start with
this girl here. Okay.

Well, where do you want it?

I haven't made up my mind yet.

Well, I made up my mind. It's going back
where it was.

But, George.

Look, Weegee, I just want to get it out
of the way.

Okay, but it's not going to stay there.

It's going to stay there unless you
move. Come on.

What was that?

I don't know. Maybe somebody blew a
fuse.

Ready? Ready.

I'm scared. Where are you? Right here.
Right where?

Over here, we. But I can't. Ow!

Who's dumb idea was to put this chair
here? Yours.

Oh.

Oh, there you are.

Put your arm around me, okay?

Okay, as long as Mr. Jefferson don't
mind.

You can't sneak nothing past, huh?

Open the drape.

The lights are out everywhere.

Are you kidding? Oh, no.

You mean we're having a blackout?

Unless everybody in New York decided to
go to bed at the same time.

And we're not allowing this on the land.

As long as the electric company can rook
us out of some more money, that's why

they call him Con Edison.

It's a good thing Con Edison doesn't own
the moon.

Well, that would be out, too.

We need some more light. Would you get
the flashlight?

It's not here.

What? How many times did I tell you to
keep the flashlight where we could find

it? I will when you bring it back from
the store.

Oh. Well, get us some candles, then. We
need some more light.

Good idea. There's some candles in the
kitchen.

Wait, I'll go with you. I want to eat
some of that chicken in the

How can you eat at a time like this?

Somebody got to eat it or it'll spoil.

Too late for that, Florence. You spoiled
it when you cooked it.

Greetings, Mr. J. I see you're as much
in the dark about this as I am.

Mr. Bentley, would you get that light
out of my face? Oh, I'm sorry. I just

wanted to make sure you were all right.
Yeah, we're all right, Mr. Bentley.

Hello there, Marcus.

I am experienced when it comes to
blackouts, you know.

You should be. You've been blacked out
for years.

No, I mean because of the war.

I remember once when I was a lad in
London, my Aunt Constance and my Uncle

Trevor gave a birthday party for their
butler. It was during an air raid, and

one of the bombs fell on our local power
station.

All our lights went out. It was
terrible.

I never saw my aunt again.

You mean she got killed in the bombing?

No, she ran off with the butler.

I found the candles, George.

Anybody want some chicken?

Oh, splendid idea. Food and song.

Song. Yes, that's how we used to pass
the time during the bombing. Oh, I just

love to sing.

Hey, they could have really used you
over there in London, Florence, as an

raid siren.

Now, let's see. How about... Row, row,
row your boat, gently down the stream.

ain't no music. That's ear pollution.

If you want music, I can do it on my
radio.

Oh, splendid idea.

They may have some news about the
blackouts.

I got a store in the South Bronx.

Come on, Mark. Where we going?

Up to my store in the South Bronx. We
got to get the clothes out before the

looters get there.

But, George, it'll be dangerous out
there.

And besides, your store is insured,
isn't it? No, it ain't.

What? I can't get insurance in the South
Bronx. It's a bad risk area.

Is there anything I can do, Mr. J? Yeah,
you can lend me your flashlight.

Certainly. See you later, Weed.

George! Don't worry, Weed. I'll be back
in a flash.

Oh, I hope George knows what he's doing.

Probably not, but that ain't never
stopped him before.

Well, in the meantime...

If we get caught about six months.

See, that's what I tell you, Marcus.
It's like somebody's been here already.

Yeah, maybe we ought to come back in the
morning.

Come on.

Look at this place.

There's some clothes.

What are you doing here?

This is my store.

Wrong, brother.

We was here first.

And that makes it our store.

Look, I own this place.

You own this place. That's right.

This is the Jefferson.

That's George Jefferson.

You giant.

Great night, chump.

You see the name on them credit cards?

He's right. He does own this place.

Sorry, Mr. George Jefferson.

We ain't gonna take none of these
clothes.

You damn right you ain't. We just take
your wallet.

And I'll be taking yours, too.

Hurry up, chump. I got an itchy trigger
finger. Yes, sir.

Well, you guys look like you need the
money more than we do. Right.

Hey, it was nice doing business with
you, Mr. Jefferson.

Yeah. And if you're going out on the
streets tonight, be careful.

This neighborhood is a jungle.

You don't need this.

we caught were original, they said they
were running a delivery service.

You want me?

Yeah, sure we are.

You're under arrest.

You got a right to remain silent. If you
give up that right to remain silent,

anything you say can and will be hell
again.

about the accommodations, but all the
private rooms are taken.

Hey, man, look, I still got all that ink
all over my hand.

Oh, what a shame.

The manicures won't be until morning.

Hey, look, I'm a voter.

I'm a veteran. I'm a taxpayer.

I want to see my lawyer.

I want to see my lawyer, too. Sit down,
nigga. You ain't got no lawyer.

I ain't your friend.

Oh, come on now. Ain't no need to be
hostile. After all, we're going to be

spending a lot of time together.

No, we ain't. I'm leaving as soon as my
wife comes to get me out of here.

You got the time, Martha?

No. I ain't got a watch.

Want to buy one?

Hey, man, how'd you cost this all in
Washington?

Simple. I let them frisk the same arm
twice.

First, like this.

Then, like this.

What town you got?

What city?

11 .30, chump.

You believe this, Marcus?

No. Well, they ain't getting away with
it. Who?

Them cops that arrested me, that's who.

I think they already got away with it.

Hey, the life, all right.

Now.

What'd they catch you stealing? Look, I
ain't stealing nothing, man. See, I own

this cleaner.

Uh -huh.

So me and Marcus was gonna go up to the
store and get all the clothes out before

the looters got there.

grabbed us and took our wallets away,
and one of them had a gun. A gun?

Oh, wow.

I'm telling you, man.

And then me and Marcus get up there, and
we're taking the clothes out to the

trunk, and the cops catch us and arrest
us because they think we've been moved.

Man, that is quite a story. Yeah, I
know.

How long it take you to think it up?

Look, man, I ain't thought nothing up. I
ain't stole nothing. I'm innocent.

Hey, we all innocent.

Ain't that right, brother?

Yes, indeed it is. See, we've all been
framed.

That's right.

I was walking down the street minding my
own business when all of a sudden this

cop comes and arrests me just because I
had a brand new color TV under my eyes.

Yeah, and I got arrested for playing
baseball.

Baseball? Yeah, I pitched a couple of
rocks through the front window of Arch

Liquor Store.

See, we're all law -abiding citizens.

Just like you. Oh, hold, hold, hold.
Look, you ain't nothing like me. I ain't

thief.

and what happens? The lights go out and
people like y 'all hit the streets just

grabbing anything y 'all want to get
your hands on. You got it? I just wish

hands were bigger.

You mean to tell me you don't think you
did nothing wrong?

Yeah, I did something wrong.

I got caught.

I don't understand you. In fact, I don't
understand none of y 'all. Of course

you don't understand.

Oh, he understands.

He understands.

Lighten up, blood. We ain't no
criminals.

Oh, yeah? And what the hell you doing in
jail?

What the hell you doing in jail?

I'm here by mistake, not like you.

Uh -huh.

You ever been poor?

Yeah.

I mean, real poor.

Uh, sure.

He was so poor, his folks couldn't even
afford a bigger kid.

I got me a job. I got a job, baby.

Oh, yeah? What kind of job you got?
Trick -or -treating, color TVs every

the lights go out?

No, man.

I work at a car wash.

Yes? Hey, I got a watch here that's
waterproof.

Oh, man?

Digital? Hey, okay, okay, forget it.

If you got a job, what you doing out
there looting?

You try feeding a family of five on what
you can make at a car wash.

Let me tell you, Jabba Jaw, you do not
eat too fancy.

So in order to put some food on my
table, I bust it into an appliance

Appliance store? What are you planning
on doing, feeding your family blenders?

No, man.

I was going to sell them for bread, you
know, real bread.

Oh, man, that ain't no excuse.

It beats starving.

Sometimes you got to do the wrong things
for the right reasons, right?

that's out there looting is doing it to
keep them starved. No, man.

Now, some of them dudes out there
looting just for the hell of it, you

They the kind to give looters a bad
name.

George Jefferson.

Yeah!

Hey, Weasley! It's Jefferson!

Hey, mama!

Hey, watch it! Oh, hey.

This is your husband?

Oh, yeah, that's him.

Davey Face Jefferson.

Buddy Weasley. All right, come on, you
two.

George, I had to walk down 12 flights of
stairs in the dark.

You want to buy a watch with a lighter
dial?

Sorry about the mistake, Mr. Jefferson.

Oh, yeah, you're going to be even
sorrier when you hear from my lawyer.

From the way I understand it, it was a
very innocent mistake.

Maybe she's right, Mr. Jefferson. I
guess it could have happened to anybody.

Anybody who was dumb enough to roam
around doing a blackout. Come on,

it's late.

Yeah, that's right. I got to get up
early and get up to the Bronx store.

I'll go with you and help you clean it
up. No, I ain't going to clean it up.

You're not?

I'm going to close it up. What?

Bye.

Looks like this place had a close
encounter of the tenth kind.

They took everything.

Well, you heard what the cops said.

You got to put up steel -plated walls
and iron bars to keep them out.

George, look at this.

Oh, yeah, that's the first dollar the
store ever made.

That was six years ago.

I remember how happy you were when you
brought this dollar home and asked me to

get a frame for it. Yeah, I'm surprised
the looters didn't take that.

Hiya.

What do you want?

Are you George Jefferson?

Yeah, but it ain't gonna do you no good
with clothes.

Is this your wallet?

What? It is your wallet, George.

Where'd you get it? I found it in the
alley around the corner.

Anything left in it?

Just a picture of your mother.

They took everything of value.

Well, look, thanks for bringing the
wallet back.

No, I don't want your bread, man.

What'd you bring the wallet back for?

Because it's yours.

You live around here?

No, I dress this way because I'm an
eccentric millionaire.

How come you didn't put that with the
rest of the loot?

George, not everybody around here was
out looting. Oh, yeah, that's right.

people had to stay home and hide the
stuff.

They really did a job on you, huh?

Yeah, they ruined my store.

I wasn't talking about your store.

What?

I'm talking about your head, man.

I guess you're going to close this place
down for good now, huh?

You're damn right I am.

George, anger doesn't solve anything.

I ain't angry. I'm mad.

You really want to close down the store?
It's the only thing to do, lady. See?

I mean, it's obvious that everyone in
this area is a crook. Right.

Or even the people who worked here.

No, they ain't no crooks.

No.

They're just unemployed, huh?

No, they ain't on it.

Look, I'm sure I'm not the only store
owner who's had enough and who's going

quit.

But, George, this store's done a good
business.

You've got regular customers who depend
on you.

Closing down just because of what
happened last night is like throwing the

out with the bathwater.

What's this got to do with babies taking
baths?

Your man's right, lady.

I mean, what's the point of providing
employment down here?

What's the point of trying to help a
community get back on its feet?

I can't hang around here.

I got to find myself a new cleaners.

I think there's one about 20 blocks up
from here.

Hey, wait.

Look, you ain't got to do that.

There's one right here.

Just bring your clothes in tomorrow.

It'll be on me.

Jefferson, you're all right.

You are not going to close down?

Wheezy, now, why would I do a stupid
thing like that? I mean, you've got to

faith in people.

Just because a few people do something
wrong, you ain't got to punish

Wheezy, Wheezy, Wheezy.

You've got to learn to trust people.

Oh, George, I love you.

Now, wonder how much it's going to cost
with steel -plated walls and iron bars.

Everything's back where it was.

Hey, Weasley.

Did you move all that furniture by
yourself?

Yes, and it wasn't easy.

Look, if you needed somebody with
muscles, why didn't you call me?

Why? You know somebody with muscles?

For your information, when I was in the
Navy, I used to go into the

weightlifting room every day.

You must have felt right at home with
all those dumbbells.

Yeah, just like now, except I can't lift
you.

What have you got in the bag?

Just a few things in case you have
another blackout.

Candles, a flashlight, earphones. No,
no, no, no. They ain't earphones, Weezy.

It's a radio.

So I can listen to the news without
having to listen to you in flaws in case

start that dumb thing again.

George. See?

You just turn it on and you can't hear
nothing you don't want to hear.

George.

Can't hear you.

Let me try it.

Great.

Oh, by the way, the Willises will be
down soon.

The Willises?

Yeah, they're coming here for dinner.

What are they coming down here for?

Because you won't go up there.

Of all the dumb reasons.

The Jeffersons was videotaped in front
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