All language subtitles for Good Times s02e09 The Gang 1

Good time. Any time you need a payment.
Good time. Any time you need a break.

Good time. Any time you're up and under.

Not getting hassled. Not getting
hustled.

Keeping your head above water.

Making a way when you can.

Temporary layoffs.

Good time.

Easy credit ripoffs.

Good time.

Scratching.

Clear side, man. I can't wait for the
action tonight.

We're going to be on them wallahs like
white all right. Yeah, man, we really

going to waste those chumps bad tonight.

Hey, you with us tonight, J .J.? Well, I
would like to join you gentlemen in

this evening's activities, but
unfortunately, you see, I have an

dental appointment.

My baby tooth is starting to cut through
my gums.

She's right in there, all the pain.

Hey, man.

You trying to tell us you still got your
baby teeth?

I can't help it if my body grew faster
than my baby teeth.

Man, where you gonna find a dentist?
Eight o 'clock on a Saturday night?

I don't know, but that's what makes it
an emergency.

J .J., mad dog handed down the word.

Now, you've been a Satan's knight for
three months now, and you copped out

time we was getting ready to go down.

You cop out tonight.

Instead of going to the dentist, you'll
be able to mail in your teeth.

Since you put it that way, I can put my
baby tooth a little further back on my

priority list.

Why are you talking, man? Because we
need everybody we can get. Right on.

See, because when we get finished wiping
out them warlords, Satan's Knights be

the baddest gang in Chicago.

Right on, man. We got to get them for
last time, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They

a hurting on us last time.

Fifteen Satan's Knights stretched out
and two dead. Yeah, two dead.

Two dead?

Well, see, I'm a Sagittarius, and my
hospital case today is a bad day for

bleeding.

Cool the jive, J .J. You better be
there.

Yeah, you better be there.

We'll be here to pick you up at 8 o
'clock.

And Mad Dog is gonna be with us.

And don't nobody say no to Mad Dog.

Keep on that for a while.

Hello, Mrs. Evans.

Hello, Mrs. Evans.

Hello there, Mrs.

Butara.

Why are you all standing in the hall?

J .J., why don't you invite your friends
in?

Oh, you see, Mrs. Evans, we were just
leaving. We came by to invite J .J.

A dance tonight. Yeah.

Oh, that's nice.

You boys have a nice time now. Thank
you. Thank you, Mrs. Evans. We will.

Mrs. Evans. Bye, Mrs. Evans. Bye.

Bye. Well, goodbye.

Don't forget, J .J., 8 o 'clock.

And you better be ready, or your folks
will need a program to know who you are.

What's wrong with you?

I've seen accident victims look happier
than you do.

There's nothing to worry about.

He's probably trying to figure out which
one of his girls he's going to take to

the dance tonight.

His friends just invited him.

You going to take Henrietta, son?

No, Dad, I ain't taking no girl.

You going stag?

Yeah, I expect to be doing a lot of
staggering.

Now, J .J., there is... isn't going to
be any drinking, is there?

No, Ma.

Just a lot of punch.

Oh, that's nice.

You go and get washed up for dinner.

Speaking of dinner, baby, what we got to
eat tonight?

Lobster Newberg.

Huh? Translation, cornbread and greens.

We usually have some meat on Saturday
night.

Well, I took one look at what they had
in the meat market and I passed.

What was wrong with it?

It's okay if you like your meat a deep
golden brown before it's cooked.

And the vegetables ain't no better.

The beets are bushed, the spinach is
spent, and the brussels don't sprout.

But the prices sure do.

You know something, baby? The only thing
keeping this country from going to the

dogs, the price of dog food.

Everything is out of line.

You know, I stopped in to get you a nice
tie.

And I had to go as high as $1 .75.

Oh, now, Florida, what you give me a tie
for, baby? I already got a tie.

The old stringy black tie you wear to
funerals? Ain't none of them people they

buried complained about it.

Wow. But this is not a funeral we're
going to.

It's not an ending. It's a beginning.

I still can't get over little Charlie
McDaniel.

All grown up and opening his own law
office. Yeah, doing it in style, too.

Giving a party for all the folks who
knew him since he was a little bitty

That's why I wanted to get you a good
-looking tie.

How do you like it?

Oh, that's fine, baby. Is that silk?

For $1 .75?

That ain't even minimum wages to a
silkworm.

Yeah, this is real nice, baby. Thank
you. Hey, what you wearing to the thing?

Well, I tried on my old cocktail dress
and had to take it in a little at the

waist. I'm very happy to report I've
gone down from a quart to a fifth.

What'd you say?

Well, I say you're still 100 proof and
you still go to my head.

Hey, you ain't exactly a cool head
yourself.

Michael, stop cheating now. I'm not
cheating, Thelma.

What y 'all two doing?

What's it look like we're doing?

Playing Monopoly.

See, Michael, and you said he wouldn't
be able to figure it out.

Thelma, you owe me for landing on
Liberia.

Michael, I told you to call it Park
Place. I made it African.

Brothers don't owe nothing on Park
Place.

I feel weird saying I want to buy two
hotels for Ghana.

Something wrong, J .J.? You haven't
opened your mouth for almost 20 seconds.

Something must be wrong.

Now... 25 seconds, and for you, that's a
record.

Okay, I'll tell you.

I got myself a heavy problem, and I need
a lot of brain power to solve it.

Oh? So Thelma, why don't you leave the
room so we can eliminate the dead wood?

Now he's back to normal.

JJ, this is my room, and I'm staying.

Anyway, how do you know I can't help?

Because you'll tell.

Okay, I'm a member of the Satan Knights.

Ooh, I'm a town!

Hey, J .J., I thought you were too smart
to get mixed up with something as dumb

as gang.

I didn't choose them, Michael. They
chose me.

One day in school, Nick Bowie and Mad
Dog cornered me and explained the

of the Satan Knights health and accident
insurance plan.

They said that if I didn't join, they
had a plan to ensure that I had an

accident to my health.

But you really haven't been running with
them, though, have you?

No, I've mainly been running from them.

But today they're getting down with the
warlords, and Mad Dog himself is coming

personally to see that I participate.

Boy, I wish I could declare amnesty
before I went to war.

Why don't you just say no?

I tried that once and almost collected
all my insurance policy.

This invitation sure is fancy. It don't
even say, bring your own bottle.

Baby, it smells like dinner is ready.

I'm so hungry, I got hunger pains
shooting off through my stomach.

All right, when your pains start coming
three minutes apart, I'll rush you over

to McDonald's.

I don't think I can make it to the Big
Mac delivery room.

Okay, I'll put dinner out.

You know, I still can't get over
Charlie, a lawyer.

You know, that just goes to prove, even
in this neighborhood...

Nothing can keep you from reaching the
top unless you let it. That's right,

baby. All these kids going wrong, it
sure gives you a kick when you see a

brother making something out of himself.

Well, you got a few good kicks coming if
I know those three kids we got back

there. Yeah. Hey, we making such a big
deal about Charlie being a lawyer, we

almost forgot that Michael's a sure bet
for the Supreme Court.

I sure makes good babies.

Oh.

The wonder is, you did it all.

The girl that you made all by yourself
is pretty special, too.

Yeah, that's because she takes after her
mama. You know, Thelma's got a lot of

promise, baby. I bet she could be a
lawyer, too, if she wanted to.

Boy, just imagine that. The first
brother and sister on the Supreme Court.

Hot damn, what a family.

And don't forget, kid, her dynamite.

He's making a special place for himself
with his paintings.

Yeah, I got to admit, though, I was
worried about Junior there for a while.

Seemed like he had oatmeal in his hair.
Oh, Jay.

But he got himself straightened out.

Yes, sir. We got a thumb family. Them
kids didn't have no easy road, baby. But

they're traveling right now. Right.

That's because they had me to guide
them.

And I did it all by myself, huh?

Hey, J .J., you can get killed going
against the warlord.

Yeah, I'm willing to fight with my fists
once in a while.

But when it comes to guns, never.

Tell you one thing I like about my body.

It ain't got no holes in it.

Well, too bad you can't say the same
thing about your head.

You know, for once you're right, little
sister.

Them warlords are mean.

There must be 300 warlords.

500. How many Satanites are there?

100.

According to the latest JJ poll, 500 go
into 100 as many times as they want to.

You know, J .J., if Daddy finds out
what's happening, man, he gonna kill

Problem number one.

And if Mama finds out you belong to a
gang, oh, J .J., it'll break her heart.

Problem number two. And if you don't go
to the fight tonight, Mad Dog and all

the Satanites gonna be out to kill you.
Problem number three through ten.

Children, dinner's ready.

And that's problem number eleven.

How to get Ma and Dad out of the house
before Mad Dog and the gang get here.

Come on, children.

Oh, that looks good.

What were you all doing back there so
long?

Just rapping.

Oh, that's nice.

JJ, say the blessing.

Thank you, Lord,

for the food we are about to receive.

And may he continue to receive it while
he's at the receiving hospital.

Nothing.

She's just trying to provide a little
entertainment.

And speaking of entertainment, as
everyone seems to be these days, what

two lovely parents doing this p .m.? It
was a choice between turning on the TV

and watching the fights or opening the
window and listening to them.

TV won.

You mean you don't watch TV on that old
set? That picture's got so much snow on

it, Red Fox comes out white.

the movies, see something on big wide
screens, stereophonic sound and color.

Junior, you must be joking. $2 .50 a
ticket. I rate all the movies TD for too

damn expensive.

Pass the hot sauce.

Come on, Mom, Dad, live it up. You
deserve a night out. That's right.

There are a lot of good movies playing.
Black Bill Jones, Blackula, Black

Godfather, Six Black Men. They all sound
like violent pictures to me.

I don't like violence. But when they get
off the screen, they're still able to

walk out alive.

out with James Earl Jones and Diane
Carroll called Claudine.

James Earl Jones is a garbage man and
she's on welfare.

Julia on welfare?

Well, this I got to see.

Honey, we haven't been to a movie in a
long time. Want to go?

Well, I'll pop with a popcorn.

Small size.

Yeah, why not, baby? Doing good to get
out the house for a change.

It's just kind of nice of you kids to
want to see us have a good time.

And I'll wash the dishes. And I'll dry.

And I'll say the grace.

After the meal?

Yeah, suddenly I feel the need for a
prayer.

That's them. I'll get it.

Michael, maybe we shouldn't answer it.
We got to sooner or later.

Think JJ's plan has a chance?

It better.

Well, JJ don't have a chance.

Who are you supposed to be? I'm Michael,
JJ's brother.

Okay. You tell your brother that we're
here, dwarf.

Yeah, we're here, dwarf.

She's my sister.

Hey, sweet thing, I'm Mad Dog. What's
your name?

Thelma.

Thelma?

Where you get a weird name like Thelma?

When I was born, my mama took one look
at me and called me Thelma.

Just like your mama took one look at you
and called you Mad Dog.

It's neck bone, brother.

Hey, hey, hey, be cool, man. We got no
time to go through changes with the Fox.

Gigi, I'm waiting on you, man.

but it says to be continued on the next
thermometer.

Neck bone.

Yeah.

Go see what that thing says. Yeah, dog.

Hey, man, I wouldn't get too close.
Catch him. Get out of the way, brother.

got chills and everything.

He's got to get back in bed. He can't go
anywhere tonight.

Yeah, I'm supposed to go into emergency
surgery as soon as they find the right

color thread.

98 .6.

Say it. My name is his weight.

You playing the nut roll.

Yeah, you playing the nut roll.

You got his chicken fever.

And if you don't get well real quick, me
and this 22 will make it fatal.

All of a sudden, my temperature just
went down 22 degrees.

Right back to normal.

Get yourself together, blood.

We got to move.

We moving?

Moving right along.

This here crib is really sharp.

Yeah, it's really sharp.

I have to up JJ's dues a couple bucks a
month. I hear you.

Anybody live this big can afford it.

Yo, Daddy, you mean your old man still
stays here with y 'all? Sure.

Well, my old man split right after I was
born.

I don't blame him.

Come on, man. Don't give me time for
this chick, man.

I told you to save it.

We got no time for preliminaries. We got
a main event with the warlords,

remember? Your brothers shouldn't be
fighting other brothers anyway.

Ain't you ever heard of Black Unity?

Black Unity?

Yeah, ain't that a rock group play over
on the South?

ain't going nowhere until we stop
fighting and learn to work together.

My brother's right.

Every time you fight, it not only hurts
you, but don't you know it hurts our

whole community?

So what?

What do you mean, so what?

So why don't you just call this whole
thing off?

What'd you say, brother?

I said I ain't your brother. That's what
I said.

Besides, fighting helps to make a man
out of you.

Ain't that right, mad dog?

to sneak in their territory and start
popping.

How you blind on sneaking 100 dudes in
their territory?

Just as welfare workers?

Come on, let's go. Yeah, man, let's get
it on, man.

Uh, don't y 'all want to hear my plan?

What plan?

Heh.

Glad you asked.

Don't you take notes of this great plan.

Michael, guard the door and make sure
nobody hears this great plan.

Here is the first land... of the
greatest plan in the world.

First, we sneak into their territory.

I already said that.

That's the good part.

See, so we're going to be closer to Cook
County General Hospital so we don't

have to go so far for treatment.

You trying to stall J .J.? No, I just
wanted to make sure I laid a plan on y

'all. Now...

Just wanted to make sure y 'all was
paying attention.

Thelma, score Mad Dog 100 for paying
attention.

Spit it out.

This is a plan that won World War II.

Personally endorsed by George...

I guess you're right.

But the kid's gonna be so disappointed.

Well... JJ!

Ma, Dad, I thought y 'all went to the
movies.

We was, but we changed our mind.

What's going on here?

What you doing dressed like this? And
Tyrone, Sylvester, why are you holding

him? Well, like I told you, Ma, I'm
going to this dance, and these are my

escorts. Well, y 'all turn him loose.
Hey, man, get out of the way. We got

business with the warlord.

Boy, I don't give a damn who you got
business with.

My son ain't going to no gang fight.
Junior, what the hell are you doing

mixed up with a gang? I ain't in this
gang.

You're in a gang?

No, Ma. They chose me. I didn't choose
them.

I told you I'm not turning loose.

I told you to get on, old man.

Who do you think you're talking to that
way?

I'm Mad Dog, dig it?

Head of Satan's Night's War Council.

Is that supposed to be something big?

Mad dog, you don't get your hand off my
wife's face, I'm gonna slap a muzzle on

you.

You have just seen part one of J .J. and
the Gang.

Stay tuned for scenes from next week's
show.

Now, baby, all I need is five minutes
alone with that mad dog. Just five

with him. But that is only going to
cause more trouble. And besides, after

court hearing, they'll put mad dog away
where he belongs.

Yeah, the same as Nick Bone and that
other character. They still walk in the

street. Now, James, before you do
anything, you'll be sorry for her.

what the good book says?

other cheek.

Well, you let Mad Dog turn other cheek.

Refer to me as your honor. Don't call me
man.

I always give you the benefit of the
doubt.

Baby, now, I done told you. You ain't
got nothing to do with this no more.

between me and Mad Dog.

One on one.

What you doing? Eating pretzels for
breakfast?

Baby, don't think of these as pretzels.

Think of them as Mad Dog's finger.

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for the conclusion of J .J. and the

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