1 00:00:02,302 --> 00:00:05,430 [ Woman ] Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, 2 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:09,202 Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator... 3 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:11,209 and vanished. 4 00:00:15,815 --> 00:00:18,409 He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, 5 00:00:18,485 --> 00:00:22,080 facing mirror images that were not his own... 6 00:00:22,155 --> 00:00:26,285 and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. 7 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:31,396 His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, 8 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:36,060 who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. 9 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:41,470 And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, 10 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:44,635 striving to put right what once went wrong... 11 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:47,544 and hoping each time that his next leap... 12 00:00:47,614 --> 00:00:49,844 will be the leap home. 13 00:00:49,916 --> 00:00:53,909 ♪ [ Woman Singing ] 14 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:56,888 [ Laughing ] [ Audience Applauding ] 15 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:03,253 Oh, God, they love us! We were bad, girlfriend! 16 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:06,059 They want an encore! What are we gonna sing? [ Man ] Cherea. 17 00:01:06,132 --> 00:01:10,262 Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! 18 00:01:10,336 --> 00:01:12,429 - No, no, no. I don't think so. - Yes! 19 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:13,904 No, no, no. Oh, boy. 20 00:02:28,281 --> 00:02:31,148 [ Audience Applauding ] 21 00:02:31,217 --> 00:02:33,913 ♪ [ RandB ] 22 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:36,854 ♪ [ Off-key ] 23 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:06,748 Ah. Sorry. 24 00:03:12,992 --> 00:03:15,392 [ Laughing ] 25 00:03:45,024 --> 00:03:47,618 ♪ [ Ends ] 26 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:51,255 [ Light Applause, Chattering ] 27 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:53,856 [ Man ] Who did that hair? 28 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:02,406 You must've hit your head a lot harder than you thought. 29 00:04:04,510 --> 00:04:09,174 Yeah, I guess- I guess I did. Come on. Come on. Come on. Hurry, hurry, hurry. 30 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,479 Hurry, hurry. Come on, come on, come on. 31 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:14,247 [ Woman ] We could've won. That would've been a hundred dollars, 32 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,618 new costumes, plus a shot at the finals. 33 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:19,249 [ Woman 2 ] Well, Bobby Lee said we could come back and try it again. 34 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:21,919 The way he was scopin' you, he would've said anything. * [ Vocalizing ] 35 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:25,931 That's not true! He just saw that Cherea hurt herself and wanted to give us another chance. 36 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,990 We should've won. Would you come on, please. 37 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:32,026 Now what's your problem? I just don't think that we should be out walkin' around this late in this neighborhood. 38 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:35,541 My father would kill me if he knew we were out this late. And so would yours. 39 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:38,873 Cherea's old man doesn't stay home long enough to know when she's gone. 40 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:41,470 Hey, baby, why don't you come over here and talk to me? Come on. 41 00:04:41,547 --> 00:04:44,380 Who the heck would want to talk to your ugly behind? Paula! 42 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:46,509 Ooh, you talkin' to me, Paula? 43 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:50,647 Hey, come on. Why don't you bring your real fine brown body over here? 44 00:04:50,723 --> 00:04:52,657 I don't talk to night crawlers, 45 00:04:52,725 --> 00:04:55,626 so you can just crawl back into whatever cave you came from. 46 00:04:55,695 --> 00:04:58,493 Damn, Paula! Just keep on walkin'. That's all I'm sayin'. 47 00:04:58,564 --> 00:05:01,556 What about you? You know I like me some real nice, tall woman there. 48 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:05,570 Keep walkin'. Keep goin'. Look, why don't you and your friend just go back and sit down? 49 00:05:05,638 --> 00:05:07,572 Yeah, why don't you just come and sit down with me? 50 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,632 Actually, we were supposed to be home hours ago, and my father get real upset- 51 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,644 Yeah, well, let me give him something to get upset about. 52 00:05:12,712 --> 00:05:15,340 [ Grunting ] 53 00:05:15,415 --> 00:05:19,010 - Hey! - [ Grunting ] 54 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:27,058 - Come on, girls. - How'd you do that? 55 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:29,321 Let's just get goin' home, okay? Cherea. 56 00:05:29,395 --> 00:05:31,556 Huh? I think we better get you to a hospital. 57 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:34,566 I mean, something must've really happened when you hit your head. 58 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:37,068 We're goin' the wrong way. We live this way. 59 00:05:37,136 --> 00:05:40,936 Are you crazy? I think that bump turned this child into some kind of super girl. 60 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:42,941 I like this move. Look, I- I- I- 61 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:46,376 I think we could put it in the act. I don't know what happened back there. 62 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:50,439 Look, I do know that girls shouldn't be out at 2:00 in the morning alone. [ Horn Honks ] 63 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:52,677 Now let's go. On these streets. Come on. Get going. 64 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:55,016 Especially one with a mouth like Paula. Get-Get goin'. 65 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:57,579 I can take care of myself. [ Laughs ] Would you cut it out! 66 00:05:57,657 --> 00:06:00,421 Get goin'. [ Both Laughing ] 67 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:05,192 Get goin'. You're trippin' me up. You're trippin' me up like that. Get goin'. What am I gonna- 68 00:06:05,264 --> 00:06:09,860 All I know is, if Cherea hadn't have done whatever she did, 69 00:06:09,936 --> 00:06:14,339 you'd be tellin' my daddy about it, 'cause I'd have made sure I was dead. 70 00:06:14,407 --> 00:06:17,570 Are you gonna spend the night? No, I don't think I'd better. 71 00:06:17,643 --> 00:06:20,635 Maybe the three of you better get your hides inside... 72 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:25,480 and start doin' some serious explaining on why my 1 5-year-old daughter is out at 2:00 in the morning! 73 00:06:25,551 --> 00:06:29,510 Inside! Let's go! [ Dogs Barking ] 74 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:32,285 [ Sam Narrating ] Quantum leaping has taught me a lot about people, 75 00:06:32,358 --> 00:06:34,952 and I knew right away I liked this man. 76 00:06:35,027 --> 00:06:36,961 You're not old enough- Even with all his blustering and bravado, 77 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:41,022 Reverend Walters was saying everything that I had wanted to say since this leap had started, 78 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:43,568 and his concern for his daughter's safety and well-being... 79 00:06:43,636 --> 00:06:47,094 was grounded in as much reality as the walk wejust took home. 80 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,198 Sit down. 81 00:06:49,275 --> 00:06:52,972 Not to mention that three young girls have absolutely no business... 82 00:06:53,045 --> 00:06:57,414 on the streets of Chicago, unescorted, at 2:00 in the morning. 83 00:06:57,483 --> 00:07:03,251 Since you are too foolish to understand the dangers of life in the big city, 84 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:07,156 I have taken it upon myself to call your parents... 85 00:07:07,226 --> 00:07:10,889 and tell them what's been going on and how you children have been lying to us. 86 00:07:10,963 --> 00:07:13,397 We wouldn't have to lie if you'd come hear us, Daddy. 87 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:15,400 We're really good, Reverend. 88 00:07:15,468 --> 00:07:18,596 I will not support my 1 5-year-old daughter singing in a brothel! 89 00:07:18,671 --> 00:07:20,901 It's not a brothel! Daddy, please! 90 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:24,170 Paula, your mother's waitin' up for you. 91 00:07:24,243 --> 00:07:27,770 And, Cherea, since your parents are not at home, 92 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:30,338 you will stay with Lynell and I until they come back. 93 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:34,477 I don't think you understand how important this is to us, Daddy. 94 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:38,320 What's important is that you understand that there'll be no more of this nonsense... 95 00:07:38,391 --> 00:07:40,325 about singing in nightclubs. 96 00:07:40,393 --> 00:07:42,520 It's not nonsense! 97 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:46,691 Not finishing school is nonsense. 98 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:48,757 Not getting a degree is nonsense. 99 00:07:48,835 --> 00:07:51,497 Not makin'something out of yourself is nonsense. 100 00:07:51,571 --> 00:07:56,338 - I want people to hear me sing, Daddy. - Don't you understand? 101 00:07:56,409 --> 00:08:00,402 Don't you understand, baby, 102 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,914 that you can sing... 103 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:05,212 for God and for my congregation. 104 00:08:05,284 --> 00:08:08,344 God gave me a voice to do with whatever I want. 105 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:11,219 Not as long as you're under my roof! 106 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:13,758 Then I'll leave! Lynell,just a second. 107 00:08:13,826 --> 00:08:17,023 No! I won't let him lock me in this miserable house! 108 00:08:17,096 --> 00:08:19,462 It killed Mama, and I won't let it kill me too! 109 00:08:19,532 --> 00:08:22,160 Lynell! Let her go. 110 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:25,693 She didn't mean what she said, Reverend. I swear she didn't. 111 00:08:25,771 --> 00:08:27,705 But she did. 112 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:33,602 She still misses her mama. 113 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,341 I love her. 114 00:08:36,415 --> 00:08:39,384 I gotta do what I think is right. 115 00:08:39,452 --> 00:08:42,944 [ Sighs ] I know she'll understand it as soon as she grows up. 116 00:08:43,022 --> 00:08:47,118 Well, Paula, I guess I better walk you home. I know your mother's waiting for you. 117 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:50,492 I'll walk her home. You better go upstairs and talk to your daughter. 118 00:08:50,563 --> 00:08:52,724 And who's gonna walk you back here? Hmm? 119 00:08:52,798 --> 00:08:55,096 Oh, Cherea can take care of herself. You should've seen- 120 00:08:55,167 --> 00:08:57,260 I don't know what I could've been thinking of. 121 00:08:57,336 --> 00:08:59,600 Cherea, get Lynell to give you one of her mother's gowns. 122 00:08:59,672 --> 00:09:02,800 There's a blue one in there I think'll fit you just fine. 123 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:05,366 And we'll talk later, tomorrow after the services. 124 00:09:05,444 --> 00:09:07,503 Come on, Paula. 125 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:15,716 [ Al Clears Throat ] 126 00:09:15,788 --> 00:09:18,222 How long have you been here? 127 00:09:18,291 --> 00:09:21,749 Well, long enough to hear the fireworks between Lynell and her father. 128 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:24,261 That's one very angry little girl. 129 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:27,128 Yeah. What do you got? 130 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:31,431 Well, all Ziggy's got so far is that the mother died five years ago of unknown causes. 131 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:33,995 Yeah. From the little we know, 132 00:09:34,073 --> 00:09:38,737 apparently shejust went to her bed and then stayed there for six months until she died. 133 00:09:38,811 --> 00:09:41,405 - What did the autopsy say? - No autopsy. 134 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,417 Huh? So Ziggy says I'm here to help Lynell deal with her mother's death? 135 00:09:46,485 --> 00:09:48,612 Is that it? Well, we don't know. There's no data. 136 00:09:48,688 --> 00:09:50,622 Well, okay, what do you know? 137 00:09:50,690 --> 00:09:52,624 Know about what? 138 00:09:52,692 --> 00:09:56,492 What do you know. You still have this old picture of us. 139 00:09:56,562 --> 00:09:58,530 Old? [ Scoffs ] Good recovery, Sam. 140 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:01,192 I just got that printed last week. 141 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:04,327 Not so good. Boy, time sure flies when you're having fun, doesn't it? 142 00:10:04,403 --> 00:10:07,099 Yeah. You should've quit while you were ahead. [ Laughs ] 143 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:09,937 People are gonna think you're as crazy as I feel. 144 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,977 You're not crazy. I'm going to be... 145 00:10:12,044 --> 00:10:15,172 if I don't get out of this miserable house. 146 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:17,147 Ziggy says she runs away day after tomorrow. 147 00:10:17,216 --> 00:10:18,547 What happened? [ Lynell ] You heard him. 148 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:22,918 - No data. - He's got my life planned for the next 20 years. 149 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:27,358 It seems to me like your father is just trying to protect you. 150 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:30,418 He wants to control me. He loves you. 151 00:10:30,496 --> 00:10:33,226 Yeah, but it's killin' me, Cherea. 152 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,529 The same way that it killed my mother. 153 00:10:35,601 --> 00:10:38,069 Don't look at me. Ziggy's working on it. 154 00:10:38,137 --> 00:10:42,631 I don't think that your mother's death was your father's fault. 155 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:46,508 You weren't here, Cherea. You don't know what it was like. 156 00:10:46,579 --> 00:10:51,243 I mean, she had no friends. She wasn't allowed out, except to go to church. 157 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:54,115 And she didn't even- All right, look. You're just angry right now, okay? But if you- 158 00:10:54,186 --> 00:10:58,316 No, I'm not. And I'm not gonna let him lock me in... 159 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:01,792 and make me shrivel up and die just so he won't be alone. 160 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:05,262 Look, I'm hungry. You want some chicken? 161 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:09,867 What's gonna happen to her? 162 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:12,631 Well, she runs away and tries to become a singer. 163 00:11:12,705 --> 00:11:17,039 Then she gets locked into a slave contract with some guy named Bobby Lee. 164 00:11:17,109 --> 00:11:19,441 Bobby Lee? Wait a second. 165 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:22,174 And then things go downhill after that. 166 00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:26,617 - What do you mean, downhill? - Oh, crummy clubs, drugs, arrests. 167 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:29,211 - And her father? - [ Man Coughing ] 168 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:34,282 Her father dies in '7 2, right after he loses his church to a fire. 169 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:39,359 He and Lynell never speak to each other again. 170 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:42,060 Good night, Cherea. 171 00:11:49,008 --> 00:11:52,535 * [ Choir Singing Gospel ] 172 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:55,876 * [ Continues ] 173 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:01,105 [ Applause, Cheering ] Thank you,Jesus. 174 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:04,547 Amen! Yes! Yes, Lord! 175 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:07,950 Yes, Lord.! 176 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:10,580 - Right on. - [ Congregation Shouting ] 177 00:13:10,656 --> 00:13:13,819 The voices of the children singing the praise of the Lord God Almighty. 178 00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:15,861 [ All ] Amen! 179 00:13:15,928 --> 00:13:18,624 You know what that means, brothers and sisters? [ Woman ] Yes, it does.! 180 00:13:18,697 --> 00:13:23,999 - It means that we are blessed. - [ Congregation Shouting ] 181 00:13:24,069 --> 00:13:28,529 With that blessing comes... dangerous temptation. 182 00:13:28,607 --> 00:13:30,541 Yes, it does! Yes, it does! 183 00:13:30,609 --> 00:13:35,137 Sinful temptation that often leads these pure, sweet, young spirits... 184 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:39,207 to walk in the burning light of Satan himself! 185 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:42,652 [ Congregation Shouting ] 186 00:13:42,721 --> 00:13:47,090 And in that burning light, these innocent children fall... 187 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:49,719 by the wayside. 188 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:54,323 Brothers and sisters, it is our responsibility- 189 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,029 I said it is our responsibility- 190 00:13:58,103 --> 00:14:01,095 [ Congregation Shouting ] 191 00:14:01,173 --> 00:14:04,438 to see that these children stand in the cool- [ Man ] Right on. 192 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,501 refreshing- Come on. 193 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:09,013 healing light... 194 00:14:09,081 --> 00:14:12,539 of Christ our Lord Almighty. 195 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:15,416 [ Congregation Shouting ] God help us... 196 00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:17,785 save those children from damnation! 197 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:20,690 - Yeah! - Hallelujah! 198 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:23,728 - Hallelujah! - Glory! Hallelujah! 199 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:27,630 - Glory! Hallelujah! - Marchin' on. 200 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:30,931 All it takes is a good preacher to make you remember... 201 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:33,597 that the devil's out there just waitin' to get you. 202 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:36,732 [ Congregation ] Amen.! Amen.! Guess he got you, forgot to let go. 203 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:39,710 Sister Rose will now lead the choir- What? 204 00:14:39,778 --> 00:14:42,246 in a soul-stirring hymn- What did you say? 205 00:14:42,314 --> 00:14:46,444 What do you mean? He forgot? He forgot to let go of what? 206 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:50,978 -* [ Piano ] -* [ Singing Hymn ] 207 00:14:51,056 --> 00:14:53,149 Al, I think I figured out why I'm here. 208 00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:57,525 Well, Ziggy says there's a 90% chance you're here to keep Lynell out of show business. 209 00:14:57,596 --> 00:14:59,530 Wrong. Wrong? 210 00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:03,432 Wrong. I think I'm here to make sure that her father supports her. 211 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:06,369 And if I can do that, that'll keep their relationship intact. 212 00:15:06,438 --> 00:15:10,374 No, no, no. Ziggy- No, no. Ziggy has been known to be wrong. 213 00:15:11,777 --> 00:15:14,405 Well, we have to trust Ziggy's statistics over yours. 214 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,782 Why? Why? Well, we- Ziggy keeps better records. 215 00:15:19,852 --> 00:15:23,618 Besides, Ziggy says day after tomorrow, 216 00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:26,317 you're gonna sing in some local contest. 217 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:28,792 The winner gets a hundred bucks and a tryout at the Regal Theater. 218 00:15:28,861 --> 00:15:32,422 - Regal Theater? - Yeah. It's Chicago's version of the Apollo. 219 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:36,464 Except Lynell doesn't sing, right? 220 00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:39,470 Well,yeah, she sings. She lies to her father, 221 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:42,063 and he traces her to the club, 222 00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:45,304 and then he pulls her off the stage right in the middle of the show. 223 00:15:45,377 --> 00:15:48,107 And a big fight breaks out. Terrible. And Lynell never forgives him. 224 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:50,705 Bingo. [ Sighs ] Then I'm right. 225 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:54,719 I'm here to help Reverend Walters support his daughter, 226 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,654 to-to-to accept her and to understand her. 227 00:15:57,723 --> 00:16:02,183 So how are you gonna do that? Eh- Uh, uh- 228 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:05,958 Well, I don't know. I mean, you know, maybe if he heard how good they were- 229 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:07,965 No, no, no, no. Then I'd have to sing. 230 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:11,400 So? So first of all, I don't know any of the songs or the routines. 231 00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:13,768 And secondly, I'm a man. I'm not a 1 6-year-old girl. 232 00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:15,773 That never stopped you before. 233 00:16:15,841 --> 00:16:18,742 Besides, they're gonna be hearing and seeing Cherea. 234 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:21,905 What does Ziggy say our chances are? Well the odds are 50-50. 235 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:25,246 But I can up the odds with the right music and a few choice steps. 236 00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:27,376 Yeah, well, I don't know a few choice steps. 237 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:31,082 Well, I do. I'll teach you some moves. You'll teach me some moves? 238 00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:33,818 Hey, I was at the Regal Theater in its heyday. 239 00:16:33,892 --> 00:16:37,293 I remember the Marvelettes, Smokey, 240 00:16:37,363 --> 00:16:42,164 Martha and the Vandellas,James Brown, the hardest-working man in show business. 241 00:16:42,234 --> 00:16:45,635 All you have to do is keep your harmonies tight and remember to say- 242 00:16:45,704 --> 00:16:49,037 ♪ [ RandB ] 243 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:04,287 ♪ [ Continues ] I don't get these steps. 244 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:06,415 These moves made the Temptations famous. 245 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:09,359 They're just a little ahead of their time, that's all, these steps. 246 00:17:09,428 --> 00:17:11,362 They're out of time. 247 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:15,298 Damn, Cherea, you're movin' like a white girl. 248 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:41,684 Okay. What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? * [ Continues ] 249 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,752 Put 'em out straight like this. Put 'em like that. Oh, okay, okay. 250 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:47,856 * [ Continues ] 251 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:55,267 ♪ [ Harmonizing ] 252 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:11,520 ♪ [ Ends ] [ Laughing ] 253 00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:14,184 Yes! Yes. We did it. 254 00:18:14,259 --> 00:18:16,193 Yes. All right. Now, don't get too happy. 255 00:18:16,261 --> 00:18:18,889 All right. Don't get too happy. You still need a lot of work. 256 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:20,898 We still need a lot of work. We'll be terrific. 257 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:23,161 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but we're doin' the wrong song. 258 00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:26,932 What? This was a number one hit. That's just it. It was. 259 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:29,940 We need somethin'- somethin' hot. 260 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:32,442 - Something with a little more fire, you mean? - What? 261 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:33,808 "Mickey's Monkey.'' Uh, " Mickey's Monkey.'' 262 00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:35,244 No, no, no. What? 263 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:38,249 No, no. Forget that. Forget it. No, that wouldn't have been good. 264 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:40,410 How about "Can I Get A Witness''? No, that wasn't out yet. 265 00:18:40,486 --> 00:18:42,579 What? What? What? What's he talkin' about? No, no. Forget it. 266 00:18:42,654 --> 00:18:45,623 - What? What? What? - What about "Heat Wave'' 267 00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:48,057 By Martha and the Vandellas. 268 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,561 I just so happen to have a pre-release on it. 269 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:53,655 So who's this giabbone? How'd you get in the house, Mr. Lee? 270 00:18:53,732 --> 00:18:57,998 I told you to call me Bobby. My father will get upset if he finds you here, Bobby. 271 00:18:58,070 --> 00:19:02,700 Oh, he'll get more than upset, honey. We're talkin' murder in the first degree. 272 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:06,710 Well, that's because a young lady would never entertain a gentleman up in her bedroom. 273 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:10,407 Well, since we all understand that, why don't you go downstairs? 274 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:12,416 It's not my fault. 275 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:14,816 I was just walkin' down the street, mindin' my business, 276 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:19,085 and I heard that sweet, sensual voice of yours ridin' on a cool breeze. 277 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:21,490 It made me come and knock on the door. 278 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,223 When nobody answered, I just- Well, I just knocked a little harder, and it came open. 279 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:29,666 Watch out for this guy, Sam. He's slicker than spit on a patent leather shoe. 280 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:32,636 - You shouldn't be here. - All right, maybe not. 281 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:35,867 But Lynell knows I mean no disrespect. Trust me, Sam. 282 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:38,842 This guy is a snake. 283 00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:41,880 I'm sure you don't, so why don't you just leave. 284 00:19:42,881 --> 00:19:44,815 All right. 285 00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:47,181 But I meant what I said about this song. 286 00:19:47,252 --> 00:19:49,914 You guys sing this tomorrow night, you're a cinch for first place... 287 00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:52,081 and a shot at the Regal. 288 00:19:52,157 --> 00:19:54,921 Especially with a voice as beautiful as Lynell's. 289 00:19:54,993 --> 00:19:57,723 We don't have charts for the band or- Can you learn the song? 290 00:19:57,796 --> 00:20:00,924 Well, yeah. All right, well, I'll get Rainey to do up the charts. 291 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:03,524 - He knows your key. - Why? 292 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:08,266 Let's just say I, uh- I believe in young talent. 293 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:15,239 Plus if you girls win, you sign an exclusive deal with me, and I'll take you straight to the top. 294 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:18,078 More like the bottom. Get this, Sam. Robert Z. Lee, 295 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:21,745 small-time businessman, part-time... pimp. 296 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:25,654 - Well, what do you say? - He's the owner of Bobby's Blues Club, 297 00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:29,251 and he ends up doing 20 years in the big house for statutory rape. 298 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:33,492 - Lynell? - I don't know if we can get it together that fast. 299 00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:36,261 No data. All right, Mr. Lee, I'll tell you what. 300 00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:38,633 Lynell, Paula and I, we're gonna talk about this. 301 00:20:38,704 --> 00:20:41,605 We're gonna listen to your song. We'll let you know our intentions. 302 00:20:41,673 --> 00:20:44,471 That's a hellfire grip you got there, darling. You don't know the half of it. 303 00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:46,602 Daddy! What are you doin' in my house? 304 00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:50,409 - He came by to bring us a new record. - That's the God's honest truth, Reverend Walters. 305 00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:53,280 It's so new, it hasn't even been played on the radio yet. 306 00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:56,788 Well, somebody better tell me why this sinner has to deliver records to my daughter's bedroom! 307 00:20:56,855 --> 00:20:59,289 - Daddy! - I asked a question. 308 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:02,293 Look, man,just because I don't attend your church doesn't make me a sinner. 309 00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:06,127 Even though you don't attend any church doesn't make you a sinner. 310 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:10,658 But what you said to Leda Brown's 1 3-year-old daughter does make you a sinner! 311 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:14,194 Well, that's just her word against mine, ain't it? 312 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:16,764 Now, if you don't mind- [ Ziggy Beeping ] 313 00:21:16,842 --> 00:21:19,936 I've got nothin', Sam. Either they never brought charges, or they were dropped. 314 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:22,981 - Your word is about as good as the devil's in this house. -Just stop it! 315 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:28,486 Mr. Lee came over to try to be nice to me, not to commit a crime.! 316 00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:30,487 Lynell, this man will- 317 00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:32,819 Lynell, this man will hurt you. Don't you know that? 318 00:21:32,891 --> 00:21:35,724 Does that privilege only belong to you, Daddy? How dare you! 319 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:40,163 - [ Lynell Screams ] - Now, don't you defy me. You hear me? 320 00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:42,166 Now, you go to your room. No! 321 00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:44,168 I said go to your room! 322 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:47,330 And you-You stay away from my daughter. 323 00:21:47,406 --> 00:21:51,843 Or as God is my judge, I will come down to that... brothel, 324 00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:55,243 and I will rip it down with my bare hands. 325 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:58,181 Let me tell you something. You step one foot in my club, 326 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:00,377 and God himself won't be able to keep me off of you. 327 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:02,920 [ Al ] Sam, do something.! This could be the start of it. 328 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,513 All right. All right. Okay. I need you to leave now. [ Muttering ] 329 00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:07,854 Please. Please. 330 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:14,888 Daddy, don't do this. Lynell, this is for your own good. 331 00:22:14,966 --> 00:22:19,164 All right? Now,just close the door and go to your room. 332 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:25,802 - [ Sighs ] - Lynell. Lynell, wait just a second. 333 00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:28,277 He's my chance to get outta here! There's got to be another way. 334 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:30,406 What? I- I don't know. 335 00:22:30,482 --> 00:22:33,815 Then let me go talk to him! No,just give me a chance to figure out another way. 336 00:22:33,885 --> 00:22:37,582 [ Sighs ] Oh, God. 337 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,056 You better think of something. Yeah, well, I have. 338 00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:47,496 I want you to get me the name of all the local record companies, okay? 339 00:22:47,566 --> 00:22:52,503 I'll call every one of them until I can find somebody who will come and hear the Dovettes. 340 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:57,270 Maybe I can convince Lynell there's somebody out there better than Bobby Lee. 341 00:22:57,342 --> 00:22:59,276 Okay. 342 00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:18,493 What are you doing? Lookin' at my feet. 343 00:23:22,834 --> 00:23:24,768 Those are nice feet. 344 00:23:24,836 --> 00:23:29,671 Yep. And they're nailed down right here at 47 th and Ellis. 345 00:23:29,741 --> 00:23:33,700 Nailed down tighter than a pine coffin. 346 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:36,407 And I'm runnin' out of air, Cherea. 347 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:39,473 Oh, come on now. Everything's gonna be fine. 348 00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:42,247 That's what Mama used to say. 349 00:23:43,488 --> 00:23:47,686 She said, " You'll make it just fine, Lynell. 350 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:49,693 Just fine.'' 351 00:23:49,761 --> 00:23:51,991 [ Sam ] I'm sure she meant it too. 352 00:23:52,063 --> 00:23:54,588 She meant it until the day she decided to die. 353 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:58,126 People don't decide to die. 354 00:23:58,203 --> 00:24:00,671 Mama did. 355 00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:03,207 And you know what? 356 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:06,438 I think she was happy. Happy to be free. 357 00:24:06,511 --> 00:24:09,446 How could she be happy, Lynell? 358 00:24:09,514 --> 00:24:11,812 She had to leave behind a daughter that she loved. 359 00:24:11,883 --> 00:24:14,351 She hated him more. 360 00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:17,013 She tried to leave him once. 361 00:24:19,691 --> 00:24:22,057 She took me, and- 362 00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,623 and she tried to run away. 363 00:24:27,098 --> 00:24:29,965 But he brought us back. 364 00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:32,970 You know why? 365 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:35,131 Because he loved you? 366 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:40,406 Because he was afraid about what people would say about the righteous reverend... 367 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:43,346 if his wife ran off and left him. 368 00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:48,613 It didn't matter that she was unhappy, 369 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:51,588 that she had no life of her own. 370 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:54,648 The only thing that mattered... 371 00:24:54,726 --> 00:24:57,490 was what other people thought. 372 00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:03,524 That's when she decided to die. 373 00:25:05,136 --> 00:25:09,038 And so will I if we don't sing in this contest tomorrow night. 374 00:25:09,107 --> 00:25:12,838 Now, wait just a second. Singing in a contest isn't gonna save your life. 375 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:15,607 Yeah, but Bobby said- Wait. Wait. Wait. Forget about Bobby Lee. 376 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,080 Forget him. Forget about his contract. 377 00:25:18,149 --> 00:25:21,346 Today I talked to the head of Decca Records. 378 00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:24,388 He said that he would come and hear us sing. When? 379 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:27,857 Well, as soon as I can find us a club. Well, he can hear us sing at Bobby's club! 380 00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:30,417 No, no, no, not Bobby's. Not Bobby's. 381 00:25:30,495 --> 00:25:32,554 Come on! We don't have a choice! 382 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:39,666 All right. All right. We'll sing in the club. All right! 383 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:43,333 Now, wait a second now. You gotta promise me- no contract with Bobby Lee. 384 00:25:43,408 --> 00:25:46,002 What? And you have to finish high school. 385 00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:48,136 Oh, come on, Cherea. Now, Lynell, Lynell, please. 386 00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:51,478 You gotta trust me on this. You gotta meet your father halfway. 387 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:54,246 You finish high school, and I bet that he will let you sing. 388 00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:56,253 I can't change him, Cherea. 389 00:25:56,321 --> 00:25:58,881 Well, I think that's what I'm here for. 390 00:25:58,957 --> 00:26:01,187 What are you gonna do? 391 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:05,193 Well, I think, um, 392 00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:07,629 we should invite him to hear us sing. 393 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:10,133 Oh, are you crazy? It's the only way. 394 00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:13,534 Once he hears you sing, he will accept your career. 395 00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:16,836 And if you could accept his love- I don't know. 396 00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:19,399 It's the only way. 397 00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:21,502 All right. All right. 398 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:25,482 But if this doesn't work, we're gonna have to sign with Bobby. It doesn't work. 399 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:29,179 She signs with Bobby, and she has a miserable life. 400 00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:33,588 Well, I can't change history... until I talk to her father, right? 401 00:26:33,658 --> 00:26:37,116 Well, when do you plan on doing that? Tomorrow night before the show. 402 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:41,063 But we need some new choreography, some new steps for that new song we got. 403 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:43,430 You gotta come up with something for us. Okay, okay, okay. 404 00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:47,369 But what are you gonna do about the sleaze with the perfect teeth? What he doesn't know doesn't matter. 405 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:51,068 Look, the important thing is to keep Lynell out of his clutches, right? 406 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:54,305 Ziggy says this whole thing is gonna be a catastrophe. 407 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:57,940 Ziggy should have a little more faith in human nature. 408 00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:02,383 Ziggy says that's the problem. 409 00:27:04,255 --> 00:27:07,520 Arms go down... and walk 'em up... 410 00:27:07,592 --> 00:27:09,787 and a little more. 411 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:12,762 [ Grunting ] Flick it. 412 00:27:12,831 --> 00:27:15,527 And around and- 413 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,194 [ Laughing ] That felt much better. 414 00:27:18,269 --> 00:27:21,830 Maybe with the chorus this time. That was pretty smooth, ladies. 415 00:27:21,906 --> 00:27:23,897 [ Laughing ] Thanks, Rainey. 416 00:27:23,975 --> 00:27:28,071 Hey, Bobby. Bobby? Look. Look at these here, Bobby. 417 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:30,205 These charts are so hot... 418 00:27:30,281 --> 00:27:33,079 that, uh, I hope your girls can handle 'em. 419 00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:36,314 Lynell will do fine. That's all that matters to me. Hey, uh, Cherea. 420 00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:38,879 Hmm? Raineyjust made a pass on the chord sheet. 421 00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:41,585 - Do you wanna take a look at it. - Tell 'em to take five. 422 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:44,823 Yeah, okay. Okay. Uh, take five, everybody. 423 00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:47,057 I read music, right? 424 00:27:47,132 --> 00:27:49,623 You have a doctorate in it. That's good. That's- 425 00:27:49,701 --> 00:27:51,635 Okay, uh, Cherea? Mm-hmm. 426 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:53,671 Here it is. 427 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:58,638 Now, this is, uh-Yeah, right here is where we do the vamp. 428 00:27:58,710 --> 00:28:02,202 Yeah, that- that looks great. 429 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,441 This is where, uh, we were gonna change it and- 430 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:06,450 Right here. All right. All right. I see that. 431 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,543 You girls are good. 432 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,453 Yeah, but there's so much to do, and it's already 1 :00. 433 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:14,083 Ah, don't worry about it. You'll be perfect. Come here. 434 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:16,650 Where are we going? Trust me. 435 00:28:16,728 --> 00:28:18,696 I have a surprise for you. 436 00:28:23,601 --> 00:28:27,628 Oh, Bobby! They're beautiful! 437 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:31,733 Yeah. I had 'em made for this girl group that I was tryin' to put together, 438 00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:34,301 but, well, things didn't work out. 439 00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:36,779 I want you ladies to wear 'em tonight. 440 00:28:36,848 --> 00:28:39,248 Oh, Bobby! Now, look, it's just a loan... 441 00:28:39,317 --> 00:28:42,184 till, uh, you're under contract with me. 442 00:28:42,253 --> 00:28:44,915 Start makin' some real money. Then you can pay me back. 443 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:48,117 [ Sighs ] I- I don't know what to say. 444 00:28:49,994 --> 00:28:52,622 You don't have to say anything. 445 00:29:01,072 --> 00:29:03,802 Right. Will do. If there's a big applause from the crowd, have 'em jump right back in. 446 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:07,902 If we've really got the crowd, we'll come back in here at the bridge, all right? Okay. Smokin'! 447 00:29:07,979 --> 00:29:11,107 Yeah. You know, if you ladies pull this one off, 448 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:13,742 ain't nobody to stop you. 449 00:29:13,818 --> 00:29:17,049 That's what I'm countin' on. Can I keep this for a while? 450 00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:19,955 Yeah, why don't you do that. Thanks, Rainey. 451 00:29:20,024 --> 00:29:21,958 Is everything set? 452 00:29:22,026 --> 00:29:26,486 I don't know about everything, but, uh, these charts are... smokin'. 453 00:29:26,564 --> 00:29:28,930 [ Giggles ] 454 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,128 Well, we better get our chocolate behinds in motion, 455 00:29:32,203 --> 00:29:34,899 or else we're gonna look like a bunch of amateurs from the boonies. 456 00:29:34,973 --> 00:29:36,907 Oh, yeah, okay. 457 00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:38,943 Where's Lynell? Hmm? 458 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:40,944 Where's Lynell? I don't know where Lynell- You seen Lynell? 459 00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:43,503 No. Where is Lynell? 460 00:29:43,581 --> 00:29:46,641 I'll center in on her and, uh, give you a holler. Lynell? 461 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:49,812 Stop, Bobby, please! [ Grunting ] 462 00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:54,188 Hey! Hey! You keep your hands off her. This girl is 1 5 years old. 463 00:29:54,259 --> 00:29:57,456 What do you think you're doing? Hey! Hey! Bobby, please! Stop, Bobby! 464 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:59,963 Sam! Get back here right now! 465 00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:04,325 - What? What? - Sam, get this nozzle off of her! 466 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:09,165 Damn! Bitch, you better not ever put your hands on me again. 467 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,300 - And you keep your hands off of her. - I wasn't doin' nothin' she didn't want me to. 468 00:30:12,377 --> 00:30:16,074 - You were hurting me. - This is my club. If you want to sing here, you take whatever I dish out. 469 00:30:16,147 --> 00:30:18,707 - We don't need you or your club. - [ Lynell ] Cherea.! 470 00:30:18,783 --> 00:30:21,115 - I want an apology. - [ Laughing ] 471 00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:23,984 [ Al ] Don't do it. Don't- Look, we don't need this guy, okay? 472 00:30:24,055 --> 00:30:26,615 Then get outta here. But if you wanna sing here tonight, 473 00:30:26,691 --> 00:30:29,319 you'll be back here with an apology, or you can forget it. 474 00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:35,632 What have you done? 475 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:37,998 Saved your pretty little neck. What have I done? 476 00:30:38,069 --> 00:30:40,731 - Look, we gotta apologize. - Are you crazy? 477 00:30:40,805 --> 00:30:44,172 We don't need this guy. We'll get the guy from the record company to come- 478 00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:47,234 To do what? To come see us perform in my bedroom? 479 00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:50,440 Now, either you apologize with me, or I'm goin' on by myself. 480 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:55,375 - Now what? - She goes on by herself. 481 00:30:55,453 --> 00:30:59,048 Her father still breaks up the show, and she ends up alone. 482 00:30:59,123 --> 00:31:01,614 But now she- she ends up completely alone. 483 00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:05,288 She's got one last chance, Sam. You've got to speak to her father. 484 00:31:10,101 --> 00:31:15,004 Sylvia, oh, Sylvia, I miss you so much. 485 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:17,234 [ Chuckles ] 486 00:31:17,308 --> 00:31:20,038 I miss the way you used to laugh, the sound of your footsteps, 487 00:31:20,111 --> 00:31:22,602 the- the smell of your hair. 488 00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:27,179 Know what I miss most? 489 00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:30,187 I miss your wisdom. 490 00:31:30,255 --> 00:31:34,157 You always knew the right thing to say to Lynell. 491 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:37,160 She won't listen to me, you know. 492 00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:42,063 That child- She's got so much anger inside of her. 493 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:48,668 I used to think she was mad at you for dyin' and mad at me for lettin' you die. 494 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,470 But Lynell is- Mad at herself, Reverend. 495 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:59,147 [ Sighs ] I should have never, ever let Lynell take care of her mother. 496 00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:01,845 She was too young to see that kind of pain. 497 00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:07,520 My mom used to say that... 498 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:10,959 God only gives us what he thinks we can handle. 499 00:32:11,029 --> 00:32:14,362 She blames me, and now I've lost her. 500 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:17,731 No, you haven't. No. 501 00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:19,929 Not yet anyway. 502 00:32:20,004 --> 00:32:23,997 If I try to hold on to her, she'll just run away from me. 503 00:32:24,075 --> 00:32:26,509 Like your wife did? 504 00:32:26,577 --> 00:32:29,740 Sylvia was sick for a long time. 505 00:32:29,814 --> 00:32:33,716 I mean, she- she stopped seeing her friends. 506 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:37,118 She locked herself away from everybody. 507 00:32:37,188 --> 00:32:42,683 And when she found out she was dying, she tried to run away from me. 508 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:44,455 But Lynell said that you stopped them. 509 00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:46,463 Them? Yeah. 510 00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:49,125 She didn't take Lynell with her. 511 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,966 But Lynell said- That's what Lynell needed to believe. 512 00:32:53,037 --> 00:32:56,165 When her mother left, she cried for weeks. 513 00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:02,744 Ifinally found her in a hotel, 514 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:05,783 and I brought her back home. 515 00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:09,217 Lynell never left her side. 516 00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:11,312 Not until they came and took her away. 517 00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:17,226 She had a right to be angry, 518 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:19,889 because I left them there to face death... 519 00:33:19,964 --> 00:33:22,262 while I came and hid in my church. 520 00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:27,203 I couldn't- 521 00:33:30,308 --> 00:33:34,608 And now... I've lost my little girl too. 522 00:33:38,616 --> 00:33:42,848 Not if you stand by her. You tell her you want her to sing tonight, 523 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,184 that you want to be there to hear her. 524 00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:51,389 No, I can't. I can't do that. 525 00:33:51,462 --> 00:33:54,761 She has to finish school so she can become somebody. 526 00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:58,734 You've gotta trust her to find her own reasons to finish school. Let her make her own choices. 527 00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,567 Well, she's 1 5 years old. She has plenty of time to make her own choices. 528 00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:03,869 I know that, but- Right now... 529 00:34:03,941 --> 00:34:07,240 I'd like for her to live by mine, okay? 530 00:34:07,311 --> 00:34:09,939 Thank you. 531 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:18,583 What now? Ziggy says there's a 7 0% chance... 532 00:34:18,656 --> 00:34:21,056 that Lynell is going to go back to that club... 533 00:34:21,125 --> 00:34:23,992 and apologize to that slime bucket. 534 00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:26,394 She still goes on tonight? Yeah, but she goes on alone. 535 00:34:26,464 --> 00:34:29,297 And get this- She doesn't win, and then she gets even more desperate. 536 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:32,268 You've got to save her from this pervert, Sam. 537 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:42,412 [ Paula ] Why are you doing this? 538 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,415 - Doing what? - Don't play stupid with me, girl. 539 00:34:45,483 --> 00:34:48,043 You're gonna give it up to that creep so you can sing tonight. 540 00:34:48,119 --> 00:34:51,611 I'm not gonna give up nothin'. I'm gonna apologize so that we can sing. 541 00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:54,522 Don't use me for an excuse. If you wanna lay down with that old man, 542 00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:57,083 do it 'cause you want to, not for me and Cherea. 543 00:34:57,161 --> 00:34:59,356 Bobby's just mad at Cherea. 544 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:02,524 I'll tell him I'm sorry, and then everything'll be just fine. 545 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,591 But you shouldn't be sorry. 546 00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:07,536 Or did you forget what he tried to do? 547 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:11,272 I just wasn't ready for what he wanted. 548 00:35:12,477 --> 00:35:14,411 So are you ready now? 549 00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:17,880 'Cause if you go down there with a bunch of" I'm sorrys,'' he's gonna be all over you. 550 00:35:20,218 --> 00:35:22,482 - I'm only 1 5. - So what? 551 00:35:22,553 --> 00:35:26,114 To men like Bobby Lee, 1 5 is woman enough. 552 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:28,021 You're wrong. 553 00:35:28,092 --> 00:35:31,687 No, she's not. [ Scoffs ] Don't you start too. 554 00:35:31,762 --> 00:35:34,890 Bobby is a businessman who's trying to help us, 555 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:37,127 and y'all are talking about him like he's a dog. 556 00:35:37,201 --> 00:35:40,898 - If the name fits- - Look, some men think they can have whatever they want, 557 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:42,906 and they don't care who they hurt to get it. 558 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:45,238 - Bobby's not like that. - Yes, he is. 559 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:47,675 He respects my talent. I respect your talent, 560 00:35:47,745 --> 00:35:49,906 but I'm not gonna seduce you to prove it. 561 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:52,074 You're a girl. You know what I'm talking about. 562 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:55,586 - Now, you cannot go to Bobby by yourself. - I will if I have to. 563 00:35:57,989 --> 00:36:00,856 [ Sighs ] 564 00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:06,557 You can't go to Bobby by yourself, but you can go with us. 565 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,826 Then you'll come with me? [ Grumbles ] 566 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:11,698 - You gonna apologize to that fool? - I'm gonna do whatever Lynell needs me to do. 567 00:36:11,769 --> 00:36:15,205 Now, are you two gonna stare at me, or are you gonna help me win this contest? 568 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:18,106 * [ Man Singing ] 569 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:21,304 * [ Continues ] 570 00:36:32,590 --> 00:36:35,058 Fine as they come, baby. Fine as they come. 571 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:38,357 You mean as slime as they come.Jerk! 572 00:36:38,429 --> 00:36:41,626 Mr. Lee? "Fine as they come.'' Huh. 573 00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:44,031 The Dovettes are here. Good. 574 00:36:44,101 --> 00:36:46,365 Um, make sure they're in the pink sequins. 575 00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:49,065 I want 'em to look good when they come crawling. [ Laughs ] 576 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:51,233 Oh, Sam I hope you know what you're doing. 577 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:53,800 Mr. Lee? Can I talk to you for a second? 578 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:56,779 Uh-oh. Gooshie, center me on Sam. 579 00:36:56,847 --> 00:36:59,441 Reverend, Reverend, Reverend. 580 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:02,782 You know, you said some pretty ugly things to me the other day in your house. 581 00:37:02,853 --> 00:37:05,822 What I said to you yesterday has nothing to do with why I'm here right now. 582 00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:07,824 Oh, yeah? And what is that? 583 00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:11,828 [ Sighs ] My daughter wants very much to sing in your contest. 584 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,990 Well, that's up to her. No, that's up to you too. 585 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,899 I want you to tell her no. 586 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:22,065 [ Laughs ] Tell me something- Why would I do that? 587 00:37:22,139 --> 00:37:24,664 Because she's 1 5 years old. Let her grow up. 588 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:26,972 No, you let her grow up. 589 00:37:27,044 --> 00:37:31,674 Look, man, I-I got kids runnin' in and out of here every year. Lynell's got the gift. 590 00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:34,684 She'll have that same gift three years from now. 591 00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:39,155 She'll just be able to handle herself. Now, I'm asking you- 592 00:37:39,223 --> 00:37:41,714 I'm asking you as a father... 593 00:37:41,792 --> 00:37:43,783 who loves his daughter very much. 594 00:37:43,861 --> 00:37:47,194 Please help me. What's in it for me? 595 00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:53,260 All right. I'll make a deal with you. 596 00:37:53,337 --> 00:37:57,034 You get my daughter outta here, and I promise you I won't call the police... 597 00:37:57,108 --> 00:38:00,202 and tell them that you got minors in your club. 598 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:03,611 I don't need you to make any deals for me. 599 00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:06,878 Well? I'm waiting. 600 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:15,348 * [ Man Continues Singing ] We want to sing in your club. 601 00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:21,698 Please. 602 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:25,964 [ Audience Applauding ] And when you win, you sign a seven-year contract. 603 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:31,532 Lynell, I can't let you do this. I want to sing, Daddy. Please understand that. 604 00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:34,476 - Lynell- - Trust her, Reverend. All you have to do is trust her. 605 00:38:37,081 --> 00:38:40,244 [ Man ] Bobby, the Dovettes are up next. What you want me to do? 606 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:43,412 [ Audience Applauding Rhythmically ] 607 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:47,583 - Sing, baby. Sing with all your heart. - Oh, thank you, Daddy. 608 00:38:47,658 --> 00:38:49,819 - [ Lynell Laughing ] - I know you have to do it. 609 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,422 [ Bobby ] All right. Y'all feelin'good? 610 00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:55,761 I can't hear you. I said are y'all feelin' good? 611 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:58,267 [ Cheering ] Y'all put your hands together... 612 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:02,238 and get ready to party with the fabulous, vivacious Dovettes! 613 00:39:02,306 --> 00:39:05,275 [ Audience Applauding ] 614 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:09,370 Win this for me. I'll win for me, Bobby. Me. 615 00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:13,713 ♪ [ RandB ] 616 00:40:35,399 --> 00:40:38,857 You're right, Bobby. She's a star. Have her at the Regal tomorrow. 617 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:40,961 You got it, man. 618 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:52,382 * [ Ends ] 619 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,908 [ Audience Applauding, Cheering ] 620 00:40:57,221 --> 00:41:01,282 [ Lynell Squealing ] 621 00:41:01,358 --> 00:41:03,326 Man, we were bad! 622 00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:06,557 Sam! Sam! Sam! You're gonna go to the Regal. You won. 623 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:08,996 [ Lynell ] Where's my father? Forget him. 624 00:41:09,066 --> 00:41:12,900 Did you hear what I said? I'm gonna make you a star. 625 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:15,438 Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! 626 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:18,441 Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! Dovettes! 627 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:24,838 She's gone, Cherea. She's gone for good, you know. 628 00:41:28,185 --> 00:41:31,086 A prophet named Gibran once said, 629 00:41:32,389 --> 00:41:35,790 "Hold your children with open arms, 630 00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:39,523 and they will always know they can come home to you.'' 631 00:41:39,597 --> 00:41:43,465 No. No. Too much has gone on between us. 632 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:47,834 She'll never forgive me for loving her the only way I knew how. 633 00:41:47,905 --> 00:41:52,274 I'll miss her, Cherea. I'll miss that angelic face of hers. 634 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:56,746 I'll miss it. I'll never hear her sing again. 635 00:41:56,814 --> 00:41:59,510 ♪ [ Singing Gospel, Softly ] 636 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:32,825 I love you, Daddy. [ Sobbing ] I love you too, baby. 637 00:44:32,903 --> 00:44:35,872 I love you too. 638 00:44:54,191 --> 00:44:58,059 [ Gasping ] 639 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:18,212 [ Gasping, Stammering ] 640 00:45:26,857 --> 00:45:29,792 [ Choir Singing Gospel ] 641 00:45:41,872 --> 00:45:43,897 [ Singing Continues ] 642 00:46:54,878 --> 00:46:56,846 [ Ends ] 643 00:46:56,896 --> 00:47:01,446 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0