1 00:00:01,068 --> 00:00:04,655 Theorizing that one could time-travel within his own lifetime, 2 00:00:04,780 --> 00:00:07,991 Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap Accelerator 3 00:00:08,033 --> 00:00:09,660 and vanished. 4 00:00:14,581 --> 00:00:17,126 He woke to find himself trapped in the past, 5 00:00:17,209 --> 00:00:20,754 facing mirror images that were not his own, 6 00:00:20,796 --> 00:00:23,048 and driven by an unknown force 7 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:25,634 to change history for the better. 8 00:00:26,009 --> 00:00:28,387 His only guide on this journey is Al, 9 00:00:28,470 --> 00:00:30,556 an observer from his own time, 10 00:00:30,639 --> 00:00:32,891 who appears in the form of a hologram 11 00:00:32,975 --> 00:00:35,561 that only Sam can see and hear. 12 00:00:35,644 --> 00:00:39,773 And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, 13 00:00:39,857 --> 00:00:42,734 striving to put right what once went wrong, 14 00:00:42,860 --> 00:00:45,946 and hoping each time that his next leap 15 00:00:46,363 --> 00:00:48,657 will be the leap home. 16 00:01:08,510 --> 00:01:11,680 No fair, thinking about anything but us. 17 00:01:12,097 --> 00:01:13,640 You promised. 18 00:01:15,517 --> 00:01:17,311 Yeah, I guess I did. 19 00:01:17,561 --> 00:01:19,730 We get so little time together. 20 00:01:20,022 --> 00:01:23,442 I won't have you off thinking about anything but me. 21 00:01:25,736 --> 00:01:28,614 Okay, medical school. 22 00:01:28,864 --> 00:01:31,450 I won't be jealous of medical school. 23 00:01:43,545 --> 00:01:45,047 What are you doing here? 24 00:01:45,088 --> 00:01:47,257 Take them anyway you want, Papa Dee. 25 00:01:47,341 --> 00:01:49,009 No! 26 00:03:06,628 --> 00:03:10,632 Ray, no! No, make them stop! 27 00:03:10,757 --> 00:03:13,260 No! Lonnie, make them stop. 28 00:03:13,385 --> 00:03:15,637 - You make them stop. - They won't listen to me! 29 00:03:15,721 --> 00:03:18,015 - I wonder why? - Lonnie, please. 30 00:03:18,098 --> 00:03:19,933 Now it's, "Lonnie, please." 31 00:03:20,183 --> 00:03:23,895 What about when Lonnie said please stay away from his brother? 32 00:03:30,902 --> 00:03:33,989 I can't stay away from him. I love him. 33 00:03:34,072 --> 00:03:37,284 No. What you love is having a toy nigger 34 00:03:37,409 --> 00:03:39,453 to show off to your liberal, honky friends. 35 00:03:39,578 --> 00:03:40,787 Until she gets bored. 36 00:03:40,836 --> 00:03:42,372 Or 'til it ain't hip no more. 37 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:43,999 Then what happens to Ray? 38 00:03:44,124 --> 00:03:45,542 Isn't that my business? 39 00:03:45,667 --> 00:03:49,463 Not as long as I'm busting my ass to put you through med school, it ain't. 40 00:03:49,588 --> 00:03:52,507 She got your nose so wide open, you forgot what color you are? 41 00:03:52,544 --> 00:03:54,468 - What does color have to do with this? - Say what? 42 00:03:54,593 --> 00:03:56,970 You know, I think you choked him too long, Papa Dee. 43 00:03:57,054 --> 00:03:58,555 Not long enough. 44 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,517 Color shouldn't have anything to do with relationships. 45 00:04:05,145 --> 00:04:08,273 No one should know that better than us. 46 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,817 You've been sucking up to this white trash so long 47 00:04:10,901 --> 00:04:12,819 you're starting to sound like her. 48 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:14,237 He sounds like the future. 49 00:04:14,363 --> 00:04:15,697 Not my future. 50 00:04:15,781 --> 00:04:17,199 She's talking about mine. 51 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:18,575 Doing what? 52 00:04:18,784 --> 00:04:20,786 Dumping Mr. Charlie's bedpans? 53 00:04:20,869 --> 00:04:24,581 Yeah, man, your M.D. Ain't gonna stand for more than "Moving Doo-doo." 54 00:04:24,706 --> 00:04:27,584 Ray's good. He'll be able to practice anywhere in this country. 55 00:04:27,751 --> 00:04:29,294 He's already breaking barriers. 56 00:04:29,412 --> 00:04:32,381 You think that's what Mama and I busted our asses for all these years? 57 00:04:32,756 --> 00:04:34,800 To break honky barriers? 58 00:04:37,386 --> 00:04:39,221 Ray's staying here, 59 00:04:39,596 --> 00:04:42,182 taking care of his own people. 60 00:04:44,267 --> 00:04:45,352 That makes sense. 61 00:04:45,435 --> 00:04:47,437 - What about Boston? - Boston? 62 00:04:47,521 --> 00:04:49,856 You're gonna walk away from an internship at Brigham? 63 00:04:49,981 --> 00:04:51,233 Uh... 64 00:04:51,358 --> 00:04:53,026 You never said nothing about Boston. 65 00:04:53,151 --> 00:04:55,445 I must have forgot to tell you. 66 00:04:55,779 --> 00:04:58,990 What you forgot is who you are, nigger! 67 00:05:01,159 --> 00:05:03,036 We both know why. 68 00:05:04,788 --> 00:05:07,874 You're my brother, man, and I love you. 69 00:05:08,792 --> 00:05:10,544 But she goes, Ray. 70 00:05:11,169 --> 00:05:12,587 She goes, 71 00:05:13,588 --> 00:05:15,590 and you stay. 72 00:05:31,314 --> 00:05:33,734 This is Melvin the Magnificent 73 00:05:33,859 --> 00:05:37,612 and I know this heat's got all y'all hurt so bad. 74 00:05:37,738 --> 00:05:39,448 Have mercy on L.A. 75 00:05:39,531 --> 00:05:41,700 It's another hot one. 76 00:05:41,825 --> 00:05:43,827 Weatherman says it's over 100, 77 00:05:43,952 --> 00:05:45,787 and it's gonna stay that way. 78 00:05:45,912 --> 00:05:49,124 So I figure if we gotta be sweating all night, 79 00:05:49,249 --> 00:05:52,127 let it be in the arms of the one you love. 80 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:56,298 That's L-U-V. Right now it's 8:25, 81 00:05:56,423 --> 00:05:59,009 and the last little bit of summer sunshine 82 00:05:59,134 --> 00:06:01,011 is about to fall into the sea. 83 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:03,555 And I, Melvin the Magnificent, 84 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,475 want to have a word with all you fine party people 85 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,810 out there in party land. 86 00:06:08,935 --> 00:06:11,521 Now get yourself up close to the radio 87 00:06:11,605 --> 00:06:13,106 'cause I'm about to give you 88 00:06:13,190 --> 00:06:15,650 your party instructions for the night. 89 00:06:15,734 --> 00:06:17,611 The first thing you want to do 90 00:06:17,778 --> 00:06:20,655 is turn the lights to red, green and blue. 91 00:06:20,781 --> 00:06:24,117 Then when the mood is right and the moon is low, 92 00:06:24,242 --> 00:06:27,245 take your rhythm down to a grind 93 00:06:27,370 --> 00:06:29,247 that's real slow. 94 00:06:35,170 --> 00:06:36,630 - Susan... - Ray, 95 00:06:37,506 --> 00:06:40,967 no one has the right to tell you what to do with your life. 96 00:06:41,343 --> 00:06:44,596 Not Lonnie, not your mom, and not me. 97 00:06:47,766 --> 00:06:50,143 I just want to be part of your future. 98 00:06:50,602 --> 00:06:52,562 And it's not in Watts. 99 00:06:52,729 --> 00:06:56,221 Lonnie reminds me of that every time I look in his eyes. 100 00:06:59,611 --> 00:07:01,196 I love you 101 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:05,992 and I won't spend my life without you. 102 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:19,506 Susan! 103 00:07:26,304 --> 00:07:27,764 You told me this was over. 104 00:07:27,889 --> 00:07:28,932 We were studying and... 105 00:07:29,069 --> 00:07:30,988 I asked you to stay away from my daughter. 106 00:07:31,115 --> 00:07:33,340 - Now I'm telling you. - I don't think... 107 00:07:33,410 --> 00:07:34,896 I don't give a damn what you think. 108 00:07:34,974 --> 00:07:36,106 You just stay away from Susan. 109 00:07:36,231 --> 00:07:37,274 Stop it, Daddy. 110 00:07:37,399 --> 00:07:38,525 Not while you're under my roof. 111 00:07:38,650 --> 00:07:39,943 Then I'll move in with Ray. 112 00:07:40,068 --> 00:07:42,612 Wait a minute, don't you think we should talk about this? 113 00:07:42,737 --> 00:07:44,030 You don't want me to move in? 114 00:07:44,114 --> 00:07:45,198 I didn't say that. 115 00:07:45,282 --> 00:07:47,534 He doesn't want you in Watts any more than I do. 116 00:07:47,617 --> 00:07:48,910 I didn't say that, either. 117 00:07:48,994 --> 00:07:51,872 You stay away from him, and you stay out of that damn ghetto. 118 00:07:51,997 --> 00:07:53,456 I work there. 119 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:54,749 Susan, 120 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,169 coloreds are beating whites in Watts right now. 121 00:07:58,628 --> 00:08:00,255 You think they're not going to turn on you 122 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:02,549 because you volunteered during the summer? 123 00:08:02,674 --> 00:08:04,968 No, because it's the 20th century. 124 00:08:05,093 --> 00:08:07,304 Because this is Los Angeles, California, 125 00:08:07,429 --> 00:08:10,181 not Redneck, Mississippi, 100 years ago. 126 00:08:10,390 --> 00:08:12,726 Negroes and whites are getting married all the time. 127 00:08:12,851 --> 00:08:14,519 It doesn't matter anymore. 128 00:08:14,552 --> 00:08:15,845 It does to me. 129 00:08:17,397 --> 00:08:19,065 Now get in the house. 130 00:08:21,526 --> 00:08:22,986 Go on, Susan. 131 00:08:24,112 --> 00:08:25,363 We'll work this out. 132 00:08:25,488 --> 00:08:26,865 The hell you will. 133 00:08:27,157 --> 00:08:29,576 Go in the house, Susan. Please. 134 00:08:33,489 --> 00:08:38,168 Daddy, the only difference between you and Lonnie is the color of your skin. 135 00:08:49,888 --> 00:08:52,515 When you first started coming around here, 136 00:08:53,391 --> 00:08:58,313 I tried to deal with you as an individual. 137 00:08:59,189 --> 00:09:02,609 But then I realized I have to deal with you for what you are, 138 00:09:03,610 --> 00:09:06,363 a colored man who is going to hurt my daughter. 139 00:09:06,571 --> 00:09:08,281 I'd never hurt Susan. 140 00:09:08,406 --> 00:09:09,532 But they will. 141 00:09:09,658 --> 00:09:10,700 They? 142 00:09:10,825 --> 00:09:12,327 Your brothers, 143 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:15,080 as that fanatic, Malcolm X, calls them. 144 00:09:15,580 --> 00:09:17,082 They will hurt her. 145 00:09:17,832 --> 00:09:20,669 And there won't be a thing you'll be able to do to stop it. 146 00:09:52,951 --> 00:09:54,536 How's it going, kid? 147 00:09:55,036 --> 00:09:56,788 I'm black again, Al. 148 00:09:57,455 --> 00:09:58,957 I can tell. 149 00:09:59,290 --> 00:10:01,835 I'm a black man engaged to a white girl, 150 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:03,420 and nobody wants us together. 151 00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:05,046 Not her father or my brother, 152 00:10:05,171 --> 00:10:07,173 or any of his so-called friends. 153 00:10:07,298 --> 00:10:09,134 It's 1965, Sam, 154 00:10:09,259 --> 00:10:11,469 and California may be as far to the left 155 00:10:11,594 --> 00:10:13,388 as you can go without leaving the country, 156 00:10:13,471 --> 00:10:15,890 but there's still a lot of ignorance and bigotry. 157 00:10:16,141 --> 00:10:18,018 - What am I here to do? - We don't know. 158 00:10:18,101 --> 00:10:19,769 Ziggy's been running scenarios on the riot, 159 00:10:19,894 --> 00:10:22,147 but he hasn't figured out a way to plug you in yet. 160 00:10:22,397 --> 00:10:23,690 Riot? 161 00:10:23,815 --> 00:10:25,400 Don't you know where you are? 162 00:10:25,483 --> 00:10:26,651 Yeah, Watts. 163 00:10:26,776 --> 00:10:28,528 It's August 11, 1965. 164 00:10:28,659 --> 00:10:32,407 One of the worst riots this country's ever seen is about to go down, right here. 165 00:10:32,741 --> 00:10:34,159 I don't remember. 166 00:10:34,576 --> 00:10:37,746 A black man named Marquette Frye gets arrested in Compton. 167 00:10:37,829 --> 00:10:39,205 That lit the fuse. 168 00:10:39,330 --> 00:10:41,750 When it was over, 35 people were dead, 169 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,126 hundreds of people were injured 170 00:10:43,251 --> 00:10:46,254 and the main drag became known as Charcoal Alley. 171 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:47,964 It made me sick when it happened. 172 00:10:48,089 --> 00:10:49,591 Pushed the civil rights amendment 173 00:10:49,674 --> 00:10:51,092 and the voting rights bill through, 174 00:10:51,217 --> 00:10:52,510 then everything goes up in smoke. 175 00:10:52,635 --> 00:10:54,179 Maybe I'm here to stop the riots. 176 00:10:54,262 --> 00:10:57,057 You can't, Marquette just got arrested hours ago. 177 00:10:57,182 --> 00:10:58,933 It's already started. It's too late. 178 00:10:59,059 --> 00:11:00,560 I can warn people. I can warn them. 179 00:11:00,685 --> 00:11:02,729 Who'll listen to a fourth-year medical student? 180 00:11:02,854 --> 00:11:04,981 - Maybe my brother. - Lonnie? He's a militant. 181 00:11:05,106 --> 00:11:07,192 You're his little brother, he'll never listen to you. 182 00:11:07,317 --> 00:11:08,443 Nobody'll ever listen to you. 183 00:11:08,568 --> 00:11:10,028 Susan would. Susan? 184 00:11:10,111 --> 00:11:12,989 Have Ziggy run a scenario on me and Susan Bruster. 185 00:11:13,323 --> 00:11:15,033 You mean Ray and Susan? 186 00:11:15,116 --> 00:11:18,161 Yeah, right, yeah. She loves him so much, Al. 187 00:11:18,411 --> 00:11:19,871 When she looks at me, I feel like 188 00:11:19,996 --> 00:11:21,790 she wants to just crawl inside 189 00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:23,458 and never come out. 190 00:11:24,167 --> 00:11:26,586 Only one woman that ever looked at me like that. 191 00:11:27,003 --> 00:11:28,296 Bingo. That's it, Sam. 192 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:31,758 Ziggy says 87% you're here to keep Ray and Susan together. 193 00:11:32,008 --> 00:11:33,551 He lost Susan because of the riot 194 00:11:33,676 --> 00:11:37,263 and when he lost her, he lost his dream of becoming a doctor. 195 00:11:38,598 --> 00:11:40,475 That can't be right. She loves him too much... 196 00:11:40,558 --> 00:11:43,144 You haven't spent much time with her, how can you be sure? 197 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:45,063 No, no, she loves me, Al. 198 00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:46,648 Why do you say me? 199 00:11:46,731 --> 00:11:48,066 You mean Ray, don't you? 200 00:11:48,191 --> 00:11:50,110 That's the second time you've done that. 201 00:11:50,193 --> 00:11:51,903 Are you starting to fall in love with Susan? 202 00:11:52,028 --> 00:11:53,321 No, no. 203 00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:55,448 It's just that even though I've only been here a few hours, 204 00:11:55,573 --> 00:11:57,742 I can see how much she loves Ray. 205 00:11:57,826 --> 00:11:59,577 She wouldn't let anything come between them. 206 00:11:59,702 --> 00:12:02,705 The Watts riots were not just anything, Sam. 207 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:05,166 And we can't stop it? 208 00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:07,377 No. We would've had to come here 50 years ago. 209 00:12:07,502 --> 00:12:09,754 You said it started this afternoon when Frye was arrested. 210 00:12:09,879 --> 00:12:12,715 It started when the first black couldn't find a job 211 00:12:12,841 --> 00:12:14,259 or live where he wanted to. 212 00:12:14,342 --> 00:12:16,803 It started when the first baby went hungry. 213 00:12:16,886 --> 00:12:18,555 Or the first cop hassled some guy 214 00:12:18,638 --> 00:12:20,431 just because he was black. 215 00:12:21,432 --> 00:12:23,351 This match has been burning a long time, Sam. 216 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:25,687 All right, it's Dr. Moving Doo-doo. 217 00:12:25,812 --> 00:12:29,149 You know, I figured out exactly what your problem is. 218 00:12:29,399 --> 00:12:30,817 I... I don't... 219 00:12:31,067 --> 00:12:32,110 I don't have a problem. 220 00:12:32,193 --> 00:12:33,528 Be cool, Sam. 221 00:12:33,653 --> 00:12:37,615 You, my man, have forgotten the fine flavor 222 00:12:37,907 --> 00:12:40,952 of sweet brown chocolate, melting down 223 00:12:41,035 --> 00:12:43,204 to the rhythm of a 45. 224 00:12:44,581 --> 00:12:45,915 Oh, oh. 225 00:12:46,124 --> 00:12:49,043 - You need to party, my man. - Party? There's a riot starting. 226 00:12:49,127 --> 00:12:51,754 I know, it's right over at Cherry Hill's set. 227 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,006 Go with him, Sam. 228 00:12:53,131 --> 00:12:54,591 I got to get some data anyway. 229 00:12:54,674 --> 00:12:56,050 Come on. 230 00:12:56,217 --> 00:12:57,510 What about Susan? 231 00:12:57,594 --> 00:12:59,137 Forget Suzie Sunshine for one night. 232 00:12:59,220 --> 00:13:00,889 That's the data I'm gonna be getting. 233 00:13:01,055 --> 00:13:02,098 Don't leave me. 234 00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:03,975 Ain't nobody leaving you, young blood. 235 00:13:04,142 --> 00:13:05,810 You really do need a vacation. 236 00:13:05,894 --> 00:13:09,063 However, I, Dr. Dee, the Doctor of Love, 237 00:13:09,189 --> 00:13:13,151 prescribe one major dose of partying. Come on, let's get you a cherry... 238 00:13:21,534 --> 00:13:23,912 Get down, y'all. Cherry. 239 00:13:24,162 --> 00:13:26,998 Lord have mercy on my soul, 240 00:13:27,415 --> 00:13:30,001 Dr. Strangelove has come to party. 241 00:13:30,335 --> 00:13:32,837 Come on, sugar, I've been waiting for you. 242 00:13:33,922 --> 00:13:35,423 You know, um, 243 00:13:35,673 --> 00:13:37,634 I... I really should... 244 00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:42,222 Put your arms around me like you used to in high school, and dip. 245 00:13:43,306 --> 00:13:44,599 Uh... 246 00:13:45,099 --> 00:13:48,436 I really should go home and... and study. 247 00:13:48,519 --> 00:13:50,855 Good, I could help you. 248 00:13:50,980 --> 00:13:53,733 Like I used to with your anatomy lessons? 249 00:13:55,610 --> 00:14:00,198 I appreciate the offer, but I'm engaged. 250 00:14:01,282 --> 00:14:05,203 You mean to tell me you're gonna honestly marry that sugar-cookie? 251 00:14:05,703 --> 00:14:08,122 Susan is a... is a very nice girl. 252 00:14:08,331 --> 00:14:10,833 And so am I, if you let me show you. 253 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:14,254 I, uh, 254 00:14:15,129 --> 00:14:16,965 I really think that you would like her. 255 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:18,967 How am I supposed to find that out? 256 00:14:19,092 --> 00:14:20,718 Is she gonna invite me over for tea? 257 00:14:20,843 --> 00:14:23,805 Well, maybe. Or maybe... maybe you could invite her. 258 00:14:24,097 --> 00:14:27,517 Yeah, I'll put that on my social calendar. 259 00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:30,645 But, until then, uh, 260 00:14:30,895 --> 00:14:32,939 what if you and I... 261 00:14:35,191 --> 00:14:36,192 Hey, listen up. 262 00:14:36,317 --> 00:14:38,736 Hey, man, have you lost your mind? Don't bust up the party. 263 00:14:38,861 --> 00:14:40,029 The party's over! 264 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:42,699 It's my party, and it's not over until I say it's over. 265 00:14:42,824 --> 00:14:44,907 Shut up. Just shut up and listen. 266 00:14:44,946 --> 00:14:46,327 What's your problem, man? 267 00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:48,538 The streets are swarming with cops, man. 268 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:50,999 They're arresting brothers for walking down the streets. 269 00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:52,125 For what? 270 00:14:52,250 --> 00:14:53,876 For what? Does it matter? Does it ever matter? 271 00:14:54,002 --> 00:14:56,045 They beat a pregnant woman in the middle of a street 272 00:14:56,170 --> 00:14:59,090 because she tried to stop two cops from clubbing a black man. 273 00:14:59,215 --> 00:15:00,591 Lonnie, don't start this. 274 00:15:00,675 --> 00:15:02,093 Start what, man? 275 00:15:02,176 --> 00:15:03,803 Are we gonna let a bunch of honky cops 276 00:15:03,928 --> 00:15:05,555 stomp us into the ground, man, 277 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,807 'cause we're fighting back for once? 278 00:15:07,932 --> 00:15:10,643 We gotta take back our streets! 279 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:12,145 You can't go out there. 280 00:15:12,270 --> 00:15:14,063 If the police are beating and arresting people, 281 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:15,189 you're asking for it. 282 00:15:15,315 --> 00:15:17,150 It's the honky cops that are asking for it. 283 00:15:17,275 --> 00:15:18,860 Use your head. People are going to get hurt. 284 00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:20,320 He may be right, man. 285 00:15:20,445 --> 00:15:22,363 You think Mr. Charlie's right, Papa Dee? 286 00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:23,531 I didn't say that. 287 00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:25,616 It's not about right or wrong. It's about saving lives. 288 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:27,660 You've been running for Mr. Charlie for too long. 289 00:15:27,785 --> 00:15:30,079 He's been running us all too long. 290 00:15:30,204 --> 00:15:31,831 Telling us when to go home, 291 00:15:31,956 --> 00:15:34,500 when to go to work, when to breathe! 292 00:15:34,625 --> 00:15:36,044 We gotta take them down! 293 00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:38,004 Going out there is not the answer. 294 00:15:38,087 --> 00:15:40,715 You hide in this room, Ray. I can't. 295 00:15:40,798 --> 00:15:43,009 Not when the man is beating our women. 296 00:15:43,134 --> 00:15:45,678 Not when the man is imprisoning my brothers. 297 00:15:45,762 --> 00:15:48,806 I can't hide. I gotta fight! 298 00:15:52,185 --> 00:15:54,228 Move out of the way, chump! 299 00:15:56,898 --> 00:16:00,443 Lonnie, wait. Come on, Lonnie. Come on. 300 00:16:01,027 --> 00:16:03,292 - Sam! - Lonnie! 301 00:16:04,655 --> 00:16:07,492 Go home, get in your house, go get inside. 302 00:16:07,617 --> 00:16:09,660 Sam, there's nothing you can do. 303 00:16:10,328 --> 00:16:12,163 It's not your fault, Sam. 304 00:16:12,288 --> 00:16:13,956 You're not here to stop the riot. 305 00:16:14,082 --> 00:16:15,958 You're here to see that Ray and Susan stay together. 306 00:16:16,084 --> 00:16:17,460 People are dying, Al. 307 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:19,295 Well, Susan may be one of them. 308 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:20,546 What? 309 00:16:20,671 --> 00:16:23,049 I don't know. Ziggy's telling me now there's a 32% chance 310 00:16:23,174 --> 00:16:24,801 she could die in the next 48 hours. 311 00:16:24,926 --> 00:16:26,886 Is it something I did, some history that I changed? 312 00:16:27,011 --> 00:16:30,348 No, I don't think so. The... the odds are still heavy 313 00:16:30,473 --> 00:16:32,100 that you're here to keep them together, 314 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:33,810 but now there's this outside chance 315 00:16:33,935 --> 00:16:35,603 that maybe she could die. 316 00:16:35,686 --> 00:16:38,815 Ray! Thank God! 317 00:16:40,483 --> 00:16:42,151 What are you doing here? 318 00:16:42,443 --> 00:16:45,071 I saw what was happening on the news and I got so afraid. 319 00:16:45,196 --> 00:16:47,782 I had this feeling something terrible was going to happen to you. 320 00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:50,034 I tried to talk sense into her. 321 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:52,370 But she swore if I didn't bring her down here, 322 00:16:52,495 --> 00:16:53,871 she'd... she'd come on her own. 323 00:16:53,955 --> 00:16:55,873 She's lucky she made it here alive, Sam. 324 00:16:55,998 --> 00:16:57,291 You've got to go home. 325 00:16:57,417 --> 00:16:58,418 I can't. 326 00:16:58,501 --> 00:17:01,337 I left a note telling Daddy I'm staying with you. 327 00:17:01,796 --> 00:17:05,258 Negroes aren't the only ones going crazy tonight. 328 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:07,760 She quit tonight. 329 00:17:08,177 --> 00:17:11,222 She said, after 11 years, she didn't know who Daddy was. 330 00:17:14,183 --> 00:17:15,393 Susan. 331 00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:16,936 Susan, this is crazy. 332 00:17:17,061 --> 00:17:18,312 I've gotta get you home. 333 00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:19,814 Daddy was right. 334 00:17:20,064 --> 00:17:21,357 You don't love me, do you? 335 00:17:21,482 --> 00:17:22,608 This has nothing to do with love. 336 00:17:22,733 --> 00:17:24,152 It has everything to do with it. 337 00:17:24,235 --> 00:17:25,903 If you love me as much as I love you, 338 00:17:26,028 --> 00:17:27,738 you'll want me with you at a time like this. 339 00:17:27,822 --> 00:17:29,407 So that I can worry about you being hurt? 340 00:17:29,532 --> 00:17:31,200 Sam, carry on this discussion inside. 341 00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:33,369 Get her off the street before somebody sees her. 342 00:17:33,494 --> 00:17:34,912 You live over there, apartment 218. 343 00:17:34,996 --> 00:17:36,539 We've got to go inside. 344 00:18:06,944 --> 00:18:10,865 The mayor will request that the National Guard be called in, in the morning. 345 00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:15,453 Firebombings of retail stores and businesses continue in the meantime, 346 00:18:15,578 --> 00:18:17,663 with no ending in sight. 347 00:18:18,706 --> 00:18:22,084 Matty had me hide under an old quilt in the back seat. 348 00:18:22,210 --> 00:18:24,545 I almost told her to take me home, 349 00:18:25,129 --> 00:18:26,797 but I thought about you. 350 00:18:26,923 --> 00:18:28,341 About us. 351 00:18:28,466 --> 00:18:29,717 And none of it mattered. 352 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,177 It does matter. 353 00:18:31,552 --> 00:18:33,346 It's too dangerous for you here. 354 00:18:33,513 --> 00:18:36,807 People know me, Ray. I've worked all summer at the health center. 355 00:18:36,933 --> 00:18:38,643 Nobody cares about that now. 356 00:18:38,809 --> 00:18:40,353 This is a riot, Susan. 357 00:18:40,478 --> 00:18:42,438 People don't care about what you've done. 358 00:18:42,563 --> 00:18:44,565 They only see the color of your skin. 359 00:18:45,650 --> 00:18:48,986 I'm gonna figure out a way for you to get home, and I want you to stay there. 360 00:18:49,111 --> 00:18:50,821 - Not without you. - I gotta stay here. 361 00:18:50,988 --> 00:18:52,823 No, you don't. You don't belong here. 362 00:18:52,907 --> 00:18:54,408 You're better than this. 363 00:18:54,617 --> 00:18:56,744 We should get a place on campus until after our boards, 364 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:58,246 and then we go to Boston. 365 00:18:58,371 --> 00:19:00,248 - She could be right, Sam. - No. 366 00:19:00,456 --> 00:19:02,458 I can't explain it. I've got to stay. 367 00:19:03,751 --> 00:19:05,294 Then so will I, 368 00:19:05,419 --> 00:19:07,547 until I can talk some sense into you. 369 00:19:07,672 --> 00:19:10,758 Lonnie! Ray! 370 00:19:11,551 --> 00:19:13,010 Somebody! 371 00:19:15,555 --> 00:19:18,307 I think that's Ray's mother, your mother! 372 00:19:18,474 --> 00:19:21,519 We were coming up on the bus up Avalon. 373 00:19:21,727 --> 00:19:24,564 And all of a sudden there was all these people in the middle of the street. 374 00:19:24,689 --> 00:19:28,401 They were screaming, and throwing rocks and bottles at us. 375 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:32,488 I thought they were going to turn over that bus. 376 00:19:34,365 --> 00:19:38,536 They grabbed the driver, and they started breaking windows. 377 00:19:38,828 --> 00:19:41,038 There was police everywhere. 378 00:19:42,290 --> 00:19:44,834 I don't know how I got off that bus. 379 00:19:45,167 --> 00:19:48,754 I don't know how I even got home. 380 00:19:54,051 --> 00:19:57,471 Susan! Oh Lord, child, what are you doing here? 381 00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:00,016 I wanted to be with Ray. 382 00:20:00,141 --> 00:20:01,934 You got to get her out of here. 383 00:20:02,810 --> 00:20:04,937 They'll kill her if they see her. 384 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,610 Oh, Lord, what's that? 385 00:20:13,362 --> 00:20:17,491 What in God's name is happening to us? 386 00:21:01,118 --> 00:21:04,246 Ray. Ray, honey, wake up. 387 00:21:05,539 --> 00:21:07,958 The electricity came on around 7:00. 388 00:21:08,084 --> 00:21:10,378 I think the coffee's still hot. 389 00:21:10,878 --> 00:21:13,130 - What time is it? - 11:00. 390 00:21:13,214 --> 00:21:14,757 I tried to wake you, but... 391 00:21:14,829 --> 00:21:15,883 Where's Susan? 392 00:21:15,966 --> 00:21:18,719 I shooed her off to your room. She's still asleep. 393 00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:23,391 I guess I better call her father. 394 00:21:23,516 --> 00:21:24,767 It don't work. 395 00:21:24,892 --> 00:21:25,851 Huh? 396 00:21:25,935 --> 00:21:27,978 I saw the repair trucks, 397 00:21:28,896 --> 00:21:31,482 but folks pulled the driver out and... 398 00:21:31,565 --> 00:21:33,109 You know. 399 00:21:33,234 --> 00:21:36,654 Back in Marapossa it was the white man's hatred, 400 00:21:36,779 --> 00:21:40,199 now it's the Negroes angry about what's supposed to be. 401 00:21:40,616 --> 00:21:44,120 Seems no matter where we go, we can't get away from the hate. 402 00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:48,624 Maybe it's not the place that makes a difference, but the people. 403 00:21:49,625 --> 00:21:52,086 That's why you being a doctor here is so important. 404 00:21:52,211 --> 00:21:56,090 Show these kids in the street they can be somebody better. 405 00:21:56,757 --> 00:21:59,635 In a way, that's what Lonnie wants. 406 00:22:00,803 --> 00:22:02,763 That boy troubles me. 407 00:22:03,139 --> 00:22:05,182 So much hate and yet, he cares. 408 00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:07,476 He cares, Ray, or he wouldn't be working 409 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,520 so hard to put you through school. 410 00:22:11,731 --> 00:22:13,566 He's afraid I won't stay here. 411 00:22:13,691 --> 00:22:17,445 You won't go. I raised you better than that. 412 00:22:18,404 --> 00:22:19,947 You won't go. 413 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:23,826 God gave you a gift to make these streets better. 414 00:22:24,577 --> 00:22:26,120 You won't go, 415 00:22:28,956 --> 00:22:30,708 unless she takes you away. 416 00:22:30,833 --> 00:22:33,252 I just want what's best for Ray. 417 00:22:37,339 --> 00:22:39,467 I love Ray, Mama Harper, 418 00:22:39,550 --> 00:22:41,343 and I don't want to see him lose his chance 419 00:22:41,427 --> 00:22:42,678 to be someone great. 420 00:22:42,803 --> 00:22:44,346 He can be great right here. 421 00:22:44,513 --> 00:22:45,556 No, he can't. 422 00:22:45,681 --> 00:22:47,516 He can do good here, but he can't be great. 423 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,934 You know, um, 424 00:22:49,351 --> 00:22:53,189 sometimes... sometimes doing good is more important. 425 00:22:53,355 --> 00:22:55,733 Ray, do you want to spend your life in Watts? 426 00:22:55,858 --> 00:22:57,234 Raise our children in it? 427 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,029 Raising your children is going to be hard no matter where you do it. 428 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:01,155 Why? 429 00:23:01,238 --> 00:23:03,657 Because wherever you go, they won't fit in. 430 00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:06,202 They won't be black and they won't be white. 431 00:23:06,327 --> 00:23:07,578 They'll be human. 432 00:23:07,703 --> 00:23:09,789 Of course they'll be human, child. 433 00:23:09,854 --> 00:23:11,457 I'm talking about race. 434 00:23:11,582 --> 00:23:13,417 I know, but maybe 435 00:23:13,542 --> 00:23:16,837 if we teach our kids to say that they're human, 436 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:20,049 instead of black or white or red or yellow, 437 00:23:20,174 --> 00:23:22,092 maybe race won't matter. 438 00:23:22,551 --> 00:23:25,054 Huh. Not in my lifetime. 439 00:23:28,641 --> 00:23:30,476 Ray, what the hell is she doing here? 440 00:23:30,601 --> 00:23:32,853 What are you boys doing in my house with guns? 441 00:23:32,978 --> 00:23:35,022 She shouldn't be here, man. She could get hurt. 442 00:23:35,105 --> 00:23:37,149 Our brothers and sisters are dying out there 443 00:23:37,233 --> 00:23:38,442 and you're worried about this racist. 444 00:23:38,526 --> 00:23:39,777 Susan ain't no racist. 445 00:23:39,902 --> 00:23:41,070 What's she doing here, Ray? 446 00:23:41,195 --> 00:23:42,321 She came to be with me. 447 00:23:42,404 --> 00:23:44,990 Why, to ease your jones? 448 00:23:45,616 --> 00:23:49,078 Cut it, BB. See what her being here does? 449 00:23:49,203 --> 00:23:50,663 It's not her that does it. 450 00:23:50,788 --> 00:23:51,831 What happened? 451 00:23:51,956 --> 00:23:53,749 We burned out Weintraub's market. 452 00:23:53,874 --> 00:23:57,086 Mr. Weintraub's been in this store for over 30 years. 453 00:23:57,211 --> 00:23:58,712 Now, why? Why you have to burn him out? 454 00:23:58,838 --> 00:24:01,465 'Cause he's just another cracker stealing money from black folks 455 00:24:01,590 --> 00:24:03,300 and ain't giving a damn thing back. 456 00:24:03,384 --> 00:24:04,885 It was wrong. 457 00:24:04,975 --> 00:24:07,394 Junie Parsons has worked there, as long as I can remember. 458 00:24:07,471 --> 00:24:08,973 As a stock boy. 459 00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:11,976 Why don't you ask him how he feels not having a place to work anymore. 460 00:24:12,101 --> 00:24:14,728 You'd think that Jew would have trusted the man after 15 years. 461 00:24:14,812 --> 00:24:16,522 Taught him something other than sweeping up. 462 00:24:16,647 --> 00:24:19,650 Maybe he just needed someone to suggest the idea. 463 00:24:23,897 --> 00:24:26,156 - This is gonna need stitches. - Then sew it. 464 00:24:26,407 --> 00:24:29,285 Or has all that money that Lonnie's been working for 465 00:24:29,410 --> 00:24:32,246 to get you through medical school all these years been for nothing? 466 00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:34,915 You don't make it real easy to want to help you, BB. 467 00:24:34,992 --> 00:24:38,419 If gratitude ain't enough, do it because you're a black man and so is he. 468 00:24:38,502 --> 00:24:41,171 Being black has nothing to do with helping him. 469 00:24:41,505 --> 00:24:44,133 I'm doing it because, if I don't, he's gonna bleed to death. 470 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,968 I've got a sewing kit in my room. 471 00:24:46,093 --> 00:24:48,012 There's needles and sutures at the clinic. 472 00:24:48,137 --> 00:24:50,055 My God, that's where we should be. 473 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:52,135 If we can't stop what's happening out there, 474 00:24:52,182 --> 00:24:53,834 we can help the people it's happening to. 475 00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:56,812 How are we going to get in? Only Dr. Michaels has a key. 476 00:24:57,021 --> 00:25:00,149 One thing we don't need in Watts right now is a key. 477 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,849 Okay, let's take a look at this arm. 478 00:25:34,350 --> 00:25:37,061 All right. Yeah, okay. 479 00:25:37,353 --> 00:25:39,229 Susan, I'm gonna need some splints. 480 00:25:39,355 --> 00:25:41,023 We used the last one. 481 00:25:41,148 --> 00:25:42,816 I'll see if I can improvise something. 482 00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:44,276 Mama, get me some tape. 483 00:25:44,443 --> 00:25:45,527 Are you okay? 484 00:25:45,611 --> 00:25:48,197 No sleep. No food. I feel like a doctor. 485 00:25:48,322 --> 00:25:49,448 It's great. 486 00:25:49,573 --> 00:25:51,992 Somebody, please help my baby. 487 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:53,827 He's cut pretty bad, Ray. 488 00:25:53,953 --> 00:25:56,705 All right, you go take over there. I got him. I got him. Easy. 489 00:25:56,830 --> 00:25:58,624 All right, what happened? 490 00:25:58,707 --> 00:26:02,169 We were standing by the shoe store, and it just blew up. 491 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:04,338 Glass went flying everywhere. 492 00:26:05,756 --> 00:26:07,132 You're a lucky guy. 493 00:26:07,216 --> 00:26:08,801 A couple of stitches gonna take care of this. 494 00:26:08,884 --> 00:26:10,386 Susan, I need your help. 495 00:26:13,847 --> 00:26:15,808 Get that honky away from my son. 496 00:26:15,933 --> 00:26:17,434 Get away from my child. 497 00:26:17,518 --> 00:26:20,145 - She's going to help me. - I don't need no help from her. 498 00:26:22,272 --> 00:26:24,191 Wait, wait, wait, wait. 499 00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:26,735 Uh, 500 00:26:27,111 --> 00:26:28,904 Mama and I will take care of him. 501 00:26:29,029 --> 00:26:31,156 We'll take care of him, child. 502 00:26:31,407 --> 00:26:34,118 It's okay. It's okay. I got you. 503 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,662 Christopher. 504 00:26:36,870 --> 00:26:37,941 It's all right. 505 00:26:38,020 --> 00:26:39,544 Mama, get me scissors and sutures. 506 00:26:40,708 --> 00:26:41,917 Scissors. 507 00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:16,076 You see, Ray? 508 00:27:18,328 --> 00:27:20,414 You see what it would be like? 509 00:27:21,415 --> 00:27:22,833 Susan, 510 00:27:23,876 --> 00:27:26,336 you helped a lot of people today who appreciated It. 511 00:27:26,462 --> 00:27:28,047 Did they, Ray? 512 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:30,591 That's not what I saw in their eyes. 513 00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:33,135 I saw anger and hatred. 514 00:27:33,427 --> 00:27:36,096 They tolerated me only because they were hurting and needed help. 515 00:27:36,133 --> 00:27:37,221 That's not true. 516 00:27:37,264 --> 00:27:38,974 How would you know? You're one of them. 517 00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:45,522 You're tired, or you wouldn't be talking like this. 518 00:27:46,648 --> 00:27:49,151 Maybe that's when the truth comes out. 519 00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:53,614 I can't go through life fighting people 520 00:27:53,739 --> 00:27:56,492 who hate me for the color of my skin. 521 00:28:00,329 --> 00:28:03,373 I think that's how everybody in Watts must feel tonight. 522 00:28:03,540 --> 00:28:05,292 Your mother was right. 523 00:28:05,959 --> 00:28:08,670 We'll never be just a husband and wife. 524 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:12,174 We'll be a black husband and a white wife. 525 00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:15,260 And neither race will ever let us forget it. 526 00:28:16,011 --> 00:28:18,055 All that matters is that we do. 527 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:21,683 I'm not sure anymore, Ray. I'm just not sure. 528 00:28:22,101 --> 00:28:24,061 Ray! Ray! 529 00:28:24,186 --> 00:28:26,105 He's bleeding bad, man. 530 00:28:27,481 --> 00:28:29,900 Mama, get me a tourniquet. 531 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,277 Please, don't let me die. 532 00:28:32,528 --> 00:28:34,071 It's okay, Papa Dee. It's okay. 533 00:28:34,196 --> 00:28:35,572 Hey, he don't need your help, honky. 534 00:28:35,697 --> 00:28:36,865 Damn it, BB! Back off! 535 00:28:36,990 --> 00:28:38,408 He's lost a lot of blood. 536 00:28:38,492 --> 00:28:39,952 Talk to me, man. 537 00:28:40,077 --> 00:28:41,537 The bullet severed his femoral artery. 538 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:43,122 We've got to get him to a hospital. 539 00:28:43,539 --> 00:28:44,998 My car's burned, man. 540 00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:47,126 - Well, call an ambulance! - The phones are dead. 541 00:28:47,209 --> 00:28:48,877 Then we'll carry him. Come on. 542 00:28:49,002 --> 00:28:50,754 LA General's the nearest hospital. 543 00:28:50,879 --> 00:28:52,339 That's five miles, man. 544 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:54,633 If we don't get him to an operating room fast, he's gonna die! 545 00:28:54,716 --> 00:28:55,843 Go to the police. 546 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:57,094 They can take him to a hospital. 547 00:28:57,136 --> 00:28:58,320 They're the ones that shot him! 548 00:28:58,345 --> 00:29:00,347 She's right. Now call the police. 549 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:01,682 No. 550 00:29:02,724 --> 00:29:05,144 Fine, if you won't, I will. 551 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:11,099 It's too late. He's dead. 552 00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:14,653 Damn it, he can't be dead. 553 00:29:16,780 --> 00:29:18,282 He can't be. 554 00:29:22,202 --> 00:29:23,412 I'll go to the police. 555 00:29:23,537 --> 00:29:25,038 Come on, get him to a hospital. 556 00:29:25,122 --> 00:29:27,749 Get him to a hospital. 557 00:29:28,542 --> 00:29:30,127 He's dead, Lonnie. 558 00:29:36,884 --> 00:29:38,260 No. 559 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:46,476 No! 560 00:29:46,768 --> 00:29:48,770 This is all your fault, you know that? 561 00:29:48,854 --> 00:29:50,480 No! It's your fault! 562 00:29:50,606 --> 00:29:52,733 Papa Dee didn't want to go with you and Lonnie. 563 00:29:52,816 --> 00:29:54,276 He went because he believed in you. 564 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:55,736 And you were wrong. 565 00:30:01,116 --> 00:30:03,452 You were wrong, and he's dead. 566 00:30:09,416 --> 00:30:11,793 No more black people die. 567 00:30:12,002 --> 00:30:14,087 I pray to God you're right. 568 00:30:14,213 --> 00:30:15,923 I'm right, Mama. 569 00:30:16,798 --> 00:30:20,135 I'm gonna see no more black people die. 570 00:30:22,346 --> 00:30:23,555 Lonnie. 571 00:30:24,681 --> 00:30:27,184 Any more brothers die, 572 00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:30,938 then she dies. 573 00:30:31,313 --> 00:30:32,522 Ray. 574 00:30:35,984 --> 00:30:37,402 Ray. 575 00:30:42,658 --> 00:30:44,326 I've got to go get them, BB. 576 00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:47,412 You move and I'll blow you in two, man. 577 00:30:47,537 --> 00:30:50,123 Lonnie can't stop the killing by threatening her. 578 00:30:50,666 --> 00:30:52,709 He'll just end up getting them both killed. 579 00:30:52,834 --> 00:30:54,461 Lonnie's ready to die. 580 00:30:54,795 --> 00:30:56,421 Well, Susan's not. 581 00:30:57,214 --> 00:30:59,174 Don't make me do this, Ray, man. 582 00:30:59,299 --> 00:31:01,009 You ain't gonna kill my boy. 583 00:31:07,015 --> 00:31:09,810 Stop it, BB. BB, I said, stop it. 584 00:31:20,904 --> 00:31:22,364 Go find them, Ray. 585 00:31:23,865 --> 00:31:25,701 Where'd he take her, BB? 586 00:31:29,371 --> 00:31:30,998 I don't know. 587 00:31:37,504 --> 00:31:38,839 Fools. 588 00:31:40,590 --> 00:31:43,343 You boys are all fools. 589 00:31:50,017 --> 00:31:53,270 This is the police. Return to your homes. 590 00:31:53,395 --> 00:31:55,897 Return to your homes. 591 00:31:59,234 --> 00:32:01,361 Looters will be shot on sight. 592 00:32:01,486 --> 00:32:03,739 Return to your homes. 593 00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:14,499 Freeze. Stop where you are. 594 00:32:26,428 --> 00:32:27,846 Al. 595 00:32:27,929 --> 00:32:29,306 God. 596 00:32:29,389 --> 00:32:31,600 Susan, where's Susan? 597 00:32:31,725 --> 00:32:32,726 You don't know? 598 00:32:32,809 --> 00:32:33,852 Lonnie took her hostage. 599 00:32:33,977 --> 00:32:36,313 He said he's gonna execute her if another black is killed. 600 00:32:36,396 --> 00:32:38,231 - So that's what happened. - What? 601 00:32:38,350 --> 00:32:42,736 That's what I came to tell you. The odds of Susan dying just jumped up to 82%. 602 00:32:42,819 --> 00:32:44,154 Can Ziggy get a lock on her? 603 00:32:44,279 --> 00:32:45,781 He could barely get a lock on you. 604 00:32:45,906 --> 00:32:48,033 That's what took me so long to get back to you. 605 00:32:55,248 --> 00:32:57,084 Get out of here quick. It's the cops. 606 00:32:57,209 --> 00:32:59,044 Run! Run! Go. 607 00:32:59,169 --> 00:33:01,088 Come on, let's go. Let's go. 608 00:33:06,927 --> 00:33:08,804 Rumors are rampant. 609 00:33:08,893 --> 00:33:12,808 One of the most disturbing is that the white daughter of a police captain 610 00:33:12,933 --> 00:33:16,520 is being be held hostage in Watts and will be executed 611 00:33:16,645 --> 00:33:19,106 if another Negro is killed by police. 612 00:33:19,314 --> 00:33:21,191 BB got the word out. 613 00:33:22,984 --> 00:33:24,945 Daddy can't stop this. 614 00:33:26,405 --> 00:33:28,240 You better pray he can. 615 00:33:29,116 --> 00:33:32,202 Killing me will only make it worse. 616 00:33:33,203 --> 00:33:34,496 For who? 617 00:33:42,045 --> 00:33:43,672 Look out there. 618 00:33:44,881 --> 00:33:47,092 You think it can get any worse than that? 619 00:33:47,926 --> 00:33:49,136 No. 620 00:33:57,352 --> 00:34:00,355 How is killing me going to stop it? 621 00:34:03,733 --> 00:34:05,110 When a nigger is shot, 622 00:34:05,235 --> 00:34:08,113 Mr. Charlie says, "Too bad, what a shame." 623 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:14,661 Then the next day, he forgets it ever happened. 624 00:34:16,872 --> 00:34:19,666 But when a honky's shot, it's different. 625 00:34:20,917 --> 00:34:23,712 Especially if she's the daughter of a police captain. 626 00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:29,426 Then, Mr. Charlie realizes he's gone too far. 627 00:34:29,551 --> 00:34:31,219 Pushed too hard. 628 00:34:31,344 --> 00:34:33,388 You know they'll come after you. 629 00:34:33,472 --> 00:34:35,015 I'm ready. 630 00:34:36,558 --> 00:34:38,852 You're going to kill me, no matter what. 631 00:34:39,269 --> 00:34:41,938 If your daddy stops murdering my people, I'll let you go. 632 00:34:42,063 --> 00:34:44,858 He can't stop what's happening out there. 633 00:34:47,319 --> 00:34:48,528 No. 634 00:34:51,072 --> 00:34:53,325 I don't suppose he can. 635 00:35:10,759 --> 00:35:12,802 Sam, over here. 636 00:35:12,928 --> 00:35:14,804 Ziggy found her. They're in your apartment. 637 00:35:14,888 --> 00:35:16,097 I'm lost, Al. 638 00:35:16,223 --> 00:35:18,225 It's two blocks east, one block north. 639 00:35:18,433 --> 00:35:19,476 Go to her. 640 00:35:19,601 --> 00:35:20,894 I'm gone. 641 00:35:59,933 --> 00:36:01,977 Take it easy, Paul. We'll find her. 642 00:36:02,102 --> 00:36:03,728 Can you stifle the reporters? 643 00:36:03,853 --> 00:36:05,730 We asked the media to withhold announcing 644 00:36:05,855 --> 00:36:08,149 any more deaths until Susan is safe. 645 00:36:08,316 --> 00:36:10,277 I've ordered my men to pull back 646 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,945 and to fire only if fired upon. 647 00:36:12,070 --> 00:36:13,530 Paul, you can't do that. 648 00:36:13,697 --> 00:36:16,199 The hell I can't. That's my daughter. 649 00:36:31,506 --> 00:36:32,799 Where's Susan? 650 00:36:32,966 --> 00:36:35,135 Ray! Ray, look at me. 651 00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:36,678 Where's Susan? 652 00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:38,888 Lonnie's got her. 653 00:36:38,972 --> 00:36:40,765 That bastard. 654 00:36:41,141 --> 00:36:43,226 He... he just wants the killing to stop. 655 00:36:43,351 --> 00:36:44,978 Tell me where he's got her. 656 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,606 - Tell me. - Not unless I go with you. 657 00:36:47,731 --> 00:36:49,065 Ray! 658 00:36:49,274 --> 00:36:52,152 Where is she, please? 659 00:36:55,655 --> 00:36:57,032 No! 660 00:37:00,493 --> 00:37:02,746 Come on, guys, lets go. Come on. 661 00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:05,874 Come on, come on, move it. 662 00:37:06,333 --> 00:37:07,876 He's my brother. 663 00:37:10,545 --> 00:37:14,382 If anyone can stop him, I can. 664 00:37:14,466 --> 00:37:16,718 Move it! Move it! 665 00:37:26,686 --> 00:37:30,231 There have been no reported deaths in the last two hours, 666 00:37:30,357 --> 00:37:32,942 but the violence seems to be escalating. 667 00:37:33,568 --> 00:37:36,988 The National Guard will be called in by morning. 668 00:37:37,238 --> 00:37:38,907 Come on, Sam. Come on. 669 00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:41,034 This is the police, Lonnie. 670 00:37:41,326 --> 00:37:42,827 Put your weapon down 671 00:37:42,911 --> 00:37:47,165 and step to the window, with your hands on your head. 672 00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:53,046 Damn! 673 00:37:57,437 --> 00:37:59,731 - Sir. - Oh, thank God! 674 00:37:59,844 --> 00:38:02,263 He's holding her in that second-floor apartment. 675 00:38:04,808 --> 00:38:06,226 That roof will do. 676 00:38:07,602 --> 00:38:09,437 That's my daughter up there. 677 00:38:09,771 --> 00:38:11,898 I won't shoot unless it's a sure kill. 678 00:38:11,940 --> 00:38:13,400 You! Get back there. 679 00:38:13,525 --> 00:38:15,318 Clear those civilians out of there, now. 680 00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:20,407 Lonnie. 681 00:38:23,076 --> 00:38:24,661 It's Ray. 682 00:38:25,662 --> 00:38:26,913 I'm coming in. 683 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:29,082 He's right behind the door. 684 00:38:29,207 --> 00:38:32,711 Police are asking onlookers to please stay clear 685 00:38:32,836 --> 00:38:34,587 of the Watts and Compton area 686 00:38:34,671 --> 00:38:36,923 unless you have specific business... 687 00:38:40,593 --> 00:38:42,011 There's no way out. 688 00:38:42,137 --> 00:38:44,639 We have the building surrounded. 689 00:38:48,351 --> 00:38:50,186 Traitors get shot. 690 00:38:50,311 --> 00:38:52,105 I didn't betray you, Lonnie. 691 00:38:52,188 --> 00:38:53,940 No, what do you call it, then? 692 00:38:54,023 --> 00:38:56,234 We don't need more killing, Lonnie. 693 00:38:56,359 --> 00:38:58,153 It was the only way I could get to you. 694 00:38:58,319 --> 00:39:02,824 Get to me? You can't get to me, nigger. 695 00:39:04,284 --> 00:39:06,432 He doesn't want to be stopped, Ray. 696 00:39:06,828 --> 00:39:08,747 He wants to die. 697 00:39:09,289 --> 00:39:10,790 I think she's right, Sam. 698 00:39:10,915 --> 00:39:12,459 I think he wants to be a martyr. 699 00:39:12,542 --> 00:39:14,294 Is that right, Lonnie? 700 00:39:15,253 --> 00:39:17,505 Let the girl go. 701 00:39:17,881 --> 00:39:19,632 You want to be a martyr? 702 00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:22,719 Me, a martyr? 703 00:39:24,471 --> 00:39:27,098 Well, man, Watts is full of martyrs. 704 00:39:27,182 --> 00:39:29,184 They don't need me to join them. 705 00:39:29,392 --> 00:39:30,852 Then, why? 706 00:39:31,352 --> 00:39:33,646 I'm tired of talking about why. 707 00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:35,565 Tired or scared? 708 00:39:36,107 --> 00:39:38,651 I ain't afraid of nothing. 709 00:39:39,861 --> 00:39:41,613 Except living. 710 00:39:57,086 --> 00:40:01,132 You can die for Watts, but can you live for it? 711 00:40:01,257 --> 00:40:03,259 You're talking like a fool. 712 00:40:03,384 --> 00:40:05,136 You're acting like one. 713 00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:09,224 I need you, Lonnie. 714 00:40:11,738 --> 00:40:13,322 Mama needs you. 715 00:40:14,062 --> 00:40:15,772 We all need you. 716 00:40:18,066 --> 00:40:20,485 We need you to make people listen. 717 00:40:23,530 --> 00:40:25,990 I think you're reaching him, Sam. 718 00:40:34,415 --> 00:40:36,376 Give me the gun, Lonnie. 719 00:40:38,044 --> 00:40:39,629 Please. 720 00:40:40,672 --> 00:40:43,508 Her daddy's killing us out there. 721 00:40:43,591 --> 00:40:45,635 Then, be better than he is. 722 00:40:46,511 --> 00:40:49,556 Be more just and more right 723 00:40:50,223 --> 00:40:51,850 and stay alive to make sure 724 00:40:51,975 --> 00:40:54,352 that what happens out there never happens again. 725 00:40:54,561 --> 00:40:58,773 Snipers on the corner of 103rd and Compton were shot 726 00:40:58,857 --> 00:41:01,693 after an intense gun battle with police. 727 00:41:01,818 --> 00:41:04,654 The snipers were taken to LA General 728 00:41:04,737 --> 00:41:07,949 where their condition is unknown at this time. 729 00:41:08,116 --> 00:41:09,617 Unknown? 730 00:41:09,742 --> 00:41:11,119 ...bring you updates on their condition... 731 00:41:11,244 --> 00:41:13,538 Those brothers are dead. 732 00:41:24,591 --> 00:41:26,926 Come on, move your head out of the way. 733 00:41:27,302 --> 00:41:29,053 I love her, Lonnie. 734 00:41:32,265 --> 00:41:34,017 And I can't believe 735 00:41:34,142 --> 00:41:36,936 that my brother would murder what I love. 736 00:41:58,207 --> 00:41:59,918 Madness. 737 00:42:02,837 --> 00:42:05,423 So much pain. 738 00:42:07,634 --> 00:42:09,052 Madness. 739 00:42:18,311 --> 00:42:19,854 Thank God. 740 00:42:24,192 --> 00:42:28,655 Get out of my face, both of you. 741 00:42:29,614 --> 00:42:32,325 Just get out of my face. 742 00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:57,308 He let me go! He let me go! 743 00:43:01,562 --> 00:43:04,941 Oh, God, I'm sorry. 744 00:43:05,733 --> 00:43:07,735 I'm so sorry. 745 00:43:13,908 --> 00:43:16,202 You didn't have to kill him. 746 00:43:17,829 --> 00:43:20,123 He was going to shoot you, Susan. 747 00:43:20,206 --> 00:43:22,959 No! He let me go! 748 00:43:23,251 --> 00:43:24,711 We didn't know that. 749 00:43:24,794 --> 00:43:26,045 Why? 750 00:43:28,006 --> 00:43:30,299 Why does he have to die? 751 00:43:32,093 --> 00:43:34,303 I don't know. 752 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:39,809 It can't be for nothing, Al. 753 00:43:41,561 --> 00:43:44,188 I can't let his death be for nothing. 754 00:43:45,273 --> 00:43:47,483 I have to stay in Watts, 755 00:43:48,526 --> 00:43:50,028 be a doctor. 756 00:43:50,153 --> 00:43:52,697 Ray has to stay in Watts, not you. 757 00:43:52,780 --> 00:43:54,032 I have to stay. 758 00:43:54,115 --> 00:43:57,035 No. We have to stay... 759 00:43:57,910 --> 00:43:58,953 together. 760 00:43:59,037 --> 00:44:00,204 Susan. 761 00:44:00,329 --> 00:44:02,081 I'm staying. 762 00:44:04,333 --> 00:44:07,879 Sam, you did it. 763 00:44:09,213 --> 00:44:11,007 Is it enough, Al? 764 00:44:15,928 --> 00:44:17,555 Is it enough? 765 00:44:47,627 --> 00:44:52,131 And now for the Sword of Doom! 766 00:44:52,507 --> 00:44:53,841 Doom? 767 00:44:55,718 --> 00:45:00,973 Ladies and gentlemen, the Great Spontini! 768 00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,190 Oh, boy.