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♪♪

♪ I bet we've been
together for a million years ♪

♪ And I bet we'll be
together for a million more ♪

♪ Oh, it's like I
started breathing ♪

♪ On the night we kissed ♪

♪ And I can't remember
what I ever did before ♪

♪ What would we do,
baby, without us? ♪

♪ What would we do,
baby, without us? ♪

♪ And there ain't no nothing we
can't love each other through ♪

♪ What would we do,
baby, without us? ♪

♪ Sha-la-la-la. ♪

Last week on Family Ties:

Ever since Gus and Maya
Thompson moved in here

to this neighborhood,

they have been
threatened and harassed

with hate mail
and-and phone calls.

I hope that we in
this neighborhood

can continue to live in harmony

and to sell our homes
to people of all creeds

and all colors, all races...

at tremendously
inflated profits.

I am moving out now.

And there's a lot of
you in this room here

who are gonna be following me,

even if you're too
ashamed to admit it.

Right now, I'm not so sure

that staying here is the
best thing for us to do.

Boy, that is the worst
neighborhood meeting

I have ever been to.

I think so, too.

Why can't we live
in a neighborhood

full of nice, thoughtful people

who care more about others
than they do about themselves?

One where people
say, "Hi, neighbor.

"How you doing there, neighbor?

Glad to see you here, neighbor."

In other words, Dad,

you want to live in
Mr. Rogers' neighborhood.

Well, you've got to admit,
Alex, it's a real nice place.

♪ It's a beautiful day
in the neighborhood ♪

♪ Beautiful day
for a neighbor. ♪

It's a beautiful day at
the funny farm, too, Dad.

Well, I'm so upset
with those people.

We... we've known Phil
and Nancy how many years?

How can they sit there
and say that they're thinking

of moving if their
property value goes down?

I know. It makes me want

to put our house up
for sale and move out.

I feel the same way.

Wait. If we move, won't it
look like we're running away

from the Thompsons, too?

She's right.

We can't move unless
the Thompsons move.

And if the Thompsons
stay, we can stay.

Well, what if the Thompsons
decide to live here

in the summers and
somewhere else in the winters?

We'd go with them.

I guess we were pretty naive
when we urged Gus and Maya

to move into this neighborhood.

Sure, you're
naive, Mom, but I...

I mean, nobody who
came of age in the '60s

has a great deal
of savoir faire.

It's true.

I mean, you two don't
have a whole lot of...

that stuff.

Four years of French
at Grant College,

ladies and gentlemen.

You know, I never
really thought of it before,

but why do we live in an
all-white neighborhood?

You don't remember,
Jen, but it wasn't all white

when we moved in here.

That's one of the
reasons we liked it.

Oh, I remember
when I was little,

I had this, uh, friend down
the street named Maggie.

And one day, she asked me

how come my skin
wasn't black like hers.

And the only reason
I could think of

is that we washed
with Ivory soap

and it was dyeing my skin.

It's a good thing you
didn't use Selsun Blue.

Do you know, if we
could just hold on

to that kind of
innocence all our lives,

then there wouldn't
be any discrimination.

I mean, people would be
accepted for their character

and not their color.

I mean, how many years
can some people exist

before they're
allowed to be free?

♪ The answer, my friend ♪

♪ Is blowing in the wind ♪

♪ The answer is
blowing in the wind ♪

Okay, you finished? Huh?

♪ How many roads
must a man walk down... ♪

Oh, come on. Snap
out of it. That is old.

I think we should go across
the street and apologize

to Gus and Maya for
getting them into this mess.

I feel responsible.

I don't think we should
bother them right now, Elyse.

They probably want to be
alone to, uh, discuss things.

Oh, you're probably right.

If we went over there,
we'd just wind up interfering.

And they have to decide
what's best for them.

Is it possible
that they're really

going to mind
their own business?

No, way, Jen.

I mean, look at
them eyeing the door.

See that? See Dad's left foot?

See he's starting
to make a move?

Any minute, Mom's gonna
put down the coffee cup

and say something like...

I could use some fresh air.

How about a walk?

And then he'll say...

A walk?

Good idea. Let's go.

You two are good.

One in favor of moving.

One not in favor of moving.

And one more in favor of moving.

Well, it looks
like we have a tie.

Since when does
two-to-one make a tie, Dad?

Well, I had to
disqualify this one

because of poor penmanship.

You always were
a poor loser, Gus.

Look, I know you
both want to move,

but I'm afraid that
if we let ourselves

be run out of our home,

we're never gonna be able
to hold our heads up again.

Dad, don't let pride
get in the way here.

We're talking about your safety.

Look, I'm not
talking about pride.

I'm talking about
simple human dignity.

Tell me, Dad.

How dignified do you feel
when you hear somebody

shouting racist
slogans in your ear

every time you
pick up that phone?

How'd you do that?

Uh-uh. Let me, Maya.

Hello.

Oh?

I see.

Uh-huh.

Well, uh, okay, uh,
thanks for the warning.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
uh-huh, we'll be on guard.

What was the warning about?
Should we call the police?

Alex thinks so.

He says Steven and
Elyse are coming over.

They've been singing some
of those white protest songs.

Let's make a run for it.

I work with the guy.

You two save yourselves.

Ah. We were taking a walk,

and we suddenly remembered
we wanted to borrow a...

A ladder.

Okay, uh, let's go
around back to the garage.

Oh, uh, we don't need
that right this minute.

Next week would be fine.

Our climbing plans are loose.

Oh, okay.

Well, then, uh, you might
as well come in, then.

Oh, uh, well, I guess we could
do that, couldn't we, Elyse?

Uh, we could.

Yeah, yeah, let's... All right.

- Hey, we're in, we're in.
- Hi, Maya.

Hi, Elyse.

Steve, good to see you.

- Hi, Steve.
- Good to see you. My pleasure.

Sit down, honey, sit down.

Yeah, we got some time.

Sure.

Well, hi.

Okay, you can interfere now.

Just want to tell you

how badly we feel about
how the meeting went.

It... it really backfired.

No, it didn't.

It just opened our eyes

to the way the neighborhood
really feels about us.

Look, we just need
some time to work this out.

I'm sure most of these
people will come around.

Steven, we took a family
vote, and we decided to move.

You took a family
vote without us?

We love you, Steve, old buddy,

but, uh, you're not
actually in our family.

And even though it
didn't work out here,

we still appreciate
everything you did for us.

Oh, yes, especially the part
where you encouraged us

to move into this
bastion of racial equality.

But you don't blame us?

"Blame" is such a strong word.

Of course we don't blame you.

I mean, uh, it's our own fault
that we forgot how naive you are

when it comes to such
ugly things like racism.

Does everyone in the
world think we're naive?

- MAYA and MICHAEL: Yes.
- Yeah, that's true.

But it's a compliment.

You two are so pure of heart
that it never occurs to you

that others aren't that way.

You are very special people.

So you forgive us for
getting you into this mess.

"Forgive" is such a strong word.

Look, I-I realize

we put you in an awfully
uncomfortable position,

and I... and I
apologize for that.

But in spite of everything,

we'd really love to have
you as our neighbors, and...

and we'll do everything
we can to help you stay.

I'm with Elyse and Steven.

Yes, yes, I think, if we move,
we're making a big mistake.

And I-I tell you, I just
don't feel good about it.

Yeah?

Well, I don't feel good
about going off to Harvard

and-and leaving you two alone.

Your mother and I will decide
what's best for this family.

That's why I didn't
count her vote.

Honey, give it up.
You lost the vote.

You know, I fought against
discrimination as hard as you.

But I don't want to fight the
battle when I come home.

Well...

what about that cute
little window seat?

I mean, we looked a long time

to find a house with a
window seat, buttercup.

That's a mighty fine
window seat, buttercup.

What good is a window seat

if you're afraid to
sit in the window?

That was some of the best
Italian food I've ever tasted.

We'll have to come
back to Guido's, Gus.

Well, there are a lot of
restaurants you can try out

if you stay in the neighborhood.

Steven, I must say
I'm truly enjoying

the way you've
been trying all week

to make me change
my mind about moving.

- Is it having any effect?
- Oh, a lot.

It's convincing me I might
want to move after all.

There's something
wrong with this door.

I can't seem to get it unlocked.

Mom, Dad, I don't think
you should go in there.

Let's just go across
the street to the Keatons'

- until the police come.
- Police?

- What's going on in there?
- Dad, don't! Don't!

Who did this?

I don't know, Dad.

They didn't sign the guest book.

Michael, are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. I got
here after it happened.

I already called the police,
and they're on their way over.

How could anybody do this?

Oh, Gus, they even
wrote on the walls.

What does "whits only" mean?

It means that somewhere

there's a bigot running
around with a big "E."

You're gonna stay
at our house tonight

till we get this
mess cleaned up.

No, we will not.

We're getting out of this
neighborhood tonight.

It's over. I'm going
upstairs to pack.

I'll help you.

Is this the house that
reported a break-in?

Take a wild guess.

How do you do?

I'm, uh... Officer Steele.

This is, uh, my
partner Officer Larson.

Who reported the break-in?

I did.

You came home
and found it this way?

No, he came home,
he slashed the furniture,

he wrote on the walls,
then he called us.

I'm signing us up for therapy.

Hey, I saw the
police car outside.

Oh, my God, did
somebody break in?

No, Mal, they came
home, did this themselves

and called the police.

Have we met before?

I don't think so.

Hey.

Hey, what does
"whits only" mean?

I think there's a
letter missing, Mal.

Oh.

Of course.

Which one?

Uh, did, uh... did either one
of you see anybody come in

or go out of this house tonight?

Oh, my boyfriend
Nick has taught me

to be very observant about cars,

and I noticed a 1988
powder blue, um, uh,

Mercury Topaz GS with
sheepskin seat covers.

I knew it was suspicious
the minute I saw it.

That's my car.

Gus, you're under arrest.

FBI material if I ever saw it.

Hey, that's no way to talk
about your girlfriend, Nick.

No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.

First of all,

don't ever call me Nick.

Sorry... Nicholas.

All right, uh,

let's get this
report filled out.

Who's the owner of the house?

I am.

But not for long.

Hey, sport, where you been?

Timmy's house.

Timmy's dad said the
Thompsons are moving

'cause nobody wants
black people here.

Is that true, Alex?

Well...

I hate to say it, Andy,
but unfortunately

there are some people
who feel that way.

Why?

Uh...

because...

they have this ignorant idea

that they're better
than everybody else.

You always say
that about yourself.

Yeah, well...

I'm kind of joking
when I say that.

No, you aren't.

I got to stop saying that.

Timmy's dad is telling
everybody our house

is worth less money 'cause
black people live here.

Who is Timmy's
dad... The town crier?

Listen, Andy, I want
to tell you something.

In the strictest
confidence, okay?

I don't want you telling

anybody else I
said this, all right?

Is that a promise?

- Promise.
- All right.

In this situation,

money's not important.

Mom, Dad, Alex has a fever!

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa...

Andy...

I'm fine, okay?

It's just...

it's just that
w-we have to treat

everybody fairly and equally

whether th-they're
white, they're black

or-or my personal favorite,
treasury-note green.

All right?

- Promise.
- Promise.

What's this about a fever?

Oh, that-that-that's just
a little game we play.

We-we accuse each other
of having different ailments.

You have fallen arches.

Whatever happened to
"Ring Around the Rosie"?

Go get washed
up for lunch, honey.

Hey, hey, keep those arches up.

- Uh-huh.
- Hi.

We just heard the
Thompsons' house

was vandalized last night.

This is really terrible.

Are they all right?

Yeah, th-they're fine,

but why are you
suddenly so concerned?

I didn't hear you speaking
up for them at the meeting.

It was different
when we were talking

about the value of
our homes, but, well,

now we're talking
about violence.

We can't sit back
and let that happen.

It-it's not different...
It was just easier

to pretend it didn't
matter before.

Look, you either
support the right of people

to live where they
please or you don't.

Well, that's easy
for you to say.

I mean, you're a
two-income family.

You can afford to let the
value of your home drop

without it affecting
you so much.

Are you saying that if you
were a two-income family

you'd feel differently about
the Thompsons moving in?

Yes, absolutely.

Phil, get a job.

Well, I don't want to.

I like it at home.

I think we're getting
off the point here.

The point is: Where
do you draw the line

between protecting
another family's civil rights

and your own family's
financial well-being?

I'd like to think
that I'd live in a tent

before I give in to
this sort of prejudice.

Yeah, well, it'd be my tent.

You borrowed it
last August, Keaton.

Look, we're not prejudiced.

I think there's a fine line

between prejudice
and complicity.

I mean, your silence is as
damaging as-as the graffiti

on the Thompsons' wall.

- It is not.
- It is so.

And get a job.

Look, look...

this isn't getting us anywhere.

Let's just stop
making accusations.

Where were you at
approximately 10:15 last night?

As a matter of fact, I
was watching television

with the kids.

And it was one of your
documentaries, Steven.

- Oh, Hieroglyphic Humor?
- Right.

Um, how did you like it?

The jokes were a little old.

Wait a minute.

You don't seriously suspect us

of breaking in to
their house, do you?

Frankly, I don't know
what to think about anyone

around here anymore.

Steven, where were you at
approximately 10:15 last night?

Oh, what a mess.

Let's go back to the hotel.

They sure trashed this place.

Well, I don't know.

I always thought that lamp
would look better over there.

Come on, Michael,
that was a joke. Laugh.

How can you joke
at a time like this?

But this is the kind of time
you need to laugh most.

Your father and I learned
that a long time ago.

Hey, you remember that
freedom march in Selma in '65.

We laughed that day.

Yes we did.

What exactly made you laugh?

Your father used
to tell the worst jokes

just to keep my spirits up.

Hey, now, wait a minute.

They weren't so bad.

Oh, really?

Do you think it
was a coincidence

that the stone throwing started

whenever you said,
"Knock, knock"?

She's kidding.

I wonder who...

Keaton Cleaning
Brigade at your service.

No job too small.

Some jobs too big.

What does "whits only" mean?

There's a letter missing.

Somewhere.

Where should we start?

How about anywhere?

- Right, okay.
- Okay.

Oh, Gus.

They destroyed your
Lawrence Welk collection.

Racism takes many ugly forms.

A one and a two.

Uh-oh, he's starting to bubble.

Gus, I know this can

in no way make up for
what's happened here, but...

I'd like you to have my
Lawrence Welk record collection.

No, Alex, I-I couldn't. No.

- Yes, you could, please.
- Take it with our blessing.

All right, all right.

Thank you, Alex.

Gus, we're gonna
need some extra boxes

for all this stuff.

Oh, well, we got lots of
boxes in the basement.

Yeah, come on,
let's go get them.

Okay, let's go.

Hey, Michael, what
are these pictures of?

Oh, well, in this one,
my folks were thrown out

of a segregated lunch
counter in Mobile.

And in this one,
they were thrown out

of a segregated lunch
counter in Birmingham.

Can you imagine
being 20 years old

and choosing to walk
through an angry mob

just to get a drink out
of a public fountain?

I would never have
the guts to do that.

I don't even have the
guts to walk through school

in gaucho pants.

You know, your parents
really went through

a lot back then, Michael.

They sure did.

They were turned away
from public schools.

They couldn't sit at lunch
counters next to whites.

They couldn't live in the
neighborhoods they wanted to.

Looks like they still can't.

- It's really crazy, isn't it?
- Yeah.

I mean, how many years
can some people exist

before they're
allowed to be free?

♪ The answer, my friend ♪

♪ Is blowing in the wind ♪

♪ The answer is
blowing in the wind. ♪

Finally.

Proof that they're ours.

What's this picture
with all these people

at the Lincoln Memorial?

Uh, the march on Washington.

That's where Martin Luther
King made his famous speech.

"Now is the time

"to lift up our nation

"from the quicksand
of racial injustice

to the solid rock
of brotherhood."

You know it, Michael.

How could I grow
up in the same house

with you two and not know it?

Well, I wonder what Dr. King
would say about the situation

in this house today.

He'd say we can't move.

That we got to stay
here and continue to fight.

And what would you say?

You and your friends
fought long and hard

to win us certain basic rights.

And now it's my turn...

to fight for them.

Finally proof that he's ours.

I always wanted a window seat.

They're not going
to make us move out

of this neighborhood.

Even if they pound
down that door.

How do you do that?

- Hi.
- Hi.

Can we come in?

- Nancy, what are you...
- Hi, guys.

- Hi.
- Hi.

We, uh, would've
been here sooner,

but first we had to
raid Keaton's garage

to get our tools back.

I know you have every
reason to turn us away,

but we would very
much like to help you

get your home back together.

We're ashamed that
it took this violence

to get us to come over here.

But we're here now, and, um,

we'd like to do everything
we can to make you feel

welcome and safe
in your neighborhood.

Well, we certainly
could use the help.

What does "whits only" mean?

Let's clear this
up once and for all.

Now we'll never know.

Hey.

- Hmm?
- Gus.

Here, here we go, here we
go, here we go, here we...

Mm-hmm.

That's better.

You know, Gus, you could
have this man arrested

for defacing your property.

Aw, no, no, no.

I wouldn't do that
to my neighbor.

Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog.