Sister, Sister (1994–1999): Season 5, Episode 18 - I Have a Dream - full transcript

Tamera.

Tamera!

I'm under here.

Tamera, what are you
still doing in bed?

You're going
to be late for school.

I'm not going.

What's wrong?

Time...

Life... destiny.

Tamera, does this
have anything to do

with your university
registration forms



thrown all over the place?

I was up till 3:00 A.M. trying
to figure those things out.

- There are over 800 classes
- to choose from.

There are fewer choices
on the s.A.T.

I finished mine last Monday.

Have a good time at college.

It's just one little
simple form, tamera.

Now, you see, Tia

that's where you're wrong.

It's just a first of an
endless string of forms

that will make up
the rest of our lives...

Job applications, tax forms

loan papers,
wedding licenses,
death certificates.

I don't think



you get to fill out
your own death certificate.

Tia, you're missing the point.

Once we get out of high school

we're going to have to face

the cold, cruel world on our own

and I'm not ready.

I just want to hide
under the covers

and be a kid for
the rest of my life.

Yeah, well, I have
one thing to say to you.

Move over.

Oh, look.

The student store.

So many memories,
so many skittles.

Ooh, look, look, look!

The water fountain.

What can I say?

We shared so many
refreshing times.

Tamera, what are you doing?

What you should all be doing...

Cherishing the moments.

Hello, locker.

Girl, what's with your sister?

She's been talking
to everything in the hall.

- I heard her say hello
- to a bench.

She's on an "I want
to stay in high school

and not go to college" kick.

Guys, there is nothing wrong

with wanting
to stay in high school...

- Where everything's
- the same.

Hey, tamera.

And everybody knows your name.

Ooh! I know that song.

Yo, wait, wait.

Don't tell me.

He'll be a while.

Now, listen, tamera

you're just a little freaked
about leaving high school.

It's normal.

You feel the same?

Girl, please

I already have my college
wardrobe on layaway.

Hi, daddy.

- Hi.
- What you doing?

Open-heart surgery.

Oh, dad.

Dad...

Hmm?

Would you read me the funnies...

Like you used to?

Sure.

Okay, how much money
do you need?

I don't need anything.

I just miss the good old days.

Okay.

Here we go.

Okay, let's find "blondie."

Aw, boy, that dagwood
was cool, wasn't he?

Hmm.

No "blondie."

Let's try "Steve canyon."

Can't go wrong with Steve.

Mm-hmm.

That's not in here either.

Who the heck is "dilbert"?

Oh, hey, guys.

You're supposed
to be studying with us.

Have some pizza.

I'll pass on the studying.

Study, or you don't pass.

If you don't pass,
you don't graduate.

If I don't graduate,
I'll stay in high school.

Ooh, happy days marathon!

Now, you see,
if Richie Cunningham

can stay in high school
for ten years, so can I.

Tamera doesn't want to graduate?

Don't listen to her, tyreke.

She's graduating.

I know that's right

'cause I'm not having
a stupid girlfriend

who didn't graduate
from high school.

Just ain't me.

Oh, I'm sorry, dog.

I didn't mean it like that.

I didn't mean to diss you.

I didn't graduate.

It's no biggie.

So we straight?

Yeah, we straight.

- You sure?
- Positive.

- Really?
- Now I'm getting mad.

I should shut up?

Yes. Don't you guys
have some studying to do?

You should get to it.

Yeah. Good idea.

Tamera, let's go.

And pass watching fonzie
get his library card?

No, thanks.

Okay, but don't you
come crying to me

trying to cram all by yourself

talking about,
" Tia, who's Malcolm the tenth?"

Tia, she'll come around.

Steven and I came up
with the bomb way

for us to remember stuff
for our black history final.

You ready, baby?

Yeah. Hit it.

Give me a little beat.

Oh, beat.

Hey!

Steven:

Aw, that was tight!

That was tight!

Y'all was jamming
like schoolhouse rock.

Guys, that was so much fun.

Let's throw down with
some black history bowl.

Me and diavian against
Jordan and Steven.

Cool. We gon' win.

There's only one thing
I have trouble remembering.

Sojourner truth...
What did she do?

Sojourner truth
was the abolitionist

- who established
- the first black regiment

Right here in Michigan.

You don't have
to graduate to read.

We got tyreke, too.

Hey, dad, Lisa.

- Hi, sweetheart.
- Hey, tamera.

Oh, would you guys like
some help with the chili?

I thought you had

a big history final
to study for.

Nope. I'm going
to be a kid forever.

Oh, girl, now, you know
you can't do that.

Why not?

You've been 29 forever.

Ray, I'm not even going
to respond to that.

Honey, we all go through a phase

where we all wish that
we could stop time.

Look at Ray's hair.

He's still living in the '70s.

But you, honey, you
have to move forward.

Hey, daddy,
can you please make me

a fried Bologna sandwich?

Honey, Lisa may have a point

except for that part
about my hair.

Remember, girls
who don't grow up

have to listen to their
daddies lecture them forever.

I remember when I had
to walk to school in snow.

Uh, maybe I will
go check out
the study group.

Oh, honey, would you pass me

that towel before you leave?

I am making a mess here.

Here you go.

The part about
walking through the snow

was a nice touch, wasn't it?

Mm-hmm.

One day, she's going to realize

you grew up in Arizona.

The first black woman
licensed pilot?

- Both:
- Bessie Coleman.

The first woman of any color

- to become
- a self-made millionaire?

Madame c.J. Walker.

Madame c.J. Walker.

You know, we're playing, too.

The brother that performed

the world's
first open-heart surgery?

- Both:
- Daniel hale Williams!

Aw, man,
you said "brother."

Right there
you let them know
it was a black man.

Jordan, it's black history.

They all brothers.

Wrong. Some of them
were sisters.

And think about it.

- In god's eyes,
- we're all brothers and sisters.

Jordan...

I'm in the middle
of saying something.

Now, I was just saying...

I'm finished. Go on.

And the last question...

The first African American

to play baseball

in the major league?

Both:
Jackie Robinson!

For the Brooklyn Dodgers

April 15, 1947,
ebbets field, Brooklyn.

Ha! In your face!

Jordan, the girls still won.

Yeah. By seven.

Why do y'all got to get
so intense about everything?

It was just a little game.

Aw, man, let it go.

I'm glad my baby won.

This studying group
is really helping

and I think I'm ready
to fly solo.

Steven:
Not me.

This studying's a pain.

- How can you complain
- when people like Harriet tubman

Weren't even allowed
to go to school?

If it were me

would I have had all the courage
to do what all those people did?

Probably not.

Excuse me?

Jordan, Harriet tubman
wasn't like us.

She was an extraordinary woman.

I've read all about her.

Jordan:
And you're saying

because people like her
were extraordinary

they weren't human?

They never had any doubts
or got frustrated or scared?

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

You realize that's wack, right?

I realize I'm wasting my time
arguing with you

when I could be
in my comfortable bed

where I plan to sleep carefree

for the rest of my life.

Tamera, what about the final?

Who cares about history?

Girl, that attitude
will come back
to haunt you.

You're just afraid
to go to college.

La-la-la! I can't hear you!

Oh, you've just got cold feet.

That's all I'm saying.

Jordan:
Tamera, you're just afraid
to go to college.

Tia:
I'm ready to fly solo.

- Ray:
- Open-heart surgery.

Tyreke:
Step up to the plate.

Lisa:
I'm making a mess here.

Steven:
This is giving me a major pain.

- Diavian: - Girl, that attitude's
going to come back to haunt you...

To haunt you...

To haunt you...

Woman:

Chil'ren now

I'm trying to sleep.

Pardon. I thought i'd
rented me a single room

but I doesn't mind
sharing with you.

Who are you?

I's Harriet tubman.

What's going on?

I was just in my safe, warm bed

in Detroit in 1998.

Calm yourself, honey.

You was just having
you a bad dream.

Everything's fine now.

This is Philadelphia
and it's 1849.

Well, gee, I feel
a lot better now.

So... Harriet,
are you getting ready

to take

the underground railroad
back to the south?

The south don't hold
nothing for a runaway slave

but a trip to the grave.

I'm staying here where I'm safe.

But you've got to go back

or things may never change.

Don't you realize?

There are a lot of slaves
counting on you

to lead them to the north.

You could be their only hope.

Girl, I'm nobody's hope.

I'm just one colored woman

that god saw fit
to help to the north.

Excuse me.

Well, what about your husband?

He's still back there.

I do miss my John.

He's a good man.

Harriet, don't you want John
to know freedom, too?

Of course I do.

Everybody should know freedom.

And you already know the path.

So why don't you go back

and show them the way?

Fetch me that lamp.

If I'm going to do this,
I need to make me a map.

Man:
Hurry, nurse.

Bring that lamp
closer to the patient.

Oh, my gosh!

What happened to him?

Knife fight.

Laceration to the heart.

Is he going to die?

I don't know.

There's nothing else I can do.

Well, of course there is.

You can open him up
and suture his heart.

That's nonsense.

No one has ever performed
a successful heart surgery.

Sure they have.

Noah wyle did it
last week on E.R.

Young lady...

I founded this hospital...

The first
colored-owned hospital.

You're Dr. Daniel
hale Williams.

Yes, and I'm not about
to risk my reputation

on voodoo medicine.

But you can't give up.

If you'd done that

- African Americans
- wouldn't have this hospital.

African Americans?

Has a nice ring to it.

Dr. Williams...

You can save this man's life.

Very well.

But I'm going to need your help.

Here.

You will?

Yes.

Um... can I sit down
for a second?

The room is

starting to spin.

I'm going to need
a nurse in here.

Put your head between
your knees and a cold cloth

on your neck.

Woman:
That's it, honey,
keep breathing.

Feeling better?

I'm not sure.

Well, whatever you do

don't throw up.

This is a new vest.

You're bessie Coleman!

That's right.

I can't believe
I'm actually flying with you.

You get your license yet?

Heck, no.

What?!

Nowhere in the U.S.

Will they let a colored woman
get a pilot's license.

I am pretty darned steamed.

Oh, don't get mad!

Go to Paris.

Coleman:
What?

Paris!

You can go to France
and get your pilot's license

and become a star.

- Coleman:
- I like the sound of that.

You can be the first black
female to get a license.

I'll do it.

And kiddo...

It's time for you
to fly on your own, too.

What did you say?

Man, thank goodness
they use fabric softener.

Hey...

I know you.

You're Jackie Robinson.

Look, kid, you wasted your time

sneaking in here.

You don't want my autograph.

- I'm sorry. I know
- you're busy getting psyched

For your first
major league game.

Hardly.

I don't think I can
make myself go out there.

What?

Oh, but you have to.

There's thousands of great
athletes counting on you.

Yeah, and there are thousands
of white faces out there

rooting against me.

But you're going to become

one of the greatest players
of all time.

Now...

You get in that outfield
and start shagging flies.

I play second base.

Whatever.

Now, just remember

as long as you know
you can do it

nothing else matters.

Tell that to the crowd.

No, you tell them.

Better yet...

Go show them.

I guess you can't always stay
where it's safe.

You got to move on, right?

Let's just keep this
on you, okay?

Hand me a towel, kid.

Woman:
Hurry up with
that towel, child.

I'm making a mess here.

Madame c.J. Walker?

No need to be so formal.

Call me miss Sarah.

So... this is
where it all started?

Yeah, uh-huh.

This is where I was silly enough

to think that I could make up
a batch of something

to stop us colored women
from going bald.

You here for a refund?

No.

Going bald?

Mm-hmm.

I was talking about

how you revolutionized
black hair care.

You know, the Walker system.

The pomade

the shampoo, the hot combs?

I'm throwing you
out of my kitchen

if you don't stop
talking so crazy.

Madame c.J...

Who?

Sarah...

That's going to make you

the first self-made female
millionaire in this country.

Honey, I'm the daughter
of sharecroppers.

I've been a washerwoman
for 18 years.

Does that sound like the makings
of a millionaire to you?

It does if you believe it does.

But you know, you might
have something there.

Lord knows, women will
spend money on their hair.

Give me that book.

Trying a new formula?

Trying a new gumbo recipe.

I've got to eat me something

if I'm going to be
the first millionaire.

Here you go...

Oh, and here I go, too.

No thanks.

I won't be needing that book.

Why not?

Because I'm not sure

if I'm ready to go to college.

I'm only 15.

Maybe I'll just

stay here in my bed

for the rest of my life.

Really?

I was thinking
about doing the same thing.

In my bed of course.
Not yours.

Right, right.

So...

What college
are you not going to?

University of Michigan.

You?

Morehouse.

Guess those schools

will just have
to go on without us.

Yes, they will.

My dad is all about
going to college.

You should hear my father

go on about it.

Why can't I just be
a average guy?

Right.
Plain ol' tamera Campbell.

And plain ol' Martin king.

Martin Luther King?

Oh, no. That's my dad.

I'm Martin Luther King, Jr.

Boy, you got to go to college.

You're going
to change the world.

I don't think so.

Take this suitcase
and get going.

Why do I have

to go to college and you don't?

- I'm not going to have a holiday
- named after me.

In my dreams.

Exactly.

Martin, because of your dreams

one day, people won't be judged

by their skin color...

But by what's inside.

Wow.

That's a powerful thought.

I'm not sure if the wording's

quite right, but...

Well, feel free
to tweak it a bit.

Well...

I guess I'm off.

Good luck.

And good luck to you
at Michigan.

Now hold up.

I didn't say I was going...

These historical figures
are wearing me out.

Girl:
Wake up, tamera.

Time to get up.

Lisa?

You're going to miss your final

if you don't get to vulcanatin'.

Get to whattin'?

Sorry. 21st century slang.

You'll pick it up.

Who are you?

It doesn't matter who I am.

But I sure know you.

You're tamera Campbell.

This is where
you grew up in Detroit.

You have a twin named Tia.

You went to Roosevelt high...

Okay, now what's going on?

Your black history final.

Now hurry up, because
you have to graduate.

You have things to accomplish

in the future.

Am I famous?

Do I invent something?

Cure something?

Free somebody?

Let's say you make a difference.

I make a difference?

I make a difference.

Whoa.

Let me ask you this.

Do I ace the final?

B-minus.

All right!

Mission accomplished.

Tia?

Tia! Wake up!

We got a final to take.

The world is waiting.

Let's get to vulcanatin'.

It's just the first

of an endless string of forms

that is going to go on...

The first black woman
to get a pilot's license?

Bessie Coleman...

Bessie Johnson...

Why not?

You've been a...

Freeze and they won't know

anything happened.

Okay.

- Just freeze
- and I'll pick it up.

Three feet of it.

Freeze and they won't notice.

Okay.