The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 2, Episode 2 - Our Miss White - full transcript

-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪

♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪

♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪

♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

-I HAVE A DREAM...

THAT ONE DAY...



THIS NATION WILL RISE UP...

LIVE OUT THE TRUE
MEANING OF ITS CREED...

"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS
TO BE SELF-EVIDENT,

THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL."

EVEN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI...

-1968 WAS A STRANGE
AND PASSIONATE TIME.

THINGS THAT HAD
SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE

WERE HAPPENING ALL AROUND US.

-I HAVE A DREAM...

THAT MY FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN

WILL ONE DAY LIVE IN A NATION

WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED
BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN

BUT BY THE CONTENT
OF THEIR CHARACTER.

I HAVE A DREAM TODAY!



-THE EVENTS OF THOSE DAYS

BROUGHT EVERY
EMOTION TO THE SURFACE.

-WITH THIS FAITH,

WE WILL BE ABLE
TO WORK TOGETHER,

TO PRAY TOGETHER,
TO STRUGGLE TOGETHER,

TO GO TO JAIL TOGETHER,

TO STAND UP FOR
FREEDOM TOGETHER,

KNOWING THAT WE
WILL BE FREE ONE DAY.

-WE FELT THINGS STRONGLY THEN.

AND WE FELT THEM TOGETHER.

I GUESS WE ALL GOT
CAUGHT UP IN IT, EVEN ME...

AND MISS WHITE.

- PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS,
WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN HANDS

AND SING IN THE WORDS OF
THE OLD NEGRO SPIRITUAL,

"FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST!

THANK GOD ALMIGHTY,
WE ARE FREE AT LAST!"

WELL, PEOPLE...

WE CERTAINLY LOST A GREAT
MAN LAST APRIL, DIDN'T WE?

-WHAT WAS IT ABOUT HER THAT
AFFECTED ME SO PROFOUNDLY?

HER SENSITIVITY? HER
WARMTH? HER INTELLIGENCE?

MAYBE ALL OF THOSE.

MAYBE MORE.

MAYBE MUCH MORE.

-KEVIN.

-UH, YES?

-DO YOU AGREE WITH
LESLIE THAT THIS SPEECH

HELPED CHANGE PEOPLE'S
FEELINGS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS?

-YES! UH-HUH. YEP, I DO.

-HOW DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT
HAVE CHANGED PEOPLE'S OPINIONS?

-ANYONE?

-KEVIN.

-I THINK THAT IT
SHOWED A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT AMERICA COULDN'T BE AS
GREAT A COUNTRY AS THEY WANTED

UNTIL EVERYBODY
HAD EQUAL RIGHTS.

-AHH. THE LOOK.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT LOOK,

THE WAY THAT SHE COCKED
HER CUTE LITTLE HEAD TO THE SIDE

AS HER EYES MET MINE.

-VERY GOOD, KEVIN.

WHAT OTHER EFFECT DO YOU THINK

THAT THIS SPEECH HAD ON PEOPLE?

-KEVIN.

-UM, I-I THINK THAT,

MAYBE BEFORE THE SPEECH,

PEOPLE THOUGHT OF
NEGROES AS A GROUP

THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T LIKE.

BUT THE SPEECH MADE THEM REALIZE

THAT THE NEGROES
ARE JUST PEOPLE,

AND THEY HAVE THE SAME
FEELINGS THAT ALL OTHER PEOPLE DO.

-ANOTHER LOOK.

OH! IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

I WAS TEMPTED TO
TRY FOR A THIRD,

BUT I DIDN'T WANT HER TO PULL A
MUSCLE IN HER NECK OR ANYTHING.

-PEOPLE!

I HAVEN'T DISMISSED YOU, HAVE I?

-AW! -AW! -AW! -AW!

-NOW, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY
TO SIGN UP FOR THE FALL PLAY,

AND THERE ARE STILL
SEVERAL KEY ROLES OPEN.

NOW, AS YOU KNOW,

THE PLAY IS ABOUT THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,

AND I HOPE THAT TODAY'S FILM

WILL INSPIRE SOME OF
YOU TO PARTICIPATE, OKAY?

CLASS DISMISSED.

KEVIN, COULD I SPEAK
WITH YOU A MINUTE?

-SURE.

-I WAS WONDERING
IF YOU'D THOUGHT

ABOUT TRYING OUT FOR THE PLAY.

-OH, THE PLAY.

-I LOVED MISS WHITE.

BUT I HATED PLAYS.

-IT'S REALLY AN
EXCITING NEW PLAY.

IT'S NEVER BEEN
PERFORMED BEFORE.

IN FACT... WELL, THE TRUTH
IS THAT I-IT'S ACTUALLY...

WELL... I WROTE IT.

-GOD, SHE WAS CUTE, BUT...

I HATED PLAYS.

-YOU'D BE PERFECT FOR THE
PART OF ROBERT KENNEDY.

I REALLY THINK THAT...

THAT YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT PRESENCE.

-WELL, I GUESS I
DID HAVE KIND OF A...

KENNEDY-ESQUE
THING ABOUT ME, BUT...

I HATED PLAYS.

-SO... WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-UM...

-I HATED THE THOUGHT OF ACTING.

I HATED THE THOUGHT
OF REHEARSING.

I HATED THE THOUGHT
OF STANDING UP

IN FRONT OF AN
AUDIENCE OF 300 PEOPLE

AND MAKING A COMPLETE
AND TOTAL FOOL OF MYSELF.

-SURE!

-GREAT.

-THREE LOOKS... THE HAT TRICK.

IT WASN'T JUST MY IMAGINATION.

SHE FELT IT. SHE KNEW IT.

SHE WANTED ME, TOO.

-WELL, GUESS I'LL
SEE YOU TOMORROW.

-YEAH. SEE YOU TOMORROW.

-I THOUGHT YOU HATED PLAYS.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE
IN A PLAY ALL OF A SUDDEN?

-I DON'T KNOW. NO REASON.

-KEVIN? WHAT PLAY IS IT?

-IT'S CALLED "THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'."

-IT'S ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

-WHAT THE HELL EVER
HAPPENED TO "MY FAIR LADY"?

-DAD, THEATER'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A FORM OF POLITICAL EXPRESSION.

- NOT WHEN YOU'RE 12.
- DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

I MEAN, A PLAY LIKE THIS CAN
RAISE PEOPLE'S CONSCIOUSNESS

ABOUT RACIAL OPPRESSION.

SHEESH.

-WATCH YOUR TONE
WITH YOUR FATHER.

-YEAH, AND GIVE ME THAT POTATO
IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA EAT IT.

-KEVIN, I THINK IT
SOUNDS WONDERFUL.

-UM...

WE HAVE TO REHEARSE
UNTIL 5:30 EVERY DAY.

UM, CAN YOU PICK ME UP?

-OH, GEE, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF FIXING DINNER AT 5:30.

JACK, YOU THINK MAYBE
YOU COULD SWING BY SCHOOL

AND PICK HIM UP
ON YOUR WAY HOME?

-I DON'T GET IT. WHY DO
YOU WANT TO BE IN A PLAY?

-WHAT WAS THE
MATTER WITH THE MAN?

COULDN'T HE SEE
THAT I WAS PURSUING

A MATURE LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
A BEAUTIFUL 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN,

AND ALL I NEEDED WAS A RIDE?

-DAD!

-OKAY, OKAY. I'LL PICK YOU UP.

-YES!

I MEAN, THANKS.

-THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING ABOUT THIS SCENE IS

THAT IT CONVEY TENSION.

NOW, KEVIN, REMEMBER
THAT KENNEDY WAS

A VERY PASSIONATE, FORCEFUL MAN.

TRY TO FEEL THAT PASSION.

-OKAY.

-OKAY, LET'S TRY IT AGAIN.

I'M ATTORNEY GENERAL
ROBERT KENNEDY,

AND I'M HERE TO SEE
MR. HOOVER OF THE F.B.I.

-GO RIGHT IN, MR. KENNEDY.

MR. HOOVER, I NEED, UH...

UH, MORE SUPPORT FROM YOU.

THE NEGROES ARE
FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS,

AND WE MUST HELP THEM.

ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL
ME HOW TO RUN MY AGENCY?

-ALL I AM, UH, SAYING

IS THAT WE SHOULD GIVE
ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN

TO DR. KING.

-THAT MAN IS A THREAT... TO
THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.

- YEAH!
- YEAH!

-NO, HE IS NOT.

HE'S FIGHTING FOR
THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM!

-VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.

KEVIN, THAT WAS WONDERFUL!

- GOOD ANGER.
- THANKS.

-MUCH BETTER, PAUL.

AND, EVERYONE ELSE, GOOD WORK.

NOW, TOMORROW, WE'LL
REHEARSE THE TOWN-MEETING SCENE.

SO, START LEARNING YOUR LINES.

-DO YOU THINK I CAME
OFF AS UNLIKABLE?

-PAUL, YOU'RE PLAYING
J. EDGAR HOOVER.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNLIKABLE.

-I KNOW, BUT MISS WHITE SAID

I SHOULD TRY TO FIND THE
COMPLEXITY IN THE MAN.

THAT MAN IS A THREAT

TO THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.

THAT MAN IS A THREAT TO
THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.

THAT MAN IS A THREAT
TO THE AMERICAN...

-MISS WHITE?

-YES, KEVIN?

-I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT I THINK A PLAY LIKE THIS

CAN REALLY RAISE
PEOPLE'S CONSCIOUSNESS

ABOUT RACIAL OPPRESSION.

-DO YOU REALLY?

BECAUSE THAT WAS MY
HOPE WHEN I WROTE IT.

-YEAH.

I-I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT
THEATER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

A FORM OF POLITICAL EXPRESSION.

-WELL, THAT'S REMARKABLE,

BECAUSE SO FEW 12-YEAR-OLDS DO.

YEAH, I KNOW.

MOST 12-YEAR-OLDS
ARE SO SUPERFICIAL.

-YEAH. I GUESS THEY ARE.

-WELL, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR.

SHE DIDN'T SEE ME AS
ANY ORDINARY 7th-GRADER.

SHE SAW ME AS... A MAN...

A MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD THINGS

LIKE DEMOCRACY
AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE,

A MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD HER
DEEPEST THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.

A MAN.

A MAN...

-KEVIN? YOU READY TO GO?

-A MAN WHO WAS GETTING
PICKED UP BY HIS FATHER.

-OH, KEVIN, IS THAT YOUR FATHER?

-YEAH.

-JACK ARNOLD. IT'S
NICE TO MEET YOU.

-HI. DIANE WHITE.
IT'S A PLEASURE.

-DIANE WHITE?
DIDN'T SEEM TO FIT.

TO ME, SHE WAS MORE
OF A... MISS WHITE.

-NOW, I MUST TELL
YOU, MR. ARNOLD,

THAT KEVIN IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG MAN.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO
HAVE HIM IN MY CLASS

AND, OF COURSE, IN THE PLAY.

-YEAH. HE'S A GOOD KID.

-YEAH. LET'S FACE
IT... I WAS WELL-LIKED.

NOW... NOW, LET'S GO.

-HE'S REALLY A NATURAL ACTOR.

-YEAH?

THAT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE I
ALWAYS THOUGHT HE HATED ACTING.

-LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

- REALLY?
- YEAH.

YOU SEE, IN, UH, 4th GRADE...
KEVIN, YOU REMEMBER THIS?

IN 4th GRADE,

HE HAD TO PLAY WINNIE
THE POOH IN HIS CLASS PLAY.

AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
HIS BIG SCENE WITH PIGLET...

IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE
SCHOOL, ALL THE PARENTS...

HIS LITTLE BEAR SUIT
SPLITS WIDE OPEN.

-SO, JACK, READY TO GO?

I MEAN... DAD.

MISTER. DAD.

SIR.

-TOWARD THE END OF
REHEARSAL THE NEXT DAY,

I REALIZED SOMETHING
WAS BUGGING ME.

I SEE A MORE
COMPASSIONATE AMERICA,

A NATION IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE...
BLACK, WHITE, AND BROWN...

HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A
BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN...

-MISS WHITE HADN'T GIVEN
ME THE LOOK ALL DAY.

WHAT WAS I DOING WRONG?

- AN AMERICA WHERE ALL PEOPLE

CAN LIVE FREE OF
VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION,

AN AMERICA WHERE
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE.

MISS WHITE, WAS THAT O...

-OH, OKAY. VERY NICE, EVERYBODY.

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.

-OH, GREAT.

NOW HE WAS PROBABLY TELLING
HER ABOUT THE TIME AT OCEAN CITY

WHEN THAT WAVE KNOCKED
MY BATHING SUIT OFF,

OR THE TIME AT FUNLAND

WHEN I THREW UP ON
THE CUP-AND-SAUCER RIDE,

OR THE TIME AT THE...

-YEP, TWO YEARS IN KOREA.

-WAIT A SECOND.

I NEVER SPENT TWO
YEARS IN KOREA.

-GOT A SMALL PIECE
OF SHRAPNEL IN MY LEG,

BUT I DIDN'T THINK THE LIMP
WAS NOTICEABLE ANYMORE.

-OH, HIM.

-OH, BARELY. HARDLY AT ALL.

JUST... A LITTLE BIT, REALLY.

-A QUESTION TO CONSIDER...

WHY, AT THAT MOMENT, DID I WISH
THAT I HAD SHRAPNEL IN MY LEG?

-LISTEN, I CONSIDER
MYSELF LUCKY.

A LOT OF MY BUDDIES NEVER
MADE IT OUT OF THAT PLACE.

-WAR IS SUCH A
TERRIBLE THING, ISN'T IT?

-YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

-MISS WHITE? WAS I OKAY TODAY?

-YES, KEVIN, YOU WERE FINE.

DOES THE EXPERIENCE
HAUNT YOU AT ALL?

-WELL... WELL, SURE.

SURE, I THINK ABOUT
IT NOW AND AGAIN.

IT'S ONLY NATURAL.

I GUESS NOTHING'S
EVER QUITE THE SAME

AFTER GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

-WAIT A MINUTE!

WHAT WAS SHE DOING?

THAT WAS MY LOOK.
SHE WAS LOOKING AT HIM.

-DAD! LET'S GO!

-NOW, MOST PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW THIS,

BUT THERE ARE
TWO KINDS OF LOGIC.

THERE'S LOGIC LOGIC,

AND THEN THERE'S
12-YEAR-OLD-IN-LOVE LOGIC.

WHIFF!

-HIGH AND INSIDE.

-THE WAY I FIGURED IT,

EVERYTHING HAD BEEN
GOING GREAT WITH MISS WHITE...

UNTIL DAD CAME ALONG.

-BALL TWO.

-WHAT?!

- TOO HIGH.
- THAT WAS NOT!

-I HATED HIM FOR IT.

-OW.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO DO, BREAK MY HAND?

-THAT WAS A STRIKE!
AND SO WAS THE LAST ONE!

- WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?
- NOTHING!

THE, UM...

THE NEGROES ARE
FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS,

AND WE MUST HELP THEM.

ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL
ME HOW TO RUN MY AGENCY?

I SAID, "ARE YOU TRYING TO
TELL ME HOW TO RUN MY AGENCY?"

OR ARE YOU SAYING

THAT WE SHOULD JUST
TRY TO HELP DR. KING

AS MUCH AS WE CAN?

'CAUSE IF YOU ARE, I DISAGREE.

-OKAY, LET'S STOP FOR A MOMENT.

KEVIN, DO YOU NEED
TO GO OVER YOUR LINES?

-NO.

-IS SOMETHING WRONG?

-IS SOMETHING WRONG?
IS SOMETHING WRONG?

OUR ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP IS
FIZZLING LIKE AN ALKA-SELTZER,

AND YOU ASK IF
SOMETHING'S WRONG?

-CAN I MAKE A PHONE CALL?

-WELL, SURE. OF COURSE.

TAKE FIVE, EVERYBODY.

FIVE WHAT?

-IS JACK ARNOLD THERE?

IT'S KEVIN ARNOLD.

HI, DAD. IT'S ME.

I'M NOT GONNA NEED
A RIDE HOME TODAY.

YEAH, I GOT ONE.

YEAH, SURE.

OKAY. I'LL SEE YOU AT HOME.

BYE.

-SEE YA.

-KEVIN, ISN'T YOUR
FATHER PICKING YOU UP?

HOW ARE YOU GETTING HOME?

-I'LL WALK, I GUESS.

-CAN I GIVE YOU A LIFT?

-♪ OOOOH, OOOH ♪

-HELLO!

-♪ EACH DAY, THROUGH MY WINDOW ♪

♪ I WATCH HER AS SHE PASSES BY ♪

♪ I SAY TO MYSELF ♪

♪ "YOU'RE SUCH A LUCKY GUY" ♪

-♪ TO HAVE A GIRL LIKE HER ♪

-♪ IS TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE ♪

♪ OUT OF ALL THE
FELLAS IN THE WORLD ♪

♪ SHE BELONGS TO YOU ♪

-♪ BUT IT WAS JUST
MY IMAGINATION ♪

♪ RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME ♪

♪ IT WAS JUST MY IMAGINATION ♪

-WELL, HERE WE ARE.

-YEAH.

-HERE WE ARE.

-I WANTED SOMETHING TO
HAPPEN. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.

I JUST KNEW THAT I
COULDN'T LEAVE THAT CAR

UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENED.

-WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO BE HOME?

-THANKSGIVING.

-KEVIN... ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

-YEAH, FINE.

-LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE.

-WELL, YOU BETTER GET
A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP,

BECAUSE TOMORROW'S THE BIG DAY.

-YEAH. GUESS WE WON'T BE SEEING
EACH OTHER THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

AT LEAST, NOT PROFESSIONALLY.

-OH, NO, I... GUESS WE WON'T.

THERE'S STILL ENGLISH
CLASS, THOUGH.

YOU CAN'T GET OUT
OF THAT SO EASILY.

-YEAH.

-I HAD TO MAKE A MOVE,
SOME KIND OF MOVE.

MY MOMENT WAS SLIPPING AWAY.

-MISS WHITE?

-MM-HMM?

-YOU'RE PRETTY.

-THANK YOU, KEVIN.

IS THERE SOMETHING
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?

-NO, I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK.

I WANTED TO TAKE HER IN MY
ARMS AND KISS HER ON THE LIPS.

I WANTED IT SO BAD, I
THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLODE.

SHE WAS RIGHT THERE.
SHE WAS TWO FEET AWAY.

WHY COULDN'T I DO IT?

WHY WOULDN'T MY MUSCLES MOVE?

AFTER ALL, SHE WAS A
WOMAN, AND I WAS A...

AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT.

AS THOUGH I WAS LOOKING DOWN
FROM HEAVEN AT THAT V.W. BUG,

I SAW AN IMAGE OF
MYSELF WITH MISS WHITE.

AND IT WAS RIDICULOUS.

SHE WAS A WOMAN,

AND I... WAS A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY.

-KEVIN, IS THAT YOU?!

HONEY, DINNER'S ALMOST READY!

-WELL, I GOT TO GO.

BYE, MISS WHITE.

THANKS FOR THE RIDE.

-BYE, KEVIN.

I HAVE A DREAM TODAY.

I HAVE A DREAM THAT
ONE DAY THIS NATION

WILL RISE UP AND LIVE OUT
THE TRUE MEANING OF ITS CREED,

"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS
TO BE SELF-EVIDENT

THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL."

I HAVE A DREAM
TODAY THAT ONE DAY,

EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXHAUSTED,

EVERY HILL AND MOUNTAIN
SHALL BE MADE LOW.

-WAITING BACKSTAGE THAT
NIGHT, I STARTED THINKING

OF THAT FIRST DAY I FELL
IN LOVE WITH MISS WHITE

BACK IN THE CLASSROOM,

I THOUGHT OF THE WAY SHE
HAD CRIED AT DR. KING'S SPEECH,

AND I THOUGHT OF THE
WAY THAT MADE ME FEEL.

-THIS IS OUR HOPE.

THIS IS THE FAITH WITH
WHICH I RETURN TO THE SOUTH.

-AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

IN MY HEART, I REALLY BELIEVED
THAT MISS WHITE LOVED ME, TOO.

IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE A PART OF REAL LIFE.

BUT THAT DIDN'T
MEAN IT WASN'T THERE.

-MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE,

SWEET LAND OF
LIBERTY, OF THEE I SING.

-AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHEN I KNEW
WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

-HEY, KEVIN! YOU READY?
YOU'RE ALMOST ON!

-I WAS GOING...

TO CRY.

-HEY. HEY, KEVIN,
WHAT'S THE MATTER?

-I WAS ABOUT TO GO
OUT TO DELIVER A SPEECH

IN FRONT OF 300 PEOPLE,
AND I WAS GONNA CRY.

-FREE AT LAST. FREE AT LAST.

THANK GOD ALMIGHTY,
WE ARE FREE AT LAST.

-OKAY, KEVIN, THIS
IS YOU. YOU'RE ON.

COME ON, KEV.

-I SEE A MORE...

COMPASSIONATE AMERICA...

A NATION IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE...

BLACK, WHITE, AND BROWN...

HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE
FOR THEIR CHILDREN,

A NATION IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE

CAN LIVE FREE OF
OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE.

OUR ANSWER...

IS THE WORLD'S HOPE.

IT IS TO RELY ON YOUTH.

-I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW
I GOT THROUGH THAT SPEECH.

I JUST REMEMBER ALL
THE HURT, ALL THE ANGER,

ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENT,
AND ALL THE LOVE

THAT FUSED TOGETHER

AND SURGED THROUGH
MY 12-YEAR-OLD BODY

AS I DELIVERED IT.

-SOME MEN SEE
THINGS AS THEY ARE...

AND ASK WHY.

I SEE THINGS AS THEY MIGHT BE...

AND ASK WHY NOT.

-DIANE.

STEPHEN.

-CURTAIN CALL!

-♪ COME GATHER 'ROUND,
PEOPLE, WHEREVER YOU ROAM ♪

♪ AND ADMIT THAT THE WATERS
AROUND YOU HAVE GROWN ♪

♪ AND ACCEPT IT THAT,
SOON, YOU'LL BE DRENCHED ♪

-IT WAS A STRANGE
AND PASSIONATE TIME.

SOME OF OUR DREAMS
DISSOLVED INTO THIN AIR.

THEY ALMOST SEEM COMICAL NOW.

BUT SOME OF OUR
DREAMS WERE LASTING...

AND REAL.

-♪ THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' ♪