Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) s05e11 Episode Script
Hate Is Just a Four-Letter Word
Kelly, come on.
Tell me who's negotiating your contract.
Steve, there is no contract.
There's no agent.
There's no big deal.
They're just taking a couple pictures of me.
Excuse me.
Seventeen magazine is a big deal okay? And everybody knows they pay their models top dollar.
Steven, for the last time, l'm not a model.
l'm just a college student.
That's why they picked me.
That's why they're taking the pictures here on campus.
They picked you because you'll work cheap.
Thank you, Mr.
Show Biz.
Uh-huh, okay, well, this Mr.
Show Biz kept the Peach Pit alive long after people thought it'd be dead in the water, okay? Yeah, right.
All you did was go and ask your dad for a loan.
Believe me, just mentioning that to him cost me major deal points, Kelly.
What's he doing here? He's being motivational, l guess.
Who knows? -Today's the last game of Tournament '94.
-Ah.
He's some piece of work, Steve.
Rush? No! Well, there he is, Stevie Wonder! So nice you could join us, sonny boy.
Stevie l'll kill you.
Where are you going? To be presidential.
When are you coming back? Five minutes.
l'll meet you on the field.
How come you keep coming to these Student Senate meetings if nobody else ever comes? Force of habit, l guess.
l'm sorry.
lt's not so bad.
l just bang my gavel and go.
You can bang my gavel anytime.
Mm, don't mind if l do.
Hang with me for two seconds.
This won't take long.
l refuse to be called a racist, Janice! She didn't call you a racist, Levy! l did! Walsh is here.
Let's get started.
Excellent.
l think this is gonna take a little longer than two seconds.
Yeah.
Andrea, you're out of wipes.
-Oh, here they are, Grandma.
-Oh! There's some diapers underneath.
Uh, you know, l expressed two bottles of milk.
They're in the fridge.
And Jesse said he'd be home no later than 7:00.
My Hadassah meeting starts at 7:00.
Well, l'll call you from the library at 6:00.
lf he's not here, l'll just come home.
Don't rush on my account.
All those ladies do is gab for the first 20 minutes anyway.
Thanks, Grandma.
And you have fun with your Rosie, okay? You know, Hannah's looking more like Eli every day.
Who's Eli? Sadie's son.
You never mentioned him.
He was a happy little boy.
l was his babysitter.
He died in the camps.
Sweetie, oh, you're so beautiful.
lt's no secret that the Jews on Wall Street control the banks in this country, that they control the media, the Congress, the State Department; the whole kosher pickle.
And if you dare to question the scope of their influence, they call you ''anti-Semite'' and demand a public apology.
Well, when have they apologized for buying up the slums of our cities and charging the highest of rents to the poorest of our black brothers and sisters? When have they apologized for sucking the life's blood out of our communities?! The fact, is l have never heard one Jew apologize for the 250 million Africans that died in the holds of their slave ships during the Middle Passage.
This is just a sampling of the pernicious lies that Reverend Turner That speech is five years old.
Turner's comments were taken completely out of context.
And what kind of context could you possibly put them in? l move that this Senate take action now to ban Roland Turner from appearing on this campus Friday night.
-Yeah, and l second it.
-Since when does the Maccabee Center get to decide who the Black Student Union can or can't invite to speak on this campus? Since part of my tuition goes to finance this Student Government.
Excuse me.
The B.
S.
U.
is paying Reverend Turner out of -our own discretionary funds.
-But it's still University money that's being used to sponsor a demagogue Hey! Who made you the head of the thought police? Let's have some order, please, people.
The First Amendment protects the right of free speech, and that is what is at stake here.
That's all that's at stake here.
Look, obviously this is a very emotional issue, and l don't think we're going to get anywhere Point of order, Mr.
President, but a motion's been put on the floor.
Well, l'm tabling that motion, Alex, pending further study.
Take the vote, man! Meeting's adjourned.
We'll reconvene at 2:00.
Let's go, Kel.
That's our fearless leader.
You can't run away -from this, Brandon.
-You didn't think that Walsh would actually have an opinion without checking with the Chancellor first, did you? You're a funny guy, Alex.
Dr.
Revez to Radiology.
Dr.
Revez to Radiology.
Good morning, or should l say good afternoon? Where am l? They moved you to a private room.
That's a good sign, don't you think? l think it's a very good sign indeed.
Though, l'm definitely not happy about the room number.
We need to get you into a ''four.
'' A ''four'' will bring your life path into a much healthier balance.
A few of your friends dropped by.
l don't want to see anybody.
Not even Valerie? Especially not Valerie.
Oh, have a heart, Dylan.
She's been keeping a round-the-clock vigil, and she definitely has a healing aura Stay out of it.
l'm sorry.
l'm sorry.
This is no time to upset you, but, um, there is someone who needs to speak to you.
Hello, Dylan.
l'm Jamie Young.
l was on call in the emergency room when you were brought in.
Jamie's a medical student, and she's doing some fabulous research on dreams.
Well, specifically, we're studying patients who've had near-death experiences, to see what they can remember when they were unconscious.
What's your hurry, son? I'll pray for your soul.
l don't remember anything.
-Okay, great.
-Okay, take care.
Thanks a lot.
What'd they say? Chancellor Arnold's leaving for a retreat tonight, but Dean Whitmore offered to bring all the parties together for a powwow.
Well, that's good.
But we all agreed the Administration shouldn't get involved until after the Senate votes.
Why would you do that? Because the Student Government's supposed to be autonomous.
We should be able to work it out by ourselves.
Well, you will.
With Alex Diaz calling the shots? Yeah, he did seem to be playing one side against the other.
Exactly.
He knows the Review Board's going to meet in the next couple of weeks to decide whether or not l have the right to be President, and this is his way of showing how little support l have.
Well, you have me.
And don't forget how persuasive you can be one-on-one.
Does that mean l can persuade you to go back to your apartment for a little game of slap and tickle, hmm? Don't you have a football game? Oh, my God! Muntz, how bad was it, man? l stopped counting at 35-7, and that was halftime.
Hey, Mr.
Punctuality, so glad you could make it.
Steve, l'm real sorry, man.
Oh, it's cool.
Now everybody knows you're a flake.
l'm not the flake in this picture.
Hey, don't worry about it.
Even Rush said these guys are practically semipro.
Rush took it okay? He's talking basketball now.
l won't be on that team.
Ah, who cares if their tight end could leap tall buildings in a single bound-- they were lucky, too.
The only one who was lucky was Brandon for not being there.
Uh-huh.
See this gaze, see the clenched jaw? l've come to recognize these signs.
He's in a political mode right now.
Listen, l'm real sorry about the game, but l'll see you guys later, okay? Bye, bud.
Mind if l join you? Why not? lt's still a free country, isn't it? Look, Janice, l know you're a major part of this Senate boycott with Diaz.
One thing has nothing to do with the other.
Sure, it just happens to be a coincidence that you've laid all this on my lap after you haven't been to a meeting in two months.
Brandon, don't look for a grand conspiracy here.
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Black Student Union on this campus, which is something every African-American at C.
U.
is very proud of.
And we've been planning a broad spectrum of cultural events, such as folk dancers from Senegal and poetry readings.
And a keynote address by one of the most controversial men in America.
Hey, l wanted Anita Hill to come, but l was outvoted, so l went with the majority.
That's how a democracy works.
But Turner's ideas are so extreme.
They used to say the same thing about Malcolm and Dr.
King and Marcus Garvey.
You've heard of Marcus Garvey, haven't you? Marcus Garvey, he was, uh, big, tall guy.
Didn't he play for the Houston Rockets? Very funny.
Look, Janice, maybe we can come up with some way to make this whole Turner business a little less volatile.
-Now, what did you have in mind? -Well, l'm just thinking out loud now, but what if the university still paid for the speech, but we held it off campus? Like maybe in Compton or South Central? You know what l mean.
What if a bunch of Nazi skinheads wanted to hold a rally right here in the quad, huh? At the law school we have a saying: ''You're either down with the First Amendment or you're not.
'' You know what i mean? Yeah, l know what you mean.
You know, my horoscope always says the same damn thing.
What's it say? ''Accent the unorthodox.
Use elements of timing and surprise to get what you want.
'' Well, what do you want? Faucet's fixed.
All it needed was a new washer.
What? No, it's nothing.
We were just, um, reading our horoscopes.
So, what's your sign? Uh, Scorpio.
Hey, that's this month.
Yeah, l know.
So, when's your birthday? Friday.
Friday? We're having a party.
No, we won't.
Yes, we are.
No, l'm serious.
The last thing l need is to be reminded of how old l'm getting.
Exactly how old are you, Ray? Really? Geez, you're practically robbing the cradle, Ray.
l'm almost 20, thank you.
Well, l'm almost past my prime.
No, you're not.
Friday, 8:00.
We're having a party.
Donna Shh! lt's a surprise.
l'm accenting the unorthodox.
Andrea, right? Andrea Zuckerman.
Noah Levy.
From the Maccabee Center.
l was friends with Dan Rubin.
Right.
Sure.
Hi.
Hey.
So, uh, what are you up to these days? Uh, n-nothing much.
l've got a physics mid-term to study for tomorrow, and a baby l've got to get home to.
You have a baby? Yeah.
l'm married.
Got a baby.
lt's been a big year.
Um Look, it was nice seeing you Noah, but l've gotta go.
l'm crazed.
You know, l'm pretty crazed myself.
You take care.
Are you still friends with Brandon Walsh? Uh, yeah, he's the godfather of my daughter, See, then, maybe you could use your influence with him to help keep Roland Turner from speaking on this campus.
Turner's going to speak at C.
U.
? Friday night.
And the Senate votes on it tomorrow.
l will definitely give Brandon a call, but l have to go home and meet my grandma.
Thanks, but before you go, take a look at this videotape we have of Turner, and you'll understand why l came to you.
Okay.
Hey, what a pleasant surprise.
Hi.
l know it's late and l should've called first, but l Come on in.
Thanks.
Hey, you know you're always welcome here.
l thought l heard a familiar voice.
How's Hannah? Fine.
Hey, chief.
Thought you'd be at home cramming.
Yeah, me, too.
Um, Brandon, can l talk to you for a minute? Sure, come on up.
How can you defend Roland Turner? l'm not.
Did you see this tape? l saw part of it.
Well, did you see the part where he questions whether the Jews faked their deaths in Auschwitz so the U.
N.
would vote to create the state of lsrael? He said that? Yeah, he said that.
Now you understand what kind of man we're dealing with.
Still, he apologized for that speech.
Apologized to whom? The six million Jews who died in the Holocaust? Please, the only reason he said anything was because ABC News got ahold of this tape.
Look, l agree with you.
Turner's obviously a racist, and he's probably an anti-Semite Probably an anti-Semite? Listen, the Student Senate's gonna reconvene at 2:00 tomorrow.
My sources tell me they're gonna vote ten to five in support of the Black Student Union on this one.
How are you going to vote? l'll probably abstain.
l don't believe you.
Hey, the other side's got the vote on this one.
They don't care what l think.
lt's a done deal.
This is a backroom deal.
And what's that supposed to mean? lt means l won't be surprised when Janice Williams and Alex Diaz drop their challenge to your presidency.
l think you know me a little better than that.
That's okay, Brandon.
You're just a political animal like the rest of them.
Whoa, wait a second.
You come over to my house at 1 1 :00 at night to lobby me to vote your way, and l'm a political animal? Shame on you.
Brandon Walsh, up early and working hard.
Hey, D'Shawn, long time no see.
How's the team looking this year, bud? First game's down in Long Beach this Friday if you want to come check it out.
l'm supposed to go to a surprise party this Friday, unless, of course, we have to call out the National Guard to protect Mr.
Turner.
The talk was that was going to be canceled.
Well, the Senate votes on it today, but my prediction is he's gonna be there.
You're not too thrilled about that, huh? Frankly, no.
Janice Williams keeps assuring me that his real message is about self reliance and self discipline, but l don't know.
What do you think? l think Roland Turner is a promoter, Brandon.
And what are they paying him-- 10,000 bucks? Something like that.
Yeah, well, l get suspicious of anyone who tells poor people what they want to hear at 10,000 a pop.
Don't let yourself get dragged in it.
lt'll just make you crazy.
Yeah, you're right.
Thanks, man.
Have a good season, huh? Yeah, you, too.
Thanks.
Good morning.
Hi.
l thought you said you had an important exam this morning.
l did.
l just wanted to see how last night went.
Oh, it went.
Dylan slept.
So did l.
l hope you did.
l'm not much of a sleeper anymore.
Oh, Valerie.
l know.
l'm too stressed out.
l need to, uh, practice my breathing and get myself centered.
But first, um l really need to talk to Dylan.
Oh, l wish you could, too, dear, but right now, he just He feels too ashamed to see anybody.
But there's nothing to be ashamed of.
l mean, things got out of control.
lt could happen to anybody.
l know, l've seen it.
Just give it time, Valerie, hmm? Time and love.
l just wish there was something l could do.
Well, there is.
lf you wouldn't mind dropping by his house and picking up a few personal things-- you know, like his bathrobe and a toothbrush.
Yeah, no problem.
But first you get yourself to school and pass that test of yours.
Okay, but before l go, uh, there's something that l need.
What's that, dear? The house keys.
Now everything's going to be fine, and don't worry about Charles.
He's got a great eye.
He just gets a little skittish under pressure.
Since l'm skittish by nature, we should get along just fine.
You seem very calm to me.
Exteriors can be deceiving.
lsn't that what posing's all about? No more.
She's perfect.
Your whole life is about to change.
You know that, don't you? From one photo session? l don't think so.
Hi, we found you.
Hey, it's our little glamour queen.
Shh! Nora Troussant, these are my friends-- Steve Sanders and Donna Martin.
-lt's a pleasure.
-Hi.
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-Hi.
l love what you're wearing.
Yeah, it's cute, huh? l wanted to go with white to play up her blondness.
Oh, she's a blonde, all right.
Steve, don't you have somewhere to go? No, not unless you want me to renegotiate your contract.
Don't mind him.
So where are they doing your spread? On the main quad.
Oh, l don't think so.
Why not? Have you seen the main quad today? Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition, let the Senate know how you feel.
Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition, let the Senate know how Thank you.
David, just the person l want to see-- l have something for you to sign.
Yeah, well don't take this personal, but l'm not really into politics, Andrea.
This isn't about politics.
You're Jewish, aren't you? Yeah, sure, l'm Jewish.
Then how can you tolerate anti-Semitism? Because being Jewish has never really been a problem for me.
David, of course it hasn't been.
You grew up in Beverly Hills.
No, Andrea, maybe it's because l never made such a big deal about it.
Fine.
Don't sign it.
Andrea No, you know what? There is an old parable about a man who said nothing when they went and arrested people from another city because he didn't know who they were.
And he didn't say anything when they went to take his neighbors away because he figured ''Hey, it has nothing to do with me.
'' And finally when they came to his house, he wondered why there was no one left to stand up for him.
Sign the petition.
Let the Senate know how you feel.
Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition.
Let the Senate know how you feel.
Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition Oh Uh, Dylan around? No, he's not.
Can l help you? You know where l can get in touch with him? And who are you? l'm just an old surfing buddy in from San Diego for a couple of days.
So, you know when he'll be back? Not for awhile.
Oh.
So, how's he doing? He was a pretty wild guy back when l knew him.
l hope he's calmed down a little bit.
ls he all right? No, not really.
l'm sorry to hear that.
Say, you don't know how l can get in touch with him, do you? Yeah, sure, come on in.
All right.
We've collected over 1 ,500 signatures in the last six hours.
Which'll be presented to the council this afternoon.
See, they don't want a black man to tell 'em like it is, 'cause that scares them.
No, it's your ignorance that scares me.
-Who you calling ignorant, bitch? -Hey, look They're turning this school into a three-ring media circus.
We'll get through this, Brandon.
Let me know how the vote goes.
-Yeah, l will.
-Okay? Thanks, Dean.
Can't control your friends anymore, huh, Brandon? That's not a good sign.
Go away, Alex.
Well, you know, if you'd have taken the vote yesterday, like a real president would've, none of this would have happened.
-Hey, Kel.
-Hi.
You look terrific.
ls this what you're wearing -in the photo shoot? -l don't think there's gonna be a photo shoot unless the Maccabee Center decides to move their little demonstration.
Fat chance-- Andrea and her friends are so bent out of shape about this, there's no reasoning with them.
Kelly, it's over.
Charles won't work under these conditions.
Can't we go somewhere else? Charles is too upset, and frankly, so am l.
l'm sorry, Kel.
Nora, this is my boyfriend, Brandon Walsh.
This is Nora-- she's with the magazine.
She's put a lot of effort into this.
You know l've worked in Milan, Paris, all over the world because of what l can do, because of who l am inside.
And it's only here, in the land of the free, that l'm constantly reminded that it is all about the color of my skin.
All right, now, before this meeting gets started, there are a few things l'd like to say.
We have to evacuate the Union, immediately.
Somebody just called in a bomb threat.
The bomb squad thinks the call could've come from a splinter group from the JDL, or possibly the Ku Klux Klan.
But who knows? l think he's holding up.
Would you like to speak to him? Brandon.
Hi, Chancellor.
Yeah.
Well, now that the senate voted to let Turner come, l think things are only gonna get worse.
Yeah, l'll tell him.
Thanks.
l'll try.
Well, here's a brainstorm-- the chancellor thinks we should beef up security on Friday night.
l'm already working on it.
And l'm already working on my resignation speech.
l hope you're kidding.
Half kidding.
l don't want to be remembered as the guy who presided over the Civil War.
Do you think it could come to that? lt's pretty bleak, sir.
Janice Williams and Noah Levy got into a shouting match after the vote.
Both sides are grandstanding for the press.
lt's totally depressing.
For me, too.
You don't know much about my background, but l was one of the first black students admitted to the University of Georgia.
And l remember the threats and the cat calls when we tried to desegregate the lunch counters and register new voters.
Were you one of the Freedom Riders? And l was there at the Reflecting Pool in Washington when Martin Luther King spoke about his dream.
And every step of the way, at every battle that needed to be fought, Jewish people were right there with us.
To have it all unravel after only one generation is a very sobering thought.
Boom box, the boom box to give it to you, boom box How does he sound at a lower volume? ls that a hint? Yeah.
Hi, guys.
Sorry l'm late.
Hi.
What'd they say? lt was crazy-- when the bomb threat happened, l thought the photographer was gonna have a nervous breakdown.
-Did they reschedule? -Yeah, but now they want to change the whole concept.
They don't want to do the shoot on campus anymore.
Well, who can blame them? And they're thinking of putting me on the cover.
That's great! Thanks.
But there's one slight problem.
They rescheduled the shoot for Friday night.
Mm.
So you can't come to Ray's surprise party.
Sorry.
That's okay.
Steve's not coming, either.
Why not? Out of loyalty to Griffin.
''Sorry, us KEG men gotta stick together, Donna.
'' What a creep.
Yeah.
Andrea's obviously busy, and if you're out, that means Brandon's out, and poor Dylan, he's really out of it, so Yeah.
l tried to call him today.
lris said he was still pretty low.
Do you think l should invite Valerie? Not unless you want her to make a move on your boyfriend.
You know, Ray doesn't really seem like the party animal type.
Why don't we just make it a small dinner party for the -four of us? -Okay.
But wait, you're still gonna go pick out his present with me, right? Sure.
Just let me call Brandon and see how he's holding up.
No, no.
Come on, just do it from the car, 'cause the store closes at 6:00, okay? Anything for you, bubbie.
Ciao.
See ya.
What's wrong? Uh it's nothing, really.
lt's just What do you think of me being Jewish? l don't know.
l don't really think of you as being Jewish.
l don't really think of you as being anything at all.
You're just David.
So it doesn't really make a difference to you? Does it make a difference to you? l don't know.
But Grandma, nobody at the Maccabee Center said anything to imply that they would tolerate a loony who would go and call in a bomb scare.
l honestly don't think that's how the media's gonna play it.
Look, l got to go-- l want to feed the baby, watch the news and spend at least 15 seconds with my husband before l go back to the Maccabee Center for the board meeting.
Okay.
l know-- l love you, too.
Bye-bye.
l wish the phone would stop ringing already.
What are you smiling about? Andrea, l'm your husband, l love you, but you got to admit, you thrive on this stuff.
What stuff? The controversy, the politics.
Being in the limelight.
Jesse, don't cheapen what this is about, okay? lt's not about me-- it is about Roland Turner and his warped sense of history.
Okay, okay.
ln that case-- yeah-- sorry l said anything.
l want to hear what it is you have to say.
l just don't know what it is you're saying.
Well, in my opinion, there's definitely a clear difference between free speech and hate speech, but people are allowed to have other opinions, Andrea.
But l didn't say they weren't.
Then tell that to Brandon.
Excuse me, Brandon is a whole different story.
He abstained because he didn't want to offend anybody, and in the process he alienated everybody.
Okay, l think the news is starting.
Jesse, please talk to me.
Well, what am l supposed to say? You're dynamic y-you're smart, you're beautiful, you're passionate you're a good mom.
But you're not a very tolerant person, Andrea.
You're just not.
Today's student vote is a clear indication of their indifference to the rise of anti-Semitism in this country, and we will not stand by while our lives are being threatened.
Furthermore, Roland Turner's appearance at C.
U.
serves no purpose but to promote fear and hatred and to exacerbate the existing racial tensions on our campus.
l can't watch any more of this.
Brandon Hey, hey, hey, l know you're caught in the middle of this, but it really wasn't as bad as you think.
You're right, Dad.
They could've detonated the building.
Now, that would've been embarrassing.
Brandon.
l'm serious, Dad.
You try to come up with a compromise that everyone can live with, and then a friend of yours goes on TV and makes you look like a fool.
You're not a fool, and you're not a failure.
But you are a white male in a world where the power structure's becoming less male and less white every day.
The times they are a-changin'.
They always do.
l thought you were supposed to be dead.
Go on! You're a hero, McKay! McKay, McKay What do you want? You look like you could use a taste.
Or are they shooting you up with that good pharmaceutical stuff? You know if l was to yank out this l.
V.
, you'd be in pretty sad shape.
There's a purpose to life, Dylan trust me.
Trust yourself.
What do you want? When the cops come to arrest you, and they will arrest you forget you ever knew me.
You hear? Dylan? Now you get better, you hear? Huh? Everybody misses you.
Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend? He was just leaving.
l'll catch you later, buddy.
l don't think so.
You all right? Yeah, l'm all right.
Hey, chief.
Hey.
You're up early.
Yeah, so are you.
Well, my daughter gets up at 5:00 a.
m.
l don't have much choice in the matter.
-Ah.
-What about you? l like to get a workout in before the day gets too hectic.
l guess we've, uh, lost touch with each other's routines, huh? Yeah.
Saw you on TV last night.
Yeah.
There are a few things l'd like to take back.
Something you believe in your heart, you never have to apologize for that.
l know, but l, uh l'd like to apologize to you, Brandon.
l mean, l as a friend.
Well, as a friend and longtime political ally, l accept.
So, where you off to? Ah, a board meeting at the Maccabee Center.
-You're on the board now? -l'm in over my head, is what l am.
Why? You want to walk? Sure.
Yeah, so l told Noah Levy, l said, ''Look, if we walk into that auditorium ''and disrupt Turner in the middle of his speech, we're gonna lose any sympathy we have.
'' Yeah.
You gotta keep your people out of there, otherwise all hell is going to break loose.
l know.
How would you feel about you and Janice Williams sitting down one-on-one talking about security? Maybe you guys could find some kind of common denominator.
l don't think she'd do that.
She's the one that suggested it.
Okay.
Let's do it.
Good.
How about Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard, Join the protest l asked them to let us paint over the swastikas.
They won't listen to me.
Well, they'll listen to me.
This is University property.
We can't let buildings be defaced like this.
They promised me they'll remove them themselves in the morning.
They really just feel it's important to keep it just like this until after Turner speaks.
l'm sorry.
That's completely unacceptable.
They really feel strongly about this, Dean.
l wish you'd reconsider.
l don't understand their thinking at all.
The swastika is a symbol of Nazi persecution.
What kind of a statement are they trying to make? That it could happen again.
Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard.
Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard.
Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only Andrea, l just wanted to give you a copy of the statement the B.
S.
U.
released deploring anyone Look, l, l can't deal with you right now, okay? Look, l just don't want you to blame us for everything that's been happening.
Of course, l blame you.
l mean, you're the ones who invited Turner here.
You're the ones who created an atmosphere of hate on this campus.
lt wasn't us.
Andrea, you're basing your entire opinion of Dr.
Turner on one bootlegged videotape that is not a true reflection of what he or his organization is all about.
Oh, really? Then maybe your Dr.
Turner would like to see my videotape, the one where my grandmother describes what it was like to be in Buchenwald.
l'm sure that would go over great.
Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard.
Great.
She's not even a doctor.
l'm not telling her anything.
lf l told her my dreams were about being in a tunnel with the devil until my dead father stepped out of the white light and saved me, she'd have me committed.
No, she wouldn't.
To me, dreams are the window to the soul, and you don't have to reveal anything you don't want to.
No, but l do have to get committed.
l mean, eventually the court's going to make me go to rehab somewhere.
Well, the key word is ''committed.
'' lf your heart's not into it l'm into it, l just Look, l went to AA before in high school.
And l'm not knocking it, l just don't l think this time l need something a little unconventional.
Okay.
We'll find you something.
Well, we've gotta find something cheap.
l can't afford to Oh, Dylan, don't worry about the money.
l used to say that to your father every day.
Well, you didn't say that to my answering machine this summer.
Well, hell, even a spiritualist can have a bad day.
Hey, Donna, how's it going? Mmm, great.
You know, chicken Parmesan is so easy to make.
You just Put Parmesan cheese on chicken, right? Yeah, you're right.
And look, l've got a salad, fresh cantaloupe, and a birthday cake, of course.
You better tell her.
Donna, l l can't stay.
What? He feels guilty for not going to the demonstration tonight.
l don't fast on Yom Kippur.
l don't eat Matzoh on Passover.
l've got to do something.
But Ray's going to be here in 20 minutes.
Donna, l'm sorry.
l promise, l'll-l'll make it up to you.
Great, he had to go find religion tonight, huh? l won't be late, okay? Oh, this is for Ray.
See ya.
Amen.
-Amen.
-Amen.
lsn't it prophetic how the B.
S.
U.
invited Turner to speak on the Sabbath.
Let's eat.
My husband is so supportive of me, Grandma.
He is supportive, but there are limits.
Rose, do you want a leg, or white meat? A leg will be fine.
Grandma, can l talk to you alone for a minute? Of course.
Grandma, l know how concerned you must be about tonight, but l promise, l'm not gonna cross any police barricades and l'm gonna let Noah do all the interviews.
That's good to know.
l know how distressing this must be for you.
Do you? Of course l do.
All the horrible memories it must bring back, and that here in America, in the 1990's, anti-Semitism and ignorance still exists must just be Andrea, there will always be ignorance and swastikas and hate crimes and worse, but for me, tonight, what is distressing is to hear that you've been fighting with your friends and have distanced from your husband.
But that's because they don't understand how dangerous a man like Turner is.
That's why we have to speak out.
We can't let ourselves be intimidated.
That's important, but there's also a time to listen-- a time to turn the other cheek.
What are you suggesting, that l join the welcoming committee? Hey, it's getting awful lonely in here.
Coming.
Grandma, l-l want to understand.
What l have to say may not make sense to a modern person like yourself, but in the Talmud it is said that if a man is an anti-Semite, he must be spurned, for he is too consumed with hate to listen to reason.
But if someone like Dr.
Turner is first a man who seeks the good of his community, and then is anti-Semitic, we must reach out to him for if given a chance, he will eventually see the error of his ways.
But Roland Turner isn't that kind of man.
Well, how do you know? lf l were you, l would not stay outside and protest, but l would be inside that auditorium to bear witness.
Happy Birthday.
Yeah, That's me-- older and wiser.
What's wrong? Well, first l wanted to throw this big surprise party, but everyone bailed, and then Clare and David were supposed to be here for dinner Donna, l didn't come over to see Clare and David.
l don't even like Clare and David.
You don't? Once l get to know them, maybe things will change, but you're the one l care about, write songs about.
Well, uh, speaking of songs, just hold that thought, okay? Where are you going? To get your present.
You couldn't just let my birthday come and go, huh? Nope, couldn't do that.
Donna, this is a Gibson ES335.
lt's it's like a classic.
Yeah, well, the man at the store said Roy Orbison used to play one just like it.
This had to cost you a fortune.
Well, you're worth it.
Happy Birthday.
Don't you think there'll be trouble once Turner starts speaking? Oh, l think we'll be able to keep the situation under control here.
The campus security is out in force tonight, and the Maccabee Center promised to conduct themselves with dignity and aplomb, and as you can see, they are being true to their word.
But what if something does happen? The only thing that's gonna happen is this interview is gonna end, so, uh, why don't you go chase a fire or something? Hey, is Turner here yet? Unfortunately, punctuality doesn't seem to be his strong suit.
Great, how's everyone doing inside? Staying cool.
Good.
Glad to hear it.
Thanks for everything, Brandon.
You got it.
Next time if you plan on doing something like this, maybe you should invite Bill Cosby.
Well, my friend Zuckerman certainly knows how to pull out all the stops.
You must be very proud of your granddaughter.
Oh, that l am.
Pretty impressive, huh? Very impressive.
Why don't you guys take a candle and join the line? No, l think that we're going to, uh, go inside.
That is brilliant.
They wouldn't do anything to you with your grandmother in there.
We'll see you later.
Grandma Rose.
Brandon.
Hi.
Rose Zuckerman, this is Janice Williams.
She's with the Black Student Union.
Hi.
l saw you on the news last night.
You're very well-spoken.
Oh, thank you.
Janice, Rose and l were wondering if it would be a problem to go inside and hear what Turner has to say-- find out what he's about ourselves.
On one condition that you both sit next to me.
Thank you.
Uh, you know what? l'm gonna meet you guys inside.
So, Andrea mentioned you were interviewed for a history project on the Holocaust.
Yes, l was.
l'd love to watch it sometime.
So would l.
Tell me who's negotiating your contract.
Steve, there is no contract.
There's no agent.
There's no big deal.
They're just taking a couple pictures of me.
Excuse me.
Seventeen magazine is a big deal okay? And everybody knows they pay their models top dollar.
Steven, for the last time, l'm not a model.
l'm just a college student.
That's why they picked me.
That's why they're taking the pictures here on campus.
They picked you because you'll work cheap.
Thank you, Mr.
Show Biz.
Uh-huh, okay, well, this Mr.
Show Biz kept the Peach Pit alive long after people thought it'd be dead in the water, okay? Yeah, right.
All you did was go and ask your dad for a loan.
Believe me, just mentioning that to him cost me major deal points, Kelly.
What's he doing here? He's being motivational, l guess.
Who knows? -Today's the last game of Tournament '94.
-Ah.
He's some piece of work, Steve.
Rush? No! Well, there he is, Stevie Wonder! So nice you could join us, sonny boy.
Stevie l'll kill you.
Where are you going? To be presidential.
When are you coming back? Five minutes.
l'll meet you on the field.
How come you keep coming to these Student Senate meetings if nobody else ever comes? Force of habit, l guess.
l'm sorry.
lt's not so bad.
l just bang my gavel and go.
You can bang my gavel anytime.
Mm, don't mind if l do.
Hang with me for two seconds.
This won't take long.
l refuse to be called a racist, Janice! She didn't call you a racist, Levy! l did! Walsh is here.
Let's get started.
Excellent.
l think this is gonna take a little longer than two seconds.
Yeah.
Andrea, you're out of wipes.
-Oh, here they are, Grandma.
-Oh! There's some diapers underneath.
Uh, you know, l expressed two bottles of milk.
They're in the fridge.
And Jesse said he'd be home no later than 7:00.
My Hadassah meeting starts at 7:00.
Well, l'll call you from the library at 6:00.
lf he's not here, l'll just come home.
Don't rush on my account.
All those ladies do is gab for the first 20 minutes anyway.
Thanks, Grandma.
And you have fun with your Rosie, okay? You know, Hannah's looking more like Eli every day.
Who's Eli? Sadie's son.
You never mentioned him.
He was a happy little boy.
l was his babysitter.
He died in the camps.
Sweetie, oh, you're so beautiful.
lt's no secret that the Jews on Wall Street control the banks in this country, that they control the media, the Congress, the State Department; the whole kosher pickle.
And if you dare to question the scope of their influence, they call you ''anti-Semite'' and demand a public apology.
Well, when have they apologized for buying up the slums of our cities and charging the highest of rents to the poorest of our black brothers and sisters? When have they apologized for sucking the life's blood out of our communities?! The fact, is l have never heard one Jew apologize for the 250 million Africans that died in the holds of their slave ships during the Middle Passage.
This is just a sampling of the pernicious lies that Reverend Turner That speech is five years old.
Turner's comments were taken completely out of context.
And what kind of context could you possibly put them in? l move that this Senate take action now to ban Roland Turner from appearing on this campus Friday night.
-Yeah, and l second it.
-Since when does the Maccabee Center get to decide who the Black Student Union can or can't invite to speak on this campus? Since part of my tuition goes to finance this Student Government.
Excuse me.
The B.
S.
U.
is paying Reverend Turner out of -our own discretionary funds.
-But it's still University money that's being used to sponsor a demagogue Hey! Who made you the head of the thought police? Let's have some order, please, people.
The First Amendment protects the right of free speech, and that is what is at stake here.
That's all that's at stake here.
Look, obviously this is a very emotional issue, and l don't think we're going to get anywhere Point of order, Mr.
President, but a motion's been put on the floor.
Well, l'm tabling that motion, Alex, pending further study.
Take the vote, man! Meeting's adjourned.
We'll reconvene at 2:00.
Let's go, Kel.
That's our fearless leader.
You can't run away -from this, Brandon.
-You didn't think that Walsh would actually have an opinion without checking with the Chancellor first, did you? You're a funny guy, Alex.
Dr.
Revez to Radiology.
Dr.
Revez to Radiology.
Good morning, or should l say good afternoon? Where am l? They moved you to a private room.
That's a good sign, don't you think? l think it's a very good sign indeed.
Though, l'm definitely not happy about the room number.
We need to get you into a ''four.
'' A ''four'' will bring your life path into a much healthier balance.
A few of your friends dropped by.
l don't want to see anybody.
Not even Valerie? Especially not Valerie.
Oh, have a heart, Dylan.
She's been keeping a round-the-clock vigil, and she definitely has a healing aura Stay out of it.
l'm sorry.
l'm sorry.
This is no time to upset you, but, um, there is someone who needs to speak to you.
Hello, Dylan.
l'm Jamie Young.
l was on call in the emergency room when you were brought in.
Jamie's a medical student, and she's doing some fabulous research on dreams.
Well, specifically, we're studying patients who've had near-death experiences, to see what they can remember when they were unconscious.
What's your hurry, son? I'll pray for your soul.
l don't remember anything.
-Okay, great.
-Okay, take care.
Thanks a lot.
What'd they say? Chancellor Arnold's leaving for a retreat tonight, but Dean Whitmore offered to bring all the parties together for a powwow.
Well, that's good.
But we all agreed the Administration shouldn't get involved until after the Senate votes.
Why would you do that? Because the Student Government's supposed to be autonomous.
We should be able to work it out by ourselves.
Well, you will.
With Alex Diaz calling the shots? Yeah, he did seem to be playing one side against the other.
Exactly.
He knows the Review Board's going to meet in the next couple of weeks to decide whether or not l have the right to be President, and this is his way of showing how little support l have.
Well, you have me.
And don't forget how persuasive you can be one-on-one.
Does that mean l can persuade you to go back to your apartment for a little game of slap and tickle, hmm? Don't you have a football game? Oh, my God! Muntz, how bad was it, man? l stopped counting at 35-7, and that was halftime.
Hey, Mr.
Punctuality, so glad you could make it.
Steve, l'm real sorry, man.
Oh, it's cool.
Now everybody knows you're a flake.
l'm not the flake in this picture.
Hey, don't worry about it.
Even Rush said these guys are practically semipro.
Rush took it okay? He's talking basketball now.
l won't be on that team.
Ah, who cares if their tight end could leap tall buildings in a single bound-- they were lucky, too.
The only one who was lucky was Brandon for not being there.
Uh-huh.
See this gaze, see the clenched jaw? l've come to recognize these signs.
He's in a political mode right now.
Listen, l'm real sorry about the game, but l'll see you guys later, okay? Bye, bud.
Mind if l join you? Why not? lt's still a free country, isn't it? Look, Janice, l know you're a major part of this Senate boycott with Diaz.
One thing has nothing to do with the other.
Sure, it just happens to be a coincidence that you've laid all this on my lap after you haven't been to a meeting in two months.
Brandon, don't look for a grand conspiracy here.
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Black Student Union on this campus, which is something every African-American at C.
U.
is very proud of.
And we've been planning a broad spectrum of cultural events, such as folk dancers from Senegal and poetry readings.
And a keynote address by one of the most controversial men in America.
Hey, l wanted Anita Hill to come, but l was outvoted, so l went with the majority.
That's how a democracy works.
But Turner's ideas are so extreme.
They used to say the same thing about Malcolm and Dr.
King and Marcus Garvey.
You've heard of Marcus Garvey, haven't you? Marcus Garvey, he was, uh, big, tall guy.
Didn't he play for the Houston Rockets? Very funny.
Look, Janice, maybe we can come up with some way to make this whole Turner business a little less volatile.
-Now, what did you have in mind? -Well, l'm just thinking out loud now, but what if the university still paid for the speech, but we held it off campus? Like maybe in Compton or South Central? You know what l mean.
What if a bunch of Nazi skinheads wanted to hold a rally right here in the quad, huh? At the law school we have a saying: ''You're either down with the First Amendment or you're not.
'' You know what i mean? Yeah, l know what you mean.
You know, my horoscope always says the same damn thing.
What's it say? ''Accent the unorthodox.
Use elements of timing and surprise to get what you want.
'' Well, what do you want? Faucet's fixed.
All it needed was a new washer.
What? No, it's nothing.
We were just, um, reading our horoscopes.
So, what's your sign? Uh, Scorpio.
Hey, that's this month.
Yeah, l know.
So, when's your birthday? Friday.
Friday? We're having a party.
No, we won't.
Yes, we are.
No, l'm serious.
The last thing l need is to be reminded of how old l'm getting.
Exactly how old are you, Ray? Really? Geez, you're practically robbing the cradle, Ray.
l'm almost 20, thank you.
Well, l'm almost past my prime.
No, you're not.
Friday, 8:00.
We're having a party.
Donna Shh! lt's a surprise.
l'm accenting the unorthodox.
Andrea, right? Andrea Zuckerman.
Noah Levy.
From the Maccabee Center.
l was friends with Dan Rubin.
Right.
Sure.
Hi.
Hey.
So, uh, what are you up to these days? Uh, n-nothing much.
l've got a physics mid-term to study for tomorrow, and a baby l've got to get home to.
You have a baby? Yeah.
l'm married.
Got a baby.
lt's been a big year.
Um Look, it was nice seeing you Noah, but l've gotta go.
l'm crazed.
You know, l'm pretty crazed myself.
You take care.
Are you still friends with Brandon Walsh? Uh, yeah, he's the godfather of my daughter, See, then, maybe you could use your influence with him to help keep Roland Turner from speaking on this campus.
Turner's going to speak at C.
U.
? Friday night.
And the Senate votes on it tomorrow.
l will definitely give Brandon a call, but l have to go home and meet my grandma.
Thanks, but before you go, take a look at this videotape we have of Turner, and you'll understand why l came to you.
Okay.
Hey, what a pleasant surprise.
Hi.
l know it's late and l should've called first, but l Come on in.
Thanks.
Hey, you know you're always welcome here.
l thought l heard a familiar voice.
How's Hannah? Fine.
Hey, chief.
Thought you'd be at home cramming.
Yeah, me, too.
Um, Brandon, can l talk to you for a minute? Sure, come on up.
How can you defend Roland Turner? l'm not.
Did you see this tape? l saw part of it.
Well, did you see the part where he questions whether the Jews faked their deaths in Auschwitz so the U.
N.
would vote to create the state of lsrael? He said that? Yeah, he said that.
Now you understand what kind of man we're dealing with.
Still, he apologized for that speech.
Apologized to whom? The six million Jews who died in the Holocaust? Please, the only reason he said anything was because ABC News got ahold of this tape.
Look, l agree with you.
Turner's obviously a racist, and he's probably an anti-Semite Probably an anti-Semite? Listen, the Student Senate's gonna reconvene at 2:00 tomorrow.
My sources tell me they're gonna vote ten to five in support of the Black Student Union on this one.
How are you going to vote? l'll probably abstain.
l don't believe you.
Hey, the other side's got the vote on this one.
They don't care what l think.
lt's a done deal.
This is a backroom deal.
And what's that supposed to mean? lt means l won't be surprised when Janice Williams and Alex Diaz drop their challenge to your presidency.
l think you know me a little better than that.
That's okay, Brandon.
You're just a political animal like the rest of them.
Whoa, wait a second.
You come over to my house at 1 1 :00 at night to lobby me to vote your way, and l'm a political animal? Shame on you.
Brandon Walsh, up early and working hard.
Hey, D'Shawn, long time no see.
How's the team looking this year, bud? First game's down in Long Beach this Friday if you want to come check it out.
l'm supposed to go to a surprise party this Friday, unless, of course, we have to call out the National Guard to protect Mr.
Turner.
The talk was that was going to be canceled.
Well, the Senate votes on it today, but my prediction is he's gonna be there.
You're not too thrilled about that, huh? Frankly, no.
Janice Williams keeps assuring me that his real message is about self reliance and self discipline, but l don't know.
What do you think? l think Roland Turner is a promoter, Brandon.
And what are they paying him-- 10,000 bucks? Something like that.
Yeah, well, l get suspicious of anyone who tells poor people what they want to hear at 10,000 a pop.
Don't let yourself get dragged in it.
lt'll just make you crazy.
Yeah, you're right.
Thanks, man.
Have a good season, huh? Yeah, you, too.
Thanks.
Good morning.
Hi.
l thought you said you had an important exam this morning.
l did.
l just wanted to see how last night went.
Oh, it went.
Dylan slept.
So did l.
l hope you did.
l'm not much of a sleeper anymore.
Oh, Valerie.
l know.
l'm too stressed out.
l need to, uh, practice my breathing and get myself centered.
But first, um l really need to talk to Dylan.
Oh, l wish you could, too, dear, but right now, he just He feels too ashamed to see anybody.
But there's nothing to be ashamed of.
l mean, things got out of control.
lt could happen to anybody.
l know, l've seen it.
Just give it time, Valerie, hmm? Time and love.
l just wish there was something l could do.
Well, there is.
lf you wouldn't mind dropping by his house and picking up a few personal things-- you know, like his bathrobe and a toothbrush.
Yeah, no problem.
But first you get yourself to school and pass that test of yours.
Okay, but before l go, uh, there's something that l need.
What's that, dear? The house keys.
Now everything's going to be fine, and don't worry about Charles.
He's got a great eye.
He just gets a little skittish under pressure.
Since l'm skittish by nature, we should get along just fine.
You seem very calm to me.
Exteriors can be deceiving.
lsn't that what posing's all about? No more.
She's perfect.
Your whole life is about to change.
You know that, don't you? From one photo session? l don't think so.
Hi, we found you.
Hey, it's our little glamour queen.
Shh! Nora Troussant, these are my friends-- Steve Sanders and Donna Martin.
-lt's a pleasure.
-Hi.
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-Hi.
l love what you're wearing.
Yeah, it's cute, huh? l wanted to go with white to play up her blondness.
Oh, she's a blonde, all right.
Steve, don't you have somewhere to go? No, not unless you want me to renegotiate your contract.
Don't mind him.
So where are they doing your spread? On the main quad.
Oh, l don't think so.
Why not? Have you seen the main quad today? Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition, let the Senate know how you feel.
Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition, let the Senate know how Thank you.
David, just the person l want to see-- l have something for you to sign.
Yeah, well don't take this personal, but l'm not really into politics, Andrea.
This isn't about politics.
You're Jewish, aren't you? Yeah, sure, l'm Jewish.
Then how can you tolerate anti-Semitism? Because being Jewish has never really been a problem for me.
David, of course it hasn't been.
You grew up in Beverly Hills.
No, Andrea, maybe it's because l never made such a big deal about it.
Fine.
Don't sign it.
Andrea No, you know what? There is an old parable about a man who said nothing when they went and arrested people from another city because he didn't know who they were.
And he didn't say anything when they went to take his neighbors away because he figured ''Hey, it has nothing to do with me.
'' And finally when they came to his house, he wondered why there was no one left to stand up for him.
Sign the petition.
Let the Senate know how you feel.
Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition.
Let the Senate know how you feel.
Stop Roland Turner from spreading his message of hate.
Sign the petition Oh Uh, Dylan around? No, he's not.
Can l help you? You know where l can get in touch with him? And who are you? l'm just an old surfing buddy in from San Diego for a couple of days.
So, you know when he'll be back? Not for awhile.
Oh.
So, how's he doing? He was a pretty wild guy back when l knew him.
l hope he's calmed down a little bit.
ls he all right? No, not really.
l'm sorry to hear that.
Say, you don't know how l can get in touch with him, do you? Yeah, sure, come on in.
All right.
We've collected over 1 ,500 signatures in the last six hours.
Which'll be presented to the council this afternoon.
See, they don't want a black man to tell 'em like it is, 'cause that scares them.
No, it's your ignorance that scares me.
-Who you calling ignorant, bitch? -Hey, look They're turning this school into a three-ring media circus.
We'll get through this, Brandon.
Let me know how the vote goes.
-Yeah, l will.
-Okay? Thanks, Dean.
Can't control your friends anymore, huh, Brandon? That's not a good sign.
Go away, Alex.
Well, you know, if you'd have taken the vote yesterday, like a real president would've, none of this would have happened.
-Hey, Kel.
-Hi.
You look terrific.
ls this what you're wearing -in the photo shoot? -l don't think there's gonna be a photo shoot unless the Maccabee Center decides to move their little demonstration.
Fat chance-- Andrea and her friends are so bent out of shape about this, there's no reasoning with them.
Kelly, it's over.
Charles won't work under these conditions.
Can't we go somewhere else? Charles is too upset, and frankly, so am l.
l'm sorry, Kel.
Nora, this is my boyfriend, Brandon Walsh.
This is Nora-- she's with the magazine.
She's put a lot of effort into this.
You know l've worked in Milan, Paris, all over the world because of what l can do, because of who l am inside.
And it's only here, in the land of the free, that l'm constantly reminded that it is all about the color of my skin.
All right, now, before this meeting gets started, there are a few things l'd like to say.
We have to evacuate the Union, immediately.
Somebody just called in a bomb threat.
The bomb squad thinks the call could've come from a splinter group from the JDL, or possibly the Ku Klux Klan.
But who knows? l think he's holding up.
Would you like to speak to him? Brandon.
Hi, Chancellor.
Yeah.
Well, now that the senate voted to let Turner come, l think things are only gonna get worse.
Yeah, l'll tell him.
Thanks.
l'll try.
Well, here's a brainstorm-- the chancellor thinks we should beef up security on Friday night.
l'm already working on it.
And l'm already working on my resignation speech.
l hope you're kidding.
Half kidding.
l don't want to be remembered as the guy who presided over the Civil War.
Do you think it could come to that? lt's pretty bleak, sir.
Janice Williams and Noah Levy got into a shouting match after the vote.
Both sides are grandstanding for the press.
lt's totally depressing.
For me, too.
You don't know much about my background, but l was one of the first black students admitted to the University of Georgia.
And l remember the threats and the cat calls when we tried to desegregate the lunch counters and register new voters.
Were you one of the Freedom Riders? And l was there at the Reflecting Pool in Washington when Martin Luther King spoke about his dream.
And every step of the way, at every battle that needed to be fought, Jewish people were right there with us.
To have it all unravel after only one generation is a very sobering thought.
Boom box, the boom box to give it to you, boom box How does he sound at a lower volume? ls that a hint? Yeah.
Hi, guys.
Sorry l'm late.
Hi.
What'd they say? lt was crazy-- when the bomb threat happened, l thought the photographer was gonna have a nervous breakdown.
-Did they reschedule? -Yeah, but now they want to change the whole concept.
They don't want to do the shoot on campus anymore.
Well, who can blame them? And they're thinking of putting me on the cover.
That's great! Thanks.
But there's one slight problem.
They rescheduled the shoot for Friday night.
Mm.
So you can't come to Ray's surprise party.
Sorry.
That's okay.
Steve's not coming, either.
Why not? Out of loyalty to Griffin.
''Sorry, us KEG men gotta stick together, Donna.
'' What a creep.
Yeah.
Andrea's obviously busy, and if you're out, that means Brandon's out, and poor Dylan, he's really out of it, so Yeah.
l tried to call him today.
lris said he was still pretty low.
Do you think l should invite Valerie? Not unless you want her to make a move on your boyfriend.
You know, Ray doesn't really seem like the party animal type.
Why don't we just make it a small dinner party for the -four of us? -Okay.
But wait, you're still gonna go pick out his present with me, right? Sure.
Just let me call Brandon and see how he's holding up.
No, no.
Come on, just do it from the car, 'cause the store closes at 6:00, okay? Anything for you, bubbie.
Ciao.
See ya.
What's wrong? Uh it's nothing, really.
lt's just What do you think of me being Jewish? l don't know.
l don't really think of you as being Jewish.
l don't really think of you as being anything at all.
You're just David.
So it doesn't really make a difference to you? Does it make a difference to you? l don't know.
But Grandma, nobody at the Maccabee Center said anything to imply that they would tolerate a loony who would go and call in a bomb scare.
l honestly don't think that's how the media's gonna play it.
Look, l got to go-- l want to feed the baby, watch the news and spend at least 15 seconds with my husband before l go back to the Maccabee Center for the board meeting.
Okay.
l know-- l love you, too.
Bye-bye.
l wish the phone would stop ringing already.
What are you smiling about? Andrea, l'm your husband, l love you, but you got to admit, you thrive on this stuff.
What stuff? The controversy, the politics.
Being in the limelight.
Jesse, don't cheapen what this is about, okay? lt's not about me-- it is about Roland Turner and his warped sense of history.
Okay, okay.
ln that case-- yeah-- sorry l said anything.
l want to hear what it is you have to say.
l just don't know what it is you're saying.
Well, in my opinion, there's definitely a clear difference between free speech and hate speech, but people are allowed to have other opinions, Andrea.
But l didn't say they weren't.
Then tell that to Brandon.
Excuse me, Brandon is a whole different story.
He abstained because he didn't want to offend anybody, and in the process he alienated everybody.
Okay, l think the news is starting.
Jesse, please talk to me.
Well, what am l supposed to say? You're dynamic y-you're smart, you're beautiful, you're passionate you're a good mom.
But you're not a very tolerant person, Andrea.
You're just not.
Today's student vote is a clear indication of their indifference to the rise of anti-Semitism in this country, and we will not stand by while our lives are being threatened.
Furthermore, Roland Turner's appearance at C.
U.
serves no purpose but to promote fear and hatred and to exacerbate the existing racial tensions on our campus.
l can't watch any more of this.
Brandon Hey, hey, hey, l know you're caught in the middle of this, but it really wasn't as bad as you think.
You're right, Dad.
They could've detonated the building.
Now, that would've been embarrassing.
Brandon.
l'm serious, Dad.
You try to come up with a compromise that everyone can live with, and then a friend of yours goes on TV and makes you look like a fool.
You're not a fool, and you're not a failure.
But you are a white male in a world where the power structure's becoming less male and less white every day.
The times they are a-changin'.
They always do.
l thought you were supposed to be dead.
Go on! You're a hero, McKay! McKay, McKay What do you want? You look like you could use a taste.
Or are they shooting you up with that good pharmaceutical stuff? You know if l was to yank out this l.
V.
, you'd be in pretty sad shape.
There's a purpose to life, Dylan trust me.
Trust yourself.
What do you want? When the cops come to arrest you, and they will arrest you forget you ever knew me.
You hear? Dylan? Now you get better, you hear? Huh? Everybody misses you.
Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend? He was just leaving.
l'll catch you later, buddy.
l don't think so.
You all right? Yeah, l'm all right.
Hey, chief.
Hey.
You're up early.
Yeah, so are you.
Well, my daughter gets up at 5:00 a.
m.
l don't have much choice in the matter.
-Ah.
-What about you? l like to get a workout in before the day gets too hectic.
l guess we've, uh, lost touch with each other's routines, huh? Yeah.
Saw you on TV last night.
Yeah.
There are a few things l'd like to take back.
Something you believe in your heart, you never have to apologize for that.
l know, but l, uh l'd like to apologize to you, Brandon.
l mean, l as a friend.
Well, as a friend and longtime political ally, l accept.
So, where you off to? Ah, a board meeting at the Maccabee Center.
-You're on the board now? -l'm in over my head, is what l am.
Why? You want to walk? Sure.
Yeah, so l told Noah Levy, l said, ''Look, if we walk into that auditorium ''and disrupt Turner in the middle of his speech, we're gonna lose any sympathy we have.
'' Yeah.
You gotta keep your people out of there, otherwise all hell is going to break loose.
l know.
How would you feel about you and Janice Williams sitting down one-on-one talking about security? Maybe you guys could find some kind of common denominator.
l don't think she'd do that.
She's the one that suggested it.
Okay.
Let's do it.
Good.
How about Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard, Join the protest l asked them to let us paint over the swastikas.
They won't listen to me.
Well, they'll listen to me.
This is University property.
We can't let buildings be defaced like this.
They promised me they'll remove them themselves in the morning.
They really just feel it's important to keep it just like this until after Turner speaks.
l'm sorry.
That's completely unacceptable.
They really feel strongly about this, Dean.
l wish you'd reconsider.
l don't understand their thinking at all.
The swastika is a symbol of Nazi persecution.
What kind of a statement are they trying to make? That it could happen again.
Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard.
Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard.
Join the protest tonight against Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only Andrea, l just wanted to give you a copy of the statement the B.
S.
U.
released deploring anyone Look, l, l can't deal with you right now, okay? Look, l just don't want you to blame us for everything that's been happening.
Of course, l blame you.
l mean, you're the ones who invited Turner here.
You're the ones who created an atmosphere of hate on this campus.
lt wasn't us.
Andrea, you're basing your entire opinion of Dr.
Turner on one bootlegged videotape that is not a true reflection of what he or his organization is all about.
Oh, really? Then maybe your Dr.
Turner would like to see my videotape, the one where my grandmother describes what it was like to be in Buchenwald.
l'm sure that would go over great.
Roland Turner.
Don't let hate be the only voice that's heard.
Great.
She's not even a doctor.
l'm not telling her anything.
lf l told her my dreams were about being in a tunnel with the devil until my dead father stepped out of the white light and saved me, she'd have me committed.
No, she wouldn't.
To me, dreams are the window to the soul, and you don't have to reveal anything you don't want to.
No, but l do have to get committed.
l mean, eventually the court's going to make me go to rehab somewhere.
Well, the key word is ''committed.
'' lf your heart's not into it l'm into it, l just Look, l went to AA before in high school.
And l'm not knocking it, l just don't l think this time l need something a little unconventional.
Okay.
We'll find you something.
Well, we've gotta find something cheap.
l can't afford to Oh, Dylan, don't worry about the money.
l used to say that to your father every day.
Well, you didn't say that to my answering machine this summer.
Well, hell, even a spiritualist can have a bad day.
Hey, Donna, how's it going? Mmm, great.
You know, chicken Parmesan is so easy to make.
You just Put Parmesan cheese on chicken, right? Yeah, you're right.
And look, l've got a salad, fresh cantaloupe, and a birthday cake, of course.
You better tell her.
Donna, l l can't stay.
What? He feels guilty for not going to the demonstration tonight.
l don't fast on Yom Kippur.
l don't eat Matzoh on Passover.
l've got to do something.
But Ray's going to be here in 20 minutes.
Donna, l'm sorry.
l promise, l'll-l'll make it up to you.
Great, he had to go find religion tonight, huh? l won't be late, okay? Oh, this is for Ray.
See ya.
Amen.
-Amen.
-Amen.
lsn't it prophetic how the B.
S.
U.
invited Turner to speak on the Sabbath.
Let's eat.
My husband is so supportive of me, Grandma.
He is supportive, but there are limits.
Rose, do you want a leg, or white meat? A leg will be fine.
Grandma, can l talk to you alone for a minute? Of course.
Grandma, l know how concerned you must be about tonight, but l promise, l'm not gonna cross any police barricades and l'm gonna let Noah do all the interviews.
That's good to know.
l know how distressing this must be for you.
Do you? Of course l do.
All the horrible memories it must bring back, and that here in America, in the 1990's, anti-Semitism and ignorance still exists must just be Andrea, there will always be ignorance and swastikas and hate crimes and worse, but for me, tonight, what is distressing is to hear that you've been fighting with your friends and have distanced from your husband.
But that's because they don't understand how dangerous a man like Turner is.
That's why we have to speak out.
We can't let ourselves be intimidated.
That's important, but there's also a time to listen-- a time to turn the other cheek.
What are you suggesting, that l join the welcoming committee? Hey, it's getting awful lonely in here.
Coming.
Grandma, l-l want to understand.
What l have to say may not make sense to a modern person like yourself, but in the Talmud it is said that if a man is an anti-Semite, he must be spurned, for he is too consumed with hate to listen to reason.
But if someone like Dr.
Turner is first a man who seeks the good of his community, and then is anti-Semitic, we must reach out to him for if given a chance, he will eventually see the error of his ways.
But Roland Turner isn't that kind of man.
Well, how do you know? lf l were you, l would not stay outside and protest, but l would be inside that auditorium to bear witness.
Happy Birthday.
Yeah, That's me-- older and wiser.
What's wrong? Well, first l wanted to throw this big surprise party, but everyone bailed, and then Clare and David were supposed to be here for dinner Donna, l didn't come over to see Clare and David.
l don't even like Clare and David.
You don't? Once l get to know them, maybe things will change, but you're the one l care about, write songs about.
Well, uh, speaking of songs, just hold that thought, okay? Where are you going? To get your present.
You couldn't just let my birthday come and go, huh? Nope, couldn't do that.
Donna, this is a Gibson ES335.
lt's it's like a classic.
Yeah, well, the man at the store said Roy Orbison used to play one just like it.
This had to cost you a fortune.
Well, you're worth it.
Happy Birthday.
Don't you think there'll be trouble once Turner starts speaking? Oh, l think we'll be able to keep the situation under control here.
The campus security is out in force tonight, and the Maccabee Center promised to conduct themselves with dignity and aplomb, and as you can see, they are being true to their word.
But what if something does happen? The only thing that's gonna happen is this interview is gonna end, so, uh, why don't you go chase a fire or something? Hey, is Turner here yet? Unfortunately, punctuality doesn't seem to be his strong suit.
Great, how's everyone doing inside? Staying cool.
Good.
Glad to hear it.
Thanks for everything, Brandon.
You got it.
Next time if you plan on doing something like this, maybe you should invite Bill Cosby.
Well, my friend Zuckerman certainly knows how to pull out all the stops.
You must be very proud of your granddaughter.
Oh, that l am.
Pretty impressive, huh? Very impressive.
Why don't you guys take a candle and join the line? No, l think that we're going to, uh, go inside.
That is brilliant.
They wouldn't do anything to you with your grandmother in there.
We'll see you later.
Grandma Rose.
Brandon.
Hi.
Rose Zuckerman, this is Janice Williams.
She's with the Black Student Union.
Hi.
l saw you on the news last night.
You're very well-spoken.
Oh, thank you.
Janice, Rose and l were wondering if it would be a problem to go inside and hear what Turner has to say-- find out what he's about ourselves.
On one condition that you both sit next to me.
Thank you.
Uh, you know what? l'm gonna meet you guys inside.
So, Andrea mentioned you were interviewed for a history project on the Holocaust.
Yes, l was.
l'd love to watch it sometime.
So would l.