1. You remembered to put an
extra pair of socks on, right?Copy !req
2. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
3. Today in New York City,Copy !req
4. expect a lot of snow,
and it's coming down fast.Copy !req
5. We've had six inches reported
the last hour in ManhattanCopy !req
6. and four inches in Park Slope.Copy !req
7. Mom, do I have
to go to school?Copy !req
8. I mean, it's snowing
like crazy.Copy !req
9. It's snow, Chris,
not Armageddon,Copy !req
10. Now hurry up.Copy !req
11. You know the buses are
going to be running slow.Copy !req
12. Go.Copy !req
13. Because my mother wanted usCopy !req
14. to get the best education
possible,Copy !req
15. as long as school was open,
we had to go no matter what.Copy !req
16. Ooh, baby.Copy !req
17. Your temperature is 103.Copy !req
18. Can I stay home from school?Copy !req
19. No. Just put this ice
pack under your hat.Copy !req
20. You'll be all right.Copy !req
21. Ooh, baby, I think
you got food poisoning.Copy !req
22. Can I stay home
from school?Copy !req
23. No.
Drink this ipecac.Copy !req
24. You'll be all right.Copy !req
25. While I was on the road,Copy !req
26. Drew and Tonya were
on the couch.Copy !req
27. Okay, come on,
y'all, let's go.Copy !req
28. and Saint Seraphim
Elementary.Copy !req
29. In Bedford Stuyvesant,
latest school closingsCopy !req
30. include Linville Elementary,Copy !req
31. Lamont Sanford Junior High,
and Dolemite Elementary.Copy !req
32. Ooh, yes!Copy !req
33. School is closed!
Yeah!Copy !req
34. We're staying home from school.
It's cold out there.Copy !req
35. We're staying home
from school.
What's going on?Copy !req
36. Our school just closed.Copy !req
37. What?
Yeah, we get
to stay home.Copy !req
38. Yeah!
Where's Chris?Copy !req
39. He already left.Copy !req
40. His school's not closed?Copy !req
41. Well, they didn't
mention it on the news.Copy !req
42. Is he going to be all right?Copy !req
43. Oh, I'm sure
he'll be fine, baby.Copy !req
44. But look,
I got to go.Copy !req
45. I left your breakfast
on the stove.Copy !req
46. Wait. Drew and Tonya are
going to be here all day?Copy !req
47. What? You got another home
to take them to?Copy !req
48. I got to go,
baby, I'm late.Copy !req
49. Love you.Copy !req
50. Meanwhile, there were more kids
at my houseCopy !req
51. than there were at my school.Copy !req
52. Hello?Copy !req
53. Is anyone here?Copy !req
54. I wouldn't put it past all
the other kids to hide from me.Copy !req
55. Captioning sponsored byCopy !req
56. Captioning sponsored byCopy !req
57. Whoa!Copy !req
58. Man, what is wrong with you,
sneaking up on people?Copy !req
59. Chris, what are
you doing here?Copy !req
60. School was
cancelled today.Copy !req
61. Since when?Copy !req
62. They announced it
about an hour ago.Copy !req
63. I left the house
an hour and a half ago.Copy !req
64. Well, I suppose we should
see about getting you home.Copy !req
65. Even though Principal Edwards
had traveled the world,Copy !req
66. he couldn't get me
back to Brooklyn.Copy !req
67. I'm sorry, Chris,
I can't let you go.Copy !req
68. Why not?Copy !req
69. Our phones are out.Copy !req
70. You're not allowed
to leave schoolCopy !req
71. without the consent
of a parent or guardian.Copy !req
72. So you're saying
the only reason whyCopy !req
73. I can't leave
is 'cause I'm here?Copy !req
74. That, my friend,
is a paradox.Copy !req
75. Sounds more like C-block.Copy !req
76. Why would your motherCopy !req
77. allow you to go out
in weather like this?Copy !req
78. She's crazy.Copy !req
79. She doesn't like us
to miss school.Copy !req
80. Let's not disappoint her.Copy !req
81. While I was getting snowed in,
back at home, the word was out.Copy !req
82. To repeat, city buses
are experiencing delaysCopy !req
83. of up to four hoursCopy !req
84. due to closings
and hazardous conditions.Copy !req
85. Now here's a list
of the latest school closures.Copy !req
86. Corleone Junior High...Copy !req
87. Daddy, look, Chris'
school is closed.Copy !req
88. What?Copy !req
89. Oh, see, it says Corleone
Junior High School.Copy !req
90. If his school is closed,
how come he hasn't called?Copy !req
91. Maybe he got trapped
in a snowdriftCopy !req
92. and had to eat
his own mouth to survive.Copy !req
93. That's a thought.Copy !req
94. Where are you going?Copy !req
95. I'm going to get your brother.Copy !req
96. Who's going to
stay with us?Copy !req
97. Oh... I'll be right back.Copy !req
98. Even though
the weather was horrible,Copy !req
99. my mother liked riding
the subway.Copy !req
100. Being with strangers is
a lot less stressfulCopy !req
101. than being with your family.Copy !req
102. This is a stickup!Copy !req
103. Shut up!Copy !req
104. Aw, damn.
Aw, damn.Copy !req
105. We're sorry for the sudden stop.Copy !req
106. If you'll all remain seated,Copy !req
107. we'll be on our way
in a few minutes.Copy !req
108. Aw, damn!Copy !req
109. Well?Copy !req
110. "Well" nothing.Copy !req
111. This is still a stickup.Copy !req
112. Will you be quiet?Copy !req
113. I was the only one in school,Copy !req
114. but Principal Edwards handled
things by the book.Copy !req
115. He took attendance.Copy !req
116. Caroline?Copy !req
117. Chris?Copy !req
118. Here.Copy !req
119. Chris.Copy !req
120. Eddie?Copy !req
121. We said
the Pledge of Allegiance.Copy !req
122. One nation, under God,
indivisibleCopy !req
123. with liberty
and justice for all.Copy !req
124. Since I was the only one
in class,Copy !req
125. he let me say
the Black Pledge of Allegiance.Copy !req
126. One nation under a grooveCopy !req
127. getting down just
for the funk of it.Copy !req
128. One nation
and we're on the move.Copy !req
129. Nothing can stop us now.Copy !req
130. After lunch,
we sang "Aqua Boogie."Copy !req
131. After that, we got down
to serious business.Copy !req
132. All right, class.Copy !req
133. First up, I'm giving you
a quiz on Pearl Harbor.Copy !req
134. What? Ms. Morello didn't have
a quiz planned for today.Copy !req
135. Consider it a surprise,
just like Pearl Harbor.Copy !req
136. Eyes on your own paper.Copy !req
137. My father couldn't leave
Drew and Tonya home alone,Copy !req
138. because if you pull
that Home Alone crapCopy !req
139. in a black neighborhood,
they take away your kids.Copy !req
140. Can I help you?Copy !req
141. I was looking
for Mr. Omar.Copy !req
142. Oh, hey,
Mr. Julius.Copy !req
143. Yeah, this is my friend
Mrs. Booker.Copy !req
144. I'm sorry about your husband.Copy !req
145. Yeah, caught a deadly case
of botulism.Copy !req
146. Tragic, tragic.Copy !req
147. How did you know...Copy !req
148. Baby, why don't you go
and put that record on for me?Copy !req
149. Okay.Copy !req
150. Yeah, wha— so, uh,
what can I do for you?Copy !req
151. I need to pick
Chris up from schoolCopy !req
152. and I was wondering if
you could keep an eyeCopy !req
153. on Drew and Tonya
till I get back?Copy !req
154. Mr. Omar had another back
to keep an eye on.Copy !req
155. Yeah, can't you get
somebody else, man?Copy !req
156. I really need your help.Copy !req
157. I mean, all you got to
do is check on them.Copy !req
158. They'll be easy,
I promise.Copy !req
159. Speaking of easy...Copy !req
160. I don't know, man.Copy !req
161. I'll take ten dollars
off the rent.Copy !req
162. I'll be down in a minute.Copy !req
163. Thank you.Copy !req
164. Any questions?Copy !req
165. Anyone?Copy !req
166. Yes, Chris?Copy !req
167. I'm the only one in the
entire city that's in school.Copy !req
168. So, why should I have to learn
when everybody else is sittingCopy !req
169. on their couch watching
The Price Is Right?Copy !req
170. Chris, the true measure
of a man is not what he doesCopy !req
171. when he is being watched.Copy !req
172. It's what he does
when he is alone.Copy !req
173. Technically, this isn't
a real school day.Copy !req
174. If you haven't noticed,
I'm not supposed to be here.Copy !req
175. So why should
I take classes?Copy !req
176. All right.Copy !req
177. Do whatever you want.Copy !req
178. So you're saying that if I get
up and walk out of that door,Copy !req
179. you won't do anything
to stop me?Copy !req
180. No.Copy !req
181. Good-bye.Copy !req
182. As I was storming out,Copy !req
183. the storm outside
was picking up.Copy !req
184. I haven't seenCopy !req
185. a sea of white like thisCopy !req
186. since the Republican
National Convention.Copy !req
187. Come on, in the bag!
Put it in the bag!Copy !req
188. Get to the back!
Come on!Copy !req
189. My mother had lost her money,Copy !req
190. but there was only
so much she could take.Copy !req
191. Good day to rob a train, huh?Copy !req
192. Watch your mouth!Copy !req
193. Why?Copy !req
194. You done already took my money!Copy !req
195. What else you gonna take,
my seat?Copy !req
196. I might shoot you!Copy !req
197. And you might go to jail!Copy !req
198. You got six bulletsCopy !req
199. and nine passengers,Copy !req
200. which leaves
three witnesses,Copy !req
201. and 25 years to life!Copy !req
202. Don't shoot her, shoot me.Copy !req
203. Don't tell me who to shoot!Copy !req
204. What are you,
trying to get shot?Copy !req
205. Shut up!Copy !req
206. Will you be quiet?Copy !req
207. Sit down.Copy !req
208. While my mother
was pushing her luck,Copy !req
209. Mr. Omar was trying
to pull a fast one.Copy !req
210. Hey, I got peanut butter
and jelly, fried bolognaCopy !req
211. and mustard,
Kool-Aid and chips.Copy !req
212. The homeless shelter special.Copy !req
213. Anything else?Copy !req
214. I thought you were supposed
to be staying with us.Copy !req
215. No, I told you father
I would check on y'all.Copy !req
216. So I'm checking on you.
You okay?Copy !req
217. Yeah.Copy !req
218. All right, so
I'll be backCopy !req
219. to check on
you again.
Mr. Omar...Copy !req
220. Can you make me
some hot chocolate?Copy !req
221. Okay. Hot chocolate it is.Copy !req
222. Oh, Mr. Omar?Copy !req
223. Uh
Could you pleaseCopy !req
224. make me some cheese toast?Copy !req
225. Cheese toast and hot chocolate.Copy !req
226. Okay, great.Copy !req
227. While Mr. Omar
was stuck babysitting,Copy !req
228. my father was just plain stuck.Copy !req
229. Should've bought
those snow tires.Copy !req
230. My father was willingCopy !req
231. to brave the elements
to save his son,Copy !req
232. but to save money,Copy !req
233. he bought the cheapest tires
known to man.Copy !req
234. He's the only black out
in a whiteout.Copy !req
235. With too much snow to stay
outside, I went back insideCopy !req
236. to find crouching tiger,
hidden principal.Copy !req
237. Principal Edwards?Copy !req
238. I thought you left.Copy !req
239. Yeah, but I came back.Copy !req
240. Hyah!Copy !req
241. Captain Obvious
strikes again.Copy !req
242. Hoo-wah!Copy !req
243. I'm sorry.Copy !req
244. Are you really?Copy !req
245. You did what you
wanted to do.Copy !req
246. Shh-woo, yah!Copy !req
247. Just didn't work outCopy !req
248. the way you planned.Copy !req
249. It's not like I didn't want
to take my classes.Copy !req
250. I haven't missed a day
of school all year.Copy !req
251. I work hard.Copy !req
252. It's just that the one day
I could spend at home relaxing,Copy !req
253. I'm stuck here with you.Copy !req
254. So what's the point
in doing schoolwork today?Copy !req
255. You know what?
You're right.Copy !req
256. I am?Copy !req
257. Sure you are.Copy !req
258. So what now?Copy !req
259. Ninja lessons?Copy !req
260. I'm sorry
about that.Copy !req
261. Look here, if you're gonna
keep talking about getting shot,Copy !req
262. you need to sit
over there somewhere.Copy !req
263. I'm sorry.Copy !req
264. I figured I didn't
have much to lose.Copy !req
265. Why?Copy !req
266. Yesterday was my
61st birthdayCopy !req
267. and... nobody in
my family called.Copy !req
268. I was headed to the
Brooklyn BridgeCopy !req
269. to jump off.Copy !req
270. You were gonna jump off a bridgeCopy !req
271. 'cause you didn't
get a phone call?Copy !req
272. No wonder they
didn't call you.Copy !req
273. You're selfish.Copy !req
274. A 61-year-old gonna
jump off a bridgeCopy !req
275. 'cause he didn't
get a phone call.Copy !req
276. I wouldn't call you either.
It's too much pressure.Copy !req
277. You don't know
anything about me.Copy !req
278. I know you're too damn old
to be jumping off bridges.Copy !req
279. Well, it's none of
your business anyway.Copy !req
280. Wait a minute, you're
the one standing up
talking 'bout,Copy !req
281. "Don't shoot her,
shoot me."Copy !req
282. Well, then why didn't
you let him shoot me?Copy !req
283. I'm not gonna
have people thinkingCopy !req
284. you saved my life. You ain't
nothing but a big baby.Copy !req
285. Scarface,
whatever you do,Copy !req
286. don't shoot him.
Oh, could you shoot me, please?Copy !req
287. It's the only way my boss
is gonna believe this.Copy !req
288. Since we'd done a little work,Copy !req
289. Principal Edwards decided
we could have a little fun.Copy !req
290. Back at home, Drew and Tonya
were monopolizingCopy !req
291. all of Mr. Omar's time.Copy !req
292. Ha! Boardwalk with a hotel.Copy !req
293. Looks like somebody
owes me $2,000.Copy !req
294. Oh, dang. Tragic.Copy !req
295. Um, Mr. Omar?Copy !req
296. How come every time
we see you with a woman,Copy !req
297. their husband just died?Copy !req
298. Well, that's becauseCopy !req
299. I'm a funeral
director, baby.Copy !req
300. But when the wives die,Copy !req
301. how come you don't
make friends with the husbands?Copy !req
302. Oh, well, men don't
need as much attention.Copy !req
303. Man, if my wife died,Copy !req
304. I'd be crying, sitting
at home by myselfCopy !req
305. wondering what
I'm gonna do...Copy !req
306. how to go on.Copy !req
307. I'd be wishing anybody
would talk to me.Copy !req
308. Well, women are sensitive,Copy !req
309. you know, in a different
kind of way.Copy !req
310. Oh, I thought
that women were likeCopy !req
311. that because they
were desperate.Copy !req
312. Roll the dice, baby.Copy !req
313. Here you go.Copy !req
314. Ha!
This wasn'tCopy !req
315. so bad after all.Copy !req
316. Hey! You know,
that's a cool vase.Copy !req
317. That's three centuries old.Copy !req
318. Wow.Copy !req
319. So what do all
those markings mean?Copy !req
320. They represent honor.Copy !req
321. They did until Paris Hilton
tattooed them on her ass.Copy !req
322. I wanted this for my wife.Copy !req
323. You're married?Copy !req
324. I was.Copy !req
325. We split up a few years ago.Copy !req
326. She took the moneyCopy !req
327. and I kept the vase.
Figures.Copy !req
328. This vase...Copy !req
329. changed my life.Copy !req
330. How's that?Copy !req
331. It taught me one
of life's great lessons.Copy !req
332. All that we have been or doneCopy !req
333. is in the past.Copy !req
334. Live in the now.Copy !req
335. What?Copy !req
336. I wonder what Eastern
philosophy has to sayCopy !req
337. about crazy glue.Copy !req
338. Girl, what you crying about?Copy !req
339. All he said was, "Be quiet."Copy !req
340. It's not that. I just broke up
with my fiancé.Copy !req
341. This ring looks pretty cheap.Copy !req
342. It is cheap.Copy !req
343. So that's why you broke
up with him? 'Cause he
doesn't have any money?Copy !req
344. No, I broke up with him because
I want him to get a job,Copy !req
345. but thinks he's going
to be a movie director.Copy !req
346. Well, at least he ain't
out robbing trains.Copy !req
347. And get this, he took my credit
card to make his last film.Copy !req
348. Now how you gonna
make a movie
on a credit card?Copy !req
349. What's Mr. Movie
Director's name?Copy !req
350. Sheldon.Copy !req
351. Now, how you gonna
be a movie directorCopy !req
352. with a name like Sheldon?Copy !req
353. His friends call him Spike.Copy !req
354. Oh, girl, that's worse.Copy !req
355. Trust me.
You can do betterCopy !req
356. than a Black man
named Spike.Copy !req
357. Try and find a guy
with a nice name,Copy !req
358. like, like,
like Orenthal.Copy !req
359. That's nice.
She later became the firstCopy !req
360. Black girl in history
to be glad she wasn't White.Copy !req
361. The snow stopped the traffic,
but it couldn't stop Risky.Copy !req
362. Julius! Julius!Copy !req
363. Risky?Copy !req
364. What are you doing
out here, man?Copy !req
365. Chris is stuck at school.
I gotta get him.Copy !req
366. Can you help me out?Copy !req
367. Oh, sorry, no room, man.Copy !req
368. Me and my man, Nanook,Copy !req
369. out here trying
to make money on theseCopy !req
370. cross-country skis.Copy !req
371. You want a pair?Copy !req
372. How much?Copy !req
373. You know I didn't
mean to break it.Copy !req
374. It's okay.Copy !req
375. It's just a vase.Copy !req
376. A vase that changed my life.Copy !req
377. Sometimes I wish I could
change my life.Copy !req
378. Go places like you.Copy !req
379. Get away from the school.Copy !req
380. The neighborhood.Copy !req
381. Caruso.Copy !req
382. Doesn't work like that.Copy !req
383. As long as you're you,
they'll always be a Caruso.Copy !req
384. I thought about living
in Japan.Copy !req
385. Arigato, Slappy.Copy !req
386. In London...
Cheerio, Nipsy.Copy !req
387. Morocco...
Asalamalakem, Flip.Copy !req
388. So what should I do?Copy !req
389. Just because you're you...Copy !req
390. doesn't mean you can't
be somebody else.Copy !req
391. That's called schizophrenia.Copy !req
392. Now what about you?Copy !req
393. I mean, you traveled
all around the world.Copy !req
394. Why'd you come back
to be a principal?Copy !req
395. I am going to tell
you a storyCopy !req
396. that I've never
told anyone else.Copy !req
397. Not my wife, my priest,Copy !req
398. my shrink, no one.
I hope he doesn'tCopy !req
399. say, "If I did it,
here's how it happened."Copy !req
400. It all began
at a pancake house
in Minneapolis.Copy !req
401. Hey, Chris.Copy !req
402. What are you guys
doing down there?Copy !req
403. Nothing, just talking.
What are you doing here?Copy !req
404. Well, I called your house,
and Drew said you were here.Copy !req
405. I couldn't
believe it,Copy !req
406. so I had to come
and check for myself.Copy !req
407. Well... think I'll, uh...Copy !req
408. step outside and check
on the weather.Copy !req
409. See about getting
you home, Chris.Copy !req
410. Yeah, all right.Copy !req
411. Good, uh... good talking
to you, Greg.Copy !req
412. You, too, Principal Edwards.Copy !req
413. Omar, can I talk
to you a second?Copy !req
414. Oh, be right back.Copy !req
415. Monopoly wasn't all
he was losing.Copy !req
416. How much longer
are you going to
be down here?Copy !req
417. Well, the way Drew's
playing, not much longer.Copy !req
418. He got me for $2,000.Copy !req
419. I didn't come here to hear
you talk about Monopoly.Copy !req
420. Mr. Omar, it's your turn.Copy !req
421. Uh, here I come. Look, I told
Mr. Julius I wouldCopy !req
422. watch the kids and that's
what I'm gonna do.Copy !req
423. I'm sorry.Copy !req
424. You watching the kids?
I'm going home.Copy !req
425. Well, you'd better take
those pumps off and put
on some snow shoesCopy !req
426. or you ain't gonna make it.Copy !req
427. Excuse me, uh, Scarface.Copy !req
428. Can I talk to you for a minute?Copy !req
429. My mother never talked
to anyone for just a minute.Copy !req
430. Now, are you sure
you want to do this?Copy !req
431. What difference
does it make to you?Copy !req
432. Well, didn't your mother
teach you betterCopy !req
433. than to go around
robbing people?Copy !req
434. She's the one who taught me
how to rob people.Copy !req
435. Well, if I was your mother,Copy !req
436. I would've knocked
the rob out of youCopy !req
437. a long time ago.
Listen to her.Copy !req
438. She's a good person.
Hear that?Copy !req
439. I just wish I'd met her before
I got my wife's sister pregnant.Copy !req
440. You got your wife's
sister pregnant?Copy !req
441. Uh, just once.Copy !req
442. All I'm saying is,Copy !req
443. is that you're better than this.Copy !req
444. And at least your son and your
nephew ain't the same person.Copy !req
445. Thank you.Copy !req
446. Rochelle.Copy !req
447. When you get home, call my dad
and tell him I'm on the way.Copy !req
448. No problem.Copy !req
449. Ah, well, see ya.Copy !req
450. Man, see you later.Copy !req
451. The adventure was
just ending for me,Copy !req
452. but it was just beginning
for my father.Copy !req
453. Chris!Copy !req
454. I'm here!Copy !req
455. Chris!Copy !req
456. I'm here!Copy !req
457. Chris!Copy !req
458. I'm here to take you home!Copy !req
459. Chris...!Copy !req
460. Most days we were together,
we couldn't wait to be apart.Copy !req
461. But every now and again,Copy !req
462. it felt really good
to be together.Copy !req
463. It's cold out there today.Copy !req
464. That snow is crazy.Copy !req
465. I went all the way
to your school.Copy !req
466. What happened to you?Copy !req
467. I was the only one there, so
soon as I could leave, I left.Copy !req
468. You're not gonna believe
what happened to me today.Copy !req
469. I got robbed.Copy !req
470. What?Copy !req
471. Yes. This guy
kept me on the trainCopy !req
472. for, like, five hours,
took all my money.Copy !req
473. How much did you have?Copy !req
474. A dollar.Copy !req
475. Oh.Copy !req
476. Huh, that sounds
just like Drew.Copy !req
477. We were playing
Monopoly,Copy !req
478. and Drew took
all Mr. Omar's money.Copy !req
479. Mr. Omar was here?Copy !req
480. Yeah, he watched us
after Dad left.Copy !req
481. When did you leave?Copy !req
482. Right after you left.Copy !req
483. You're just now
getting back?Copy !req
484. I went to get you!Copy !req
485. I'm in a snow storm.
What about Mr. Omar?Copy !req
486. Y'all know y'all not supposed
to have anybody else.Copy !req
487. They closed the school,
there's nowhere for you to go.Copy !req
488. When Daddy leaves,
you make sure...Copy !req
489. After spending the whole day
inside with Principal Edwards,Copy !req
490. I no longer feltCopy !req
491. like an outsider.Copy !req
492. I had a new friend.Copy !req
493. You're late.Copy !req
494. WhatCopy !req
495. But what about yesterday?Copy !req
496. That was in the past,
we're in the now, Chris.Copy !req
497. And now you're late.Copy !req
498. See you in detention.Copy !req