All language subtitles for Roc s03e05 Crime and Punishment.eng

Excuse me, Joey, Mr. Emerson..

Since the dishes are done,
can I go over to Erika's?

Sheila, let me
ask you something.

Why do you always call him
"Joey" and me"Mr. Emerson?"

Well, Joey is sort of
like a friend at school.

And you're, like, the principal.

Do you want me to start
calling you by your first name?

Yeah, well, I guess
we can give it a try.

- Roc, can i...
- No, no, no. Hold.. No, no..

You-you can call me Mr. Emerson.

Now, you can go over
to Erika's but remember

I want you home
before it gets dark.

What time is that?

- 7 o'clock.
- 8 o'clock.

- 8:00 it is, see ya.
- Well, ho-hold on..

Hold on, young lady, I
want you here by 7:00.

Alright.

Joey, what're you thinkin'?

By 8 o'clock, it's
completely dark outside.

Roc, look, I will bet you
$10 that tonight the sun sets

closer to 8 o'clock
than 7 o'clock.

- Okay, let's check it out.
- Let's look at the paper.

Let's check it out..

Alright, there you go.

"Sunset: 6:56 P.M."
where's my ten?

Alright. Double or nothin'
on the barometric pressure.

[Theme song]

[Scatting]

♪ There's a man

♪ with no future

♪ so it seems

♪ he can't live out his dreams

♪ now he's trapped
into thinking ♪

♪ he won't succeed

♪ and he can't believe

♪ live your life today

♪ oh yeah

♪ not for tomorrow

♪ oh ♪ oh-h-h

♪ live your life today

[indistinct chatter]

- Well, did you find her?
- No, we looked everywhere.

Okay, the kids left
Erika's house at 6:30

to get ice-cream, right?

Alright, we checked
the mini mart

the video store,
the school yard.

Where else could she be?

It's 9:20, now if she's
not home by 10:00

I'm callin' every house
in this neighborhood.

- There she is.
- Oh, thank god!

- Oh, man, that's pop.
- Damn!

Oh, this is terrible.

Well, if you want me
to move out, just say so.

Daddy, we were just worried
because Sheila is not home yet.

Oh, no.

Hey, people..

- Are we glad to see you?
- Sheila, are you alright?

Sure I'm alright, I
was at the movies.

What were you
doin' at the movies?

Uh, sitting in the dark
eating over-priced candy.

[Eleanor] 'Sheila, come here.'

now, you were told to
be home by 7 o'clock.

That's right. Now, you
go upstairs to your room

and think about what you've done

while we decide how
we're gonna punish you.

Before I go, let me say this..

I was wrong and I'm
sorry I worried everybody.

I love you all very much.

I didn't realize how lucky I was
to have people who care about...

Nice try, Sheila.
Go on upstairs now.

Okay, okay, we-we gotta come
up with a way to punish her.

Well, the best
way to punish kids

is to take away
their privileges.

That's perfect, pop. We'll
take away something she likes.

Wait, h-hold it, roc. Don't
you think that's a little harsh?

I mean, come on, all she
did was lose track of time.

It's not like she broke one of
your big rules, you know, like

throwin' away the toothpaste

before it's been
squeezed in a vice.

Let me tell you somethin', you
no-job, no-money-havin' nutjob.

I hope you realize that
when we go up there

we've gotta put
on a united front.

That means, you have to
agree with everything I say.

Who's gettin' punished
here? Her or me?

- Daddy..
- Uh-huh.

Did Joey and roc
ever get along at all?

Oh, sure, when they were kids.

It was October day, mid-'60..

[Knock on door]

Come in.

Uh, Sheila, we were worried
about you tonight and, um..

What you did was irresponsible.

So, Joey and I are
gonna have to punish you.

Right. Oh, cool.
You got a Tetris.

Hey, you ever play
super Mario bros.?

- Sure.
- Hey, let me ask you somethin'.

Why're they plumbers?
What's up with that?

- Hey, Joey..
- 'Huh?'

[no audio]

Oh-oh, yeah, okay.

Hey, look, Sheila, when
we give you a curfew

you're supposed to obey it.

I know, I'm sorry.

But look, we don't like doing
this but we're gonna have to..

Teach you a lesson.

So we've decided to take
away something you like.

Mm-hmm.

What do you like?

Let's see..

I like ugly clothes
that make me look fat.

I like listening to grandpa
Andrew tell stories about

when he had a big afro and
used to stick it to the white man.

And liver.. There is
nothing like a bigslab of liver.

Yeah, right.

Okay, boom box, walkman,
tapes.. You're into hip hop music.

I'm taking away your
music for a week.

But I don't really like hip hop.

I just listen to it so that the
other kids will accept me.

It's a peer pressure thing.

Actually I'm heavy
into garth Brooks.

Look, Sheila, what you
did was wrong, okay?

So going without
music for a week

is not that high a price to pay.

Wait a minute, that's not all.

You're not goin' to that
tlc concert on Sunday.

- What?
- What?

- What?
- But they're my favorite group.

I know that. So when
you're sitting home Sunday

you can think about
how important it is

to keep your curfew.

But this is the only time
they'll be in Baltimore

all year. By the time
they go on tour again

I'll be old and UN-cool.

I won't be def, "d-e-f.."

I'll be deaf, "d-e-a-f."

Well, can you hear this?

Rules are rules and I'm sorry.

- Oh, hey, Eleanor.
- Hey.

What're you doin'?

Oh, I'm fillin' out this
questionnaire I got

from the Democratic party.

They want my opinion on
how President Clinton is doin' it

runnin' the country.

Oh, is that what he's doing?

I thought he was,
uh, white house-sittin'.

Daddy, come on now..

Now, here's the
first question. See?

"What do you think
of President Clinton's

handling of the economy?"

Well, I think he's handling
it right into the ground.

At the rate he's goin',
everyone will be unemployed

includin' his own family.

His brother, Roger Clinton,
will be on the street with a sign.

"Will promise not
to sing for food."

Daddy, you are impossible.

For 12 years you complained
about Reagan and bush.

Now that we got a guy in
there that at least admits

that the country
has some problems

you're all up in his face.

Well, to tell you the truth..

I kinda miss Reagan
and bush right now.

Oh, daddy, stop it now.

Well, at least they were honest.

They said, "we're
Republicans, we're rich.

And if we got anything left,
we'll trickle it down to you."

You're a mess. You
know that, don't you?

Hey, Sheila, honey,
how're you doin'?

- Okay.
- Alright then.

- Mrs. Emerson.
- Yeah.

- I wanna ask you a question.
- Mm-hmm.

You like motown, right?

Oh, yeah, the four tops, the
temptations, the marvelettes..

Oh, yeah, girl, I
loved all those groups.

Well, there are a whole
bunch of hip hop groups

that sound a lotlike 'em.

Oh, I know. I know.
Uh-huh, I'm hip.

Uh, jodeci, boys ii men..
Oh, yeah, I keep up.

I may have shoes older
than they are but I keep up.

Well, jodeci has a video
comin' on right now on channel 5

if you'd like to see it.

I bet it's a good one too, huh?

- Oh, yes.
- We should watch it.

Yeah.

[Indistinct chatter on TV]

- Mrs. Emerson.
- Mm?

That's not the jodeci
video, it's the news.

I know it's the news.

But instead of manipulating
me, why don't you try manipulating

your mind into thinkin'
this is the jodeci video?

Please let me watch
the video. Please?

Gee, don't even
try workin' those

big, brown, sad eyes on me.

I was a little girl
once too, you know?

I know all the tricks
of the trade. Watch..

Sheila..

Sheila, please..

Please take your punishment
like you're supposed to.

Please pick your
lip up off the floor.

- Please!
- Alright. I get it.

Please, Sheila!

[Laughing]

Hey, Joey, you're just in time

to imagine the jodeci
video with Sheila.

Say what?

Just make sure she
watches the news.

- Bebop, what's up?
- Nothin' much.

Alright, alright,
alright. Look..

You've been moping around
this house all week now.

- You wanna talk about this?
- You know what it is.

I wanna go to the
concert and I can't.

Well, what you did was wrong.
You gotta learn your lesson.

Joey, I learned my lesson when
Mr. Emerson took away my music.

Now, he didn't have to
take away the concert too.

That just wasn't fair.

Okay, look, now, sometimes
roc seems unreasonable

but he means well.

I don't believe
I just said that.

Come on, you know how I feel.

Yes, I know
exactly how you feel.

You know, one time
when I was your age

roc was babysittin' me

and I wanted to go to
an orioles game, right?

I wanted to sneak out.

Roc said, "no, it's against
the rules. It's against the rules."

See, roc was old for his age.

When we used to
play cops and robbers..

Roc was the judge.

- So did you just stay home?
- No, I didn't stay home.

I called my boy, Eddie, and
he called roc and told him

he'd just won a free pizza and
he had to go pick it up, right?

Roc went tearin'
out the front door

and I snuck out the
back. It was a classic.

Joey, you could be my Eddie.

You can help me
sneak out to this concert.

Yeah, that's a great idea.

When roc finds out,
you can help me pack.

You said yourself your
brother was unreasonable.

He's unreasonable, he's
stubborn and he's pig-headed.

He's also employed.

And he provides me with
a meager yet surprisingly

satisfying existence here.

Joey, think about how
good you felt when you saw

your brother chasing
after that phony pizza.

Wouldn't you like to
feel that good again?

Yeah.

Hey, I've already learned
my lesson. You know that.

- Alright, alright, I'll do it.
- Yes.

- I loveyou, Joey.
- Yeah.

And I know you'll come up
with something good and sneaky.

That kid's a bad
influence on me.

Okay, bebop, roc's downstairs.
The game's on. You all set?

Yeah, let's run it
down one more time.

Okay, I'll be downstairs with
roc, right? Watching the game..

You come downstairs
and you say..

"Can somebody please
take me to the library?"

- Then you say..
- "Not me."

"I'm not movin' from this seat."

Then roc goes through
his whole routine..

"Joey, you're a
worthless brother, man.."

"You never do anything,
man.." Blah-blah-blah-blah.

Then he tells me to
take you to the library

and we're off to the
tlc concert. You all set?

- Yeah.
- Alright, ready?

- Ready.
- Break!

[Humming]

- Hey, roc, how're you doing?
- Shut up.

- You want some potato chips?
- Why not? I paid for 'em.

That explains why I
never heard of that brand.

Can somebody please
take me to the library?

Not me. I'm not
movin' from this seat.

Okay, come on. I'll take you.

Wa-wait.. What
about the ball game?

He just announced
it was rained out.

Come on, Sheila, let's go.

Yeah, yeah, man..

You go ahead and take
her 'cause, pish, I'm tired.

Well, I can
understand that, Joey.

I mean you've put
in a full eight hours

of inhaling and exhaling.

I do plenty around here. I
eat breakfast, take a nap.

I eat lunch, take a
nap. I eat dinner and..

Look at that, it's nap-time.

Joey, get off that couch.
You're takin' Sheila to the library.

Any nappin' around
here is gonna be done

by the guy who has a
social security number..

Me!

Alright, but I need $10 for gas.

What? The library
ain't in Virginia.Here..

Here, take a five.

Alright, now I'll have me a
beer and start my relaxing

just make sure you stay
at the library and help her.

Don't worry, Mr. Emerson.

He'll be sittin' next
to me the whole time.

[Whispering] Section
a, seats 2 and 3.

Mm-hmm.

Hey, sweetheart,
what're you up to?

Hey, roc, baby, I was bakin'
some cookies for Sheila.

Oh, I thought
that'd cheer her up

since she's been mopin'
all around the house.

Yeah, her and Joey
just left for the library.

Oh, poor girl,
stuck at the library

on the day Joey was supposed
to take her to that concert.

Yeah, I know. That's the
way it goes, you know?

You break the rules
and you have to..

The concert's today?

- Yeah.
- Joey!

Joey!

Joey!

He tricked me!

It's like Eddie and the
free pizza all over again.

What're you talkin' about, roc?

I can't believe that
brother of mine.

He sat right here
and put on this big act

like he didn't want to
take Sheila to the library.

Next thing you know, I'm
sendin' him out to the concert.

I even gave him $5 to get gas.

Roc, baby, the tank was full.

Eleanor, when I see him

I'm gonna need
bail-money, alright?

Okay, thanks for
looking again. Yeah..

See? I told you. They never
even showed up at the library.

Well, you called it, roc.

That does it. You know all
those cookies I baked for Sheila?

I'm gonna eat 'em allmyself.

So, geologically speaking,
the pleistocene era

was relatively recent, huh.

You mean the mesozoic
era was millions of years

before the pleistocene?

That's right. M before p,
that's how I always remember it.

Oh, so it sounds like you two
had a good day at the library.

Oh, yeah, we studied
geology, biology

you know, all the
other major "ologies"

oh, that's good, Joey.
And I'm glad to see

you takin' an interest
in Sheila's school work.

So you were there
the whole time?

That's right. Except
for when we stepped out

to grab a bite to eat.

Oh, yeah? Where'd you go?

We went to that burger
place across the street.

Oh, is that right?
What'd you have?

- We had a burger, roc.
- Mm-hmm..

Uh, with cheese?

Yeah.

Ketchup?

Yup.

- Onions?
- Mm-hmm.

Did you have pickles, Joey?

I mean, did you have, you
know, pickles on your burger?

Did you have pickles, Joey?

I don't think your interest
in pickles is sincere, roc.

- What's up?
- I'll tell you what's up, Joey.

I don't believe you two
ever went to the library.

And if you didn't
go to the library

then where could
you have gone? Hmm?

Let's see.. Could
you have gone to...

Alright, we went
to the tlc concert.

Ah, Joey, you ruined it.

That was the big finish
he was workin' up to.

Young lady, I'll deal
with you in a minute.

Joey, you and I have
got a big problem.

Wait a minute, roc, before
you get on your soap box

let me say somethin', okay.

You got the wrong
idea about raising kids.

Now, being her guardian does
not mean being her warden.

Oh, Sheila, look, Sheila,
I'm about to scream at Joey.

Would you mind
leaving the room, huh?

What the hell's the
matter with you, Joey?

Roc, the punishment
should fit the crime.

Now, you went too far
by not letting that girl

go to that concert.

Joey, I might be
inclined to agree with you

if you hadn't been so
childish, so irresponsible

and just plain stupid

and snuckher out of the house.

I bet you put her up to this.

I didn't. She came to me.

Joey, that's an all-time low for
you blaming an 11-year-old girl.

- Why don't you ask her then?
- Okay, alright, ask..

Sheila! Sheila, get in here.

You know, I'm gonna
tell you what your friend

has been sayin' about you.

He said sneakin' out to
the concert was youridea.

- It was.
- Go back in the kitchen.

I don't care whose idea it was.
You shouldn't have helped her.

Joey, you can't let
Sheila break the rules

just because you
wanna be her friend.

Yeah, no, that's right. Come
on, Joey, we promised her father

before he went to prison that
we would raise her up right.

I'm just doin' what I
think he would want.

And I think I'm doin'
what he would want.

- Oh, you do, huh?
- Yes, I do.

You do, huh? Okay..
Sheila! Get in here.

Sheila, when your
father punished you

was he strict like me
or lenient like Joey?

- Lenient like Joey.
- Go back to the kitchen!

Now, listen..

I'm not a parent, you
know.. So maybe..

Maybe I don't
know what I'm doin'.

But I do know one thing,
when I look out that door

I see drugs, gangs
and kids in trouble.

You know why they're
in trouble, Joey?

'Cause the government
doesn't give a damn, that's why.

And that thing called television
could care less about the images

of African-Americans
they put out there

for these youngsters to emulate.

And there are some adults
who don't teach these kids

right from wrong. I mean,
kids need discipline, Joey.

More today than ever before.

Roc, I agree with
you, but sometimes

it works the other way.

That's what you
don't understand.

Sometimes you can be
so tough on these kids

you push 'em right
into all that bad stuff.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
okay, maybe so, Joey.

But once the punishment
has been set, all of the adults

have to stick with it.

You cannot let her manipulate us

and then play us
against each other.

Alright, maybe I made a mistake.

Yes you did. Now, the
only way she's gonna learn

is if we double her punishment.

Two weeks in the house.
No phone, no friends over

no music, no TV..
Particularly that fox network.

And guess what? You're
the one who's going to tell her.

Why me?

Well, it makes sense,
son. You're the weak link.

Alright, alright,
fine. I can be tough.

Come on, bring
her on. Bring her on.

- Okay, alright..
- Mm-hmm.

Alright, Sheila!
Sheila, get in here.

Do I have to keep coming
back and forth like this?

- It's making me dizzy.
- Mm.Hmm.

Well, Sheila, your friend
has something to say to you.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm..

Alright, alright.. Look here,
bebop, there something i...

No, no, no, no.
Use her real name.

You can't get tough with
them little cute nicknames.

Alright, Sheila
Hendricks, you did wrong

and you're gonna
learn your lesson, okay?

So for the next two weeks,
you'll stay in the house.

No phone, no
music and no friends.

Are we serious
about the friends?

And I'm serious
about the friends.

- Okay, Joey. Is that all?
- Yes. Now, you, uh..

What? Go to her
room? Go to your room.

Good. Hopefully, now,
Sheila has learned her lesson.

Mm-hmm, you know, we were
strict, you know what I mean

but if that's the only way
we can get through to her

that's the way it's gonna be.

Yeah, but there's no
way of knowin' that.

There's no way of knowin'
whether you did right

or if you had any
effect on her at all.

As a parent, the only
thing you can be sure of

is that you're gonna
have lots of worries

and make a bunch of mistakes.

Well, then what's the
point of havin' kids, pop?

I don't know.

Sufferin' builds character.

But there is a silver lining.

You can take comfort in
knowing that some day..

Your children are gonna
have to go through all this grief

with kids of their own.

Well, goodnight.

Ah, this has certainly
been a fun day for me.

[Phone ringing]

[Sighs]

Hello.

Sure, we filled out
the questionnaire

on President Clinton.

So the Democratic party
wants a donation from us?

Oh, sure. Like most
over-taxed working class families

we're just dying to
give our money away.

Tell you what, I'll give you a
$1000 when unemployment

drops to zero, when the
homeless have adequate housing

when there's a hospital bed
for everybody that needs one

and.. Hello..

Hello?

Oh, they cut me off
before I could tell 'em

I think I'm Clinton's
long-lost brother.

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