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[Elton John singing
"Philadelphia Freedom"]
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♪ I used to be
a rolling stone you know ♪
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♪ If the cause was right ♪
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♪ I'd leave to find
an answer on the road ♪
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♪ I used to be a heart
beating for someone ♪
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♪ But the times have changed ♪
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♪ The less I say
the more my work gets done ♪
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♪ 'Cause I live and breathe ♪
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♪ This Philadelphia freedom ♪
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♪ From the day that I was born ♪
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♪ I've waved the flag ♪
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♪ Philadelphia freedom
took me knee-high to a man.. ♪
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[indistinct shouting]
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- Break, break, break, break!
- I'm okay, I'm okay.
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I'm not going down, Mo.
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[indistinct shouting]
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[grunting]
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Attaboy, Jerry, attaboy!
Come on, now.
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You're my great white hope.
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♪ Shine a light shine a light ♪
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That's it. That's it!
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- Stop it.
- No more!
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I love you, Jerry.
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You're killing him,
don't you see?
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[crowd booing]
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That's it!
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[cheering]
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Doctor! We need a doctor.
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[sobbing]
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- Holy Christ!
- My God!
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[indistinct chattering]
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[instrumental music]
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[siren blaring in distance]
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I arrived for
morning visits when
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Sonny had taken
a turn for the worst.
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- Sonny Carroll?
- Yes.
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He has information on a prize
fighter who was killed?
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That's right.
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Sonny hasn't made
a last confession.
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He wanted to talk
to you first.
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[heart rate monitor beeping]
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- 'Sonny?'
- 'Hmm?'
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The police are here.
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This is Detective Rush
and Lieutenant Stillman.
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Hi, Sonny.
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'Course, you'd have to
be a pretty, young gal.
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Serves me right.
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Sonny, you officiated at
a boxing match back in 1976?
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And that kid
died in the ring.
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Who died?
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Jerry Stone.
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'What a gutless wonder.'
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Jerry was gutless?
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No, me.
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I should've
stopped the fight.
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Stopped it because
Jerry was hurt?
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Real bad.
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[Rush]
'Why didn't you?'
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My hand was in the pot.
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Someone paid you off, Sonny?
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Fifteen hundred dollars.
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That was the deal.
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To not stop a fight
that should've been stopped?
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Sonny?
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Do you really think
he'll forgive?
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[exhales]
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[monitor beeping flat]
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[instrumental music]
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So, someone wants
to do Jerry harm.
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And pays Sonny 1500
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to let the fight go on
longer than it should.
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But Sonny didn't say who.
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[sighing]
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And he's not going to.
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[theme music]
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[music continues]
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- Hey.
- How's it going?
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What's up?
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On my way in.
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Thought I'd stop by.
I called, but..
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Ah, I must have
been in the shower.
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I hit your cell phone
a couple of three times, too.
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Yeah, my cell.
I think I left it at work.
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Mind if I come in?
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Yeah, okay.
If you want.
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[siren blaring in distance]
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Have a seat.
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What's up with
your furniture?
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What do you mean?
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Your setup is horrible.
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Couldn't be more...awkward.
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I was about
to skip some rope.
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Gotcha.
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So how long have you
been doing this?
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[sighs]
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Since, uh... Pee-Wees.
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Wrestling.
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No, I mean pushing back
the furniture.
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Huh.
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Eh, I don't like the gym.
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What, too much room?
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Nah, just too many people.
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Listen, Scotty, I, uh..
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...just wanted to say
when my wife died..
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Well, I've been
where you've been.
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Yeah, I know.
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So, if you ever
want to talk..
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[cell phone ringing]
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[ringing continues]
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I guess, you'll let me know.
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[door closing]
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Jerry Stone, 24, died in the
ring after going 15 rounds
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with Maurice "Mad Mo" Bell.
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Autopsy showed massive swelling
on the brain as cause of death.
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So, no question the punches
he took, killed him.
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"Top Dog Boxing Club.
December 19, 1976.
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Rocky vs. Apollo,
the real thing."
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Hmm, what's that about?
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The idea of the fight
was to try
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'and recreate"Rocky"
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'the hot movie at the time.'
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Sort of gimmicky, huh?
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Ah, supposedly,
it lived up to the hype.
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Till someone got killed.
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Nick, the other fighter, Mo
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was he questioned
first time around?
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The assigned put him
through his paces but..
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...boxer dies in the ring,
what are you gonna do?
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But knowing the referee
was on the take
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that changes everything.
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So we figure out
who paid Sonny.
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Maybe, Gina will know.
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- Who's that?
- Sonny's daughter.
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And Jerry's girlfriend.
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Says here she was ringside
when Jerry died.
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So Gina looks on,
as her own dad
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allows her boyfriend
to get beat to death.
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Mm-hmm. Maybe, explains why
she wasn't ringside today.
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- Mmm.
- She wasn't at the hospital?
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Start with her.
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[instrumental music]
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Jerry was short on talent.
Big on heart.
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He said, that's why
they picked him for the fight.
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Because, they knew
he'd never quit.
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No matter how
badly he was hurt?
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No, he'd stay in and take
the punishment, like Rocky did.
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'Now you add a referee who's
willing to let that happen.'
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Gina, any idea
on who could've
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paid your dad that money?
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No.
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Well, how about someone
who had a problem with Jerry?
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- Besides Sonny, you mean?
- Yeah.
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Nah.
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So, Sonny didn't
care for Jerry?
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At 15, he made it very clear
that I wasn't to see him.
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He said he was a bum.
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How so?
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He dropped
out of school.
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Didn't work.
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But he could always
hustle up money to drink.
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So how is it
you two got together?
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Just another Friday night
going nowhere, and..
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Then I saw something
that my father couldn't.
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[Orleans singing
"Dance With Me"]
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[Gina]
'Drinking those eggs
was so gross.'
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- What about his apartment?
- Yeah, that too.
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♪ I want to be your partner
can't you see.. ♪
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[Wendy]
'Isn't that Jerry Stone?'
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Sshh.
Hi, Jerry.
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Hey.
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Oh, my gosh.
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What happened to your face?
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My face?
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Gina here can't
stop looking at it.
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Okay!
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Hey, I'll see you
in a minute.
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Did you like the movie?
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Uh, the love story part.
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You sort of look like Adrian.
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I do?
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Me, I've seen the
flick three times.
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Yeah, 15 bucks for
a locker and a corner man.
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Five dollar charge for
shower and towel.
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Hmm..
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And very true to life.
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So, uh..
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...my looks are
comin' on, huh?
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[giggling]
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I said you look...different,
that's all.
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- Yeah?
- Yeah.
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'Cause I feel different.
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Oh?
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This movie's got me thinking..
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...if some bum wants to be
President of the United States..
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...he really can be.
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President, huh?
Hmm?
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Well, I guess, I better work
on winning a few fights first.
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My record's not so hot.
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I gotta go do my roadwork.
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Jerry..
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Are you...looking
for your own Adrian?
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Are you for real?
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Uh-huh.
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So that was..
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...the beginning
of me and Jerry.
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And the end of you
and Sonny?
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Yeah, I...I told him
that Jerry had changed.
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I said, there was
no stopping him now.
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But Sonny didn't believe it.
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Gina, just so you know..
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...your dad was genuinely
sorry about Jerry.
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Yeah, too bad
he didn't feel that way
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before he let
Mad Mo kill him.
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Detective Will Jeffries, Mo.
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My partner,
Detective Vera.
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Hmm. Where y'all
park the car, man?
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Up on the corner.
We're good.
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Yo, Booger.
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Some good looking out
for Philly's finest.
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You snug as
a bug now, baby.
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- Let's talk about Jerry Stone.
- Come on.
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At the weigh-in, you said,
you were gonna murder Jerry.
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For real, then you did.
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Hey-hey,
just talking bads, man.
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Selling them tickets.
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What about the press
conference when you were
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talking up some
black and white stuff?
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Ah, just pointing up
the differences.
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Our people was
into James Brown.
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Jerry Stone and y'all might have
rather been square dancing.
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- That ain't racist.
- It is, a little bit.
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Still, it don't mean
I murdered him.
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[Will]
'Mo, we looked into
your juvenile records.'
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Arrested nine times
before you were 15.
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Two years in lockup for
putting step-pops in a coma?
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Those records supposed
to be sealed.
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Don't worry.
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We taped 'em back up.
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I didn't even know
who Jerry Stone was.
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I-I didn't want to take
that fight in the first place.
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- Why not?
- Well, cat was what?
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15-18-3, something
terrible like that.
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What's beating a chump
like that gonna do for me?
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- So whydidyou fight him?
- Tommy Sugar.
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The promoter of the fight.
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Man could sell you a house
in the Atlantic Ocean.
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[Parliament singing
"Give Up The Funk"]
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That's him,
in the maroon trunks.
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♪ We're gonna tear the roof off
the mother sucker ♪
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♪ You've got a real type
of thing going down..♪
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Don't nobody care
about this cat.
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Wait, wait a minute. Look, how
many fights you won in a row?
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All of 'em.
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And 21 outta 22
was knockouts.
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And what one of 'em was
against a top-five contender?
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Ain't no top-five
giving me a fight, man.
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You want to know why?
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- Why?
- Publicity!
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You are a wrecking machine
but nobody knows you.
260
00:13:17,144 --> 00:13:20,103
But after I get done
with this fight, they will.
261
00:13:20,190 --> 00:13:22,410
And fighting this fool
is gonna raise my status?
262
00:13:22,497 --> 00:13:24,368
Come on.
263
00:13:24,455 --> 00:13:27,589
Let me introduce you to one of
the great bleeders of all time.
264
00:13:27,676 --> 00:13:30,244
'Jerry Stone.'
265
00:13:30,331 --> 00:13:32,159
I've opened up faces
many a time.
266
00:13:32,246 --> 00:13:35,075
But he bleeds like this tonight,
imagine what you'll do to him.
267
00:13:38,382 --> 00:13:39,427
Oh..
268
00:13:41,951 --> 00:13:45,085
It's like you said,
nobody cares about this cat.
269
00:13:45,172 --> 00:13:46,521
'I know I don't.'
270
00:13:46,608 --> 00:13:47,914
Buteverybody..
271
00:13:48,001 --> 00:13:49,698
...is gonna care about you.
272
00:13:51,787 --> 00:13:53,484
Yeah.
273
00:13:53,571 --> 00:13:55,312
Come on, Mo.
Huh?
274
00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:56,966
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
275
00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,622
Come on.
276
00:14:00,709 --> 00:14:03,668
So you agreed to the fight
and took Jerry apart.
277
00:14:03,755 --> 00:14:05,975
The ref should've stopped it.
278
00:14:06,062 --> 00:14:07,977
I could tell white boy's
brain got wet.
279
00:14:08,064 --> 00:14:10,240
I'm killing him,
and he's hollering
280
00:14:10,327 --> 00:14:13,026
"He took the ring back,"
this kind of nonsense.
281
00:14:13,113 --> 00:14:15,158
Thing is, Mo,
your career didn't rise.
282
00:14:15,245 --> 00:14:17,639
It went downhill
after that fight.
283
00:14:17,726 --> 00:14:20,642
Killing somebody has a way
of throwing a man off-track.
284
00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:22,470
[Will]
'Not for Tommy Sugar.'
285
00:14:22,557 --> 00:14:25,908
He's been Philly's top boxing
promoter the last 25 years.
286
00:14:25,995 --> 00:14:28,432
Well, that's some truth.
And here's some more.
287
00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:32,132
The night Jerry Stone died
Tommy Sugar was born.
288
00:14:33,350 --> 00:14:36,223
[dramatic music]
289
00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,795
[instrumental music]
290
00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:50,193
It was 1976, the Bicentennial.
291
00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,936
And"Rocky"was as
American as it gets.
292
00:14:54,023 --> 00:14:55,764
And you saw a way
to exploit that.
293
00:14:55,851 --> 00:14:58,071
Saw opportunity.
For one and all.
294
00:14:58,158 --> 00:15:00,464
That kinda timing
don't come twice.
295
00:15:00,551 --> 00:15:02,553
Well, so the pressure was on.
296
00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,686
- This fight had to live up.
- No doubt.
297
00:15:04,773 --> 00:15:07,645
One thing for an underdog to go
15 rounds on the silver screen
298
00:15:07,732 --> 00:15:10,735
another to make that
happen in real life.
299
00:15:10,822 --> 00:15:13,521
A tribute to the young
men who fought.
300
00:15:13,608 --> 00:15:15,740
And you did nothing
to help it along?
301
00:15:15,827 --> 00:15:17,394
[chuckles]
302
00:15:17,481 --> 00:15:19,179
Like what?
303
00:15:19,266 --> 00:15:22,051
Jerry would bleed a lot,
which was a good thing, right?
304
00:15:22,138 --> 00:15:23,705
[Will]
'But if you were trying
to re-make"Rocky"'
305
00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,794
you need Jerry
to go 15 rounds.
306
00:15:25,881 --> 00:15:27,927
So you don't want
too much of a good thing.
307
00:15:28,014 --> 00:15:31,147
So maybe, as insurance, you paid
the referee to keep it going.
308
00:15:31,234 --> 00:15:32,540
No matter what.
309
00:15:32,627 --> 00:15:35,717
- Sonny took a deal like that?
- Yep.
310
00:15:37,327 --> 00:15:40,287
I wish I'd known
he was open for business.
311
00:15:40,374 --> 00:15:43,986
You know, where you ought
to be looking, is the CYO.
312
00:15:44,073 --> 00:15:48,295
- Catholic Youth Organization.
- Where I plucked Jerry from.
313
00:15:48,382 --> 00:15:50,427
About half a dozen fighters
came to me crying the blues
314
00:15:50,514 --> 00:15:52,255
after being overlooked.
315
00:15:52,342 --> 00:15:56,085
So one of these sore losers
from the CYO paid Sonny $1500
316
00:15:56,172 --> 00:15:59,088
to see Jerry take
the beating of his life?
317
00:15:59,175 --> 00:16:02,048
Your best fighters
always hold a grudge.
318
00:16:02,135 --> 00:16:05,007
[instrumental music]
319
00:16:10,839 --> 00:16:13,146
The CYO was at its
height in the '70s.
320
00:16:13,233 --> 00:16:15,713
Instead of a kid sucking
on cigarettes all day long
321
00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,411
he had a place to go.
322
00:16:17,498 --> 00:16:20,457
And Jerry Stone participated
in the boxing program?
323
00:16:20,544 --> 00:16:23,069
Jerry would serve mass
for me on Sunday mornings
324
00:16:23,156 --> 00:16:24,853
and then fight for
me on Sunday nights.
325
00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:27,247
Which eventually lands him
this bout with Mo.
326
00:16:27,334 --> 00:16:29,031
Right.
327
00:16:29,118 --> 00:16:31,381
Heard not everyone
was overjoyed by that.
328
00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:33,514
You gotta remember that
these kids had their noses
329
00:16:33,601 --> 00:16:35,385
pressed right up against it.
330
00:16:35,472 --> 00:16:37,170
And along comes Jerry.
331
00:16:37,257 --> 00:16:39,999
He's got a chance at
a real professional fight.
332
00:16:40,086 --> 00:16:42,088
Well, anyone so jealous
they might wanna see
333
00:16:42,175 --> 00:16:43,828
real harm come to Jerry?
334
00:16:43,915 --> 00:16:46,266
Pay the ref off
to see that happen?
335
00:16:46,353 --> 00:16:49,051
Deep down, these guys knew they
were not better than Jerry.
336
00:16:49,138 --> 00:16:51,184
It's just a bunch of
ham and eggers.
337
00:16:51,271 --> 00:16:53,751
Except, uh,
one of them, I guess.
338
00:16:53,838 --> 00:16:55,710
- Who?
- Bucky Lowsen.
339
00:16:55,797 --> 00:16:58,452
- Best fighter we had.
- Better than Jerry?
340
00:16:58,539 --> 00:17:00,802
They wanted more of an underdog.
He had too good a record.
341
00:17:00,889 --> 00:17:02,630
And how'd he deal with that?
342
00:17:02,717 --> 00:17:04,371
Bucky didn't like coming
in second to Jerry.
343
00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:07,026
And that seemed to be
happening quite a lot.
344
00:17:07,113 --> 00:17:08,679
[laughing]
345
00:17:10,507 --> 00:17:11,856
Hey.
346
00:17:11,943 --> 00:17:13,510
Hey, can I borrow
the keys to the gym, Father?
347
00:17:13,597 --> 00:17:15,034
I wanna work
the bags a little.
348
00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:18,167
Mr. Carroll.
349
00:17:19,647 --> 00:17:21,257
Must think Rome
was built in a day.
350
00:17:23,129 --> 00:17:24,739
Go play some records.
351
00:17:24,826 --> 00:17:26,262
I'll be right over.
352
00:17:28,134 --> 00:17:29,570
You just won't give him
a chance, will you?
353
00:17:29,657 --> 00:17:31,615
Why should I?
A bum is a bum is a bum.
354
00:17:31,702 --> 00:17:33,269
Hey..
355
00:17:33,356 --> 00:17:34,879
Hey, I've been
looking for you.
356
00:17:34,966 --> 00:17:36,620
- Buck.
- Don't "Buck" me, boy.
357
00:17:36,707 --> 00:17:38,405
[Buck]
'You get the message
I left you?'
358
00:17:38,492 --> 00:17:40,189
Look, Buck, this is
Mr. Sugar's fight.
359
00:17:40,276 --> 00:17:42,365
- You should talk to him.
- I did.
360
00:17:42,452 --> 00:17:43,888
My only way in that ring
is if you're out.
361
00:17:45,281 --> 00:17:48,110
I'm sorry,
I'm staying put.
362
00:17:48,197 --> 00:17:51,026
- We're not through here.
- Buck, Buck, back off.
363
00:17:51,113 --> 00:17:53,333
You want to start a donnybrook,
start with me.
364
00:17:56,423 --> 00:17:57,380
Fine.
365
00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,429
Hey, Sonny?
366
00:18:02,516 --> 00:18:04,387
You seen Jimmy,
the jeweler lately?
367
00:18:04,474 --> 00:18:06,389
What are you talking about?
368
00:18:06,476 --> 00:18:09,523
Jerry purchased
a fancy engagement ring.
369
00:18:09,610 --> 00:18:11,481
'He seems to think
he's gonna marry Gina.'
370
00:18:11,568 --> 00:18:12,700
Bucky, give it a rest.
371
00:18:12,787 --> 00:18:14,267
Or maybe, you fighting Mo
372
00:18:14,354 --> 00:18:15,877
ain't such a bad thing.
373
00:18:15,964 --> 00:18:17,922
'After he puts you in a coma'
374
00:18:18,009 --> 00:18:19,663
guess whose brawny
shoulder's gonna be there
375
00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:21,317
for Gina to cry on.
376
00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:31,066
- So Buck and Gina had history.
- Sweethearts.
377
00:18:31,153 --> 00:18:32,981
- In high school?
- Elementary.
378
00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:35,766
He'd been carrying a torch
for her since the fifth grade.
379
00:18:35,853 --> 00:18:37,203
How do you know that?
380
00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:38,726
Around here, if you
didn't get the story
381
00:18:38,813 --> 00:18:40,858
on some kid after the mass
382
00:18:40,945 --> 00:18:43,296
you believe your butt,
you will at the bar.
383
00:18:43,383 --> 00:18:47,082
So between losing both the fight
andthe girl toJerry..
384
00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:48,736
Buck was having a rough go.
385
00:18:48,823 --> 00:18:51,347
[instrumental music]
386
00:18:52,827 --> 00:18:54,263
Alright, Scotty,
I'll see you then.
387
00:18:54,350 --> 00:18:56,787
- Valens?
- Yeah.
388
00:18:56,874 --> 00:18:58,963
- H-he alright?
- We're gonna grab some drinks.
389
00:18:59,050 --> 00:19:01,314
Good.
Doing better than yesterday.
390
00:19:01,401 --> 00:19:04,186
- You talked to him?
- Yeah.
391
00:19:04,273 --> 00:19:07,755
Buck Lowsen's got a record.
Two days before the fight
392
00:19:07,842 --> 00:19:09,757
Buck robbed a
convenience store.
393
00:19:09,844 --> 00:19:12,542
This says he was arrested
in '78, not '76.
394
00:19:12,629 --> 00:19:13,848
It took that long
to catch him.
395
00:19:13,935 --> 00:19:15,415
How much did
Buck get away with?
396
00:19:15,502 --> 00:19:17,808
Two thousand and a thing
of peanut butter.
397
00:19:17,895 --> 00:19:19,897
And two whole years
to spread it around.
398
00:19:19,984 --> 00:19:21,812
Yeah, but maybe,
he only took two days
399
00:19:21,899 --> 00:19:23,858
before he burned off
1500 of it.
400
00:19:23,945 --> 00:19:26,643
Right, 1500,
Sonny's asking price.
401
00:19:26,730 --> 00:19:29,168
[instrumental music]
402
00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:36,044
I don't know what
you're talking about.
403
00:19:36,131 --> 00:19:38,307
Buck, I might even believe you
if not for the timing.
404
00:19:38,394 --> 00:19:40,788
I mean, you never stole
anything else in your life.
405
00:19:40,875 --> 00:19:42,311
That's the God's
honest truth.
406
00:19:42,398 --> 00:19:43,791
Nothing before
that day or after.
407
00:19:43,878 --> 00:19:45,401
Yeah, but that day's
the problem, Buck.
408
00:19:45,488 --> 00:19:47,273
Because it was two days
before the fight.
409
00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:50,058
- How do you explain that?
- I can't.
410
00:19:50,145 --> 00:19:52,321
Start with the money.
What did you do with it?
411
00:19:53,888 --> 00:19:56,847
Buck, we know
you wished Jerry ill.
412
00:19:56,934 --> 00:19:58,545
And that you and Gina
go way back.
413
00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:02,636
Let him call a lawyer.
414
00:20:02,723 --> 00:20:05,465
I don't want a lawyer.
I can't afford one.
415
00:20:05,552 --> 00:20:08,294
Fine, I'll make sure
you get a PD.
416
00:20:08,381 --> 00:20:09,991
If you're lucky,
you might even get a good one.
417
00:20:10,078 --> 00:20:11,993
You think a public defender's
gonna care about me?
418
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:13,908
Alright, maybe not, but Buck,
if you're not gonna talk
419
00:20:13,995 --> 00:20:15,605
about the money,
what arewesupposed to do?
420
00:20:15,692 --> 00:20:18,956
Besides, if you're so innocent,
what are you hedging for?
421
00:20:21,307 --> 00:20:23,744
Because I don't
want to hurt her.
422
00:20:23,831 --> 00:20:26,486
[BTO singing
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet]
423
00:20:37,671 --> 00:20:38,976
Hey, Buck.
424
00:20:39,063 --> 00:20:40,326
What are you doing here?
425
00:20:40,413 --> 00:20:41,370
What areyoudoing here?
426
00:20:41,457 --> 00:20:43,198
I'm waiting for Jerry.
427
00:20:43,285 --> 00:20:45,069
He's running, too.
428
00:20:45,156 --> 00:20:46,984
So suddenly he's humping
early morning runs, huh?
429
00:20:47,071 --> 00:20:49,987
- Mm-hmm.
- Priceless.
430
00:20:50,074 --> 00:20:53,164
Well, Buck, here he is.
So..
431
00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:56,516
Relax.
He ain't gonna see us. Look.
432
00:20:56,603 --> 00:20:58,648
'Got his head in the clouds.'
433
00:20:58,735 --> 00:21:00,215
What a clown.
434
00:21:00,302 --> 00:21:02,261
He could run these steps
like Rocky all day.
435
00:21:02,348 --> 00:21:03,566
It's gonna mean zip.
436
00:21:03,653 --> 00:21:05,394
No, he has been
working real hard.
437
00:21:07,918 --> 00:21:10,921
♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪
438
00:21:11,008 --> 00:21:14,621
♪ B-b-baby you just ain't seen
n-n-nothin' yet ♪
439
00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:18,277
- Gina, the fix is in.
- What?
440
00:21:18,364 --> 00:21:20,670
Mo's taking a dive first round.
Jerry's gonna win.
441
00:21:23,194 --> 00:21:24,805
It won't be a real fight?
442
00:21:28,199 --> 00:21:30,637
That'll hurt Jerry real bad.
443
00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:32,508
[Buck]
'Hey, there's nothing
youcan do about it..'
444
00:21:32,595 --> 00:21:33,770
...except take advantage.
445
00:21:33,857 --> 00:21:35,076
What do you mean?
446
00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:36,947
You know what the odds
are of Jerry winning
447
00:21:37,034 --> 00:21:39,080
in a first round knockout?
448
00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:41,300
- What?
- Twenty to one.
449
00:21:43,258 --> 00:21:46,043
That's why I ain't busting
Balboa's bubble just yet.
450
00:21:46,130 --> 00:21:49,177
There's some real dough
to be made first.
451
00:21:51,527 --> 00:21:55,139
♪ And he told me of a cure ♪
452
00:21:55,226 --> 00:21:59,579
♪ He said that any love
is good love ♪
453
00:21:59,666 --> 00:22:01,450
♪ So I took what I could get ♪
454
00:22:01,537 --> 00:22:03,017
♪ Yes I took what I could get ♪
455
00:22:03,104 --> 00:22:04,584
♪ And then she looked at me ♪
456
00:22:04,671 --> 00:22:07,630
♪ With those big brown
eyes and said ♪
457
00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:10,416
♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪
458
00:22:10,503 --> 00:22:14,245
♪ B-baby, you just
ain't seen n-nothin' yet.. ♪
459
00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:16,030
Gina couldn't resist
a sure thing.
460
00:22:16,857 --> 00:22:18,641
She was a gambler?
461
00:22:18,728 --> 00:22:21,557
I robbed that store so
I could get her betting money.
462
00:22:21,644 --> 00:22:23,167
Did you tell her
how you got it?
463
00:22:23,254 --> 00:22:25,039
No, I wanted
to impress her
464
00:22:25,126 --> 00:22:26,345
not tell her I was scum.
465
00:22:28,129 --> 00:22:29,609
Had it bad for her,
huh, Buck?
466
00:22:29,696 --> 00:22:32,438
My whole stupid life.
467
00:22:32,525 --> 00:22:34,614
So Gina acts
all broken up for Jerry
468
00:22:34,701 --> 00:22:36,267
that the fight's
gonna be a fake.
469
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,531
But dries her eyes
pretty quick
470
00:22:38,618 --> 00:22:39,923
and places her
own bet on it.
471
00:22:40,924 --> 00:22:42,839
[instrumental music]
472
00:22:47,148 --> 00:22:49,672
[instrumental music]
473
00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:51,413
Hey, boss.
474
00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,024
- Can I talk to you a minute?
- Scotty. Hey. Sure.
475
00:22:54,111 --> 00:22:55,417
[clearing throat]
476
00:22:55,504 --> 00:22:56,810
What happened
in that interview
477
00:22:56,897 --> 00:22:59,856
was 100 percent
the wrong way.
478
00:22:59,943 --> 00:23:02,337
I mean, thumpin' on anybody
it doesn't matter who.
479
00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:03,425
You can't do it.
480
00:23:05,166 --> 00:23:06,254
Okay.
481
00:23:06,341 --> 00:23:08,474
I assure you
482
00:23:08,561 --> 00:23:10,780
itwill nothappen again.
483
00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:12,608
Well, that's good,
Scotty, 'cause it can't.
484
00:23:15,959 --> 00:23:17,918
Anything else?
485
00:23:18,005 --> 00:23:20,094
I..
486
00:23:20,181 --> 00:23:22,183
Well, I was hoping
the, uh, suspension
487
00:23:22,270 --> 00:23:24,620
could be lifted...early.
488
00:23:24,707 --> 00:23:26,056
I didn't suspend
you, Scotty.
489
00:23:26,143 --> 00:23:29,930
I encouraged you
to take time off.
490
00:23:30,017 --> 00:23:31,975
Well, I'd like you to
encourage me to come back.
491
00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:35,631
Well, how are you feeling?
492
00:23:35,718 --> 00:23:36,676
Great.
493
00:23:38,329 --> 00:23:39,461
Sorry, Scotty,
I can't do it.
494
00:23:39,548 --> 00:23:42,377
What do you mean? Why?
495
00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:44,074
I'll ask you again.
How're you feeling?
496
00:23:46,337 --> 00:23:48,775
I said fine.
497
00:23:48,862 --> 00:23:50,341
You're not ready yet.
498
00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:53,083
- Boss--
- How do you feel, Scotty?
499
00:24:04,965 --> 00:24:06,880
Not..
Not that good.
500
00:24:09,535 --> 00:24:13,190
Hey.
Come next week.
501
00:24:13,277 --> 00:24:14,888
We'll get you
back on the job.
502
00:24:24,419 --> 00:24:27,291
Thought Jerry was the
big love of your life, Gina.
503
00:24:27,378 --> 00:24:28,554
He was.
504
00:24:28,641 --> 00:24:29,990
So, why let him
go ahead with a fight
505
00:24:30,077 --> 00:24:32,296
you knew was rigged?
506
00:24:32,383 --> 00:24:35,343
Because you had money
on that fight.
507
00:24:35,430 --> 00:24:37,040
Yeah, I did.
508
00:24:37,127 --> 00:24:38,564
You took the
dough from Buck
509
00:24:38,651 --> 00:24:40,827
and the 20-to-one odds
that came with it.
510
00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:43,046
Thirty-to-one by the time
I placed my bet.
511
00:24:43,133 --> 00:24:46,354
Hmm, couldn't resist it, huh?
512
00:24:46,441 --> 00:24:48,530
I have a bit
of a problem.
513
00:24:48,617 --> 00:24:51,533
So, all that talk
about Jerry's big heart
514
00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:54,754
and how there was no
stopping him...just words?
515
00:24:54,841 --> 00:24:56,712
No.
516
00:24:56,799 --> 00:24:58,061
But why should
all the other shlubs
517
00:24:58,148 --> 00:25:00,020
make money off of Jerry,
and not us?
518
00:25:00,107 --> 00:25:01,630
So you did it
for the both of you?
519
00:25:01,717 --> 00:25:03,937
- Yeah.
- Why are we gonna believe you?
520
00:25:04,024 --> 00:25:06,505
Because Ididtell Jerry,
and it cost me.
521
00:25:09,116 --> 00:25:12,380
- Nervous about tomorrow?
- No.
522
00:25:12,467 --> 00:25:14,730
No?
523
00:25:14,817 --> 00:25:17,428
Well, not like tonight.
524
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,256
What's so big
about tonight?
525
00:25:19,343 --> 00:25:21,084
[Elton John singing "Someone
Saved My Life tonight"]
526
00:25:21,171 --> 00:25:24,131
♪ Prima donna Lord you really
should've been there ♪
527
00:25:24,218 --> 00:25:30,746
♪ Sitting like a princess
perched in her electric chair ♪
528
00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,270
♪ And it's one more beer ♪
529
00:25:33,357 --> 00:25:36,926
♪ And I don't hear
you anymore.. ♪
530
00:25:39,842 --> 00:25:40,974
What do you say?
531
00:25:41,061 --> 00:25:43,672
[sighs]
532
00:25:45,805 --> 00:25:47,154
Jerry.
533
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:54,901
Mo's gonna fall down
in the first round.
534
00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:58,469
You're gonna win.
535
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:01,472
What? Are you
jokin' me or not?
536
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,127
Mm-mm.
537
00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:05,302
We're gonna
make some money.
538
00:26:07,391 --> 00:26:12,309
♪ You nearly had me
roped and tied ♪
539
00:26:12,396 --> 00:26:14,311
Are you saying
you put a bet down?
540
00:26:14,398 --> 00:26:17,967
Baby, just go
along with it.
541
00:26:18,054 --> 00:26:20,709
There's nothing
that you can do.
542
00:26:20,796 --> 00:26:25,453
- It's all set, huh?
- Jerry, this is our chance.
543
00:26:25,540 --> 00:26:26,976
We can get out of
this stinking neighborhood.
544
00:26:27,063 --> 00:26:29,631
What, by being a bum?
545
00:26:29,718 --> 00:26:32,591
That's exactly what
I'm trying not to be.
546
00:26:32,678 --> 00:26:34,288
I thought you believed
in what I was doing.
547
00:26:34,375 --> 00:26:37,247
Jerry...we're stuck.
548
00:26:37,334 --> 00:26:40,729
And when we are 50,
we will still be stuck.
549
00:26:40,816 --> 00:26:42,426
We're not gonna get a
break like this again.
550
00:26:42,513 --> 00:26:44,254
We'll make our own breaks.
551
00:26:46,735 --> 00:26:47,780
You really believe that?
552
00:26:47,867 --> 00:26:50,347
That's why I want
this fight.
553
00:26:50,434 --> 00:26:52,088
To prove it.
554
00:27:00,749 --> 00:27:04,100
♪ I never realized
the passing hours ♪
555
00:27:04,187 --> 00:27:05,667
♪ Of evening showers ♪
556
00:27:05,754 --> 00:27:09,236
♪ A sip noose hanging
in my darkest dreams ♪
557
00:27:09,323 --> 00:27:12,979
I guess I should
take that back.
558
00:27:13,066 --> 00:27:16,896
♪ I'm strangled by
your haunted social scene ♪
559
00:27:16,983 --> 00:27:20,464
♪ Just a pawn out-played
by a dominating queen ♪
560
00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:24,033
Well, we see it all
so different now.
561
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:27,080
♪ It's four o'clock
in the morning ♪
562
00:27:27,167 --> 00:27:30,910
♪ Damn it
listen to me good.. ♪
563
00:27:32,607 --> 00:27:34,435
Hmm, short engagement.
564
00:27:36,916 --> 00:27:38,134
To make matters worse,
then I had to go
565
00:27:38,221 --> 00:27:40,136
tell Frank Shavers
what I'd done.
566
00:27:40,223 --> 00:27:42,486
- Who's Shavers?
- From the old neighborhood.
567
00:27:42,573 --> 00:27:44,184
I worked in his bingo parlor.
568
00:27:44,271 --> 00:27:47,013
If anyone had a bet
on this fix, it was him.
569
00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:48,971
So you told him
Jerry knew about it?
570
00:27:49,058 --> 00:27:52,061
And to take his bet back
before it was too late.
571
00:27:52,148 --> 00:27:53,584
And what'd he say?
572
00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:55,848
There is no taking bets back.
573
00:27:59,112 --> 00:28:01,984
[instrumental music]
574
00:28:02,071 --> 00:28:04,117
[Will]
'So, Frank, you bet
big money on this fix'
575
00:28:04,204 --> 00:28:06,554
then Gina opens up
her mouth to Jerry.
576
00:28:06,641 --> 00:28:08,469
And I wasn't pleased.
577
00:28:08,556 --> 00:28:10,210
So, did you retaliate?
578
00:28:10,297 --> 00:28:11,515
How would I have done that?
579
00:28:11,602 --> 00:28:13,866
How about paying the
referee 1500 bucks
580
00:28:13,953 --> 00:28:15,171
to not stop the fight?
581
00:28:15,258 --> 00:28:17,173
No matter how bad
off Jerry was.
582
00:28:17,260 --> 00:28:18,740
Gettin' me what?
583
00:28:18,827 --> 00:28:21,177
Jerry ends up
maimed or dead
584
00:28:21,264 --> 00:28:23,658
the boxing world
gets the message.
585
00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:25,660
"Don't mess
with Frank Shavers."
586
00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:28,010
[chuckles]
Look, I'm not a thug.
587
00:28:28,097 --> 00:28:29,751
I'm a businessman.
588
00:28:29,838 --> 00:28:31,797
And it was a bad
day at the office.
589
00:28:31,884 --> 00:28:33,755
So, you never
tampered with Sonny?
590
00:28:33,842 --> 00:28:36,192
I never suspected
anyone had.
591
00:28:36,279 --> 00:28:37,628
Until now.
592
00:28:39,021 --> 00:28:40,588
We're listening.
593
00:28:40,675 --> 00:28:43,156
Jerry lasted 15 rounds.
594
00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:45,506
That's incredible, really.
595
00:28:45,593 --> 00:28:47,334
But what's more
incredible is
596
00:28:47,421 --> 00:28:50,641
only one person bet
on Jerry to do just that.
597
00:28:53,688 --> 00:28:55,472
There you go, Frank.
598
00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:00,173
[rock music]
599
00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:07,223
It finally hit you, huh?
600
00:29:07,310 --> 00:29:10,096
What's that?
601
00:29:10,183 --> 00:29:11,619
Three years from
now Mo Bell may be
602
00:29:11,706 --> 00:29:14,840
Heavyweight Champion
of the World.
603
00:29:14,927 --> 00:29:16,667
That's what
you're tangling with.
604
00:29:26,112 --> 00:29:29,768
There's no shame in
knowing when to walk away.
605
00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:33,380
No?
606
00:29:33,467 --> 00:29:35,861
It's the same
in respect to Gina.
607
00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:38,211
'Return the ring, Jerry.'
608
00:29:38,298 --> 00:29:39,690
Let my daughter be.
609
00:29:43,390 --> 00:29:45,392
Drinking the night
before a fight.
610
00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:48,047
Put it down.
611
00:29:51,398 --> 00:29:52,399
[chair screeching]
612
00:29:56,142 --> 00:29:58,884
Every reflex has to be right,
your mind clear.
613
00:29:58,971 --> 00:30:00,668
Father, it don't
matter anymore.
614
00:30:00,755 --> 00:30:01,800
What, are you freezing up?
615
00:30:01,887 --> 00:30:04,541
- No.
- Well, then fight.
616
00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:05,586
Then you'll
have tomorrow night
617
00:30:05,673 --> 00:30:06,979
for the rest of your life.
618
00:30:10,112 --> 00:30:11,592
You really think
I can do it, Father?
619
00:30:11,679 --> 00:30:14,116
Son, I got money on you.
620
00:30:15,161 --> 00:30:17,293
You, too, Father?
621
00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:18,599
You bet on the fight?
622
00:30:18,686 --> 00:30:22,342
Now I need you
in that ring.
623
00:30:22,429 --> 00:30:23,604
- Father.
- Son.
624
00:30:23,691 --> 00:30:27,390
I've raised you from a pup.
625
00:30:27,477 --> 00:30:32,308
If you won't do this
for yourself, do it for me.
626
00:30:32,395 --> 00:30:35,746
♪ Just take me down a river.. ♪
627
00:30:38,271 --> 00:30:40,751
So, Father needs Jerry
to go the distance.
628
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:43,580
But that night,
he sees Jerry's wobbly.
629
00:30:43,667 --> 00:30:45,887
And I didn't stick
around, but..
630
00:30:45,974 --> 00:30:49,673
the Father was huddled up
with Sonny when I left.
631
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,415
Maybe Father bought
some insurance from him.
632
00:30:52,502 --> 00:30:54,591
Made sure his pup got
to the finish line.
633
00:31:00,162 --> 00:31:01,860
Putting money
on Jerry not to win
634
00:31:01,947 --> 00:31:03,949
but to make
it 15 rounds.
635
00:31:04,036 --> 00:31:05,864
That's a pretty
specific bet, Father.
636
00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:07,822
That's because Jerry
set that goal for himself.
637
00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:09,258
I thought he would make it.
638
00:31:09,345 --> 00:31:11,217
And your winnings
must have been sweet.
639
00:31:11,304 --> 00:31:13,436
I threw in the towel,
for Pete's sake.
640
00:31:13,523 --> 00:31:16,048
Yeah, with 20 seconds
remaining.
641
00:31:16,135 --> 00:31:17,397
Because of what
I saw in his eyes.
642
00:31:17,484 --> 00:31:19,268
Jerry always looked bad,
but this time
643
00:31:19,355 --> 00:31:20,704
I could see
he was cooked.
644
00:31:20,791 --> 00:31:22,750
Or maybe throwing that towel
645
00:31:22,837 --> 00:31:25,448
was just an act,
huh, Father?
646
00:31:25,535 --> 00:31:28,364
Look, I can't force
you two to believe me.
647
00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:32,107
Did you know
the fight was fixed?
648
00:31:32,194 --> 00:31:33,500
Fixed?
649
00:31:33,587 --> 00:31:35,067
Mo made a deal
to let Jerry win
650
00:31:35,154 --> 00:31:38,157
in the first round,
and Jerry knew about it.
651
00:31:38,244 --> 00:31:39,332
No kidding?
652
00:31:39,419 --> 00:31:41,725
But didn't wanna
go along with it.
653
00:31:41,812 --> 00:31:44,424
I wouldn't think
he would.
654
00:31:44,511 --> 00:31:46,121
And if so,
that explains why--
655
00:31:46,208 --> 00:31:47,470
Why what?
656
00:31:47,557 --> 00:31:48,863
That's why Round One.
657
00:31:51,518 --> 00:31:52,780
[rock music]
658
00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:55,304
[crowd booing]
659
00:32:00,962 --> 00:32:03,747
[crowd whistling]
660
00:32:03,834 --> 00:32:05,445
He's been standing
around for two minutes.
661
00:32:05,532 --> 00:32:06,533
What the hell is
going on out there?
662
00:32:06,620 --> 00:32:09,797
Come on.
Come on, hit me.
663
00:32:09,884 --> 00:32:11,842
- Come on.
- Oh, wonderful, the boo birds.
664
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:13,932
- Boo.
- Boo.
665
00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:16,151
- 'Come on, throw a punch.'
- Come on.
666
00:32:16,238 --> 00:32:17,848
Show me something, chump.
Come on.
667
00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:18,937
No way, Mo.
668
00:32:19,024 --> 00:32:23,158
Throw a punch.
Come on. Come on.
669
00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:24,507
[bell dinging]
670
00:32:24,594 --> 00:32:26,248
- What's the matter?
- Stop it now.
671
00:32:26,335 --> 00:32:28,033
You gotta fight me now, Mo.
672
00:32:30,252 --> 00:32:31,819
- What are you doing?
- Give me water.
673
00:32:31,906 --> 00:32:34,474
What, is your mind mush?
674
00:32:34,561 --> 00:32:38,347
You want water? I'll give you
your damn water, huh?
675
00:32:38,434 --> 00:32:40,219
You got the rest of your life
to make eyes at that girl.
676
00:32:40,306 --> 00:32:42,308
- That's not happening.
- What are you talking about?
677
00:32:42,395 --> 00:32:43,874
I took the ring back.
678
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,528
Alright, alright.
Come here.
679
00:32:45,615 --> 00:32:46,834
[belldings]
680
00:32:46,921 --> 00:32:48,314
Get up.
You, wake up, okay?
681
00:32:48,401 --> 00:32:50,185
You get it on with this guy.
Get in there.
682
00:32:50,272 --> 00:32:51,665
Nowyou want a fight,
huh, Father?
683
00:32:51,752 --> 00:32:54,015
Well take a look,
'cause we got one.
684
00:32:54,102 --> 00:32:55,712
You're dead, you hear?
Dead.
685
00:32:55,799 --> 00:32:58,411
[grunting]
686
00:33:02,197 --> 00:33:03,851
[Will]
'So the entire first round'
687
00:33:03,938 --> 00:33:05,287
Jerry never threw a punch.
688
00:33:05,374 --> 00:33:08,899
Making it impossible
for Mo to fake a knockout.
689
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:12,512
I told Jerry I put
some money on him, but..
690
00:33:12,599 --> 00:33:14,818
He must have thought
I'd taken this other bet.
691
00:33:14,905 --> 00:33:16,298
The fix.
692
00:33:18,257 --> 00:33:19,780
That poor kid.
693
00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:23,697
At the end, he must
have thought that
694
00:33:23,784 --> 00:33:25,351
evenI didn't believe in him.
695
00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:35,796
[rock music]
696
00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:37,450
Hey.
697
00:33:37,537 --> 00:33:39,713
Hey, my man.
698
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,149
Where you been?
699
00:33:41,236 --> 00:33:43,717
Ah, per usual, long day.
700
00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:47,025
Oh, you're here now
and we're celebrating.
701
00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:50,028
We got a cause
or are we better without?
702
00:33:50,115 --> 00:33:51,855
I'm back on
the job next week.
703
00:33:51,942 --> 00:33:53,640
No kiddin'.
Yeah.
704
00:33:53,727 --> 00:33:54,945
- Way to go.
- That's good, right?
705
00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,687
Tops.
Tops, brother, tops.
706
00:33:59,646 --> 00:34:00,951
What?
707
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,518
Just that simple?
708
00:34:02,605 --> 00:34:04,781
It'd be simpler if I can get
rollin' here a little bit.
709
00:34:06,566 --> 00:34:07,871
Yo, Christina.
710
00:34:10,222 --> 00:34:13,051
I'll go again.
Get Nicky, too.
711
00:34:13,138 --> 00:34:14,617
How you doin'?
712
00:34:14,704 --> 00:34:16,445
Good, I didn't know
you worked here.
713
00:34:16,532 --> 00:34:18,926
Yeah, it's fun for now.
714
00:34:19,013 --> 00:34:20,580
Although I find
some of the guys
715
00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:22,103
who come in here
are sort of..
716
00:34:22,190 --> 00:34:23,713
...half-ass.
717
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:24,932
No kiddin'?
718
00:34:25,019 --> 00:34:26,890
Half-ass, huh?
719
00:34:26,977 --> 00:34:29,632
Uh, but that was before
you two came in.
720
00:34:31,939 --> 00:34:32,896
Perfect.
721
00:34:32,983 --> 00:34:35,943
I got it.
722
00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:37,075
Thank you, kind sir.
723
00:34:44,647 --> 00:34:47,302
You know, taking it
back a sec
724
00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:50,175
you were telling me
you're happy I'm back
725
00:34:50,262 --> 00:34:53,656
not asking how I'm doing.
726
00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:55,136
Thanks for that.
727
00:34:56,485 --> 00:34:58,008
[glass crinkles]
728
00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,359
When the hard stuff happens
729
00:35:00,446 --> 00:35:03,013
I say walk it off
any way you can, whatever.
730
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:06,713
You're the goods, Nicky.
731
00:35:08,976 --> 00:35:12,458
But what you can't do..
732
00:35:12,545 --> 00:35:13,763
...is Rush's sister.
733
00:35:13,850 --> 00:35:14,851
You know what I mean?
734
00:35:17,463 --> 00:35:20,205
What do you think?
What are you talking about?
735
00:35:20,292 --> 00:35:23,556
Scotty, serious.
736
00:35:23,643 --> 00:35:26,428
Anyone but that, right?
737
00:35:31,694 --> 00:35:34,567
[music continues]
738
00:35:41,748 --> 00:35:44,620
[dramatic music]
739
00:35:51,801 --> 00:35:54,717
Mo said Jerry kept yelling
he took the ring back
740
00:35:54,804 --> 00:35:57,372
thinking he was talking
about the boxing ring.
741
00:35:57,459 --> 00:35:58,852
But now we think Jerry meant
742
00:35:58,939 --> 00:36:01,159
the engagement ring
he bought for Gina.
743
00:36:01,246 --> 00:36:02,769
From Jimmy the jeweler.
744
00:36:02,856 --> 00:36:03,813
Jimmy's still in business?
745
00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:04,901
Well, on the day
of the fight
746
00:36:04,988 --> 00:36:06,251
Jerry took the ring in
747
00:36:06,338 --> 00:36:07,643
and asked for his money back.
748
00:36:07,730 --> 00:36:08,949
How much was it worth?
749
00:36:09,036 --> 00:36:10,168
Eighteen hundred.
750
00:36:10,255 --> 00:36:11,430
But Jimmy wouldn't
give him that.
751
00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:12,996
Said the ring
had depreciated
752
00:36:13,083 --> 00:36:14,433
over the three days
he had had it.
753
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,174
So, what did Jerry
get for it?
754
00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:18,437
Fifteen hundred, even.
755
00:36:20,265 --> 00:36:22,441
[instrumental music]
756
00:36:26,401 --> 00:36:28,490
So, we know
who paid off Sonny, Mo.
757
00:36:28,577 --> 00:36:29,883
Oh, yeah?
758
00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:31,624
Yeah. Jerry.
759
00:36:34,975 --> 00:36:37,630
Now, how does
that make sense?
760
00:36:37,717 --> 00:36:39,849
Jerry knew you'd open up
his face bad.
761
00:36:39,936 --> 00:36:41,547
And the way he bleeds,
he figures
762
00:36:41,634 --> 00:36:43,462
the ref will T-K-O him.
763
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:46,334
It did pour out,
sure enough.
764
00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:49,076
He wanted to prove he could go
the whole 15 with you.
765
00:36:51,426 --> 00:36:53,559
Yeah, that sounds
like old Jerry.
766
00:36:53,646 --> 00:36:55,125
Mo, could some of
the things he was saying
767
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:58,825
during the fight have been
meant for Sonny and not you?
768
00:36:58,912 --> 00:37:01,915
Yeah, it didn't make
sense comin' my way.
769
00:37:02,002 --> 00:37:03,221
'And I'll tell
you what else.'
770
00:37:03,308 --> 00:37:04,961
I never seen a guy change
771
00:37:05,048 --> 00:37:07,007
so much over
the course of a fight.
772
00:37:07,094 --> 00:37:10,576
- You mean Jerry?
- No, man, Sonny.
773
00:37:10,663 --> 00:37:12,317
Before the fight,
he hadn't an ounce of respect
774
00:37:12,404 --> 00:37:13,405
for that Jerry.
775
00:37:13,492 --> 00:37:15,058
But by the end?
776
00:37:15,145 --> 00:37:17,322
Brother had tears
in his eyes.
777
00:37:17,409 --> 00:37:19,846
[crowd cheering]
778
00:37:19,933 --> 00:37:22,849
[groaning]
779
00:37:28,594 --> 00:37:29,725
[grunts]
780
00:37:29,812 --> 00:37:31,510
[crowd applauding]
781
00:37:31,597 --> 00:37:32,728
Get over there.
782
00:37:32,815 --> 00:37:35,383
[crowd cheering]
783
00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:37,733
Jerry, I gotta call it.
784
00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:39,866
No, you can't.
785
00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:41,824
A deal is a deal.
786
00:37:43,391 --> 00:37:45,480
[gasping]
787
00:37:46,786 --> 00:37:48,178
[grunting]
788
00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:53,009
[male #1]
'Attaboy, Jerry. Attaboy.
Come on now.'
789
00:37:53,096 --> 00:37:54,707
'You're my great white hope,
attaboy.'
790
00:37:58,537 --> 00:38:00,626
[crowd cheering]
791
00:38:00,713 --> 00:38:02,236
[groaning]
792
00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:03,716
Break, break, break.
793
00:38:03,803 --> 00:38:04,847
I gotta call it, Jerry.
794
00:38:04,934 --> 00:38:06,458
I did like you wanted.
795
00:38:06,545 --> 00:38:08,024
Please don't take
from me this.
796
00:38:08,111 --> 00:38:10,244
Please..
797
00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:13,247
[gasping]
798
00:38:17,730 --> 00:38:20,602
[indistinct voices]
799
00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:25,825
[groaning]
800
00:38:25,912 --> 00:38:29,089
That's it. That's it.
Stop it. No more.
801
00:38:29,176 --> 00:38:31,352
- I took the ring back.
- No more, Jerry.
802
00:38:31,439 --> 00:38:33,789
- I took the ring back.
- You gotta stop. Please.
803
00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:36,923
'A deal's a deal.
I took the ring back.'
804
00:38:39,273 --> 00:38:40,927
Let's go.
805
00:38:41,623 --> 00:38:43,625
[grunts]
806
00:38:45,845 --> 00:38:48,500
[dramatic music]
807
00:38:58,205 --> 00:39:00,250
Hang on, kid.
Hang on, kid.
808
00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:02,383
Ten seconds.
809
00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:05,908
Hang on, Jerry.
810
00:39:08,389 --> 00:39:10,173
[groaning]
811
00:39:16,397 --> 00:39:17,703
That's it. That's it.
812
00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:19,661
[bell clanging]
813
00:39:22,447 --> 00:39:24,274
- My son..
- I'm not a bum.
814
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:25,667
I know, Jerry.
815
00:39:25,754 --> 00:39:28,017
- I'm not a bum.
- Hell no, kid.
816
00:39:31,586 --> 00:39:33,153
Doctor.
817
00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:34,284
'Call the Doctor.'
818
00:39:36,243 --> 00:39:38,245
[indistinct voices]
819
00:39:40,508 --> 00:39:43,032
[dramatic music]
820
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,429
[Peter Frampton singing
"Baby, I Love Your Way"]
821
00:39:48,516 --> 00:39:54,174
♪ Shadows grow so long
before my eyes ♪
822
00:39:54,261 --> 00:39:59,919
♪ And they're moving
across the page ♪
823
00:40:01,573 --> 00:40:05,490
♪ Suddenly the day
turns into night ♪
824
00:40:07,361 --> 00:40:12,497
♪ Far away from the city ♪
825
00:40:14,237 --> 00:40:18,764
♪ But don't hesitate ♪
826
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:26,685
♪ Because your love won't wait ♪
827
00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:33,518
♪ O-oh baby I love
your way everyday ♪
828
00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:39,915
♪ Wanna tell you
I love your way everyday ♪
829
00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:44,703
♪ Wanna be with
you night and day ♪
830
00:40:54,147 --> 00:40:58,630
♪ Moon appears to shine
and light the sky ♪
831
00:41:00,196 --> 00:41:03,548
♪ With the help ♪
832
00:41:03,635 --> 00:41:07,160
♪ Of some firefly ♪
833
00:41:07,247 --> 00:41:09,771
♪ Wonder how they have ♪
834
00:41:09,858 --> 00:41:13,035
♪ The power to shine,
shine shine ♪
835
00:41:13,122 --> 00:41:18,301
♪ I can see them ♪
836
00:41:18,388 --> 00:41:20,347
♪ Under the pine ♪
837
00:41:20,434 --> 00:41:24,699
♪ But don't hesitate ♪
838
00:41:26,788 --> 00:41:32,359
♪ Because your love won't wait ♪
839
00:41:35,405 --> 00:41:39,627
♪ O-oh baby I love
your way everyday ♪
840
00:41:42,064 --> 00:41:48,723
♪ Wanna tell you
I love your way o-oh ♪
841
00:41:48,810 --> 00:41:54,337
♪ Wanna be you night
and day o-oh yeah ♪
842
00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:24,716
♪ Well don't hesitate ♪
843
00:42:26,935 --> 00:42:28,676
♪ Because your love ♪
844
00:42:30,678 --> 00:42:32,462
♪ won't wait.. ♪
845
00:42:35,204 --> 00:42:37,511
[female narrator]
Stay tuned for scenes
from our next episode
846
00:42:38,773 --> 00:42:41,210
[theme music]
847
00:42:53,962 --> 00:42:56,835
[music continues]