‘Pilot’
Season 1, Episode 1 - Aired September 22, 2021
Feeling he doesn't fit in anywhere, Dean tries to be "the great uniter" by organizing the first integrated baseball match between his team and his friend Brad's team.
Quote from Bill
Coach Long: All right, now, hands up! Weight back.
Bill: Weight back, hands up, Dean.
Coach Long: You saying the same thing I'm saying. Listen to your coach.
Bill: Weight back, hands up.
Coach Long: No, no, no, hands up first.
Bill: That's not the same thing.
Coach Long: Hands up first, then weight back.
Bill: Weight back, hands up, Dean.
Umpire: Strike three!
Quote from Bill
Coach Long: Get the ball, Bill.
Bill: You get the ball.
Coach Long: Get the ball, Bill.
Bill: You get the ball, Long!
Coach Long: You get the ball!
Bill: If I get the ball, you ain't gonna touch it!
Quote from Lillian
Coach Long: You know what? I ain't scared of you no more.
Lillian: Bill. What is wrong with you two? You both know better than to be out here showing your ass in front of these White folks.
Adult Dean: That was a universal rule that cut across all classes of Black people, but it was too late now.
Warren Harper: We're so sorry. We just heard what happened.
Bill: Heard about what?
Warren Harper: Dr. King. He... He was s-shot.
Lillian: What? Where?
Warren Harper: In Memphis. It... It's all in the news.
Coach Long: Is he...
Woman: They rushed him to a hospital.
Warren Harper: We saw you all were upset, and we...
Quote from Adult Dean
Dean: Mama? Dr. King is dead.
[Without turning around, Lillian continues folding clothes]
Adult Dean: I just couldn't understand what was so important about folding those clothes.
[As Dean walks away, Lillian sobs]