04x22 - Shirts and Skins

Episode transcripts for the TV show "21 Jump Street". Aired: April 12, 1987 –; April 27, 1991.*
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04x22 - Shirts and Skins

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When I was a kid, my
first year playing baseball,

I sat on the bench
the whole time.

That didn't
discourage dad though.

He was in those bleachers
every single game,

cheering his head off.

When we finished the
season in the cellar,

dad volunteered to coach.

He treated every single
one of those kids

like they were his very own,
and he never played favorites.

My dad was a good guy.

Fair and decent, and--

Grandpa, you wanted
to say something?

My son set an
example for all of us

by working hard for his
family and community.

We all remember how strong
he felt about preserving

the values of our country.

Richard was born in a time when
everybody knew the difference

between right and wrong.

That time doesn't exist
any longer in America.

But my son fought
to bring it back,

and we owe it to him
to carry on that fight.

Richard James Schalin, my son.

God rest his soul.

[theme music playing]

(SINGING) We never thought we'd
find a place where we belong.

Don't have to stand alone,
we'll never let you fall.

Don't need permission to
decide what you believe.

I said jump down on Jump Street.

I said jump down on Jump Street.

Your friends will be there
when your back is to the wall.

You'll find you need us 'cause
there's no one else to call.

When it looks hopeless, a
decision's what you need.

You'd better be ready
to-- be ready to jump.

Jump Street.

I pledge allegiance to Adolf
h*tler, the immortal leader

of our race--

[all repeating]

--and to the new order
for which he stands--

[all repeating]

--one great cause,
sacred and invincible.

[all repeating]

--the hope and future
of all Aryan men.

[all repeating]

Heil h*tler.

[all repeating]

OK, folks.

First order of business--

to whoever brought
the cheese Danish,

it's the highlight of my week.

Thanks a lot.

[laughter]

Pass them around, please.

Secondly, coming around is a
map that shows you where to park

for the demonstration tomorrow.

Joe, I thought we were going
to open this up to the group.

We are.

We are.

Actually, Silvia's
concerned about picketing

at Schalin's Salvage Yard,
considering their n*zi leader

just got m*rder*d.

It makes us look
pretty unsympathetic.

You know they suspect one
of us are k*lling the guy.

So you're worried
about payback?

Look.

It's not going to
happen at the picket.

We'll have police protection.
- How much?

The city don't want to pay
overtime for the extra cops.

You let up now, you're sending
out a very dangerous message.

We don't fight back.

She's right.

[sounds of agreement]

OK.

OK.

Let's vote on it.

All those want to
lay low for a while.

OK.

All those want to go ahead
with the demonstration?

[sounds of agreement]

All right.

We're going to see you bright
and early tomorrow, g*ng.

[cheering]

They k*lled your
old man, and all you

do is sit around like a wuss.

We are not a street g*ng.

When are you going to get
that through your head?

Could take some
time with me, man.

[laughter]

Our every move
is being watched

closely, so we have to find
ways to make that work for us.

Your father wouldn't have
cared what others thought.

And where did that get him?

Where did that get any
of us-- standing out

in some field at night, dressed
in white sheets and dunce caps

while the NAACP
just cruised through

with whatever they wanted?

My father had no idea
what was going on.

Hell, you shirts and skins
would fight between yourselves

while Uncle Tom took your jobs.

Now we're at w*r.

Sit down, Cecil.

Name's not freaking Cecil.

It's Bane!

Enough!

Enough!

Sit down!

The old way is dead.

Be patient.

Follow me now and I will get
you where you want to go.

Lab says the
b*llet that k*lled

Richard Schalin came
from a weird caliber

g*n, possibly an antique.

Isn't that guy,
Joe, a collector?

Harry, I feel weird.

I mean, it's like--

it's like we're
spying on these people

when, if it weren't
for the case, you know,

we'd be right in
there with them.

One of them may
have k*lled a man.

A n*zi.

That makes a difference?

You know what I mean.

A lot of those people victimized
in there were Vietnamese.

You're going to tell me
you don't just want to hang

those guys by their toenails?

What I want is to
bust whoever it was

that k*lled Richard Schalin.

I don't care if the guy was a
n*zi or a card-carrying member

of the ACLU.

Well, I didn't know you were
so evolved about all this.

Judy, we are cops.

We got a job to do.

I love the smell of the Earth
and the grass when it rains.

You know how a smell will bring
back the memory of something?

It reminds me of Sackle Road.

The old house?

Yeah.

Your dad-- he used to
mow the lawn for $ .

But first he had to pick
up all of Champ's dog poop.

[laughs] He'd wrap his shoes
in newspaper just in case

he missed something.

I miss him.

I want my father back.

I wouldn't know it from the
way you talked at that meeting.

Gramps, I love dad,
but he couldn't lead.

Don't confuse how
I felt about him

and how I feel about
purifying our race.

Well, maybe your father
couldn't move us forward.

Maybe it was a cause, or
maybe it was the time.

But Lance, the time
is right again.

Exactly.

Don't hesitate.

I don't intend to.

Start using force.

It worked before.

No.

It won't work now.

And what's it been since
you were last at a meeting?

Five years?

I'm coming back.

I want to help.

I need to help, for Richard.

PEOPLE CHANTING: Take their
business, shut it down!

No more Nazis in our town!

Take their business,
shut it down!

No more Nazis in our town!

Take their business,
shut it down!

No more Nazis in our town!

[chanting continues]

They m*rder one
of us and then get

police protection while
they run us out of business.

years ago this
wouldn't have happened.

years ago was years
before Martin Luther King.

It's a damn disgrace.

Gramps.

[chanting continues]

[shouting]

Pigs!

This sucks!
Let's do some stomping!

Now!

We got to wait until
Lance gives the word.

What I'm trying to
get you to understand

is, as American citizens
we have a right--

Do you believe
h*tler was a great man?

We have a right
to free speech.

We have a right to
express our ideas--

Do you believe that?

h*tler believed in purity.

We believe that.

We believe in the
purity of the races.

We don't believe in
the mongrelization--

Well, we certainly don't
believe h*tler was a great man.

History has proven that
h*tler was horribly misguided.

And yet he still stands as
the figurehead of your movement.

Because he recognized
the need for a new order.

He had the vision, the
ability to bring about that--

I want everyone to
understand something.

We do not believe in v*olence.

What we do believe in is
America and Americans.

That's what we believe in.

And what exactly is
an American to you?

Shut your mouth or I'll shove
a stick of dynamite in it!

Back up your rock, cue ball!

Why don't you go back
to Africa, jiggaboo?

[whack]

[shouting]

Eight stitches.

Another scar you can brag
to your grandchildren about.

Really?

You think it's going to scar?

So what are you
going to tell them--

that you kicked
some skinhead butt?

Or that you incited a riot?

I was the one who
was hurt, remember?

Yeah.

And other people could have
gotten hurt because of you.

[scoffs] I don't
believe what I'm hearing.

Are you trying to
tell me the skinheads

had nothing to do with this?

Judy, you were wrong.

You crossed the line first.

No.

They cross the line
every time they

say n*gg*r or kike or
gook, and you of all people

should understand that.

Those are just words.

I taught myself that
a long time ago.

When?

After the first or the hundredth
time someone called you a name?

You know, maybe you didn't
have to face things I had to

when I was a kid.

I'll tell you
what I had to face.

In Vietnam, I knew
what it was like to be

part of the majority.

I mean, I was the majority.

When I got here, the school I
went to had two other Asians.

I didn't even know what some of
the names they called me meant.

All I knew was that it hurt, and
it made me ashamed of who I am.

Then you understand
how I feel.

I made a promise to myself
I would never let anybody

hurt me like that again.

So did I. I don't hear it.

Well, if you can
shut it out, fine.

I guess you're just a
better person than I am.

But just stepping back every
time doesn't solve the problem.

Sooner or later you're
going to run out of room.

And then you tell me
how to deal with it.

Where's your loyalty?

Doesn't it make you want to
give, knowing they k*lled

our leader and we go to jail?

I mean, how would you like to
be sitting down there in jail

knowing we can't even
raise bail money?

Why don't you get
it from them for once?

Hey man, you think
beer grows on trees?

We wouldn't even need bail
money if you hadn't showed up.

These guys are our soldiers.

They make different
kinds of sacrifices.

[shouting]

[interposing voices]

It's very difficult
for him to get a job.

Why do you think we became
skins in the first place?

People around
here discriminate.

They won't hire just
because their hair is short.

Then why don't they
let their hair grow out?

[sounds of agreement]

I mean, think of the money you
could save on hair cuts alone.

We cut our own hair.

We've got more important--

Hey, hey, hey.

I know it's frustrating.

The courts, the cops, our jobs--

it's all been taken away.

That's why we're uniting.

The worst thing we can do now
is fight amongst ourselves.

Now Hank, Blitz--

Shake hands.

What about it, Hank?

Can you float us
a couple hundred

to help us get the guys out?

Sorry, Al.

Youngest needs braces.

Let's have a n*zi car wash.

[laughter]

Let's make a deal.

A few hundred dollar loans will
move you up in the movement--

let's say captain.

Since you put it that way--

Our newest member, uh--

Doug.

I have some money saved up
from a job I did in Idaho.

Been to the Aryan
Nation's church up there?

I worked Reverend
Butler's computer network.

Well, we appreciate
the offer, Captain.

[shouting]

How you boys doing?

You guys miss us?

Huh?

I thought I had a
ground score, man.

- White trash.
- What can I say?

I used my head.

[laughter]

I'm going to make sure
you get a Purple Heart.

That was beautiful.
That was beautiful.

Great work, everybody.

Here you go.
Yeah.

Celebrate.
Cheers.

Great work.

And thanks for coming.

Every time we demonstrate, every
time we voice our opposition

we get closer to
ridding our problem

and declaring this
city a n*zi-free zone.

All right.

[cheering]

Cheers.

What are you doing?

I couldn't resist
your collection.

You like g*ns?

I don't know
anything about them.

Do these things work?

Like they were made yesterday.

Let me show you.

I've got some beauties here.

Here.

Try this.

See how nice it balances.

Go ahead.

Don't be afraid.

g*ns aren't dangerous.

It's the people
behind them, you know?

Ever have to use them?

Only legally.

I'm the sh**ting champ down
at the g*n club, you know?

You're, um-- what nationality?

Japanese?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I had to ask because, you know,
sometimes it's hard to tell.

But, I really admire you people.

Very industrious.

Not like the Vietnamese
that come over, you know?

Yeah.

They are sneaky.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Exactly.

[laughs] You're a
good guy, Harry.

I'm really glad we're on
the same side, you know?

Laces.

Red means white power.

White laces mean white pride.

What do, uh,
yellow laces mean?

Yellow laces, like,
claim you k*lled somebody.

Really?
Hey Cecil, you k*lled somebody?

Don't call me Cecil!

It's Bane!

OK, Bane.

Hey, you getting
your hair cut or what?

Why should I?

To fit in, man.

Why?

I feel the same way as you guys.

[scoffs] No, you don't.

Lance brought in those
poser Brown Shirt fems,

but they ain't the same as us.

I hate greasers as
much as the next guy,

but when it comes
to busting heads--

You gotta do it, man.

Why?

Because it's a w*r.

They take our jobs.

So take them back.

Little snarf's
will do crap like be

maids or work in the fields.

I won't do that.

Right.

OK.

Maybe I'm a high school
dropout, but I still deserve

better than picking peas.

Tell me why you
hate kikes, Doug.

When I was a kid my
family told me how it is.

As I grew up, I saw
they were right.

You're a good talker, Doug.

You finish school?

My family, man--
they fought for the

freakin' Himey's in the w*r.

I go, you idiots.

We'd be better off if
h*tler won the w*r.

What'd they say?

They threw me
out of the house.

But, uh-- you know, that's cool.

That's what I wanted, you know?

Yeah.

My mom-- the day I shaved
she locked herself in a room.

She wouldn't come
out until I left.

She should see your tattoos.

OK.

Enough philosophy.

Sit down.

[clippers buzzing]

You with us or what?

You gonna wuss out
and be a poser,

or are you gonna
shave for battle?

That's it?

The guy's got an
antique g*n collection?

I say we get a warrant,
run ballistics on them.

Harry, I agree that Joe's
a suspect, but I don't--

The man is dangerous.

I know what his kind is like.

His kind?

You're starting to
sound like a skinhead.

You know what?

There's only one difference
between Joe and the skinheads.

The skinheads are more honest.

At least you know
where they stand.

With Joe or people
like him you--

you never know it until
you don't get the job

or you can't move
into the apartment.

They're both out to hate.

And what about you, Harry?

We're not talking about me.

If I came to you with
the same kind of evidence,

you'd suspect there's
something more to it.

Now, what's going on?

Nothing.

In fact, I'm the only
one here who hasn't

let this thing affect me.

That's what worries me.

Well, after we got
the guys out of jail

we went to the skins' hangout.

LANCE: Yeah?

To make a long story short,
they wanted me to join them.

Well, I wasn't
going to do nothing

until I talked to you first.

I'm glad you did.

Well, so what?

Can you use me as a soldier?

You know, Doug, the skinheads
are very important to us.

There was a time before Reagan
when activity was on a decline.

Nobody wanted to dress
up in white sheets

and stand around their
four by fours listening

to a bunch of dumb rednecks.

I hear that.

Take a kid like Cecil.

Drop out, directionless,
shaven head.

He and his young pals
listening to their Oi!

Music-- hip, young,
urban, romantic even--

but they're stupid idiots.

And you give them direction.

I thought I could.

Nah.

They'll all grow out of it--

at least the skinhead thing.

But when these kids
are parents they're

going to have a
place in their hearts

for the only people that
paid them any attention when

they needed it.

Well then you're
all out of skinheads.

Nah.

Their younger brothers
will fall right in line.

After a while that's a
lot of people on your side.

Now, Gramps-- he'd tell
you go, shave, be a soldier.

He's as fooled as anyone.

You're a smart kid, Doug.

I can use you without
your brains b*at in.

Just tell me what to do.

We need to meld educated
racists like yourself

with these skins,
start mobilizing

into every aspect of society.

I'm glad you didn't
lose your head, Doug.

Hey Chinaman, what's
for dinner tonight--

chopped saki?

Yeah.

Invite us over.

I'll bring the rice wine.

I'll bring the soy sauce.

Hey, slope, I'm
talking to you.

Say something.

This is America.

We speak English here.

My father's Chinese.

My mother's Japanese.

I'm all mixed up.

[laughter]

[whacking]

[grunting]

[shouting]

It's about time somebody
dealt with these punks.

Hey, Harry.

Hey.

I heard about last night.

No big deal.

I was att*cked,
and I just reacted.

No big deal?

One of them's in the hospital.

- Hey, I tried to walk away.
- Lighten up.

I'm on your side.

Ioki, I read the report
and the witnesses accounts.

Aside from a few
quibbles from the skins,

it all looks straight.

I wouldn't worry about it.

Thanks, Captain.

Harry, cases
like this one makes

it a little hard to maintain
professional detachment.

I think you did the right thing.

Good work.

What is this crap?

What do you mean?

You're the one that wanted
to get the message out.

Unbelievable.

Something wrong with a
little initiative, son?

Of course not, but I have
no patience for stupidity.

These will make the
people sit up and listen.

[grunting] I'll
make them throw up!

You don't get people to listen
by waving around that maniac!

You get people to listen
by breaking Geraldo's nose.

You don't even have
a clue, do you?

And what are you doing
hanging around him?

I thought you knew better.

I bumped into
Albert while I was

visiting Bane at the hospital.

Did you go see him?

I didn't think so.

You use those people
to fight for you,

and then you forget about them--

just like every
other politician.

You're going to go far, Lance.

It's not true, Doug.

Albert is just a crazy old man.

Then let's go to the hospital.

If you really want those
guys to fight for you,

you ought to at least
pretend to care.

[sighs]

Hey, Harry, bring
it over this way.

Hi.

How you doing?

What's up?

Come on.

Don't hold out on me.

Give me all the details.

[sighs] It was nothing.

You're kidding.

We're leading two to zero.

This is a victory
lunch, and I'm buying.

Bring us two of your
biggest steaks, rare.

You like rice with yours?

Baked potato would be fine.

A couple of potatoes,
a couple of beers.

You know, you don't
have to do this.

Nah, in this country we
reward our heroes, man.

I didn't do anything so great.

[laughs] You took two
skins out of action.

Their leader just got whacked.

All we need is a
little follow through.

We can break their backs, man.

Thanks.

You've proven that
you're a man of action.

Let's get up there
and go to bat.

I take it you don't
mean another picket.

No, no, no.

That's fine for the
rest of the group.

I like to deal with
things more directly.

I could go for that.

[clinking]

How are you feeling?

Those pigs, man--

they won't let me
watch "Green Acres."

They changed the channel to
the freakin' "Love Connection."

I'd sure feel better
if I could watch

Mr. Douglas and Arnold Ziffel.

What happened, Bane?

I don't know, man.

Buddha-head freaked on us.

You know, we're hassling
him and all, nothing major,

then he gets all
Bruce Lee on us.

He got in a real cheap
sh*t and I went down.

Zipperhead keeps wailing
on my ass while I was down.

Total ape wire.

The dude was nuts.

What about the other skins?

I got to make a
phone call, OK Bane?

I'll be back.

So, uh, what is it?

I mean, what happened
that you can't tell Lance?

Did you tell my
mom to come here?

Uh, no.

Did she?

The nurse told me she
was here, then left.

I didn't even see her.

Oh, forget her.

Bitch.

I was just wondering.

They ran away.

Who-- your parents?

The skins.

Blitz and Zing.

They hauled ass
when I went down.

When I close my eyes I don't see
that Oriental guy kicking me.

I just see them running away.

Don't worry about it.

Lance will take care of you.

Lance.

He used me the most.

I whipped his behind.

I won't tolerate it.
Not in my house.

Oh, I know what you mean.

I caught Sammy watching "Sesame
Street" a couple of times, too.

White children right in
there with those others.

Commercials, too.

Everybody all thrown
in there together.

You have to be so
careful what they watch.

Why don't we try putting
our own show together?

[kids playing]

Why not?

We could teach the
kids the right way?

So you think mainstream
America is ready to tune

into "n*zi Street" with Big
Bird and Oscar the Fascist?

Well, you were the one that--

It's a dumb idea.

I was just trying to--

Don't try so hard, Grandpa.

Bang.
I got you.

No, I got you first.

Sammy, not here
while we're talking.

Let's go to my room.

BOY: Yeah.

Lance-- Put the g*n down, son.

Hey, Lance--

Where did you get this g*n?

Nowhere.

It's just that real
g*ns are very dangerous.

Do you understand?

How did you get it?

Lance, this is my g*n.

Now, where did you find it?

Under the house.

Where?

Under the house behind
some of Dad's boxes.

Was this after
Grandpa Richard d*ed?

I'll put it back.

I promise.

Yes.

Yes.

You put it back, and--

and we'll make this our secret.

DOUG: Albert.

Hey, I was just driving by.

Is everything OK?

Don't worry about it.

I'll get it.

I'll get it.

Maybe I should get Lance, huh?

No, no.

No.

OK.

All right.

I'll get-- is it this one?

Oh.

All right.

There.

Scoot over.
I'll drive.

With my own g*n.

What are you talking about?

I expected to
fight the outsiders.

My strength always came from
my family, from each other.

We have--

--for the cause.

Yeah, but we haven't lost.

I don't know who I'm fighting.

I don't know who I am.

Albert, what happened?

What about your g*n?

I found it.

He k*lled him.

Who?

[sobbing] Lance.

k*lled his father.

Why didn't you just
go in and get the g*n?

I wasn't going to risk
blowing my cover just so Albert

could get back at
Lance for not letting

him put up h*tler posters.

You don't believe him.

If I had to believe somebody
it wouldn't be Albert.

Oh, so now there's
good Nazis and bad Nazis?

One advocates v*olence,
the other doesn't.

No, wrong.

It's all v*olence.

Because the bottom line is,
what they preach is hate.

They have the right to
preach whatever they want,

regardless of how sick it is.

I'm surprised at how well
you argue for the Nazis.

Or maybe I shouldn't be.

[scoffs] Well,
that's really cheap.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't you just follow your
leads and I'll follow mine,

and I'll forget we had
this little conversation?

Uh, Truman?

You better figure out
what's eatin' you.

What are you talking about?

That fight you
had with the skins?

I know what went down.

h*tler would-- no.

Joseph Goebbels-- he'd have
a blast with television.

He sees techniques all the time,
as long as people don't know.

How did your father's
ideas differ from Albert's?

They're both
just old, outdated.

You know, in a
lot of ways I felt

my father's heart wasn't in it.

Must have been pretty
frustrating to have

the ideas that you got
and have to just sit back.

"h*tler was right."

Oh brother.

Intentions were good.

He's still living in .

Albert's intentions
are violent, Doug.

It's not the way to take power.

Not anymore.

He paid for them
out of his own pocket.

I'll see he gets paid back.

I've seen the skins run
through here a million times.

There's a restaurant they
go to about a block away.

It's over here.

Great.

Man, you're a funny guy.

I mean, I never figured you
for the hero type. you know?

Nah, it's--

Hey, don't be embarrassed.

I think it's great.

[scoffs] You do all right,
fighting them your way.

Courts, demonstrations?

Come on.

The Nazis eat up that
kind of publicity.

So, what?

You have something in mind?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I want a kick ass like you did.

For every name they called us.

For every time we had to
look at their ugly faces.

You gave some back.

I just defended myself.

Yeah.

I'll bet it felt good, too.

You know something?

I've been dying to
defend myself, too.

Hey, listen.

I'm no glory hog, OK?

You take him out.

I'm just here for the leftovers.

Show time.

[door slams]

[engine starts]

Where the hell are you going?

Hey.

I'm sorry I'm late.

That's OK.

Where are all the others?

Well, it's kind of weird.

Albert came by with some
beer, and they all decided

to go to the park and hang out.

Albert did this?
Yeah.

He just sort of
Pied-Pipered them

right out the door with just
a couple of cases of beer.

You don't think that he's
trying to cut your legs out

from under you, do you?
- No.

No.

Albert probably just wasn't
aware we were going to meet.

He-- he was aware.

It's my father all over again.

Look what had to
happen to solve that.

You know, Doug, I really
believe in what I'm doing.

I'm not some maniac.

You know?

I know that people don't
outwardly agree with us,

but it's clear that America
is not what it used to be.

It makes me sad.

And if you look at
the facts, America's

gone downhill ever
since the Civil Rights,

ever since the Mexicans
started pouring across the--

Lance, what do
you want from me?

In order to make things
right again, some of us

are going to have
to sacrifice things

for the good of the cause--

things close to us.

Others are going to have to
take a more intense role.

I thought Cecil was
that person, but--

no.

He doesn't have the brains.

But you do.

I'm just not sure
that you have--

How do I prove it to you?

How'd it go?

Joe's not our man.

I thought he wanted
to go skinhead hunting.

No.

He wanted to watch while
I did all the work.

He thinks I'm a hero.

For defending yourself?

I lied to you
about the skinhead.

I wanted to hurt him, and I did.

What?

I could have walked away.

I worked hard to become
part of this country.

It wasn't my choice to be
here, but I made a life trying

to replace what I'd lost.

Now these people,
these skinheads

tell me I don't belong.

But they're wrong.

You know that.

But I still feel this
incredible rage that anyone

could even say that to me.

You know?

Yeah.

And Joe-- all I could see was
his pettiness, his ugliness--

I didn't realize he admired
those same things in me.

I'm no better than him.

That's not what I see, Harry.

I see a man who's
opening his heart

and trying to change the
parts he doesn't like.

More flyers.

Gramps--

Leave us alone.

Us?

Is there somebody here
that Doug and I can't see?

Maybe h*tler, Goebbels,
Dr. Mengele maybe?

"Us" means the movement.

You're out.

The skins will
never follow you.

The skins will follow anybody
that'll give them enough beer.

You think they really
care about your words?

I'm not words.

I take action.

Yeah.

Like k*lling your own father.

Doug--

Who is he--
your new Cecil?

You'll look good
in yellow laces.

k*ll him, Doug.

Don't listen to him.

He's not one of us.

Oh yes, he is.

He's a direct line, from
you straight to his father.

You made him.

Lance's things.

She'll never accept
that he hanged himself.

She'll think the guards did it.

She'll believe
what she believes.

Beliefs can hurt
a lot of people.

How are you doing?

I just wanted to say I'm--

I kind of--

I thought maybe-- maybe
it can start here.

I'm sorry.

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