Fortunate Son

- Previously on Fortunate Son. - Whoa! No, no!

He changed your mark because you wouldn't put out?

I have nowhere else to go.

The remains don't match Linda Plotnick. It's some other girl.

It's a phone tap. Voice activated.

You bastard! She's alive.

Thought you were dead.

Everyone gathering at the house tonight?

- Kitchen party. - It appears Robert Kennedy

has just been shot.

My brother need not be idealized

or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life.

To be remembered simply as a good and decent man...

who saw wrong and tried to right it,

saw suffering and tried to heal it,

saw war and tried to stop it.

Those of us who loved him

and who take him to his rest today

pray that what he was to us

and what he wished for others

will someday come to pass for all the world.

In our time of trouble,

we ask God to show us the path.

We have lost Martin Luther King...

... and now Bobby Kennedy.

But we must remember what they both asked of us.

They asked us to find hope in despair...

... peace in the throes of war,

kindness in the face of evil.

They ask us to welcome those who are different than us...

... to resist the forces of intolerance,

greed and self-interest.

And our efforts,

individually

and collectively,

can still bring about change,

Even though powerful forces are working against us,

we can still prevail!

Let us pray.

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It's, uh... it's a horrible day,

we're gonna get past it.

You should go back to work.

Parker won't like you taking the time off.

Ruby, as bad as it is,

maybe this is an opportunity to...

to reset our priorities, to focus on the kids again,

on... each other.

- Hey. - Hey.

Your father's going back to work.

Let's go home.

Uh, I have something I need to do at the university.

- You're gonna be okay? - Yeah.

I'll be fine. Go.

Okay.

- Come on, babe. - Uh, Ruby!

Don't go yet!

You need to talk to them.

See you later.

- Okay. - Thank you.

We have to stay together right now.

It's more important than ever.

We have to be there for each other.

It is very important.

One day at a time for each other.

They can't kill ideas with bullets.

If we stop working

for change, they win.

So, we need to help each other heal now,

and then we need to get back to work

because people are still dying in Vietnam.

So...

as much as we want to, we can't stop.

Right on.

Well, how about that, eh? Some guy in the kitchen.

Kennedy, now he was encouraging these...

foreign agitators and lowlife hippies,

so it's what he got for his trouble.

You watch.

I talked to Mrs. Kelly's hairdresser.

Apparently, the Kellys have come into some money

- recently. - How do you know a hairdresser?

I introduced myself off-hours.

Oh, I see.

No, you don't see.

Anyway, the point is they put a down payment on a boat.

A new mink stole for the missus. This guy is on the take.

Huh...

You know you get kind of pink when you're angry?

Pinker than normal?

This is an inspired sight!

You should have a little sign that says "Police at work".

Well, what have you got? The Plotnick girl, Destiny,

- whatever she calls herself. - Checked with border patrol,

nothing about her trying to get in the U.S. though.

Canvassed the parks? Asked the hippies what happened to her?

The hippies don't like talking to us.

Of course not, you look like narcs.

Find her. She's a murder suspect,

and if she's on my turf, I want her.

- Murder suspect? - She sent that poor kid

to her car and then blew it up.

That's murder in my books.

Hi. Can I help you with something?

Uh, I told my husband I had to run in and pee.

Seems like I have to pee every 20 minutes these days.

Oh, right.

- The restroom's just... - I don't actually...

have to pee.

- I'm looking for Sandro. - Sandro?

- I am Sandro. - I'm Megan Ferris.

Megan, welcome.

Where is your husband?

He's in the car.

- Why not bring him in? - Okay, but...

... first, there's something I should probably tell you.

- You built a fire? - We were cold.

Look, I told you not to build a fire!

I could smell the smoke from the road.

- You keep these curtains closed. - Travis...

if the cops haven't found me by now, they're not going to.

- They think I'm dead. - Do you want my help or not?

I'm gonna try and get you out of town,

but for now, you do what I say, both of you. Understood?

And close those curtains too.

You had no right to hide

- my recall letter from me. - You can't go back to Vietnam.

The doctor said you're unfit for duty.

You know, we have a committee here

to help get you resettled in Canada.

I'm not a deserter!

If I have to go back to Vietnam, I will.

Technically, you already failed to report, so...

"Let's have a vacation in Canada before the baby comes".

Did you think I'd just turn my back on my country

and become a Canadian?

Yes. If you go back to Vietnam and survive,

it'll still destroy you. And if you're destroyed,

- so am I. - We're going home.

No. If you go back, you go back alone.

He's falling apart, but he won't admit it.

If you saw him at night...

The doctor said there was no way they should try to recall him,

but they did.

And the baby's coming in September.

Would you excuse me for a minute?

Yeah.

Did you know she didn't tell him about this?

No. I would never have agreed to this.

Of course it's crazy, but... it takes a lot of courage.

Or desperation.

- You go home. - I'll take care of this.

Okay.

- Yes? - Uh,

my name is Ellen Howard. I'm a fourth-year

economics student, and I want to file a complaint.

My professor made an inappropriate suggestion.

He, uh... he suggested

that I needed to...

have sex with him to get a good mark.

- Is that what he said? - He implied it.

Implied, well...

- It was very clear. - Mm-hmm.

And I want to file a formal complaint.

A formal complaint is a serious matter.

You want to be sure that in your disappointment

over a bad mark, you didn't misunderstand.

I didn't misunderstand.

They'll say that your attraction

to your professor contributed to leading behaviour on your part.

That's...

- That's not what happened. - I see it a lot, honey.

And if you make a fuss, it will go badly for you.

It generally does.

I, um...

want to speak to the dean,

- please. - It's not gonna happen.

His schedule is full all week.

Fine.

I'll put it in writing.

- Is this everything? - I found some newspaper clippings.

- Look like she been hiding them. - What were they about?

Petersburg. Fire at the draft board office,

- the dead security guard. - Good.

We're making progress. I'm gonna need to know the names

of the others involved.

She's not gonna tell me that.

Ah, she will eventually. She may not say

their names out loud, but we will find them.

Did you know Ruby's father is a U.S. senator,

Robert Harden? He's the one on the news

- investigating the FBI budget. - That's right.

I read that he's planning to run for president.

What's your point?

I'm just wondering if it's a coincidence

that Ruby's father is fighting the director of the FBI

who are tracking his daughter.

It's a good question.

But it's the wrong one.