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Roots: The Complete Miniseries Season 1 Episode 4

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AIRED: 1/26/77

Nearly a decade after his first failed attempt to run away, Kunta Kinte, having been forced to accept the name "Toby", still longs to see Fanta, and decides to run away again to find her. This time he is successful at reaching her plantation and they have a bittersweet reunion. However she vorciforously disagrees with his plans for both of them to escape to the north. Their arguments eventually catch the attention of nearby slave-catchers, Toby is caught, and once again pays a terrible price. But this time, his new caretaker and savior is someone who truly knows how to handle him and she will eventually become his wife.moreless

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By MyCritique, May 12, 2007

The now-adult Kunta/Toby has slowly adjusted to his new existence and although on the outside is obedient, having been beat and whipped into submission, his internal spirit has not waned one bit and his desire to escape is as strong as ever.

John Amos, in an attempt to recover his reputation after being forced to act like a stereotypical clown and buffoon in the '70s television show "Good Times", where it was a known fact that he continually protested his character's depiction on that CBS show and was subsequently fired for it, gradually allows the audience to come to accept him as Kunta following LeVar Burton's exit as the younger version of the character.

Although somewhat of a filler episode that traverses time, Amos' best work is when he encounters Madge Sinclair's strong and proud "Bell" and one can see right off, the chemistry between the two, as in the midst of the gravity of the story, Amos' mischievous personality and wry look, often pops out while he interacts with Sinclair.moreless
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Beverly Todd	Genelva
Gary Collins	Grill
Lee Jones-deBroux	Trumbull
Raymond St. Jacques	The drummer

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John Amos	Kunta Kinte/Toby	Guest Star
Linda Day George	Mrs. Reynolds	Guest Star
Louis Gossett Jr.	Fiddler	Guest Star

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- Kunta/Toby: (After she refuses to run away with him) You gonna stay a slave?
  Fanta/Maggie: I'm gonna stay alive!
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- Fiddler: (about running away) You don't be free. You be dead.
  Kunta/Toby: Then I be free.
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