Troy is furious and says Cory will never get to play football because the white man wont allow it. Cory has a job at the local A&P supermarket but he tells his dad that hes had his hours reduced because of football practice. Troy says that if Cory comes up with $100, he will put up the other half.
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Cory tells him he can put a down payment down on the TV but Troy says he doesn't want to owe anyone anything because if he misses one payment, they'll take the TV and keep his money. So if he had the money, he would fix the roof so it doesn't leak when it begins to snow or rain.
Troy says a TV set costs at least $200 and fixing the roof is $264. Troy demand Cory help him build the fence and they begin cutting boards. Troy finds Cory and argues with him about not doing his chores Cory explains he had football practice. She asks him about the game but he doesn't know (hinting that maybe he wasn't at the bar like he suggested). Cory tells his mom that his dad always leaves on Saturdays to go to the bar. Rose tells Cory that his dad is upset with him for not being home to do chores or help him with the fence. Rose and Troy's teenaged son, Cory (Jovan Adepo) comes home from football practice at his high school, still wearing his football uniform. Troy leaves to go watch the baseball game on the TV at a local bar he frequents, even though he was supposed to be building a fence. Gabe lived with them until recently and now he moved out to live with a neighbor, Miss Pearl, so he can be more independent. He received $3,000 from the US Army and that is how Troy was able to afford to purchase the house he lives in.
Troy and Rose discuss how Gabe's had brain damage after going to war and getting half his head blown off which is now held together with a metal plate. Gabe believes he sees hellhounds and rushes off, singing a song about the Judgment Day. Peters book for Judgment Day and Troys name is there and he knows Roses is in there but he hasn't seen it. Gabe sings a song about plums he's selling but then tells Rose that he doesn't have any plums it becomes evident he is mentally handicapped. The two hear singing and find Gabe (Mykelti Williamson), Troy's brother, in the street, being chased by a group of kids. Troy tells Rose the commissioner wants to meet him to discuss his job but he is optimistic he wont be fired. Rose hangs laundry in the yard and sings a song about Jesus being a fence around her. He thanks her and promises to give it back to his dad. When Troy hands over the payday money to her, she takes ten dollars out for Lyons. Lyons says they are two different people and he needs to do something with his life that makes him feel like he has a purpose. This irks Troy who reminds Lyons the only reason he has money is because he works as a garbage man and Lyons is no better than him. Troy tells Lyons to get a decent job but Lyons says he doesn't want a service job hes a musician. He claims that he only has their furniture because a man sold it to him one day and hes paid $10 every month for 15 years to avoid losing it but after this long speech, Rose points out that Troy's lying and they got the furniture from someone else. Troy complains that his other son doesn't have a bed and that he himself can't get any credit. Sure enough, Lyons asks to borrow $10 which he promises to pay back. Troy notes that he only comes to visit on paydays. Troy's 34-year-old son Lyons (Russell Hornsby) (a product of a previous relationship) comes over. After three days, Death gave up but promised to be back. He tells her about a time Death visited him when he had pneumonia and he threw Deaths sickle and the two wrestled. Rose tells Troy he's going to drink himself to death, as he is drinking a whole bottle of gin while he chats. He tells her the white men aren't going to let a "colored boy" play football. She tells him that their son, Cory, has been recruited by a college football team. Rose and Troy are affectionate with each other and recall marrying each other 18 years earlier. Troy says hes going to go home with Bono unless she can top that Rose tells him shes cooking chicken. She asks if Bono is going to stay for supper. The two get to Troy's house where they are greeted by Rose (Viola Davis). Troy claims he just bought her a drink and that hes never chased women after marrying Rose. Bono asks about a girl that he's seen Troy eyeing at the bar they frequent. Troy complains that they never hire colored men for the driving they always have to do the lifting. Troy (Denzel Washington) and Bono (Stephen Henderson) work as trash collectors in Pittsburgh. The film takes places in Pittsburgh in 1956.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.