“Suits the” of the NBC stated his final farewell to John Amos, months after the dying of the display legend on the finish of final summer season.
The Spin -Off “Suits” on Sunday paid tribute to the prolific star of “Coming to America” and “Roots” with a transferring episode impressed and devoted to his inheritance. Amos, within the ultimate function earlier than his dying in August, performed in “Suits la” as a model of himself.
In the final episode, entitled “Good Times” (a transparent nod to the favored sitcom of the 70s of Amos), the attorneys Ted (Stephen Amell) and Rick (Bryan Greenberg) collect to have fun the lifetime of Amos, a protracted -standing buyer and buddy who died out of the display.
“He went and he’s nonetheless placing us again collectively,” says Ted to Rick in his toast in Amos. “The father of America.”
After a number of rounds of drinks in Musso & Frank Grill, Ted and Rick resolve they wish to guarantee a posthumous star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Amos, which I have never received one In actual life. The former companions meet a contact that’s situated on the Board of Directors of The Walk of Fame, hoping to hurry up the method.
Ted, after studying that it might take a minimum of two years earlier than the reference level turns into a actuality, lashes out the member of the Council who was unaware of Amos’s profession. “Man is a legend. It’s an icon,” says Ted.
“John Amos It was the Sidney Poitier of tv, “he continues.” He broke up new land for Black America and was a paternal determine for all of America. He ought to have had a star many years in the past and if you cannot acknowledge that you’re within the cursed deal. “
After the fiery lunch assembly, Rick informs Ted that Amos will nonetheless get a star in Hollywood, however they are going to nonetheless take a few years till it occurs. Ted, fearful concerning the individuals who neglect Amos, opens to Rick on the ultimate dialog he had with the “Roots” star.
Towards the tip of the episode, Ted and Rick discover individually consolation in a extra instant means of honoring Amos: him in an episode of “Good Times”. Ted, the non-public investigator Kevin (Troy Winbush), Rick and the colleague lawyer Erica (Lex Scott Davis) have a look at the sitcom with tear me.
They see Amos providing a strong efficiency like James Evans Lover exhausting within the “Good Times” episode “” The Gang: Part 2. ” Sunday’s episode ended with a easy message: “Dedicated to John Amos”.
Amos died of pure causes on August 21, 2024 however his publicist introduced his dying in October. He was 84 years outdated.
The actor, the previous skilled footballer and tv author was additionally identified for his work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “The West Wing”.
