NBC's “costumes” said its last farewell to John Amos, months after the death of the screen legend at the end of last summer.
THE Spinoff “Suits” Sunday, paid tribute to the prolific star of “Coming to America” and “Roots” with an episode in movement inspired and dedicated to its inheritance. Amos, in the last role before his Died in AugustGuest played in “Suits la” as a version of himself.
In the latest episode, entitled “Good Times” (a clear nod to the popular sitcom of the 1970s of Amos), the lawyers Ted (Stephen Amell) and Rick (Bryan Greenberg) meet to celebrate the life of Amos, a longtime customer and friend who died out of screen.
“He's gone and he always brings us together,” said Ted to Rick in his Toast in Amos. “The father of America.”
After several drinks cycles in Musso & Frank Grill, Ted and Rick decide that they want to get a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Amos, who never received a In real life. The former partners meet a contact who sits on the board of directors of Walk of, hoping to accelerate the process.
Ted, by learning that it would take at least two years before the benchmark became a reality, unleashes the member of the board of directors who was unconscious of the career of Amos. “Man is a legend. It's an icon, ”explains Ted.
“”John Amos was the Sidney Poitier on television, “he continues.” He inaugurated a new land for black America and he was a paternal figure for all of America. He should have had a star decades ago and if you cannot recognize that you are in the wrong deal.
After the reunion of the burning lunch, Rick informs Ted that will always get a star in Hollywood – but it would still be a few years until it happens. Ted, concerned about people who forget Amos, opens up to Rick about the final conversation he had with the star of the deceased “roots”.
Towards the end of the episode, Ted and Rick find comfort in a more immediate way of honoring Amos: watching it in an episode of “Good Times”. Ted, private investigator Kevin (Troy Winbush), Rick and his lawyer Erica (Lex Scott Davis) look at the tearful sitcom.
They see Amos offer a powerful performance as James Evans who like durable in the episode “Good Times” “The Gang: Part 2.” The Sunday episode ended with a simple message: “dedicated to John Amos”.
Amos died of natural causes on August 21, 2024, but his publicist announced his death in October. He was 84 years old.
The actor, a former professional football player and television writer was also known for his work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “The West Wing”.
