213.藍調人生 (The Indigo Angel)

播出時間：12/1(四).2011
頻道：GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★☆
思索指數★★★★★

內容簡介
角色與譯名
Sam Brown：山姆伯朗
Zack／Isaac：柴克／艾沙克

古道熱腸，善良敦厚的山姆伯朗，年輕時在紐約初聞藍調後，愛不釋手之餘開了「靛藍夜總會」，以熱情洋溢的音樂與暖人心扉的熱情接待每位顧客，也吸引許多知名藍調音樂家紛至沓來，成為他畢生的朋友。如今山姆年老體衰，孫子柴克有意賣掉夜總會，將爺爺帶回紐約照顧。然而山姆堅持在「伯爵夫人」指示前，絕不輕言關閉一生苦心經營的夜總會。柴克卻認為袓父心智失常，「伯爵夫人」與過往名人不過是其泛泛空想。眼見袓孫相持不下，天使們會如何幫助柴克明瞭袓父一生的心血？「伯爵夫人」究竟是誰？他充滿悠揚藍調的一生，有何令人重溫再三，難以忘懷的回憶？

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Written by: Glenn Berenbeim & R.J. Colleary
Directed by: Jon Andersen
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen, and Robert J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Andrew John Dye
Sam Brown Hal Linden
Zach Brown Geoffrey Nauffts
Al Jarreau as himself
B.B. King as himself
Dr. John as himself
Al Hirt as himself

Club Indigo, once St. Louis' premier blues and jazz club, has fallen hard times. Its owner, SAM (Hal Linden), is getting on and his grandson ZACH (Geoffrey Nauffts) arrives to convince his grandfather to sell the club and move into a nursing home. Sam resists. He's always told Zach that "The Countess" told him "do nothing, 'til you hear from me" and he's sticking to those words. Zach assumes that Sam has embroidered the past greatness of the club, and that he's made up stories of all the jazz greats who played there and were friends. Especially that story about "The Countess"--the mysterious singer who arrived in the sixties and put the club back on the map.

Whether these stories are true or not, it's apparent that Sam should really be in a nursing home--he's losing his memory as well as his physical well-being. But Sam has always had an open-mic night on Mondays, and despite his grandson's protests, proceeds to hire Monica to M.C. Monday's open-mic performance. When we see that Andrew, the Angel-of-Death, is a border in Sam's basement, we sense that Monday's open-mic night might be his last. Zach tricks Sam into signing a power of attorney agreement so that he can do what he thinks is best for his grandfather. But then, to Zach's astonishment, the singer Al Jarreau shows up--Sam's stories were all true, including the one about "The Countess".

We see in a flashback that "The Countess" was actually Tess. The final open-mic night is a triumph: a packed house gets to hear music and tributes to Sam from B.B. King, Dr. John, and Al Hirt. And then "The Countess" makes a return appearance. She brings down the house, as Sam passes away. Zach reconsiders selling Club Indigo; instead he'll transform it to The Sam Brown Blues Museum.

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