Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Will's Father leaves
14,310,559
Published 2015-06-21
All rights belong to Warner Brothers and NBC.
Since everyone's asking, this is from Season 4 Episode 24 "Papa's got a brand new excuse"
All Comments (21)
-
Everybody gangsta till will spit that “How come he don't want me man” line.
-
He didn't waste the money on that gift...he just got it for the wrong person.
-
I met my dad when I was 14. Turns out he lived 2 miles from me and never made any attempts to be in my life. He died later and I never cared. Peace
-
"Will's not a coat that hang in the closet and pick up when you're ready to wear it, his life goes on." True words right there. This is to every parent that has a child or more and doesn't see them. Children aren't there for you, you're supposed to be there for them. You don't just come around when you feel like you're ready to.
-
"But i didnt run out on my family, i was there every day for them because thats what a man does" Hats off, that was brutal.
-
"It was great seeing you, son." "You too, Lou." Ouch. That was a well deserved rebuttal.
-
-
I love that it's silent for that hug. We all need an Uncle Phil
-
"Will is not a coat in the closet that hangs around until your ready to wear it" Powerful line right there.
-
Uncle Phil's the dad we all wanted. Lou is the dad too many of us got
-
"Lou, if you walk out of Will's life now, don't you ever come back!!!"
-
I've read that during the first taping of the scene, Will was stumbling over words, so the director called 'cut' so the last line wouldn't get spoiled. James Avery then pulled Will to give him a pep talk about how to act in this scene, advising to look into his eyes as he's talking to Phil. Then, when Phil and Will are hugging, Avery whispered into Will's ear "That's fucking acting, right there." God bless James Avery for being a great mentor.
-
“You too... Lou” Wow, that’s the exact moment Will disowns him. You just can’t come back from that.
-
When Uncle Phil tells you to sit down, you SIT DOWN .
-
Ben Vereen’s delivery of “It was great seeing you son.” To me it carries so much. It’s a sincere goodbye from somebody who loves his son but just doesn’t know how to be a dad. I always got the sense he probably ran away from everything in his life when things to real. Ben Vereen did a hell of a job here.
-
As great as Will’s performance is in this scene, for some reason it’s always when James Avery (uncle Phil) confronts Lou that makes my hair stand on edge. Avery speaks to Lou as if he’s looking right through him, and talking to every absent father that didn’t have the courage to stick by his family like a real man. In that moment, he wasn’t acting. He was preaching. RIP Mr. Avery.
-
The “To hell with him!” and “How come he don’t want me man?” Makes me cry every time growing up without a father isn’t easy
-
“How come he don’t want me, man?” will forever be one of the most heartbreaking lines in television history.
-
*Will, it's alright to be angry*. One of my favorite parts, because many times we are told anger is bad and/or never to get angry, when it's exactly in times like this that sadness and/or anger (handled correctly of course) are the healthiest response. Will was furious at Lou (he doesn't deserve to be called a father), and Uncle Phil told him it was alright. 🥲 RIP James Avery ❤
-
It’s not only Will’s delivery, it’s also the way Uncle Phil listens to his pain and the physical response he has to it. He’s hurting because Will is hurting. The delivery was so raw! "How come he don’t want me, man?" 29 years later and that line still hits me like a truck!
