Episode 3

Synopsis of Episode 3:

In this episode of Roots, Toby (Kunta Kinte) goes through a lot:

He runs away from his owner in order to try to find Fanta, the girl he knew from Africa. He finds her, but learns that she does not share his dream of running away together. Although she wants to be free, she wants to stay safe even more and refuses to run away with him. While they are arguing, Toby is discovered by slave-catchers who chase him down and capture him. The slave-catchers tie Toby up and cut off part of one of his feet to keep him from running away again.
Toby’s wound gets infected and he spends most of a month unconscious. He is nursed back to health by a slave named Belle. When he wakes up, he finds that he, Fiddler and a couple of other slaves from his master’s plantation have been sold. He now belongs to Dr. Reynolds, the brother of his first master.
He feels very sorry for himself and wants to give up, but Belle taunts him until he gets angry enough to get out of bed and start living again.
Several years pass. Toby eventually becomes Dr. Reynolds’ driver and marries Belle. His life gets better, but he never gives up on his dream of freedom. On one of his trips with the Doctor, Toby meets another African slave who has a plan to run away. He gives Toby a signal to listen for – a particular rhythm on a drum. When he hears the drum, Toby is supposed to run away with the Drummer.
Belle and Toby have a baby girl named Kizzy. At about the same time, Fiddler dies. It is a very emotional time for Toby.
A few weeks after Kizzy is born, Toby takes her out into the night to officially give her her name, just like his father did for him back in Africa. While he is holding her up to the stars, he hears the Drummer calling him to run away.
He returns to Belle and tells her that the plantation where they live will never be a home to him, but that he loves her and Kizzy too much to run away from them. He decides to stay and pass on his dream of freedom to his daughter.