Blood Knot Scene by Scene

1. Zach comes home from work; Morris prepares his water. Morris brings up the idea of moving up and out, and Zach says that he just wants a woman. They decide that Zach should have a pen pal.

2. Zach brings home a newspaper, and Morris helps him pick Ethel to write to. They write her a letter, asking for a picture.

3. Ethel writes back to Zach, and Morris reads the letter; he realizes that Ethel is a white woman. But Zach likes her picture, and wants to keep writing to her. They write a letter telling Ethel that they have a nice car (they are now pretending to be white.) Then they talk and reminisce about their mother, and the games they used to play.

4. In Ethel's next letter, it says she's coming to town and would like to meet Zach. Morris panics; Zach decides that he wants to meet her, anyway. Morris explains how white people date and that this simply can't happen, and then Zach notices that Morris's skin is a lot lighter than his is; he kind-of convinces Morris to go on a date with Ethel for him.

5. Zach comes home with the proper clothes and shoes and everything that Morris will need to dress like a white man. Morris doesn't like this idea at first, but he gets into the part, and they play around with it; Morris practices being white.

6. Zach wakes up alone and expresses his concerns about Morris's whiteness and mysterious return to his mother, who can't hear him.

7. Zach gets home from work and his footbath isn't ready. The room is a mess; Morris is upset. Zach has a letter from Ethel, though, and it says she's engaged; their problems are solved. Ethel's police brother won't come after them, now. Zach has Morris put the suit on and play white again. They get carried away, but Morris says that it'll be alright, because they're brothers.