Before the accident , Billy was trying to convince both his father and abusive brother of his experience .
While trying to convinces his abusive older brother and father of his experience , he accidentally causes a car crash , In present-day Philadelphia , foster child Billy Batson runs afoul of the law while searching for his birth mother and is placed in a group home run by Victor and Rosa Vasquez with five other foster children : Mary Bromfield , Pedro Peña , Eugene Choi , Darla Dudley and superhero enthusiast Freddy Freeman .
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