Another Chance

332: Another Chance

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Airdate

September 23, 1995

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Album

25: Darkness Before Dawn
Blackgaard Chronicles

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Theme

Spiritual Warfare

Genre

Blackgaard Saga

Scripture

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Written By

Phil Lollar

Directed By

Paul McCusker

Produced By

Bob Luttrell

Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production

Bob Luttrell

Engineer

Bob Luttrell

Music By

Tim Hosman

Songs By

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Rating

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Summary

Tom is accused of hiding information about Whit's End. Dr. Blackgaard collapses in public, but later claims he was simply exhausted. Bart Rathbone claims the Israelites vandalized his store, but Rodney knows the Bones of Wrath did it. Jellyfish shuts down the Bones. Richard Maxwell helps Eugene decode Imagination Station programming which refers to 'the silent one'. Later, Rodney tells Richard of Jellyfish's computer that keeps track of everything that has happened so far. Richard tries to get the laptop, but is captured by Dr. Blackgaard and thrown out of a car. He slips into a coma at the hospital.

Plot

Word has gotten out that the soil under Whit’s End is unsafe, and Tom is accused of hiding that information from the townspeople. Blackgaard takes advantage of the situation. He says he wants to protect the children of Odyssey from problems like this, but he collapses in the middle of his press conference.

Even worse, though, is that Bart Rathbone’s Electric Palace was vandalized, and Bart claims the Israelites did it.

Eugene is still trying to find out Whit’s End’s history through the Imagination Station. After the power outage, he tries to salvage what he can from the Station’s data banks. Now Eugene is willing to try anything. He accepts Richard Maxwell’s help in attempting to sort out the code. All they can replay from the conversation with Reverend Andrew is that the local Indians called the mineral “the Silent One.”

While this is happening, Richard has another brief confrontation with Tom. Unfortunately, Tom is still unwilling to forgive Richard, even though it’s obvious that Richard is just trying to help.

At the same time, Rodney is furious that Jellyfish is running the Bones of Wrath without consulting him. Jellyfish is also keeping a record of all that’s happening on a laptop computer, just in case things go wrong. Jellyfish pulls the Bones together for a meeting. Rodney interrupts Jellyfish and unsuccessfully challenges his leadership. Betrayed, Rodney storms out of the meeting. Later, Rusty tells Rodney about Jellyfish’s laptop. Rodney, in return, tries to get revenge by making a deal with Richard Maxwell to get Jellyfish’s computer.

Richard and Rodney sneak into Whit’s End and overhear Dr. Blackgaard talking with Professor Bovril and Philip Glossman. There’s a close call as Blackgaard demands Jellyfish’s laptop so the professor can finish some calculations. Certain that Blackgaard will find Jellyfish’s files, Richard creates a diversion so Rodney can escape. Richard gets caught by Blackgaard. The professor and Jellyfish drive away, determined to dispose of Richard, but Richard throws himself out of the car! Jellyfish and the professor panic and quickly leave. But Richard is not left on the road for long. Jack drives by on his way back from Trickle Lake and finds Richard by the side of the road. He’s taken to a hospital, where he slips into a coma.

Discussion Questions

1. Why didn’t any of the Bones of Wrath stand up for Rodney against Jellyfish?
2. Why do you think Rodney and the Bones were having so many problems with their leadership?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Bart Rathbone	Walker Edmiston
Professor Bovril	James Greene
Curt Morse (a)	Curt Morse
Eugene Meltsner	Will Ryan
Gene Prior	Will Ryan
Jason Whittaker	Townsend Coleman
Jellyfish	Jerry Houser
Philip Glossman	Paul McCusker
Regis Blackgaard	Earl Boen
Richard Maxwell	Nathan Carlson
Rodney Rathbone	Steve Burns
Rusty Gordon (Malone)	Shawn Svoboda
Tom Riley	Walker Edmiston

Notes

• PARENTS: This series, known as “Darkness Before Dawn” gets extremely intense in places, and is therefore not recommended for younger listeners.
• Evidently sometime during the course of this or the next episode, Blackgaard took time out of his busy schedule to plant a virus in the Imagination Station which showed up in Blackgaard's Revenge, Part 1 and Blackgaard's Revenge, Part 2.
• This and the next episode were the only episodes that Phil Lollar wrote and Paul McCusker directed, though it very often happened the other way around.

Quotes

Rodney Rathbone: Are you crazy?
Richard Maxwell: Yes! Now get out of here!

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Jellyfish: Well, well, well, Sleeping Beauty is waking up. How did you like your little shock, huh?
Richard Maxwell: It wasn’t half as bad as waking up and seeing you. Having a good time, Myron?
Jellyfish: Not as good a time as I’m gonna have!
Richard Maxwell: Mind if I give you a piece of advice?
Jellyfish: Why not?
Richard Maxwell: When you're doing something like this...
Jellyfish: Yeah?
Richard Maxwell: Make sure you lock the door! [jumps out] See ya!

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Jellyfish: Ya see, Rusty, when you've been around for as long as I have, you learn to do a little thing called CYB.
Rusty Gordon: CYB?
Jellyfish: Yeah. Cover your bases. That's what this computer's all about. A little insurance policy.

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Bart Rathbone: Starting tomorrow we'll be having a slightly damaged merchandise sale.

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