The Mortal Coil, Part 2

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212: The Mortal Coil, Part 2

Airdate

November 28, 1992

Last Aired

October 10, 2008
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Date Recorded

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Album

16: Flights of Imagination
Special 10 CD Set
Platinum Collection

Cassette No.

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Length

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Theme

Death
Heaven

Genre

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Scripture

1 Corinthians 2:9
1 Thessalonians 4:13-15
2 Corinthians 4:18-5:2
Revelation 7:17
Revelation 21:4

Written By

Paul McCusker

Directed By

Paul McCusker

Produced By

Unknown

Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production

Dave Arnold

Engineer

Unknown

Music By

John Campbell

Inventions Used

Imagination Station

Rating

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[edit] Summary

Whit creates an Imagination Station program that shows the user a glimpse of life after death. The program shows Whit a heaven from which he might not want to come back, while it gives Eugene a taste of hell which terrifies him to no end.

[edit] Plot

Whit is not oblivious to what's happening. He's aware of the doctors' attempts to save him. But suddenly, he seems to be transported a quiet and pleasant place, where he is surprised to meet his wife, Jenny. Meanwhile, the doctors stabilize Whit's condition. Whit's two children, Jana and Jason, arrive. Everyone prays for the best but prepares for the worst.

Back at Whit's End, Tom shows Jason the Imagination Station and realizes that Eugene hasn't destroyed the program. He must have tried it out for himself. No one knows where he is.

We rejoin Whit in his imagination as he basks in his wife's love and is eventually reunited with his dead son, Jerry. As far as Whit is concerned, he is in heaven. But Jenny assures him that he is not. He is, in fact, in a coma, merely playing out what he always imagined heaven to be. Jenny tells Whit that it is time for him to go back to living life. The real heaven will be much better than anything he could ever imagine. Whit finally agrees to return.

In the hospital, Whit's family and friends are overjoyed when Whit wakes up. Whit now knows that toying with a life-after-death program was foolish, and that he needs to be on earth for the time being.

Meanwhile, Connie tracks down Eugene at his dorm room. He is distraught. Yes, he had tried out the life-after-death program and experienced what Connie concludes was something like hell. Eugene is horrified. Connie talks to him about Christ, describing how we can escape hell because of His death on the cross. She then asks Eugene if it's something he can believe. Eugene isn't sure, but we know that this experience will stay with him for a long, long time.

[edit] Discussion Questions

1. Why was Whit so adamant about retrying the death program?
2. Why was Tom so insistent that Eugene destroy it?
   1. Why was the program so frightening to Eugene?
3. What do you think heaven will be like?

[edit] Cast

[edit] Notes

• This episode flashes back to A Member of the Family, Part 1 (FP) (It's remake was A Member of the Family, Part 1).

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