The Return of Harley, Part 1

#70: “The Return of Harley, Part 1”

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Airdate

April 29, 1989

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Album

The Officer Harley Collection

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Theme

Imagination

Genre

Mystery

Scripture

Proverbs 14:7

⁷Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.

Proverbs 14:25

²⁵A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is deceitful.

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Host

Chris Anthony

Written by

Phil Lollar

Directed by

Phil Lollar

Produced by

Bob Luttrell
Dave Arnold

Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production by

Bob Luttrell

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Engineered by

Bob Luttrell

Music by

John Campbell

Songs by

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Other websites

Official Site
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Go Ye Therefore

The Return of Harley, Part 1

The Return of Harley, Part 2

“The Return of Harley, Part 1” is episode #70 of the Adventures in Odyssey audio series. It was written and directed by Phil Lollar, and originally aired on April 29, 1989.

Summary

Officer Harley returns to Odyssey and is caught up in a mystery involving bootleggers and hidden caves!

Plot

Officer David Harley is back! He comes into town to take Steve Larson on a promised motorcycle ride. But Steve is no longer in town, so David takes Jack Davis for a spin instead. They're on their way up to Trickle Lake when Jack spots a deserted road. Officer Harley and Jack investigate and discover a van on the road, parked in front of a hidden cave. Two guys are loading boxes into the van from the cave. David tells Jack to hop off and stay put. Then Officer Harley races up the road toward the cave and van to investigate. On his way up the hill, his motorcycle hits a booby trap. Harley's motorcycle careens out of control and crashes down a steep embankment. Jack runs back to town and is followed by one of the men from the van.

Jack gets Whit, Connie, and his parents to return with him to the cave. But once they get there, everything is gone - the van, boxes, motorcycle, and even Officer Harley! And since Jack tends to have an overactive imagination, no one believes him.

Later that night, the man who followed Jack into town suddenly appears in Jack's backyard. The man tells Jack that if he ever wants to see David again, Jack had better make sure no one believes his story.

Discussion Questions

1. Have you ever let your imagination run away from you?
   • When?
2. Do you think that an imagination is good?
   • Why or why not?

Cast

Heard in episode

Relative Importance / Chronological

Role	Actor
Jack Davis	Donald Long
Helen Davis	Janet May
Al Davis	Alan Bergmann
David Harley	Will Ryan
Jones	Phil Lollar
Thompson	Bob Luttrell
John Whittaker	Hal Smith
Connie Kendall	Katie Leigh

Relative Importance / Chronological

Role	Actor
Jack Davis	Donald Long
David Harley	Will Ryan
John Whittaker	Hal Smith
Connie Kendall	Katie Leigh
Helen Davis	Janet May
Al Davis	Alan Bergmann
Jones	Phil Lollar
Thompson	Bob Luttrell

Mentioned in episode

Character	Mentioned By
Steve Larson	David Harley
Al Larson	Jack Davis
Barbara Larson	Jack Davis
John Kirban	Helen Davis
Mr. Kirban	Helen Davis

Notes

Trivia

• This episode was never placed into an album or re-aired after its original release and would not become available until the release of the The Officer Harley Collection in the Adventures in Odyssey Club. The episode would later be remade as #255: “The Boy Who Cried 'Destructo!'”, with Harlow Doyle replacing David Harley and Lawrence Hodges replacing Jack Davis.
• The summary for this episode on original whitsend.org says:

There's one other twist to the story - how David, Whit, and Jack are going to escape. You'll enjoy finding out for yourself and discovering that appearances can be deceiving.

However, until the launch of the Adventures in Odyssey Club in 2014, this episode was not available from Focus on the Family. The The Complete Guide has a similar summary.

• David Harley returns in this episode to give a motorcycle ride to Steve Larson who Harley rescued in “Harley Takes the Case”, but Jack says that Steve moved away a few months earlier, so he gives Jack a ride instead.
• Officer Harley says he likes Jack's punchline to a joke about motorcycle riders better than he his. This is a possible reference to #24: “Gotcha!” where Harley has repeatedly has trouble finishing his joke.
• Jack's parents reference the events of #29: “Rumor Has It” in this episode.
• Whit teaches Connie to drive in this episode. Connie would later teach Eugene in #194: “A License to Drive”.
• Both Jack's father and Steve Larson's father have the same name, "Al," and both are played by the same actor, another Al—Alan Bergmann.

Quotes

David Harley: Ah, Trickle Lake, ey? It's not too far from here! Right near, uh... Trickle Lake!

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John Whittaker: What do you mean by running in front of a truck that way? You scared 10 years off our lives — which I could hardly afford to lose, I might add!

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Connie Kendall: You mean you're gonna teach me to drive in that old, beat-up truck? I thought we were gonna —
John Whittaker: Connie, I may be nice, but I'm not stupid.

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Connie Kendall: You want me to drive?
John Whittaker: Get in the truck.