Plan B, Part 1: Missing in Action

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#484: “Plan B, Part 1: Missing in Action”
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18The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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Plan B, Part 1: Missing in Action

“Plan B, Part 1: Missing in Action” is episode #484 of the Adventures in Odyssey audio series. It was written and directed by Marshal Younger, and originally aired on January 26, 2002.

Summary

As tension increases and more pieces of a sinister plot come together, Whit and Connie find that Eugene has eloped with Katrina Shanks and left town.

Plot

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Whit hangs up the phone just as Connie comes into Whit’s End. He still can’t get in touch with Eugene and he’s headed over to the college to find him. Connie is avoiding Mitch and decides to go with Whit. The two arrive at Eugene’s apartment and find it ransacked. Nothing seems to be missing except Eugene’s hard drive and his vests and luggage. They head to his college office.

There an assistant tells them that Eugene got an urgent call from Katrina about a week ago and left to go to Chicago Memorial Hospital. Dr. Douglas Rogers, the Dean of Computer Science asks Whit to speak to him in private. Connie calls Jack and Joanne (who are in Chicago) and asks them to go to the Shanks house. She also tries calling Janice Mitchell (who tells her that Katrina’s father Armitage Shanks had a stroke and brain tumor). Janice suggests that Connie call Brandon Teller, a close friend of the family. Connie tries, but when she gets through Brandon’s wife tells her that Brandon conducted the “funeral and the wedding.” Connie goes berserk.

The dean, meanwhile, tells Whit that he thinks Eugene stole the research and he has the videotape to prove it. Whit has a hard time believing it, but the tape doesn’t lie.

Connie and Whit exchange what they’ve learned and call Jack and Joanne. The two of them are just arriving at the Shanks’ and head to the house. Brandon answers the door there and invites them in. He tells them that Armitage died suddenly and that Eugene and Katrina decided to get married at his bedside. Brandon officiated the ceremony and everything went well until he pronounced them man and wife. Armitage said to Eugene, “I’m sorry...I’m sorry I got you the job at the college.” Jack and Joanne wonder what that meant, but Brandon has no idea.

Back in Odyssey, Whit and Connie get an urgent e-mail from Eugene. He tells Whit that he is safe, but that nothing is as it seems. He ends the e-mail with “Beware Andromeda.” Whit find this strange as it is the second time he has received this message. Connie and Whit ponder this and Whit decides to have another talk with the dean.

Meanwhile in Chicago, Millie Shanks comes into the room and tells Jack and Joanne that Eugene and Katrina aren’t safe. “It’s time I told someone the truth,” she says.

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Cast

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Role Voice Actor
Armitage Shanks Brian Cummings
Brandon Teller Gary Reed
Connie Kendall Katie Leigh
Dean Douglas Rogers Jesse Corti
Doctor Brian Cummings
Eugene Meltsner Will Ryan
Jack Allen Alan Young
Janice Mitchell Leigh Serling
Joanne Allen Janet Waldo
John Whittaker Paul Herlinger
Katrina Shanks-Meltsner Pamela Hayden
Madge Robie Lester
Millie Shanks Julia Kazarian
Rebecca Teller Kathy Buchanan

Mentioned in episode

Character Mentioned By
Nick Mulligan Connie Kendall


Notes

VERSION DIFFERENCE: [view]

  • The broadcast version of this episode included a "Fun Fact" about a scene in the background of a scene in #269: “Fences”.
  • It also included a parental warning by Paul McCusker.
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  • Starting with this show and continuing through the Novacom finale, John Campbell took a more "rock" oriented approach to the music for the story arc. The music was heavy on electric guitars, drums, and various electronic sound effects.
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  • Brandon tells Jack in this episode that Armitage was cremated the same day as his death at the Chicago Memorial Hospital. However, Illinois state law requires a 24-hour waiting period between death and cremation. The Shanks family would not have been permitted to cremate Armitage until at least the following day. One possible explanation is that Brandon held the ceremony for Armitage the day he died but Armitage's actual cremation did not occur that day.
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John Whittaker: Well, he gave me an emergency key. I'm proclaiming an official emergency.
Connie Kendall: I agree.

John Whittaker: Eugene must have been in a hurry to get away...
Connie Kendall: Or else he was robbed by a vest lover.

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