The Return
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| 329: The Return | |
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| Season | 1995 |
| Album | 25: Darkness Before Dawn |
| Aired | August 26, 1995 |
| Written by | Phil Lollar |
| Directed by | Phil Lollar |
| Produced by | Unknown |
| Sound Design by | Dave Arnold |
| Music by | Unknown |
| Prev: Hard Losses Next: The Time Has Come | |
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Genre: Blackgaard saga
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A new Mayoral candidate has entered the race to replace Tom Riley... Dr. Regis Blackgaard! And unfortunately for Whit's End and the town of Odyssey, he's receiving a lot of support! Edwin Blackgaard leaves town as his brother returns. Jason visits Blackgaard, but Blackgaard records the conversation to piece together later. The city council closes Whit's End.
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Things are getting even more strange in Odyssey. Jason approaches Jack about coming back to Whit’s End. Jack refuses. He is determined to spend his time exploring the spiritual nature of this battle, through prayer, instead of through violence, the way Jason has wanted to proceed.
Meanwhile, Edwin Blackgaard is terrified. He has just learned that his evil twin, Regis, is back in town. Regis threatens his twin, telling Edwin he must help Regis with his plans or leave town right away. Edwin timidly skips town.
On Cryin’ Bryan Dern’s radio show, Dr. Blackgaard announces that he is running for mayor. He wants to prove he is innocent of the evil deeds attributed to him several years ago. Regis knows he can be the kind of mayor Odyssey needs. Jason is shocked to hear Blackgaard’s voice, he thought that Blackgaard had died in Switzerland (see “A Name, Not a Number” AIO #290 & 291).
To make matters worse, the Bones of Rath are vandalizing the town again. Now they’re committing crimes while dressed up as the Israelites. Jason visits Dr. Blackgaard to talk to him about what is happening, but ends up playing into Blackgaard’s hands. He has recorded their conversation and plans to blackmail Jason later.
Finally, on Blackgaard’s orders, Philip Glossman leads the campaign to get the city council to agree to close down Whit’s End because of the mysterious mineral in the Underground Railroad tunnel. Glossman says the mineral is a public health hazard. The council agrees, and Glossman hangs up the sign announcing that Whit’s End is closed.
[edit] Discussion Questions
- Why did Edwin and Shakespeare leave town so quickly?
- Should Jack have come back to work at Whit’s End? Why or why not?
- Should Jason have visited Blackgaard? Explain your answer.
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- PARENTS: This series, known as “Darkness Before Dawn” (AIO #324-334) gets extremely intense in places, and is therefore not recommended for younger listeners.
- GOOF ALERT: Land around Whit's End contraversy.
- GOOF ALERT (or is it?): Blackgaard says, "Your father deprived Europe and the United States of information that would have benefited both nations immeasurably." While it's true that Europe is not a nation, but a continent, it's quite possible that Blackgaard wasn't thinking about what he said and it's plausible that he made a mistake. (Contributed by Wooton's Warrior)
- The scene where we first hear Blackgaard is the only time we ever hear Edwin and Regis interacting. The dialogue is incredibly interesting and speaks volumes about the character of Regis.
- Exatly what is the size of the Oddyssey City Council. In the Nemisis we have 5 members. But in Gathering Thunder the report said a vote was 7-2 implying 9 members. And in Hard Losses Hank Bonsil said the council voted 4-3 in favor of a recall implying 7 members. Here the vote was 3-2 to close Whit's End so we once again have 5 members.
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The Return on AIO Soda Fountain
