The Very Best of Friends
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| 095: The Very Best of Friends Listen Online! | |
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| Season | 1989 |
| Album | 07: On Thin Ice |
| Aired | December 02, 1989 |
| Written by | Phil Lollar |
| Directed by | Phil Lollar |
| Produced by | Unknown |
| Sound Design by | Dave Arnold |
| Music by | Unknown |
| Prev: Operation Digout Next: The Reluctant Rival | |
[edit] General information
Theme: Anger, Friendship, Dealing with death
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 See more with this reference
[edit] Summary
Donna realizes she is still bitter about Karen's death a year after she has died. At the same time, Jimmy and Oscar put on a Shakespeare play.
[edit] Plot
Jessie and the other kids at Odyssey Elementary have come up with a special surprise for Donna Barclay: They've chosen her to be the host of the annual Fall Festival. Everyone is excited about the choice . . . except Donna. She thanks her friends but says she doesn't ever want to have anything to do with the Festival again.
Jessie is confused and takes the dilemma to Whit. Donna is so talented and outgoing, Jessie wonders why Donna doesn't jump at this honor. But Whit believes he knows why Donna is acting so strangely. He takes Jessie over to the Barclay house to talk with Donna about it. Unfortunately, Donna refuses to admit anything is wrong and demands to be left alone.
While he is gone from Whit's End, he leaves Reginald Duffield in charge of the shop. He runs into Jimmy and Oscar, who ask him to help them put together a Shakespeare act for the Fall Festival. He agrees.
Jessie thinks it's all her fault, but Whit tells her that Donna is feeling bad about a different friend-someone who was around before Jessie came on the scene-Karen. It's been a year since Karen died, and one of the last things she did was the Fall Festival. Whit knows Donna has to release her anger-anger toward Karen for dying, toward God for letting Karen die, and toward herself for having those feelings in the first place.
Jimmy and Oscar are having trouble with 'Romeo and Juliet', and Reggie decides that they should play it for laughs.
Whit arranges to take Donna to the one place where she can let go of her bitterness-Karen's grave. At the cemetery, Whit makes Donna confront her anger by turning it over to God. The healing begins, and Donna is finally able to tell Karen "good-bye."
[edit] Discussion Questions
- Have you ever lost a friend or loved one?
- How do you cope with it?
- How can you cherish the memory of a loved one but also be able to tell them goodbye?
- How could you encourage a friend who is grieving?
[edit] Cast
| Characters | Actors |
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| Donna Barclay | Azure Janosky |
| Jessie Morales | Erin Morales |
| Jimmy Barclay | David Griffin |
| John Whittaker | Hal Smith |
| Oscar Peterson | Joseph Cammarato |
| Reginald Duffield | Parley Baer |
[edit] Notes
- The events of this episode are a follow-up to those in "Karen (episode)", which took place Odyssey time 1 year before.
- This show was the last appearance of Leftenant Reginald Duffield.*
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100% [edit] Quotes
- Donna(speaking to Ferguson, Karen's cat)-You ever think about her Ferg ? No. I guess cats don't do things like that. As long as someone's feeding you you're happy. Maybe cats have the right idea. Don't get to close to someone cause they might go away, and then no one will be there to feed you.
- Reginald Duffield-When all else fails, attack the enemy straight on!
- Whit-Don't look now, but your actors have arrived.
- Reginald-Well it's alright now that I've had my tea.
- Jimmy-...alot of my lines seem like, well, something like a girl would say.
- Reginald-With good reason Jimmy, Juliet is a girl.
- Jimmy-I want people to laugh cause I make 'em laugh-not cause I look funny-don't say a word Oscar.
- Donna-You know this is the second time this week I've been blindfolded? Must be a blindfold sale going on somewhere.
