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A Little Credit, Please

Album: 25: Darkness Before Dawn

Episode: 323

Lesson/Theme: Stewardship

Bible Verse: Luke 16:10-12

Characters: Bart, Bernard, Connie, Eugene, Tom

Writer: Paul McCusker

Sound Designer: Mark Drury

Original Air Date: July 15, 1995

Last Air Date: April 20, 2009

Description:
Connie comes down to breakfast one morning and gets a wonderful surprise: Her mother has gotten her a gift, her first credit card. June makes it clear that Connie must use the card responsibly. Connie agrees to do so. Meanwhile, at Whit's End, Bernard enters with a new window-washing assistant, Simon, a young man from Australia. Bernard then asks Eugene how he is doing now that Katrina has left, but Eugene sidesteps the issue. Bernard goes to work as Connie enters. She, too, asks about Eugene's state of mind. Eugene also avoids her and sets off to work. Later, Tom enters to find Connie on the phone, ordering clothes from a catalog and putting them on her credit card. Unfortunately, Connie has started making many purchases with her new card, "just to see if it's working". Across town, Simon tells Bernard that he's been reading up on Bernard's power spray washer. Simon would really like to use it. Bernard tells Simon that the power spray washer is tricky, Simon needs to learn the basics before he moves on to the more advanced stuff. That evening, Connie is shopping at the mall when she runs into Eugene. After some small talk, Connie manages to pry out of Eugene that he is miserable now that Katrina is gone. Connie invites Eugene out for dinner (which she pays for with her credit card). Eugene admits that his life feels empty without Katrina. In fact, his life stinks. Connie tries her best to comfort him. The next day, however, Connie needs comforting herself. She remembers that she needs to buy her mother a birthday gift. When she tries to purchase one at the Electric Palace, though, she is told that her credit card is over the limit. Connie leaves the store in a huff and runs into Simon outside. Simon is preparing to wash the Electric Palace's front windows with Bernard's power washer, against Bernard's orders. Things go from bad to worse for both of them when Simon asks Connie to hold the washer while he turns on the power. Neither he nor Connie can control the mechanism. It gets away from them, smashing one of the windows! Simon and Connie learn valuable lessons about handling responsibility, while Eugene decides to do something radical to give his life a change: He grows a mustache.

Questions:
Why did June get Connie a credit card? Was it a good idea? Explain. Why was Eugene so unhappy when Katrina left? What does the Bible say about credit?