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Angels Unaware

Album: 25: Darkness Before Dawn

Episode: 325

Lesson/Theme: Darkness Before Dawn mini-series

Bible Verse: n/a

Characters: Bart, Lucy, Sam, Connie, Rodney, Tom

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Mark Drury

Original Air Date: July 29, 1995

Last Air Date: April 22, 2009

Description:
As Sam Johnson and Butch part, Sam is grabbed by Jack Allen and his friend Billy MacPherson to ask for Sam's help. Butch also runs into Rusty and Rodney, who tell Butch that the Bones of Rath are planning to vandalize Odyssey Middle School that evening. Butch meets up with Sam later on, and they swap information . . . and concoct a plan. Later, Lucy Cunningham-Schultz receives a mysterious phone call telling her to look in her driveway. Her stolen bike is sitting there. When she asks Sam about it, he acts suspiciously. That night, the Bones show up to vandalize Odyssey Middle School. Butch notices that there is a police car parked down the street, watching them. The Bones of Rath call off their vandalism. But not all the happenings around town are bad. Brock Peterson, Channel 10 News reporter, interviews Alma Stump, whose fence was mysteriously mended. Mayor Tom Riley tells of an anonymous phone call the police received, warning them of planned vandalism at Odyssey Middle School. Ralph Foreman, a city worker, describes how bushes were mysteriously trimmed, making an intersection safe for the community. He describes it as a random act of goodness. Connie Kendall hears the news report and begins to wonder if Jack Allen has anything to do with these mysterious occurrences. When confronted, Jack won't admit to any involvement with the good deeds. Bart Rathbone also hears the news report and yells at Rodney. Bart warns Rodney that people are beginning to think everything is all right in Odyssey. Someone from "higher up", who signed loan papers for Bart, is putting pressure on him to make waves. Rodney promises he has something evil planned for that night. Connie and Lucy compare notes, they are both suspicious about Sam and Jack's strange behavior, so they decide to follow Sam that evening. The girls follow Sam into the woods, where they are caught by Sam and a strange man. The stranger orders Connie and Lucy to come with he and Sam. This story is continued in "Gathering Thunder".

Questions:
Should Sam have told Lucy how he got their bikes back? Should Lucy have questioned him about it? What would you have done if you were in Sam's place? Lucy's? Explain your answers. Why do you think the mysterious "higher up" person wanted to cause chaos around Odyssey? Should Lucy and Connie have followed Sam? Why or why not? What would you have done?