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Checkmate

Album: 25: Darkness Before Dawn

Episode: 331

Lesson/Theme: Darkness Before Dawn mini-series

Bible Verse: n/a

Characters: Lucy, Regis, Sam, Connie, Eugene, Jason, Rodney

Writer:

Sound Designer: Mark Drury

Original Air Date: September 16, 1995

Last Air Date: April 30, 2009

Description:
Evil still abounds in Odyssey. Dr. Blackgaard is livid that Whit's End hasn't been completely evacuated. He blasts Glossman for his incompetence. Meanwhile, Jason has restructured the Israelites in order to spy more aggressively on the Bones of Rath. He wants the Bones to know that the Israelites aren't predictable, by having Billy and Sam go to the Bones's hideout and clean it. Butch has informed the Israelites that the Bones will be bowling that night, so the Israelites should hit the hideout then. To keep tabs on the Bones, Lucy follows them to the bowling alley. Rodney sees Lucy and decides to take matters into his own hands. He is annoyed that Jellyfish has taken over the Bones so effectively. He lures Lucy to the Bones's new hideout in a cave where he hopes to get information from her about the Israelites. While this is going on, Eugene continues his work in the Imagination Station. He's searching through Odyssey's history for information about the Underground Railroad tunnel. In the Imagination Station, Eugene is just about to find out an important piece of the puzzle about the mineral from Reverend Andrew (see "The Underground Railroad" - AIO #314-316) when the power suddenly goes down. Eugene comes out of the Station and finds that Whit's End is being attacked by the Bones of Rath. Later, during the cleanup, Jason and Sam realize that Butch either got his information wrong, or he has double-crossed them. (They later discover that it is the latter, after Butch was beaten up by the Bones, he opted to spy on the Israelites. For his own protection, Jason gets Butch out of town.) Sam and Jason also realize that Lucy is missing. Jellyfish is furious that Rodney brought Lucy to the Bones's new hideout, but Rodney persuades Jellyfish that he can get some useful information from her. Fortunately, Richard Maxwell intercedes and saves Lucy. But that doesn't help Whit's End. Claiming that it's for the public's safety, Glossman throws everybody out, leaving Blackgaard to gloat that Whit's End is finally, truly, his.

Questions:
Was Jason right in believing that the Israelites should be more aggressive against the Bones? Why or why not? Should Lucy have followed Rodney and Rusty to the Bones's new hideout? Explain. Do you think Butch should be blamed for his decision to tell on the Israelites? Why or why not?