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Blackgaard's Revenge, I

Album: 33: Virtual Realities

Episode: 424

Lesson/Theme: Recognizing deception

Bible Verse: Proverbs 4:5-9

Characters: Aubrey, Connie, Eugene, Whit

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer:

Original Air Date: October 2, 1999

Last Air Date: September 7, 2009

Description:
The "Star Spangled Banner" is playing in the background as Connie and Aubrey enter the Imagination Station. Pretty soon they see a character that looks like Abraham Lincoln, but when Aubrey recognizes that the "Gettysburg Address" is misquoted, she wonders who it is. It turns out that the character was actually Dr. Regis Blackgaard, who orders that some missiles be launched! After escaping from the station, they soon discover Blackgaard has infected the Imagination Station with some sort of computer virus. Connie, Whit, and Eugene tell Aubrey how dangerous Dr. Blackgaard is, but she is not convinced. Aubrey goes back to the Imagination Station under the guise of putting up a "not working" sign, and she meets Dr. Blackgaard, who invites her back into the Station. While skeptical at first, Aubrey eventually steps into the Station. Blackgaard takes advantage of her questions and begins feeding her mind with many doubts as to the integrity of Whit and the others at Whit's End as he deceptively twists the truth. Meanwhile, Whit orders Eugene to find and delete the virus, but it is more widespread than they thought and could cause considerable damage. To their horror they discover that Aubrey is in the Station and wants to stay there with Blackgaard. In the Station, Dr. Blackgaard entices Aubrey with the possibility that she can have a full, eternal life and can visit any place in history that she would like through the Vortex of Time. Will she believe him and be lost forever in his evil deception? The story continues in part II...

Questions:
What did Dr. Blackgaard promise Aubrey if she would come into the Imagination Station? Why did Whit say that Dr. Blackgaard could not have invented a program for eternal life? Who has the only program for that? Do you ever find that it's easy to get deceived by people? What are some ways that you can think of to check if people are telling the truth about God?