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Blackgaard's Revenge, II

Album: 33: Virtual Realities

Episode: 425

Lesson/Theme: Recognizing deception

Bible Verse: Proverbs 4:5-9

Characters: Aubrey, Connie, Eugene, Whit

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer:

Original Air Date: October 9, 1999

Last Air Date: September 8, 2009

Description:
Continued from part I... Aubrey is caught in the Imagination Station with the evil Dr. Blackgaard, who is enticing her with the promise of a full, eternal life. She is interested in his offer to show her any place in history that she would like through the Vortex of Time, so he demonstrates by doing just that. But when Aubrey says she wants to go to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Blackgaard begins to show his true colors and causes much fear and distrust in Aubrey. Aubrey starts to get sleepy and Blackgaard becomes very angry. When the first attempt at destroying the virus fails, Whit tells Eugene to make preparations for Plan B. As Blackgaard tries to force Aubrey to implant his personality circuits on her brain, Whit enters the station and offers his life instead. As they step into the Vortex, it appears that both Whit and Blackgaard are killed, but... Eugene's efforts are successful at the very last moment, and Aubrey finds herself freed from the power of Dr. Blackgaard. The antivirus program Eugene used destroyed the hologram's matrix of Dr. Blackgaard's virus. Aubrey thinks Mr. Whittaker gave his life for her, but in reality Eugene used the Imagination Station technology against itself. Dr. Blackgaard never came up with a program for eternal life--only Jesus Christ can do that. Dr. Regis Blackgaard is really, finally, truly dead.

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?