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Album: 38: Battle Lines

Episode: 498

Lesson/Theme: Hope in troubled times

Bible Verse: Mattew 5:44; Numbers 32:23

Characters: Alex, Connie, Jason, Whit, Tom

Writer:

Sound Designer: Bob Luttrell

Original Air Date: June 29, 2002

Last Air Date: December 10, 2009

Description:
Tom’s trial continues and the people at Whit’s End continue to pray. Whit, meanwhile, starts his own investigation. He doesn’t believe Tom could do such a thing and starts looking around the tower site, only to find Alex. The two of them start looking around for clues. Mr. Frasier uses Tom’s trial as a way to show all that Novacom and Andromeda have done over their many months in Odyssey. Stephen DeWhite, Jared’s dad shows up to say that he discovered an elaborate money-laundering scheme by Andromeda to take over radio stations around the world. Monica Stone and her brother Duncan testify about their parts in the scheme. Mitch arrives to share what he decoded from Andromeda board meetings on the disk from Arthur Dent. In it, the Andromeda board members talk about reversing the process of brain waves to radio waves, despite Armitage Shanks’s protests. Mitch also reveals that they used Mary’s Story Shop to distract Whit and steal the plans to the Imagination Station and eventually the machine itself. Finally, he says they knew that the technology would reverse itself, making patients worse than before. Mr. Frasier says this would more than adequately explain Tom’s actions against Novacom. Back at the tower, Alex and Whit find a piece of cloth that leads them to the cabins at the Timothy Center. There, they find fertilizer on the steps of a cabin. After looking inside, they find Arthur Dent, who claims he saved the world! Whit races back to Odyssey and gets word to Mr. Frasier. Upon hearing the new evidence, the judge acquits Tom of the crime and dismisses the case. Odyssey citizens don’t forget what happened, however. They are ready to burn the boxes and destroy Novacom. This doesn’t go unnoticed by Mr. Charles, who heads out the back door just before the FBI storms the place. Agent Bourland, Jason, and Mitch start looking through files and computers to find evidence of everything Novacom did. Jason notes information about "launch day" in the files. At the jail, Arthur Dent reveals that this was the day that Novacom would have gone global, launching their technology to towers around the world. Jason remembers seeing their work in South America and Alaska (ref: "Shining Armor"; "The Black Veil" ). Dent insists there is no reason to worry, however, since the tower is out of commission. Tom, now out of jail, and Whit head over to see Cal, who is finally awake. Cal tells them that the top of the tower was empty. Whit is alarmed. Dent blew up the wrong tower! Tom and Whit head up to the tower site to figure out what’s going on. Whit says that there must be another tower in this direction and spots some on Forrest Mountain. He and Tom race up there. Jason and Bourland arrive back at Novacom headquarters to find Mitch gone and a file with the worst news of all. The Launch Day is today.

Questions:
Connie prayed that God would bring His light and truth to the situation. How did that happen? Numbers 32:23 says, ". . . your sin will find you out." How was that illustrated in this episode? Have you done anything you wish God didn’t know about? What would you like to say to Him about that? Matthew 5:44 says, "Pray for those who persecute you." How did Jack obey this verse? How could you?