Episode Reviewed: The Pact I & II (511, 512)
Writer: Nathan Hoobler
Director: Bob Hoose
Production
Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Original
Airdate: 3/08/03
Rating
(Out of 5 cones): 
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The
Pact
[Episode
Info]
Episode
Summary: Something's bothering Agnes Riley, but what is it? Tom, Whit, and Mandy
must put together the clues.
Theme:
Living with an eternal perspective (II Corinthians 5:20)
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"That’s normal for patients like Agnes. They can
behave so normally that you wonder why she’s in here, and then the next
minute she’s lost in her own thoughts, her own world, and as helpless as a
child."
[Doctor Jennings]
The
Review
Since Nathan Hoobler joined the team at Adventures in
Odyssey, I’ve been pleased with every episode he’s written. The Pact is no exception. For some reason, Nathan takes a different
angle when he writes. And now I’m pleased to be reviewing this addition.
It was good to be able to hear a classic mystery again. We
hadn’t heard a two-part mystery since long before the Novacom Saga stepped
in. The mystery of Agnes Riley will always be present in the series I guess.
She’s naturally a mysterious woman. She wasn’t introduced until The
Other Woman, and even then she was set up to be mysterious. I thought it was
rather interesting that Agnes Riley recognized her good friend JO in
Mandy’s face… and the fact that JO was someone we knew all along on the
series made for a bigger surprise.
I don’t really have many comments for this review.
Everything was very well written. The music, written by John Campbell, was
composed to fit perfectly in each scene, and the sound design was excellent.
However, getting to the acting…
All the actors sounded as if they were meant to be part of
the episode, but Tom Riley (Walker Edmiston), did not. I was negatively
annoyed to see how Tom reacts to the status of his wife when he says,
“Agnes is missing!” The way in which he said it sounded as if he was
reading it on a piece of paper. I noticed a downgrade in Walker’s acting
several times in the Novacom Saga, so hopefully he’ll pick up and do
better in the future.
I
was feeling a temptation to post in this review who JO is, but I’d rather
not if you’re shopping around. We’d probably better just leave it that
way. Hopefully you’ll purchase a copy before next August 2nd.
The
Rating
All in all, this episode was very mysterious (as it
should be), fun to listen to, and kept me on the edge of my seat. I give The Pact 5 out of 5 cones.
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