Episode Reviewed:
All
Things to All People (522)
Writer: Bob
Hoose
Director: Bob
Hoose
Production
Engineer: Bob
Luttrell
Music
Composer: John
Campbell
Original
Airdate: 6/21/03
Rating
(Out of 5 cones): 
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All
Things to All People
[Episode
Info]
Episode
Summary: Seth
councils Aubrey on his radical method of evangelism, prompting
Aubrey to question her effectiveness as a Christian.
Theme:
Evangelism
(Matthew
28:18-20)
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“I’m
finding a chair… I’m going to hit YOU with it!”
[Liz Horton]
The
Review
Evangelizing
to the lost in a sinful and dying world has always been hard. AIO tackled
this issue very well in All
Things to All People,
the episode I’m about to review. If you look around in our world, there
are people all around us who claim to be Christians and yet they don’t
proclaim the Gospel wherever they go. I am guilty of that at times as well
and we can all benefit from hearing this episode. Seth Young’s character
in this show is a good thing to pinpoint to the audience, not just for the
sake of the dramatic perspective it can take, but for the negative response
the outside world can have as a result of such an incorrect approach to
evangelizing. In this show, Seth believed that all that matters is that the
unchristian world is a project, meaning that he can make up stories about
himself so that they’ll be able to relate to him. Then when an opportunity
to witness arises, he can jump at the chance. This method is DANGEROUS and
WRONG. God wants us to be ourselves, explaining to our friends and the world
why we have a relationship with the Lord, rather than trying to see how many
we can get saved just for the sake of saving them. We need to be honest.
The episode itself was
perhaps the best episode of the Spring 2003 season. I’m not saying that in
a joking way either. I honestly thought Bob Hoose did a wonderful job
writing this episode and sending the message out. I can tell that Seth Young
is a fairly new Christian and his methods of evangelizing are a bit tainted,
but I’m sure Aubrey will be able to set him straight, even though she’s
fairly new at it too. I really like Seth’s character as an addition to the
program. It’s just a shame that he’s only been on the show twice up to
this point. Did I ever mention that Seth Young and Curt Stevens remind me of
each other? It may be interesting to point out that Seth Young is played by,
I hope you can believe this, a woman. Whoever the actor/actress may be, she’s
doing a nice job. I must also congratulate the writers for starting a
well-rounded character rather than a 2D version that we’re dying to see
the other side of.
I especially liked the
ending of All
Things to All People.
I’ve been interested in Mrs. Young’s character since we met her in
Aubrey’s Bathrobe, and it’s interesting that Aubrey gets a witnessing
opportunity.
I
don’t really have any complaints whatsoever about this episode, besides
the fact that Seth has some growing to do as a Christian. The music was nice
– not overdone like a lot of episodes. It was also great to hear Whit
talking to the kids at Whit’s End again (IE: Aubrey in his conversation
about evangelism).
The
Rating
Now
that I just finished my review of this episode, I think it is my
favorite episode from the 2003 Spring season. Good job, AIO!
I give
All
Things to All People
5 out of 5 cones.
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