Episode Reviewed:
Hindsight
(521)
Writer: Marshal
Younger
Director: Marshal
Younger
Production
Engineer: Bob
Luttrell
Music
Composer: John
Campbell
Original
Airdate: 6/14/03
Rating
(Out of 5 cones): 
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Hindsight
[Episode
Info]
Episode
Summary: Liz
gets in the Room of Consequence to experience the results of a
single choice...backwards.
Theme:
The
value of every life; the value of every moment
(Luke
10:27)
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“Bye.
It was nice being robbed by you.” [Liz Horton]
The
Review
Years
ago on Adventures in Odyssey, the little situations among the
children of Odyssey was more frequent than it is now. You could throw in a
cassette and expect to hear a story about someone being angry at someone
else for being made fun of, or a story about the cheerleading squad. Now
when you throw in a CD, you can expect to hear a big plotline and bad
guys connected to other bad guys. In my opinion, I’d rather see more of
the little situations than the big ones.
Hindsight
gave me that insight.
I was very pleased with
Hindsight
as a whole. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard a story about
someone at school being made fun of, and it was great to have a little
connection to the old days of Odyssey. Norton looks to be a promising
character in the future days of the show, providing Liz doesn’t steer him
wrong and let him join the Bones of Wrath. That’s another thing we don’t
hear much of anymore. Isaac Morton struggled to fit in as he joined the
Bones of Wrath in Isaac the Courageous.
Lawrence Hodges tried to fill a fatherless hole in his life by joining the
Bones of Wrath in Our Father. Now
we’ve got Norton, a neglected, tormented boy in middle school in
Hindsight.
I was one of those neglected, unpopular, tormented children when I was in
middle school as well, so I could really relate to Norton.
I was very interested
in the approach AIO took with this episode. Instead of actually letting the
story play out, they took some time to make it more creative, interesting,
and even mysterious. Using the Room of
Consequence was a perfect idea. Marshal Younger, the writer of this
episode, has always been one of my favorite episode writers because he takes
interesting views on creating shows. I’ve also taken note that when he
directs the shows, they end up turning out better when they’re finished. I
wonder why that is?
I especially liked the
“rewinding” sound effect every time Liz traveled back in the past.
Don’t ask me why… it was just a little sound byte to make weird people
like me chuckle.
What
stands out the most in Hindsight
is the moral. If we could just stop and realize the impact we’re having on
other people by ignoring them and/or calling them names, we’d realize what
a horrible thing we’re doing to them. It hurts to be made fun of and I
think this episode really tackles that problem well.
The
Rating
All
in all, Hindsight
was intriguing, very well handcrafted, and I’m extremely pleased with the
content. I give Hindsight
4 and ½ out of 5 cones.
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