(I Can't Think of a Clever Title for This Review Because Marvin Already Took "Rue the Day")

This episode was pretty good. I enjoyed the mystery aspect of it. I think that this was a better mystery than Game for a Mystery last season. It was a little bit below my entertainment level, but that's because I'm two years ahead of the Odyssey age target range.

I agree with Marvin that it would have been nice to have Matthew narrate rather than Emily. I was hoping that they were going to go back and forth between the two, but that's not what happened.

I greatly enjoyed the character of Mr. Stolfitz, and how he was played by Jess Harnell. The surprise ending was great, and I wasn't really expecting it; although, it was a little weird.

It was good to have Jay in another episode. I think he is a great replacement for Rodney Rathbone if that's what he's supposed to be, and he adds some needed humor to the Emily and Matthew shows.

The return of Priscilla Peterson was interesting, but I won't go into that. Nor will I go into the relationship between Emily and Matthew that some like to speculate about.

Overall, this was a pretty entertaining episode with a good moral that was given by Chris at the end. I'll give it a 7.5/10. I forgot to give ratings to the other shows, so here they are:

The Mystery of the Clock Tower Parts I and II--9/10
Wooton's Broken Pencil Show--8/10

I'm looking forward to next week's episode which looks like it should have much more spiritual application than the episodes so far have.

Please comment!

Christian A.'s Fully-Functional Keyboard Review

I really liked this episode. We haven't had a new Wooton-centered episode in what feels like a long time. I was glad that they put a Captain Absolutely segment in the regular season. The ones in The Truth Chronicles are really good. I thought it was very clever how they used the play on words to create a world without a point. :D

This seemed much more like the old Odyssey than most of the new episodes have been. There was a whole lot heard from main characters, without much from the newer characters. I was glad to hear from Red again, and I think I'm going to really like having him around more often.

There were a lot of parts that made me laugh out loud, which didn't happen much during the new season.

I was glad to hear from Harlow Doyle again. I think the last time we heard from him was in Rights, Wrongs, and Winners on Album 50. I was afraid he had been taken off of the show like Jason, Tom, Bernard, The Rathbones, The Washingtons, and others. Well, I don't know if they're off the show, but we just haven't heard from them since before the hiatus. I hope we hear from them soon.

I liked that the point of the entertainment was about entertainment having a point, but in the end the episode didn't have that much of a point. :0D

I look forward to hearing more from the Jones & Parker Detective Agency next week on Stage Fright.

Please comment! And be sure to vote in the new poll!

I'm Back!!

Yes, I'm back.

Sorry I kept all of you in the dark this last week. I was actually debating whether or not to even continue this blog. I have a whole lot of school, and we moved to a bigger house, so I have weekly cleaning duties. We're trying to grow grass, so I have that too. And I just don't feel like I have the time to do this. But my dad suggested that I just do things differently than I have in the past. Instead of checking the news every day and commenting about everything, I will be posting short, non-exhaustive reviews of episodes as they come out. I may occasionally do some news, but I won't be around very much to see news. I know this might disappoint some of you, especially Marvin, but hopefully you can understand.

So, here's my short, non-exhaustive review of The Mystery of the Clocktower Parts I and II:

I liked this episode quite a bit, and it was very entertaining. At the beginning of the second part, when they introduced the character of Andrew, I predicted in my head, and to my siblings that he was the guy behind the whole thing. I was partly joking, but I also thought that they wouldn't have put him in there if he didn't play some part in the story. As the episode progressed, I continued to be more and more sure of my prediction.

The ultimate story behind 11:45 was a bit mature for an Odyssey episode, but I guess we can deal with it. At least it wasn't as bad as When You're Right, You're Right.

I really enjoyed the surprise ending, and wasn't really expecting it. I agreed with Whit when he said that everything had seemed to come together too easily, but I didn't know what it would lead to.

And on a personal note, I would never, ever trust a company called "Dreadlocks". Just saying.

Overall it was a great action/adventure episode with a pretty good moral: "Be sure your sin will find you out", as Matthew says.

You can for sure expect a review next week and please comment!
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@ Marvin: Thank you for the package in the mail. My parents gave it to me for my birthday. And thanks for your comments even though you knew I wouldn't see them for a while. I'm going to try to send you something in the mail too!

Goodbye

For reasons I would very much rather not discuss, I will not be blogging again until the new season starts. This is my last post until then. I will not be answering comments or making comments or visiting other peoples blogs, or even checking my blog. You could compare this to the time in April when I was off the air for two weeks, except this time it is three months.

I'd rather you didn't ask why I won't be blogging, but even if you do, I won't know anyway. I'm sorry and I can't wait to get back to blogging in October. I won't be reviewing Album 1 as I said I would be, so there's not really going to be any reason to come back during the summer, unless you use my Links Outward page very often.

So, goodbye all! I hope to get back and talk to you guys when the new season starts.

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@ Aunt Becky: I'm sorry this happened right around the time I told you about my blog. Sorry you won't have anything to read any time soon.

@ Calvin: Sorry you won't be able to read my blog when you take a break from your schoolwork. ; )

@ Andrew S.: I don't really have anything specific to say to you, but I figured you'd get a kick out of it if I mentioned you in my blog. Have fun in Colorado!

@ Jay: I won't be visiting your blog either. I really liked it and had fun reading what you had to say and commenting on it. Keep up the great work!

@ Marvin, OJ, Audrey, FreddyJay, Lydia, and Jacob: Sorry I announced this on such short notice. I can't wait to get back and spend days looking through all of the news and exciting information I missed!

@ Brock: You could probably take me off your e-mail list if you wanted to. I won't be able to post anything and won't be able to read the e-mails. Thanks for including me in the list up until now. I guess you could probably keep sending the e-mails because I'm sure my mom would think it's great that she gets to read news that I can't read.

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Goodbye!

Surprise!

I'm not feeling very creative today, so I'll just give you what the Odyssey Scoop says about this latest podcast. Oh, and go here to hear the podcast.



Dave and Paul answer more questions from fans, reveal the title of album 53, discuss Katrina's future role, and talk about their favorite episodes in "Take it from the Top."

I think it's worth noting that the title for the upcoming Album 53 is The Green Ring Conspiracy and features 12 new action/adventure/mystery shows. If you remember Darkness Before Dawn, it'll be much like that format. Mystery shows have always been a fan favorite, and I especially find it interesting that the mystery of Connie's life goals will also be solved as she attends college for the first time in 50+ albums. Gasp! Connie working on a degree. Who knew? As always, one can never know what to expect from a creative team of Odyssey writers, actors, and producers! -- Jacob Isom

This podcast is very, even extremely informative, and I cannot believe they gave away so much information already! You are guaranteed to love it. What's even better is that we fans had no clue this was coming!

Also, for those of you who haven't seen it yet, Odyssey has a new slogan to go along with all of the other changes. It used to be "Sensational Stories, Lifelong Lessons", but is now "Imagine Discover Grow".



Talk about Odyssey news!

P.S. For those of you who were dying to see it, here is the controversial picture posted on the Odyssey Scoop a few days ago. It should be alright for me to post it here, because Luke over at the Odyssey Times blog posted the actual picture on his site. If it's not okay, somebody please tell me in a comment.