A Most Intriguing Question

Someone has come back to Odyssey - but only Whit knows who. He's suddenly exhausted and secretive, running the Imagination Station all night, driving to lonely cabins at dawn with a passenger hidden in his back seat, while a government doctor named Foster watches Whit's End from a dark car. Connie and Bernard know the signs of Whit's mad-scientist streak, and when a silent alarm draws them inside at four in the morning, they find the Station running a strange new memory program... loaded with scenes from their own lives. Convinced Whit is experimenting on himself, they sneak in with Tom the next night to stop the machine - only to find Whit standing right in front of them, warning them not to touch it. So who's inside? When the hatch finally opens, Connie gets the answer to every strange clue at once: Eugene has come home.

Found on Eugene Returns! Album 44 · 12 episodes

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0558 A Glass Darkly Falsely blamed for a food fight, a young musician must choose between clearing his name and trusting God when detention threatens the audition of a lifetime.

0559 The Coolest Dog Marvin's dream of rock stardom with his two-person band hits a snag when his ego proves louder than his drums.

0560 The Present Long Ago When a classmate demands the school lab key and won't say why, an anxious boy cycles through imagined advisers and wild theories before finding a wiser way to face him.

0561 Lost By a Nose Determined to expose her town's beauty-pageant obsession, a skeptical young journalist goes undercover as a contestant - and gets far more invested than she planned.

0562 The Last 'I Do' When a Roman emperor outlaws marriage to build a more loyal army, a defiant priest named Valentine risks everything to keep performing forbidden weddings.

0563 Tuesdays with Wooton A lonely boy's mailbox scheme unravels when the mailman he's been fooling decides friendship is worth more than an easy confession.

0564 A Most Intriguing Question A government agent's arrival, a secretive all-night invention, and a mysteriously running Imagination Station convince Whit's friends he's hiding something dangerous - and they're determined to find out what.

0565 A Most Surprising Answer When Eugene returns to Odyssey a stranger to his own past, his friends must find out whether love can reach memories that science locked away.

0566 A Most Extraordinary Conclusion With every experiment exhausted and his friends' borrowed memories failing to feel like his own, Eugene makes one last desperate attempt to reclaim the life he's forgotten.

0567 Two Friends and a Truck When Eugene borrows Bernard's beloved old pickup for his big move, a minor mishap sets off a chain of accidents, cover-ups, and comic misunderstandings that puts their friendship to the test.

0568 The Power of One A Kids' Radio broadcast reimagines the Bible's most famous underdogs - from a shepherd facing a giant to a secret-agent apostle - to discover where real strength comes from.

0569 The Invisible Dog When Lester introduces his friends to a dog only he can perceive, Trent sets out to disprove it with logic while Whit suspects the invisible companion is hiding something deeper.

1 of 2 0570 For Better or For Worse Eugene and Katrina's plan to renew their vows in front of friends spirals out of control as an overbearing mother, a competitive wedding planner, and Eugene's quest to be a romantic hero collide.

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Minor characters & crew 2 more roles

2 supporting roles

Mabel Actor Unknown Dr. William Foster Matt Hurwitz

Made by

Chris Anthony Host Nathan Hoobler Writer Paul McCusker Writer · Director Marshal Younger Director · Producer Glenn Montjoy Sound Designer · Producer Bob Hoose Producer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

The story

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Dr. William Foster arrives in Odyssey on government business and secretly watches Whit's End. At the same time, Bernard and Tom see Whit driving toward isolated cabins near Trickle Lake at sunrise. Whit does not stop when they wave, and Bernard thinks he sees someone hidden in the back seat.

Later, Connie finds Whit exhausted after another late night with the Imagination Station. He admits that he left the machine running but gives only vague answers about the program he is developing. After asking her to keep everyone away from the machine, he goes home to sleep.

When Bernard and Tom report their encounter at the lake, Connie becomes convinced that Whit is hiding something dangerous. Bernard recognizes what he calls the familiar signs of Whit's mad-scientist behavior: sleeplessness, secrecy, an untested invention, and the arrival of a government agent.

The three friends confront Foster while he sits in a dark car across from Whit's End. He identifies himself as a doctor from the National Institute of Health but refuses to explain whom he is watching or why. Soon afterward, he visits Whit privately and reveals that he knows about the experiments involving the Imagination Station.

At four one morning, Bernard notices Whit's End's silent alarm flashing and calls Connie. The light stops before the police are summoned, suggesting that Whit has entered and disabled it. Connie and Bernard go inside to make sure he has not been hurt.

They find the Imagination Station open and running without anyone visible nearby. When Connie looks inside, it displays scenes from her own life. Bernard sees different scenes from his. The computer identifies the mysterious new program as a memory stimulator, leaving them to wonder why Whit has filled it with their personal histories.

Hidden in the control room, Whit and Foster have watched them enter. After Connie and Bernard leave, Whit admits that he cannot maintain the secret much longer and begins a contingency plan. Connie, Bernard, and Tom meanwhile decide that Whit may be experimenting on himself and plan an intervention before he can be injured.

The following night, the three sneak into Whit's End through a tunnel and the blind spots in its security cameras. They find the Imagination Station sealed and active. Before Connie can stop it, Whit appears and urgently warns her not to touch the controls.

Tom notices that Whit cannot be inside the machine because he is standing before them. Whit refuses to identify the person undergoing the experiment and orders his friends to leave, insisting that a disruption could be dangerous. At that moment, the program shuts down from inside.

Foster takes Connie, Bernard, and Tom into the control room while Whit helps the machine's occupants. Though Whit blocks the camera's view, the listeners recognize familiar voices. Then the person emerges, and Connie sees the impossible answer to every strange clue: Eugene has returned to Odyssey.