A New Era

Eugene is giving his father a kidney - and Leonard can't understand why he deserves such love. The transplant succeeds, but as both men recover, an old secret gnaws at Leonard: years ago he never wanted Eugene to be born at all, and his son has no idea. Whit sees his distress and urges him not to hide anything Eugene needs to know. Meanwhile Eugene and Katrina face a hard question of their own... should they leave the ministry they love and move to Africa, where Aman's village has no one else to help? Back home the good work keeps growing - a homeless dinner doubles in size, the middle school approves Eugene's new technology lab - yet Africa won't leave their minds. Surrounded by worthy needs, they pray to find out which one is truly theirs.

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0614 Best of Enemies When new roommates move in for three weeks, Tamika and Connie each discover how hard it is to share your space with someone completely unlike you.

0615 Only By His Grace A hopeful daughter piles on good deeds and prayers to keep her family together, while Grady's over-eager helpfulness at Whit's End spirals into disaster.

1 of 3 0616 The Other Side of the Glass A mysterious hidden symbol - Power Boy's secret call for help - starts appearing in brand-new windows all over town, and Bernard, Wooton, and the Whit's End crew set out to discover who put it there and why.

2 of 3 0617 The Other Side of the Glass A hidden cry for help etched in glass pulls Bernard, Wooton, and Whit into a late-night investigation of the powerful Seawright factory.

3 of 3 0618 The Other Side of the Glass A midnight stakeout at a secretive factory forces Wooton and his friends to decide whether trusting a mysterious boy's cry for help is worth risking the livelihoods of an entire neighborhood.

1 of 3 0619 A New Era With his long ordeal finally behind him, Eugene's father settles into a peaceful new life in Odyssey - until a hidden illness and an urgent plea from a distant village upend everything.

2 of 3 0620 A New Era As Eugene recovers from donating a kidney to his father, he and Katrina wrestle with whether a plea from Africa is God's call or a distraction from the ministry they already love.

3 of 3 0621 A New Era Long-buried family secrets come to light as Leonard finally faces the truth about his past, and an urgent crisis abroad demands a decision no one expected.

0622 B-TV: Temptation When B-TV explores why smart people fall for bad choices, the story of history's wisest king shows that wisdom alone is no shield against temptation.

0623 Buddy Guard When Grady hires a bodyguard to stop a park bully and a radio host discovers his on-air complaints can strong-arm people into paying up, both learn how quickly protection turns into power.

0624 Wooing Wooton When Wooton's estranged father suddenly invites him back into the family fold, meeting a woman who shares his quirky passions forces him to weigh what he wants most against what he believes.

0625 Something Significant When Trent balks at being assigned to set up chairs instead of acting in a church play, Whit sends him on an Imagination Station journey to discover what makes a task truly important.

1 of 2 0626 Life, in the Third Person Feeling invisible in her fractured family, Mandy tries to outrun her parents' separation on her bicycle - but some things can't be escaped.

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Doc Morton Diane Michelle Leon Wankel Bob Hoose Thelma Meltsner Salli Saffioti

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Chris Anthony Host Nathan Hoobler Writer · Director Marshal Younger Writer · Director · Producer GAP Digital Sound Designer Bob Hoose Producer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

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Eugene and Katrina wonder whether Aman's request means they must leave Odyssey. Whit cautions them that a need does not automatically reveal who God has called to meet it. Their ministry with Hand Up fills them with purpose, while neither feels a passion for moving to Africa. They decide to pray rather than mistake the absence of another candidate for God's direction.

At the hospital, Leonard questions whether Eugene should risk a healthy kidney on an older man who may have only a few more years. Eugene will not reconsider. Leonard feels undeserving of such love and remembers a gentler moment after the ruined bathtub, when he recognized young Eugene as an amazing child instead of merely a source of trouble.

The transplant succeeds. Eugene and Leonard must wait to learn whether Leonard's body will accept the kidney, but both begin recovering. While Eugene is still groggy, Katrina and Whit continue discussing Africa. Hand Up may be where God has planted Eugene and Katrina's deepest concern, yet Aman and her village appear to have no one else.

Leonard's memories carry him back to the night before his last expedition with Thelma. He wanted to take seven-year-old Eugene along because he regretted the years he had treated fatherhood as an obstacle to his career. Thelma convinced him that the dangerous jungle was no place for a child and that they would make up the lost time after returning. Instead, captivity kept them away for decades.

When Leonard awakens after surgery, Eugene assures him that the operation has given him a future. Leonard is deeply grateful, but Eugene's willingness to save him sharpens an old burden of guilt. Whit notices Leonard's distress and urges him not to hide anything Eugene needs to know.

Leonard remembers the source of that guilt. Soon after receiving a major archaeology award, he had planned another expedition and treated Thelma's news of her pregnancy as a threat to his career. He even suggested ending the pregnancy. Horrified by his selfishness, Thelma left him. Though she later returned and they reconciled, Leonard has never told Eugene how completely he once rejected the idea of his son's life.

Back home, Eugene begins answering messages despite Katrina's insistence that he rest. A homeless dinner has doubled in size, and the middle school has approved his proposal for a wireless technology lab. Eugene and Katrina eagerly begin solving each challenge. Their excitement shows how deeply they value the work they are already doing in Odyssey.

Yet neither can stop thinking about Aman. Going to Africa might be God's call, or their effectiveness and joy with Hand Up might mean they should remain. As another message proposes still another local project, they are surrounded by worthwhile needs but no closer to knowing which one is theirs to meet.