Bassett Hounds

Wooton has convinced Bernard to fly to Alaska, claiming his grandfather is passing - passing through, it turns out, on his way to mission work in Africa. Instead of an igloo, Bernard finds a mansion packed with relatives, including Wooton's twin brother Wellington, all parading their riches and good deeds to win a share of Grandpa's fortune. Wooton alone asks for nothing, happily chatting about delivering mail and drawing Power Boy comics. But something is off about cousin Wilma's daughters... their eyes, their accents, even their birthmarks don't match Wooton's old sketches, and Wilma admits they're hired actresses hiding her divorce and ruined finances. With Wooton's urging, she confesses everything to her grandfather before he can reward the lie. When the will is read, the schemers get nothing, the mansion becomes a charity for families in crisis with the humbled Wilma helping run it, and Wooton receives a spinning desk chair and one singed dollar bill - a reminder that fortunes can burn, but faith and family last.

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0510 For the Fun of It A wealthy teenager, forced to spend a week with her eccentric mailman uncle to escape etiquette school, sets out to prove her father can't control her - and finds far more than a way to rebel.

1 of 2 0511 The Pact At Hillingdale Haven, an elderly woman with a failing memory becomes convinced she made a long-forgotten promise that must be kept on a fast-approaching date - if only she can remember what it was.

2 of 2 0512 The Pact When Agnes vanishes on the anniversary of a secret childhood promise, Tom and his friends race to decode her journals and paintings before six o'clock.

0513 Do or Diet When Connie's shot at a personal training scholarship depends on coaching Whit, Bernard, and Wooton to each lose ten pounds in five weeks, her biggest obstacle isn't the diet plan - it's her clients.

0514 Room Enough for Two When Liz's beloved older brother returns from the Army with a surprise fiancée in tow, she sets out to protect her place in his life - until a crisis forces the two women who love him most to face what they have in common.

0515 B-TV: Behind the Scenes A behind-the-scenes look at a live TV broadcast about unity that threatens to fall apart because the crew can't stop fighting long enough to save their own struggling station.

0516 Bassett Hounds A grieving-support trip to Alaska turns out to be something else entirely, as Bernard discovers Wooton's family is far more - and far wealthier - than he ever imagined.

0517 It's All About Me When Connie casts Mitch as the host of a Kids' Radio advice show, the credit for its success lands in exactly the wrong place - while a mysterious "Prank Man" turns the school upside down.

0518 The Case of the Disappearing Hortons When a classmate's family vanishes overnight, a pair of kids and two elderly ex-magicians launch an investigation that leads somewhere none of them expected.

0519 The Defining Moment After a costly error in right field, a young ballplayer chases the perfect comeback moment - only to learn that redemption rarely looks the way we imagine it.

0520 The Mystery at Tin Flat A family's free getaway to a historic ghost town turns into a night of century-old secrets, pointing boots, and a mystery that tests where one boy truly belongs.

0521 Hindsight When Whit's new backward-running Room of Consequence shows Liz a frightening possible future, she must travel in reverse through time to uncover the single small choice that set it all in motion.

0522 All Things to All People An overeager teen's foolproof formula for winning converts turns every conversation into a comedy of errors, forcing Aubrey to question whether faith can be shared by following a script.

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Minor characters & crew 6 more roles

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Airport P.A. Announcer Jess Harnell Grandpa Bassett Jim Custer Madison Bassett Cari Lyall Marlyse Bassett Cari Lyall Wilma Bassett Maureen Davis Limo Driver Wendell Burton

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Chris Anthony Host Torry Martin Writer Marshal Younger Director · Producer Allen Hurley Sound Designer · Producer Bob Hoose Producer Paul McCusker Executive Producer

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Wooton tells Bernard that his grandfather is passing and may not be around much longer. Grateful that Wooton has just helped him obtain an important window-washing contract, Bernard reluctantly agrees to accompany him to Alaska for support. Only after they arrive does Wooton explain that his healthy grandfather is not passing away - he is passing through Alaska on his way back to mission work in Africa. The family has gathered because he and Wooton’s grandmother are moving there permanently.

A limousine collects them at the airport and carries them to an enormous mansion. Bernard expected a hut and packed winter survival equipment, so the family’s wealth shocks him. Wooton casually introduces a crowd of relatives, including his twin brother, Wellington. Wellington assumes Bernard has made a financial arrangement with Wooton and warns him that the inheritance may be harder to obtain than he thinks. Bernard begins to understand that the meeting concerns far more than a farewell.

Wooton’s relatives compete to impress their grandfather. Wellington describes his successful company, charitable donations, and a university library named for him. Others bring financial papers and display whatever virtues they think will win a share of the fortune. Wooton’s father, who is estranged from his own father, does not attend.

When Wooton meets privately with his grandfather, he makes no request for money. He happily describes delivering mail, enjoying his church and friends, and living in a house with a slide. His grandfather has preserved a childhood drawing Wooton made of his grandmother in a cape and is proud of Wooton’s Power Boy comics. Very few people know Wooton creates them because he fears they would treat him differently.

His grandfather understands. He often wishes people did not know about his wealth because they love the outward fortune rather than the person within. He believes Odyssey gives Wooton the same kind of freedom that Africa gives him: a place to love God and concentrate on what truly matters. Wooton assures him that his love for his grandfather comes from the inside rather than from money.

Bernard warns Wooton that some relatives may even be pretending to share their grandfather’s Christian faith. He particularly suspects Wooton’s cousin Wilma, whose two daughters seem strangely different from Wooton’s old sketches of them. Their eye colors, an identifying mark, and even their accents do not match.

Wilma finally admits that the girls are young actresses hired from a modeling agency. She has been divorced for six months after losing all her money in a failed internet-company investment. Her husband, who married her for wealth, left and is caring for their real daughters until she becomes financially stable. Afraid that her family-minded grandfather would reject her failures, Wilma has created the appearance of a happy, churchgoing household so she can secure an inheritance.

Wooton wishes Wilma had asked him for help and urges her to escape the deception by telling the truth. When their grandfather later praises her supposed family life and charitable heart, Wilma interrupts before he can promise a reward. She confesses what she has done rather than continuing to earn his approval under false pretenses.

The grandparents quietly leave for Africa and present their financial decisions on a recording. Distant relatives who came only because of family connections receive nothing. Wooton’s grandfather also gives nothing to his siblings, son, or Wellington because they already possess great wealth and have not used it wisely. He emphasizes that he still loves them; withholding more money is part of that love.

Most of the fortune will establish a Christian charity in the mansion. Its first floors will house families in crisis and provide counseling and help finding work. Wilma is appointed vice president because the humility she has shown is needed to handle the money responsibly. Her confession does not earn a private fortune, but it opens an opportunity to help people facing struggles like her own.

Wooton receives one dollar and his grandfather’s spinning desk chair. The dollar is singed from a fire that destroyed the successful business of Wooton’s great-grandfather. It represents how quickly wealth can disappear beside lasting treasures such as faith and a loving family. The other relatives might spend it without thought, but the grandfather trusts Wooton to value its lesson.

As Bernard and Wooton prepare to leave, Wilma’s real daughters are finally on their way to join her. Wilma knows she did not deserve her grandfather’s trust, but Wooton accepts the surprising gift as an example of his grandfather’s unusual generosity. The weekend that began with people chasing an inheritance ends with the fortune redirected toward families who truly need help.