Best Intentions

Whit is home from the hospital, and his friends are smothering him with kindness. Connie plumps his pillows and serves him granola, Eugene guards the door and screens every call, and all Whit wants is to read Pilgrim's Progress in peace. When Eugene turns Tom Riley away, Tom simply climbs the tree outside Whit's window and lets himself in. Meanwhile, bumbling detective Harlow Doyle finds Whit's End closed and decides Whit isn't sick at all... he's being held captive! Soon Harlow comes through the window too, face smeared with grease, and when Connie and the doctor burst in, the bedroom erupts into chaos - protests, raids, and all. In the uproar, nobody notices that Whit has quietly slipped away to reopen Whit's End, where he figures he'll finally get some rest.

Found on Flights of Imagination Album 16 · 12 episodes

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0207 The Case of the Candid Camera When a boy's camera vanishes at Whit's End, bumbling private eye Harlow Doyle takes the case - but the theft may be tangled up with the town's upcoming Bible Bowl.

0208 Pipe Dreams When a nervous kid passed over for his dream Government Day assignment gets stuck in the county's least glamorous office, a storm gives him more excitement than he bargained for.

0209 Columbus: The Grand Voyage A time-traveling boy lands in fifteenth-century Spain, where his dream of sailing with Christopher Columbus tangles him in royal intrigue on the eve of history's most famous voyage.

0210 On Solid Ground When Kids Radio's call-in show about foundations is interrupted by a "breaking news" broadcast from the 21st century B.C., OT Action News reporters cover the unfolding saga of Abram and his nephew Lot live from the ancient Middle East.

1 of 2 0211 The Mortal Coil When Whit programs an Imagination Station adventure meant to show that death holds no fear for a Christian, his creation proves far more powerful than anyone at Whit's End is prepared for.

2 of 2 0212 The Mortal Coil When a heart attack leaves Whit hanging between life and death, the people who love him must reckon with what he built, what he believed, and who else may have paid the price for it.

0213 Best Intentions When doctor-ordered rest turns into house arrest, Whit's overzealous caretakers face a determined old friend, a bumbling private eye, and a patient with escape on his mind.

0214 The Living Nativity When Odyssey's beloved Nativity scene is destroyed, Whit and the kids decide to become the Christmas story themselves - until an unexpected complaint threatens to shut them down.

0215 Caroling, Caroling On a snowy Christmas Eve in Odyssey, Whit takes Connie and the kids on an old-fashioned sleigh ride of caroling that turns each stop into a celebration of the first Christmas.

0216 Like Father, Like Son When the soccer team's fundraiser cash box vanishes, a boy whose father is in prison must fight to prove his innocence to a town - and a mother - all too ready to believe the worst.

0217 Rights, Wrongs and Reasons A blind girl's visit to Whit's End turns into a lively game of sorting right and wrong actions from the reasons behind them - until one biblical story proves harder to judge than anyone expected.

0218 A Class Act A financially desperate theater owner agrees to teach an acting class for the people of Odyssey, but an anonymous benefactor's money forces him to choose between flattery and honesty.

0219 Treasures of the Heart When a dinner-table question about what each family member would save from a fire sends George digging through the attic, the Barclays confront what they truly treasure - while Jimmy schemes to buy the most expensive sneakers in Odyssey.

Featured characters

Minor characters & crew 5 more roles

1 featured character

Sam Johnson Kyle Ellison

4 supporting roles

Doc Morton Diane Michelle Homeless man #1 Actor Unknown Homeless man #2 Actor Unknown Homeless man #3 Actor Unknown

Made by

Chris Anthony Host Paul McCusker Writer · Producer Phil Lollar Director Dave Arnold Sound Designer · Producer Chuck Bolte Executive Producer

The story

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John Whittaker is home from the hospital, and he is not enjoying it one bit. He has been through a frightening ordeal in the Imagination Station - a coma, and possibly a mild heart attack - and Doc Morton has prescribed plenty of rest. Connie Kendall and Eugene Meltsner have taken her instructions to heart, and then some. Connie plumps pillows, serves a healthy breakfast of fruit, yogurt, and granola, and vacuums the carpets, while Eugene screens every phone call and guards the front door like a sentry. When Tom Riley stops by for a quick hello, Eugene politely but firmly refuses to let him in. Whit, meanwhile, just wants everyone to stop babysitting him and let him read Pilgrim's Progress in peace.

Across town, Sam Johnson discovers that Whit's End is closed, even though it is not Sunday, and that the door now plays a recorded message. Enter Harlow Doyle, private eye, a detective with grand methods and very little sense. Convinced that something is very, very wrong, Harlow concludes that Whit is not sick at all but is being held captive by Eugene, and he sets out to crack the case.

Tom refuses to be turned away. He climbs the tree outside Whit's bedroom, comes in through the window, and insists on reading Pilgrim's Progress aloud to his friend, though the old English baffles him at every turn. Before long Harlow arrives the same way, boosted up the tree by three helpful homeless men, his face smeared with grease for camouflage. He promptly joins the reading, taking the part of Obstinate. When Doc Morton drops in to check on her patient and Connie opens the bedroom door, the room erupts - Eugene protests the invasion, Tom stands his ground, and Harlow announces a raid. In all the commotion, everyone suddenly notices that Whit has vanished. He has quietly slipped outside, where he finds Sam waiting under a tree, and the two head off together to reopen Whit's End, where Whit figures he will finally get some rest anyway.