Legacy

A traveling theater troupe needs a stage, and Whit knows just the place - the farm Becky has recently inherited. Soon half of Odyssey is cast in a Western musical melodrama, where stinky outlaw Mal Geist robs the bank, boards up the schoolhouse, and poisons the water supply with one unwashed finger... until Marshal Guy Goodfellow lassoes him and ships him off to the desert. But the comfortable townsfolk ignore Guy's warnings to prepare, and Mal rides back with his seven rotten brothers - the Reprobate Eight - to burn the town and tie everyone up in the square. Guy trades himself for the prisoners, gunshots ring out, and he strolls back unharmed, because the outlaws had their rifles pointed at one another and all he had to do was duck. When the curtain falls, Whit has one more idea: the Westcotts need a home, and Becky needs help with the farm. She says yes, and the Timothy Center gains a family, a stage, and a happy ending worth three cheers.

Found on Let’s Put on a Show! Album 62 · 6 episodes

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2 of 2 0806 A Very Bassett Wedding With the wedding two days away, a ruined dress, a missing engagement ring, and a sudden medical emergency send Wooton, his suspicious twin brother, and their friends scrambling to save Penny and Wooton's big day.

0807 Connie the Counselor When her scheming teenage half-sister shows up unannounced and a counseling class assignment forces her to practice therapy on a very reluctant Eugene, Connie discovers that helping people is a lot harder than the textbook makes it look.

0808 No Friend Like an Old Friend A chance encounter with a talkative stranger on the bus home forces Connie to see her frustration with her sister in a whole new light.

0809 Fathers and Sons When a stranger arrives at Jason's antique shop searching for a music box tied to a dead man's estate, an encoded melody launches a treasure hunt through hidden keys, secret riddles, and long-buried family wounds.

0810 The Grass is Always Greener When a broken lawn mower sends their parents to town, Olivia convinces her siblings to secretly swap bedrooms, sure the grass is greener in someone else's room.

1 of 2 0811 Legacy Long-delayed news from a beloved old friend arrives just as two restless teenagers wander into an apple orchard - and stumble upon a stranded troupe of traveling performers.

2 of 2 0812 Legacy When a traveling theater troupe needs a stage and Becky's inherited farm needs visitors, Whit rallies the whole town to put on a Western musical melodrama - and the show may change more lives than anyone expects.

1 of 3 0813 One More Name When a middle schooler's history project stirs her anger over wartime injustice, her teacher shares the true story of a Polish social worker who risked everything to save children from the Warsaw Ghetto.

2 of 3 0814 One More Name In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a social worker and her secret network risk everything to smuggle Jewish children out of the ghetto - but one desperate mother's choice puts a little girl beyond their reach.

3 of 3 0815 One More Name With her secret jars of names at risk and the Gestapo at her door, a woman who smuggled children out of the Warsaw Ghetto must face the ultimate test of her trust in God.

0816 A Perfect Testimony When a visiting missionary kid's miraculous testimony wows the church class, one girl scrambles to manufacture a miracle of her own while a boy goes looking for fear in all the wrong places.

0817 Unfair Game When a fierce basketball rivalry erupts between an American teen and his gifted Filipino opponent in Manila, an apology proves far harder - and matter far more - than winning the game.

1 of 2 0818 Swept Away When weeks of relentless rain push Trickle Lake to the breaking point, the people of Odyssey must race to evacuate before their town's century-old protection fails them.

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Minor characters & crew 10 more roles

10 supporting roles

Rebecca Clemmens Lynne Marta Lena Westcott Karen Kennedy Teena Westcott Katriona Kennedy Karno Westcott Pat Fraley Mal Geist Pat Fraley Guy Goodfellow Robby Bruce Polly Pureheart Shona Rodman Mayor Twitterpate Andre Stojka Singing Voice Phil Lollar Tiny Voice Katie Leigh

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Chris Anthony Host Phil Lollar Writer · Director Nathan Jones Sound Designer · Producer Nathan Hoobler Producer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

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When Karno Westcott and his traveling theater troupe need a place to perform, Whit suggests the Timothy Center, the farm Becky has recently inherited. Becky agrees, hoping a show might draw folks out to see the property, and even asks to be in it herself. Karno chooses a Western musical melodrama he wrote called Return of the Reprobate Eight, and since his little company is too small for the big cast, Whit rounds up friends from Odyssey, including Buck and Jules, to fill the roles. As Whit puts it, "Let's put on a show!"

The melodrama, narrated by Becky, takes place in a friendly little desert town called Santos Cuerpo, a place so peaceful it has never needed a marshal. That changes when stinky Mal Geist rides in. Mal robs the bank, boards up the schoolhouse, poisons the water supply just by sticking his unwashed finger in it, and makes life miserable for everyone. At the suggestion of the sweet schoolteacher Polly Pureheart, the town sends a telegram begging for help from Guy Goodfellow, the finest marshal in the West. Just as Mal is threatening to burn the town down unless Polly marries him, Guy's lasso sails out of nowhere and cinches Mal up tight. Guy ties the villain to a scrawny horse and sends him off to think about what he has done, while Mal wails, "Don't send me to the desert on a horse with no name."

The town celebrates, and Guy and Polly grow close. But Guy warns the mayor that the danger is not over, presenting a long list of ways the town should prepare to defend itself. The comfortable townsfolk refuse to bother, and when Guy is called away to help people in another town, Polly tearfully promises to keep urging her neighbors to follow his instructions. Unfortunately, Mal has escaped the desert, and he watches Guy ride away, gleefully noting that Santos Cuerpo is now wide open.

Mal returns with his seven equally rotten brothers, calling themselves the Ingrate, Incohate, Reprobate Eight. Eight times worse than Mal alone, they rob and burn every building in town, tie up the townsfolk in the square, and once again Mal demands that Polly marry him. She refuses, and just in time Guy Goodfellow reappears. He offers the outlaws a trade: release everyone, and they can have him instead, with no marshal left to spoil their plans. Mal takes the deal. Polly begs Guy not to sacrifice himself, but he sends her away with the others, and from a distance the townsfolk hear gunshots. The mayor sadly admits they should have listened to Guy instead of being selfish, and now their guy is gone. But Guy strolls up unharmed and explains that the Reprobate Eight surrounded him with their rifles pointed at one another, so when they fired, "all I had to do was duck." The grateful town promises to rebuild and follow every one of his instructions, and everyone sings three cheers for a happy ending.

After the show, the performers are delighted. Buck discovers he loves acting, and Eugene points out that Karno based the story on a teaching from Luke chapter 11, then suggests Buck join the church youth group's drama troupe. Jules is praised for how wonderful her singing sounds with the Westcott girls and wonders if she has finally found her thing. Then Whit proposes an idea: Becky wants to keep the farm running but cannot do it alone, and the Westcotts need a home and a stage. If the troupe helps with the farm, Becky can give them a place to live and perform. Whit reminds Becky that the world needs places where people can have hands-on adventures and get back to nature, and that this is why Tom loved the farm and left it to them. Touched by the thought of making the kind of memories that would have made Tom happy, Becky agrees, and the Westcotts happily accept their new home.