Rewards in Full

Jack Allen launches Food for the Hungry, a program to collect food for people in need - and suddenly everyone wants a piece of the glory. Young Erica Clark spends three days making bicycle-helmet safety posters, only to watch her helper Brenda soak up the whole school's applause when the vice principal gives her the credit. Meanwhile Bart Rathbone, who wouldn't spare an inch of the Electric Palace for donations, smells customers and goes on live television claiming he founded Jack's program himself. Erica is furious, but Jack isn't... he started the program to feed hungry people, and the food is pouring in either way. Then the interviewer asks Bart how the food actually gets to the hungry, and the cornered showman has to admit on the air that Jack is the real brains behind it all. Brenda tells the truth too and hands Erica full credit, and Erica forgives her - then invites her to stay on as a partner, because the work matters more than the applause.

Found on Risks and Rewards Album 24 · 12 episodes

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0306 A Victim of Circumstance A prank gone wrong lands Whit's End in court when an opportunistic lawyer convinces the Rathbones that Rodney is the real victim.

0307 Poetry in Slow Motion A struggling student who can't make sense of his class's poetry unit will try almost anything to avoid admitting he needs help.

0308 Subject Yourself While young Lawrence chafes under his orthodontist's strict rules, his mother must decide whether to challenge a flawed new school curriculum - even if it costs her career.

1 of 3 0309 The Perfect Witness When a bookstore robbery goes wrong, the thieves take a blind girl as the "perfect" hostage - never suspecting how much a witness can learn without seeing.

2 of 3 0310 The Perfect Witness A detective must piece together a blindfolded witness's memories of sounds and smells before the kidnappers' trail - and their hideout - disappears forever.

3 of 3 0311 The Perfect Witness A blind girl's remarkable memory for sounds and details may be the key to unraveling a bookstore robbery that's far more than it appears.

0312 Rewards in Full A citywide charity drive and a school safety campaign test what happens when the credit for good work lands on the wrong people.

0313 Top This! When her lifelong-rival cousin moves to Odyssey, Courtney turns a simple youth group fundraiser into an escalating contest to outdo her - while the local radio station stages its own outrageous bid for attention.

1 of 3 0314 The Underground Railroad Told through a curator's discovery of hidden tunnels beneath Whit's End, an enslaved Tennessee family's hope for freedom is tested when a cruel master's spite tears them apart.

2 of 3 0315 The Underground Railroad While one fugitive risks everything by mailing himself north in a shipping crate, two others race a relentless slave catcher toward a freedom that a new law may snatch away

3 of 3 0316 The Underground Railroad An enslaved family's desperate flight north along the Underground Railroad tests the limits of faith, sacrifice, and the strangers willing to risk everything to help them.

0317 B-TV: Envy When B-TV takes on the green-eyed monster of envy, Bernard and the gang use talk-show spoofs, fables, and detective drama to reveal where wanting what others have can lead.

1 of 2 0318 A Touch of Healing An ambitious experiment with the Imagination Station offers two children a taste of what their disabilities have denied them, while Connie faces a family crisis at the hospital.

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Minor characters & crew 4 more roles

4 supporting roles

Brenda Perry Jennifer Day Mr. Hunt Bob Luttrell Abby Libbens Maureen Davis Harry Wainwright Chick Rapport

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Chris Anthony Host Phil Lollar Writer · Director Mark Drury Producer Paul McCusker Producer Chuck Bolte Executive Producer

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Jack Allen begins Food for the Hungry, a citywide program that will collect and distribute food to people in need. Connie asks Bart Rathbone to let the Electric Palace serve as a collection point. Bart refuses because donations will occupy space without bringing him money, though he reluctantly agrees to display a small poster.

At the same time, Erica Clark learns how many young bicycle riders are injured when they do not wear helmets. Jack challenges her to spread the warning herself. Erica worries that no one will listen to a child, but Jack reminds her not to let anyone look down on her because she is young. She spends three days designing helmet-safety posters and arrives at school early to hang them.

Brenda Perry offers to help Erica. Vice Principal Hunt catches Brenda putting up posters but approves their message. At an assembly later that day, he mistakenly announces that Brenda created the campaign and praises her before the whole school. Brenda accepts the applause without correcting him. Erica is furious that someone else has received credit for her idea and work.

Bart's attitude also changes for the wrong reason. When wealthy factory owner Harry Wainwright sees the Food for the Hungry poster and says businesses should support charities, Bart announces that his store will collect donations. Wainwright promises to send nearly a thousand employees there. Bart sees potential customers, creates many new posters advertising the Electric Palace, and uses the charity to promote his business.

Connie confronts Bart, but he is preparing for a live television interview. On Odyssey Forum, he presents himself as the inspired founder of Food for the Hungry and repeatedly advertises his store. Connie is outraged that Bart is claiming Jack's idea. Erica points to his behavior as proof that Jack should understand her anger toward Brenda.

Jack does understand, but he is not angry. He began the program to feed hungry people, and Bart's self-promotion is bringing in food. Jack does not object to honest recognition, yet praise was never his purpose. Bart and Brenda have received the public reward they wanted, while Jack and Erica can know their efforts are truly helping others.

During the interview, Bart is asked how the donated food will be distributed. He has been so busy chasing publicity that he has never learned the answer. Cornered, he finally admits that Jack created the distribution system and says he could not have succeeded without him.

Brenda then comes to Whit's End and apologizes to Erica. She has already told Hunt the truth and given Erica full credit. Erica accepts the apology and realizes that helmet safety matters more than applause. She invites Brenda to remain her partner because the work is too large to do alone. As the two girls plan their next project, Connie jokingly agrees to clean tables only if she receives credit.