Treasures of the Heart

Jimmy Barclay has his heart set on a pair of Jordos, the inflatable tennis shoes every kid in Odyssey wants - and he's ready to spend $125 of his own savings to get them. Meanwhile a dinner-table question about what each Barclay would save from a fire sends George up to the attic hunting for his beloved childhood books, and the search snowballs into a giant attic sale to raise money for the new orphanage. But Donna is hiding a secret: the books are long gone, thrown away years ago after a toddler-aged Jimmy scribbled them full of crayon. When George falls beside a loose floorboard and finds a single green-crayoned page from his old Lone Ranger book, the truth comes out... and so does his forgiveness. Then Jimmy discovers George's old leather jacket from high school - suddenly the hottest trend at school - and begs his dad not to sell it. George names his price: $125, all for the orphanage. Sold, to the young man in the bargain-bin sneakers.

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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.

0220 This is Chad Pearson? When a small-town errand accidentally wins Connie a day with TV's hottest teen heartthrob - a star she's never even watched - the celebrity meets the one fan who refuses to be impressed.

0221 It Is Well When a familiar hymn catches Lucy's ear at Whit's End, Whit reveals the astonishing true story of loss and faith behind its words.

0222 The Jesus Cloth When a scrap of cloth rumored to be from the robe of Jesus arrives at Whit's End, one whispered secret turns a quiet town's curiosity into a frenzy Whit can't contain.

0223 Real Time Trapped in a stalled elevator with a ticking clock, Whit and shock jock Bryan Dern must confront a bomber's revenge - and each other's beliefs - live on the air.

0224 Greater Love On the twentieth anniversary of his son's death, a grieving father comes face to face with the last person he ever expected to find at the boy's grave.

0225 Count it All Joy A frustrated girl who thinks her life is rotten tries to fix her string of bad days with a Bible verse - only to discover she's got it all wrong.

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

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At the Barclay dinner table, Jimmy announces that he has his eye on a pair of Jordos, the inflatable name-brand tennis shoes every kid in Odyssey seems to want. The catch: even on sale, they cost $125. His parents, George and Mary, can't understand paying that much for shoes when a perfectly good $25 pair from Save Mart will do, but Jimmy has been saving his allowance and thinks the Save Mart Super Flyers are an embarrassment.

Donna changes the subject with a question from her civics class: if the house were on fire and the family was safe, what one thing would each of them rescue? Donna would grab her scrapbook, Mary her mother's recipe box and her grandfather's Bible, Jimmy his autographed baseball glove. George picks a box of beloved books from his childhood - books he hasn't looked at in ten years and can't even locate. He heads straight to the attic to hunt for them, and the search turns into a full-scale cleanup. Soon Mary has a bigger idea: a giant attic sale on Saturday to raise money for the new orphanage.

Meanwhile, Jimmy runs into Lawrence at Whit's End, where Lawrence proudly shows off his brand-new Jordos. Whit gently suggests that being cool has more to do with who a person is on the inside than what's on their feet, but Jimmy still wants those shoes and tells his parents he intends to use his budget money to buy them. Up in the attic, George keeps failing to find his books but discovers something else: the leather jacket he saved for weeks to buy in high school, back when his own parents thought he was out of his mind. Humbled, he lets Jimmy try the jacket on and admits he remembers what it feels like to want something that seems terribly important at the time.

The attic holds one more secret. Donna stuns Jimmy with the news that George will never find his books, because years ago a toddler-aged Jimmy ripped out their pages and colored on them, and a panicked Donna secretly threw the books away. Neither one wants to confess - until George takes a tumble in the attic and lands next to a loose floorboard holding a single page from his old Lone Ranger book, covered in green crayon. The mystery solved, Donna owns up, and George forgives her, having already decided that as long as his family is safe, nothing else he owns has much lasting value.

On sale day the jacket turns out to be the hottest trend at school, and Jimmy begs his dad not to sell it. George names his price: $125, take it or leave it, all for the orphanage. Jimmy takes it - sold to the young man in the Save Mart Super Flyers.