What's the Catch?

Bridget Perkins starts her first college classes with only one voice cheering her on - Zev, the AI on her phone. Her friend Kandy has a scheme: volunteer for student teacher Renee Carter's swap meet fundraiser, butter her up, ask her to be a mentor, then request a cut of the money for their club. Bridget works the plan, hauling love seats, heirloom clocks, and a horrible laughing clown doll... but she starts to actually like Renee. When the money plan falls flat, Kandy calls it a waste, and Bridget lies her way out of the swap meet with a fake excuse. Then Renee stuns her by landing the club a beautiful conference table anyway - she saw through the whole scheme and helped because she wanted to. Bridget confesses everything and is forgiven, but Renee leaves her with a warning: be careful who you're letting use you.

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1030 Knox on Money A podcast episode about money takes an unexpectedly personal turn when a surprise guest's story about a long-ago robbery hits close to home for the host.

1031 Now Hiring With Whit heading out of town, Connie is promoted to manager of Whit's End and must make her first big decision: choosing the shop's newest employee from a very unlikely pool of candidates.

1032 As Iron Sharpens Iron When a Bible lesson about friendship sends Wyatt searching for the perfect companion, he turns to an AI app that tells him everything he wants to hear - while his sister Bridget's new friend turns out to be more trouble than she seems.

1 of 2 1033 The Prodigal Twin When Wooton Bassett's estranged twin brother vanishes without a trace, he flies to Alaska to play detective - and discovers that finding Wellington may mean finally facing his father.

2 of 2 1034 The Prodigal Twin When Wooton's estranged twin brother vanishes amid accusations of a multimillion-dollar theft, the Bassett family must decide whether some relationships are truly beyond repair.

1035 Word in the Hallway When a hallway rumor about her spirals out of control, a middle schooler must decide whether staying silent to help her best friend is worth the harm it causes.

1036 What's the Catch? A high schooler starting college classes gets roped into a friend's scheme to flatter a student teacher for fundraiser money - and finds the plan harder on her conscience than she expected.

1037 A Quick Fix When a get-rich-quick promise lures a young lawn-mowing entrepreneur away from honest work, two families in Odyssey learn what fast money really costs.

1038 Accountability, Please On the same day a mom returns to the police force under a difficult partner, her daughter's friends must decide whether caring about someone means confronting her about a secret.

1039 The Great Yellowstone Heist A know-it-all kid's obsessive vacation planning becomes his family's only hope when a Yellowstone camping trip takes a criminal turn.

1 of 2 1040 The Measure of a Patriot When two classmates use the Imagination Station to settle whose American patriot is most inspiring, meeting their heroes face-to-face proves far more complicated than the history books let on.

2 of 2 1041 The Measure of a Patriot Two kids time-travel through American history hoping to find a flawless founding father to write about - but every patriot they meet keeps disappointing them.

1042 You're in Good Hands When a class assignment asks fourth graders what they want to be when they grow up, one kid launches an insurance company and another chases stand-up comedy stardom - and both discover their shortcuts come with a price.

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Kandy Morris Alisha Liston ETHER Griffin Burns Mother(b) Actor Unknown Cat Lady(b) Actor Unknown Clock Owner Actor Unknown

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Chris Anthony Host Abigail Geiger Writer · Director Zach Schneider Sound Designer Nathan Hoobler Producer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

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Bridget Perkins wakes up on her first day of classes at Campbell College feeling anything but excited. She is still in high school, only taking two college courses, and the one voice cheering her on is Zev, the chatty AI companion on her phone, who suggests she celebrate the milestone with a milkshake and explains that celebrating is when someone decides to be happy "on purpose." At home, her mom is busy juggling church committee phone calls, and Bridget brushes off her attempts at first-day pictures and hurries out the door.

On campus, Bridget is swept up by her friend Kandy Morris, who has already signed her up for their club, the Atheist Society, called Athee Koinonia. Kandy has a favor to ask. In Bridget's Science and Ethics class, the student teacher, Renee Carter, announces a swap meet fundraiser to send the Science Club to the National Air and Space Museum, and Kandy wants Bridget to volunteer. The plan: work hard, flatter Renee, ask her to be a mentor, and then request a cut of the money for their club, which desperately needs funds to bring in a conference speaker. When Bridget asks whether that isn't a little manipulative, Kandy cheerfully answers, "If you're doing it right, yes."

Bridget spends her free afternoons riding around town with Renee in a borrowed truck, collecting donations: a love seat rejected by a picky cat named Mothball, a wall of heirloom clocks from a woman discovering minimalism, and a horrible laughing clown doll one family is thrilled to be rid of. Bridget follows Kandy's script, praising Renee's class and asking her to be her mentor, but she also finds herself genuinely enjoying Renee's company. When Bridget finally asks for a share of the proceeds, Renee gently explains she has no control over the funds; the dean decides. Bridget feels humiliated, and Kandy tells her the whole thing was a waste and urges her to quit before the Saturday swap meet. Torn, Bridget has Zev text Renee a fake excuse, and that evening she lies to her mom about who she has been talking to and turns down a family movie night.

Then Renee surprises her. Instead of being angry, she thanks Bridget warmly and shares news: a beautiful donated conference table is going to Athee Koinonia, because Renee asked the dean to hold it back for the new club still meeting around a plastic picnic table. Overwhelmed, Bridget confesses everything: the flattery, the fake mentorship request, Kandy's whole scheme. Renee answers simply, "I forgive you, hen," and admits she had guessed as much all along; she helped anyway because the request was reasonable and she liked spending time with Bridget. She invites Bridget to coffee sometime. Bridget hesitates, partly because Renee is a Christian, and mentions she already has weekend plans to see a movie with a friend: "His name is Zev." As they part, Renee leaves her with one last thought: she doesn't believe Bridget is the kind of person who uses people, "But I'd be careful who you're letting use you." Bridget quietly promises she will be.