The Barclays

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:35 am

Sputnik wrote:I hate 'Living in the Grey'! It shows Jimmy turned bad, that's so ugly! Why did they make him move away, anyway? Whats wrong with Odyssey?

Some one actully agrees with me? I thought I was the only person who didn't like it.

Alleycat · Post by **Alleycat** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:44 am

No, I agree.

free_born · Post by **free_born** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:45 am

So do I.

Post by **Catspaw** » Fri May 06, 2005 12:06 pm

I liked Living in the Grey! It was great to hear from George and Jimmy again, and it was realistic. It is painful to hear Jimmy muddling his way to trouble, but not all nice Christian kids manage to stay that way all through life. There are a lot of grey areas that you have to work through, and I think that this ep showed some of those areas. It had some funny moments, too, like Connie's line, "Let's nail the perp!...I think it's short for something." Her stake-out song was great too!

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Fri May 06, 2005 12:32 pm

J-man wrote:
Sputnik wrote:I hate 'Living in the Grey'! It shows Jimmy turned bad, that's so ugly! Why did they make him move away, anyway? Whats wrong with Odyssey?
Some one actully agrees with me? I thought I was the only person who didn't like it.

I hated it.

Post by **Catspaw** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:04 pm

Frodo wrote:
J-man wrote:
Sputnik wrote:I hate 'Living in the Grey'! It shows Jimmy turned bad, that's so ugly! Why did they make him move away, anyway? Whats wrong with Odyssey?
Some one actully agrees with me? I thought I was the only person who didn't like it.
I hated it.

Why didn't you like it?

I'd like to hear the reasons why it is dislike by so many people.

Master Kenobi · Post by **Master Kenobi** » Fri May 06, 2005 2:43 pm

It's nothing personal, but I've never liked the Barclays.

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:02 pm

I don't think the Barclays will be offended or take it personally.

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Sat May 07, 2005 3:34 am

I love the Barclays! It would be awesome to hear from them again! Jimmy is my favorite character in the family, and I just loved hearing from him recently. I think it would be great to hear from Stuart. Now that he's probably in his teens, it would be cool if he came to Odyssey for a visit with his family.

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:14 pm

Taken from Frank's Breakfast Inn

May 18
Living in the Gray, Part 1

May 19
Living in the Gray, Part 2

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Sat May 07, 2005 3:47 pm

Chandler wrote:Taken from Frank's Breakfast Inn

May 18
Living in the Gray, Part 1

May 19
Living in the Gray, Part 2

Oh...thank you.

You should all go and hear the ep. I really liked it. (And I liked how Jimmy sounds exactly the same as when his voice first changed...)

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:23 pm

Sputnik wrote:I hate 'Living in the Grey'! It shows Jimmy turned bad, that's so ugly! Why did they make him move away, anyway? Whats wrong with Odyssey?

Your attitude on these threads has been annoying me. I believe I posted earlier today that it is possible to express your opinions with respect.

To answer your questions, they had the Barclay's move away as George took a pastoring job in Pokenberry Falls (and yes that was in a different ep, but it does answer your question). Also, they had Jimmy 'turn bad' for a reason. Well, several actually. To get the point of the episode across they had to use a character we care about, in this case Jimmy. We saw Jimmy come to the end of himself, and as a result come back to God and admit to his Dad things were rough.

I fail to see the problem.

Me wrote:I believe that one of the main ones was that they ran out of storylines for them. They had gone through allmost everything, and there was nothing left for them.

There were a couple reasons. First, they really didn't run out of storylines. The problem was (according to the Complete Guide) is that the family on that side of the radio was now dealing with different issues. Jimmy and Donna were now teenagers, which really didn't work too well considering AIO was originally aimed towards kids in the pre-teen age range. Second (and I think someone mentioned this) is that Chuck Bolte was leaving the show.

As for my opinion of the Barclays, I like them. They were one of many things that endeared me to the show when I first started listening. I do hope we hear from them again soon, especially since we only heard from half the family in Living in the Gray.

-Jonathan

Me · Post by Me » Sat May 07, 2005 11:01 pm

Ahh. I see. It's been a while since I've read the complete guide.

I found Living in the Grey to be a very enjoyable episode. Any time we hear from one of the Barclays, it generally seems to be a good episode.

Alleycat · Post by **Alleycat** » Sun May 08, 2005 6:24 am

I like the barcley family. Their my favorite family in odessey! I just hated seeing Jimmy act that way.

free_born · Post by **free_born** » Sun May 08, 2005 6:32 am

Like I said, Sputnik, your avvie fits you.

I thought 'Living in the Grey' was alright, except that I was somewhat disappointed in Jimmy's behavour.

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Sun May 08, 2005 1:57 pm

free_born wrote:Like I said, Sputnik, your avvie fits you.

I thought 'Living in the Grey' was alright, except that I was somewhat disappointed in Jimmy's behavour.

Well, I think that was the point. A lot of PKs end up going through really rough times in their lives like that. It's usually mostly out of rebellion, though.

DanP740 · Post by **DanP740** » Sun May 08, 2005 6:50 pm

OrigamiKid wrote:Jimmy is my favorite in the broccoli family. He is the second oldest always being bossed around by "Big Sister."

~OrigamiKid

Broccoli???????

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:18 pm

Haha, a great reference to the episode, Our Daily Bread, I believe. In this particular episode, a female receptionist called George Barclay, "Mr. Broccoli." I always found the lady rather amusing.

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:46 pm

I liked Jimmy the best in the barclay family. The others are ok..

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:44 pm

Trent DeWhite wrote:Haha, a great reference to the episode, Our Daily Bread, I believe. In this particular episode, a female receptionist called George Barclay, "Mr. Broccoli." I always found the lady rather amusing.

I believe that lady said some different mangling of their name...the "Broccoli family" is what Don Iowa said in Aloha, Oy.

I liked Mr. Barclay, but the kids weren't my favorite since they seemed to hate and talk really ugly to each other in almost all of their episodes.