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