680: The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 2

[Sapphire]

I really enjoyed this episode. I gave it five stars out of five.

[Dr. Watson]

I mentioned this in the SPOILER RIDDEN thread I think, but I will say it here now!

Anyone think that Mr. Skint (or whatever his name is >_>) sounds a lot like he could have been voiced by Walker Edminston? Obviously that isn't the case. But if I was unaware Edminston had passed away I would have just assumed he was voicing him.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if they are test-driving the voice in order to use him later as a replacement-Tom.


Oh, and Andre's voice is getting better as Whit. I am relieved.

[DanP740]

If you're talking about that circus guy, yeah, he does sound a little like Tom.

The bad guys' names annoy me. What real villian group has member whose names are all puns?

[Catspaw]

I'm putting this in spoiler tags because I don't remember if this info has been revealed yet, but it's a really small thing in answer to Dan's question.

In the backpack they recover, "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens is found. I haven't read the book (because it sounds really sad) but I browsed info on Wikipedia because of Buck Oliver's name, and a lot of names in Oliver Twist say something about the character, which was not uncommon at the time Dickens was writing. I think a bit of that idea carried over into this album, with some names seeming to imply something about the character. I could be totally offbase on this, but this is a theory that I have about the names.

[Taps]

My opinion so far is that they should have spaced these episodes out more or released this as radio theatre. This episode was okay 3/5 stars due to lack of interesting and extreme predictability. It might just be that I require to grow down some but AIO seems to becoming more and more predictable Hopefully we shall some plot twists in the upcoming episodes, although I can tell you that at the end of this everything will resolve and it will be "happily ever after."

31899

I don't think 31899 will ever be happy with the "new" AIO even if they make amazing albums

[31899]

My opinion so far is that they should have spaced these episodes out more or released this as radio theatre. This episode was okay 3/5 stars due to lack of interesting and extreme predictability. It might just be that I require to grow down some but AIO seems to becoming more and more predictable Hopefully we shall some plot twists in the upcoming episodes, although I can tell you that at the end of this everything will resolve and it will be "happily ever after."

31899

I don't think 31899 will ever be happy with the "new" AIO even if they make amazing albums

I would appreciate not being talked about in the third person in threads I am permitted to read.

I'm sorry AIO is predictable usually and I actually think about the episode I just listened to? 3/5 is a pretty good rating. Amazing is perspective, and I am entitled to my opinion. If you have a problem with it, talk to me not the board.

31899

[Leonard Meltsner]

Did it seem strange to anyone that when the ambulance came toe the junkyard, that Jay ran out, and Matthew and Nelson continued their discussion like nothing had happened?! Where's the Christian compassion for others here? An ambulance came; someone is in serious trouble, and they don't even bat an eyelash. I thought that that was very strange.

[jennifertwt]

Did it seem strange to anyone that when the ambulance came toe the junkyard, that Jay ran out, and Matthew and Nelson continued their discussion like nothing had happened?! Where's the Christian compassion for others here? An ambulance came; someone is in serious trouble, and they don't even bat an eyelash. I thought that that was very strange.

wow, it might be a sign of the times, but I didn´t even notice that. Though, I think most people would stay out of the way once the professionals arrived, so as not to get in the way of them doing their job. Overall, I am enjoying this new album, though I do wish they had given each episode a different title. It will be hard in the future to discuss `the one about.....´etc.

[Steve]

Did it seem strange to anyone that when the ambulance came toe the junkyard, that Jay ran out, and Matthew and Nelson continued their discussion like nothing had happened?! Where's the Christian compassion for others here? An ambulance came; someone is in serious trouble, and they don't even bat an eyelash. I thought that that was very strange.

wow, it might be a sign of the times, but I didn´t even notice that. Though, I think most people would stay out of the way once the professionals arrived, so as not to get in the way of them doing their job. Overall, I am enjoying this new album, though I do wish they had given each episode a different title. It will be hard in the future to discuss `the one about.....´etc.

I actually, would have gone inside, out of the way. I'm like a scared puppy when it comes to hospitals and stuff like that...

[Leonard Meltsner]

Did it seem strange to anyone that when the ambulance came toe the junkyard, that Jay ran out, and Matthew and Nelson continued their discussion like nothing had happened?! Where's the Christian compassion for others here? An ambulance came; someone is in serious trouble, and they don't even bat an eyelash. I thought that that was very strange.

wow, it might be a sign of the times, but I didn´t even notice that. Though, I think most people would stay out of the way once the professionals arrived, so as not to get in the way of them doing their job. Overall, I am enjoying this new album, though I do wish they had given each episode a different title. It will be hard in the future to discuss `the one about.....´etc.

I actually, would have gone inside, out of the way. I'm like a scared puppy when it comes to hospitals and stuff like that...

I don't know, if it was me, I'd be running over there to make sure that nobody's dying or anything like that. Obviously an ambulance means something's wrong, but they didn't even seem to show any concern that someone could be dying over there.

[Christian A.]

Here's my review:

I thought that the opening scene to this second episode was even better than last week's opening scene with Matthew and Emily. This time we got some answers to questions right off the bat, and I hope the same thing happens next week. I really like the characters of Mr. Skint and Buck, but already a bunch more questions have been brought up. I'm wondering if the fact that they both have southern accents will come into play later on. I would think Detective Polehaus should have been more suspicious of Buck upon hearing his strange accent. (I personally think it sounds fake--kind of like the Australian boy, Simon, in A Little Credit, Please.) Somehow they have a connection with Uncle Archie of the carnival, and I think that's going to matter later on.

Detective Polehaus keeps making a big deal about how bad of a family background Wally Haggler has, and I don't know if anyone else caught it, but Uncle Archie is his brother. (So does that mean he's Jay's dad?! Or just another uncle?) I think the detective must know something about Archie's involvement in something, or at least he's suspicious, or he wouldn't be harping upon Wally's background so much. I thought it was intriguing that the detective also knew immediately who the Stiletto is, and that he thought Wally was lying as soon as he was brought up. I looked up the word stiletto in the dictionary to see if that'd give me any clues, but it only means "a small dagger" or "a thin high heel on a woman's shoe". I still think it could be Mr. Charles or the Chairman. I don't think it's Mitch, Richard, or Jason, because each of them is a Christian, and wouldn't do something like that. Well I guess Richard isn't necessarily a Christian, but he's always been a good guy, and he understands forgiveness and repentance. I really have no clue who he could be though.

Monty works in the Secret Service? I never would have guessed that he'd go that direction from his earlier shows. I wonder if Jana knows anything about it. Maybe his dad got him into it. But I think it makes sense that he'd be investigating the counterfeit case. My theory is that he is a spy for the government, and Dirk Beggs, Mr. Skint whoever the other guy is think he's in on the plan. The only sign that he was an agent was the disc under his skin, so I don't see how any of them would know, or why he'd tell them. I can't see him being a double agent against the government, so I don't think he's actually working with them. But now he's right back out of the hospital, and he left us with another cliff-hanger!

Eugene seems to have his action/adventure cap on in these episodes. His attitude and tone remind me of the days when he was trying to find his father with Whit. The chemistry between him and Emily, in my opinion, is really, really good, and I think he'd make a more fitting partner for Emily in a detective agency than Matthew does. And also, the music again really added to the show. John Campbell does a great job composing for mysteries. It hearkens back to the Novacom days. But I'm still waiting to hear from Katrina! I hope she comes in soon. And I hope Audrey Wasalewski starts doing a better job with her voice. In past episodes with her and Eugene, I agree with those who say that she isn't as good of a Katrina as Pamela Hayden was. But she hasn't been in mystery mode for a while, so maybe she can redeem herself.

The kids were really good in the episode again. I thought Matthew especially did a good job. He was right to say that he shouldn't go to meet a stranger, and then I thought it was great that he said he wanted to meet at the police station. I'm really itching to know what's on the AppleBerry phone, to find out why Mr. Skint is so concerned that it will fall into the wrong hands. Georgina Cordova continues to do a great job playing Nelson, and I'm continually amazed at how much she can make him sound like a boy. His argument with Jay about the plane crash made me laugh. Jay also did a good job in the episode. It seems that he's going to be a very important character in the episodes to come, since he links the bad guys to the good guys. I look forward to hearing more from him, since Marvin says that he's in every episode this season.

There are still so many questions, despite how many were answered in this episode: What is Dirk Beggs' secret? What's on the AppleBerry he dropped? What's Uncle Wally's part in all this? And what is the significance of his relation to Uncle Archie at the carnival? Who is Monty working for? Why and how did he escape from the hospital? What's going to happen with the counterfeit money? Is that the "knapsack or something" that dropped from the plane during the fight in the air? Why is Detective Polehaus so suspicious and hostile toward Uncle Wally? Does the detective have any secrets himself? Who is the Stiletto? And why do all the suspicious people know who he is? What part is Connie going to play as the episodes continue? Is her place at the college going to play a role? What's going to happen at Uncle Archie's carnival? And when will we ever learn if a duck's quack really echoes?!

I can't wait to hear the answers to all these questions as the season continues to unfold. I'm glad that this episode had a good moral presented by Chris at the end. Hopefully the rest of the episodes will end up following suit. Thank you for taking the time to read my review!