Here's the first part of my review. Brownie points for whoever reads it all xD
Episode Twelve
You know, it's kind of hard to believe we're here at the end. This is my third time right here, but it's still like...wow. You know, we're finally here. It took a few months for it to air online, and it took me about a week to listen to it all, but this whole thing probably took less than a week for it to happen to the Odyssey guys. Nonetheless, it's time to wrap up most of our loose ends: what will happen to Jason, where Connie, Penny, and Wooton will go, how Polehaus and Whit will stop the bad guys, what will become of Buck and Katrina, and everything else all here. And so...let's begin.So we start off with a rather exciting music prelude for the episode, which I think helps the listeners get ready for what is going to take place in the clincher episode of the latest saga. It begins with Don Polehaus screaming at poor Martin. Over twenty miles of chasing trucks and nothing found? Well, we do know that something else is afoot, even if we aren't sure. Polehaus, though, is completely ballistic and demands that all the drivers be arrested and each truck disassembled piece by piece. See, Polehaus? I told you, prepare for the worst. But no, he's overconfident-which, that whole popcorn as victory scene seemed so fake-and now he's totally let down. Told you so! Now, he goes to try to see what Whit found. Quickly, Eugene, Whit, and Polehaus get together on a group conference call to see what there is to tell...which isn't much. Eugene asks if the old Ross compound was searched, which is their best bet. After all, quite a bit of the evidence is pointing that way. Matthew and Emily's information seems to prove that there's a fifth compound. All their work actually is helpful. It almost seems too easy, though, that everything they found points in the right direction: an underground bunker, which we know is where our trio was kept, and where it could possibly be hidden. If there were some false information included, or at least something which wouldn't quite help them, it would have made this more realistic. But, no, everything leads right where it needs to. So off they are to the Ross compound to raid the place. HUZZAH! OFF TO THE BAD GUYS! Well, actually not. Nothing but hay bales. Yay, Polehaus. Seriously, kid-er, detective. Tone down on all the know-it-all stuff. You would think after ALL THIS he would learn. Sometimes, I wonder who knows better. Or maybe he's just too cocky. But then Whit sees the raspberry soda, the Winnie the Pooh blanket...now who would that be? A little kid, of course. I mean, no SENSIBLE grown up would use that kind of blanket or make that kind of mess, now would they? Oh wait. I forgot something. We're talking about Wooton here, who obviously has NO BRAINS and can't even add two and two without making some smart remark. YES, WOOTON WAS KIDNAPPED. If they told me to pay ransom money for Wooton, do you think I would? Good heavens no. Let him go ahead and die. He'll go eating all the way down. Blah. Polehaus, though, is stressed because not only is this a kidnapping situation, but also there's the money. So where was Penny and Connie and Wooton taken to? We know it's not by roads, but where? Whit, however, has only one more hope. And it had better work, or everything is finished for.*more epic music*Finally, Monty gets what he's probably been waiting for. Well, I was, at least. He now goes into the nurse and he has the full authority to come in the room. The nurse goes away, and I can't help but think that she sounds like a whiny little kid saying, "You bet I'm gonna tell Mommy!" as she stomps off. Then Monty turns to Dirk and threatens him with the Stiletto. Thankfully, Odyssey makes all the clashes between these guys very...mild. I can't imagine what it would be like if they said whatever they wanted to. We'd prolly here a few...choice words coming out. Then again, this is kid's-friendly...Finally, Dirk decides to spill. And we find out some more. After the history...And then we figure out the numbers are. Numbers of freight cars attatched to a private train.The news quickly gets around to the good gang really fast. Matthew and Emily quickly put their heads together and-amazingly fast for kids younger than me, not to say I'm old or anything :P-figure out everything just like that. It's kinda way too fast to see that the lines on the map could mean this or that. It's just...well, Odyssey stuff. We immediately go back to Dirk and Monty. The whole plan was ingenious. I mean, come on. Taking separate freight cars and trains on non-used railroads to smuggle millions of counterfeit dollars around the country? That's....genius. Nobody would ever find it. Finally, the nurse comes in at a not-crucial time for a change, and Monty leaves, once again threatening Dirk about remembering everything. Does he like to threaten Dirk? Hmm...Once again, epic Skint music before we go to Skint and Buck. Finally, we see "the good hear that Buck has" start to come out a little bit more, as he wonders about Wooton and Penny and Connie and if they'll be okay. True, he might be a little soft...but he's still a criminal down there, a sinner like us all. Katrina only says that he has such a good heart. But, he's still on the shady and gray side, Katrina... And really, Buck. After all you've seen of Skint, and he says there's just one more loose end to tie up, don't you think that that loose end could be potentially something dangerous? I mean, come on. You would have learned by now! However, he trusts Skint and is off to do something we're all sure is going to cause a lot more trouble. Oh, Buck.No, no, no, it's Wooton again! *covers ears* Connie, naturally, is panicking. Wooton, on the other hand, merely says they're making good time. Thanks, Wooton! ._. Connie keeps looking for a way out of here, and Wooton doesn't care at all. Naturally. Penny, though, is moping about the biggest criminal in the world who was actually the same guy she had a crush on. Finally we have a little moral of sorts in the scene. Connie says that we should put our trust in God and the Bible and the Holy Spirit, which will help us discern between right and wrong. Now would have been a good time for her to mention that the only way it can happen is if we accept Christ. But she skips over that, and instead of letting Wooton say something with a moral, what happens? He switches the subject. One more thing to dislike Wooton for. Come on, really. I have lost all respect for Wooton whatsoever. If I ever liked him, I take it back. He has no sunk down to a level below Amber, Barrett, Olivia, and every character I hate, even Nelson. *stops before ranting* And then, he oh-so calmly says that there's a way out, and he doesn't even sound excited about it. REALLY? But, we find the Stilletto! For Jason to wake up like that and be able to keep his accent means that I'm gonna give him kudos. I mean, when I wake up, and I have a fake accent I'm trying to keep running..I don't manage to if I just woke up. But, that's really good. Wooton jokes again about the whole ticket thing, so I'll avoid making a comment about it. Connie, however, realizes that the Stiletto is someone familiar. That shows she stills knows Jason no matter where he is. He then gives Connie a hint about the plates we heard about awhile back, and then tells them to get off the train. Or brace themselves. Naturally, that sounds like something Jason would say before he did it. He's off to...stop the train. Go, Jason! And...literally, he runs away. And...on top of the train. That's just like Jason....a nice nostalgic like feeling even here. Back to Mr. Polehaus the Cocky, who's once again dumbfounded when they don't find any of the trains when the group arrives there. I'll skip my normal rant right here, so I won't ramble again. Promise. However, Whit has everything under control, as he just pushes his cellphone and calls his detective agency. I kinda find it weird how he's acting here. "Oh, let ME find out by calling me agency. They know everything, ya know?" Anyways, Eugene, Matthew, and Emily trace the path...and where do you think it leads? To Haggler's Junk Yard. Now this I find interesting. This is kind of where everything really kicked off, now it looks like major stuff can happen here with the train headed there and all. And of course, if it passes through there without being stopped, the money goes all around the country, and who knows what happens after that? I'd feel kind of helpless if it had come to that and would want to give up, because I'd feel like no matter what I'd done, it still had failed. Why keep on? However, Whit tells Eugene to keep on praying because things are getting more dangerous. And yeah, when all is screwed up, the best person to turn to is God. No matter how bad things are. We can't ever forget it.Yet another phone call is made, this time by Eugene to Wally and Jay. They hear the train is coming, but they don't know where the rails are. That is kinda freaky, you know, not knowing where a train could possibly pass by? Then Eugene says he's never stopped a train before. Possible "In Harm's Way", the video? Of course, there is the excuse that he didn't help, or that the video time isn't relevant to the audio, which is more canon...However, Matthew and Emily put their brains to good use (not that it hasn't been for the last several minutes) and see that the tracks lead in two different ways. And then Wally divulges that there's a track which goes through the shed. Everything kind of quickly tumbles in place. But, there's no time to really think about what's going to happen. I really wouldn't have been able to have made a decision this fast. Eugene told Wally that no matter what, stopping the train was the utmost priority. But he had to think of what would happen to the others. Jeez, that would be a tough situation. However, Matthew's work with the train oh so many episodes ago finally plays its role. I told you something would happen with it! Emily giggles about it-seems she's forgotten Buck-and is glad that he knows about it. Boy, she shifts opinions really fast. Nontehelss, he tells Wally and Jay what to do, and they're off. But I loved Jay's remark here about Matthew not being a man. Jay for the win! But yeah, save the remark for later? Time is ticking out-go pull the switch! Okay, so we go back to the train. That first guy who talks is Jess Harnell, who reminds me of Mortimer from Matthew's ride in the Inspiration Station. The second one reminds me off Dave from the Slow Walk Down Gilead Lane Podcast doing a voice. I re-listened to it, and it surely sounds like it. Conspiracy, possibly? *knows it's Phil Lollar, still* And if not-sue me. I'm weird. I think that's been stated quite a few times. But anyway, all these voices sound so fake right here, that when the two guys and Jason start squabbling, it feels like the epitome of sitting in a room with people who can't act :/ I mean, they come off as just so...weird. But anyways, the three guys are all trying to either keep the train running or stop it, and it almost comes off as hilarious. In fact, if it weren't for the music interlude, I highly doubt I would have remembered it's actually something dangerous going on here.We don't go too far away, just right over to Wally and Jay. I think Jay's finally realized the importance of this situation. After all, he yells for Wally to hurry up. C'mon, Jay, give him a hand! This scene feels a lot like Exit from the Novacom Saga, as they're trying to stop something right before it goes global/country-wide, and the train keeps coming closer. Jay finally sees that he needs to help Wally if they want to stop the train, even if he thinks he doesn't need to. The train comes closer, and it's pretty dramatic...as this is the climax of sorts. And hurrah, they get it down! *little dance* Then there's the...moment of silence. *whispers* Hey guys...the train is coming this way. Oh right, they realize. RUUUNN FOR IT! And so they do. Back on the train, the guys are still fighting, when one of them realizes that they're going off the track. It's kinda...a weird moment as one of them says they don't have orders to stop, and the other doesn't care. Really. Do you think I'd take instructions on that? I'd just stop! And then...it looks like the train is going to crash. It's a breath-taking moment, as we here the train smash through the shed for several seconds, and then absolute silence. Now this is where the episode should have ended. What a cliffhanger!