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Album 7: Courageous Characters, Fabulous Friends | ||
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Episodes:86: Isaac the Insecure95: The Very Best of Friends 96: The Reluctant Rival 97: Monty's Christmas 98: The Visitors 99: The Barclay Family Ski Vacation 100: Ice Fishing 101: Scattered Seeds 103: Front Page News 108: Isaac the Courageous 104: Lincoln, Part 1 105: Lincoln, Part 2 |
Another good and creative collection from AIO! While not as memorable as the two collections before it, this album is certainly important with its introduction of some of Odysseys central characters (Isaac, Rodney, Curt, and the "Bones of Rath"), and its great development of other characters (Monty, Jenny, and Jana). One of the central storylines of the album is the Whittaker-Dowd family and its struggles. Jana struggles with her divorce and her conflicts with her father. Jenny struggles with her intelligence and living a "normal life". Monty struggles with his sisters reputation and with his mothers dislike of his father. All of these are played well, and there is a broad variety of interaction between the storylines. The album also includes two perfect follow-ups to earlier albums, The Very Best of Friends (follow-up to Karen, AIO50), and The Visitors (follow-up to Peace on Earth, AIO54). The Visitors is one of the very best AIO stories in the first few years of the program.
Favorite Episode: The Visitors
Rating: 3 stars
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