Superbook (2011–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Test! - full transcript
Chris has never been this excited. His birthday gift is a HoloStation 4, the ultimate holographic gaming system! It's so popular that there aren't enough to go around for all the kids who want one. Such as the sick boy at the local hospital; even the hospital is unable to pull strings to get him one. Chris feels a twinge of guilt, but it takes SUPERBOOK'S ministrations to turn him around. The kids journey to meet Abraham and his beloved son, Isaac, whom he was willing to sacrifice because it's what God wants. Abraham puts God first in his life, above everything else. This has a profound effect on Chris, who returns home to donate his coveted HoloStation 4 to the little boy at the hospital. He sacrifices what is important to him and does it because he knows it's what God is asking him to do.
Abraham...
Look up into the sky and
count the stars if you can.
That's how many
descendants you will have!
I am almost 100 years old.
How can I become a father?
Sarah, your wife, will give
birth to a son for you.
You will name him Isaac, and I
will confirm my covenant with
him and his descendants as an
everlasting covenant.
This night I give you
this burnt offering,
my Lord, my God.
That's right Isaac,
one step at a time.
Throw it with
all your might, son.
What a strong young man.
Thank you, son.
Abraham, go get Isaac your
only son.
The one you dearly love.
Take him to the land of Moriah
and I will show you a mountain
where you must sacrifice him to
me on the fires of an altar.
You... You wish me to
make an offering...
of my son, Isaac?
♪
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story's forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook ♪
I'm the most fearless
bounty hunter in the galaxy!
I got 'em on the run now, Joy!
I am Commander Krazno
of Dark Shadow Warriors.
Yeah? What are you
takin' for that by the way?
Why not try a couple of these...
AND CALL ME
IN THE MORNING!
Wow! Virtual Bender's
Holo-9 is beyond awesome!!
Yes. And it's
sold out everywhere.
But you can bet here at
Wow Mart, we'll have
the lowest price in town!
If we ever get any
more in stock.
I've begged and pleaded
for my mom and dad to get
me one of these!
Of all the things you could
want in the world, Chris, do you
realize you want something that
isn't even real...
It's a "hollow" helmet...
What's that?
You mean that sound like a
big machine about to explode?
Sure, let's walk toward it.
Surpriiiise!!
WHOA!
How did you get one??
I called in a favor from a
fellow inventor
at Virtual Bender.
Oh, thank you thank you
thank you thank you thank you!!
Oh, I just don't KNOW how
to thank you!!
I'd say you're
doing pretty well.
Hi, Chris!
Speaking of games... I have been
uploading some cool new games
myself!
What has this thing got that I
do not have, Chris?
Oh... just
Mega-Ultra-Combat 9,
Interplanetary Zombie Quest,
Armored Ninja Smackdown, Bionic
Rock Band Revolt...
Oh... those.
Hi, Debbie!
What's up?
Hi Phoebe, umm...
listen... I've got a really sick
boy here in the unit...
and more than anything else
he's wished for one of those
fancy new Holo-9 things.
Oh... the hospital's
done everything to grant his
wish but the games are
impossible to get anywhere.
Do I remember you saying Crispin
knew someone at Virtual Bender?
Oh, I'm sorry,
Debbie, my husband already
called in a favor with a friend
to get a Holo-9 for Chris.
Oh... Well, it was worth
a try.
Thanks, Phoebe.
I'm sure I'll think of something
else to boost his spirits.
Enjoy the game, son.
What's the matter, Chris?
I don't know... this game
is my dream come true, and
somehow I don't really feel the
way I thought I would.
Superbook!
Ooo-ho-ho-ooo.
Uh, Chris, I know how much you
care about your Holo-9 and so I
will stay here and guard it
because I am certain you would
not want anything to... Okay!
Not gooooood!!!
When we are being
tested... is when we learn the
most about our
relationship with God.
Giz, uh-where are we?
According to my
Geo-Sensors, we are somewhere in
the hills outside
ancient Hebron.
And thousands of years
away from my new Holo-9.
Man, what a time for
a Superbook trip.
Shhh... Guys,
do you hear that?
Oh, my son.
My son.
I wonder what's
the matter with that man?
He seems really
sad about something.
I wish there was
something we could do.
Perhaps his son is sick.
I wonder if there is
a doctor nearby.
It's Superbook!
Why so soon?!
Joy! Giz! We gotta
get these animals back!
I am on it, Chris!
Come on!
Move along.
Nothing to see here.
Back to your grazing.
Giz, where are we now?
How odd.
According to my chronometer,
Superbook has send us backwards
in time by a little
more than one day.
You mean we're only one
day before we saw that man
crying near the tent?
That is correct.
And by my calculations...
Don't make any sudden moves!
This donkey has a kick
like lightning.
But I have the
powers of a heavenly warrior.
Uh... you might
want to run away now.
Now that was
faster than I expected.
Whoa-ho... Cannot catch me!
Haha!
You're going to have to run
faster than that!
Woo hoo hoo!
I'll go high... you go low!
Hahaha! Works every time.
"And so the fearless
warrior takes yet another
prisoner in his quest
for victory!"
There is definitely
something about this guy
I really like.
Whoa! Nice job.
Thank you, my new friends.
I am Isaac.
You seem to be expert shepherds.
We... uh...
Isaac!
Father!
My beloved son.
Whoa... That's the man we
saw crying outside the tent.
Do you think Isaac is the son
he was so worried about?
Remember, Superbook has
moved us backward in time, so
whatever going to make him so
sad, has probably not
even happened yet.
Isaac, what is that?
It is called an abacus.
My father gave it to me as a
gift and told me to try and
count all the stars in the sky.
Cool. A computer before
computers were invented.
Com-pu-ter?
Ah... never mind.
Isaac, why does your
father want you to know how many
stars are in the sky?
Because, before I was
born, God told him that his
children and their children, for
generations to come, would one
day number more than all
the stars above.
And that was not the
only time God spoke about you,
my son.
For years, Sarah and I waited
but God's promise that we would
have a son was taking much
longer than we expected.
Then, one day...
My Lord.
I will return to you
according to the time of life.
And Sarah your wife
shall have a son.
Why did Sarah laugh?
Does she doubt that she can
have a child in her old age?
I am the LORD! There is nothing
too difficult for me.
I will come back next year at
the time I promised, and Sarah
will already have a son.
I... I did not laugh.
You did laugh.
And that is why
God named me Isaac.
For Isaac means laughter.
Now, come.
It is time for us to eat.
Here, Joy.
Why don't you use my abacus to
keep count of the
sheep tomorrow.
Cool.
It's so hard to believe...
What is hard to believe, Chris?
That something's about to
happen that will make
Abraham so sad.
Yeah.
And there's nothing we can do
because we don't know
what it is.
All right! Look
at how far my stone skipped!
I think I will
go and get a little sun.
Follow me!
I'll show you where the best
skipping stones can be found!
They're here!
But we must dig for them.
Ohhh! Sand!
Ahhh! Nooo!
These are perfect.
Come on!
Uh oh.
That does not sound good.
Perhaps I had better run some
internal diagnostics.
Abraham, go get Isaac,
your only son,
the one you dearly love!
Take him to the land of Moriah
and I will show you a mountain
where you must sacrifice him to
me on the fires of an altar.
Isaac...
I need you to come with me.
Where?
Can my new friends come
along? I will wake them.
Your friends cannot join us.
This is a special request
from God.
You and I must go alone.
Good morning, Chris.
Isaac, where are
you going so early?
I am accompanying my father.
We are going up the mountain to
make a burnt offering to God.
I believe it will be one
of our finest lambs.
This abacus is so cool.
- Hey, guys, where's Isaac?
Oh, he said he was going
with his father to make a burnt
offering to God.
It was going to be one
of the lambs.
But... all the lambs are
accounted for.
That's weird.
Shouldn't we be one short?
Gizmo! What is
the matter with you?
He's been acting weird
since his sunbath yesterday.
What is that?
Wow! It's one of
his auto-record archives.
Gizmo logs everything going on
in a fifty yard radius, 24/7!
Abraham, go get Isaac,
your only son,
the one you dearly love!
Take him to the land of Moriah
and I will show you a mountain
where you must sacrifice him to
me on the fires of an altar.
Why would God ask that?
Come on!
We've gotta help Isaac!
Okay, which way now?
Um... that way?
Maybe... this way.
Father?
We have the fire and the wood,
but where is the sheep for
the burnt offering?
My son, God will
provide for Himself
the lamb for a burnt offering.
Lord, give me strength as I do
what you ask of me this day.
Okay... maybe not.
Okay, here's what we're
going to do.
Which way should we go now,
Gizmo?
Uh... that way?
And that's why
we're going this way.
Now that is a good plan.
Father?
My son. God will
provide for himself the
lamb for the burnt offering.
Oh, no! We should
have taken the other path!
Let's go back!
There isn't time!
Abraham, stop!
Heyyy!
Hello! Abraham!
Over here!
Stop!
Don't do this!
Over here!
He can't hear us this far away!
If they can't hear us,
at least we can see them.
Abraham!
Abraham!
Do not lay a hand on the boy!
Do not hurt him in any way
for now I know that you
truly fear God.
You have not withheld from me
even your son, your only son.
Is that God...
speaking to Abraham?
Oh, my son! My son!
Father!
Isaac, get the ram and
we will offer it for the burnt
offering.
The Lord has provided.
Through your descendants,
all the nations of the earth
will be blessed - all because
you have obeyed me.
God was never going to
let anything happen to Isaac.
What?
The sacrifice was always
going to be that ram.
Don't you see, Joy?
You mean...
it was all a test?
God wanted to know if
Abraham would give up the one
thing he loved most
in this world for Him.
But... his son.
Wow.
I can't even imagine having to
make a decision that
hard in my life.
Yeah. I've never
been tested like that.
But you know,
maybe I'm being tested
in a smaller way right now.
Hello?
Hi, Mrs. Sweetman,
it's Chris Quantum...
Chris, I can't thank you
enough for this.
You've done
a wonderful thing here.
Well... thanks...
it feels pretty good.
Oh, I almost forgot!
Now, it's not a "sure
thing" but the latest Holo-9
systems are arriving at the mall
around midnight and I just
happen to have stood in line all
morning for a raffle wristband.
This is yours now.
I'm in the running for a
game unit! I can't believe it!
Oh, it's going to be so
fun for us to camp out at the
mall all night!
And I've heard the new Holo-9s
come bundled with twice
as many games!
Twice as many games??
Uh-say, did I mention that I
have installed the latest
version of Guitar Star?
♪ Jesus you died upon a cross ♪
♪ and rose again,
to save the lost ♪
♪ Forgive me now of all my sin ♪
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and Friend ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Jesus you died upon a cross ♪
♪ and rose again,
to save the lost ♪
♪ Forgive me now of all my sin ♪
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and Friend ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ Wont you make it new
♪ And help me Lord
to live... ♪
♪ to live for you.
♪ You and I Just imagine
♪ What can happen
Traveling through history
♪ Flying high on a journey
Within a mystery
♪ Seeing as we're meant to see
♪ Wisdom that's so clear
♪ If we have the ears to hear
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story that's forever true
♪ It's the Word that shines
♪ with the light from above
♪ that God in His love
gives to you
♪ So come take a ride
There are wonders to see
♪ Adventures inside
For you and for me
♪ His Word is forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook ♪
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Look up into the sky and
count the stars if you can.
That's how many
descendants you will have!
I am almost 100 years old.
How can I become a father?
Sarah, your wife, will give
birth to a son for you.
You will name him Isaac, and I
will confirm my covenant with
him and his descendants as an
everlasting covenant.
This night I give you
this burnt offering,
my Lord, my God.
That's right Isaac,
one step at a time.
Throw it with
all your might, son.
What a strong young man.
Thank you, son.
Abraham, go get Isaac your
only son.
The one you dearly love.
Take him to the land of Moriah
and I will show you a mountain
where you must sacrifice him to
me on the fires of an altar.
You... You wish me to
make an offering...
of my son, Isaac?
♪
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story's forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook ♪
I'm the most fearless
bounty hunter in the galaxy!
I got 'em on the run now, Joy!
I am Commander Krazno
of Dark Shadow Warriors.
Yeah? What are you
takin' for that by the way?
Why not try a couple of these...
AND CALL ME
IN THE MORNING!
Wow! Virtual Bender's
Holo-9 is beyond awesome!!
Yes. And it's
sold out everywhere.
But you can bet here at
Wow Mart, we'll have
the lowest price in town!
If we ever get any
more in stock.
I've begged and pleaded
for my mom and dad to get
me one of these!
Of all the things you could
want in the world, Chris, do you
realize you want something that
isn't even real...
It's a "hollow" helmet...
What's that?
You mean that sound like a
big machine about to explode?
Sure, let's walk toward it.
Surpriiiise!!
WHOA!
How did you get one??
I called in a favor from a
fellow inventor
at Virtual Bender.
Oh, thank you thank you
thank you thank you thank you!!
Oh, I just don't KNOW how
to thank you!!
I'd say you're
doing pretty well.
Hi, Chris!
Speaking of games... I have been
uploading some cool new games
myself!
What has this thing got that I
do not have, Chris?
Oh... just
Mega-Ultra-Combat 9,
Interplanetary Zombie Quest,
Armored Ninja Smackdown, Bionic
Rock Band Revolt...
Oh... those.
Hi, Debbie!
What's up?
Hi Phoebe, umm...
listen... I've got a really sick
boy here in the unit...
and more than anything else
he's wished for one of those
fancy new Holo-9 things.
Oh... the hospital's
done everything to grant his
wish but the games are
impossible to get anywhere.
Do I remember you saying Crispin
knew someone at Virtual Bender?
Oh, I'm sorry,
Debbie, my husband already
called in a favor with a friend
to get a Holo-9 for Chris.
Oh... Well, it was worth
a try.
Thanks, Phoebe.
I'm sure I'll think of something
else to boost his spirits.
Enjoy the game, son.
What's the matter, Chris?
I don't know... this game
is my dream come true, and
somehow I don't really feel the
way I thought I would.
Superbook!
Ooo-ho-ho-ooo.
Uh, Chris, I know how much you
care about your Holo-9 and so I
will stay here and guard it
because I am certain you would
not want anything to... Okay!
Not gooooood!!!
When we are being
tested... is when we learn the
most about our
relationship with God.
Giz, uh-where are we?
According to my
Geo-Sensors, we are somewhere in
the hills outside
ancient Hebron.
And thousands of years
away from my new Holo-9.
Man, what a time for
a Superbook trip.
Shhh... Guys,
do you hear that?
Oh, my son.
My son.
I wonder what's
the matter with that man?
He seems really
sad about something.
I wish there was
something we could do.
Perhaps his son is sick.
I wonder if there is
a doctor nearby.
It's Superbook!
Why so soon?!
Joy! Giz! We gotta
get these animals back!
I am on it, Chris!
Come on!
Move along.
Nothing to see here.
Back to your grazing.
Giz, where are we now?
How odd.
According to my chronometer,
Superbook has send us backwards
in time by a little
more than one day.
You mean we're only one
day before we saw that man
crying near the tent?
That is correct.
And by my calculations...
Don't make any sudden moves!
This donkey has a kick
like lightning.
But I have the
powers of a heavenly warrior.
Uh... you might
want to run away now.
Now that was
faster than I expected.
Whoa-ho... Cannot catch me!
Haha!
You're going to have to run
faster than that!
Woo hoo hoo!
I'll go high... you go low!
Hahaha! Works every time.
"And so the fearless
warrior takes yet another
prisoner in his quest
for victory!"
There is definitely
something about this guy
I really like.
Whoa! Nice job.
Thank you, my new friends.
I am Isaac.
You seem to be expert shepherds.
We... uh...
Isaac!
Father!
My beloved son.
Whoa... That's the man we
saw crying outside the tent.
Do you think Isaac is the son
he was so worried about?
Remember, Superbook has
moved us backward in time, so
whatever going to make him so
sad, has probably not
even happened yet.
Isaac, what is that?
It is called an abacus.
My father gave it to me as a
gift and told me to try and
count all the stars in the sky.
Cool. A computer before
computers were invented.
Com-pu-ter?
Ah... never mind.
Isaac, why does your
father want you to know how many
stars are in the sky?
Because, before I was
born, God told him that his
children and their children, for
generations to come, would one
day number more than all
the stars above.
And that was not the
only time God spoke about you,
my son.
For years, Sarah and I waited
but God's promise that we would
have a son was taking much
longer than we expected.
Then, one day...
My Lord.
I will return to you
according to the time of life.
And Sarah your wife
shall have a son.
Why did Sarah laugh?
Does she doubt that she can
have a child in her old age?
I am the LORD! There is nothing
too difficult for me.
I will come back next year at
the time I promised, and Sarah
will already have a son.
I... I did not laugh.
You did laugh.
And that is why
God named me Isaac.
For Isaac means laughter.
Now, come.
It is time for us to eat.
Here, Joy.
Why don't you use my abacus to
keep count of the
sheep tomorrow.
Cool.
It's so hard to believe...
What is hard to believe, Chris?
That something's about to
happen that will make
Abraham so sad.
Yeah.
And there's nothing we can do
because we don't know
what it is.
All right! Look
at how far my stone skipped!
I think I will
go and get a little sun.
Follow me!
I'll show you where the best
skipping stones can be found!
They're here!
But we must dig for them.
Ohhh! Sand!
Ahhh! Nooo!
These are perfect.
Come on!
Uh oh.
That does not sound good.
Perhaps I had better run some
internal diagnostics.
Abraham, go get Isaac,
your only son,
the one you dearly love!
Take him to the land of Moriah
and I will show you a mountain
where you must sacrifice him to
me on the fires of an altar.
Isaac...
I need you to come with me.
Where?
Can my new friends come
along? I will wake them.
Your friends cannot join us.
This is a special request
from God.
You and I must go alone.
Good morning, Chris.
Isaac, where are
you going so early?
I am accompanying my father.
We are going up the mountain to
make a burnt offering to God.
I believe it will be one
of our finest lambs.
This abacus is so cool.
- Hey, guys, where's Isaac?
Oh, he said he was going
with his father to make a burnt
offering to God.
It was going to be one
of the lambs.
But... all the lambs are
accounted for.
That's weird.
Shouldn't we be one short?
Gizmo! What is
the matter with you?
He's been acting weird
since his sunbath yesterday.
What is that?
Wow! It's one of
his auto-record archives.
Gizmo logs everything going on
in a fifty yard radius, 24/7!
Abraham, go get Isaac,
your only son,
the one you dearly love!
Take him to the land of Moriah
and I will show you a mountain
where you must sacrifice him to
me on the fires of an altar.
Why would God ask that?
Come on!
We've gotta help Isaac!
Okay, which way now?
Um... that way?
Maybe... this way.
Father?
We have the fire and the wood,
but where is the sheep for
the burnt offering?
My son, God will
provide for Himself
the lamb for a burnt offering.
Lord, give me strength as I do
what you ask of me this day.
Okay... maybe not.
Okay, here's what we're
going to do.
Which way should we go now,
Gizmo?
Uh... that way?
And that's why
we're going this way.
Now that is a good plan.
Father?
My son. God will
provide for himself the
lamb for the burnt offering.
Oh, no! We should
have taken the other path!
Let's go back!
There isn't time!
Abraham, stop!
Heyyy!
Hello! Abraham!
Over here!
Stop!
Don't do this!
Over here!
He can't hear us this far away!
If they can't hear us,
at least we can see them.
Abraham!
Abraham!
Do not lay a hand on the boy!
Do not hurt him in any way
for now I know that you
truly fear God.
You have not withheld from me
even your son, your only son.
Is that God...
speaking to Abraham?
Oh, my son! My son!
Father!
Isaac, get the ram and
we will offer it for the burnt
offering.
The Lord has provided.
Through your descendants,
all the nations of the earth
will be blessed - all because
you have obeyed me.
God was never going to
let anything happen to Isaac.
What?
The sacrifice was always
going to be that ram.
Don't you see, Joy?
You mean...
it was all a test?
God wanted to know if
Abraham would give up the one
thing he loved most
in this world for Him.
But... his son.
Wow.
I can't even imagine having to
make a decision that
hard in my life.
Yeah. I've never
been tested like that.
But you know,
maybe I'm being tested
in a smaller way right now.
Hello?
Hi, Mrs. Sweetman,
it's Chris Quantum...
Chris, I can't thank you
enough for this.
You've done
a wonderful thing here.
Well... thanks...
it feels pretty good.
Oh, I almost forgot!
Now, it's not a "sure
thing" but the latest Holo-9
systems are arriving at the mall
around midnight and I just
happen to have stood in line all
morning for a raffle wristband.
This is yours now.
I'm in the running for a
game unit! I can't believe it!
Oh, it's going to be so
fun for us to camp out at the
mall all night!
And I've heard the new Holo-9s
come bundled with twice
as many games!
Twice as many games??
Uh-say, did I mention that I
have installed the latest
version of Guitar Star?
♪ Jesus you died upon a cross ♪
♪ and rose again,
to save the lost ♪
♪ Forgive me now of all my sin ♪
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and Friend ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Jesus you died upon a cross ♪
♪ and rose again,
to save the lost ♪
♪ Forgive me now of all my sin ♪
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and Friend ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ And help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ help me Lord
to live for you. ♪
♪ Change my life
and make it new ♪
♪ Wont you make it new
♪ And help me Lord
to live... ♪
♪ to live for you.
♪ You and I Just imagine
♪ What can happen
Traveling through history
♪ Flying high on a journey
Within a mystery
♪ Seeing as we're meant to see
♪ Wisdom that's so clear
♪ If we have the ears to hear
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story that's forever true
♪ It's the Word that shines
♪ with the light from above
♪ that God in His love
gives to you
♪ So come take a ride
There are wonders to see
♪ Adventures inside
For you and for me
♪ His Word is forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook ♪
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