For those of you who don't know this, Odyssey has different seasons. There's a fall season and a spring season. But, when episodes from album 56 were airing in the fall, we were told that album 57 wouldn't come out at the expected time of spring 2013 but fall 2013. Needless to say, nobody was happy to hear this news.
If you look on the message boards, you will see there has been a lot of speculation about Album 57. The two main message boards I frequent are ToO and the Soda Shop. On both sites, there are threads about Album 57 that are pages and pages long. This speculation has been going on since December and will probably keep going until the fall. Let me tell you, there have been some interesting theories flying around the Internet. 99% of these theories are about the mysterious three parter called "Life Expectancies". Let me try and list all the ones I have come across.
-Bill Kendall is dying
-Bill Kendall introduces a new half sister or step sister to Connie
-June Kendall is dying so Bill Kendall moves to Odyssey to be there for Connie
-Connie is pregnant
-Connie is meeting Bill's new girlfriend Jules
-Connie has some kind of hereditary disease
-Jules is Connie's twin
-Connie gets engaged.
-Katrina finds out she's pregnant in the episode "Your Servant Is Listening"
In short, nobody has any clue what album 57 will be about.
The Odyssey team has done an excellent job of keeping this album under wraps. Nobody knows anything. All we know is that it features the Get In The Show contest winner Shona and the voice of Bill Kendall. For some reason, nobody can make the connection between these two hints.
The reason all these crazy theories are flying around is because we're all so anxious for new episodes. What else are the fans going to do? The AIO team pushed back the release date for the album! Any writer or producer knows how risky of a move that is. Fans either get anxious or annoyed.
I have some speculations about Album 57 but I'm not going to share them. That would fan the proverbial fire, right?
Besides, the speculations don't matter to me. All that matters is that I'm psyched for Album 57. Bill Kendall's return, the Biblical episode about Samuel, and the mysterious episode called "Life Expectancies" give me high expectations for this upcoming season. I'm sure all Odyssey fans share my feelings. We can't wait for October.
