• Original air date: January 4, 2003
• Writer: David Garber
• Director: Anthony Browne
• No guest stars

  At the Pearson mansion, Victor mutters to himself. He has found a Pearadyne satellite that has been lost for 15 years.
Over at Blake Holsey High, Lucas has customized a little radio dish to pick up radio waves from space. Marshall criticizes his first two failed attempts; overhearing a police radio

and a baby monitor.

      Lucas's third attempt brings just static, which Marshall also finds uninteresting. Lucas is excited; it is what he was looking for, space static. Marshall goes to bed but Lucas continues his experiment. Next, Lucas receives a radio broadcast that the Blake Holsey basketball team, The Owls, has ended their 5 year losing streak. Marshall, tired, doesn't understand why Lucas is so excited. Lucas informs Marshall that the game isn't until tomorrow night.

  Principal Durst is making the announcements. She cheers the Drama club four its fourth place finish. Josie thinks that is good but is informed that only four schools entered. Principal Durst also encourages people to go to the basketball game tonight. Josie points out the lack of school spirit when everyone says they aren't going; the basketball team hasn't won a game in 5 years. Lucas makes a bet that the basketball team will win tonight. If he wins, Vaughn, Josie, and Corrine have to clean his room, do his homework, and his kitchen duties for a week. If Lucas loses, he does the before mentioned duties for all of them. Marshall says that the bet was not fair. Lucas says that he will tell them about the message from the future if the team actually does win.

      In Principal Durst's office, Victor grounds Principal Durst's hopes of The Owls winning the basketball game. He then tells her that he is doing research tomorrow around 5 o'clock and all sound emitting devices must be turned off.

      Later that night, Marshall comes back to his room and telling Lucas that he was right, The Owls had one the game. Lucas realizes that this means he is receiving broadcasts from the future. Marshall inquires to where he got the radio dish; Lucas says it is from the basement. Marshall examines the dish, finding the sticker saying that the radio dish is property of Pearadyne Labs.

      The next morning, Principal Durst talks with the Janitor, telling him to turn every sound emitting device off by 5 o'clock. The Janitor asks why this is to be done to which Principal Durst tells him that that is none of his business. The Janitor complies.

      Lucas goes to cash in his bet. Josie, Corrine, and Vaughn are very discontent at this but all agree to fulfill the bet. Marshall scolds Lucas for not telling Josie, Corrine, and Vaughn about the radio dish like he said he would. Marshall adds that he told Professor Zachary about the radio dish.

      In the science room, Lucas explains to Professor Zachary, Josie, Corrine, and Vaughn that he heard a radio broadcast from the future; they all proceed with laughing at Lucas, except Marshall [Professor Zachary's reaction isn't shown]. Marshall says that it is true. Lucas turns on the computer with the radio dish. After sifting through the space static, Lucas comes to a radio announcement. It says that Blake Holsey High will vanish at 5 o'clock pm, later today. The current time is 11 o'clock Am.

  The club tries to think it won't come true but Marshall reveals that it will, just like Lucas's basketball game prediction. Josie, Corrine, and Vaughn are angry with Lucas now that they know he knew the score before the game. Professor Zachary refocuses them on the problem of the school disappearing.
      At Pearadyne mansion, Victor eyes his radio dish and an award (looks to be made of glass) near it, which he picks up and looks at. He looks like what's coming up next is critical, just wearing a normal brown button shirt.

      The science clubs looks for theories. Marshall says maybe it was sucked into the black hole. Questions are "Why at that point in time and what made it that point in time." Josie hypothesizes that maybe it was just turned invisible, it is still there but no one can see it. Professor Zachary thinks it is unlikely. Corrine purposes that since the radio dish is a satellite dish, perhaps it is picking up sound waves from a Pearadyne satellite. She leads to that maybe the dish is also picking up other types of waves as well. Perhaps there were waves strong enough, with a vibration level really high, that scattered the molecules of the school.

      The club is worried about the school shutting down. They talk about changing the future. Josie plans that if no one finds out that the school never disappeared, then it is like the school never disappeared. Lucas and Marshall agree to help but only if they don't have to work with each other.
      Principal Durst walks down the stairs next to the science room just as Professor Zachary walks out in a contamination suit. Principal Durst inquires if the suit is part of a lecture, to which he shakes his head. Principal Durst worries about what has happened. He informs her of the leaking fumes that turns one's skin green and requests an evacuation of the school for an hour. Vaughn offers his house to take the students. Vaughn calls his father and he agrees to let Vaughn and the others come to his house.

      The evacuation is successful, only the green students, the science club, are left behind. They get to work on the plan. Corrine and Professor Zachary are to stop the news van. The rest are to stay at the school to make sure no one goes inside. But Lucas is not present.

      Victor has a meeting with three other people; a demonstration. He is about to conduct his experiment. The satellite will send out an ultrasonic wave to his radio dish which is aimed at his "excellence in science" award. For five minutes, the award will disappear.

      Marshall notices Lucas is not around and remembers that his clock is five minutes slow. Josie protests but Marshall goes back into the school to save Lucas. There is only one minute left. Marshall finds Lucas and they scramble to get out of the school. Outside, Josie in the front of the school, and the Janitor at some picnic tables eating a sandwich, observe the school disappear. Meanwhile, Corrine and Professor Zachary successfully stop the news van. Five minutes later, the school and Victor's award reappear, just as Vaughn walks into the room of Victor's meeting. Vaughn asks how Victor did that but Victor only replies that he must tell no one of what he was seen. Lucas thanks Marshall for saving his life, Marshall says that they are still friends even though they are angry with each other.

  The next morning, Lucas wakes to an alert on the clock radio saying that Blake Holsey will disappear at exactly 7:58am. The time is 7:57am. Lucas jumps out of bed, and races through the halls trying to warn everyone. Lucas gets to the front of the school, only to see the whole school already there. Professor Zachary shows Lucas the walkie talkie, the students outside laugh at Lucas, who happens to be in his boxers.
      While that is going on, inside the school, Lucas's radio dish receives a report from the future as the Janitor walks in. He unplugs the dish and sees its Pearadyne sticker. Shaking his head, he walks out with the dish.

Personal thoughts:
I liked the song in this episode. It gave it a feeling.
We get to see Victor's perspective in this episode. It can't always be about the good guys. You get to feel bad for the bad guys, making you think, "there's more to them then merely planning on how to ruin the student's lives."
So, Victor is making a big break though while the science club appears to be going on as normal. They act rather seperately and with Victor in one of the episode's focuses, you get the feeling that this show may be higher than the old good vs evil. Victor wasn't actually evil in this episode.
I find it ironic that it was actually the science club that caused the disappearance of the school. If Lucas had only not left the radio dish on, to listen for messages from the future, it would not have received the sound waves to cause the school to disappear.
Lawrence and the other actors were really convincing.
Rating: 9/10