SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES: Episode 1.1: “The Buggy Before the Horse”

Name: SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES: Episode 1.1: “The Buggy Before the Horse”
Item: SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES: Episode 1.1: “The Buggy Before the Horse”
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“A Thief Comes To Sugar Creek”

Family Content: +3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

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What You Need To Know:

In the premiere episode of SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES on UPtv, a series of break-ins at local businesses shakes the town. Amateur sleuth Cheryl becomes curious and looks suspiciously at several new faces. They include a mysterious man asking for donations for an unnamed charity and a young boy staying with a local family. Meanwhile, a local Amish family notices someone staying in their barn but fails to catch them. As Cheryl and her friends investigate, they narrow down their list of suspects. Will they uncover the thief before the culprit leaves town?

The first episode of SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES features an interesting mystery plotline. It’s filled with suspects that keeps viewers guessing. However, its lack of action causes the story to drag a little bit. Happily, however, the first episode of SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES maintains a strong Christian, moral worldview. It focuses on kindness, community and justice. It also includes overt Christian elements where people mention God, faith and prayer. The first episode of SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES has some stealing and lying but otherwise contains no objectionable content.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Strong Christian, moral worldview promotes faith, prayer, kindness, forgiveness, helping others and one’s community, and bringing a criminal to justice, with some strong Christian elements that include one person telling another person she will pray for them, and a conversation between two characters about God’s love for us;

Foul Language:

No foul language;

Violence:

No violence;

Sex:

No sex;

Nudity:

No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

A person steals from several businesses and lies about being Amish, and another person lies about their reason for visiting town, but comes clean and is forgiven.

More Detail:

In the first episode of SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES on UPtv, amateur sleuth Cheryl investigates a series of break-ins and thefts around town. She dives into the case, but with several new faces in town, Cheryl has plenty of suspects to pick.

Cheryl’s curiosity piques as she looks suspiciously at several new faces in town. They include a mysterious man asking for donations to an unnamed charity and a young boy staying with a local family.

Elsewhere around Sugar Creek, a local Amish family, the Millers, notices someone staying in their barn but fails to catch them. Could this individual be the mysterious thief?

As Cheryl and her friends pursue leads, their list of suspects narrows. Will they uncover the thief before they skip town?

The first episode of SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES, titled “The Buggy Before the Horse,” features an intriguing mystery plot. It’s filled with suspects that will keep viewers guessing “whodunit?” up until the very end. However, the episode is low on action, which slows the pace and makes the episode a little bit less compelling than it could have been.

Happily, however, the first episode of SUGAR CREEK AMISH MYSTERIES has a strong Christian, moral worldview. It promotes kindness, community, helping others, and bringing criminals to justice. It also incorporates Christian elements, with characters mentioning prayer and discussing their faith. While the episode features light immorality, such as stealing and lying, it avoids any other objectionable content.