The Quest For Monday! Part 18: The Wages of Sin

(Episode: “Treasure of the Temple”)

Synopsis: An Australian-sounding adventurer tries to stop Team Quest from exploring an ancient jungle temple the looter has his sights on, even going so far as to subjugate the natives. This show not being called Guy Who Would Almost Certainly Be Played By Tim Roth In The Movie Version, though, he does not prevail.

Tip 18. Villainy doesn’t pay.

Oh, sure, sometime evil looks gorgeous attractive. And I’m sure organizing an attack on your rivals has its pleasures.

Even if it's only the fun of watching them dodge blowgun darts.
Even if it’s only the fun of watching them dodge blowgun darts.

But all that scheming is bound to take a toll.

This guy was probably a grad student when he started in villainy six months ago.
This guy was probably a grad student when he started in villainy six months ago. His nickname used to be “Bruiser.”

Better to stick to the good, get enough sleep, and always wear sunscreen.

 

(Bonus shot! While all this is going on, Dr. Quest still says things like this in the jungle:

BQPleaseStopTalking
Even Race is looking at him like “Really, Benton?”

You know, Doc, it’s okay to just be quiet.)

 

Next time: The fingerprints chapter of the Hardy Boys Handbook. We’ll give it a whorl!

Next time on TQfM!: More bungle in the jungle.

 

J. A.

It reads. It writes. It watches. It researches. It overdoes many of those things!

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