A Gold Bar in Fort Knox

"A Gold Bar in Fort Knox" is the third episode of season two of the Disney+ streaming television series The Mysterious Benedict Society and the eleventh episode of the series overall. It was released on November 2, 2022.
==Synopsis==
The children make some dangerous wagers while Benedict takes a gamble with Curtain.
==Plot==
After the water poloists kick down the door, they enter to find the room empty and leave to look for the children, who are hanging outside the window from a rope, suspended over the water. The children escape into the engine room and deduce that they work for Dr. Curtain and that the reason he sent them was because they know that he was the one who started the Emergency and wants to silence them. With no other option, they are forced to sleep in the engine room.
At Dr. Curtain's compound, Number Two comes up with a plan to infest the place with mold while Mr. Benedict believes that since Dr. Curtain is using neurological techniques to make people happy, that he can do the same to him with love. Number Two finds his plan unconventional. Aboard the Inverness, which is facing a storm, Rhonda tries to calm an employee while Ms. Perumal senses that Milligan is concerned about Kate and possibly the weather and she later comforts him.
On the Shortcut, Cannonball reveals that he has discovered that the stowaways are the reason the sugar is missing (the children had to empty the crate to get on board) and is closing in on them. Constance awakens to discover that the engineers on the ship gamble with real money and the kids decide to enter and play. While Reynie fails to earn any money, Sticky, Kate and Constance all manage to win big. Number Two locates a truck for Enzo's Pies and Pastries and plans to escape on it, while Mr. Benedict discovers a TV studio and is invited to watch them tape a special with Dr. Curtain.
As they collect their earnings, Sticky reveals that he counted the cards to win while Kate shaved off the die so that Constance could win as well. Reynie is awestruck that they cheated and he convinces them to give back the chips. The lead mechanic is impressed that the kids confessed and gives them a wad of cash for their honesty, though Constance points out that it is less than what they won. They are soon confronted by the water poloists, but Cannonball arrives and takes the kids into custody. Aboard the Inverness, the whether has passed, but they are forced to make an emergency landing in the Northern Iberian Plains.
The children are brought before Captain Noland and reveal that they know that the ship is not moving fast enough. They convince him to let them fix the issue on the condition that he let them go and sneak them passed the Lisbon immigration customs. While Number Two manages to escape the compound on the truck, Dr. Curtain continues to have his televised lecture with Mr. Benedict in the audience. At the end, Mr. Benedict supposedly is infected with Dr. Curtain's neurological technique and begins smiling. Jackson and Jillson discover Sebastian smiling in the woods and unresponsive.
Captain Noland successfully gets the kids past customs and Constance is revealed to have snuck tangerines into the poloists' bags, getting them arrested. They reunite with Hoover who acknowledges that Reynie is Sticky's best friend and that he talked about him a lot at school, making Reynie feel better. Dr. Curtain's assistant Jeffers spots the children and is directed to capture them. The kids spot him and immediately get in a taxi and escape him.
==Cast==
*Tony Hale as Nicholas Benedict/L.D. Curtain
*Kristen Schaal as Number Two
*MaameYaa Boafo as Rhonda Kazembe
*Ryan Hurst as Milligan Wetherall
*Gia Sandhu as Ms. Perumal
*Mystic Inscho as Reynie Muldoon
*Seth Carr as Sticky Washington
*Emmy DeOliveira as Kate Wetherall
*Marta Kessler as Constance Contraire
===Guest-starring===
*Jed Rees as Jeffers
*Katherine Evans as Jillson
*Ben Cockell as Jackson
*Joel de la Fuente as Officer "Cannonball" Zhao
*Reece Noi as Marlon
*Lex King as Ilsa
*Fred Melamed as Captain Phil Noland
*Chris Parnell as Captain of the Inverness
===Co-starring===
*Rubén Guevara as Sebastian
*Malak Dabcha as Bauer
*Emerson Min as Marcus Hoover
*Rand Guerrero as Agricultural Officer
*Josh Zwick as Tove
*Jim Tavare as Lazlo
*Steve Kehela as Enzo AKA Delivery Driver
*Valentina Garcia as Immigration Officer
*Evelina Martinez as Dealer
*David Ury as Mechanic
*Avihai Yaffe as Gianni
*Jonny Siew as Scared Passenger
*Aga Kistler as Passenger
*Sean Thomas Simmons as Stagehand
==Song==
*"Flashlight" by Parliament
==Trivia==
*The episode's title comes from Milligan's response when Ms. Perumal asks if he is scared. However, his exact phrasing is "Is a gold bar scared in Fort Knox?" marking this as the first episode where the title is not said exactly.
*This episode loosely covers chapter 9 and the first half of chapter 10 of the second book.
==Book comparisons==
*In the book, the kids help Noland and Cannonball decipher real diamonds from fake ones. In the series, they fix the engine on the ship so that it can arrive on time.
*In the book, Noland reveals his background with Mr. Benedict and the previous adventures they had. He also left the Navy because if he was promoted, he would have to go on land and wanted to remain at sea, hence why he became a ship captain. In the series, his Navy background is tied to Cannonball and he mentions that he is married and has trouble at home.
*Noland's mentioning Mr. Benedict's background and the information on his family and a Dutch museum are deleted from the series.
*Noland does not give Reynie an object like he does in the book.
*In the series, Noland sneaks the children into Lisbon by hiding them in the baggage. They are then forced to flee from the Gray Man by hailing a taxi. In the book, Noland is preoccupied with the passengers so Cannonball simply takes them and puts them in the nearest taxi.
*Both the Water Poloists and Marcus Hoover are invented for the series.
*All the subplots involving the adults are made up for the show.
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==External links==
*A Gold Bar in For Knox at The Mysterious Benedict Society Wiki
Category:The Mysterious Benedict Society episodes