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* ADayInTheLimelight: Sydney, Gage and Trivette have to take on the Lorenzo Cabral investigation while Walker is trying to help the Chisholm Middle School improve its image and save other students from facing the same fate as Henry.
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* BullyBrutality: The start of the episode has a bullied 12-year-old deciding to kill himself, but when Walker seems to succeed in talking him down and getting him to change his mind, he slips and falls to his death anyway, upon which Walker spearheads an anti-bullying campaign not only throughout the school, but to the community.
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* ContinuityNod: Creator/AbrahamVerduzco, who plays Jesus Rodriguez in this episode, previously played Carlos Delgado in Season 6's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS6E24TestOfFaith Test of Faith]]", and both his characters gave up gang lifestyles to live decent lives.
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** The episode starts off with Henry deciding he couldn't take any more of the bullying and tries to kill himself. Walker tries to talk him down, but he fails miserably. Walker then decides to turn his sadness into action to help improve the reputations of the students and the school itself so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did.

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** The episode starts off with Henry deciding he couldn't take any more of the bullying and tries to kill himself. Walker tries to talk him down, down and stop his suicide attempt, but he fails miserably. fails. Afterwards, Walker then decides to turn his sadness into action to help improve the reputations of the students and the school itself so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did.
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** The episode starts off with Henry deciding he couldn't take any more of the bullying and tries to kill himself. Walker tries to talk him down, but he fail miserably. Walker then decides to turn his sadness into action to help Chisholm's students improve themselves so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did.

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** The episode starts off with Henry deciding he couldn't take any more of the bullying and tries to kill himself. Walker tries to talk him down, but he fail fails miserably. Walker then decides to turn his sadness into action to help Chisholm's improve the reputations of the students improve themselves and the school itself so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did.
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* BigNo: From Walker at the beginning of the episode while he tries to reason with Henry and stop his suicide attempt. Sadly, Henry still takes the fall and kills himself.

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* BigNo: From Walker at the beginning of the episode while he tries to reason with when Henry and stop his suicide attempt. Sadly, Henry still takes the fall and kills himself.

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* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: As Walker is about to leave after karate class, he sees Henry on the roof about to make the jump of death. Walker races up to the roof and tries to reason with Henry before he can do it, but fails miserably.



** Even after Walker fails to prevent 12-year-old Henry Monroe from [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] due to his poverty-stricken life and relentless bullying, he decides to turn his sadness into action to help Chisholm's students improve themselves so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did.

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** Even after The episode starts off with Henry deciding he couldn't take any more of the bullying and tries to kill himself. Walker fails tries to prevent 12-year-old Henry Monroe from [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] due to his poverty-stricken life and relentless bullying, talk him down, but he fail miserably. Walker then decides to turn his sadness into action to help Chisholm's students improve themselves so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did.

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Even after Walker fails to prevent 12-year-old Henry Monroe from [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] due to his poverty-stricken life and relentless bullying, perhaps this background song will help, not to mention his efforts to help students improve themselves so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did:
-->''You're stronger than you think you are\\

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Pretty debatable in this episode.
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Even after Walker fails to prevent 12-year-old Henry Monroe from [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] due to his poverty-stricken life and relentless bullying, perhaps this background song will help, not he decides to mention turn his efforts sadness into action to help Chisholm's students improve themselves so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did:
-->''You're
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** Can't forget about this background song played throughout the episode:
--->''You're
stronger than you think you are\\
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: During the beginning of the episode, Sydney and Trivette wonder if Gage would like Salsa (the dance). After he comes in he claims he loves Salsa, especially on chips. It is after the fact, the two tell him they mean the dance rather than the food item.

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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: During the beginning of the episode, Sydney and Trivette wonder if Gage would like Salsa (the dance). After he comes in he claims he loves Salsa, especially on chips. It is after the fact, the two tell him they mean the dance rather than the food item.item.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Even after Walker fails to prevent 12-year-old Henry Monroe from [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]] due to his poverty-stricken life and relentless bullying, perhaps this background song will help, not to mention his efforts to help students improve themselves so they don't suffer the same outcome Henry did:
-->''You're stronger than you think you are\\
You'll shine If you just follow your star\\
You can do even more than you know\\
But you got to believe that's so\\
A life worth saving.''
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* BigNo: From Walker at the beginning of the episode while he tries to reason with Henry and stop his suicide attempt. Sadly, Henry still takes the fall and kills himself.
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->Written by Creator/BobGookin\\
Directed by Creator/EricNorris

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While busy teaching karate at the Chisholm Middle School, Walker witnesses the suicide of 12-year-old Henry Monroe and seeks to do something to have the school improve its image, but eventually learns that the kids who bullied him belong to a gang that wants to keep the school just the way it is. Meanwhile, Trivette, Gage and Sydney are infiltrating the nightclub of Lorenzo Cabral.

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While busy teaching karate at the Chisholm Middle School, Walker witnesses the suicide of Henry Monroe, a much-bullied 12-year-old Henry Monroe due to his poverty-stricken life, and seeks to do something to have the school improve its image, but eventually learns that the kids who bullied him belong to a gang that wants to keep the school just the way it is. Meanwhile, Trivette, Gage and Sydney are infiltrating the nightclub of Lorenzo Cabral.


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* ManlyTears: Walker displays this after Henry commits suicide, but his sadness turns into action that he hopes something will be done.

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* DrivenToSuicide / ThePrecariousLedge: Kicking off the subplot of the episode is the suicide of 12-year-old Henry Monroe, after he'd been bullied one too many times at school. After Henry kills himself by jumping off the roof of the school, this prompts Walker to have the school improve its reputation.

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* DespairEventHorizon: The episode starts with Henry being bullied, as usual, and it's now come to the point he can no longer put up with it.
* DrivenToSuicide / ThePrecariousLedge: Kicking off the subplot of the episode is the suicide of 12-year-old Henry Monroe, Henry's suicide, after he'd been bullied one too many times at school. After Henry kills himself by jumping off the roof of the school, this prompts Walker to have the school improve its reputation.
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While busy teaching karate at the Chisholm Middle School, Walker witnesses the suicide of 12-year-old Henry Monroe and seeks to do something to have the school improve its image, but eventually learns that the kids who bullied him belong to a gang that wants to keep the school just the way it is. Meanwhile, Trivette, Gage and Sydney are infiltrating the nightclub of Lorenzo Cabral.

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* DrivenToSuicide / ThePrecariousLedge: Kicking off the subplot of the episode is the suicide of 12-year-old Henry Monroe, after he'd been bullied one too many times at school. After Henry kills himself by jumping off the roof of the school, this prompts Walker to have the school improve its reputation.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: During the beginning of the episode, Sydney and Trivette wonder if Gage would like Salsa (the dance). After he comes in he claims he loves Salsa, especially on chips. It is after the fact, the two tell him they mean the dance rather than the food item.

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