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* AdultFear:
** The idea that your child can be bullied to a near-suicidal state.
** In the climax, Eric Miller gives a verbal suicide note to his best friend and then tries to hang himself. Fortunately, the team finds him in time and gets him oxygen.
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The team searches for a student who disappeared during a break and they soon learn the boy has serious personal problems and his disappearance may have been something other than a kidnapping.

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The team searches for a student who disappeared during a break break, and they soon learn the boy has serious personal problems and his disappearance may have been something other than a kidnapping.



** When one of the mothers finds out that her daughter is part of a "Queen Bee" bullying group that may have driven a classmate to run away, she is less than pleased. She gives her daughter Brandee Case a DeathGlare and says they have to discuss a few issues.
** Danny asks how the hell that kids can be so mean to each other. Samantha explains it's not that simple.
** When the posse humiliating Eric over what he said to Emily realizes he's not reacting to them mocking him rather than getting mad or embarrassed, they all look at each other and realize they might have just made a bad problem worse.

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** When one of the mothers finds out that her daughter is part of a "Queen Bee" bullying group that may have driven a classmate to run away, she is less than pleased. She gives her daughter daughter, Brandee Case Case, a DeathGlare and says they have to discuss a few issues.
** Danny asks how the hell that can kids can be so mean to each other. Samantha explains it's not that simple.
** When the posse humiliating Eric over what he said to Emily realizes he's not reacting to them mocking him rather than by getting mad or embarrassed, they all look at each other and realize they might have just made a bad problem worse.



* MundaneSolution: How did Eric disappear from the school grounds? Simple; he walked out. No-one stopped him because they didn't see him leaving.

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* MundaneSolution: How did Eric disappear from the school grounds? Simple; he walked out. No-one No one stopped him because they didn't see him leaving.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jack doesn't exactly let Eric's primary bully go without a word when he finds the kid in his house drinking a beer.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jack doesn't exactly let Eric's primary bully go without a word when he finds the kid eighth-grader in his house drinking a beer.



* SuicideNote: Eric calls Darren, who tells him that his parents are worried about him. He goes OhCrap when Eric tells Darren he's going to kill himself, and Darren has been a good friend to him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Darren from the look of it is the only one who was more than nice to Eric at school, becoming AFriendInNeed.

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* SuicideNote: Eric calls Darren, who tells him that his parents are worried about him. He goes OhCrap when Eric tells Darren he's going to kill himself, himself and that Darren has been a good friend to him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Darren from From the look of it it, Darren is the only one who was more than nice to Eric at school, becoming AFriendInNeed.



* WhatWereYouThinking: The agents are not happy when they find out that Emily was one of Eric's bullies. They confront her and ask if she even thought about her actions. She's forced to admit that she wasn't and that she didn't expect Eric to go that far.

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* WhatWereYouThinking: The agents are not happy when they find out that Emily was one of Eric's bullies. They confront her and ask if she even thought about her actions. She's forced to admit that she wasn't thinking and that she didn't expect Eric to go that far.

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* BerserkButton: Eric's main bully doesn't like to be reminded of his home situation.



** When the posse humiliating Eric over what he said to Emily realizes he's not reacting to them mocking him rather than getting mad or embarrassed, they all look at each other and realize they might have just made a bad problem worse.



* MundaneSolution: How did Eric disappear from the school grounds? Simple; he walked out. No one stopped him because they didn't see him leaving.

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* MundaneSolution: How did Eric disappear from the school grounds? Simple; he walked out. No one No-one stopped him because they didn't see him leaving.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jack doesn't exactly let Eric's primary bully go without a word when he finds the kid in his house drinking a beer.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Emily bursts into tears when her twin brother Darren says that Eric is going to kill himself. She was already feeling bad when

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Emily bursts into tears when her twin brother Darren says that Eric is going to kill himself. She was already feeling bad when Eric disappeared, but knowing Eric is doing to die because of her was the snapping point.



* VillainsNeverLIe:

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* VillainsNeverLIe: VillainsNeverLie: The girls involved in the bullying ring tell the truth about what happened, enough for the team to put together a narrative.
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* AdultFear:
** The idea that your child can be bullied to a near-suicidal state.
** In the climax, Eric Miller gives a verbal suicide note to his best friend and then tries to hang himself. Fortunately, the team finds him in time and gets him oxygen.
* AllAbusersAreMale: Subverted. While some of the bullies are boys, the team realizes it was a GirlPosse that drove Eric to disappear.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** When one of the mothers finds out that her daughter is part of a "Queen Bee" bullying group that may have driven a classmate to run away, she is less than pleased. She gives her daughter Brandee Case a DeathGlare and says they have to discuss a few issues.
** Danny asks how the hell that kids can be so mean to each other. Samantha explains it's not that simple.
* HappilyFailedSuicide: The episode ends this way, with Eric sounding relieved to be alive, and asking his parents to never send him back to that school.
* MundaneSolution: How did Eric disappear from the school grounds? Simple; he walked out. No one stopped him because they didn't see him leaving.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Emily bursts into tears when her twin brother Darren says that Eric is going to kill himself. She was already feeling bad when
* SelfHarm: When they realize Eric has been bullied, the team deduces that he smashed the mirror and cut himself.
* SuicideNote: Eric calls Darren, who tells him that his parents are worried about him. He goes OhCrap when Eric tells Darren he's going to kill himself, and Darren has been a good friend to him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Darren from the look of it is the only one who was more than nice to Eric at school, becoming AFriendInNeed.
* VillainsNeverLIe:
* WhatWereYouThinking: The agents are not happy when they find out that Emily was one of Eric's bullies. They confront her and ask if she even thought about her actions. She's forced to admit that she wasn't and that she didn't expect Eric to go that far.

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Directed by Creator/DavidBarrett

Written by Creator/HankSteinberg

The team searches for a student who disappeared during a break and they soon learn the boy has serious personal problems and his disappearance may have been something other than a kidnapping.

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