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Recap / Walker Texas Ranger S5E8 "A Silent Cry"

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Written by Mitchell Schneider
Directed by Michael Preece

Tropes seen in this episode:

  • Dark Secret: Just as Darcy seems to think the support group isn't that much help, Cora comes forward and reveals she was a victim of rape herself, having been raped by a family friend when she was 15 years old while her parents were out of town. This eventually prompts Darcy to change her mind.
  • House Fire: When the rapists realize that Walker has been tipped off and are coming for them, they plan to eliminate Darcy and her mother as witnesses by binding them then setting fire to their trailer. As always ... Walker and Trivette arrive Just in Time.
  • Rape as Drama: Especially when the Rangers' friend, Darcy, is brutally raped ... and later, when another friend of Darcy's is killed by the effects of the date rape drug.
  • Slipping a Mickey: How the construction workers subdue their victims and assault them.
  • Stuff Blowing Up: Darcy's house is blown to smithereens after the rapists set it ablaze to try to kill them, but Walker and Trivette save them just in time.

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