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This episode is an honorable mention and one that's the serious kind which makes the episode not all laughs but most importantly remind us Blossom and the rest of the company still live in the real world. The issue other than guns in school is more on the code of silence and why it's not the best code of follow, it doesn't provide protection only more fear.
We see the gun at first and the person that is checking it, I'll admit that moment was scary, and it was scary for Blossom when she catches her glimpse of it. We even see the person and I'll admit, he gives a smile but it's not a happy smile it's a very bland smile, let alone his eyes have a vacancy that just conveys no feeling. From his mannerism and the gun, he possesses I know there's something very wrong with this guy. What makes this all the scarier is these kind of people exist as their the kinds we probably have passed by in the hallway when we went to high school but never gave a second thought about.
Blossom is in the moral dilemma on whether to tell or not, I know you would think something like this would be easy to report but due to some of the pressures going on along with some of her fear her reluctance is understandable.
We see the code of silence becomes a revolving issue in the episode, where Six unfortunately had to do detention along with the rest of the class for something she didn't do. Which I always hate because it's not fair nor really nor makes any real sense on why the whole class has to be punished because of one perpetrator wrongful action, did it ever occur to these morons the perpetrator might not even be from the classroom, let alone doesn't the law state you need hard evidence to prosecute. I don't think we have this anymore but anyway Six did detention because someone tagged the classroom, someone or some people possibly knew who the perpetrator was but didn't come forward to testify. Six's story shows the damaging effects of this code of silence, how by not conveying an important truth can affect and harm the people around you. But worst of all the silence could bring deadly consequences.
There is a subplot with Joey and Frosty the Clown, really like how perceptive Joey is as he senses something is seriously wrong with his childhood hero despite him not directly saying anything; other than the slight signs of alcoholism it's really some of what Frost doesn't say about most to all his troubles that gets Joey.
They come to a certain overlook spot, in a way it really shows Frosty is on the edge in his fragile and troubled psyche and we see Joey ask Frosty a serious question in a warm compassionate manner if he needs help.
Frosty evades the question at first but then when Joey asks again as it hasn't been answered, Frosty final admits it to both Joey and himself that he does.
Frosty did the right thing because despite trying to deal with it himself and thinking by staying silent about it would go away in time, it didn't the amount of time he stayed silence only made his psychological troubles like any untreated disease grow and fester making it even more painful than before; and that was something Frosty couldn't live with anymore nor should anyone. It was also very touching just as Frosty helped Joey when he was a kid, Joey in turn helped him as an adult.
Just as Blossom did the right thing in speaking out about the gun from the last thing Six says she realizes if she doesn't someone's going to get seriously hurt or worse dead. Despite security and the principal searching the kid's locker they don't uncover it, but that didn't make me feel safe because I knew just because it wasn't in the locker it doesn't mean he still doesn't have it, because with that model gun you can easily hide it anywhere else or even carry it around. The kid of course figures out it was Blossom and then gives a death threat to her; that moment the stakes just got higher, and things get scarier than before.
After that Blossom is in a very bad state of fear and like with a lot her state, they always try to downplay the situation as a form of denial to feel less afraid, but it never works because it only makes them more afraid. We hear Blossom's downplay of the kid and the threat when she describes him as being a quiet and unassuming; unfortunately, that's the common behavior pattern of some killers and psychological troubled people.
I honestly don't know what this kid's damage really is and his reasoning if any for the gun, may 'be he's targeted by bullies/gang, not all his lockers in his locker room upstairs are filled, I'm not sure as this kid never communicated his trouble with anyone or even the right people that could help whatever troubled him. All I know is the kid is armed which makes him dangerous and why the death threat toward Blossom shouldn't be wavered off.
Really like what Tony says to Blossom about the people not speaking to Blossom about spilling the beans on that their idiots. And he's right they are, because instead of thinking about their lives being on the line they were just thinking about their own reputations; but life and death isn't a popularity contest in fact reputations don't mean jack squat in those matters.
I also like a little of what he said about high school, yeah, a lot has changed indeed and not all of it was for the better as it seems like now kids have too much to worry about, to the point no kid wants to even go and who can blame them; times like that makes me wonder what in the hell are we doing wrong.
It then comes down to a grim ending when we hear what happens to as he's had either an accident with the gun or committed suicide, but whatever the case he's gone all because he stayed silent.
Our troubles internally and externally will never go away unless we break the code of silence and give ourselves a voice.
Rating: 4 stars.
This episode is an honorable mention and one that's the serious kind which makes the episode not all laughs but most importantly remind us Blossom and the rest of the company still live in the real world. The issue other than guns in school is more on the code of silence and why it's not the best code of follow, it doesn't provide protection only more fear.
We see the gun at first and the person that is checking it, I'll admit that moment was scary, and it was scary for Blossom when she catches her glimpse of it. We even see the person and I'll admit, he gives a smile but it's not a happy smile it's a very bland smile, let alone his eyes have a vacancy that just conveys no feeling. From his mannerism and the gun, he possesses I know there's something very wrong with this guy. What makes this all the scarier is these kind of people exist as their the kinds we probably have passed by in the hallway when we went to high school but never gave a second thought about.
Blossom is in the moral dilemma on whether to tell or not, I know you would think something like this would be easy to report but due to some of the pressures going on along with some of her fear her reluctance is understandable.
We see the code of silence becomes a revolving issue in the episode, where Six unfortunately had to do detention along with the rest of the class for something she didn't do. Which I always hate because it's not fair nor really nor makes any real sense on why the whole class has to be punished because of one perpetrator wrongful action, did it ever occur to these morons the perpetrator might not even be from the classroom, let alone doesn't the law state you need hard evidence to prosecute. I don't think we have this anymore but anyway Six did detention because someone tagged the classroom, someone or some people possibly knew who the perpetrator was but didn't come forward to testify. Six's story shows the damaging effects of this code of silence, how by not conveying an important truth can affect and harm the people around you. But worst of all the silence could bring deadly consequences.
There is a subplot with Joey and Frosty the Clown, really like how perceptive Joey is as he senses something is seriously wrong with his childhood hero despite him not directly saying anything; other than the slight signs of alcoholism it's really some of what Frost doesn't say about most to all his troubles that gets Joey.
They come to a certain overlook spot, in a way it really shows Frosty is on the edge in his fragile and troubled psyche and we see Joey ask Frosty a serious question in a warm compassionate manner if he needs help.
Frosty evades the question at first but then when Joey asks again as it hasn't been answered, Frosty final admits it to both Joey and himself that he does.
Frosty did the right thing because despite trying to deal with it himself and thinking by staying silent about it would go away in time, it didn't the amount of time he stayed silence only made his psychological troubles like any untreated disease grow and fester making it even more painful than before; and that was something Frosty couldn't live with anymore nor should anyone. It was also very touching just as Frosty helped Joey when he was a kid, Joey in turn helped him as an adult.
Just as Blossom did the right thing in speaking out about the gun from the last thing Six says she realizes if she doesn't someone's going to get seriously hurt or worse dead. Despite security and the principal searching the kid's locker they don't uncover it, but that didn't make me feel safe because I knew just because it wasn't in the locker it doesn't mean he still doesn't have it, because with that model gun you can easily hide it anywhere else or even carry it around. The kid of course figures out it was Blossom and then gives a death threat to her; that moment the stakes just got higher, and things get scarier than before.
After that Blossom is in a very bad state of fear and like with a lot her state, they always try to downplay the situation as a form of denial to feel less afraid, but it never works because it only makes them more afraid. We hear Blossom's downplay of the kid and the threat when she describes him as being a quiet and unassuming; unfortunately, that's the common behavior pattern of some killers and psychological troubled people.
I honestly don't know what this kid's damage really is and his reasoning if any for the gun, may 'be he's targeted by bullies/gang, not all his lockers in his locker room upstairs are filled, I'm not sure as this kid never communicated his trouble with anyone or even the right people that could help whatever troubled him. All I know is the kid is armed which makes him dangerous and why the death threat toward Blossom shouldn't be wavered off.
Really like what Tony says to Blossom about the people not speaking to Blossom about spilling the beans on that their idiots. And he's right they are, because instead of thinking about their lives being on the line they were just thinking about their own reputations; but life and death isn't a popularity contest in fact reputations don't mean jack squat in those matters.
I also like a little of what he said about high school, yeah, a lot has changed indeed and not all of it was for the better as it seems like now kids have too much to worry about, to the point no kid wants to even go and who can blame them; times like that makes me wonder what in the hell are we doing wrong.
It then comes down to a grim ending when we hear what happens to as he's had either an accident with the gun or committed suicide, but whatever the case he's gone all because he stayed silent.
Our troubles internally and externally will never go away unless we break the code of silence and give ourselves a voice.
Rating: 4 stars.
