Walker believes that the dean of the college where Alex teaches is hiding something surrounding the rapes on campus, and he also stumbles across information that leads him to believe that one of his karate students has a connection of some sort with a drug ring he's been chasing for some time. But it's personal, not only because the kid's mom's boyfriend set him up and left his partner for dead, but the guy also beats on the kid and the kid's mother. "If I wanted your opinion, I'd beat it out of you." <br/><br/>Fun second part of a two-parter involving a scumbag, woman-beating drug dealing monster (played convincingly by long-time heavy, Jeff Kober) forcing his fiancé's stepson, Tony (Giovanni Ribisi, quite a youngster, certainly can peddle a bike as we see in this episode) to run coke to and from suppliers. Kober's Nypo has been elusive in capture despite a past of drug-dealing, and he's also known for beating a woman to death yeah, nice guy this Nypo. Walker wants this guy bad, nearly dying at Nypo's hands, just avoiding an exploding building (a type of drug warehouse) with some of the drug dealer's goons biting the dust. Tony is perhaps Walker's best means for taking Nypo down but as long as the kid's mom is in danger he will remain mum. Meanwhile, a subplot concerning a possible rapist attacking girls on campuses could jeopardize Alex as she plans to present evidence which could implicate a cocky professor sending off signals to Walker and Trivette of his suspicion. Kober's a real nasty piece of work and seeing Walker kick his ass should bring delight to viewers who enjoy the show. Ribisi's teenager often victimized by Kober adds to the thrill of seeing this cretin get his just desserts (as is what happens to Tony's mom who puts herself in harm's way so he can get away). The rapist angle does seem to interfere with the episode's true meat and potatoes, that being Nypo getting what he deserves. The plot involving a criminal with no qualms at hurting innocent people, dealing dope and avoiding arrest, is a staple of Walker, Texas Ranger, so "Something in the Shadows Part 2" covers familiar ground and is as predictable as you'd expect. Still Kober is so vile and mean, his character's facing off Walker at the end should be worth sitting through yet another "drug dealing asshole practices his crooked business and gets away with it until he finally screws up" plot. You can't watch this show expecting trail-blazing plots and unique characters basically the bad guys are as rotten as they come and the heroes of the show punch and kick them into concussions and unconsciousness. The comedy of the episode mainly concerns poor Noble Willingham's old car, Goldie, being loaned (much to his chagrin) to Walker, with the obvious results being damage to the vehicle.
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