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I really don't think Cory and Topanga should get any more romantic. I mean if they are doing it on a Disney show why can't all the other actors do it on that SAME Disney show.. -_- There are two choices for Disney... 1 stay the way you are or go back to the old Disney on how their purpose was to entertain young adult type audiences which can't practically happen unless Disney feels like getting sued by all the overprotective parents out there who only want age appropriate material for their kids... If it were my choice Disney should go back to the way it was, but that will not happen soon...or ever :(

I would confidently say that even while defending a friend you really have no right to physically shove someone back (even if it is the bully) if the bully did not show any kind of physical violence, Billy only showed verbal. In some cases if someone does something to hurt your so called "friend" there is not a high chance the defender of that friend will push him back and hold him to the wall. After all of this even if it does happen, this should not really be showed on TV because there is a high chance this might cause a reaction by the audience also keeping in mind that the kids who watch these shows are still learning about the world and developing their own individual personalities. All of the viewers of this show know that Farkle and Lucas are not best friends at all. Just because they are in the same class and in the same group doesn't show that they are best friends. It only shows that there is not another actor out there hired by Disney who is willing to play such a role of defending Farkle in this episode Now realizing there is one more flaw in this episode (no pun intended..). Riley. She needs to realize that you can't fix everything that life throws at you. Let me remind all of you that the shows name is "Girl Meets World". Riley is the girl who has to face the world in front of her like Cory has done in "Boy Meets World". The world is a harsh place filled with harsh people. Everything does not go your way and your actions will not always affect the world in front of you. This episode should have not focused on the bully admitting his fault, but should have focus on Farkle dealing with bullies and the results of what happens when you tell a teacher, your friends, or your parents about the situations that occur in school that you are not fine with. Riley, Maya, and Lucas should have gave Farkle confidence to go and confront the bully and say that you will not listen to any of this anymore and you have to apologize or face the consequences that would be the result in bullying for the bully. Again I say that the following is my opinion about this episode. The message of this episode was a very good one and I really am proud of Disney for actually transferring a pure message to one of its shows. But the problem is that the way they tried to portray the message was very controversial looking from both standpoints. Disney stretched the portraying of the message so far that as the audience we don't see this being close to realistic acting wise and situational wise. This might be a strong statement but to some extent it is true: This is the most controversial Girl Meets World episode yet... I just hope that the future episodes will provide the clean and pure messages the show has been giving us since its pilot episode.

Come to think of it... after reading all of your opinions/views on this particular episode, I would like to partly conclude this forum by stating a couple key factors onto why this episode (if looked at a different way) is not formally portraying the message it wants to portray to their audience. First off like people have said above, the scene where the bully admits his flaw is not at all real. there is not one person on this planet who is a bully who willingly commits why he acts the way he does in front of his entire class. When Farkle told Riley, Maya, etc. that he was being bullied, (like the person above stated) Why isn't Farkle telling all of this to Cory? The past episodes clearly show that Cory and Farkle have a strong student-teacher relationship going on. Plus the message of Harley bullying Cory when he was a kid and then ending up as a janitor was a really poor threat on what happens to you if you were a bully at school. If you learn from your mistakes there is no guarantee you'll end up with a comparatively bad occupation than the person you bullied. I think this shouldn't be focused upon but it still is a factor to bring up. As my concluding point with explanation of course. I would like to make a statement which might seem so controversial but it's my opinion or way of looking at it. Lucas was the real bully in this episode. Like many others have said above Lucas was not Farkle's best friend. They both were true opposites yet the same if you see where i am getting at. But to make this not at all more long-winded, Farkle did not like Lucas at first and same with Lucas not liking Farkle. Also there is also some solid proof. When Billy openly said to Lucas, Maya, and Riley that Farkle is stupid and doesn't deserve friends etc. Lucas got so mad and cowardly pinned Billy to the wall due to his anger. To me that really says something about Lucas' anger. If you see Billy did not use any kind of physical contact against Lucas or Farkle! Disney pulled a controversial move with this scene. I know that when someone of something you love is being hurt by someone else you tend to express your emotions physically, but this happening with Lucas especially is a bit surprising. To conclude, I would have to say even though this episode had a good message to choose kindness and stop bullying, there were a few minor-major mistakes made that, if looked at closely, can change someone's perspective which can lead you to missing the whole lesson/moral of the episode.