WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Walker Episode 8, "Fine Is a Four Letter Word," which aired Thursday on The CW.
Walker has steadily been weaving in characters harboring deep secrets and discovering bombshell revelations about their personal lives and potential mortal danger. And as the extended cast find themselves stuck together in the face of a tornado hitting the county, these uncomfortable truths come out causing some emotional reconciliations and some personal breakdowns in "Fine Is a Four Letter Word," the latest episode of Walker.
In the week since his visit to Mexico with Captain Larry James, Liam Walker has grown paranoid and has begun sleeping in his office, avoiding his fiancé Brett and the rest of his family. Confiding in Micki, the Texas Ranger tells the lawyer that they need to come clean with Walker about Emily's killer still being on the loose and now targeting him. Walker himself is busy preparing for his daughter's high school dance, quietly grieving that Emily never got the chance to see Stella off to her first big dance. Taking up Micki on her advice, Liam arranges a meeting with Walker to tell him the truth, while Brett expresses his concerns for Liam's wellbeing.
As Walker arrives and Micki and Trey Barnett's place for game night, it's apparent that Micki hasn't revealed the truth about her mother to her boyfriend yet. This awkward conversation is interrupted by a severe tornado warning, which has resulted in the high school dance being nearly completely deserted. Walker arrives at the dance with Micki and Trey in tow to make sure the kids are alright. Liam, for his part, is trapped in his office elevator with Brett when the power goes out. Elsewhere, Bonham and Abilene gather supplies at a local general store to help their sons, and it's clear that their own marital troubles aren't completely resolved when he has a tense conversation with the store owner, who is one of her ex-lovers.
In the elevator, Liam begins to freak out and lies to Brett about what really happened in Mexico, telling him that he got drunk and hooked up with a bartender in an effort to force a break-up; Brett, though, refuses just as Bonham and Abby rescue them. Back at the dance, Bonham talks to Liam about the issues he has with Brett while realizing he has unresolved feelings over Abby's past infidelity that he still has to confront. As Brett refuses to reconcile with Liam to take some time apart, Abby and Bonham finally come clean about their issues.
When the kids attempt to make the best of a dance despite a natural disaster, Stella discovers Trevor's prison visitor pass that he left in his jacket pocket after meeting with his dad beforehand. Realizing Trevor is the son of one bank robber busted by Walker, Stella storms out. Trevor, though, soon convinces her to dance and put their families' feud aside for the night. The dance proves to be all too brief, and Trevor is unable to stay with Stella now that the truth about his dad is out.
At the end of "Fine Is a Four Letter Word," Walker gets embroiled on his own rescue mission, with him and his impromptu partners helping people caught in the storm. While saving drivers from downed power lines, Micki flashes back to the fireworks that her and her adoptive mother used to watch growing up, triggering a panic attack. Unable to contain the secret any longer, Micki reveals the truth about her mother to Trey, who initially is frustrated that Walker knew all along, even though he didn't. As Micki and Trey reconcile back at the high school, Walker points out to Liam that a teacher at the dance asked him out. This is upended when Liam finally tells the truth that Emily's murderer is still out there, The episode ends with an emotionally devastated Walker prepared to step up find justice for his wife once and for all.
Walker stars Jared Padalecki, Lindsey Morgan, Keegan Allen, Mitch Pileggi, Molly Hagan and Coby Bell. New episodes air Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.