This was the saddest part of WALKER TEXAS RANGER. CD was always so nice to everyone on the show and it is a shame that this episode was made shortly before or after his passing. There will never be another NOBLE WILLINGHAM on this show. Every episode had a great ending except for this one. God bless your family, Mr. Willingham.
@@nikkithomas2929 im surprised he couldn't come back for the wedding... his character didn't get chance to say goodbye since they used holidays as way to write him off
@@cheekypeteski7545 yeah that's true. I loved CD and his diner for everyone to come by and eat some good Texas food and he was always there to help Walker, Alex and the rest of the rangers bring the bad boys down.
@gmoneyz3049 yup. Not to take away from the Rangers, but it is the same for us Veterans. We don't ever retire truly, and we are OK with that. We know if stuff hits the fan, if they come to us, all we have to say is "where do you need us?" and we are ready to go quickly. That's why I will always say I am simply former Active Duty.
In 2024, this is still my favorite TV show. I think Walker was just Chuck Norris playing himself, a GREAT man with a BIG heart. CD loved Jimmy like a son, and Jimmy loved CD like a father. The entire cast had GREAT chemistry.
That was a very very very sad episode when CD died and I cried 😭😭 and I was heart 💔 he was a great actor and I really liked him in Walker Texas Ranger and I will miss him forever and I will never forget him.
Noble Willingham left the show to run for Congress in Texas. The way he was written off, I suspect the Norris brothers and other producers were not happy that he was leaving; especially in the middle of a season. He passed away in real life about 3 years after the show ended.
Very true. Somehow he lost as a Republican in Texas. In 4 days, President Donald J. Trump will avenge that loss and show all those assholes saying Texas will turn blue this time that they are full of it.
I always wondered why he left and I'm surprised but also a little happy he did so to pursue another goal. CD was so lovable on the show and it felt so sudden they wrote him out in such a way.
Yeah and I think he started reappearing and being mentioned because he Apologized and they were going to bring him back, but CBS ended the show before he could.
In this episode; “The Avenging Angel” 9x04 C.D. died of a heart attack! But in the series finale “The Final Showdown” 9x23-9x24 Emile Lavocat admitted to murdering C.D. In fact, C.D. died from a poison “Ricin”. Without an autopsy; it would look like he had a heart attack.
If I remember correctly, It turned out that he been poisoned with a drug that in a routine autopsy would cause people to think he had a heart attack am I right?
here's what's being said on the other line of the phone - Walker: Walker. Oh hi Mr. Murphy, has CD worn out his welcome yet? - Mr. Murphy: I'm afraid he has. - Walker: What? Oh god...
I'm not surprised that they ended the show shortly after the actor who played this particular character suddenly passed away, it was still an okay show but, it just wasn't the same anymore you know?
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Noble Willingham's 'passing' was tough on the whole cast and crew, that were a part of the W: TR 'family'. I don't recall, but did Cordell, Jimmie, Alex, and the "Rookie Rangers", still make a point of visiting The Restaurant/Bar, after CD, Passed on?
As a Marine myself I can tell you than only Trivette and Gage were giving the proper military salute. Walker and Sidney's salute was embarrassing to any of us men or women who served.
This scene was so sad and then they find out that CD was murdered. Whenever I see a funeral that has a 21-gun salute, it kind of makes me angry not at the fact that they are doing but when my grandpa died, instead of 7 guys shooting 3 times, we had 3 guys shooting 3 times. My grandpa deserved so much more than what he got.
I know Noble was leaving the show but I HATE how they did this. Just tacking CD’s death and funeral onto the last three minutes of an episode. He deserved a MUCH better send off.
Yeah i just watched, couldn't help getting a tear in my eye😂! C.D nearly died in season 7 "in harms way part 1" fortunately he survived that, but was then sadly poisoned in this episode
The actor who played C.D died years after Walker Texas Ranger ended actually. The show originally aired in America from 1993-2001. Then the movie Trial By Fire aired originally in 2005.
Didn't they spend a while after the actor left the show having the other characters saying he was abroad traveling or something before they decided to kill off his character C.D Parker?
No that's not the reason you see he passed away just before the episode claimed that he was traveling on a yacht Cruise so the actor passed away a while back so they just used his character claiming that he was traveling then they made this episode so it's a very saddening to hear about that actor dying before the end of the series
@@austinterpstra1398 Maybe I misunderstood your comment but afaik Noble Willingham died in 2004,whereas this episode is from 2000/2001( I know I'm answering a 5 months old comment,it's just out of curiosity lol)
If I remember correctly the actor who played CD was originally out campaigning for some kind of political office and then suddenly passed away unexpectedly while on the campaign trail didn't he?
Noble Willingham, (CD Parker) passed away in 2004. He'd been off camera for quite a while prior to this because he was running for U.S. House of Representatives and campaign rules at the time didn't allow him to have all that free unrelated camera time. But he hadn't actually been written out of the show yet. Eventually his character was killed off. Then shortly after he actually passed away I think is when they did that story about the poison as a tribute episode, since they'd already written in his death and memorial earlier on.
I remember watching this episode, just the phone call that came through, I knew something bad had happened to CD, just looking at Walker's face with the phone call
There must have been a slight edit on later re airings of this episode because i remember after walker hung up the phone, Trevet asked what happened. walker said "cd's dead". Unless I remember wrong.
