This episode "Arthur's Big Hit" is regarded as the worst episode by a lot of fans of the show. I'm incline to agree with them. But not for the reasons one may think. Arthur punching D. W. is wrong, first and foremost, but what makes it bad is however, the presentation and the aftermath. D. W. Was warned repeatedly not to play with the model airplane, she did anyway, and Arthur's violent response was bad, but to quote the merry murderesses of the Cooke County Jail, "They had it coming, they had it coming, they only have themselves to blame. If you had been there, if you had seen it. How could you tell me that I was wrong". But it's how the parents respond to what Arthur did that is wrong on so many levels, and this leads into the main reason why I personally consider this the worst episode, and a terrible lesson for children. Binky Barnes is my favorite character, he thinks he's a bully, he thinks he's tough, but he's soft and sensitive on the inside. It's character trait I can seriously identify with. But Bink hangs around with some real thugs on the show. The Tough Customers are a group of characters I've always despised on this show, but this one made me hate them. Binky learns about what Arthur did, and he is shocked by this, to which the tough customers say, "We can't remember that guy you beat up Binky", basically telling Binky he needs to punch Arthur the next time he see's him to live up to his reputation. This is so wrong on so many levels. Binky is being shamed, and emotionally blackmailed into hitting his classmate for the pleasure of some really bad kids, and he clearly doesn't want to do it. It's wrong to pressure someone into doing something they don't want to, especially when it means to hurt or humiliate someone else. The worst part of this episode is the lack of consequences. D. W. Get's away with wrecking Arthur's model plane, and her accuse is she is "just a little girl", and this is in spite of the fact that Arthur warned her multiple times. When it comes to foreseeable or expected violence, especially from children, it's important that they realize, "Two wrongs don't make a right", D. W. wasn't told "no" enough and she gets away not considering Arthur's feelings or words. Arthur overacts and takes a violent approach to an otherwise simple solution to the problem, simply tell D. W. Off to his parents about what she did. But no, Arthur has to apologize to someone who will walk away from this incident having learned nothing. Binky punches Arthur after being pressured and emotionally black mailed by his peers into hitting Arthur, and Arthur's parents don't call or confront Binky's parents to report what he did, because they feel Arthur getting hit is appropriate Karma for hitting D. W. As I said before two wrong don't make a right. Children can't learn if there are no consequences. In the case of Binky, I would have love to have seen the Tough Customers get in trouble for pressuring him. And this episode tries to vindicate everyone's bad behaviors. In this episode nothing was learned, nothing was gained, and it sends a wrong message to children.