List of Walker, Texas Ranger episodes
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The following is a list of episodes from the American television series Walker, Texas Ranger. A total of 198 episodes aired, from April 21, 1993 to May 19, 2001. Although some sources identify the first three episodes, aired at the end of the 1992-93 television season, as the first season (making nine seasons in the series overall),[1][2] those episodes are included in the Season 1 (1993–94) DVD release and are not acknowledged as a separate season.
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[edit] Summary
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Season Premiere | Season Finale | DVD release date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discs | |||||||
| Pilot | 3 | 1993 | April 21, 1993 | May 1, 1993 | June 13, 2006 | 7 | |
| 1 | 23 | 1993–1994 | September 25, 1993 | May 21, 1994 | |||
| 2 | 23 | 1994–1995 | September 24, 1994 | May 13, 1995 | January 23, 2007 | 7 | |
| 3 | 26 | 1995–1996 | September 23, 1995 | May 18, 1996 | June 12, 2007 | 7 | |
| 4 | 27 | 1996–1997 | September 21, 1996 | May 17, 1997 | February 19, 2008 | 7 | |
| 5 | 25 | 1997–1998 | September 27, 1997 | May 16, 1998 | July 1, 2008 | 7 | |
| 6 | 23 | 1998–1999 | September 26, 1998 | May 22, 1999 | January 13, 2009 | 5 | |
| 7 | 25 | 1999–2000 | September 25, 1999 | May 20, 2000 | March 9, 2010 | 5 | |
| 8 | 23 | 2000–2001 | October 7, 2000 | May 19, 2001 | June 14, 2005 | 6 | |
[edit] Pilot season: 1993
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "One Riot, One Ranger" | April 21, 1993 | 101 | ||
| This two-hour premiere episode introduces Cordell Walker, a contemporary Texas Ranger. After his old partner is killed in a bank heist, working with his new partner Trivette, Walker seeks vengeance on the killer - and uncovers the next daring scheme. (Note: The role of C.D. Parker was played by Gailard Sartain. In the first regular season, Noble Willingham took over the role starting with the episode, "Bounty." Clarence Gilyard joined the cast, after departing his role on Matlock. In syndication, this is a two-part episode.) | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Borderline" | April 24, 1993 | 102 | ||
| Walker and his partner work to protect Alex from the sheriff, who found himself on the wrong side of the bars when she sent him to prison. After his release from the big house, he stalks Alex in search of revenge. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "A Shadow in the Night" | May 1, 1993 | 103 | ||
| East meets the Wild West when Walker and Trivette try to safeguard a Congressman whose assistant killed a Yakuza boss and find themselves confronting a Japanese hit man who also happens to be both a martial arts master and an old friend of Walker. | ||||||
[edit] Season 1: 1993–1994
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Bounty" | September 25, 1993 | 104 | ||
| Bank robber Roy Buchanan is accidentally arrested, but when he is let go, he not only has Walker and Trivette on his heels, but a deadly bounty hunter by the name of Waxwell as well. (Note: This is the first episode where the end credits were played over a picture of a Texas Ranger badge, which stayed that way for the rest of the series. Noble Willingham took over the role of C.D. Parker in this episode.) | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | "Storm Warning" | October 2, 1993 | 105 | ||
| Trivette is up the river—and in very hot water—when he goes undercover in prison and finds himself trapped with other convicts during a brutal escape attempt. | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | "In the Name of God" | October 30, 1993 | 106 | ||
| Alex tries to rescue a friend's daughter from a religious cult, but finds herself being held prisoner by the group's charismatic leader. | ||||||
| 7 | 4 | "Crime Wave Dave" | November 6, 1993 | 107 | ||
| While searching for Billy Clancy, an escaped parolee that he helped before, Walker learns that Billy's parole officer Dave Kilmer has been forcing Billy to commit crimes. To protect himself, Kilmer abducts Billy's wife and son. | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | "End Run" | November 13, 1993 | 108 | ||
| While Walker and Trivette transport a fugitive who is about to testify in an out-of-state murder trial, Trivette struggles with his feelings for the dangerous woman. | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | "Family Matters" | November 20, 1993 | 109 | ||
| Walker faces a battle with the FBI after he arrests a criminal who feels himself to be above the law because of his sister's involvement in the Witness Protection Program. | ||||||
| 10 | 7 | "She'll Do to Ride the River With" | November 24, 1993 | 110 | ||
| A veterinarian investigating the strange deaths of local animals is killed and his daughter teams up with Walker and Trivette. The three discover that an oil company has been using a harmful substance to spray the roads in order to make a large profit. | ||||||
| 11 | 8 | "Unfinished Business" | November 27, 1993 | 111 | ||
| A renegade, whom is a failed Texas Ranger applicant challenges Walker with his attempts to capture several escaped criminals, but he inadvertently endangers innocent civilians in the process. | ||||||
| 12 | 9 | "An Innocent Man" | December 4, 1993 | 112 | ||
| Walker must find a way to prove a condemned man's guilty plea was the result of blackmail before he is put to death by lethal injection. | ||||||
| 13 | 10 | "Night of the Gladiator" | December 11, 1993 | 113 | ||
| Diane, an old flame of Trivette's asks him to help her brother Randy who is involved with an illegal street fighting ring. Walker and Trivette join the gang by posing as street fighters, and Randy learns from them that the opponent he thought he had accidentally killed, actually died from gunshot wounds. Though he realizes that his boss was responsible, Randy is forced to fight Trivette when his boss had kidnapped Diane to keep Randy in line. | ||||||
| 14 | 11 | "The Legend of Running Bear" | January 8, 1994 | 114 | ||
| Walker's cousin, David "Little Eagle" Jackson, returns to the reservation after studying medicine to find that many do not like him, including his girlfriend's father (a member of the reservation's tribal council), whose murder he soon witnesses. Walker must clear his cousins' name when he is arrested for the murder by two corrupt FBI agents who framed him for murder of the tribal leader who they killed after he uncovers they conspired with a mining tycoon to steal land belonging to the reservation. | ||||||
| 15 | 12 | "Something in the Shadows: Part 1" | January 15, 1994 | 115 | ||
| Kurt Nypo, a powerful drug dealer, is attempting to get rid of Walker when he starts to get close. Nypo also has Tony Kingston, one of Walker's karate students (and whose mom he is dating), deliver the drugs. Meanwhile, the Rangers are working on locating a rapist at a college that Alex teaches at. | ||||||
| 16 | 13 | "Something in the Shadows: Part 2" | January 22, 1994 | 116 | ||
| Tony is busted for delivering the drugs but refuses to come forward to protect his mother. After Nypo puts her in the hospital, Tony attempts to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, the Rangers continue their investigation on the college rapist and suspect that a professor that Alex knows might be the rapist. | ||||||
| 17 | 14 | "On Deadly Ground" | January 29, 1994 | 117 | ||
| Walker and Trivette, despite having no jurisdiction, travel to Mexico to rescue a captured D.E.A. agent, who is an old friend of Walker, from a Mexican drug cartel. | ||||||
| 18 | 15 | "Right Man, Wrong Time" | February 5, 1994 | 118 | ||
| Country singer Merrilee Summers (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) needs Walker's protection from her estranged ex-husband, who is threatening her. | ||||||
| 19 | 16 | "The Prodigal Son" | March 5, 1994 | 119 | ||
| Walker does some soul searching after he nearly causes a young man's death during a hostage situation. He ends up helping another young man (Tobey Maguire), who is on the run for stealing drugs from a mob boss to impress his estranged father. | ||||||
| 20 | 17 | "The Committee" | March 12, 1994 | 120 | ||
| Walker pretends a harsher attitude towards the legal system in order to infiltrate the Committee, a group of corrupt law enforcement officials that have been using vigilante-style methods to target and murder criminals that the law failed to convict due to legal procedures. | ||||||
| 21 | 18 | "Deadly Vision" | March 26, 1994 | 121 | ||
| Using a psychic to help locate a kidnapped 8-year-old earns Trivette ridicule from his fellow Rangers. | ||||||
| 22 | 19 | "Skyjacked" | April 2, 1994 | 122 | ||
| While transporting a condemned man from Ohio to Texas, his friends hijack the plane and subdue Walker and Trivette, who must find a way to prevent his escape. | ||||||
| 23 | 20 | "The Long Haul" | April 9, 1994 | 123 | ||
| Walker and Trivette go undercover to try to catch a gang of big rig hijackers. | ||||||
| 24 | 21 | "Rampage" | April 30, 1994 | 124 | ||
| C.D. must rescue Walker and Trivette when they are trapped deep inside Texas while tracking brothers. | ||||||
| 25 | 22 | "The Reunion" | May 14, 1994 | 125 | ||
| Walker and Trivette get help from a legendary Texas Ranger, back to seek justice for his murdered son, in tracking down an assassin with a U.S. Senator in his sights. (Note: In syndication, this is a two-part episode.) | ||||||
| 26 | 23 | "Stolen Lullaby" | May 21, 1994 | 126 | ||
| Walker investigates the claim of a woman (Danica McKellar), whose baby has been kidnapped, that the baby has been seen in the possession of a politician. | ||||||
[edit] Season 2: 1994–1995
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Badge of Honor" | September 24, 1994 | 201 | ||
| Trivette meets an old acquaintance of Walker. He is a sheriff in a small town, running it with an iron fist and promoting racism among his deputies. When he gets too close, Trivette is captured, and learns that with another man he is to be put to death in a secret spot where the remains of other captured prisoners are. | ||||||
| 28 | 2 | "Branded" | October 1, 1994 | 202 | ||
| After a cattle inspector is killed by rustlers, Walker and Trivette work with the inspector's deputy to find those responsible, but the rustlers seem to be one step ahead of the Rangers. | ||||||
| 29 | 3 | "Silk Dreams" | October 8, 1994 | 203 | ||
| A deadly new designer drug sends Walker and Trivette out into the nightlife to seek its source. | ||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Mustangs" | October 15, 1994 | 204 | ||
| The death of a man who tried to bring Alex information on a plot to exterminate a group of wild mustangs leads Walker to a local ranch run by two brothers, Ned and Mitch Travis. The elder brother Ned, who is responsible is intending to get out of a lease agreement by getting rid of the herd. But when Walker gets too close, Ned and his gang are able to trap him in the badlands with no means of communication. Now, Walker must ride the leader of the herd in order to stop them in time. | ||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | October 22, 1994 | 205 | ||
| Walker winds up in a coma after trying to save a baby from a car that teetered off a bridge following a hit-and-run accident. | ||||||
| 32 | 6 | "Rainbow Warrior" | November 5, 1994 | 206 | ||
| While attending the funeral of Chief Six Feathers, Walker learns that his death was no accident. | ||||||
| 33/34 | 7/8 | "The Road to Black Bayou" | November 19, 1994 | 207/208 | ||
| Work-related stress builds so Walker, under doctor's advice, takes Trivette & C.D. to Cajun country for a fishing trip. But the vacation turns sour when local ruffians grow tired of the Rangers' presence and take desperate measures to conceal their drug trade. (Note: In syndication, this is a two-part episode.) | ||||||
| 35 | 9 | "Line of Fire" | November 26, 1994 | 209 | ||
| After receiving information about Dallas police officers dealing in drugs, Alex receives a threat on her life. | ||||||
| 36 | 10 | "Payback" | December 10, 1994 | 210 | ||
| Someone has put out a bounty on Walker who is already busy with recovering a stolen van that is designed for a handicapped boy. | ||||||
| 37 | 11 | "Tiger's Eye" | December 17, 1994 | 211 | ||
| The Japanese Yakuza kidnap the daughter of Jesse Morell, a Texas power broker in order to get revenge on his security chief Manzo Tokada. Tokada, a former Japanese cop, previously infiltrated their gang before faking his death with Jesse's help after his cover was blown. However, Tokada refuses Walker's assistance, preferring to handle it his way. | ||||||
| 38 | 12 | "The Big Bingo Bamboozle" | January 7, 1995 | 212 | ||
| A protected witness to a bingo game (that was actually a money laundering operation) keeps trying to escape her guards. (Note: The theme song "Eyes of a Ranger", sung by Chuck Norris, first appears in the opening and end credits) | ||||||
| 39 | 13 | "Money Train" | January 14, 1995 | 213 | ||
| Walker and Trivette chance upon a planned train robbery after Trivette gets them work on a movie set. | ||||||
| 40 | 14 | "Mean Streets" | January 28, 1995 | 214 | ||
| A masked group consisting of spoiled rich boys have been beating up the homeless. But when one of their attacks results in a homicide, Walker goes undercover as a homeless man to catch them. | ||||||
| 41 | 15 | "Cowboy" | February 4, 1995 | 215 | ||
| Alex gets caught at the scene of an oil tycoon's abduction by career criminal Victor LaRue (Wayne Pére) and is rounded up as a hostage herself. Walker and Trivette set out to track down LaRue and save her and the other hostages. | ||||||
| 42/43 | 16/17 | "War Zone" | February 11, 1995 | 216/217 | ||
| A series of high-profile robberies puzzle the Rangers, but when one results in the death of Walker's friend, it becomes a personal crusade. (Note: In syndication, this is a two-part episode.) | ||||||
| 44 | 18 | "Trust No One" | February 18, 1995 | 218 | ||
| Walker must clear the name of Trivette, who's been accused in the disappearance of $5 million in counterfeit money. | ||||||
| 45 | 19 | "Blue Movies" | February 25, 1995 | 219 | ||
| A judge is killed by a man who reveals to Walker that the one who ordered the hit is D.L. Dade (Howard Keel), a respectable businessman who has been keeping his true activities hidden from the law. But after the killer is murdered, Walker remembering that the man said that Dade once made adult films, decides to track down one of the actresses suspecting that she was underage at the time. However an informant in Alex's office is keeping Dade up to date on the Rangers' moves. | ||||||
| 46 | 20 | "On Sacred Ground" | March 11, 1995 | 220 | ||
| Cherokee youths are stealing artifacts from a museum, claiming they were taken from their ancestral burial grounds. | ||||||
| 47 | 21 | "Case Closed" | April 29, 1995 | 221 | ||
| Walker seeks to disprove 40 years of UFO sightings in a small, Texas town, while also trying to find the missing father of a young girl. | ||||||
| 48 | 22 | "Flashback" | May 6, 1995 | 222 | ||
| Walker pursues a group of killers seeking the lost treasures of Hayes Cooper, a Wild West Texas Ranger. During the pursuit, Walker is attacked by a rattlesnake. Parts of the episode are "flashbacks" to Hayes Cooper, who with Lockett (played by Trivette/Gilyard), is pursuing a group of killers. (Notes: In syndication, this is a two-part episode.) | ||||||
| 49 | 23 | "Standoff" | May 13, 1995 | 223 | ||
| Walker (with the aid of a jet pack) and Trivette protect a Mexican Presidential candidate from an assassin. (Note: In syndication, this is a two-part episode.) | ||||||
[edit] Season 3: 1995–1996
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1 | "Blown Apart" | September 23, 1995 | 301 | ||
| An escaped psychopathic prisoner named Max Kale (Ed O'Ross) goes on a spree, eager to kill people who helped put him away in prison—a list of people including Walker, Alex, a doctor named Jane Pine, a judge named Hollister, Max's ex-wife Angela, and the neighbors from the street where Max was raised. | ||||||
| 51 | 2 | "Deep Cover" | September 30, 1995 | 302 | ||
| Assisting the DEA on a case Walker and Trivette head to Miami, Florida, where Walker poses as a cocaine dealer to help break up a drug trafficking operation and rescue a cop that is being held hostage. | ||||||
| 52 | 3 | "The Guardians" | October 7, 1995 | 303 | ||
| Walker goes undercover at an oil rig to locate The Guardians, a group of eco-terrorists that have infiltrated the rig with the intention of blowing it up. | ||||||
| 53 | 4 | "Collision Course" | October 14, 1995 | 304 | ||
| C.D.'s niece is kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend and forces her into a string of bank robberies. Walker and C.D.'s pursuit of them becomes further complicated when a radio show host, unaware of what's really going on, offers a bounty on their Bonnie and Clyde-style bank robberies. | ||||||
| 54 | 5 | "Point After" | October 21, 1995 | 305 | ||
| Walker and Trivette's investigation of the death of an assistant high school football coach leads to their discovery of a blackmail plot towards the team caused by an illegal high-stakes gambling ring. | ||||||
| 55 | 6 | "Evil in the Night" | November 4, 1995 | 306 | ||
| A malevolent medicine man resurrects after desecration of his burial ground. | ||||||
| 56 | 7 | "Final Justice" | November 11, 1995 | 307 | ||
| After learning one of his parent's killers was never brought to justice, Walker finds a witness to help make things right. | ||||||
| 57 | 8 | "The Lynching" | November 18, 1995 | 308 | ||
| In a small town, an elderly woman is murdered and a mentally disabled person who was living with her is accused of murdering her by a lynch mob which demands to settle it with vigilante-style justice. | ||||||
| 58 | 9 | "Whitewater: Part 1" | November 25, 1995 | 309 | ||
| Alex and Walker's whitewater rafting trip becomes a working vacation when one of the rafters is murdered. Note: Parts 1 and 2 are shown as a single episode on the DVD release. | ||||||
| 59 | 10 | "Whitewater: Part 2" | December 2, 1995 | 310 | ||
| See Part 1 above. Note: Parts 1 and 2 are shown as a single episode on the DVD release. | ||||||
| 60 | 11 | "The Covenant" | December 9, 1995 | 311 | ||
| A gang leader who is trying to start a turf war attempts to recruit one of Walker's karate students, Tommy Lopez, to his side. When Tommy refuses, the gang severely wounds his older brother Ernesto in a drive-by shooting and frames a rival gang who they had shot at previously for it, and Walker must stop the gang from retaliating and igniting the turf war. | ||||||
| 61 | 12 | "Rodeo" | January 6, 1996 | 312 | ||
| Victor DeMarco (Joseph Campanella), a mob boss who was put away in prison years ago, is given a new trial and intends to go free by using false witnesses. After his men kill two of the real witnesses, Walker and Trivette go undercover to protect the final witness, a rodeo rider who is an ex-boyfriend of Alex after he refuses protective custody. | ||||||
| 62 | 13 | "Flashpoint" | January 13, 1996 | 313 | ||
| Irish militants are trying to kill a peacemaker. (Note: This episode serves as a backstory for the season 6 episode "Second Chance") | ||||||
| 63 | 14 | "Break In" | January 20, 1996 | 314 | ||
| Walker goes undercover in a prison to gather evidence on a convicted felon that had a key witness and two rangers murdered, but is unaware that the assistant warden and some of the guards are working for the felon. | ||||||
| 64 | 15 | "The Return of LaRue" | February 3, 1996 | 315 | ||
| Paroled on a technicality, Victor LaRue pretends to have changed as he takes revenge on Walker and Alex. | ||||||
| 65 | 16 | "The Juggernaut" | February 10, 1996 | 316 | ||
| Alex helps an abused wife at a mountain retreat of her women's support group to see that her violent husband can never change, but when he tracks her down at the retreat it places all of them in danger. | ||||||
| 66 | 17 | "El Coyote: Part 1" | February 17, 1996 | 317 | ||
| Walker poses as a peasant to track slave-labor smugglers in Mexico. | ||||||
| 67 | 18 | "El Coyote: Part 2" | February 24, 1996 | 318 | ||
| See Part 1 above. | ||||||
| 68 | 19 | "The Avenger" | March 2, 1996 | 319 | ||
| After the suspect of a weapons bust is killed by Walker in a raid his older mercenary brother Caleb Hooks (Michael Parks) gets revenge by killing the F.B.I. agent in charge of the bust and kidnaps Walker and makes him fight to the death. Meanwhile, Trivette works with the F.B.I. agent's partner to locate Walker. | ||||||
| 69 | 20 | "Behind the Badge" | March 23, 1996 | 320 | ||
| Action surrounding Walker stymies Trivette's attempts to impress the reporter of a "Behind the Badge" documentary show. | ||||||
| 70 | 21 | "Blackout" | April 6, 1996 | 321 | ||
| A blow to the head leaves Walker with amnesia during an undercover operation to uncover money laundering at a casino. | ||||||
| 71 | 22 | "Deadline" | April 13, 1996 | 322 | ||
| A senator proposes to save money by disbanding the Texas Rangers. But when his daughter is kidnapped by a gang of bank robbers, he refuses the Rangers' help, choosing to rely on the F.B.I., although Walker and Trivette have a better chance of locating the kidnappers in time. | ||||||
| 72 | 23 | "The Siege" | April 27, 1996 | 323 | ||
| While on vacation at a friends' house, heroin smugglers lay siege on their house when one of their friends accidentally stumbles on their operation. Things become complicated when their friend's son is critically wounded and Walker and Trivette's guns are running low on ammunition. | ||||||
| 73 | 24 | "The Moscow Connection" | May 4, 1996 | 324 | ||
| A Russian policeman comes to Texas to help the Texas Ranger deal with Russian criminals that are attempting to take over a local organization. Notes: While on a stakeout, Trivette quotes a passage from The Secret Power Within, and Walker asks Trivette for the title of the book. When Trivette tells him, and mentions that it was written by Chuck Norris, Walker gives the impression that he's never heard of Norris (although he does correct Trivette on the number of world karate championships Norris had won). This episode shows that Chuck Norris exists in the show's fictional universe. |
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| 74 | 25 | "Miracle at Middle Creek" | May 11, 1996 | 325 | ||
| While he and C.D. are trailing a group of bank robbers, Walker learns a small boy is trapped underground, unaware that the boy's father was forced to help in the robbery. When Walker finds himself buried alive with the boy, it is up to Trivette to rescue them. | ||||||
| 75 | 26 | "Hall of Fame" | May 18, 1996 | 326 | ||
| A serial killer from C.D.'s past taunts him as he prepares for induction to the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame. Features Baboon | ||||||
[edit] Season 4: 1996–1997
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 1 | "Higher Power" | September 21, 1996 | 401 | ||
| Walker & Alex save a Buddhist monk (Master Rin), a mother, and her son Davey from some local thugs. They learn that Master Rin is searching for the reincarnation of his former master, Lama Dolgin whom Rin believes to be Davey (he is later proven correct). When Master Rin is hurt while protecting Davey when are attacked during Tai Chi practice by a man who believes himself to be the reincarnation of a man named Chang, who Lama Dolgin disgraced when he defeated Chang after the man had challenged him and who Dolgin stops from committing ritual suicide (he later swore to take revenge on the Lama). The current Chang intends to capture & imprison Dolgin's reincarnation so he my corrupt him (because killing Davey would only result in the young Lama's reincarnation). Walker must fight Chang in order to protect young Davey. | ||||||
| 77 | 2 | "Patriot" | September 28, 1996 | 402 | ||
| After the leader of a white-supremacist group is arrested for the murder of Trivette's military cousin, the group retaliates by taking over a minority-owned television station and threaten the lives of the hostages (including Alex) if their leader is not released. Kind hearted Shelly Preston confronts the leader Colonel Rolsky in the television studio but Rolsky punches her and knocks her out cold. As she helplessly lays there, defeated, everyone looks on waiting for Walker to save the day. | ||||||
| 78 | 3 | "Ghost Rider" | October 5, 1996 | 403 | ||
| A dead child's spirit assists Walker to discover who murdered him eight years ago. | ||||||
| 79 | 4 | "The Brotherhood" | October 12, 1996 | 404 | ||
| A group of dirty cops have been murdering criminals by targeting the ones who get off due to technicalities. Meanwhile, Walker helps Ernesto Lopez (who had joined Marine Corps after recovering from being shot in "The Covenant"), who has been accused of rape (the victim had mistakenly picked him out of a police lineup) and Alex is able to help him uncover DNA evidence that would prove his innocence. However, before this becomes public knowledge, the crooked cops murder Ernesto and it becomes a personal issue for Walker, especially when they decide to kill Walker before he could expose them. | ||||||
| 80 | 5 | "Plague" | October 19, 1996 | 405 | ||
| An agricultural feed is tested on the Cherokee reservation by a company that is more interested with containing the information from their research rather than to contain the virus. But when Walker learns that the company had murdered an informant who tried to inform Alex about the company's motives, he soon finds that the company intends to murder the Cherokee inhabitants to keep their research a secret. | ||||||
| 81 | 6 | "Redemption" | October 26, 1996 | 406 | ||
| Alex's attorney father, Gordon Cahill (Rod Taylor), who walked out on his family years ago because of his alcohol problems, is defending Karl Mayes, the crime boss that she is prosecuting. But when one of Mayes' henchmen disguises himself as a cop to kill a witness that Walker has in custody, Gordon quits the case out of disgust. However, this makes him a key witness and both he and Alex are next on Mayes' hit list. | ||||||
| 82 | 7 | "Codename: Dragonfly" | November 2, 1996 | 407 | ||
| A military helicopter with stealth capabilities has been stolen to be utilized by a drug cartel. The thief turns out to be ex-Marine Randy Shrader (Marshall Teague) who abandoned his unit during the war in Vietnam, leaving the men (including Walker) for dead. | ||||||
| 83 | 8 | "A Silent Cry" | November 9, 1996 | 408 | ||
| The Rangers seek out a trio of construction workers, who have been using date rape drugs to subdue and assault young women. Things get personal for Walker when Darcy Reynolds, the daughter of one of his friends, falls victim to the trio, and she struggles to deal with the traumatic experience. After the rapists' next victim turns up dead from a roofie overdose, Walker heats up the investigation, prompting the trio to try anything to shake the Rangers off their trail. | ||||||
| 84 | 9 | "Swan Song" | November 16, 1996 | 409 | ||
| Walker and Alex lead an expedition in Utah to locate a crashed plane, that was used by robbers eight years ago that had stolen money from a bank and killed one of Walker's friends. However, a group of opportunists hearing that there is three million dollars on board, secretly follow the group. Unaware to both groups, one of the robbers survived the plane crash, and has been living in a cave as a mountain cannibal. | ||||||
| 85 | 10 | "Cyclone" | November 23, 1996 | 410 | ||
| As a tornado approaches Dallas, kidnappers demand $10 million for a school bus, full of kidnapped children as well as C.D. and Alex, which unknown to the Rangers have been buried alive. Walker and Trivette must locate the bus through the severe weather before it runs out of air. | ||||||
| 86 | 11 | "Lucky" | November 30, 1996 | 411 | ||
| A homeless man's dog helps Walker track down the source of an attack and near death of a priest. Meanwhile, Alex and C.D. put on a charity Thanksgiving dinner. | ||||||
| 87 | 12 | "The Deadliest Man Alive" | December 14, 1996 | 412 | ||
| The Viper, a deadly international assassin, is in Texas, and Walker must stop him before he strikes again. | ||||||
| 88 | 13 | "A Ranger's Christmas" | December 21, 1996 | 413 | ||
| Walker tells the story of the Old West's Hayes Cooper, a Scrooge-like Texas Ranger who finally learned to have Christmas spirit. This episode aired just four days before Christmas in 1996. | ||||||
| 89 | 14 | "Mayday" | January 11, 1997 | 414 | ||
| After surviving a plane crash that was supposed to kill him and Charlie Brooks (Terry Kiser), an important witness and former mob accountant, Walker must protect Charlie and the other survivors from hit men who have come to finish them off. | ||||||
| 90 | 15 | "Last Hope" | January 18, 1997 | 415 | ||
| The Rangers set up a camp to help troubled teens with pressure, with the assistance of Charlie Brooks, who had been sentenced to community service. However, one of the teens endangers everybody at Ranger Camp by unknowingly stealing a money bag from drug dealers. | ||||||
| 91 | 16 | "Full Contact" | February 1, 1997 | 416 | ||
| Walker clears the name of a young martial artist framed for the murder of his trainer, and then trains him for a kickboxing tournament championship. | ||||||
| 92 | 17 | "99th Ranger" | February 8, 1997 | 417 | ||
| While looking into recruiting a replacement for a Texas Ranger that was killed in a shootout, a Fort Worth, Texas police officer who is being haunted by her violent ex-husband (Jeff Kober) gives up her dream of becoming a Texas Ranger until Walker convinces her otherwise. | ||||||
| 93 | 18 | "Devil's Turf" | February 15, 1997 | 418 | ||
| Walker goes undercover as a high school teacher to help bust a drug ring that are using Powerballs, a deadly drug that had killed a couple of students as well as helping his students improve themselves. | ||||||
| 94 | 19 | "Days Past" | February 22, 1997 | 419 | ||
| Vince Pike (Leon Rippy), a mob boss that had killed Walker's fiancée Ellen Garret 10 years ago, is given an early release, and he intends to get revenge on Walker by targeting C.D., Trivette, and Alex. | ||||||
| 95 | 20 | "The Trial of LaRue" | March 8, 1997 | 420 | ||
| Deranged criminal Victor LaRue (Wayne Pére) manages to disarm the bailiffs during his competency hearing and then takes the courtroom hostage. He kills the judge and demands to see Walker, off tracking other criminals, and taunts Alex while he waits. LaRue's manic actions range from death threats for a sandwich, televising his crimes, terrorizing a divorced couple at a custody hearing, and killing people at random. When Walker forces his way into the courtroom LaRue fires a shot at Walker. LaRue is fatally shot by Walker in return. Later, as LaRue's body is taken away on a gurney, Alex has a conscious nightmare that he snaps back to life. | ||||||
| 96 | 21 | "Heart of the Dragon" | April 5, 1997 | 421 | ||
| Walker protects a young man who has a jade dragon that a Chinese gang believes has magical power. | ||||||
| 97 | 22 | "The Neighborhood" | April 26, 1997 | 422 | ||
| Walker helps a ten-year-old girl (Kyla Pratt) severely wounded in a drive-by to end violence in her community. | ||||||
| 98 | 23 | "A Father's Image" | May 3, 1997 | 423 | ||
| Ranger Bobbie Hunt (Tammy Lauren) goes undercover to gather evidence against crime boss Sal Matacio (Dan Lauria) who is raising his ten-year-old son, Nicholas (Joseph Ashton), to take over the family business, as well as plotting to kill the boy's mother (Mary Chris Wall). | ||||||
| 99 | 24 | "Sons of Thunder (Part 1)" | May 4, 1997 | 424 | ||
| When a preacher friend of Walker's dies, his military son, Trent, returns to take care of his family. Walker tries to get him to become a police officer. Meanwhile, Walker works a case of a serial cop-killer and discovers one of his targets is a friend of Trent's. This two-part episode led to a spinoff series of the same name in 1999. | ||||||
| 100 | 25 | "Sons of Thunder (Part 2)" | May 4, 1997 | 425 | ||
| See above. This was originally a two-part episode with both parts being broadcast on May 4, 1997. | ||||||
| 101 | 26 | "Texas vs. Cahill" | May 10, 1997 | 426 | ||
| When Alex's former lover, who's also the defending attorney in her current trial, turns up dead by her bed, she's accused of murder and sent to a woman's prison that's packed with inmates who hold a grudge against her, though her cellmate who was put in there due to a mistake is able to protect her. While Gordon Cahill returns to defend Alex in court, he helps Walker suspect that Lane Tillman (Robert Forster) -- the man Alex was prosecuting—had a good reason to frame her. | ||||||
| 102 | 27 | "Rookie" | May 17, 1997 | 427 | ||
| Joey Prado (John Haymes Newton) just graduated from the academy with the best marks since Walker. One of his first assignments is to go undercover as a drug dealer. Along the way, he reunites with his childhood friend, Victor Solano (Damon Collazo)--who he later finds out is one of the men he has to arrest. | ||||||
[edit] Season 5: 1997–1998
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | 1 | "The Fighting McLains" | September 27, 1997 | 501 | ||
| After Belle McLain, an undercover D.E.A. agent is murdered by Jack Garret, a drug lord, her military brother J.W. launches an act of revenge against him but is stopped and captured by Walker. After Luther Parrish, another army officer comes to pick up J.W., his other siblings Jessie and Wyatt break J.W. loose. Now Walker, Trivette, and Parrish must keep the McLains from taking the law into their own hands, as well as gather enough evidence to bust Garret. | ||||||
| 104 | 2 | "Iceman" | October 4, 1997 | 502 | ||
| After an explosives expert known as the Iceman is hospitalized, the Rangers are forced to ask their old friend, Charlie Brooks, for help in catching a local crime boss who had hired the Iceman for a job, since Charlie bears a resemblance to the Iceman (due to Terry Kiser portraying both of them). While Charlie agrees to do this in exchange for not having to serve the rest of his community service, he soon loses the device that allowed Walker to keep track of him, not to mention that the Iceman soon escapes from the hospital. | ||||||
| 105 | 3 | "Lucas: Part 1" | October 11, 1997 | 503 | ||
| An AIDS-stricken 7-year-old (Haley Joel Osment) tries to find his mother, with Walker's help. | ||||||
| 106 | 4 | "Lucas: Part 2" | October 18, 1997 | 504 | ||
| See above. | ||||||
| 107 | 5 | "Forgotten People" | October 25, 1997 | 505 | ||
| Trivette visits an old friend in a nursing home who is unable to find the tape recorder he had that would tell Trivette about the strange things the doctors were doing. The head doctor murders him to prevent him from exposing them and based on Trivette's suspicions, a few clues are uncovered, that suggests the doctors are conducting illegal experiments on their elderly patients, so C.D. is sent in undercover as an Alzheimer's disease patient to gather evidence to prove it. | ||||||
| 108 | 6 | "Last of a Breed: Part 1" | November 1, 1997 | 506 | ||
| Children visiting the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame get treated to Walker telling a story about the Old West's legendary Hayes Cooper. (Note: Chuck Norris is the only actor to appear in this two-part episode). | ||||||
| 109 | 7 | "Last of a Breed: Part 2" | November 8, 1997 | 507 | ||
| See above. Note: This two-part episode appears to ignore parts of the story of how and when Hayes Cooper became a Texas Ranger as depicted in the two-part season 3 episode "Flashback". |
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| 110 | 8 | "Brainchild" | November 15, 1997 | 508 | ||
| After escaping a research center, a boy with genius-level IQ gets Walker to help him find his mother. | ||||||
| 111 | 9 | "Mr. Justice" | November 22, 1997 | 509 | ||
| Walker's idea for a "boot camp" for young offenders comes under heavy opposition from a senator who thinks prison is the only solution and he intends to see that Walker's efforts fail. U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson makes a special guest appearance as herself. | ||||||
| 112 | 10 | "Rainbow's End" | December 6, 1997 | 510 | ||
| James Lee Crown (Randolph Mantooth), a horse owner wants to win races in order to increase the stud fees for his horse even if it means by cheating. Crown murders a rival horse, along with its owner and trainer (the latter of whom was secretly working for him) that beat his horse in a race. He then sets his sights on fixing an upcoming race by targeting another rival horse Rainbow's End, which is owned by one of Walker's friends. | ||||||
| 113 | 11 | "A Woman's Place" | December 13, 1997 | 511 | ||
| Alex's cellmate Alfre (from the season 4 episode "Texas vs. Cahill") is now out of prison (since Gordon Cahill was working on getting her released at the end of that episode) and has a job as a female construction worker, but she finds herself in danger after threatening to blow the whistle on unsafe construction practices, which are secretly caused by a small group of employees led by the site foreman who are actually running an illegal money-making scam behind their company owner's back. | ||||||
| 114 | 12 | "Small Blessings" | December 20, 1997 | 512 | ||
| When two recently adopted orphans run away from their new foster home when they misinterpret a discussion between their foster parents and think that one of them might be sent back to the orphanage (which was actually about how their foster parents could not afford to have two "cars"), they witness a murder, and Walker must save the two from being killed before they can give testimony. | ||||||
| 115 | 13 | "Tribe" | January 3, 1998 | 513 | ||
| An archaeologist on the Cherokee reservation is murdered when a greedy oil company learns there's oil under her dig site. Her rejected would-be suitor, Sam Coyote (Branscombe Richmond), a reservation cop and friend of Walker, is used to take the fall for her murder. Walker must work on clearing him before Sam is transferred to F.B.I. custody. | ||||||
| 116 | 14 | "Saving Grace" | January 10, 1998 | 514 | ||
| Prison escapees take some nuns hostage and make demands, threatening to kill them along with Alex and her battered women's group if demands are not met. | ||||||
| 117 | 15 | "Money Talks" | January 17, 1998 | 515 | ||
| C.D. is filling in temporarily as the head of security for a country club until a replacement can arrive. While there he becomes suspcious over the mystery of what happened to his predecessor. Walker, Trivette, and Alex are later asked to go to the club discreetly to keep an eye on the rich CEOs that would be attending a social function at the club. However behind the scenes, C.D.'s second in command, Grady, who had murdered the previous head of security when he got too close, is working with some men under a mysterious leader to pull off a heist at the function. | ||||||
| 118 | 16 | "The Crusader" | January 31, 1998 | 516 | ||
| Walker helps a pro wrestler ("Rowdy" Roddy Piper) whose ex-wife is in hiding after witnessing a murder. (Note: This was the last episode to air on CBS before the network's broadcast of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.) | ||||||
| 119 | 17 | "In God's Hands" | February 28, 1998 | 517 | ||
| While pursuing two armed robbers, Trivette finds a 6-year old boy shot during his pursuit of one of the robbers and believes that he is responsible. Placed on suspension and having to deal with the moral implications (such as inaccurate media coverage which implicates Trivette) as well as the wounded boy's older brother (Kaj-Erik Eriksen), Trivette finds the man leading the investigation against him is an officer who has a grudge against him for passing him over for initiation into the Texas Rangers. Meanwhile, Walker looks into proving that Kroeger (Sal Landi)— the man that Trivette was pursuing — was the one who shot the boy. | ||||||
| 120 | 18 | "Undercover" | March 7, 1998 | 518 | ||
| Detective Carlos Sandoval who is undercover in a drug ring is found out by the ring leader (John Vargas) who had also previously murdered Carlos' older brother Hector. The wounded Carlos escapes and is taken to a homeless shelter to recover. | ||||||
| 121 | 19 | "Everyday Heroes" | March 21, 1998 | 519 | ||
| After he protects a woman from her abusive ex-husband, Trent Malloy is contacted by the abused wife of a drug lord who watched the news report about his recent exploit on TV and asks for his help in getting away from her violent husband. | ||||||
| 122 | 20 | "Warriors" | April 4, 1998 | 520 | ||
| The mother of Davey (reincarnation of Buddhist monk Lama Dolgin from the episode "Higher Power"), who works as geneticist is kidnapped by a group wanting to use her research (which was derived from her son's unique DNA which grants him a form of rapid healing) to create a race of genetically superior soldiers. Davey returns to the states with Master Rin, wanting to help Walker find his mother via a special bond he shares with his mother. To save her Walker must contend with the group's genetically enhanced enforcer. | ||||||
| 123 | 21 | "Angel" | April 18, 1998 | 521 | ||
| When Trivette's old girlfriend gets his help to locate her father, then kills him and knocks out Trivette (while Walker is at the boot camp started in "Mr. Justice"). The investigation leads to a Jamaican drug gang. | ||||||
| 124 | 22 | "The Soul of Winter" | April 25, 1998 | 522 | ||
| Roscoe Jones (Paul Winfield), the minister who replaced Trent's father, is targeted by a former military comrade, now part of a white supremacy group. | ||||||
| 125 | 23 | "Circle of Life" | May 2, 1998 | 523 | ||
| Joe Lopez, a paroled safecracker is approached to join a group that needs his skills to commit a robbery. Wanting to stay straight for his family's sake and repair his strained relationship with his son Tommy, Joe asks Walker for help, and has a plan to identify the leader of the group. | ||||||
| 126 | 24 | "Test of Faith" | May 9, 1998 | 524 | ||
| When a teacher who is an old friend of Walker and Trent is killed for standing up to a gang leader, Walker goes undercover as a teacher to locate the killer as well as promote the message of standing up to gang influence. However when Faith, one of the Walker's students, starts a campaign to clean up the school, she also becomes a target. | ||||||
| 127 | 25 | "The Wedding: Part 1" | May 16, 1998 | 525 | ||
| In this season-ending cliffhanger, Alex is gravely wounded at Kim (Lauralee Bell) and Phil's wedding when she is shot by Karl Storm (Tobin Bell), a man she helped incarcerate five years earlier. | ||||||
[edit] Season 6: 1998–1999
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 1 | "The Wedding: Part 2" | September 26, 1998 | 601 | ||
| As Alex lays in the hospital, Walker embarks on a quest to find Karl Storm (who wounded Alex at the end of the Season 5 cliffhanger) and bring him to justice. | ||||||
| 129 | 2 | "Trackdown" | October 3, 1998 | 602 | ||
| Walker helps free Hector Lopez (Greg Serano) Det. Carlos Sandoval's nephew-in-law, when he is falsely accused of a crime by his greedy former employer, Hector is forced to escape from prison to when he witnesses his cellmate being killed by corrupt prison guards (after he passes off evidence of guard's corruption to Hector). Det. Sandoval tries to bring his escaped nephew in alive but is shot by prison guards. Carlos (with help from Walker) must protect Hector and bring the guards to justice. | ||||||
| 130 | 3 | "Royal Heist" | October 10, 1998 | 603 | ||
| Garret Stone (David Parker), who Walker helps put away years prior, is paroled and resumes his life of crime. Trivette infiltrates his gang to bring him back to justice once again. Meanwhile, Alex opens her Help Our People Excel (HOPE) center to help save youth from gang life. | ||||||
| 131 | 4 | "War Cry" | October 17, 1998 | 604 | ||
| Walker investigates a mystery illness sweeping across the children on a Cherokee reservation from polluted water. When a Cherokee boy dies, suspicion falls on a nearby factory, and the E.P.A. tests find nothing wrong with the water, Walker must stop a band of radical Cherokee from waging vigilante justice, and prove that the factory owner (Luke Askew) had lied during the inspection by locating the real water emission pipe. | ||||||
| 132 | 5 | "Code of the West" | October 24, 1998 | 605 | ||
| A convict escapes from prison seeking retribution for those responsible for putting him there. Having already murdered his case's prosecutor and head juror, Walker and Trivette go on the case to stop him before he can murder his trial's judge. | ||||||
| 133 | 6 | "The Children of Halloween" | October 31, 1998 | 606 | ||
| A Satanic symbol found at the crime scenes suggest abducted children are going to be sacrificed on Halloween. Appropriately, this episode aired on Halloween night in 1998. | ||||||
| 134 | 7 | "Survival" | November 7, 1998 | 607 | ||
| A camping trip turns nightmarish when Alex is kidnapped by 3 deranged brothers, and the men (Walker, Trivette, Trent, and Carlos) must come to the rescue. | ||||||
| 135 | 8 | "Second Chance" | November 14, 1998 | 608 | ||
| Walker and the Rangers find themselves in the middle of an IRA conflict when a former member brings his daughter to Dallas for medical treatment, and she is kidnapped by a splinter faction in retaliation for her father's killing one of their members, albeit in self-defense (Note: this episode is tied to the events of the season 3 episode "Flashpoint"). | ||||||
| 136 | 9 | "Paradise Trail" | November 21, 1998 | 609 | ||
| In another Hayes Cooper adventure, Mormons and their wagon train must be defended from outlaws. | ||||||
| 137 | 10 | "Eyes of a Ranger" | December 5, 1998 | 610 | ||
| Teenage country music artist Lila McCann plays an aspiring singer. She is being closely followed by Brad Alt (Sean Kanan) and follows him under the pretense that he will help her launch her career. What she does not know is that he is trying to gain control of the heroin industry in Dallas. This episode also featured an appearance by Michael Peterson. | ||||||
| 138 | 11 | "On the Border" | December 12, 1998 | 611 | ||
| A corrupt sheriff (Lee Majors) fakes an accident to disguise a murder of a trucker who refused his drug smuggling. But when the boy's mother claims to Alex that he would not have anything to do with drugs, she gets Walker and Trivette to help her investigate. | ||||||
| 139 | 12 | "Lost Boys" | January 9, 1999 | 612 | ||
| Carlos' nephew Jesse is in trouble with the law when a gun is found in his room, that was used by a man named Johnny Blade (Dan Clark) to kill a cop and was hidden there by one of Jesse's friends who was also an accomplice of Blade. When Blade finds out, he kidnaps Jesse's mother (Ada Maris), then has his lawyer (Michael Costello) help him force Jesse to take the rap for the crime or they would kill his mother. | ||||||
| 140 | 13 | "Special Witness" | January 16, 1999 | 613 | ||
| A special girl is the only witness to Trent's stabbing attack, and the Rangers need her to identify the assailant to prove that the man who Trent was going to testify against is behind the attack. | ||||||
| 141 | 14 | "The Principal" | February 6, 1999 | 614 | ||
| A principal of a high school (Morgan Stevens), who is an old friend of Walker, has his suspicions about a faculty member who is supplying drugs and is murdered when he accidentally witnesses the exchange between a teacher (James Remar) and a student after the Rangers busted the Head of Security who was thought to be the ringleader. Walker and Trivette go undercover as the new Principal and Head of Security to find those responsible. | ||||||
| 142 | 15 | "Team Cherokee: Part 1" | February 13, 1999 | 615 | ||
| The Rangers investigate a series of suspicious accidents involving a Cherokee Indian racing team that are being caused by Team Forbes, a rival team that wants to put them out of the race for good. Meanwhile, Trent and Carlos search for a kidnapped young girl (Sara Hickman) and rescue her from a pedophile. | ||||||
| 143 | 16 | "Team Cherokee: Part 2" | February 20, 1999 | 616 | ||
| When Brian Falcon (Michael Greyeyes) is injured in a racing accident caused by the No. 2 man on Team Cherokee (Byron Chief-Moon) who secretly betrayed the team, Walker, who had prior experience with racing, is asked to drive their NASCAR stock car as a replacement driver. This forces Team Forbes to try to destroy Team Cherokee's car before the next race. Meanwhile, after uncovering the evidence that would convict a young girl's kidnapper (Lynn Mathis), Trent's car is stolen with the evidence, promoting the Rangers to search for the thieves to recover the evidence. | ||||||
| 144 | 17 | "livegirls.now" | February 27, 1999 | 617 | ||
| Trivette's girlfriend disappears and pictures of her surface on an Internet site, with details that suggests that she is to be sold in a sex-slavery auction with other missing girls. | ||||||
| 145 | 18 | "No Way Out" | April 24, 1999 | 618 | ||
| Alex and Trivette reminisce about Walker's past adventures as they are waiting to be rescued after being imprisoned in a tank filled with cold water by Caleb Hooks (who Walker encountered and defeated in the Season 3 episode, "The Avenger"), who once again is out for revenge on Walker for the death of his brother. (Note: This was the first episode aired on CBS since Sons of Thunder, a short-lived spinoff of Walker, ended its run.) | ||||||
| 146 | 19 | "Brothers in Arms" | May 1, 1999 | 619 | ||
| Trivette's brother, Simon, is arrested by the Rangers, and find out that Simon has been told to kill him. (Note: This episode is dedicated to the memory of creative consultant Nicholas Corea (1943–1999), who died of pancreatic cancer after filming was completed.) | ||||||
| 147 | 20 | "Mind Games" | May 8, 1999 | 620 | ||
| While Walker and Trivette are busy going after an escaped convict and find that he had been hired for some kind of job, C.D. after noticing some strange occurrences revolving around the death of Brian, the son of his friend Maisie Whitman (whom C.D. met while undercover at the nursing home in season 5's "Forgotten People"), suspects foul play and decides to investigate. | ||||||
| 148 | 21 | "Power Angels" | May 15, 1999 | 621 | ||
| A loan shark, who has a minister's son under his thumb, attempts to steal a charitable telethon's proceeds. | ||||||
| 149 | 22 | "Jacob's Ladder" | May 15, 1999 | 622 | ||
| Alex's attempt to prosecute a gang leader is having some difficulty when his gang is using fear tactics with arson to prevent the witnesses from testifying. However, it gets out of hand when a firefighter (John Schneider) announces their act as cowardly on the news, and the gang responds by attacking the firefighters during their next attack. | ||||||
| 150 | 23 | "In Harm's Way: Part 1" | May 22, 1999 | 623 | ||
| In this season-ending cliffhanger, a wealthy Dallas family and staff are murdered by a group of masked men as an example. This was part of a larger plan that was meant to extort millions of dollars from other wealthy families. Meanwhile, a twin-engine plane carrying Ranger Walker and his fiancée, Alex Cahill, crashes into a lake after it was shot down by a World War II-era plane. | ||||||
[edit] Season 7: 1999–2000
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 1 | "In Harm's Way: Part 2" | September 25, 1999 | 701 | ||
| In this concluding episode from the Season 6 cliffhanger, Walker and Alex survive a plane crash and race to get to the courthouse with critical evidence before a killer is set free. | ||||||
| 152 | 2 | "Countdown" | October 2, 1999 | 702 | ||
| Terrorists plan an urban release of anthrax in 48 hours, sending Walker and Trivette into action to stop them. They must team up with Rangers Francis Gage and Sydney Cooke for the first time. Note: Although Sydney Cook (Nia Peeples) and Francis Gage (Judson Mills) appear in the credited cast of the first episode of this season, this episode is actually the first in which they appear. | ||||||
| 153 | 3 | "Safe House" | October 9, 1999 | 703 | ||
| Gage and Sydney protect an accountant along with his wife & daughter, so he can testify at the trial of a crime boss who wants him and his family dead. Gage & Sydney manage to foil two separate attempts on the accountant and his family before making it to a safe house with a built-in panic room. However the accountant's wife mistakenly calls her mother to let her know they are alright (despite being warned earlier not to), alerting the mob boss to the safe house's location. | ||||||
| 154 | 4 | "Way of the Warrior" | October 16, 1999 | 704 | ||
| An Indian shaman transports Walker back to the 19th century to prevent a recurrence of a 20th century injustice. | ||||||
| 155 | 5 | "Tall Cotton" | October 23, 1999 | 705 | ||
| Sydney and Gage go undercover in a bar to locate Gage's reporter sister who had gone missing. Meanwhile Walker and Alex's romantic camping trip is interrupted by a lost Boy Scout troop. | ||||||
| 156 | 6 | "The Lynn Sisters" | October 30, 1999 | 706 | ||
| Record pirates kidnap the Lynn sisters (who play themselves in this episode), hoping their disappearance will help sales of their bootlegs. | ||||||
| 157 | 7 | "Suspicious Minds" | November 6, 1999 | 707 | ||
| The deaf daughter of an Elvis impersonator witnesses the murder of an undercover cop by a mob boss's underlings, necessitating the Rangers' protection until the boss can be taken down. | ||||||
| 158 | 8 | "Widow Maker" | November 13, 1999 | 708 | ||
| With the community gearing up for its first rodeo for charity, a father targets Trivette, after Trivette accidentally killed his son, who had tried to sexually assault a female rider. But after bull rider Ty Murray (who plays himself in this episode) is injured in one of the revenge attempts, Walker must take his place to ride a dangerous bull known as the Widow Maker. | ||||||
| 159 | 9 | "Fight or Die" | November 20, 1999 | 709 | ||
| Walker, Trivette, and Gage go undercover inside a prison to investigate enforced prize fighting. | ||||||
| 160 | 10 | "Rise to the Occasion" | November 27, 1999 | 710 | ||
| Sydney poses as a singer to investigate a corrupt club owner, while Walker seeks to end the conditions that led to a middle-schooler's suicide. | ||||||
| 161 | 11 | "Full Recovery" | December 11, 1999 | 711 | ||
| When an amnesiac's brother finds sarin nerve gas at a genetic research facility, he needs the rangers' protection after his brother is killed while trying to get the gas to the authorities. | ||||||
| 162 | 12 | "A Matter of Faith" | December 18, 1999 | 712 | ||
| The Rangers investigate a rash of armored car robberies by a group dressed as Santa. A church where ex-gang members worship has their Christmas donations stolen by current members. (Note: This episode was also Noble Willingham's last appearance on the series.) | ||||||
| 163 | 13 | "Vision Quest" | January 8, 2000 | 713 | ||
| Temporarily blinded by a bomb, Walker learns to cope while the other Rangers seek out those responsible. | ||||||
| 164 | 14 | "A Matter of Principle" | January 15, 2000 | 714 | ||
| A retired Texas Ranger (Robert Fuller) joins Walker in the pursuit of those who shot his daughter during a jewelry store robbery. (Note: Ranger Francis Gage does not appear in this episode) | ||||||
| 165 | 15 | "Thunderhawk" | February 5, 2000 | 715 | ||
| After a powerful laser is stolen, Walker hunts down the thieves to discover they have subsequently had it stolen from them. | ||||||
| 166 | 16 | "Justice Delayed" | February 12, 2000 | 716 | ||
| Seeking to prove her father innocent of murder, a student gets Trivette to help. Meanwhile, registering for their wedding shows Alex a part of Walker she'd not seen before. | ||||||
| 167 | 17 | "The Day of Cleansing" | February 19, 2000 | 717 | ||
| In this crossover episode, which continued from the Martial Law episode "Honor Among Strangers", Walker comes back from Los Angeles with Sammo Law (Sammo Hung) to track down the white supremacist Cliff Eagleton, whom they had caught but had later escaped custody. To help determine Eagleton's next target, Syndey and Gage go undercover to gather information. | ||||||
| 168 | 18 | "Black Dragons" | February 26, 2000 | 718 | ||
| Gage is assaulted by a diplomat's son, who is protected by diplomatic immunity. However, when Gage reveals he overheard the son talking about a drug shipment, the Rangers start a new investigation. | ||||||
| 169 | 19 | "Soldiers of Hate" | March 25, 2000 | 719 | ||
| The Texas Rangers must stop a white supremacist group from destroying a Unity Festival. Meanwhile Gage finds out that a little boy is being tempted towards gang life by his brother's influence and decides to be a positive role model to help steer him away from it. | ||||||
| 170 | 20 | "The General's Return" | April 8, 2000 | 720 | ||
| Walker seeks to bring justice to a Vietnamese gang responsible for murdering the son of his former martial arts instructor. | ||||||
| 171 | 21 | "Showdown at Casa Diablo: Part 1" | April 29, 2000 | 721 | ||
| The Rangers incur the wrath of a Mexican drug lord by intercepting several shipments of cannabis. Alex and Sydney were kidnapped by the drug lord at the end of the episode. | ||||||
| 172 | 22 | "Showdown at Casa Diablo: Part 2" | May 3, 2000 | 722 | ||
| Walker, Trivette, and Gage go to Mexico to rescue Alex and Sydney. They work their way across the Mexican countryside to Casa Diablo. In the ensuing showdown, the drug lord and his brother are both killed. | ||||||
| 173 | 23 | "The Bachelor Party" | May 13, 2000 | 723 | ||
| On a wilderness trip, the men (Walker, Trivette, and Gage) have to contend with both a violent criminal out on bail and an equally violent grizzly bear. | ||||||
| 174/175 | 24/25 | "Wedding Bells" | May 20, 2000 | 724/725 | ||
| As Walker and Alex prepare to tie the knot, Walker finds out that they have both been targeted for death by an assassin. The wedding, which features a performance by country singer Tracy Lawrence, proceeds without incident. However, what happens en route to their honeymoon in Paris is a different story. (Joan Jett plays an ex-CIA Agent in this episode. In syndication, this is a two-part episode; however, it is one episode on the DVD release.) | ||||||
[edit] Season 8: 2000–2001
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 1 | "Home of the Brave" | October 7, 2000 | 801 | ||
| To catch a group of kidnappers targeting newborns, Sydney and Gage play the role of the parents of the most recent baby-napping. Meanwhile, Alex encounters a man trying to force tenants out of rent-controlled apartments and convinces a judge to halt the owner's attempt to have the place condemned so he can demolish it to make room for a strip mall. When a boy accidentally witnesses the owner sabotaging the building's furnace and is trapped, Walker must rescue him before the building collapses. | ||||||
| 177 | 2 | "Deadly Situation" | October 14, 2000 | 802 | ||
| A rookie police officer, trying to expose corruption in his department is forced to take Alex hostage after they framed him for stealing drug evidence and killed his partner. Walker must protect the rookie cop (who happens to a descendant of legendary Texas Ranger, Hayes Cooper) from both the corrupt officers and the rest of his own department who believe him to be dirty. | ||||||
| 178 | 3 | "White Buffalo" | October 21, 2000 | 803 | ||
| On the reservation, Walker investigates the mystery of a statue of a white buffalo (an animal sacred to the local native Americans) that appears to cry real tears. Gage goes undercover to bust the dealers of a designer drug called "white buffalo", while Sydney and Alex, who are on a hike in the mountains to visit the site where the last white buffalo was killed, inadvertently stumble upon the headquarters of the drug distributors. | ||||||
| 179 | 4 | "The Avenging Angel" | October 28, 2000 | 804 | ||
| A professional wrestler friend of Trivette's dies, and when their search suggests that this was due to an extortion scheme against his manager by a local businessman to forcibly merge his company with their wrestling company, Sydney and Gage go undercover to gather evidence to prove it. At the end of this episode, Walker and the group receive devastating news: C.D. Parker has died. | ||||||
| 180 | 5 | "The Winds of Change" | November 4, 2000 | 805 | ||
| First episode of a four-part storyline, the longest in the series, which aired over four weeks during the November sweeps in 2000. At a senator's behest, Walker must stop a criminal genius who has infiltrated Federal law enforcement computer systems. Guest starring Paula Trickey (Pacific Blue). | ||||||
| 181 | 6 | "Lazarus" | November 11, 2000 | 806 | ||
| In the second episode of a four-part storyline, the Chairman (Michael Ironside) continues to use knowledge gained from his computer hacking to terrorize Federal agents, and manages to keep Walker at bay. | ||||||
| 182 | 7 | "Turning Point" | November 18, 2000 | 807 | ||
| In the third episode of a four-part storyline, Walker begins making real progress in ending the Chairman's reign of terror. | ||||||
| 183 | 8 | "Retribution" | November 25, 2000 | 808 | ||
| In a desperate bid to avoid capture as Walker closes in, the Chairman orders hits on the task force. But when that fails, he kidnaps Alex in the finale of a four-part storyline. | ||||||
| 184 | 9 | "Child of Hope" | December 9, 2000 | 809 | ||
| A young woman leaves her baby with Alex after her husband is killed by a gang of thieves. Alex decides to care for the baby, in spite of Walker's reluctance. Attempts by the gang on the young woman's life are thwarted, with the final showdown being at the Walker ranch, where the young woman is reunited with her parents. At the end of the episode, Alex finds out she is eight weeks pregnant. | ||||||
| 185 | 10 | "Faith" | December 16, 2000 | 810 | ||
| An ambulance bringing a liver to a young girl for transplant is hijacked by a group of bank robbers. The Rangers have little time to track down the thieves and get the liver. | ||||||
| 186 | 11 | "Golden Boy" | January 13, 2001 | 811 | ||
| Walker tries to keep a promising young boxer, Juan Guerro, from throwing away his future after his mother and father are killed in a car accident. Meanwhile, the Rangers start an investigation to put a counterfeit Ecstasy ring out of business. While surveilling the drug dealers, they witness Juan at a meeting with the ring's leader, whom Juan has been told is a big-time fight promoter. | ||||||
| 187 | 12 | "Desperate Measures" | January 20, 2001 | 812 | ||
| After two bikers break their girlfriends out of a prison transport bus to continue their bank robberies, Walker and Trivette go after them. Meanwhile, two other escapees pick up Gage, who is in need of transportation after his bike breaks down on his way back to Dallas. One of these women is a thrill killer, but the other is the victim of a setup by her mob boss ex-husband, who sends his men out to kill her. | ||||||
| 188 | 13 | "Division Street" | February 3, 2001 | 813 | ||
| To help stop gang-related activities, Walker and Boomer Knight Hulk Hogan organize basketball tournaments amongst a group of rival gang members. When Boomer convinces the kids to stop working for a local drug dealer, the dealer takes his revenge by kidnapping Boomer. | ||||||
| 189 | 14 | "Saturday Night" | February 10, 2001 | 814 | ||
| Walker and Alex have dinner at a local nightclub with the wife and daughter of the owner (Frank Stallone). Meanwhile, Trivette goes undercover as a street hustler to investigate recent mob-related murders. It is revealed that the nightclub owner owes money to a loan shark who wants him to repay the debt by signing over the club. | ||||||
| 190 | 15 | "Justice for All" | February 17, 2001 | 815 | ||
| When a lawyer preparing to file a scathing police brutality lawsuit is found dead, Walker investigates. | ||||||
| 191 | 16 | "6 Hours" | April 14, 2001 | 816 | ||
| The Rangers have six hours to rescue a billionaire's daughter before she is killed, live, over the Internet, when the bodyguard takes her hostage. | ||||||
| 192 | 17 | "Medieval Crimes" | April 21, 2001 | 817 | ||
| Workers at a Medieval-themed restaurant moonlight as fine art and jewelry thieves. But after one of them is killed during a robbery, Sydney and Gage go undercover at the restaurant to find the rest of the gang. Trivette goes to a prison to pick up a prisoner that says that he is a jinx. | ||||||
| 193 | 18 | "Legends" | April 21, 2001 | 818 | ||
| After a mob boss is convicted, his son decides to get revenge by targeting the three key people that put his father away, the judge, the head juror, and the prosecuting attorney Alex Cahill-Walker. | ||||||
| 194 | 19 | "Unsafe Speed" | April 28, 2001 | 819 | ||
| After a truck driver who was using meth kills a family, he tells the Rangers that a biker gang gave him the meth before he passes away. Alex discovers that with his qualifications he would not have been given a trucker's license. While Syndey and Gage go undercover as bikers to infiltrate the gang, Trivette goes undercover as a new applicant at the DMV to find who is illegally issuing trucker's licenses. | ||||||
| 195 | 20 | "Without a Sound" | April 28, 2001 | 820 | ||
| Gage loses his hearing during a car theft, in which his old high school girlfriend and her fiancée were killed by the thief. While Gage faces the prospect of being deaf for life, Walker and Trivette track down the killer, who is the leader of an auto theft ring, while Sydney guards Gage. | ||||||
| 196 | 21 | "Blood Diamonds" | May 5, 2001 | 821 | ||
| The Rangers try to bring a halt to the black market trade of African conflict diamonds for illegal weaponry. Meanwhile, Alex finds herself in danger of exposure to the Ebola virus, and matters go worse when Walker and Trivette are being tracked down by the men responsible for the illegal trade. The episode would not only turn out to be a vivid nightmare by Alex, but also a premonition, which might result the deaths of Walker and Trivette. | ||||||
| 197 | 22 | "Reel Rangers" | May 5, 2001 | 822 | ||
| Walker and Alex make preparations for the impending arrival of their baby. Meanwhile, the Rangers end up on a movie set and become stars in the process. A charity motorcycle ride features Walker and Trivette. | ||||||
| 198 | 23 | "The Final Showdown" | May 19, 2001 | 823 | ||
| In the final original episode of the series, a gang of Walker's former enemies is sprung from Huntsville Prison and attempts to exact revenge on Walker and his fellow Rangers by terminating all the Texas Rangers in Ranger Company B, including Walker and Trivette. (Note: In syndication, this is a two-part episode.) | ||||||
[edit] Special
- Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (TV Movie of the Week on CBS)
[edit] References
- ^ "Walker, Texas Ranger". Internet Movie Database. IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106168/. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ Purdy, Brandon. "Walker, Texas Ranger, a Titles & Air Dates Guide". epguides.com. http://epguides.com/WalkerTexasRanger/. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
