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 201 episodes aired from April 21, 1993, to May 19, 2001. Although some sources identify the first three episodes aired at the end of the 1992-1993 television season, as the first season (making nine seasons in the series overall), 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] Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Pilot | 3 | April 21, 1993 | May 1, 1993 | |
| 1 | 23 | September 25, 1993 | May 21, 1994 | |
| 2 | 23 | September 24, 1994 | May 13, 1995 | |
| 3 | 26 | September 23, 1995 | May 18, 1996 | |
| 4 | 27 | September 21, 1996 | May 17, 1997 | |
| 5 | 25 | September 27, 1997 | May 16, 1998 | |
| 6 | 23 | September 26, 1998 | May 22, 1999 | |
| 7 | 25 | September 25, 1999 | May 20, 2000 | |
| 8 | 23 | October 7, 2000 | May 19, 2001 | |
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Pilot season (1993)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "One Riot, One Ranger" | Virgil W. Vogel | Leigh Chapman as "Louise McCarn" | April 21, 1993 | 101 |
| This two-hour premiere episode introduces Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris), a contemporary Texas Ranger. During a bank robbery in Fort Worth, Ranger Cordell Walker's partner Bob Mobley (Steven Ruge) is killed. Walker's new partner, Ranger James Trivette (Clarence Gilyard), has a history with one of the suspects in the robbery. Trying to solve the case, Walker discovers that the robbery could have been a test for a much bigger goal: simultaneously robbing four banks lying next to each other.
After a bomb explodes in a bank across town which has just gotten in a valuable shipment, everyone goes to that bank. When the actual robbery starts at the other four banks, it falls to Walker in an effort to catch the robbers and their leader, former CIA agent Orson Wade (Marshall Teague). In a subplot, Walker helps a young circus acrobat who was brutally raped by three goons cope with her assault and later protects her and two Russian jugglers who witnessed and stopped her attack, from the trio who try to run them out of town. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Borderline" | Michael Vejar | Robin Madden | April 24, 1993 | 102 |
| While Tarrant County Assistant D.A. Alex Cahill is trying to prosecute cop killer Benny Carl Devlin (Ray Lykins), she gets a veiled threat from former Cuervo County sheriff Dewey Baker (Leon Rippy) -- the first person she ever put away. Alex had put Baker away because he routinely beat up suspects, and he terrorized anyone who complained about it.
But Alex has no proof that Baker is the man who is now stalking her. That is because Baker is having his former cell mate Duane Hopkins (Mark Walters) do the stalking for him. Baker even kills Alex's horse, Amber. And as soon as Baker doesn't need Hopkins anymore, he kills Hopkins. Walker and Trivette spring into action when Alex is abducted and taken to a remote cabin by Baker. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "A Shadow in the Night" | Alexander Singer | J. Michael Straczynski | May 1, 1993 | 103 |
| When the powerful Yakuza director, Mitsua Usagi (Danny Kamekona) is killed in Tokyo by Congressman Leo Cabe's assistant, Karl Jaeker (John S. Davies), the Yakuza follows Cabe (Andrew Robinson) back to the States, and East meets the Wild West when Walker and Trivette are sent to protect Cabe. However, Cabe might be lying about his relations with the Yakuza.
At the same time, Walker is reunited with Yoshihito "Yoshi" Sakai (Aki Aleong), a friend he hasn't seen in almost ten years. Yoshi's father taught martial arts to Walker and next to that, Walker realizes that Yoshi is still a Yakuza member. Yoshi tells Walker that Karl and Cabe stole valuable Japanese art. Usagi wanted to reclaim the art for Japan, and he was killed for this. | ||||||
[edit] Season 1 (1993–94)
- This is the first season to be produced by Top Kick Productions.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Bounty" | Vern Gillum | Frank Lupo | September 25, 1993 | 104 |
| Bank robber Roy Buchanan is accidentally arrested, but when he is liberated, he not only has Walker and Trivette on his heels, but a homicidal bounty hunter by the name of Boone Waxwell. Then Walker races to prevent Waxwell from murdering Roy's brother Ned when it is discovered he was unwittingly involved.
Note: This is the first episode where the closing credits consisted of a still image of a Texas Ranger badge against a blue background, which stayed that way for the rest of the show's run. Noble Willingham took over the role of C.D. Parker in this episode. | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | "Storm Warning" | James Darren | Story: Leigh Chapman (as "Louise McCarn") Teleplay: Leigh Chapman (as "Louise McCarn") and Terry Grief | 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 while a hurricane is going on. Now Walker must find Trivette before he is exposed. | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | "In the Name of God" | Michael Preece | Peter Lance and Terry D. Nelson | 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" | Tony Mordente | Gordon T. Dawson | November 6, 1993 | 107 |
| While searching for Billy Clancy (Tom Hodges), an escaped parolee that he helped before, Walker learns that Billy's parole officer Dave Kilmer (R.D. Call) has been forcing Billy to commit crimes. To protect himself, Kilmer abducts Billy's wife Frances (Marsha Dietlein) and son Billy Jr. (West Gibson) and Walker must rescue them before Billy is killed by the corrupt Kilmer. | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | "End Run" | Michael Vejar | Rick Husky | November 13, 1993 | 108 |
| The wedding of Ranger Hoss at the Ranger Office is interrupted by a courthouse breakout of gang leader Axel Tate (Cylk Cozart), during which Trivette subdues the leader of the break-out, who to Trivette's surprise is an attractive woman, Katherine 'Kat' Prather (Troy Beyer), Axel's girlfriend whom was planning on leaving the gang life behind along with Axel. While Walker and Trivette transport the unruly Kat to testify in the out-of-state murder trial of Trigger Jenks (Gregory Scott Cummins) a gun smuggler who had in the past murdered a Ranger Captain who mentored Walker. Trivette struggles with his feelings for the dangerous woman who is being hunted by the now freed Axel and his gang which has been taken over by Trigger, who has ordered the reluctant Axel to kill his girlfriend, Kat to keep her from testifying against him. | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | "Family Matters" | Tony Mordente | Frank Lupo | November 20, 1993 | 109 |
| Walker clashes with Agent Escalanti (Marco Rodríguez) & the FBI after he arrests criminal Mickey Flanders (Benjamin Mouton) who feels himself to be above the law because of his sister Lainie Flanders's (Judith Hoag) involvement in the Witness Protection Program and he Trivette and Alex must find a way to ensure a conviction before the FBI sets him free. Meanwhile, Walker befriends a young boy named Archie (Brady Bluhm) after saving him from some bullies. | ||||||
| 10 | 7 | "She'll Do to Ride With the River" | Andrew Stevens | Peter Lance | November 24, 1993 | 110 |
| Dr. Victor Slade (Ken Kercheval), a veterinarian investigating the strange deaths of local animals is killed in what appears to be a drunk driving accident, and his daughter Ally (Cali Timmins) teams up with Walker and Trivette to prove otherwise. The three discover that an environmental waste company has been mixing toxic chemicals with waste oil and spraying them on roads in order to make a larger profit, and had Dr. Slade killed when he got too close to their scheme. Meanwhile, Trivette finds himself taking care of a dog named "Old Blue" after he and Walker save it from drowning after the hound was thrown into a lake. | ||||||
| 11 | 8 | "Unfinished Business" | Michael Preece | Harold Apter | November 27, 1993 | 111 |
| A renegade vigilante Samuel J. Bodine (Sam J. Jones), a failed Texas Ranger applicant challenges Walker with his attempts to capture several escaped criminals, but he inadvertently endangers innocent civilians in the process. Meanwhile, Evie (Kim Myers), a young woman who works in the Ranger Office falls in love with a man named Tommy Williams, who unbeknownst to her, is actually the renegade vigilante Walker's looking for. | ||||||
| 12 | 9 | "An Innocent Man" | Michael Preece | Charles Holland | December 4, 1993 | 112 |
| Before a condemned man's execution, Walker finds new evidence that may clear the man's name. But when the man doesn't want to change his plea, Walker suspects blackmail, and must prove it before the man is put to death. | ||||||
| 13 | 10 | "Night of the Gladiator" | William A. Fraker | David H. Balkan | 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 a overdose of morphine. Though he realizes that his boss was responsible, Randy is forced to continue fighting when his boss kidnaps Diane to keep him in line, and Trivette must hold off Randy so Walker can use the opportunity to save Diane and put an end to the fights for good. | ||||||
| 14 | 11 | "The Legend of Running Bear" | Michael Preece | Harold Apter | 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" | Tony Mordente | Harold Apter and Gordon T. Dawson | 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" | Michael Preece | Harold Apter and Gordon T. Dawson | 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, and Walker, who is being held captive must escape and bust Nypo and his drug lord boss. 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" | Tony Mordente | Rick Husky | 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" | Michael Preece | Chris Bunch and Allan Cole | February 5, 1994 | 118 |
| Country singer Merrilee Summers (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) needs Walker's protection from her estranged music producer ex-husband Waylon Hampton (Wings Hauser), who is stalking and threatening her. | ||||||
| 19 | 16 | "The Prodigal Son" | Tony Mordente | Peter Lance | 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" | Michael Preece | Lawrence Hertzog | March 12, 1994 | 120 |
| Walker is asked by Alex and an old Justice Department colleague of hers to go undercover and infiltrate the committee: a secret group of dirty law officials (cops, lawyers, and a judge) who use vigilante style tactics to kill criminals released due to legal procedures. To get in, he is forced to display a harsher attitude and put his career and life on the line to bust them. To top it off, one of their members, a public defender who Walker befriends, is marked as a target when she has second thoughts about the committee's actions, which puts them at risk of being exposed. | ||||||
| 21 | 18 | "Deadly Vision" | Lee H. Katzin | B.G. Henry | March 26, 1994 | 121 |
| Using a psychic to help locate a kidnapped 8-year-old girl earns Trivette ridicule from his fellow Rangers, except from Walker and C.D., who support his decision; but will it pay off? | ||||||
| 22 | 19 | "Skyjacked" | Tony Mordente | Gregory S. Dinallo | 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" | Tony Mordente | Gordon T. Dawson | April 9, 1994 | 123 |
| Walker and Trivette go undercover to try to catch a gang of big rig hijackers. | ||||||
| 24 | 21 | "Rampage" | Tony Mordente | Gregory S. Dinallo | April 30, 1994 | 124 |
| C.D. must rescue Walker and Trivette when they are trapped deep inside Texas while tracking a band of law-breaking brothers. | ||||||
| 25 | 22 | "The Reunion" | Michael Preece | Galen Thompson | 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.) *Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion | ||||||
| 26 | 24 | "Stolen Lullaby" | Michael Preece | Julie Friedgen | 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. The investigation leads to a baby broker agency who has been stealing babies and conducting illegal adoptions for profit. | ||||||
[edit] Season 2 (1994–95)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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[edit] Season 3 (1995–96)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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[edit] Season 4 (1996–97)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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[edit] Season 5 (1997–98)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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[edit] Season 6 (1998–99)
- This is the first season to be produced by Norris Bros. Entertainment.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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[edit] Season 7 (1999–2000)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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[edit] Season 8 (2000–01)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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[edit] Special
- Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (TV Movie of the Week on CBS)
