6.6/1012 votes#1 - Genesis
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2000
After Special Agent Michael Cates testifies against vicious drug lord Jacob Calder, he is put into the witness protection program under the name Chance Bowman as a trucker driving a state-of-the-art long-haul 18-wheeler.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1010 votes
#2 - Key to the Highway
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2000
An encounter at a truck stop embroils Chance Bowman in a young widow's problems and an altercation with the local police, much to the chagrin of his Department of Justice supervisor Burton Hardesty, who wants Chance and his huge, hi-tech Kenworth T2000 to remain undetected by an imprisoned drug lord.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes
#3 - Mr. Invisible
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2000
A minor accident at a stock car racetrack delays Chance Bowman from moving on and introduces him to a talented mechanic with a tainted past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/108 votes
#4 - Showdown
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2000
After a near-miss encounter with Calder's top hit man, Chance decides that rather than keep running, he must stand and fight. To see just what Chance is up against, his associate Cie Baxter joins him in the field for what becomes a showdown, ""High Noon"" style, in the Ohio sun.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1011 votes
#5 - Triple Play
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2000
Now in the Pacific Northwest, Chance tries to play Good Samaritan to a con man who claims his wife has been kidnapped. But along with a lovely but inexperienced insurance investigator, he finds himself delivering the wife to the real kidnappers, and realizes that no one is who he or she really seems to be.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Prize Possession
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/2000
Chance becomes the reluctant guardian of a 12-year-old tomboy whose parents are using her as a pawn in a bitter divorce contest. At the same time, Chance rediscovers an old friend, a former Academy instructor, whose retirement has left him lonely and bitter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1012 votes
#7 - Ordeal
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2000
A ruthless couple hijack Chance's truckload of high-definition televisions and leave him to die in the desert, where in his delirium he has visions of his life before his wife was killed in an explosion meant for him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Through a Glass Darkly
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/2000
The evil Jacob Calder manages to get himself released from prison and takes personal supervision of the hunt for the man who put him there, Chance Bowman. So Burton Hardesty, Chance's Justice Department supervisor, reinstates Chance as a federal marshal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1010 votes
#9 - The Fire Next Time
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/8/2000
Chance helps a black preacher and his family when their church is burned.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1012 votes
#10 - Games of Chance
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2000
Chance and Cie Baxter head for Las Vegas to rein in Henry Conners, a protected witness who took off on an unsanctioned vacation, but Cie has a personal interest in locating Henry - they were once lovers and have unfinished business. Meanwhile, Calder is alerted to Chance's location and sends a hit woman after him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1011 votes
#11 - Two Eyes for an Eye
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/22/2000
Cecil Loftus, the head of a tough crime family, joins forces with Chance in an attempt to bring down Jacob Calder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1013 votes
#12 - Smuggler's Blues
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/21/2000
Chance's infiltration of a deadly cigarette smuggling ring with ties to Calder is endangered when a female reporter who is working the same case recognizes him and decides he is a bigger story.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1012 votes
#13 - Ranger's Chance
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/5/2000
When Chance's commanding officer from the Rangers is implicated in a daring weapons theft, Chance comes to his aid after recognizing that the M.O. belongs to a thief working for Jacob Calder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/108 votes
#14 - Wages of Sin
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/12/2000
Chance has become the target of a world class hitman contracted by Jacob Calder, but the hit takes a surprising turn when the killer reveals his ""code of ethics.""
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1013 votes
#15 - Road to Hell
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/19/2000
Chance's infiltration of a drug dealer's illegal operation is hampered by a dirty cop who is forcing a juvenile dealer to work undercover for him on the same case.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - There's Something About Marvin
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/26/2000
Chance helps a woman who is desperately worried about her ill father Marvin, who has gone off on some kind of quest to complete his ""list"" of thrill-seeking experiences.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/109 votes
#17 - Outside Chance
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/2/2000
A gang of non-violent Robin Hoods is robbing banks and armored cars to help people in need. Chance becomes involved when one of the gang's members turns out to be a militia-minded extremist who wants to make a statement.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Sleeping Dragons
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/9/2000
Against her better judgment and risking her career with the Justice Department, Cie helps Chance when he goes to the rescue of Beth Barrington, the crime organization's chief accountant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Con Truck
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/16/2000
With Chance still in the hospital recuperating from injuries, Cie takes his big rig to a prison to provide secret transport for a convict, unaware that his buddies are plotting to take her hostage and stage a prison break.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1023 votes
#20 - Legacy of Blood (1)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/23/2000
Jacob Calder calls a summit meeting to intensify his efforts to kill Chance Bowman, while his illegitimate son Danny goes after Chance's boss Burton Hardesty. What Calder doesn't know is that one of his operatives, ""Jesse James"" Rader, is an undercover federal agent.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1016 votes
#21 - Caged (2)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/30/2000
When Chance is charged with the murder of Danny Calder, Cie Baxter enlists the aid of undercover agent Jesse James Rader to try to identify the real killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1013 votes
#22 - Revelation (3)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/6/2000
Kidnapped by crime boss Jacob Calder, Cie Baxter starts to learn his family secrets, while agents Chance Bowman and Jesse James Rader race to save her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of 18 Wheels of Justice Season 1
Every episode of 18 Wheels of Justice Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 18 Wheels of Justice Season 1!
Justice Department undercover agent Michael Cates’s family was killed after he testified against crime boss Jacob Calder. Now Cates is working out of an 18...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Genesis" is the best rated episode of "18 Wheels of Justice" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/2000. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Key to the Highway".