8.2/10125 votesLoading...#1 - Survival
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1998
What was supposed to be a six-day camping trip filled with campfires and nature hikes quickly turns into a nightmare for Walker after Alex is kidnapped by the crazy Trammel brothers. Walker, along with his buddies Trent, Carlos and Trivette, immediately follows their trail. When Trivette is buried under falling boulders, Carlos must lead him to safety and Walker and Trent are forced to go it alone. (Taken from CBS Homepage)
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10124 votesLoading...
#2 - Wedding Bells (1)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2000
Episode one of two. Alex and Walker make the proper preparations for their wedding.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10102 votesLoading...
#3 - Desperate Measures
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/2001
Four women escape from a bus taking them to Gaitesville Prison. Two of the women and their boyfriends go back to robbing banks. The other two are on the run and end up giving Gage a ride. Alex checks into the case of one of the women, Laura Pope. It looks like her case was mishandled by her attorney.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10120 votesLoading...
#4 - Devil's Turf
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1997
When a mix of steroids and meth starts killing high schoolers, Walkers seeks the source of the deadly combination.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
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#5 - Special Witness
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1999
When Trent is beat up and stabbed, the only witness is a mentally changed girl. The rangers try to have her ID the attacker.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10121 votesLoading...
#6 - Jacob's Ladder
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/1999
Alex seeks to prosecute a gang who terrorizes witnesses with arson, and attempts to murder firefighters responding to their blazes.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1098 votesLoading...
#7 - Home of the Brave
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2000
After Walker and the gang put an end to a baby kidnapping ring, Walker and Trivette must rescue a group of people including Alex and a young boy who are trapped in a collapsing building.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: Rob Wright
- 8.0/10118 votesLoading...
#8 - The Winds of Change (1)
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2000
At a senator's behest, Walker must stop a criminal genius who has infiltrated federal law enforcement computer systems.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rob Wright
- 7.9/10113 votesLoading...
#9 - Mayday
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1997
After surviving a plane crash that was supposed to kill him and an important witness, Walker must protect the witness from hit men coming to make sure they're dead.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10120 votesLoading...
#10 - Days Past
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1997
Vince Pike, the man who shot Walker's fiancee ten years earlier, manages to get an early release from prison. For Walker painful memories about the time with Ellen return. While he survived an attack by Pike's men back then, Ellen died. And now Walker seeks justice - and Pike a destroyed Walker when he wants to go after the persons in his life. First C.D., then Trivette, and finally Alex ...
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10119 votesLoading...
#11 - Last of a Breed (1)
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1997
Walker tells some children who are touring the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame the story of Hayes Cooper. The story begins in the Old West when Cooper, who was then a bounty hunter, went to a town to get his quarry, which he does. A farmer named Wilson has a mortgage due, and a man named Bedoe doesn't want him to meet it because he knows that the railroad's coming, and the Wilson's land is where they will be going through. Now the banker, who is in his pocket, wants to wait until he forecloses so that there'll be no hint of impropriety. But Bedoe is impatient, so has some of his men rough up Wilson. Cooper then helps him. One of Bedoe's men stabs him. The Wilsons offer Cooper a place to stay while he heals. Cooper then helps the Wilsons bring in their cattle but someone lets them out before they could deliver. The bank's about to foreclose when Cooper uses the money from apprehending the criminal to pay their mortgage. Bedoe decides to take drastic measures; he hires Rudd Kilgore, a deadly g
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10120 votesLoading...
#12 - Mr. Justice
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1997
When it appears that sending criminals to prison is not working, Walker suggests a new program that targets late teens or early twenty year olds. So Alex presents Walker's proposal to Senator Kay Hutchinson, who thinks that it should be considered but Commissioner Simpson, who thinks that the only solution is to build more prisons, and is also planning to ask more funds to build more prisons, and knows that Walker's proposal will jeopardize that, doesn't support it. But the Senator decides to give Walker a chance and assigns deputy Commissioner Luther Dobbs to evaluate it to see if it's feasible. So ten youthful criminals are brought to CAMP JUSTICE, where Walker and Trivette greet with the speech that the have an opportunity to turn their lives around or end up in Huntsville prison. Walker begins by making them run whenever they start acting up or be insolent. The next day Walker gives a speech about making ""smart"" choices. Walker then tries to get them into gardening; one of the boys
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10107 votesLoading...
#13 - Brothers in Arms
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/1999
When the rangers arrest Jimmy's brother Simon, Jimmy soon finds that his life is in his brother's hands when Simon is told to kill him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10174 votesLoading...#14 - Deadly Reunion (1)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/1994
Walker and Trivette get help from a legendary Texas Ranger, back to seek justice for his murdered son, to help track down an assassin with a senator in his sights.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10117 votesLoading...
#15 - El Coyote (2)
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1996
Walker poses as a peasant to track slave-labor smugglers in Mexico.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10114 votesLoading...
#16 - The Brotherhood
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1996
Walker takes on a trio of Vigilante Cops,who decided to take the law into their own hands.This is especially so,since these Killer Cops have executed a friend of Walkers,who was innocent of rape.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10122 votesLoading...
#17 - A Ranger's Christmas
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1996
Walker tells the story of the Old West's Hayes Cooper, a Scrooge-like Texas Ranger who finally learned to have Christmas spirit.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10116 votesLoading...
#18 - Full Contact
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1997
Walker clears the name of a young martial artist framed for murder, then trains him for a kickboxing tournament championship.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10125 votesLoading...
#19 - Trial of LaRue
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 3/8/1997
Victor La Rue has been declared fit for trial. During the course of the hearing, La Rue manages to subdue the bailiffs and get their guns. He then demands that Walker come here but Walker is out chasing down some criminals. So while La Rue taunts Alex.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10117 votesLoading...
#20 - Sons of Thunder (2)
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 5/4/1997
As Trent tries to help out his family, and reconnect with his siblings especially his brother, Tommy, who felt that Trent deserted them. Walker tries to see if there is some kind of connection all the cops that were killed. Trivette gets a call from a cop, who has some info he would like to give him but asks that they meet in his place, when Trivette goes there, the killer has already killed the cop and shoots Trivette. Carlos was visiting Trent when the killer tries to kill Carlos but Trent saves him. After giving a decription of the man, Carlos thinks that it's a Metro cop named Rod Barkley. While Alex checks on him, Walker asks Carlos to explain who is this guy is and why is he killing all these cops. A few years ago, Carlos, the other cops and Barkley were chasing this motorist who was speeding. When he stopped, Barkley then proceeded to beat him up, eventually the other cops had to pull Barkley off the boy. When all of the other cops stated that there was no reason justifying Bark
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10122 votesLoading...
#21 - The Fighting McLains
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1997
Belle Starr McClain is an under cover agent working on Jack Garrett. When Garrett learns what she is, he kills her. Walker sends someone to get Garrett to incriminate himself on tape and was about to when someone jumps out of nowhere and tries to kill Garrett. Walker stops him. He reveals himself to be J.W. McClain, Belle's brother. J.W.'s a marine, who has a history of insolence but considered to be good marine. It seems that Belle sent J.W. some evidence against Garrett before he killed her and J.W. refuses to turn it over. The man Walker sent in was being brought to a safe house when Garrett has him grabbed, and was about to kill him when he told Garrett that J.W. has some evidence against him, Garrett killed him and order his men to get J.W. and the evidence. Marine Staff Sergeant Parrish comes to bring J.W. and were on their way when J.W. brother and sister sprung him. They try to get Garrett but Garrett just had too many men and the sister is caught by Walker. Later J.W. and his
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10102 votesLoading...
#22 - Suspicious Minds
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1999
The deaf daughter of an Elvis impersonator witnesses a murder, necessitating the Rangers' protection until the suspect is apprehended.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10106 votesLoading...
#23 - A Matter of Principle
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/2000
After his daughter is shot in a bank robbery, an old man goes on a hunt for the shooters along with Walker.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1097 votesLoading...
#24 - Justice Delayed
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/2000
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.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10101 votesLoading...
#25 - Showdown at Casa Diablo (1)
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/2000
Sydney and Alex are kidnapped by two Mexican brothers that are looking for revenge. Now is up to Trivette, Gage and Walker to save them. Or will the girls end up saving them?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger
Every episode of Walker, Texas Ranger ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger!
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger,...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaWesternCrime
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Survival" is the best rated episode of "Walker, Texas Ranger". It scored 8.2/10 based on 125 votes. Directed by Jerry Jameson and written by N/A, it aired on 11/7/1998. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Wedding Bells (1)".