7.4/10117 votes#1 - Higher Power
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1996
Walker must fight to protect the reincarnation of a Buddhist monk.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10121 votes
#2 - Patriot
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1996
After the leader of a white-supremacist group is arrested, they retaliate by taking over a minority-owned television station.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10123 votes
#3 - Ghost Rider
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1996
A dead child's spirit assists Walker to discover who murdered him eight years ago.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10114 votes
#4 - 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
- 7.4/10122 votes
#5 - Plague
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1996
A Cherokee reservation's inhabitants are in danger from risky, experimental practices at a nearby dairy farm.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10111 votes
#6 - Redemption
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1996
Alex's estranged father is hired to represent a crime figure in a trial she is prosecuting.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10119 votes
#7 - Codename: Dragonfly
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1996
A military helicopter with stealth capabilities has been stolen to be utilized by a drug cartel. The thief turns out to be an ex-Marine and old comrade of Walker's who left him for dead in Vietnam.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10110 votes
#8 - A Silent Cry
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1996
Walker searches Dallas nightclubs to seek out who raped a friend's daughter with the help of a mickey slipped in her drink.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10121 votes
#9 - Swan Song
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1996
Walker and Cahill head to the mountains of Utah to track down the crashed remains of a plane that was used during a daring bank robbery in 1988—which resulted in the death of one of Walker's friends—unawares a survior remains and has turned cannibal.
Director: Karl Kases
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10110 votes
#10 - Cyclone
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1996
As a cyclone approaches, kidnappers demand $10 million for a buried bus full of children.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10107 votes
#11 - Lucky
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1996
A homeless man's dog helps Walker track down the source of an attack on a priest. Meanwhile, Alex and C.D. put on a charity Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10123 votes
#12 - The Deadliest Man Alive
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1996
The world's most deadly assassin who has left a trail of blood in history (and may even be involved in the JFK assassination), The Viper, is in town. Walker is informed and recruited by Interpol Agent Draper who's hunting the Viper now for nearly 25 years. Since the killer is in town to carry out another assassination - the target could be the visiting Israeli Ambassador - it's up to Walker to find and eliminate the Viper before he hits once again.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10122 votes
#13 - 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
- 7.9/10113 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.7/10117 votes
#15 - Last Hope
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1997
A troubled teen endangers everybody at Ranger Camp by stealing a money bag from drug dealers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10116 votes
#16 - 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
- 7.7/10123 votes
#17 - The 99th Ranger
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1997
An abused lady nearly quits becoming a Texas Ranger following threats from her ex-husband.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10120 votes
#18 - 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
- 7.9/10120 votes
#19 - 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
- 7.8/10125 votes
#20 - 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
- 7.3/10114 votes
#21 - Heart of the Dragon
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1997
Walker protects a young man who has a jade dragon that a Chinese gang believes has magical power.
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/10144 votes
#22 - The Neighborhood
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/26/1997
Walker helps a ten-year-old severely wounded in a drive-by to end violence in her community.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10109 votes
#23 - A Father's Image
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1997
Ranger Hunt goes undercover to stop a crime boss from raising his ten-year-old son to take over the family business.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10140 votes
#24 - Sons of Thunder (1)
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/4/1997
Thunder Malloy, a preacher, who is a friend of Walker's dies and his wife and sons are left to fend for themselves. Trent, the eldest son, who is also a former student of Walker's, who years ago, had a disagreement with his father, when he chose to join the Army as oppose to following his father's footsteps, decides to leave the Army and come home to help his mother and siblings. Walker tries to get him to maybe be a cop but Trent does not want to carry a gun. For the moment he works as a security guard. Walker is also working a case involving someone who is gunning cops, and it seems that one his targets is Trent's friend Carlos Sandoval.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Norris
- 7.8/10117 votes
#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5
Every episode of Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5!
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
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Higher Power" is the best rated episode of "Walker, Texas Ranger" season 5. It scored 7.4/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by Michael Preece and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1996. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Patriot".