Walker, Texas Ranger

Name: Walker, Texas Ranger
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Released: April 21, 1993
Rating: 45
Cast: Clarence Gilyard Jr., Judson Mills, Chuck Norris, Sheree J. Wilson

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CBS | Release Date: April 21, 1993

Starring: Clarence Gilyard Jr., Judson Mills, Chuck Norris, Sheree J. Wilson

Summary: Cordell Walker is a contemporary Texas Ranger working out of the Dallas office who believed in dealing with criminals the old-fashioned way--by beating them up. Despite the rules that governed the way law-enforcement officers were supposed to act. Walker's approach closely resembled the "eye for an eye" school of crime fighting.

HisCordell Walker is a contemporary Texas Ranger working out of the Dallas office who believed in dealing with criminals the old-fashioned way--by beating them up. Despite the rules that governed the way law-enforcement officers were supposed to act. Walker's approach closely resembled the "eye for an eye" school of crime fighting.

His partner is young Jimmy Trivette, who had grown up in the slums of Baltimore and used football as his ticket to a college education and a career with the Dallas Cowboys until he busted his shoulder. Despite Jimmy's belief in computers and scientific criminology, working with Walker, always seemed to leave him bruised and sore--when Walker was trying to get information or take people into custody it was more than likely there would be a fistfight or karate kicks. County Assistant D.A. Alex Cahill, his sometimes girlfriend, frowned on Walker's methods, even if they did get results.

When not on duty Walker and the others hung out at C.D.'s, the saloon/restaurant owned by his buddy C.D. Parker, a former Ranger forced into early retirement after taking a bullet in the knee, who still provided help and advice on cases. Uncle Ray was the wise old Native American who had raised Walker. He died at the end of the 3rd season.

Star Chuck Norris, former karate champion and movie star, played Walker in the deadpan unemotional style he used in most of his feature films. Nothing ever seemed to excite him, and the violence on the show had a cartoon quality about it. There was a surrealistic efficiency about Walker--he almost never broke sweat, got hurt, or wasted a blow--using violence because it was necessary but never glorying on it. This is Norris' first time in a TV series.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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S10:E25. Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial By Fire (TV Movie)
Air Date: October 16, 2005

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Mike Duffy

Jan 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: The verdict? Not as gosh-awful as I expected...sort of a "Hunter" with heart. [4 Apr 1993]

Ken Tucker

Jun 10, 2013

Season 1 Review: This sort of harmless escapist fare is the kind of thing some members of the Senate are deploring in their uninformed campaign against TV mayhem. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Jan 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: Overinflated two-hour pilot shows promise on a simpleminded action-film level. "The A-Team" did the same thing with much more wit, though, and in a timeslot more consistent with its greatest potential audience. Read full review

Ann Hodges

Jan 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: what was left was such a confusing big-city western, it was hard to tell the good guys from the bad. [21 April 1993, p.8]

David Zurawik

Jan 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: Walker, Texas Ranger would have been retrograde in 1972. The acting is wooden. The bad guys are drawn in the dimensions of cartoon characters. I'm not even going to start to talk about how it handles racial stereotypes. It celebrates vigilantism. There's violence and more violence. Read full review

Rick Sherwood

Jan 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: The quality of the debut would indicate this series to be dead in the water. [23 Apr 1993]

Hal Boedeker

Jan 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: The cornball Walker, Texas Ranger looks like a parody early on; it has the strangest camera angles since Batman. Soon enough, it's clear this is just another violent show filled with cartoonish villains, helpless victims and a taciturn martial arts hero who lets his hands do the talking. The low point comes when a rapist ogles his victim a second time and confides to pals, "Just chalk it up to hormones." [21 Apr 1993, p.E7]

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yoyisjustice

May 26, 2022

A very entertaining series, I love the interpretation of Chuck Norris. There is action, drama, heroism, positive messages, absolutely worth watching. I recommend it.

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Giggles1k

May 18, 2020

I love every episode of Walker Texas Ranger. It is awesome. There has never been a better show.

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DaisyCross

Feb 15, 2021

Watched all of them had good and slow series but love to watch Chuck Norris am a fan since the Bruce Lee movies all up was enjoyable.

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Seasons & Episodes

45

Series Overview
Season 10

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- Season 10 Overview
  Air Date: April 21, 1993
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  S10:E25. Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial By Fire (TV Movie)
  Air Date: October 16, 2005
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: October 7, 2000
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 1999
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 26, 1998
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 1997
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 1996
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 23, 1995
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 1994
Season 2

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  Air Date: September 25, 1993
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 21, 1993