Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

Seasons & Episodes

  • 9
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  • 1
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5.7| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

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, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.

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FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
WiseRatFlames An unexpected masterpiece
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
maartendeveirman This series has everything. Like Action, drama, romance and comedy. Great acting performence too. The makers and the actors of this series give each episode a message to be a better person in the future!
Amelia S. Highly underrated. Personally, I prefer the episodes from seasons 1-3, for nit- picky reasons I will go into more detail below. Memorable and pleasant theme song that still sounds good to this day. An action-packed show with a background in conservative Christian values.One thing that drew me to this show was the scenery and settings of various episodes. It gets really old to always see shows with the boring city theme. I loved that there were episodes showing what appears to be the local natural surroundings, such as the memorable "Road to Black Bayou" or the various rebellious car chase scenes in the dusty, hot Texan landscape. I also liked that in some episodes, Walker used various aspects of the scenery as major parts that moved the story along (such as tying a plant with healing properties and applying it on his wound). This theme of nature often enriched Walker's back story and character development, as it ties nicely with his background. Even the courthouse building, which has elaborate exterior architecture, often had a beautiful amber glow when in the sunlight. It is also nice to see the ranch and the horses and other animals on the show. This change of scenery is refreshing from time to time. Same goes for the episodes that were taken place in the past, such as the Quaker episode.As for character development, the differences between Walker's old-fashioned ways and Trivette's modern technological approach complimented each other (rather than clashed), and at times became humorous. As someone who is tired of seeing try-hard actors in similar genre TV shows, it was really nice to see that Walker demonstrated a real man's toughness. Walker often made sure to not abuse his authority, like when he would even put away his weapon and give the suspects a chance to fight him, before arresting them. Trivette's character development was not neglected either, such as the episode about his family. Trivette may have been the token guy that is the butt of the jokes, however, at times it was a bit grating. I really like Trivette but it sometimes seemed that Trivette was only present to be shown as second-best, and that the other main characters were unnecessarily disrespectful towards him. It is nice to see that in Alex's case, women can be shown to possess a strength (legal smarts following her father's footsteps), while still being feminine, without being rude towards others. CD was one of my favorite characters, he had a good sense of humor, and is always there to help out in whatever way he can. It would have been nice if CD was present in the whole series, and it seemed like the episode that first mentioned his death was rushed for such a main character.As for the only main character that was unlikable...Sydney. One thing that took away from the show, was that it seemingly succumbed to feminist pressure to add a female ranger on the show. For doing so, it seems the show's appeal declined. It's like Gage was made to look incompetent, while Sydney was made to look like the smarter, superior one. During fights, Gage would get hit the most, while Sydney was shown doing laughable flips off the wall. Sydney was not suitable for the job and at times abused her authority, threatening violence towards co-workers, or saying anti-male sexist put-downs, like, "Men are wimps" (this entire series proves otherwise). In the episode when Gage lost his hearing, she threatened to beat him up if he didn't agree to eat, when he didn't feel like it (she put her foot over the table, made a sweeping motion right near his face). None of the other rangers would treat someone in a vulnerable position like that. Sydney and women in general cannot meet the impossible standard of being able to physically compete with men, and win. Men and women simply have different strengths. In a dearth of shows that show masculine men in a positive light, this was highly disappointing to see and took away from the show. Recently in the news, it was noted that 8 women were not capable of meeting the standards to become a ranger. Therefore, Sydney's whole character is a farce. Take away the constant put- downs from Sydney towards Gage, and their addition was bearable. In the hearing loss episode, Gage finally got a chance to show his strengths (his other senses, which saved his life). Although, there were many episodes where it seemed those two didn't do anything that Walker and Trivette could not have done themselves in previous seasons. Another thing is there were too many main characters added to the show near mid-series and sometimes Walker and Trivette were not shown much in the later episodes. There were times where I missed seeing just Walker and Trivette like in the first few seasons. It's good that the "bad guys" were not always the same profile - they had varied occupations. People of different backgrounds were also shown to be capable of helping fight crime in their own way - like the girl in "Special Witness". Also, Walker had proved time and again he was truly dedicated to his job, like when he volunteered to enter the prison as a fake criminal to see what corruption was going on. Despite all the fighting that goes on in this show, the value of life is not taken for granted, as touching episodes like "Lucas" show.Anyway, despite drawbacks, this epic show still gets a 10/10. This show has countless entertaining and action-packed scenes, with phenomenal fighting skills as shown by Walker, rather than always relying on weapons. Last but certainly not least, it doesn't lose sight of the importance of knowing right from wrong.
buz-762-511954 This is a show stuffed with action, martial arts, true friendly relationship, honesty and also the fight for justice. If you're yearning for one thing to look at wherever there's ne'er a uninteresting moment, then you have got actually found it in Walker, peace officer. Throughout the show's eight seasons, you ne'er stop wanting them to "get the dangerous guys!" and are available out on prime.Did you know that In 2010, Chuck Norris and his brother, Aaron, were given the honorary title of "Texas Ranger", by Texas Governor, Rick Perry. Other cool facts like this are available at http://www.endedtvseries.com
Riley Hale Walker: Texas Ranger was without a doubt an excellent series, as someone who works in law enforcement I can say that the show is nothing like real life but that is not its purpose, it is not meant to be taken seriously it is simply meant to be pure entertainment, action and drama often with an important message as well, the series was certainly a great one and I'm my opinion it ended all too soon, I didn't always have a chance to see it when it was on TV so I purchased the entire series on DVD back on 08/01/2010 and finally finished watching it on 10/04/2010, All the series is worth seeing and in my opinion it had to specific weak points, Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris) and James Trivette (Clarence Gilyard Jr.) are great characters and are always interesting on screen, to me they are one of the best pairs since Starsky & Hutch, Alex Cahill (Sheree J. Wilson), C.D. Parker (Noble Willingham), Carlos Sandoval (Marco Sanchez), Trent Malloy (James Wlcek) and all the secondary characters also do a great job and have few if any weak moments, I also liked the addition of Francis Gage (Judson Mills) and Sydney Cooke (Nia Peeples) for the final seasons as they brought a new flavor and presence to the show, I'm also glad the series ended on a strong note instead of waiting until it eventually ran its course and became stale and boring, The Final Show/Down Part 1 & 2 were an excellent way to finish up the series, one thing I really liked about the series was it didn't solely rely on firearms to get the job done but focused on Martial Arts and team work as a much better solution, There are however a number of things in the series that made little sense, for example: Trivette switching from a SIG-Sauer P226 to a Walther P5 which no one in law enforcement would even contemplate doing and being able to defeat numerous opponents in unarmed combat which might work sometimes but no one is capable of winning every single time no matter how good they are. One of the biggest draw cards of the series for me is of course Chuck Norris who is one of my favorite actors and being a Martial Artist myself he is also someone I greatly admire which is not something I say lightly, watching Lone Wolf McQuade(1981) with Chuck Norris and David Carradine was what got me into Martial Arts in the first place and thus I have been a fan of both ever since, I'm my opinion the series could have lasted another 9 seasons without losing its edge but as I already stated I am glad it ended on a high note, I can certainly understand why some people don't like the series, not even remotely close to real life law enforcement, poor weapons handling, atrocious dialog, sometimes poor acting, overuse of actors, far fetched plots, way over the top action pieces and sets/locations just to name a few but to me the series is meant to be nothing more then entertainment which it more then delivers, there is not one single episode I didn't like in one way or another, So in closing Walker: Texas Ranger will always be one of my favorite series' on TV, I completely understand why some people do not like it but as for me it will always have a special place in my heart.