Walker, Texas Ranger

Season 5

27 episodes 10 seasons

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Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 released on September 21, 1996.

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S05E01 Aired September 21, 1996

Higher Power

Walker must fight to protect the reincarnation of a Buddhist monk.

S05E02 Aired September 28, 1996

Patriot

After the leader of a white-supremacist group is arrested, they retaliate by taking over a minority-owned television station.

S05E03 Aired October 05, 1996

Ghost Rider

A dead child's spirit assists Walker to discover who murdered him eight years ago.

S05E04 Aired October 12, 1996

The Brotherhood

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.

S05E05 Aired October 19, 1996

Plague

A Cherokee reservation's inhabitants are in danger from risky, experimental practices at a nearby dairy farm.

S05E06 Aired October 26, 1996

Redemption

Alex's estranged father is hired to represent a crime figure in a trial she is prosecuting.

S05E07 Aired November 02, 1996

Codename: Dragonfly

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.

S05E08 Aired November 09, 1996

A Silent Cry

Walker searches Dallas nightclubs to seek out who raped a friend's daughter with the help of a mickey slipped in her drink.

S05E09 Aired November 16, 1996

Swan Song

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.

S05E10 Aired November 23, 1996

Cyclone

As a cyclone approaches, kidnappers demand $10 million for a buried bus full of children.

S05E11 Aired November 30, 1996

Lucky

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.

S05E12 Aired December 14, 1996

The Deadliest Man Alive

The world's most deadly assassin who has left a trail of blood in history, 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.

S05E13 Aired December 21, 1996

A Ranger Christmas

Walker tells the story of the Old West's Hayes Cooper, a Scrooge-like Texas Ranger who finally learned to have Christmas spirit.

S05E14 Aired January 11, 1997

Mayday

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.

S05E15 Aired January 18, 1997

Last Hope

A troubled teen endangers everybody at Ranger Camp by stealing a money bag from drug dealers.

S05E16 Aired February 01, 1997

Full Contact

Walker clears the name of a young martial artist framed for murder, then trains him for a kickboxing tournament championship.

S05E17 Aired February 08, 1997

99th Ranger

An abused lady nearly quits becoming a Texas Ranger following threats from her ex-husband.

S05E18 Aired February 15, 1997

Devil's Turf

When a mix of steroids and meth starts killing high schoolers, Walkers seeks the source of the deadly combination.

S05E19 Aired February 22, 1997

Days Past

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.

S05E20 Aired March 08, 1997

Trial of LaRue

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.

S05E21 Aired April 05, 1997

Heart of the Dragon

Walker protects a young man who has a jade dragon that a Chinese gang believes has magical power.

S05E22 Aired April 26, 1997

The Neighborhood

Walker helps a ten-year-old severely wounded in a drive-by to end violence in her community.

S05E23 Aired May 03, 1997

A Father's Image

Ranger Hunt goes undercover to stop a crime boss from raising his ten-year-old son to take over the family business.

S05E24 Aired May 04, 1997

Sons of Thunder (1)

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.

S05E25 Aired May 04, 1997

Sons of Thunder (2)

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 to all the cops that were killed.

S05E26 Aired May 10, 1997

Texas vs. Cahill

Alex's current case is a retrial of Lane Tillman, a mob boss, who is defended by Tony Seville, who was Alex's lover years ago is found dead at Alex's bedside and she is arrested for suspicion of murder, which brings back her father Gordon Cahill to defend her in court.

S05E27 Aired May 17, 1997

Rookie

Joey Prado just graduated from the academy with the best marks since Walker. One of his first assignments is to go undercover as a drug dealer. Along the way, he reunites with his childhood friend Vic Solano.