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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!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 1 - Higher Power
    7.7/10(132 votes)

    #1 - Higher Power

    S5:E1

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

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 2 - Patriot
    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #2 - Patriot

    S5:E2

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

    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 3 - Ghost Rider
    7.4/10(135 votes)

    #3 - Ghost Rider

    S5:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 4 - The Brotherhood
    7.9/10(128 votes)

    #4 - The Brotherhood

    S5:E4

    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:Unknown

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  5. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 5 - Plague
    7.6/10(132 votes)

    #5 - Plague

    S5:E5

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

    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 6 - Redemption
    7.7/10(124 votes)

    #6 - Redemption

    S5:E6

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

    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 7 - Codename: Dragonfly
    7.5/10(135 votes)

    #7 - Codename: Dragonfly

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown

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  8. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 8 - A Silent Cry
    7.5/10(126 votes)

    #8 - A Silent Cry

    S5:E8

    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:Unknown

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  9. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 9 - Swan Song
    7.2/10(135 votes)

    #9 - Swan Song

    S5:E9

    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:Unknown

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  10. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 10 - Cyclone
    7.8/10(125 votes)

    #10 - Cyclone

    S5:E10

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

    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 11 - Lucky
    7.8/10(121 votes)

    #11 - Lucky

    S5:E11

    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:Unknown

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  12. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 12 - The Deadliest Man Alive
    7.6/10(136 votes)

    #12 - The Deadliest Man Alive

    S5:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 13 - A Ranger's Christmas
    7.9/10(137 votes)

    #13 - A Ranger's Christmas

    S5:E13

    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:Unknown

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  14. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 14 - Mayday
    8.1/10(127 votes)

    #14 - Mayday

    S5:E14

    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:Unknown

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  15. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 15 - Last Hope
    7.8/10(132 votes)

    #15 - Last Hope

    S5:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 16 - Full Contact
    8.0/10(127 votes)

    #16 - Full Contact

    S5:E16

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

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 17 - The 99th Ranger
    7.8/10(135 votes)

    #17 - The 99th Ranger

    S5:E17

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

    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 18 - Devil's Turf
    7.9/10(136 votes)

    #18 - Devil's Turf

    S5:E18

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

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 19 - Days Past
    8.1/10(134 votes)

    #19 - Days Past

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown

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  20. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 20 - Trial of LaRue
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    #20 - Trial of LaRue

    S5:E20

    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:Unknown

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  21. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 21 - Heart of the Dragon
    7.5/10(127 votes)

    #21 - Heart of the Dragon

    S5:E21

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

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 22 - The Neighborhood
    6.4/10(164 votes)

    #22 - The Neighborhood

    S5:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 23 - A Father's Image
    7.7/10(127 votes)

    #23 - A Father's Image

    S5:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 24 - Sons of Thunder (1)
    7.5/10(157 votes)

    #24 - Sons of Thunder (1)

    S5:E24

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Norris

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  25. Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 Episode 25 - Sons of Thunder (2)
    8.0/10(132 votes)

    #25 - Sons of Thunder (2)

    S5:E25

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Higher Power" is the best rated episode of "Walker, Texas Ranger" season 5. It scored 7.7/10 based on 132 votes. Directed by Michael Preece and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1996. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Patriot".