Sat, Sep 27, 1997
An undercover agent is killed by Jack Garrett, the man she was working on. Walker sends an informant to get him to incriminate himself but before he could someone tries to kill him. Walker stops him and discovers that he's the brother of the agent who was killed. He refuses to cooperate, insisting that this is between him and Garrett. Later he escapes with help from his brother and sister and tries to get Garrett. Walker tries to stop them.
Sat, Nov 1, 1997
Walker is taking some kids on a tour of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. When one of them asks him to tell them about a Ranger, he chooses to talk about Hayes Cooper. It begins in the old West. Cooper is a bounty hunter and after getting his latest bounty, he finds some settlers who are being harassed by someone who wants their land. And he helps them.
Sat, Nov 8, 1997
Walker continues to tell the story of Hayes Cooper. And he continues at the part when Cooper, upon seeing the family he befriended killed, sets out to go after the ones he believes responsible for their deaths. After getting one of them, he meets a Texas Ranger who warns him about crossing the line and then gives him a Texas Ranger badge which he takes. After tracking down his quarries, he gets shot but is found by some Indians who nurse him back to health and give him a moment to think.
Sat, Nov 22, 1997
Feeling that merely locking up criminals is not making a dent in the crime rate, Walker makes a proposal for new kind of reformatory before Senator Kay Hutchinson. The prison commissioner, who feels that it will jeopardize his plan to get more funds to build more prisons, opposes it. But Hutchinson gives Walker a shot. Deputy Commissioner Luther Dobbs is sent to evaluate his program. So 10 young first time offenders arrive at what is called Camp Justice. Walker makes some headway with some of them. But when one of them gets into it with one of the guards the program is in danger.
Sat, Dec 6, 1997
A horse owner tries to bolster his horses' value by making sure they win all their races. But when another one puts a crimp on his plans, he kills him and the trainer who was in his pocket. Walker investigates, and at the same time he tries to help his friend, who wants to put his horse, Rainbow's End, in the Texas Derby.
Sat, Jan 3, 1998
Walker's friend, Sam Coyote, the Sheriff at the Cherokee reservation, has been seeing Nora Shannon, an archaeologist who's been working on there. When he proposes and she refuses things between them go bad. At the same time an oil magnate who knows that there's oil under Shannon's site plans to get it. And part of his plans is to kill her and frame Coyote. While Walker has no doubt that Coyote's innocent, the Feds don't think so. So in order to keep them from taking Coyote off the reservation and buy some time to prove his innocence, Walker has Coyote's deputy arrest him with help from the Tribal Judge to stall them.
Sat, Jan 17, 1998
C.D. gets a job as acting Chief of Security at a resort. When he asks his assistant, Grady, what happened to his predecessor, Grady tells him that he had a drinking problem and disappeared. And it's only half right. He disappeared because he caught Grady doing something without his permission, so Grady killed him. Walker is told by the Commissioner that several of the wealthiest men in the country will be going to the resort, so he wants Walker to go there and covertly keep an eye on things. So he does so with Alex, who pose as his wife, and Trivette, who poses as a venture capitalist.
Sat, Feb 28, 1998
A 6-year-old boy is mortally wounded during a late-night shootout in a residential neighborhood between the Rangers and two criminals. Trivette was involved in the shootout when the boy became caught in the crossfire. Initial findings implicate a woefully remorseful Trivette, who is suspended as the whole incident is being investigated. As he suffers greatly, he must contend with an overzealous investigating officer who wants to convict Trivette and have him removed from the Rangers (the officer had been passed over in favor of Trivette when they were up for being named Ranger) and a careless TV reporter who constantly and errantly states on the air that the boy was shot as the result of carelessness on Trivette's part. As Walker seeks to uncover the truth, he and Alex help comfort the boy's parents and pray for a miracle.
Sat, Mar 7, 1998
Carlos is working undercover to get an elusive drug dealer known as El Vaquero. He has gained the confidence of his number two, Johnny Primo. Walker wants them to bust Johnny and maybe he can lead them to El Vaquero. But Carlos wants to stay undercover because it seems that El Vaquero killed Carlos' brother, who was an addict/dealer who wanted to quit but died of an overdose. Carlos thinks El Vaquero had him killed. Walker says okay but Johnny learns that Carlos is a cop and grabs and beats him up to know what he has told.
Sat, Apr 18, 1998
A woman who Trivette knows comes to town saying she is looking for her father and asks for his help to find him. And when he brings her to him, she pulls a gun and kills him. She then knocks Trivette out. When he recovers, he learns that she is a contract killer and the man she killed is her target. So he tries to find her.