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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A bus with four convicts crashes and they escape. One was wrongly convicted, and she with another convict head for her home. On the way they pick up a stranded Gage, not realizing he's a Ranger, and he not knowing they're escaped felons.
The Rangers stop a baby kidnapping ring that sells them to parents desperate for one. Also, a property owner wants his tenants out of the apartment building, so he plants a bomb in it with them inside.
The criminal who killed Walker's fiancé ten years earlier is being released from prison early. He intends to seek revenge on Walker for putting him away by hurting all of his friends.
It appears that Indian spirits are protecting Indian burial land. Witnesses report that they appear, frighten, and attack those who get in the way. Walker seeks help from the tribe to learn how to fight them.
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