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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 4940
Released: June 13, 2006 |
| Our Price: $28.24 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Texas Ranger Cordell Walker, one of the last old-fashioned heroes in the West, is a protective friend but a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to bring a criminal to justice.
Description of Walker, Texas Ranger - The First Season:
An unofficial Chuck Norris fact: With apologies to Al Gore, global warming does not cause hurricanes. They are caused by the wind generated by Chuck Norris' flurry of roundhouse kicks to the head. Which is why this seven-disc set will blow you away. After Norris's movie career stalled, Walker: Texas Ranger revived his career and catapulted him to international icon status of Hasselhoff proportions. He has since been transformed into an affectionate punchline for the likes of Conan O'Brien and the purveyors of the Official Chuck Norris facts website ("Those aren't credits that roll after Walker: Texas Ranger. It is actually a list of fatalities that occurred during the making of the episode."). Co-created by future Oscar-winner Paul Haggis (Crash), Walker: Texas Ranger is a tailor-made vehicle for Norris, whose eponymous character dispenses somewhat suspect justice. "You screwed up," one particularly nasty miscreant tells Walker. "You forgot to read us our rights. Walker obliges, but not before kicking him into submission, "You have the right to remain silent." Walker's methods may perturb Asst. D.A. Alex Cahill (Sheree J. Wilson), but they sure come in handy when she is menaced, Cape Fear-style, by the recently freed corrupt sheriff she sent to jail ("Borderline") or kidnapped by a cult leader ("In the Name of God").
There are three crucial elements for a great Walker episode: A particularly vile villain (drug dealers, rapists, baby-stealing politicians), coolly delivered Chuck-isms ("When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you," reprised from the great Code of Silence), and, to quote Jimmy Trivette (Clarence Gilyard), Walker's new, more by-the-book partner, the "squinty-eyed make-my-day stuff" that Walker punishingly dispenses near the 40-minute mark of nearly every episode. When you've got Chuck Norris, you don't need A-list guest stars, but Walker's first season does feature some familiar faces, including the future Spider-Man Tobey Maguire ("The Prodigal Son"), Stuart Whitman ("The Reunion"), and a post-Wonder Years Danica "Winnie" McKellar ("Stolen Lullaby"). Norris may not be Oscar or Emmy material, but watching Walker unfailingly lay out the bad guys and making the guilty pay is the essence of comfort television. As Trivette says, "I hate to admit; the man is good." In short: don't mess with Texas! --Donald Liebenson
Walker, Texas Ranger - The First Season Reviews:
Good Show 
2009-06-04 - I used to watch this program when it originally aired. I thought I would enjoy watching it again, and I did.
Must-have beginning for a great series 
2009-04-21 - Walker Texas Ranger: The Complete First Season Get the first season and enjoy this action packed series from the beginning! Chuck Norris as Walker, Texas Ranger uses his kickboxing to thrill the audience and subdue criminals in Texas. I especially enjoy watching the development of the characters in this first season.
A Wonderful Gift
2009-01-18 - The Walker, Texas Ranger (First Season) DVD collection made a wonderful Christmas gift for my grandmother. She just loved it, and to be able to watch the entire season in one sitting was the best. The shipping time was wonderful as well. It was kind of a last minute gift, and it couldn't have arrived at a better time!
Great Series
2008-10-24 - I have always liked to watch Walker on TV and now I have started to collect the seasons on DVD so I can watch them when I please and not have to try to work my schedule around the TV schedule.
i love walker oh baby
2008-09-30 - walker is so hot!!!!
i sure would love to polish his rusty sheriffs badge.
he can handcuff me and throw away the key.
