After trying to save a friend's daughter from a religious cult, Alex finds herself being held prisoner by the group's leader, Deacon Bodie. With some help from their old pal Cobalt, Walker and Trivette have to come to her rescue.

Trivette goes undercover in prison and finds himself trapped with other convicts during an escape attempt in the middle of a hurricane. Now Walker must find Trivette before he is exposed.

Bank robber Roy Buchanan is accidentally arrested, but when he is liberated, he not only has Walker and Trivette on his heels, but a homicidal bounty hunter by the name of Boone Waxwell.

When a powerful Yakuza director is killed in Tokyo by a Congressman's assistant, the Yakuza head to the States, and East meets the Wild West when Walker and Trivette are sent to sort it out.

Tarrant County Assistant D.A. Alex Cahill is trying to prosecute cop killer Benny Carl Devlin, when she gets threatened by former Cuervo County sheriff - the first person she ever put away.

This two-hour premiere episode introduces Cordell Walker, a contemporary Texas Ranger and his partner, Ranger James Trivette.