CBS surprised everyone by releasing the
last season of
Walker, Texas Ranger in June, 2005 instead of starting with season 1. Now they've just announced the first season, almost exactly one year after the release of the final season, on
June 13.
The 7 disc set will contain all 26 regular episodes, plus the 2 hour TV movie which kicked off the show. Many of the episode guides list 3 episodes for the first season and 24 episodes for season 2. CBS is considering these the entire first season, even though there was a 4 month gap between the fourth and fifth episodes. Here's a list of the episodes on the set:
- One Riot, One Ranger
- Borderline
- A Shadow in the Night
- Bounty
- Storm Warning
- In the Name of God
- Crime Wave Dave
- End Run
- Family Matters
- She'll Do to Ride the River With
- Unfinished Business
- An Innocent Man
- Night of the Gladiator
- Legend of the Running Bear
- Something in the Shadows (1)
- Something in the Shadows (2)
- On Deadly Ground
- Right Man, Wrong Time
- The Prodigal Son
- The Committee
- Deadly Vision
- Skyjacked
- The Long Haul
- Rampage
- Deadly Reunion (1)
- Deadly Reunion (2)
- Stolen Lullaby
CBS lists the running time for the episodes as 1458 mins (24 hours, 18 mins). The set will be full frame (1.33:1), and closed captioned. We can't tell you what the audio format will be, the suggested retail price, or whether the set will contain any bonus material, but we'll post the news if we find anything out.
