From some truly strange reason, Paramount put out the last season of Chuck Norris' popular modern day western Walker Texas Ranger before any of the earlier ones. Last year though, they decided to do things right and so they unleashed upon the masses the complete first and second season of the show (the first season was only a couple of episodes – although this set calls itself the 'second season' it is technically the third season').

The premise for Walker isn't all that far removed from that of any other cop/law enforcement show. Chuck Norris plays a Texas Ranger operating in the Dallas area named Cordell Walker who deals with the world's problems very much like a cowboy would... a cowboy with a penchant for kicking people in the head, that is. He's a tough guy who isn't afraid to use his fists or his feet when he needs to, but he's also an honorable man who doesn't use his considerable fighting skills unless it's absolutely necessary. He and his partner, Jimmy Trivette (Clarence Gilyard Jr.) cruise around town and right whatever wrongs they can. Trivette was a one-time Dallas Cowboy football hopeful who, due to a shoulder injury, had to leave the football world and has since joined the Texas Rangers. He quickly rose up the ranks to become Walker's right hand man. When Walker isn't fighting crime, odds are pretty good he'll be making time with his sexy lady friend, a district attorney named Alex (Sheree Wilson). Later seasons would introduce a few more Rangers into the mix but these earlier (and better) seasons more or less just concentrate on the adventures of Walker and Trivette.

With the tiny first season and a full length season under it's belt, this time around the show was able to start building continuity a little bit. You'll notice that there are three two-part episodes here, and as such there's some spill over from one episode to the next. That being said, the show is still very accessible and even if you were to only catch the second part of any of the two-part episodes, you'd still have no problem figuring out what was going on. As enjoyable as the series is, it isn't exactly deep.

The twenty-five episodes contained in this complete second season, running from September 24 1994 through May 13, 1995, are laid out as follows:

Badge of Honor: Walker and Trivette have to put a stop to an illegal racing operation operating on the wrong side of the tracks in Dallas that winds up putting a man in the slammer.

Branded: An honest government beef inspector is found brutally murdered. Walker is called in to investigate the scene and ties the killing to an underground cattle-rustling operation.

Silk Dreams: A new drug called Silk is making the rounds in Dallas, so Walker and Trivette have to go undercover and cruise the nightclubs to find out where it's coming from.

Mustangs: A few surly ranchers are killing off protected mustang horses – jerks! Of course, Walker steps in to put a stop to it but by doing so he lands himself some pretty serious injuries.

Till Death Do Us Part: A man hits another and flees from the scene of the crime, leaving a baby teetering over the edge of a cliff. Walker rescues the kid, but winds up in a coma for his efforts.

Rainbow Warrior: Walker's friend, Chief Six Feathers, has died and so he goes to attend the funeral. While he's there, he picks up on something that tells him that the Chief's death was no accident and he sets out to bring his killers to justice.

The Road to Black Bayou (Parts 1 And 2) : Walker and Trivette have been working pretty hard lately, so they decide to take off for some rest and relaxation and take in some fishing with ol' C.D. While they're out there, they bust a drug smuggling ring.

Line Of Fire: Alex is privy to some insider information about a cop on the Dallas force named Cutter who is selling illegal drugs. When this cop learns about what she knows, her life is in danger – good thing she's tight with Walker.

Payback: Things heat up when Walker finds out that someone in the criminal underworld has but a bounty on his head. This doesn't stop him from busting a car theft ring, however, and wouldn't you know it? The two crimes are connected.

Tiger's Eye: The daughter of a wealthy Texas businessman is kidnapped by an American chapter of the Yakuza operating out of Dallas. What these hoods don't know is that the girl has been training with Walker and is pretty capable of dishing it out with the best of them.

The Big Bingo Bamboozle: Doris Roberts plays Elaine, an older woman who has learned about a bingo parlor that's actually a money laundering operation. Walker investigates and tries to keep her safe so they can bust these punks.

Money Train: Trivette figures it'll be fun if he and Walker help out on a movie that's shooting in town, but little does he know that it'll bring the two Texas Rangers face to face with an honest to goodness train robbery!

Mean Streets: A gang of spoiled rich kids decide they're going to clean up the city by executing homeless people. Obviously this doesn't sit well with Walker or Trivette, so they go bust some heads.

Cowboy: Alex gets kidnapped by a bunch of criminals so Walker and Trivette have to burst into action to save her with some help from a Texas Ranger pilot and a few other friends.

War Zone (Parts 1 And 2): Someone is robbing some pretty fancy establishments in Dallas and the Rangers just can't quite finger the culprit. Walker steps up the force's efforts once the hoods kill a close friend of his. Wilford Brimley guest stars.

Trust No One: The Rangers bust a counterfeit operation and confiscate five million dollars worth of fake cash. Soon the loot goes missing and it looks like Trivette is the man who took it – but Walker knows better.

Blue Movies: Walker and Alex are to meet a Judge who is going to give them some information but before they can, he's murdered. Walker ties the death into a porno movie operation involved in some very dirty business indeed.

On Sacred Ground: Walker gets involved with a group of Native American teenagers who are stealing valuable items from a local museum, claiming that they're simply returning them to the tribe, their rightful owners in the first place.

Case Closed: The residents of a small town outside of Dallas claim that extraterrestrials have been visiting them for decades now. Walker is called in to investigate and prove them wrong, which isn't going to be easy.

Flashback (Parts 1 And 2): This two-part flashback episode finds Walker 'going back in time' where he has to find the link between the murder of a Texas Ranger and a missing shipment of gold that's been stolen.

Stand Off (Parts 1 And 2): In order to prevent an international incident, Walker and Trivette are tasked with protecting a man running for president of Mexico who has been targeted by political assassins who want to get him out of the race, permanently.

Overall we get a few 'by the numbers' episodes along side a few truly odd entries in the series. Pitting Walker against a town full of U.F.O. nuts was an interesting choice as was having him go into the world of pornography (this was pretty unexpected!). Norris is Norris – he's wooden but watchable and entertaining in his own completely non-charismatic way. The supporting cast gets to develop a little more this season than they had in the past which makes things a little more interesting and a couple of fun guest starts show up to spice things up.