Walker, Texas Ranger
Storm Warning
TV Flash files “Storm Warning” as hour 5 of 202 in the TV Flash guide — Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001) on CBS, season 2, episode 2, aired 1993-10-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E02: listed hour 5 of 202 in the Walker, Texas Ranger guide, hour 2 of 24 in season 2. It aired 1993-10-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bounty” (S02E01). Next is “In the Name of God” (S02E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While working under cover as a prison inmate, Trivette finds his life endangered by a psychotic prisoner during a harrowing escape attempt.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Storm Warning sit in the Walker, Texas Ranger guide?
S02E02 is listed hour 5 of 202 — hour 2 of 24 in season 2, season 2 episode 2.
When did Walker, Texas Ranger S02E02 air?
Storm Warning aired 1993-10-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it in on the joke?
No — total sincerity. Roundhouse kicks and moral lectures as the text. Later ironic fandom grew the legend because the show never winked.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Chuck Norris as living-room sheriff: roundhouse kicks, moral lectures, and villains who never learned to duck. Martial-arts network pulp with total sincerity — the montages, the Texas dust, the justice that arrives on a boot. Comfort action that later became meme archaeology; the joke only works because the show believed every kick was a sermon.
In medias res in Texas dust: Chuck Norris as living-room sheriff, roundhouse kicks as weekly sermon, villains who never learned to duck. The CBS series (1993–2001) combined cop-procedural structure with martial-arts set pieces opposite Clarence Gilyard, Sheree J. Wilson, and Noble Willingham. Max can keep his ironic clip windows; this hour believed every kick was a homily. Unironically earnest action that aged into internet folklore — montages, moral lectures, justice that arrives on a boot. Comfort pulp with…
Filed against
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- Clarence Gilyard as James Trivette
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- Sheree J. Wilson as Alex Cahill
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- Noble Willingham as C.D. Parker
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