Episode
Walker, Texas Ranger: Brainchild
Overview
After escaping a research center, a boy with genius-level IQ gets Walker to help him find his mother.
Details
- Series
- Walker, Texas Ranger
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1997-11-15
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Brainchild is Episode 8 in Season 6 of Walker, Texas Ranger. It aired on 1997-11-15. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 7: Last of a Breed (2)
Cooper sets out to get justice for the Wilsons. He begins by confronting two of Kilgore's men; they draw on him and he outshoots them. Cooper is about to leave when he is stopped by Texas Ranger Cabe Wallace, who wants to sort out what happened between Cooper and the men he killed. After being satisfied that Cooper acted in self-defense, he lets him go but first talks to him about the line between justice and vengeance. He then offers Cooper a Texas Ranger badge, which Cooper accepts. He then goes off to find Kilgore and after finding him, he tried to bring Kilgore in, but Kilgore has too many men and he is shot. He rides out into the desert and is found by some Indians who nurse him back to health. Back in town Bedoe is going to buy the Wilson land but Sarah speaks out, and Sheriff backs her, but Kilgore kills the Sheriff. When Wallace returns he confronts Kilgore who kills him. When Cooper recovers he returns and faces Kilgore and wins. He also takes out Bedoe. Cooper then decides to
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