Walker, Texas Ranger/In God's Hands

In God's Hands
Season 5, Episode 17
Airdate	February 28, 1998
Written by	Gordon Dawson
Directed by	Michael Preece
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In God's Hands is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of Walker, Texas Ranger, and the one hundred twenty-second episode overall.

Chuck Norris (Cordell Walker)

Starring: Clarence Gilyard (James Trivette), Noble Willingham (C.D. Parker), Sheree J. Wilson (Alex Cahill)

Guest Starring: Rhonda Dotson (Mrs. McGee), Kaj Erik Eriksen (Ted McGee), Roger Boyce (Commander Williams), Sal Landi (Kroeger), Robert Treveiler (Chip Webster)

Featuring: Rodger Boyce (Commander Williams), Laura Lee Coorpender (Nurse), Bill Jenkins (Sgt. Ben Rodgers), Jackson Kane (Clerk), Paul Kirby (Doctor), Brian Mathis (Mike McGee), David New (Lt. Moffett), Jeff Peaden (Molten)

Plot Overview

Trivette is placed on paid administrative leave after a shootout between armed robbers in a residential neighborhood results in the accidental shooting of a 6-year-old boy, who was caught in the crossfire. The lead investigator has a bitter grudge against Trivette because he was passed over (in favor of Trivette) in being initiated by the Rangers, and is determined to prove that carelessness resulted in the boy being shot, and it is up to Walker to prove that all was not as he sees it. Meanwhile, Trivette is tormented with the moral implications, including being hounded by an overzealous television reporter looking to sensationalize the incident and the boy's older brother looking to exact revenge, and turns to self-destructive behavior to cope, while Alex comforts the family of the kid and gives them their support.

Eventually, Walker finds evidence and is able to prove to the lead investigator that one of the robbers fired the bullet that wounded the boy, and thus exonerate Trivette.