Walker, Texas Ranger: The Complete Set

The complete DVD collection is now available. Mason Currey at Slate tries to explain the show’s appeal:

Walker is a run-of-the-mill action show that is constantly veering off into the bizarre. This is partly the result of crappy production values, but it’s also the product of what appears to be a genuine naiveté on the part of the show’s creators. Unlike many contemporary crime dramas, Walker never seems slick or calculating. It’s trying; it really is. And the gap between the show’s relatively humble aspirations (Walker recognizes the face of the murdered boy) and its ham-fisted execution (we are treated to a series of long, slow zooms as Walker stares at a garishly-painted dummy head) is strangely charming.