The BEST episodes written by Gordon Dawson

#1 - Meat Market

Silk Stalkings - Season 2 - Episode 18

A young FBI Agent is killed. She was trying to stop a criminal married couple from cheating young and lonesome girls into sexual slavery by promising them attractive modelling jobs. Chris, Rita and Shelby take over the operation.

#2 - Tough Love

Silk Stalkings - Season 3 - Episode 4

As the third in three months a young girl is found dead at the beach, and one of her neighbours tries to blackmail the killer.

#3 - Head'n Tail

Silk Stalkings - Season 3 - Episode 17

Too young to sex a group of school children experience the dangers of giving in to a tyrant. The girls are here at mortal risk.

#4 - Soul Kiss

Silk Stalkings - Season 2 - Episode 21

Chris and Rita investigate a couple whose therapeutic theories are quite cosmic, but they seem to make decisions that breaks the law.

#5 - Red Flag

Silk Stalkings - Season 4 - Episode 7

A woman, Heather Sinclaire, is found dead in her apartment by her roommate/lover Marci Fuller; she was killed by a blow to the head from a baseball bat. Lance and Lorenzo investigate to find that Heather and Marci worked for a service run by Atticus Dunn, called Red Flag. This service sends women on missions to test the fidelity of married or soon-to-be-married men. The two Sam's get a list of Heather's past assignments and start investigating them. Soon, they come across an open case that involved a father hiring Atticus to test the fidelity of his daughter Shannon's fiancee, Jonathan Sharp. Chris and Rita think Heather may have gotten the evidence to close the case, and was bribing Jonathan with it. Meanwhile, Eric tells Rita that he's thinking of moving to Palm Beach, and that he's falling in love with her.

#6 - Night Games

Silk Stalkings - Season 2 - Episode 17

A young woman is playing lethal games with both husband and lover, and none of them has the slightest suspicion that her hottest desires points at her husband's female secretary.

#7 - Wild Card

Silk Stalkings - Season 2 - Episode 4

Everything melts for Jimmy Snow, when a 'rattle-snake' turns against him to 'protect' his stable of girls.

#8 - In Harm's Way (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 23

A wealthy Dallas family and staff are murdered, then another family's daughter is abducted by the same masked men. This was part of a larger plan that was meant to extort millions of dollars from other wealthy families. While Walker and Alex are transporting crucial evidence for a potential conviction which places them in harms way.

#9 - The Final Show/Down (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 9 - Episode 24

A notorious gang Walker put away returns for brutal revenge. The gang escapes from prison and targets each Ranger. As his closest friends are marked for death, Walker is torn between catching the killers or helping his wife, who is rushed to the hospital when she goes into labor. Meanwhile, Trivette reunites with an old flame and prepares to get on one knee and ask for her hand in marriage, and questions are finally answered regarding the infamous Hayes Cooper.

#10 - The Competitive Edge

The Rockford Files - Season 4 - Episode 19

Crazy is as crazy does, and Rockford's heading for the mental ward when a health club doctor unmasks his top-secret cover and attributes his weird behavior to psychological problems.

#11 - War Zone (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 3 - Episode 16

A series of high-profile robberies puzzle the Rangers, but when one results in the death of Walker's friend, it becomes a personal crusade.

#12 - Last of a Breed (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 6

Walker tells some children who are touring the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame the story of Hayes Cooper, a lengendary bounty hunter of the 1800's.

#13 - Payback

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 3 - Episode 10

After killing a man involved in a carjacking, Walker becomes the target of several assassination attempts. These attempts begin to make sense when he learns that someone has put a $1 million bounty on his head.

#14 - Mustangs

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 3 - Episode 4

Walker finds himself fighting for his life after he attempts to rescue a group of federally protected mustang horses from some unsavory ranchers.

#15 - The Final Show/Down (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 9 - Episode 23

A notorious gang Walker put away returns for brutal revenge. The gang escapes from prison and targets each Ranger. As his closest friends are marked for death, Walker is torn between catching the killers or helping his wife, who is rushed to the hospital when she goes into labor. Meanwhile, Trivette reunites with an old flame and prepares to get on one knee and ask for her hand in marriage, and questions are finally answered regarding the infamous Hayes Cooper.

#16 - The Soul of Winter

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 22

Roscoe Jones, the (black) minister who succeeded Trent's father is being targeted by a man named Stan Gorman. Who testified against Gorman after he tried to kill him, Roscoe Survived, but is friend was killed. While in prison Gorman became head of a white supremacy group, and now he is after Roscoe.

#17 - 99th Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 17

An abused lady nearly quits becoming a Texas Ranger following threats from her ex-husband.

#18 - The Hammer of C Block

The Rockford Files - Season 2 - Episode 14

Gandy Fitch, Rockford's former cellmate, is released from prison after serving twenty years for the murder of his wife. Still claiming his innocence, he hires Rockford to track down the real killer.

#19 - Something in the Shadows (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 2 - Episode 13

#20 - On Sacred Ground

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 3 - Episode 20

Cherokee youths are stealing artifacts from a museum, claiming they were taken from their ancestral burial grounds.

#21 - El Coyote (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 4 - Episode 18

While being put to work at a farm, Jesse finds one of their men there to whom he once arrested a long time ago could identify him as a police officer once he remembers him which puts both his and Walker's cover at risk, forcing Walker to show his worth by standing up to the slavers to meet the real leader of this slave-labor operation before their cover is blown. Meanwhile, after the female immigrant they saved is recaptured and forced back into prostitution, Trivette leads a manhunt to get her back.

#22 - Something in the Shadows (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 2 - Episode 12

Walker and Trivette come close to apprehending the leader of a drug ring they've put out of business. Alex gets involved in the case of a student's rape.

#23 - Hoax

Lou Grant - Season 1 - Episode 3

When Lou gets a tip from a friend who claims to know the whereabouts of a missing millionaire, members of the staff initially have doubts about following it and dismiss it as a hoax. The man begins to gain credibility when he is able to retrieve information that only the missing man would know.

#24 - The Brotherhood

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 4

Walker takes on a trio of Vigilante Cops,who decided to take the law into their own hands.This is especially so,since these Killer Cops have executed a friend of Walkers,who was innocent of rape.

#25 - The Long Haul

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 2 - Episode 20

Walker and Trivette go undercover to find out what happened to Walker's friend, a victim of a hijacking.

#26 - A Father's Image

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 23

Ranger Hunt goes undercover to stop a crime boss from raising his ten-year-old son to take over the family business.

#27 - Swan Song

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 9

Walker and Cahill head to the mountains of Utah to track down the crashed remains of a plane that was used during a daring bank robbery in 1988—which resulted in the death of one of Walker's friends—unawares a survior remains and has turned cannibal.

#28 - Pastoria Prime Pick

The Rockford Files - Season 2 - Episode 11

Rockford takes a quick dislike to the small town he's visiting when a bogus repair bill is followed by phony criminal charges. Aided by his father and attorney, Rockford takes on the hamlet's corrupt mayor, sheriff and prosecuting attorney.

#29 - The Wedding (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 25

The gang gets ready for Alex's friends Kim and Phil's wedding. Walker finally decides to propose to her after, but the wedding is then is attacked by a group of hitmen. When the shootout is all over, Walker tries again to propose to Alex, but she is shot by Karl Storm, a man she helped incarcerate five years earlier.

#30 - The War Biz Warrior

Black Sheep Squadron - Season 1 - Episode 13

A Hollywood actor, Rod Towers, is sent to the South Pacific on a media tour to boost morale and polish his image of a strong hero type. He is stationed with the Black Sheep, most of whom are thrilled to have a star among them. But the thrill soon wears off as he is given 'command' of the squadron, though be it mostly ceremonial. And he takes credit for fighting action when he's actually watching it from a safe distance away.

#31 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers (1)

The Rockford Files - Season 3 - Episode 14

Part 1. At his father's urgent request, Rockford comes to the aid of an old man who has been committed to a hospital by his daughter and son-in-law.

#32 - The Wedding (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 1

What should have been the happiest day of Walker's life quickly turned to one marked by tragedy as his darling Alex was targeted and shot by Storm -- a man she put away five years earlier on a hijacking rap. As Alex clings to life in the hospital with C.D. at her side, Walker takes to the streets of Dallas on a mission like no other -- to find the man who did this and make him pay at any cost.

#33 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers (2)

The Rockford Files - Season 3 - Episode 15

Part 2. The drama continues as Rockford helps Flowers to escape, but then the older man takes drastic steps in an effort to hold on to his land.

#34 - The Deuce

The Rockford Files - Season 5 - Episode 16

After serving on a jury of a drunk driver, Jim is hired by the defedant to help proove his innocence...

#35 - Eyes of a Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 10

An aspiring female Country music artist is being closely followed by Brad Alt and follows him under the pretense that he will help her launch her career. What she doesn't know is that he is trying to gain control of the heroin industry in Dallas.

#36 - In Harm's Way (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 8 - Episode 1

The serial killer awaits his trial, perilously close to being released from custody and ready to flee the country, as Walker and Alex struggle against all odds to get to the courtroom with the critical evidence that will convict him.

#37 - A Fast Count

The Rockford Files - Season 5 - Episode 11

A murder investigation leads Jim to a TV personality who is trying to frame a boxer's manager...

#38 - El Coyote (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 4 - Episode 17

After saving a female Mexican immigrant who was brought in illegally and forced into prostitution, Walker goes undercover with Mexican agent Jesse Rodriguez as a peasant to track a large operation of slave-labor smugglers in Mexico that are migrating Mexican immigrants into the United States illegally by tricking them with false promises of providing them with a better life.

#39 - Fight or Die

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 8 - Episode 9

Walker goes undercover inside a prison to investigate enforced prize fighting.

#40 - The Covenant

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 4 - Episode 11

Feuding gangs divide a neighborhood at Christmas.

#41 - Deadly Situation

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 9 - Episode 2

A rookie officer framed for departmental corruption takes Alex hostage.

#42 - Crime Wave Dave

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 2 - Episode 4

Walker receives a plea for help when a woman named Frances tells him how her husband, Billy, never returned home last night. Upon meeting Billy's probation officer, a man by the name of David Kilmer, Walker suspects something is very wrong.

#43 - The 13 Million Dollar Man

Diagnosis Murder - Season 1 - Episode 5

After a dying man gives Dr. Sloane a winning lottery ticket, the deceased's family and creditors swarm him, claiming the ticket is theirs.

#44 - Shakaar

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 3 - Episode 24

Kai Winn needs Kira to convince her former resistance leader, now a farmer on Bajor, to return soil reclamators needed elsewhere.

#45 - Trial of LaRue

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 20

Victor La Rue has been declared fit for trial. During the course of the hearing, La Rue manages to subdue the bailiffs and get their guns. He then demands that Walker come here but Walker is out chasing down some criminals. So while La Rue taunts Alex.

#46 - The Family Hour

The Rockford Files - Season 3 - Episode 3

Rockford and his father become the unlikely babysitters of a wandering nine-year-old girl when her father goes missing.

#47 - In God's Hands

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 17

When Trivette shoots a boy by mistake after chasing some robbers with Walker. Trivette goes before a review board, and the man investigating the shooting is Lieutenant Moffett, who has grudge against Trivette, it seems that the two of them were competing for the same Texas Ranger post and Trivette got it.

#48 - Last of a Breed (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 7

Hayes Cooper, the legendary bounty hunter sets out to get justice for the Wilsons.

#49 - The Siege

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 4 - Episode 23

Walker and his friends are on a fishing trip in the wilderness in a cabin run by Hank Cotton an old friend of Walker and CD, square off against a group of Drug Runners run by Glen Larkin and his younger brother Chip.

#50 - Second Chance

The Rockford Files - Season 4 - Episode 4

An illustrious singer is in the spotlight when Rockford and his former cellmate, Gandy, work to find the person who wants her silenced forever.