Dean Watkins is a fictional character portrayed by Mike Norris in the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Storm Warning (season 2), they were 30 years old.
They appear in 8 episodes out of a total of 196 aired
Episodes8
Storm Warning
episode S2.E2 october 1993Walker's partner goes undercover and gets sent to prison. But the bus never makes it when a hurricane blows into Texas and Walker follows the escapees to a remote hotel where only the owners and a special friend still remain.The Road to Black Bayou
episode S3.E7 november 1994Walker, Trivette, and CD take a vacation together. While there to fish, some men think they are there to find his drug operation. This places the rangers in danger as they are hunted down.Blown Apart
episode S4.E1 september 1995A man that Walker and others helped put into prison has escaped. He is determined to kill those responsible for his imprisonment, with Walker being the last one on his list.The Juggernaut
episode S4.E16 february 1996A woman asks Alex to help her escape from her abusive husband. Alex's woman support group goes on a retreat for a few days, and have the women help each other. The husband finds out where they are, placing everyone in danger.The Neighborhood
episode S5.E22 april 1997A man campaigns to remove the gangs from his neighborhood by using violence against them. It gets worse when his granddaughter is shot in a drive-by. Walker helps the grandfather see that violence is not the answer.Rise to the Occasion
episode S8.E10 november 1999When Walker visits a school for his Kick Drugs program, he witnesses a young boy's suicide. He learns that the boy's death was because of harassment he was getting from some students who are members of a gang. Walker then decides to spend some time at the school to look into it. Gage and Cooke are trying to get a criminal.Winds of Change
episode S9.E5 november 2000A man who calls himself The Chairman talks with various mob bosses and informs them that he knows who among their people are undercover operatives sent by the government. He offers to weed them out for a fee. But one man, named Cardoza who is based in Texas refuses but when the Chairman tells him that a Senator is in Dallas to meet with Alex on how to deal with him, he claims that it doesn't bother him. But, he actually decides to take her out. The Chairman then informs the Rangers who stop Cardoza's men. Later when the Senator is informed of undercover agents turning up dead, she decides to form a task force to find who is doing it and she wants Walker to head it. Walker accepts and he brings in, Trivette, Gage and Cooke to help him and he is told that a New York cop named Rosetti is part of his team. Thinking that whoever is doing this must be hacking the Government's computers, Trivette gets a hacker who is in jail to help them. They start by going after Cardoza.Reel Rangers
episode S9.E22 may 2001A show played largely for laughs (and with Walker not involved in the story; he has a few scenes checking in with Alex's obstetrician to try to find the sex of their upcoming baby): Trivette leads a group of Rangers backstage at Las Colinas Studios (and the actors' trailers for this show) to investigate skulduggery on a movie being filmed in Dallas.
- Storm Warning
- The Road to Black Bayou
- Blown Apart
- The Juggernaut
- The Neighborhood
- Rise to the Occasion
- Winds of Change
- Reel Rangers