‘WALKER,’ SEASON THREE: THE FAMILY DRAMA CONTINUES TO PILE UP
The third season of the CW show returns with, yet again, more familial drama. As Walker, season three opens, we dive right back into said drama this show is so comfortable with.
Walker, Season Three (2022) CW TV Show Review
Long anticipated is graduation day for Stella (Violet Brinson), but something isn’t right. Her father, Cordell (Jared Padalecki) is missing and though his work as a ranger does sometimes mean he disappears, she just knows this time, it’s not by choice. As she and her brother August (Kale Culley) make attempts to collect clues, Walker’s co-workers, including his feisty partner Cassie (Ashley Reyes) and boss, James (Coby Bell) do the investigating into his disappearance.
Back on the ranch, Abeline and Bonham (Molly Hagan, Mitch Pileggi) nervously await news of their missing son. Then, Liam (Keegan Allen) too goes missing and is brought to the place where his brother is already a captive. This leads everyone to wonder who these people are, and why Cordell was targeted.
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If you’re not into drama, then this show isn’t for you. It’s dramatic and repeats tropes more than once. It also kind of recycles its same stories (like grief) which it needs to move beyond. We just keep rehashing the same things. The back and forth of it all is annoying at times, which means that yes, the storytelling upsets. I still do enjoy this Walker season three because we empathize with some of them being characters that should find peace and happiness. Something writers should give them.
The show drops some “secrets,” and of course, teases some upcoming possibilities in the fourth season. Mostly we just want there to be some kind of solution that leads to a more peaceful resolution. I do miss TV shows that need to rely so heavily on joint episodes or former seasons. I’d much rather have episode stories and cases of the week with only minor mystery connections and have any connecting elements be the family. But since that seems to be the new normal, instead we get dramas like this. Still, since I’m invested in more than one character, including the fabulous Trey (dude is cool), I continue on.
You can stream Walker, season three on Max, at publication.
Content: There is violence with the cases. Two characters are tortured and abused; there is emotional aftereffects from this. There’s a character who is romantically attracted to the same sex, if that bothers you. The character does meet and have a significant other in this season. We see a kiss or two throughout the season. Two people working together sleep together; we see them making out and start to undress before the scene cuts to after and them redressing, awkwardly discussing what happened. The show is TV-14.
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