Walking Tall

Season

1981

USA

7.1

Sheriff Buford Pusser maintains law and order in McNeal County, Tennessee, with the help of his loving family, loyal staff, and a large club he calls his "pacifier".

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Killing of McNeal County's Children

Sheriff Buford Pusser investigates when two teenagers are hospitalized after smoking potent PCP cigarettes.

S1 • E2

The Protectors of the People

Racial tensions inflame in McNeal County when three Ku Klux Klan members impersonate black men and attack a white girl.

S1 • E3

Kidnapped

Bank robbers take Sheriff Pusser's father hostage.

S1 • E4

Hitman

Sheriff Pusser goes against his childhood friend, now a paid assassin assigned to murder Buford.

S1 • E5

Company Town

Sheriff Pusser investigates the disappearance of a miner who has inflamed his bosses with vocal complaints about low wages and unsafe working conditions.

S1 • E6

Deadly Impact

After an old friend is murdered by chemical company workers dumping excess toxic waste, Sheriff Pusser teams up with a whistle-blowing company employee to solve the case.

S1 • E7

The Fire Within

Sheriff Pusser butts heads with an idealistic priest who learns of a gunrunning ring during confession, but his vows prevent him from sharing his knowledge with the law.