Season 1 of Walker: Independence premiered on October 6, 2022 and ended on March 2, 2023 on The CW. It consists of 13 episodes. It aired on Thursdays after episodes of Walker season 3.
Synopsis[]
Official synopsis of Walker: Independence season 1 from The CW:
Set in the late 1800s, an origin story of The CW’s current hit series “Walker,” WALKER INDEPENDENCE follows Abby Walker (Katherine McNamara, “Arrow”), an affluent and tough-minded Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West. After crossing paths with Calian (Justin Johnson Cortez, “911: Lone Star”), a curious Apache tracker, Abby arrives in the town of Independence, Texas, where she encounters diverse and eclectic residents running from their pasts, chasing their dreams, and keeping their own secrets, including Kate Carver (Katie Findlay, “The Carrie Diaries”), an idiosyncratic burlesque dancer with perhaps too keen an interest in Abby’s origins, and Kai (Lawrence Kao, “Wu Assassins”), a soulful Chinese immigrant who runs a local restaurant/laundry and offers Abby friendship without agenda. Abby also literally runs into Hoyt Rawlins (Matt Barr, “Walker”), a slippery rogue, thief, and con artist with a dented heart of gold who quickly eyes Abby as a mark, until she turns the tables on him. In seeking justice for her husband, Abby encounters Independence’s noble deputy sheriff, Augustus (Philemon Chambers, “Single All the Way”), and his new boss, Sheriff Tom Davidson (Greg Hovanessian, “Another Life”), who she has reason to believe is a very bad man indeed. Abby and Hoyt soon find themselves precariously aligned, both seeking to uncover the truth about the identity of Abby’s husband’s killer, and vow to save Independence – a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems.
WALKER INDEPENDENCE is from CBS Studios with a teleplay written by Seamus Kevin Fahey from a story co-written by him and Anna Fricke of Pursued by a Bear. Both serve as executive producers along with Jared Padalecki, Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore of Rideback and Laura Terry of Pursued by a Bear and Larry Teng, who also directs the pilot.
Cast and characters[]
Starring[]
Guest Stars[]
- Brandon Sklenar as Liam Collins (ep 1,12)
- Mark A. Sheppard as Hagan (ep 1, 2, 4, 10, 12)
- Jonathan R. Freeman as Salty Dog (ep 1, 3, 11)
- Stephen Monroe Taylor as Jacob (ep 1, 3)
- Santiago Segura as Luis Reyes (ep 1)
- Matthew Barnes as Pinkerton Detective Ethan (ep 2, 6, 7)
- Eric T. Esparza as Griffin (ep 2, 3)
- Nestor Serrano as Francis Reyes (ep 3, 4, 6, 7)
- Sarah Minnich as Martha Sullivan (ep 3, 4)
- Cate Jones as Molly Sullivan (ep 3, 4, 11)
- Santiago Segura as Luis Reyes (ep 3, 6, 7)
- Valerie Cruz as Teresa Davidson (ep 4)
- Anthony Bowden as Eli McDowd (ep 5)
- Jonathan Medina as Otis Clay (ep 6)
- Stella Baker as Charlotte MacKenzie (ep 8)
- Timothy Granaderos as Shane Davidson (ep 8, 9, 11)
- Julie Zhan as Lily (ep 9)
- Gavin Lewis as Matthew (ep 11)
Co-Stars[]
- Norman Patrick Brown as Chief Taza (ep 1, 3, 7, 8, 9)
- Monica Sanchez as Anna Maria Reyes (ep 3, 4, 7)
- Rachel Michaela as Ruby (ep 3, 9, 11)
- Olivia Johnson Cortez as Nascha, 8-year-old girl (ep 3, 6, 7)
- Jeff Gonzalez as Burt (ep 3)
- Martin C. Patterson as Julius (ep 3)
- Travis Hammer as Amos Acorn (ep 4)
- Christopher Kriesa as Judge Carter (ep 4)
- Rashayla Daniels as Birdie (ep 4, 5)
- Edwin Velez as Gil Santiago (ep 5)
- Joshua Nathaniel Melendez as Virgil Green (ep 6)
- Jake Dashnaw as Andrew Jones (ep 6)
- Heath Hensley as Peter (ep 6)
- Peter Tiemann as Doug (ep 6)
- Greg Lutz as Judge Parker (ep 7)
- Keir Tallman as Young Calian (ep 7)
- Brian Sutherland as Noel (ep 7)
- Casey Adams as Levi (ep 8)
- Triana Browne as Topsannah (ep 8)
- Harold Nieves Fisch as Manuel (ep 8)
- Sean Dillingham as Randall (ep 10)
- Melanie Nelson as Olivia (ep 10)
- Shayna Jackson as Nascha (ep 10)
- Kristopher Wente as Parker Briggs (ep 11)
- Sean Boyd as Kirby Smith (ep 11)
Episodes[]
| # | Episode title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Seamus Kevin Fahey & Anna Fricke | Larry Teng | October 6, 2022 |
| 2 | Home to a Stranger | Seamus Kevin Fahey | Larry Teng | October 13, 2022 |
| 3 | Blood & Whiskey | Michael Carnes & Josh Gilbert | Larry Teng | October 20, 2022 |
| 4 | Pax Romana | Nikki Renna | Sheelin Choksey | October 27, 2022 |
| 5 | Friend of the Devil | Nick Zigler | Carol Banker | November 3, 2022 |
| 6 | Random Acts | Mia Katherine Iverson | Clara Aranovich | November 10, 2022 |
| 7 | The Owl and the Arrow | Ryan Harris | Cierra “Shooter” Glaudé | November 17, 2022 |
| 8 | The Death of Mary Collins | Margaret Lebron | Pamela Romanowsky | January 12, 2023[1] |
| 9 | Strange Bedfellows | Grace Ding | Sheelin Choksey | January 19, 2023 |
| 10 | All In | Laura Sedlak | David McWhirter | January 26, 2023 |
| 11 | The Pittsburgh Windmill | Geoff Shotz | Michael Carnes & Josh Gilbert | February 16, 2023 |
| 12 | How We Got Here | Seamus Kevin Fahey and Nicki Renna | Sheelin Choksey | February 23, 2023 |
| 13 | Let Him Hang | Seamus Kevin Fahey and Nicki Renna | Yangzom Brauen | March 2, 2023 |
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Gallery[]
| Season 1 (Independence) has an image gallery. |
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References[]
- ↑ Justin Johnson Cortez Talks Walker Independence. November 1, 2022.