All language subtitles for Another Pair of Aces Three of a Kind (1991).en 1

Your honor,
this news comes as a shock

and surprise.

I am very disappointed.

Counselors proceed
in your seats please.

This morning, a prison van
traveling from Huntsville

to Austin was exploded at a
truck stop near Roane's Prairie.

Two deputy sheriffs and Mr.
Delbert McKitrick were killed.

The cause of the
explosion is unknown,

no suspects have
been apprehended.

Since Mr. McKitrick was the
prosecution's chief witness,

the state has no choice but
to withdraw all seven charges

of murder against the defendant.

It is with the deepest and
the most profound regret,

Mr. Slate that I am
obligated to set you free.

Now get your despicable
butt out of here.

You
killed my daughter,

I want you dead, dead, dead!

Order in this
court!

Order in this court,
bailiff, remove this man!

Get that man out of here!

Stay low, I'll get you
out of here, come on.

The coffee's
thick as 40 weight oil,

tastes like it to.

Here look out.

You know I don't
eat breakfast.

Now listen to me, son,
breakfast is the cornerstone

of a man's day, that's
what Mama always said.

You ain't my mama, Jack.

I wouldn't take the job if
they served dinner afterwards

but someone's got
to worry about you

because you have been abandoned
by every woman in your life.

Abandoned.
That's right, abandoned.

Jewel's gone to L.A.

With my blessings.

Well, Debbie's
run off to El Paso.

For college, kids
leave home, Jack.

Well, Rose ain't kin,
she's the finest woman

you'll ever know and she's
up and gone to Del Rio,

what the hell's in Del Rio?

Her daddy needs her.

He ain't the only
one who needs her.

Family's important.

Ain't nothing more.

That's exactly why
I'm bunking here.

I'm just trying to help fill
up some of the empty spots

in your life.

Free room and board don't
hurt nothing, does it?

That just ain't right.

I was just kidding, Jack.

No, I'm talking about this.

Everybody knows that
Slate had McKitrick killed

so he wouldn't testify.

Now Slate's out free as air.

It's a sad story.

It's a story that
wouldn't have been

written 100 years ago.

Justice would have been served.

Yeah, well things change.

That's because too
many people are afraid

to stand up for what's right.

Thank god, there's some
of us who ain't afraid

and never will be.

You want some more potatoes?

Just drive over

to Hoffner campaign
headquarters, they're

Hell, Colonel, I hate
politicians worse than taxes.

So do I, rip but
Hoffner's making a big stink.

He claims he's had
threats against his life.

That comes with the
territory in politics, don't it?

That's
true enough but Chief,

Vernan asked us to lend a hand

while Hoffner's
campaigning in Austin,

it makes him feel safe.

He could be governor
and we're gonna have to

take him seriously.

Vote
for Bud Hoffner,

Texas can ride tall
in the saddle again.

Vote for Bud Hoffner in
the capital as governor.

He'll stop the rising crime rate

and he'll turn on
his

and then the.

My friends and fellow Texans,
it's been four years now,

the governor's been sitting
out there in the capital-

Excuse me Mr. Hoffner.
What do you want!

Can't you see I'm rehearsing.

Get that away from me.

My friends and fellow Texans.

Pardon me sir.

Not now you idiot!

My friends and fellow Texans,
it's been four years now,

the governor's been, not
while I'm rehearsing dialogue.

Hoffner, we're
ready for you on camera now,

ready for you please.

All right, all
right, don't push me.

Okay, here
he comes, stepping in.

Who's the idiot that
go the 16 hand horse?

That's all I need.

All right,
we're ready to roll, please,

get ready to slate.

We have speed now and slate it.

Ready please and action.

My friends and fellow Texans.

It's been four years
now the governor's

been sitting up there-

What will we do
with the horse, John-

That's all right,
it happens all the time.

Here we go.

My friends and fellow Texans,

it's been four years now, the
governor's been sitting up

there in the capital.
This is not a commercial

about a microphone!

Here we go.

My friends and fellow Texans,

it's been four years now,

the governor's been
sitting up there

in the capital in his
big office.

Stop, stop, stop,

that's all right, Mr. Hoffner,
it happens, it happens

to the best of them.

This is Rip, Colonel,
you remember a hired gun

from Tyler named Danny Schmits?

Wasn't he doing time in
Huntsville for attempted murder?

Was, they
cut him loose in October,

time off for good behavior, why?

Well, he just showed up,
I'm gonna go have a look.

It's four years now the
governor's been sitting up there

in the capital in his
big office behind his-

Okay,
ready for another take,

now can we please have
it quiet on the set?

He's got a gun!

I can't
shoot like this,

now quiet on the set!

All right, action.

Well, now that things
are under control,

only if it ain't the cavalry,
how are you doing, Captain?

What the hell
are you doing here?

Lying and by god cheating.

We've been playing
dominoes four days running

and he ain't lost but two times.

Now that ain't luck
and that ain't skill,

that's yellow dog cheating.

And that's a damn
lie and you know it.

You all are just bad
losers, I'm a good winner.

They even brought the
National Guard in here

to steal my money.

They're here because
we got a belly full

of this sidewinder.
Cheating us blind!

I wouldn't do nothing
like that, Captain,

I'm a man of integrity and
certain spiritual inclinations.

Spiritual my butt.

Check his inside pockets.

Why he even stole my
diamond-studded money clip.

Oh, horseshoes.

Let's have a look at
that belt buckle, Ace.

I'm really disappointed
in you, Captain,

I thought we were a
little closer than that.

Okay, boys game's over,
get out of here, go home.

What about our money?
My money, you're both wrong,

it's evidence.

Not so fast, Rodriguez.

Last time around, I told you
I never wanted to see you

in Texas again.

Hmm-mm.

Well, why am I seeing you?

Because these gentlemen
over here brought me

all the way up from Mexico

to teach them how
to play dominoes.

As a true son of Texas,
how could I refuse?

Just say no.

Next time I will.

Too late.

You gonna arrest me
for playing dominoes?

Well, what the hell am
I supposed to do with you?

You're an escaped felon.

Oh, you cleared me
of all that stuff.

And you lied to me.

You have been selected
to uphold the tradition

begun 150 years ago
in this great state.

Then as now the legal
system failed the people

and the people joined together
to uphold law and order

to ensure justice was done.

What rough beast, it's
hour come round at last,

slouches towards
Bethlehem to be born.

The beast is alive again and
we must stop its progress.

Do you accept this
responsibility?

I do.

This body has found
Richard Slate guilty of murder

and has sentenced him to death.

Now
back to Mister Radio,

the Stanley Aldridge Show.

Speaking of
old Sug Campbell,

when I was visiting yesterday

with a favorite football coach,

Sug came from one
of.

So, Sug tells me he's got
a bunch of young players

coming up size 15 feet,
shoulders about the size

of your motorcycle.

God, I hope they can just
read numbers good enough

to find their locker,
just kidding Sug.

But hey, if you need a
helmet for one of them boys-

And in other
political news today

both candidates for governor
were in the capital city

looking for votes.

Gary Bud Hoffner told the-

Hi.

Life's sweet as new corn
when you're living ain't it?

What the hell
are you doing here?

I'm the angel Gabriel, there's
gonna be a new face in hell

in about a second here

and you ain't gonna
be happy about it.

Stay down!
Get down.

Come on get in the back!

You two get in the house!

All right, I'm going in!

Stop!

It ain't right taking
me to Fort Worth,

I thought we was friends,
I stayed at your house,

I know your kids, I thought
I was part of the family.

Ranger unit six.
Stand by for Boone.

Rip, we've got
a problem, a big one,

a shootout at the Dinemark
cottages in Mancheck,

a ranger's involved,
Jack Parsons.

Has he been shot?

The report I got says
he's been doing the shooting.

One dead, one wounded,
you get on over there.

Take her away.

You know I don't recall
asking for anymore rangers.

I don't recall
needing an invitation.

Is that right?

Well, I don't need
the aggravation.

I've already got one
dead and another deputy

with a bullet hole in his lung,

both compliments
of Jack Parsons.

Who's the body?

Richard Slate, been
free about 48 hours

before Parson's found
him and put a bullet hole

in the back of his head.

Is that frontier
justice ranger style?

There ain't been a ranger born

that'd shoot a man from behind.

I saw Parson's run out, there
wasn't anyone else in there.

You see him pull the trigger?

I heard the shot close enough.

This ain't horseshoes.

Captain, this is a nice,
clean hole going in there,

looks like a nine
millimeter to me.

Who the hell are you?

Technical consultant, sir.

Nine millimeter,
Parson's wore a 45

and his rifle's been
hanging on the wall

since his eyes blurred.

Let me tell you fellas
something, I don't care

what he was carrying or
where his rifle was hung,

I saw him, I'm gonna find him.

All right, let's
go, excuse me.

Where's your cuffs?

I got sensitive skin,
Captain, I really do,

but I love the scene of
the crime, don't you?

That's Ricky Slate over there,

spent some time
together in Huntsville.

Why are you taking
me back to Hanson?

You're gonna hate
yourself when you do.

Can we talk?

Talking's exactly the
last chance you've got, Ace.

You tell me everything
you know about Slate,

I might not turn
you over to Hanson.

Might even give you back
some of your domino winnings.

You try to run, even a
step, I'll shoot you myself.

He was born in
Falfurrias, Texas, 1957, 58,

I believe it was.

We spent a lot of time
together in prison,

got to know him
pretty well, you know.

I think he was a
Capricorn, I'm not sure,

but I'm sure I have it
written down somewhere

and I'll be glad to
look it up for you

as quick as we get somewhere.

Boy, this is a big old empty
house without the girls,

I bet you get lonesome.

There's worse things
than being alone.

True story, have to put
up with a lot of small talk,

people in your ear are
all the time bugging you.

Bothers me worse than anything,

somebody right up in
your face when you-

I've heard too, though
that man's made bigger

by a positive female presence,
have you ever heard that?

Dr. Ruth, give it a rest.

The press is gonna have
a field day when they hear

about that Slate story,
also I can see it now,

accused murderer shot dead by
revenge-crazed Texas Ranger.

I knew that guy was a
psycho the minute I saw him.

He's loonier than
a coyote in heat.

Jack Parsons ain't crazy.

He's wily, too, he offed
that guy with a nine millimeter

just to cover his tracks.

He didn't kill anyone.

Captain, the
sheriff saw him coming out

of the building, you
think he was just

passing through the area?

Listen, if I want anymore
crap out of you today,

I'll squeeze your head.

Excuse me, I knocked
at the front door

but there wasn't an answer,
so I came around back.

I hope I'm not
interrupting anything.

I'm Susan Davis.

Oh, hi, I'm Billy Roy
Barker, nice to meet you.

This is Captain
Elvin Cecil Metcalf,

the gentleman that just
said he's gonna kill me.

Captain Metcalf, I'm with
the FBI, Boston office,

temporarily assigned
to San Antonio

to handle the Slate case.

I'd like to ask you a few
questions about Jack Parsons

if I could.

I happen to understand that
you and Parsons are friends.

You do, huh?

Captain, everyone is convinced
that Parsons killed Slate.

The police, the
papers, my colleagues.

Now based on what we
have, I'm not convinced

that he did or didn't.

I'm just looking for
the truth, that's all.

The truth is he
didn't kill Slate.

Then maybe he knows who did

and if so he could be in
great danger out there.

We can offer government
protection for him.

Look, you want what's
right and so do I.

It takes him
awhile to warm up.

I'll tell you
one thing, Captain,

getting busted by
a cop like that

could be a spiritual experience.

I ain't planning
on getting busted.

Well, I wouldn't be too hasty.

A little of that might
take some of the thorns

out of your cactus.

Rooms are eight dollars
a night, sheets 50 cents,

towels a quarter.

You make your own bed
and no women on Sunday.

Don't need a room, I'm
looking for Jack Parsons.

No Parsons here, you might

check the Metropolitan
Baptist Church.

Mother of grace, is that
safe a Harin Hall, Marvin.

Nothing less.

Built in Dallas, about 65.

Close, but no cupid
doll, built in 64.

Once held a fortune
in Confederate gold.

You mind if I
take a closer look.

Feast your eyes, son.

She's a grand old baby.

Got a triple lot serial number.

No.
Fact.

Hey wait a minute.

Now hold on, you
can't go up there.

Are you hard of hearing?

Jack, it's Rip, open up.

What the hell are
you doing here?

Parson's is in
there, isn't he?

Captain Parson,
Susan Davis, FBI.

A foot or two lower
and we'd all be dead.

That was warning.
A warning,

you're his friend.

But you ain't.

You said he was
living with you,

why would he be keeping a
room here, friends, family,

maybe a woman?

Not likely, Jack
ain't the social type.

He's only got two friends,
Rip and Jack Daniels.

Nobody asked you, prisoner.

You're a prisoner?

Only of life's
little whimsies, the

and my own foolish heart.

God knows what he's up to.

Hold it, there's one
little stone left unturned.

Can't open the safe, it's
against company policy.

I'm company policy.
And I'm with the FBI.

I wouldn't open that safe
for the ghost of Elvis.

And you two ain't even close.

Just relax, darling, I'll
be real slow and gentle.

What are you, Jesse James?

Don't talk to a man
while he's making love.

You'd have better luck finding
a virgin in a whore house

than getting into
her.

It's not luck, it's skill.

You can't take that evidence,
this is a federal case,

the FBI has jurisdiction here.
Not over me.

You're unbelievable, just
because you carry a badge

and a gun doesn't make you God.

This isn't the
wild West anymore.

It's still Texas.

May I use your phone?

Give me that.

I bet you don't care that
I've seen that brand before.

I knew it rang a bell but
I couldn't remember where.

And all of a sudden
there it was.

There it was where?

Uncle Hall's house, a
picture, I was nine-years-old,

he beat me half to death
too, 'cause I saw it.

What was it a picture of?

That's William
Matthews Barker,

Billy Roy's great granddaddy.

He got stretched for
stealing a dozen eggs

to feed his family.

He was hung for taken eggs?

That and the chicken and
the farmer's wife as well.

What's the flag draped on it?

Oh, it's an ad for the
bunch that killed him.

Regulators, they always
left a calling card,

so you'd know who to
give the credit to.

The Regulators
were vigilantes.

Yeah, and a bunch of citizens

who made it their civic duty
to keep the law and order

in east Texas.

There wasn't much separating
them from the crooks.

Some folks finally got mad
enough to start shooting them.

Called themselves
the Moderators,

there wasn't a damn thing
moderate about them,

they started a civil war,

lasted till the end of the
century, blood flowed like wine

and ow it went
straight to their head.

Is this a Regulators sign?

Yeah, it is,
where'd you get that?

You mind if I borrow
this book and this picture?

All right.

Did you get that?
Huh?

Right in here.
Oh.

You sure you don't wanna
ride over to the church?

No, no, Cissy
Lane's gonna get me,

we're going to pictures later
and then the dancing maybe.

Well, don't you overdo it.

Oh, I ain't
aiming to overdo it,

at my age, I'm just
happy to do.

Well, you take care
of yourself, okay.

Yeah.

I love you, Uncle Hall.

Let's go Ace.

I'll see you soon, be careful.

Bye.
Bye-bye.

Family's important, Captain,
you oughta remember that.

Uncle Hall gave me my
first pair of boots,

my first drink of whiskey.

He was more like a daddy to me

than my real daddy really was.

Funny how you start out
fighting the men in your lives

and wind up being
just like them.

Your daughter tells me
that your dad was killed

by his father.

How'd all that happen?

Jewel talks too much.

My granddaddy was a Ranger,
caught his son, the sheriff

taking money from gamblers.

So, he killed him for
breaking the law a little.

That's pretty strict.

Breaking the law's
like getting pregnant, Ace,

you can't do it just a little.

I guess he got what he earned.

You figure you
got what you earned?

Listen your father's pretty
hard, did you ever forgive him?

Holding stuff like that inside
it really eats at your heart.

Who are you, Dear Abby?

Seven o'clock at my place,

don't bother calling
Colonel Boone

about this, Harvey, thanks.

Parsons had
clippings on nine guys

and they all had slipped
through the cracks

of the legal system and
walked but not too far.

This map shows where they died,

all of them murdered but one.

Now, Captain, it
don't Sherlock Holmes

to figure this one out.

The line between upholding
the law and breaking it

is might thin.

If Jack Parsons
was guilty of murder,

I'd run him down, slip the
rope around his neck myself.

Go on, get out of here, I'm
tired of looking at you.

The truth is blinding light.

I'm gonna get my money
and go to Mexico.

You go, the money stays.

Captain, I can't go
nowhere without money.

There's $20,000 in there, I
can live like a king in Mexico

for two years and you're
just running me off

'cause you're afraid
I'm right about Parsons.

There's some things
I'm afraid of, Ace,

but you being right
ain't one of them.

Well, we ain't gonna know
till we find him, right

and I'll bet you every dollar
of my domino money in there,

that I can find him
before the law does.

I'd like to be on the
chasing side just one time,

especially if we can bag
one of them Regulators,

maybe it'll even up
the score for my kin.

And if you'd wear a Rolex,
I'd already be in Mexico.

Hell, this whole damn thing's
just a cloud of hot air.

Jack Parsons is no criminal.

Of course he's not, he's
one of the best we ever had.

Ever will have and we're
gonna find him, no one else.

We're gonna bring him in
and we're gonna make sure

he gets his chance
to tell his story.

You know I've
known Jack Parsons

since I was four-years-old.

He brought me into the rangers.

He's kinda like
family to me, Rip.

Me too, Zeke.

Hasn't even called.

He's gonna to
cover without a clue.

I guess he figures this
is his cart to hall.

Can't pull it by himself.

No, but I'm afraid he'll try.

Hi there, come in.
Hello.

I bet you're looking for Rip.

Yes.

I guess I should
have phoned first.

Nobody's phones
first around here.

You ain't from around here.
You ain't from around here.

I came by to apologize for
the other day at the hotel.

It wasn't very
professional or effective.

Stupid's what it
was and dangerous.

I made a very stupid,
dangerous mistake and I'm sorry.

I can live with that.

Good.

I'd ask you to stay but
I got company, business.

That's too bad, I wanted
to make my apology official

by taking you both
out to dinner.

I'm dining to taste
this Austin barbecue

everyone's raving about.

I know a place where the
barbecue is better than sex.

Come on baby, let's
go to Salt Lake.

If it ain't too late
for you, come on out.

Bye you all.

Well I went to see my doctor

I was feeling kind of low

I asked him to examine me
from my head down to my toes

Anyway, I hope I'm
not boring you with this story.

Mm-mm.
Me and my daddy

fought every day, it wasn't
as though we fought one day

and skipped a day, I mean,
it was every day we fought

until finally one day he said
this house ain't big enough

for the both of us, one
of us has got to go.

So, guess who had to go.

You.
You got it.

Out on the streets, get
my higher education.

It must have been hard.

Well, it wasn't easy but
you pick up a few basic truths

along the way.

Money, for instance, money's
always changing pockets

and the trick is to make
it wind up in yours.

Feel the pain that's where it
hurts that's where it hurts

That's where it hurts

We met in Minneapolis
and married in St. Paul

Honeymooned in Pittsburgh
and toured Niagara Falls

Oh good, I wasn't sure
you were gonna make it.

Have a seat, Captain,
I was just going on

to chapter three
of my life story.

Oh, I'm sure
sorry I missed that.

Well, I'll go back to the
front and start all over again.

Oh, don't bother.

What's a girl from Boston
doing out here in Texas?

The FBI transferred me
down here a few months ago,

I'm kinda still adjusting.

Yeah, well stick with
me, I'll have you thinking

just like a Texan in no time.

How about that, you think
that's a good idea, Captain?

No, Captain's my
rank, my name's Rip.

Rip, is that a family name?

No, he said rest in
peace over so any outlaws,

that he just kinda
shortened it to Rip.

Everything looked fine

But just outside of Houston

Done break this
heart of mine

Well, the next
thing you gotta learn

is how to dance
with the natives.

I don't know.

Come with me.

No, what if, I don't
don't how to dance.

Okay, now this is part
of the Texas twostep,

all you do is step off, step
off, step, step, got it?

Step off, step off, step, step.

That's it, eat your
heart out Ripper.

I don't know where I went
wrong everything looked fine

But outside of Houston

Done break this
heart of mine

Now you got it,
now you got it.

Come on, let's dance.

She's a natural, Captain.

Light as a feather
and sure on her feet.

Come on.

I ain't light or sure.

I can live with that, come on.

That's where it hurts
that's where it hurts

That's where it hurts

You're a tough act
to follow, hause.

I love you so
much it hurts me

Darling that's
why I'm so blue

Is that really why
they call you Rip?

Does it matter?

I don't know, should it?

At night I'm afraid

I'm really worried
about Captain Parsons.

I don't think he killed Slate.

Why not?

And there's nothing I can do

'Cause I don't
think a man like you

would care about a murderer.

I wanna hold you my
dear forever and ever

I love you so much
it hurts me so

Well, for
someone who don't dance,

you sure took to it
like a hog to slop.

Ray Charles could have
seen the sparks fly.

I tell you what I'm gonna
do, I'm gonna back off here

out of the way and
let you rock and roll

but if you need any pointers.

Pointers?
On women,

you're a little rough
around the edges.

The side window's
open, did you open it?

No.

Let's go.

Parsons' envelope's gone.

Well, I didn't think Jack
would come here to steal the TV,

did you?

You're dying to make
it Jack, aren't you?

Well, if you can
smell it, the rotten egg

ain't far away.

Now there's one man still
left on Parson's list

that's alive.

And I bet he finds him
and I bet he uses him

to clear his name.

Or he shows up wearing
one of them bandanas.

Rip, my phone
keeps ringing, Sheriff Sheaty

is on the other end.

That man oughta get a day job.

He thinks you're
making this too personal.

Letting it cloud your judgment.

Maybe even hiding Jack.

Well, he's half right,
I am making this personal

and I ain't about to stop.

I can't
have this, Rip.

You keep on, I'll do
some stopping, you hear?

May I help you?

Where's Agent Davis's offices?

Is she expecting you?

No, we're just dropping by.

Well, I'll see
if she's available.

Before I do, though firearms
aren't allowed in the building.

I wore this on my honeymoon,

I'm not taking it
off for the FBI.

It's in reception.
Let's go!

Hold it right there.
Hold it.

Looks like the
OK Corral, Captain.

It's too bad you
ain't Wyatt Earp.

That firearm
has to be checked.

The state of Texas
made me swear to die

before given up this gun.

Relax, everybody, I'll keep
an eye on these desperadoes.

What do you think you're doing,

you can't just come
barging in here like this.

I got the idea from you.

Touché, so
what are you doing here?

I need some help.

What kind?

Well, Jack Parsons ain't
gonna let nobody chase him down,

so we gotta figure out
where he's gonna surface.

There's one guy on
the list who's alive,

his name is Boltinghouse

and Jack's gonna be
watching him real close

to see who comes after him.

I wanna know where he is.

Can't the rangers
help you on this one?

I've been asked
to stay off it.

I'm asking for your help
on this, not the FBI's.

Understood, I'm kind of
the lone ranger on this one

around here myself.

Boltinghouse is
living in San Marcos,

he's been working
the night shift

at the Central
Solvent Warehouse.

Been quiet as a mouse
for months though.

Some mouse, him and
his old lady stole a car,

running all over Texas
shooting and killing

like Bonnie and Clyde.

I'll get it.

Yeah and then some
jerk in Waco forgot

to read them their rights.

It's the law, Rip.

I worry about that sometimes.

We all do and then we
spend the rest of our lives

trying to make the law work.

Isn't that why you're a ranger?

The neighborhoods going
to the dogs, Sheaty's here

and he's got a warrant.

Howdy, Ms. Davis.

Let's make this as easy
as possible, Captain.

Nothing hard about it,

you're not putting
a foot in my house.

Well, now the search
warrant says that I am.

Am I talking
with my mouth full?

No but maybe you'd
better read my lips,

I'm legally authorized
to search these premises,

Actually, you're not, Sheriff,

this warrant is for
Sims Lane in Austin,

you're in Dripping Springs.

I believe you have
the wrong house.

Who's side are you on?

Who's side, aren't we all
in this together, Sheriff?

Boy, she sure handled
him, huh, Captain?

Thanks for the hand.

Happy to lend it.

Keep that up, we'll make
you an honorary Texas.

My mom would love that.

Her family, the Jackson's
settled near Shelbyville

in 1820.

East Texas, my
great grand-daddy

you never did seem
like east coast to me.

You know I can feel
Texas in a person.

Yeah, but I never lived here,

the family moved
back east in 1900.

It don't matter, once you
get Texas in your blood,

it's always there.

Well, I can see the
barometer rising.

So, I think I'll check it out.

I can see what he means by
getting Texas in your blood.

I love it here.

It gets under your skin.

I like being in your
house, it feels lived in.

It should, I raised
three kids here.

Nice family,
your wife's very pretty.

She was, I lost
Pauline and my boy, Sonny

in a car accident
a few years back.

I'm sorry.
Me too.

I had the girls living here
with me till just recently.

That helped a lot.

And so does time.

I never kissed a
Texas Ranger before.

Well, I sure never
kissed an FBI agent.

This can get
under your skin too.

It can be dangerous.

I'm with the bureau,
I can handle myself

in dangerous situations.

I'm not worried about you.

There's Boltinghouse.

Midnight, every night
at midnight he clocks out,

goes to the bar, gets a beer,

a bag of Tom's toasted peanuts,

goes over to the jukebox
and plays Misery and Gin.

Every night it's the same.

He's a man of routine.

I got my feel
of that in prison.

I walk around it every chance.

Still there is something
nice about the right routine.

Something you depend on, like
a family and job and a woman.

There ain't nothing
you can depend on, Ace,

not for sure.

No, I guess there ain't.

You miss your wife and son
something terrible, don't you?

Terrible don't come close.

Don't you ever
get tired of that?

Tired of what?

There's Jack.

Stay in the car.

Rip, Rip.
I told you to stay put.

There's a couple of buzzards
circling around the back.

Come on, they'll be
waiting for Jack too.

Hi.

It's Boltinghouse.
Was Boltinghouse.

Bullet through the head.
That's the same way Slate

was killed.

Jack, wait a minute.
You better get.

Damn it Jack wait up.

Jack?

Grenade!
Jump!

Amen.
Amen.

Amen.

Jack Parsons never could
tolerate a lot of talk,

so this is gonna be short.

He walked tall and
he spoke the truth.

His life made our lives special

and his death blows out a
candle that's long shed light

on a dark road.

We're gonna miss him but
we'll never forget him.

Excuse me.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I promise we'll
do everything we can

to find who killed him.

And if there's anything
I can do, please call.

Thanks.

You know, I'll tell
you that we discovered

another body in the ashes.

Any idea who that
might be, Captain?

Not yet.

You know I'm curious
just what the hell

you were doing out
there at that warehouse.

Halfway expecting you.

Seems like every time
I turn around lately,

you're breathing down my neck.

Yeah, well that's my job,
I'm looking for a murderer.

Now I've got two more
dead and I'm still looking

for a murderer.

Well, you do what you have to

but stay out of my way or
I'll take you out myself.

You know a remark like that
doesn't surprise me at all

coming from you, Metcalf.

Going after sheriffs sort of
runs in the family, don't it?

You don't mind if I cut
in here, do you, Sheriff?

Colonel Boone.

That was a fine eulogy, Rip,

Jack would have really liked it.

There's something I'd like to,

why don't you take off
for about a month or so

and go fishing and get all
this pain out of your system.

Jack Parsons was the closest
thing I had to a father.

He's been taken before his time

and someone's gonna
answer to that to me.

You answer to me, Captain.

You're like a lightning rod,

you're making things
harder on everybody.

I'm not gonna allow that, Rip.

I never thought I'd find
something more important

than being a Texas Ranger.

There is nothing
more important than

Come on, Maurice, let's go.

I don't know if it
means anything or not

to you, Captain, but I'd
done the same thing as you,

of course I'm extremely crazy.

Now the same people
that killed Parsons

are coming after you.

I'm going to Mexico and I
know it'd be a strange pair

to draw to but you're
welcome to come along.

I've got my hands
full here, Ace.

You know me and Parsons
spent a lot of time together

and we didn't see eye to
eye on a lot of things.

In fact, we didn't see
eye to eye on nothing

but we did have a lot
in common and he's gone.

Oh, it's hot in there

and I know what
hell's gonna be like.

Hey.

Come on, help me
get him out of here.

Not me, I wouldn't touch
him, that's blasphemy.

Blasphemy, hell,
this is reincarnation,

I got blown out from
way to Copeland.

Rip here thought I
should stay dead,

that warehouse
was like a cinder,

there wasn't enough left
there for big buzzard bacon.

Well, spic and span, where
were you when it hit the fan?

Why, you with that hair, you
should have been blown up there

like a sky rocket.

Well, Rip, I'm ready to go.

Captain, close the lid.

Thanks for pairing
me for this old 38,

you give me some bullets,
I'll be ready to go.

I don't need nothing,
you got Parsons,

just give me my
money and I'm gone.

Neither one of you
are going anywhere.

What the hell are
you talking about?

The people who want you
dead think you're dead,

let's keep it that way.

Well, you can't go this alone.

I ain't planning to.

Ace here's gonna help me.

He'll guard you
if it's necessary.

Him, that low life
sore rat of a felon.

I wouldn't spend 10
seconds with that crazy man,

he'd kill me.

You will if you
want your money.

Besides Jack never
shot a deputy Ranger.

A deputy, you've been pounded
nails by your forehead, Rip.

Billy Roy Barker, a
deputy Texas Ranger,

how does that sound?

Like a cow making flop.

I don't even like talking
to a skunk like you

but the Captain told me I
had to tell you everything,

so here it goes.

You know a guy
named Nate Tillman?

Yeah.

Yeah, you were busted there
when you were 14, weren't you,

juvenile offense.

He's a difficult
man to get to know

but it didn't take me
long to get onto him.

I sat his around his
bar soaking up beers,

talking like an old ranger
longing for the days

of real law and order, I
was so convincing I almost

believed it myself.

Tillman finally asked me

if I'd ever heard
of the Regulators.

I say they was a brave bunch,

it was a damn shame they'd
ever gone out of business.

He smiled.

About a month later I
got a note inviting me

to a get together.

The signal was a
stuffed armadillo

that Tillman put in the
front window of his bar.

They're real clever folks.

I went to three or
four of their meetings.

Was it three or was it four?

It was four.

I never saw a face, 'cause
they had a light in my eyes.

Just this big Texas
voice talking.

I'd heard that voice before.

I still can't place it.

Finally they gave
me an assignment,

you're old cellmate,
Richard Slate.

But the whole thing
was a damn setup.

Two men come into that
cottage, put a gun to my head,

one of them took a nine
millimeter killed Slate

and then picked up a rifle

and then shot that
deputy sheriff outside,

then they knocked
me in the head.

I guess they figured when
I come stumbling out,

the police would
shoot me on sight.

They're a powerful people.

They don't let nobody
get in their way,

not even a Texas Ranger.

But this old ally cat's
got a lot more lives left.

Hey, wake up!

What the hell you doing,
don't be hitting me.

You're on guard, I'm
gonna have to shoot you.

Hey man, I'm a deputy.

I'm just passing the
Whitler Fog Ranch.

Good, now
their meeting house

is a mile past Red Creek
Crossing, you can't miss it.

We headed to Slaw
Tillman's place?

That's right, why?
We're being followed.

Pickup truck, picked
us up a couple of miles

down the road.

Probably one of Sheaty's boys.

Well, I don't
wanna drink with him.

Pull into the store over there.

How you doing?
Fine.

What the!

was a jack

Trying to make it legal
making music around the clock

Give me a beer as cold
as your ex-wife's heart.

and
now we got the suit

Every time I think I'm
getting closer to the top

It's just another beer another
bar and just another round

I want a honkytonk
menu honkytonk menu

I think I'll throw this
egg right through my head.

Honkytonk menu

Wanna be a star but
now I'm just another

You're crazy.

You're probably right but
I'm gonna throw that egg

right through the
front of my head right

through the brain area
and it's gonna come out

right in the back right there.

I'll bet you five dollars.

To Nashville Tennessee

Miss the bus in
Georgia had to hitch to

You're on.

You watch real close,
keep an eye on the egg.

Still there, the egg
has not gone anywhere,

we still have an egg in the hand

but don't take your
eyes off of it, okay.

Oh, I won't.

Because this egg is
going right through

the front, look here,
it's gonna go end up

right back here.

One, two, three.

How'd you do that?

Practice, lots of practice.

What are you doing here?

Looking for you, is
everything all right?

You never know
nowadays, come on in.

I called several times
to see how you were doing.

There was no answer, I kind of.

I know you cared
about Captain Parsons,

I was concerned that, I
don't know what actually.

You don't have
to worry about me.

I know, it's not
you I'm worried about.

You're a ranger, an experienced
lawmen, I know that.

I know what can happen too.

This isn't standard
bureau procedure.

I don't have the right
to come just barging

into your life like this.

Sure you do.

I love you so
much it hurts me

And there's nothing
that I can do no

I wanna hold you my
dear forever and ever

I love you so much
it hurts me so

I love you so much
it hurts me so

That's a mighty handsome
critter over there,

is that the bar
mascot or something?

Oh, hell no, the wife ran
that over out near Hogg.

She said if she ever caught
me crossing the road,

she'd do the same thing to me.

What, run over
you or stuff you?

Both.

Hey, Zeke.

I know how you did
it, it's a trick egg.

You brought that egg
in here with you.

Well, that's a good
guess but that ain't it.

I'll give you 10 bucks for it.

But it's not a trick egg.

$20, I could make a lot of
money with an egg like that.

It ain't a trick egg.

50, but that's all I'm paying,

that's all the trick egg's
worth, I ain't no fool.

If you insist.

Watch this, one, two, three.

Keep trying,
you'll get it, Leon.

Three hours.

I had to time to
go get the money

and be halfway to Mexico by now.

That sounds like a death wish.

Where you been?

Taking care of business.

What kind of business?

None of yours, what'd
you find out in there?

That I can still
drink for nothing

and I saw the armadillo
and Zeke Henshaw.

Zeke, what's he
doing in there?

I don't know, when
he saw me he split.

But he seemed to know Tillman.

What's that I smell?

Smells like Susie's perfume.

I've been shot out of the
saddle by a Texas Ranger.

Shot out of the saddle,
you hardly know her.

Yeah, I must be right.

She softened your face,
though a little bit I think.

Maybe she'll improve
that sunny disposition.

Okay, you got an ace
high, I got a king high,

the last card coming,
pair of queens.

And the dealer gets
a pair of kings.

A pair of kings check.

Check's in the
bank, I bet all.

You bet all, how much is all,

one, two, three, four, five,
matchsticks and one bottle cap.

Call one, two, three,
four, five matchsticks

and no bottle caps.

What do you got?

Read them and weep,
queens, a pair of aces.

Wait, wait, wait,
that's a nice hand

but let's see what Billy
Roy has in the hole here.

Three of a kind.

You play cards just
like you play dominoes.

I'm going crazy
hanging around here.

You were born crazy,
it just stands out

in closed quarters.

Where are you going?

You gonna stop me?

Not me, Jack,
have a nice trip.

You wanted me
to go, didn't you?

You're up to something.

Wait, what are you
doing with el fiasco?

I just added a little ketchup.

It don't need none.

It needs something.

I really do want
you to go, Jack.

I know you do, that's
why I'm gonna stay,

sit down eat that chili.

I've had chili
seven days running.

It's just getting good.

Let me tell you something,

el fiasco has won
the chili cookout

in Terlingua three
years in a row.

There are people who'd
die for just a taste

of el fiasco.

Well the Constitution
gives me the right

to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness

and all three are
violated in just one bite.

That's zippy hog wash, give
me some of them bottle caps.

Play some more cards.

Hey.
Yeah, Rip.

Yes, sir.

Armadillo's in the window,
tonight's the night.

We have no society.

We have a jungle.

The very fabric of
society is being-

And we'll protect
it at any cost.

Every day we read of crimes
committed on my people

free almost as
soon as they've been arrested.

Therefore, let's dedicate
ourselves to continue

our noble efforts as
long as the need exists.

Thank you and God bless you.

Without the law and people
willing to fight for it,

we have no society,
we have a jungle.

The very fabric of society
is being threatened.

We must and will
protect it at any cost.

The recording's
bad but that's him.

At any cost is pretty scary.

You know what's scary,
who some of these folks are.

Zeke Henshaw, all
that hurts my heart.

What about Sheaty?

What the hell's a matter
with them, they're lawmen?

Well, some lawmen have
been abusing the law

ever since they first pinned
the badge on their shirt.

Not the good ones.

Don't you think these guys
are convinced they're good guys

protecting the law

like every God-fearing
mother-loving

Hold it, I've been
talking to Zeke about this,

he keeps bringing
up the vigilantes.

I told him I thought they
was nothing but common crooks

pretending they ain't.

That sorry, low-life
son of a pup,

he's snitched on me.

I'm gonna rip his
black heart out.

Yeah, well write
if you find work.

You're going with
me, come on, skunk.

Deputy skunk.

Sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep,
sheep, sheep, sheep, yeah,

come on in here, there
you go, there you go.

A whole bunch of lambs here,
you kinda like that huh son.

Hi, Zeke, just drop that
bag and put your hands

on the gate.

Anybody come back from
the dead, it'd be you.

Huh, that's right.

Turn around.

Look who you been
running with, boy.

How could you betray your
friends and your badge?

At least I ain't
running with criminals.

That's right, he's a skunk.

Careful, Jack, don't kill him.

I ain't gonna kill him,
we're just gonna talk.

Here.
That's enough Jack.

Back off, Rip,
this is personal.

Beating up Zeke gonna
right any of them wrongs?

Give me that.

How'd you find us, Captain?

You weren't at the cabin,
I figured you'd be here.

Take these to pathology.
Right away, doctor.

He's out of danger
and he's safe.

His danger's just starting,
when can I talk to him?

Hour or two.

Parsons is alive,
Metcalf's got him.

No!

You know, I've been thinking.

Well, don't think, don't
talk, don't do nothing,

just stay out of my way.

You think this
damn rig will work?

I try to mind my own business,

I suggest you do the same thing.

Well, if it was mine, I'd
use 30 weight motor oil,

paint that string black.

Of the six plates you gave me,

I came up with names on five.

They're still working
on the other one,

something to do with the
change in registration.

Now if I knew where
these came from

or why you were interested,
maybe I could help.

I think they might
have killed Jack Parsons.

Henshaw's a Texas Ranger
and Sheaty, are you sure?

No.

What do you think
is going on, Rip?

What do you know
about the Regulators?

Colonel.
Rip,

someone just put three
bullets through Zeke Henshaw

in the hospital, it's
probably the same character

that killed Parsons.

They'll be coming
after you next.

I hear that.

What's even crazier is
that the governor thinks-

I brought Zeke Henshaw
into the rangers,

taught him everything I know,

I must have left something
out, 'cause he's dead.

Henshaw, Sheaty
Tillman, George Lockwood,

Billy Lee Brunner.

Billy Lee Brunner, he
owns half of Pflugerville,

I used to fish with his dad.

Money and power,
some heavy hitters.

More rattles, we gotta
find the head of the snake.

There's something seriously
rotten in the great state

of-
Him!

That's him, that's the head of
the snake, that's the voice!

The governor's office-

I've heard this campaign ad

so many times I stopped
listening to it.

Nobody pays any attention
to campaign ads anyway.

That's right, that's why
I couldn't place this voice.

Without the law and
people willing to fight for it.

We have no society,
we have a jungle.

A little too much-

Right out of the
mouth of the snake.

Paid
for by the Committee

to Elect Bud Hoffner governor.

Come on, let's go
get him, I know how

to skin a rattlesnake.

Not yet, a tape and a hunch
ain't gonna hold up in court.

Well Hoffner and his bunch
don't care about courts.

Well, we're not them.

That's what this is all about.

Oh, hell, Rip, who put that
morality bug in your ear.

You did.

The license plate Susan
couldn't find must be Hoffners.

That would put him
at the farmhouse

and then that tape would
be worth something.

Susan's working on it.

Well, let's give Susan a hand.

This license plate is part
of a classified sequence

assigned by the
federal government.

What part of the government?
FBI.

It ain't necessarily
her, Captain,

there must be 10 or 15
agents in Austin alone.

In the middle of the
picture, what do you see?

A man who died for no reason.

No that sign.

Shelbyville Liberty,
well he's from Nacogdoches,

that's not far away.

Susan's family's
from Shelbyville.

Uh-oh.

The Regulators started
in Shelby County.

The base operation
was Shelbyville.

The leader was named
Charles W. Jackson.

Jackson's Susan's family name.

Well ain't you slicker
than soap on a door knob.

Of course she couldn't
trace that car, it was hers.

It looks that way.

FBI agent dancing cheek
to cheek with Hoffner,

using whatever she could
to get close to you

so she could pick your brain.

You should have known better.

Well, Rip, that's
spilled milk, so to speak.

Now look here, let me
tell you one thing.

Hoffner's gonna have this
big fundraiser tomorrow.

Let's get over there and
stick a pistol in his ear

and make him sing
like Julio Iglesias.

There goes my
perimeter tent system.

What?

Beer bottles and bailing
wire but it's working.

Captain we got bogies.

Sure do, Rip, about
maybe five, maybe six,

the more the merrier, beats
the hell out of Kojak reruns,

well I got the front,
you cover my back, okay.

Deputy skunk here will
pass the ammunition.

Hell with that, I'm a
deputy, throw me a gun.

I'm here, come on,
come to Uncle Jack,

let me give you the
hot kiss of death!

Ha, it don't get no better
than this, does it, criminal!

Yeah, this is a
real piece of heaven, Jack!

Ha, I love it.

Who's driving?
You.

Ah-yeah.
Damn!

I bet this road was
rough before they taped it.

Boy you just drive.

What's going on?

Rip, what are you doing?

Billy Roy, what's going
on here guys, come on?

Will someone tell
me what's going on?

Sit down.

Just say something, anything,
what the hell is going on?

Me, for one.

And a couple of other things,

I've been reading up
on the Regulators,

Charles Jackson made
quite a name for himself

over in Shelbyville.

We traced those license plates
you couldn't seem to find.

It isn't what you think it is.

You don't wanna know what
I think but I want the truth.

All right, the truth is,
I'm working with Hoffner

and the FBI.

I've been undercover
inside Hoffner's group

now for three months.

No one knows, not
even the bureau.

Oh shoot.

I didn't know who I
could trust, not even you.

I met Hoffner at a fundraiser,

somehow the family name
came up and he recognized it

and started talking
about the Regulators.

I could tell he was
fishing so I nibbled.

We stayed in touch
and he finally told

and invited me to join.

He loved the fact that the
great-great granddaughter

of Charles Jackson was involved.

He trusted me, I got
close to him fast.

Henshaw knew Parsons
was undercover.

Slate's murder was a set up.

Where were you?

I got word to Sheaty
about the set up

through an informant.

I figured that would
protect Slate and Parsons.

It was only later that
I found out that Sheaty

was one of them.

And when Parsons got away.
Oh, call me Jack.

When Jack got away,
Hoffner was furious.

It was everyone's
job to find him.

So, you snuggled up to me
hoping I'd take you to him?

Yes before they found him.

I needed you alive, you're
the best witness I've got.

Hell, I ain't had so
much fun since the hogs

ate my little brother.

That's why I went to the
hotel to try to warn Parsons

without blowing my
cover with Hoffner.

You could have told me.

No I couldn't, I didn't
know who was involved.

I couldn't take that
chance for Jack's sake.

I had to protect him.

I'm an agent and a good one

but I'm a rotten liar
when it comes to things

that matter to me.

And if I was working for them

you would have known I was
pretending when I was with you.

You know I wasn't pretending.

Hoffner's the only one that
knows everyone involved.

He keeps the whole
membership list

in a 25 cent three by five
purple spiral notebook.

It has a TCU insignia
on the front.

He's a big Froggies' fan.

Do you know where it is?

I've seen it several
times in his hotel suite.

He hides it somewhere
in the library.

Now how to get it is another
question all together.

Well, it's a good thing

you all got a criminal
like me around.

It's so good to see
you, so good to see you.

I appreciate that, Sweetie.

How are you, how are you?

Mr. And Mrs. R.
Johnson, $100,000.

Jobeth, how are you?

Okay you all go on,
I'll see you later,

I'm gonna find a
limb to perch on.

What is that?

Crab soufflé on marinated
hearts of palm, delicious.

No thank you.

What's that?

This is quail egg
wrapped in seaweed.

And how's that cooked?

Well, it's not, it's
supposed to be raw.

How are you, good to see you.

Looks like Tiffany's
Christmas catalog,

Captain, I think
I'll browse around.

No you won't.
Five minutes.

Four minutes.
Forget it.

This is like locking
Trevino on a golf course

and not letting him play.

What a lovely outfit.

Hoffner's has a suite
on the ninth floor,

I'll get you in the private
elevator, follow me.

Here, this will get
you into his suite,

now use the back entrance,
'cause there's always a guard

by the front.

Be careful.
Nice dress.

I'll check out the guard.

He's right outside the door.

You know sometimes
you gotta let the room

tell you what
you're looking for.

Ego is an amazing thing.

It was just one of
them old Wrigley's,

I don't know why they bothered

hiding a piece of tin like this.

He's here.

Let's go.

There it is.

Let's get out of here.

Gun belt, cowboy.

Well now, isn't this
a sad site, right now,

another Texas Ranger gone bad.

Seems like an epidemic lately.

Hmm-mm.

You're smoother than
14-year-old whiskey.

Thank you.

Isn't she, though.

Sold you on that idea
about being a double agent.

And then set you all
up to come over here

looking for that, just
so you could get caught

with your fingers
in the cookie jar.

Law and order is the issue
of this campaign gentlemen.

You've proven my point.

No, you proved it.

We know all about
the Regulators,

Boltinghouse and the Slate and
the others you had murdered.

And we know you
killed Zeke Henshaw.

Yes, yes and I'm
proud, we're all proud

to be the instrument of
justice in a lawless time.

You won't be able
to hide the truth.

Truth , who's
gonna believe a couple

of petty criminals, hmm?

Maybe no one but they
might believe a Texas Ranger

and FBI agent and you.

Stop him fool!

Watch her.

Hey!

Read this.

Damn.

Break his damn neck.

Hold it, let go!

Excuse me, sir could I have
that gun please, thank you.

Thank you, deputy.
You're under arrest.

Well, Rip, it's over.
Not yet.

Nice left.

We got the main honchos,
Hoffner and Sheaty.

Yeah, without that notebook,
the rest of those crazies

stay free.

Let's keep our chin
up, we'll get them all.

You all wait a minute.

What in the hell's this?

Susie, you got a lot
to learn about women.

Hell all a ranger
needs to be happy

is a horse with a smooth gait
and a gun that don't jam.

Hey that's good, because
the thought of you procreating

with anybody scares me to death.

It should.

My cowboys.

I'm starving to death,
ain't you?

We ate a half an hour ago.

Oh yeah.

Those are very thoughtful.

It was Billy Roy's idea.

It don't matter.
It don't matter?

It's the Texas in my blood.

It's the drugs.

I've been promoted,
supervisory special

It's what you deserve,
is it what you want?

It's what I wanted.

Well, give it a try.

If it don't work out you
could always come back here,

get a pickup truck,
a pair of boots,

see if you're a real Texan.

Yeah.

Where's Jack?

Watching TV over
in the waiting room,

The Wild Bunch is on, said
he'd meet you at the house.

You okay, Captain?

Susan's being
transferred to Pittsburgh.

Well, that invitation
to Mexico is still open

if you wanna go
down there with me,

it's a good place to relax.

I'll keep that in mind.

Bus station.
Bus station?

Bus station, last time you
run me out of Texas, I flew,

this set a precedent.

Don't get comfortable with
it, you ain't coming back.

Well, it's gonna be hard
to leave without money.

You earned it this time, Ace.

I earned it the first time.

Good-looking money
clip, ain't it?

Looks even better when
it's full of money.

Oh, one thing.

I slipped that up my
sleeve the other night

over at Hoffner's, I had a
backup that I brought with me.

You could at least
say thank you.

Thank you.
You're welcome.

I need a favor, one more thing
that needs taken care of.

Cecil Merritt Metcalf, your
middle name is Cecil, isn't it?

It's a good thing
they call you Rip.

Of course when it's family

you gotta take the
good with the bad.

Needs some tending.

I'll park it in the
white zone, Captain

with the keys under the mat.

You're a piece of work, Ace.