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In the air!

[COCKS RIFLE]

All right, old man,

push the button on the machine,

real swiftlike.

In the bag.

Damn!

She sure is a pretty young thing.

All right, old man,

If you're planning on living long enough

to pick up a social security check,

you'll open the night safe just as swift.

DISPATCHER: Dallas County to all units--

silent alarm at the Easy Go on Greenville.

This is Walker.

I've got it. DISPATCHER: 10-4, Walker.

Easy come, easy go.

[HONK]

Come on, come on! Let's get out of here.

Little Daisy's going with me.

She's much too good for you, junior.

Let's go.

Aah!

Come on! Get over here!

He's got a gun! He's got a gun!

Texas Ranger!

Please don't hurt him!

Drop the gun, or I'll kill the kid! Drop it now!

All right.

Let the boy go. I'll drop the gun.

On the ground.

All right.

Easy.

There you go. There you go. There you go.

He's all yours.

All right.

Remember this, ranger.

Aah!

[WOMAN SOBBING] WALKER: Someone in there,

call an ambulance, now!

Don't move, son.

Okay, stay down, son.

It hurts.

An ambulance is on the way.

You'll be fine.

[THEME SONG PLAYING]

MAN 1: Bring him in!

[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA]

MAN 2: We'll need bloodwork and stats.

Make a left.

WOMAN 1: Okay. We got a gunshot here.

MAN 3: Yeah, we gotta go. Go.

WOMAN 2: Okay, hang on...

WOMAN 1: Right away. WOMAN 2: Vitals?

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Paging Dr. Smith,

Line 1, please.

[VOICES OVERLAPPING]

How are we doing?

Thanks. Come and see us again.

Hey, thought I could borrow your van while you're working.

And a couple bucks.

The last time you borrowed the van,

you wound up in juvie hall. Uh-uh.

Why you always ragging on me like that?

My old man left 'cause of you,

and you got nobody but me to take it out on?

You're headed down the road if I don't keep you straight.

This ain't no day-care center, Elena.

You got customers.

Yes, sir. What about the van?

No. No van. No couple of bucks.

Got time on your hands?

Do some work you missed when you were cutting school.

Wait till I tell my dad how you been treating me.

Tell him he owes three years of child support.

Tell him I'm tired of working two jobs, tired of living in a trailer.

You tell him that, okay?

Walker...

Got word you were involved in a shooting.

Convenience store heist.

Hostage situation.

The young man in there?

Yeah. He can't be more than 16 years old.

You know, a hostage situation

is always a judgment call.

You never can make sense of it.

What about the family?

They're being contacted.

I got a message.

It sounded like you'd been shot.

No, I'm fine.

It's a crapshoot with that dispatcher

whether she's gonna get anything right.

Look, I'm going to...

See if they notified the parents.

That's a nice dress.

Cocktails at the mayor's.

Nice jammies.

There's a PBS documentary on jazz coming on,

so I was... kicking back a little bit.

With your neat slippers.

Thin blood runs in the family,

all right?

The parents are on their way.

I'm just glad you're okay.

What happened?

That boy in there's the one that was shot.

How bad is it?

The bullet's near the spine.

That's not good.

No, it's not.

Nobody said it was good.

Man, this is stupid, Duwayne. Relax, okay?

You wanna drum up some cash, right?

Well, I need some too.

All right, I know a way in through the back.

We're going to be okay

That's it.

All right.

Here.

Let's do it.

Look for the packages with "Grade A" stamped on them.

All right.

Mr. Mancini,

how was your trip?

Enjoyable. Thank you for asking, Anthony,

but I'm not here to make small talk in this damn mud hole.

So where's the smack?

I know it don't look like much,

but that's the beauty.

We got product running out of here to some good old boys.

They got a truck route to the border.

Perfect front for our Southwest pipeline.

Yeah, who's got the beef?

[LAUGHING]

You get it?

So are you two auditioning to open for Sinatra...

or you want to show me the place?

Come on.

Keep an eye on it.

Hey, man, here they are.

Oh.

Yes.

What are there, 50 some of these babies?

We'd get top-dollar--

Yeah, watch out for the pipes, you don't trip.

Hey, man, what's that?

You told me there was only one guy working here.

There was when my dad was working here.

Let's get out of here.

Wait, wait-wait-wait.

Get what we can now

and come back later for more.

Mr. Mancini, are you cold?

Come on. Let's get this over with.

Third stack is where the merchandise is.

I marked them... special delivery.

3 keys, number four, China White. Hey.

This is junk of the month, baby, huh?

That's only half. Where's the other 3 kilos?

Hey, relax.

It's right over here.

Oh, man!

What's going on?

They were right here.

They're gone?

Come on.

Come on, man! Come on!

Oh, boy!

Hey, you kids!

What are you doing there? Hey!

=Albert, you get the license number?

Yeah, I got it.

[BEEPING]

We just talked to the doctor. He said it'll be a few days

before we know anything one way or the other.

You'd better get you some rest.

You don't wanna end up with a 2,000-yard stare.

I can't sleep right now, C.D.

You're not God, Cordell. None of us are.

How were you supposed to know

what that psychopath was going to do?

We booked him downtown.

He's got felony warrants from here to Kansas City.

But it was my job to save the boy.

Hey! You saved his sweetheart.

Without you, she'd be dead as a hammer.

I just feel there was something I could have done to save him.

You think I've never felt that way, son?

Second-guessing myself?

A hostage situation's a nightmare for any lawman.

Let me tell you one thing.

That doctor goin' there?

People put their lives in the palm of his hands every day.

He loses a patient, but he goes on.

He doesn't give up.

He doesn't give up his drive or his confidence.

You know that's what it takes to be a Texas Ranger.

Now let's get with the program, Cordell.

I know you're right, C.D...

But just looking at those parents in there...

That's their only son.

It just doesn't help.

[SIGHS]

I've got to be alone for a while, guys.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Carrow, Surgery , please. Dr. Carrow...

Hey, Walker...

you want to talk about this?

I'm going out to the Badlands for a while.

I'll call you when I get back.

Communing with nature, I like that.

It's right on the money.

So why don't you take me along?

You wouldn't like it.

I would like it. I promise, I won't get in the way.

I promise.

I promise.

Meet me at the ranch.

Yeah.

Hey, what time?

5:00.

A.M.?

Holy mackerel, it's cold!

Whoo!

Here comes G.I. Joe.

Been up all night getting all my stuff ready.

Anticipating the call of the wild, man. Hoo!

But I think I got it all set.

I'm all outfitted in the latest...

featherweight, all-terrain gear.

Ha ha ha ha!

You sure you got everything?

Oh, I got everything.

I got foam pads,

bat bags,

propane stove,

insect repellent.

I bet you even got a snakebite kit.

Snakebite kit,

and a hand-held water purifier.

I thought all you drank was those little green bottles from France.

Well, a man's going to be roughing it,

he has to make compromises.

Look, Trivette...

every year I go to the Badlands...

for a whole week.

I take no food, no water.

Now if you want to learn how to survive,

this is all you get.

This is it?

Yeah, we travel light.

Eat whatever we can find.

Eat what we can find?

We're going to be out in the middle of nowhere.

But there's beetles, there's grubs...

There's even snake meat.

I'm a semivegetarian, Walker.

Well, then you got shrubs and roots.

Shrubs and roots?

Actually, it's pretty good eating,

once you get past the grit and the maggot larva.

What?

[RINGING] That's sickening.

What's in that bag?

That's my telephone.

Yeah, Trivette.

Trivette. Alex.

I know how much you were looking forward to going out with Walker,

but Dallas PD just picked up Brady Riggs.

Really?

Yes.

We need you to I.D. him at the suppression hearing.

Gee, Alex, that's a shame.

Brady Riggs.

Duty calls.

Guess I'll have to stay back this time.

Hey, you sure you can go alone?

Oh, I'm sure I can manage it.

Hey, Alex, all this talk about the great wide open has made me really hungry.

How about I buy you breakfast this morning?

Well, you know, like Jarlsberg and scallion omelet

with some brioche,

maybe a...

decaf cappuccino.

I'm looking for Duwayne, Mrs. Parsons.

He wasn't in school today.

Oh, yeah? When you find him,

tell him it's the last time

he gets his hands on my van.

I had to hitch a ride home last night.

Hey...

You guys better back off.

My dad lives a few trailers up. He's going to--

Sleep it off. Yeah, we already checked.

Look, what do you guys want from me?

We want what's ours, kid.

You were there last night-- Lone Star Packing.

Your friend's van drove away.

Now, we want our merchandise.

Well, I don't know where it's at.

You guys in Texas think you're really tough, don't you?

I liberated it from a cop in Brooklyn.

Duwayne Parsons-- he took it.

Is that where he lives, over there?

Okay, look, he has a secret place.

It's this old abandoned stable.

He-- he goes there when he cuts school.

Good. We go down there,

we find him,

we get back our merchandise.

And you get a reward.

What's the reward?

The reward is...

we let you live.

Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Cordell Walker!

I ain't seen you in a month of Sundays!

It has been a while, Eldon.

If I'd known you were gonna be here, I'd have held your booth,

but the youngster beat you to it.

Wanted a view of the road.

Ah, that's okay.

What would you like to have, Cordell?

Wait. Don't tell me--

chicken-fried steak.

You got it, Eldon.

I'll get it.

All the kid had stashed in there is in this.

What's that?

It's a motorcycle buckle.

His dad gave it to him for winning the motocross.

Dad?

Yeah. He has his picture with his motorcycle.

Where does he live?

Out in the flats, by Jacksboro.

We know where you live, punk.

We don't recover our goods,

we're coming back for you.

There, kid, beat it.

Okay, that's going to be 16.20--

uh, plus the cigarettes.

Let's just make it an even 18.

Do you take credit cards?

Where do you think you are, the International House of Pancakes?

All right. Can you, uh...

Give me another coffee and cherry pie?

Where's the bathroom? It's down there.

All right. Thanks.

We'll square up in a sec.

Hey, kid.

That your van down the road?

Well, yeah.

You need help changing the tire?

Uh, pistons are shot,

brakes are gone...

It's finished.

I'll be glad to take a look at it.

No. No, I don't have the time, all right?

I'm busy.

Kids today.

Well...

That's the best dang meal I had in a long time, Eldon.

Thanks.

Still the best cook in the county.

Aw...

Hold on to this,

and I'll see you in a week. Okay.

Sure you don't want company, Cordell?

Must get lonely out there in them Badlands.

Well...

That's the idea, Lurleen.

But if I shared those stars with anyone,

it would be you.

I guess you're right, Eldon.

Kids today.

Hell, if I'd have known the kid was broke,

I'd have fed him for free.

Here. Let me pay his tab.

Oh, thanks.

See you in a week. Okay.

You be careful now, okay?

[COYOTE HOWLS]

I know how you feel.

What do you think you're doing?

If this fire catches,

it'll burn wild for 50 miles!

You owe me 20 bucks.

What for?

I paid for your meal at the diner.

Right... Yeah.

Let's see if I can't take care of you, huh?

There you go.

How old are you, kid?

I'm old enough.

I don't think so.

Let's start this over again.

Who are you running from?

Who says I'm running?

By the look on your face in the diner,

and the van you left on the side of the road.

Yeah, well, that's, um...

You see, this-- this biker gang...

They trashed my van,

and, uh, stole all my money, left me for dead,

so I crawled over to that cafe

and now I'm out here,

and I'm going to settle the score.

Hmm. Really? Yeah.

Hey, man, that's mine.

Where'd this come from?

I found that dope out in the Badlands,

and that is my dope.

Sure, you did.

Let's go.

We got that little sucker now.

Heh heh heh!

Do you know what the penalty is for possession?

What do I care?

I'm a juvie.

With this amount of drugs, kid,

you're gonna be tried as an adult.

What business is this of yours, anyway?

You'll find out soon enough.

Now how about telling me the truth for a change?

All right. All right, you want the truth?

Truth is, I thought I was boosting some steaks from a packing house,

and the stuff was inside the packages.

Then these guys with gland problems start shooting at me.

What guys?

Looked like out-of-state hoods.

Did you hear a name or anything?

One guy called him Mr. Mancini.

Mancini.

If you looked at mug shots,

you think you could recognize any of these guys?

No. I-- I don't stick my neck out for nobody.

You got that?

Sure, tough guy, I've got that.

But if you stole from who I think you've stole from,

you're going to need a friend real bad.

Here you go.

Oh, I got a little delayed.

Have you ever heard of a guy named Mancini,

What are you going to say to Eldon?

I'll tell him to kiss my-- Eh!

possibly out of state, maybe Mafia?

That I'll wash every friggin' glass in his place

Mafia, huh?

to pay off the meal.

Okay, there's a crime boss out of New York

That's what I like. A boy who's truly repentant.

named Paul Mancini.

And DEA intel says he might be out here trying to push smack.

Wait a minute. I got to make a call.

Why?

What's it going to be, old man,

your waitress here, or that kid?

Look, all I know is the kid come in and sat in that booth.

He kept checking the window,

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

and then finally he got up and took off without paying.

Which way?

Trivette.

Just leave him alone, okay? I served the kid.

Trivette, how'd the hearing go with Riggs?

He went north. What's out there?

Piece of cake. The judge denied the bail.

Just a lot of mesquite.

What are you doing on a phone?

What else? He's supposed to be some kind of biker.

He's got some kind of a dirt bike. You know him?

No, I know somebody. I don't know, it could be him.

Which way does he live?

Listen, man, I'm getting hungry.

Walker, who was that?

Just a stray I found.

Go on inside. I'll meet you there.

Ah-ah! Leave that here.

Look, Trivette, run a make on this Mancini.

And all I know is there's a guy

that lives about 15 miles out, and he lives in a bus.

It's off of a dirt path. It's just north of here.

Is there an address? No, there's no address.

It's at the end of a cow path.

There's a couple of-- of Tecate cans

on a pole that marks the path.

Don't try it!

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

Walker, what's going on? I just heard some shots.

[GUNSHOT]

Where'd he go? There!

Hyah!

How bad is it, Eldon?

I'll live.

LURLEEN: Three of them went after the kid.

Which way did they go? Due north.

There's a biker lives out that way.

The kid had a picture of him.

Those morons seemed mighty interested too.

Okay, call the sheriff.

Keep an eye on this guy until he gets here.

2 million miles away from nowhere.

We lose the man's dope.

We don't know where this kid is

or his damn old man on the bike.

Hey, look at these tracks.

They got to be his, no?

Let's go.

Uh!

You hungry?

I'm Ranger Trivette.

This is Captain Parker.

Looking for Cordell Walker, he called from here.

Uh, he'd be somewhere between here and Lubbock by now.

About 100 miles of Badlands,

and he's got three Italian button men on his trail.

The kid's headed straight for his old man's place.

Hey, wait a minute. There's another set of tracks.

Looks like cowboy boots.

Looks like size 11, don't you think?

Which means somebody's with him.

It's time to call Mancini.

We need the bird.

Here you go.

You think I'm gonna put that snake in my mouth?

Tastes just like chicken.

It's either that or the grubs.

What are the grubs?

I'll take the snake.

I figured you would.

This is-- This is just like chicken.

Heh. Let me ask you something.

Why are you doing all this stuff for me?

Well, maybe it's the right thing to do.

You tell me something, Duwayne.

What are you doing all the way out here

in the middle of nowhere

with three keys of smack?

My old man lives out here.

Your father? Yeah.

Yeah, he's a pretty cool guy.

He's been in some trouble with the law.

What about your mother?

She O.D.'d when I was 9.

I've been living with my stepmom off and on for about three years.

So you've come all the way out here to see your father?

To drop that dope off at his feet,

tell him I stood up to the Mafia.

He said we were gonna be together someday.

He promised me...

Soon as he got his life together.

So you think you're going to impress your father

by dropping this dope at his feet.

Well, I'm going to prove to him once and for all

that his son is no punk,

that I deserve his love.

How far away is this place?

Maybe a mile.

Can you make it on that ankle?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think so.

What are you doing?

Well, if you're going to impress your father,

you're gonna have to do it without the drugs. Let's go.

You haven't said much about your stepmom.

Well, we don't exactly see eye to eye.

Why's that?

She's always on my case

about school or my dad.

She doesn't want you to see your dad?

Yeah, something like that.

You said she's a waitress.

Yeah, she's got two jobs,

one during the day, one at night.

She's got no time for me.

well, since she holds down two jobs,

seems like you'd give her a little slack.

Oh, I suppose she means well enough,

it's just, we don't-- We don't--

We're from two different planets, you know?

My dad and I, we connect.

Well, you know,

sometimes things don't turn out the way we want,

and when that happens,

you just got to be strong enough to deal with it.

Hmm. Well, it's just over the rise.

You know a lot about me, man.

What about you?

What are you doing out here?

Well, like I said,

sometimes things don't turn out the way you want...

and you got to find the strength to deal with it.

So you see, kid,

you're not alone.

Hey!

Dad!

I'm sorry, Duwayne.

They had me covered.

Who are you?

A friend.

Where's our goods, kid?

I want to know where you stashed our merchandise.

He doesn't have it.

How'd you like a new face, huh?

Well, you're about to get one

if you don't give us what we want.

Aah!

Uh!

[GRUNTS]

Walker! Come on!

C.D.: You know, when I was a young ranger,

this was the only kind of road we had.

This is nothing compared to some roads I've been down.

You see anything yet?

Jackrabbits and coyotes.

Walker's out here. We just gotta keep going until we see his sign.

Do you see that chopper?

No, not since we cleared the trees.

So, how much dope was there?

3 keys. China White.

Whoa, you done good, kid.

I'm not sure it's such a good idea.

Man, if it's pure, we can step on it.

900,000 street value, maybe a mil.

So, where's this cave?

It's up that way by the gully,

but then you promise we go back for Walker.

What is it?

Rattlesnake head cut clean.

Two sets of tracks off in that gully.

They're going to be hell hard to follow, too.

Right-- Right over here. Right here.

Where is it?

It's inside.

Where? Over here?

Yeah.

We've been up here an hour, we got nothin',

and we're running out of fuel.

Now you wanna head for the trees

and find me that Jeep.

Here it is,

right where you said it was, Duwayne.

Oh, my ship's come in.

This is my big shot.

Wait. I can't let this happen again.

What are you talking about?

You getting in trouble with the law.

Don't preach to me, kid.

I had enough of that from your stepmother.

Well, maybe she's right.

Maybe I've had my ears plugged this whole time.

That guy back there saved my life.

We've got to go back for him.

We got the dope. We don't owe him nothin'.

Walker helped me,

and he saved your life.

[HELICOPTER APPROACHES]

There. There he is.

Come on.

No, I'm not going with you.

You're not going? That's your problem.

[GRUNTS]

Hey, Mancini!

Put your hands up on your head.

Hyah!

Uh!

[GASPING]

[CHOKING]

You know, I've seen your mug shot.

You're a lot more impressive in person.

You know the drill.

Walker, are you okay?

[GRUNTS] Give me a hand.

So all he wanted was the dope, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's all he wanted.

It was all a sham,

him telling me he loved me,

and we'd be together someday.

I'm sorry, Duwayne.

Yeah.

Well, sometimes...

things don't work out the way you want,

but you have to be strong enough

to deal with it, right?

Right.

[BUZZ]

Walker, this is Trivette. Come in.

Walker.

Walker, where are you? I got good news, man.

Your boy at the hospital, the doctor says

his prognosis is a full recovery.

Ah, that is good news.

I think I'll go by the hospital after I make a stop.

Hi, Duwayne.

Hey, Walker, what are you doing here?

Thought I'd drop by and see how you were doing.

I'm doing good.

How's everything going with your stepmother?

Much better. Much better.

Can I say hello to her?

Oh, yeah. Come on in.

Mrs. Parsons?

Uh, yes.

I'm Cordell Walker.

Hello. I've heard so much about you.

Duwayne's told me a lot about you, too.

I, uh, have something here for you.

Actually, it's for Duwayne,

but I think he'd like for you to have it.

What is it?

Well, there was a reward for the man we captured.

Because of Duwayne's help, we were able to apprehend him,

and so we hope that will help you out.

Oh, thanks.

Well, anyway, it's a pleasure meeting you.

Nice to meet you, too.

Well, Duwayne, it's good seeing you again.

You take care, okay?

Yeah.

You, too.

Bye.

ELENA: $50,000? Oh, my God! We're rich!

[♪]