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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

Thank you.

(GROANS)

(GRUNTING)

(SILENCED GUNSHOT) (GROANS)

(SILENCED GUNSHOT)

(GROANS)

You. You're not supposed to be up here.

Travis, there you are, you naughty boy.

Travis is one of my best customers. Dropped...

How much was it tonight, Travis, around 60?

We wouldn't want him to get lost now, would we?

He did it with a smile.

Let Mr. Hendricks decide that.

(CHUCKLES) Do we really have to?

Yeah, we really have to.

(GRUNTING)

We got to get out of here.

What happened in there?

I don't know.

Well, what took you so long?

You called me Travis.

Look, Remi said your name was Travis,

you're Travis to me.

Now, my cover is blown.

So can we please get out of here?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

My car is right outside.

(SIGHS)

We've got to go out the back.

Couldn't find Remi Burns, Mr. Hendricks.

That's not what I want to hear.

Look, our people are out there,

he's not going to get out of Dallas.

What's wrong, Savage?

The hombre with the new dealer, Leann.

His name's Walker, he's a ranger, a damn one-man army.

I think Savage is onto us.

If I'm gonna die, I've got to call my momma first.

I wanna know what he's doing.

Have them stopped.

Oh, man, I'm dead.

(ALL GRUNTING)

Wow! We got to go.

Let's go.

Come on!

SAVAGE: Frank. FRANK: Yeah?

SAVAGE: Don't let them get away.

(GROANS) (PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Okay, Remi told me that your name was Travis Harper.

Remi? Remi Burns.

He said that he was headed for toe-tag city

if he didn't make a deal with you.

That I was supposed to point out the office

where Hendricks kept computer records of all of his operations.

Wait a minute.

If you're making a deal with a sleazeball like Remi, who are you?

The competition?

Look, I was almost killed back there.

If your name isn't Travis, what is it?

I don't know.

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

♪ In the eyes of a ranger

♪ The unsuspecting stranger

♪ Had better know the truth Of wrong from right

♪ 'Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you

♪ Any wrong you do he's gonna see

♪ When you're in Texas, look behind you

♪ 'Cause that's where the ranger's gonna be

First Remi lies to me,

then he sets me up with a cowboy who takes no prisoners,

and who doesn't know who he is,

and now I have a big old bull's-eye on my back.

Tomorrow night's New Year's Eve.

Now, if you're my date, we're both dead.

ALEX: It's New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve.

(AULD LANG SYNE PLAYING)

Happy New Year.

Excuse me.

LEANN: You're

hurt.

Got one in the shoulder.

Boy, the way you fought back there.

How did you learn those moves?

I don't know.

(ALL GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

Farrell.

He must've caught that ranger in here.

Remi Burns needed inside help to plant those bugs.

We got a license plate on the girl's car.

Have Markham run it. Right.

You find the girl, you'll find Burns.

Get on it.

I gave a fake address on my application at the casino,

so we can go to my place.

ID?

What's it say?

Travis Harper, El Paso, Texas.

Maybe that's your name.

Does it sound familiar?

No.

(ALL CHANTING) (DRUMS BEATING)

The condo upstairs used to belong to one of Remi Burns' girlfriends.

He's letting me borrow it.

No special favors involved.

Remi Burns is not my style, which is the good news.

The bad is, I favor rodeo types.

I swear to you, my life is like a country song.

Right here.

Where did you hook up with this Burns guy?

New Orleans.

I was dealing 21 at this casino that was ready to fold,

Remi said he had a job, could use my talent.

What kind of job?

Surveillance. Sounded exciting.

James Bond kind of stuff.

Until I found out Hendricks was Remi's target.

You see, he knew there was an opening for a dealer.

So once I was in, I planted bugs and a camera in Hendricks' office.

What was he looking for?

Conversations between Hendricks

and some very important people.

Where's Burns now?

On the run.

Said he would catch up with me.

He owes me money.

Do you trust him?

I wouldn't go that far.

I mean, how many people do you really trust?

I wish I knew.

Get down here now!

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

(BEEPING)

Car was a recent purchase

signed for by Leann Singer.

Address.

Skyline Drive, downtown.

One of those new high-rise condos.

It's different from the address she put on the application.

Which means you checked out her measurements

better than you checked out her papers.

I'll have this Leann person's whole life history for you in a minute.

(TYPING)

You know, the memory is a very, very tricky thing.

I mean, have you ever left your car or your house

and you didn't know if you locked it or not?

Or gone into a room, and didn't know why?

Maybe you hit your head really hard.

In my momma's favorite soap,

Amber hit her head in a car crash,

and she couldn't remember who she was either.

Temporary amnesia.

But it all came back to her in bits and pieces.

I need to call my momma.

No phone calls. (GROANS)

Oh, my gosh.

You really do need a doctor.

I said no doctors.

Where's the bathroom? I'll clean this up.

Back there.

Credit cards, hospital records,

gas, phone, electric... Ah.

She owns a cellular phone.

And what would life be without them these days?

Find out who owns the condo.

(TYPING)

Thanks anyway.

So Information in El Paso says there's no listing for a Travis Harper.

But, then again, a number wouldn't necessarily be listed,

so maybe you are from El Paso.

I told you no phone calls.

I'm just trying to help.

Well, good, here.

Okay, the one thing we do know

is that you know how to handle yourself.

But I wish you could remember something.

I remember sitting by a campfire

at a ceremony.

A ceremony?

Native American.

Do you know why you were there?

No.

But I felt like I belonged there.

Well, what about a woman?

A girlfriend? A wife?

I mean, someone like you is bound to have someone special.

I remember a woman.

I don't know who she is,

but she is very beautiful.

Leann, why are you doing this?

Helping you?

Because if it weren't for you,

I would be dead back there in front of that casino.

You know, maybe things will all come back together for you

like they did for Amber.

Just like a big jigsaw puzzle.

Piece by piece.

You know, everyone has a story.

We just have to figure out what yours is.

Everyone has a story.

We just have to figure out what yours is.

Who are you?

Yes, sir, New Year's Eve, one of my favorite holidays.

And I got the New Year's Eve peas right here.

You bet. Just

throw those down your system.

All right. What you got them seasoned with?

Well, I guarantee you it's not two-fu.

You mean "tofu."

They're seasoned with fatback. Now, just eat the damn things, would you?

Boy, we're gonna have a great party here, Jimmy.

I mean, I've got a live band,

place is sold out, look at all these favors and everything.

You and I are kidding each other, aren't we?

It don't mean diddly squat.

Unless we're certain Walker's okay.

Have you heard anything?

Nothing.

Look, let's don't send the dogs out too soon.

We know what "undercover" means.

Who is this surveillance expert anyway?

Name's Remi Burns.

He's a flake.

But he's at the top of his game,

and Walker figured that he could help us

bring down this hardcore Mexican drug connection.

You okay, Alex?

Ever since Walker and I have known each other,

we've never missed a New Year's.

Sit down, honey, I'll get you some coffee.

(CEILING FAN WHIRRING)

TRIVETTE: Wanna go a couple of rounds?

I could use a workout.

Are you saying you want to spar with me?

Oh, come on. Yeah, okay.

I know you're a kickboxing champion,

but that was 15 years ago.

Yeah, your'e right.

I am over the hill.

All right, but take it easy on me.

National or international rules? What's the difference?

Well, international rules, you can kick to the leg.

Fine with me.

Okay.

(GROANS)

Damn, that hurt.

You okay? Yeah, I'm all right.

(GROANS)

Let's do national rules.

Okay.

(GROANS)

Hey, you all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

You sure? Yeah, I'm okay, I'm okay.

Actually,

wrestling's my forte.

I was Penn State champion.

You mean, now you wanna wrestle?

(PANTING) Yeah.

Well, remember,

I'm over the hill, so take it easy on me.

Okay, now.

If it gets to be too much,

just pat the old mat... (BANGS ON MAT)

three times.

Tap three times. Yeah.

Got it.

Let me get these off.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(TRIVETTE GROANS)

(PANTING)

I get the message.

(CEILING FAN WHIRRING)

(SILENCED GUNSHOT)

(SILENCED GUNSHOT)

(SIREN WAILING)

Are you all right?

Oh, my God, you are bleeding again.

Ooh, shoot.

I'm gonna get you a fresh bandage, okay?

I'll be right back.

All better.

Oh, by the way,

um, while you were asleep,

I picked you up some fresh clothes

at this little all-night store around the corner.

They're not exactly GQ,

but I figured clean clothes and a shower would do wonders.

How long was I asleep?

Not long enough.

What about you?

Don't worry about me, I am running on pure adrenaline. (CHUCKLES)

Besides, when this is all over,

there will be plenty of time for me to sleep.

Or whatever.

I've got to find Burns, Leann.

He knows who I am.

I put a page on his beeper.

He needs you as much as you need him.

So he will contact us when he knows that we're here.

I'm gonna go scare up some breakfast, okay?

Okay.

(SIGHS)

Yeah, I know, I couldn't sit around either.

So I'm covering the streets.

So I'm talking to every snitch and every lowlife I know

who knows Walker's face.

Hey, maybe Walker's cover took him out of town.

As long as it's not El Paso.

Why? Because his cover is the real Travis Harper

who is alive and well and Feds got him on ice in El Paso

while Walker's using his identity.

(EXHALES)

WALKER: Who are you?

Doc was patching me up

when a Texas ranger walked in.

He stood there looking at me.

For a long time.

Finally, he said

"Boy, the way I see it

"you've got two choices,

"you can work for the law

"or against the law."

I guess you can see which one I picked.

Condo ownership listed under Remington J. Burns.

Get the chopper.

What about the surveillance tapes?

If Burns doesn't have them on him,

he'll have hidden them where nobody will ever find them.

You kill Burns, you kill the tapes.

Hope you like scrambled.

That's all I know how to make.

Looks good.

(DOOR OPENS)

Shh!

(DOOR CLOSES)

Yo, Leann.

(GROANS) It's Remi.

Jeez, you nearly broke my neck, Walker.

You ass! (GROANS)

Walker?

I let you use this pad, and that's what I get?

You nearly got me killed is what you did.

Jeez, you're looking at me like you never saw me before.

This is what I get from my friends.

I don't want to know what my enemies have in store for me.

LEANN: You have no friends, Remi.

And when Clay gets a hold of you,

he's gonna put you six feet under sure as I'm looking at you.

No, no, that's what we got to figure out.

Right, buddy.

I mean, what I did, it was a thing of beauty.

I'm in the hardware the government only dreams of.

It's my own stuff, basically, I'm a genius.

The bugs I had Leann plant,

icing on the donut.

I had them in Hendricks' limo,

in his john, he couldn't burp without my recording it for posterity.

What I had on the tapes, it was pure dynamite.

Remi, Hendricks caught us in the casino.

If he ties us together, we're all dead.

Yeah, well.

See, I was playing both ends against the middle.

Hendricks hired me to wiretap the guys in Mexico.

They would fly in the drugs money for Hendricks to wash.

And the cash would go back into coke for world consumption.

Why did he want him wiretapped?

I told you before, insurance.

See, that's when I saw how I could score from both ends.

By selling the tapes to the boys I was taping.

Then Hendricks caught on.

What was it that I was supposed to do?

What are you talking about, Walker?

We've been over most of this already.

I'll turn State's evidence, everything I know.

You, you just got to get me out from under Hendricks.

He doesn't remember talking to you about that Remi.

What?

He's got amnesia.

What?

"Walker," is that a first name or last name?

Jesus, I'm a dead man.

Look out! (SCREAMS)

(LEANN SCREAMS)

(HELICOPTER HOVERING)

I'm out of here.

Burns.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES) Let's get out of here.

Tell me this is just a bad dream.

Give me the keys.

Here.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(YELPS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(GASPS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(LEANN YELPS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(SIGHS)

You are amazing.

(PANTING)

Do you have any idea where Burns keeps

the tapes he was talking about?

He has a loft in an old warehouse

where he keeps all of his equipment.

No one is supposed to know where.

But you do? (CHUCKLES)

I followed him there.

Good.

LEANN: This is it. Pull over here.

This is where Remi keeps his loft.

And we know that Remi thought that your name was Walker something.

Walker feels right.

There's also an Alex and a Trivette.

Male? Female?

Alex is definitely female.

But do you remember Alex's last name?

Uh-uh.

I mean, maybe you were married to her.

No, I don't think so.

If Remi had gunpowder for brains, he couldn't blow his nose.

But he sure knows his business.

Look at all this stuff.

He's also a pack rat.

God.

State of the art.

So you obviously know your business too.

Look for the tapes.

(SIGHS)

Momma said there'd be days like this.

Hi, Momma, it's me.

Sorry, I've been meaning to call you.

We got her.

She's finally using her cell phone.

Can we triangulate on her position?

No problem.

(PAPER RUSTLING)

Okay, look, when I first got thrown together with you,

I didn't know who you were.

Neither did you, but you could've been

some freaking psycho killer for all I knew, right?

But Remi kept talking about turning State's evidence.

You helping him.

And now, you're talking like a cop.

Are you cop? Say yes.

I don't know.

God, I hate that.

Then stop asking me questions, Leann.

(SCOFFS)

You are the most stubborn, aggravating person I have ever met.

Hmm.

I think someone else has said that to me.

You know, she is the most obnoxious, aggravating, mule-headed...

I've heard that before.

I never said "mule-headed."

No, she did, about you.

Excuse me.

BOTH: You!

You were completely out of line, ranger.

I was out of line?

That's one of the dumbest questions I ever heard.

Dumb questions? Yeah.

(CROWD CHEERING) Next time I get you on the witness stand,

I want you to act in a professional manner.

You were arrogant, you were rude,

you embarrassed me in front of a...

(CHEERING CONTINUES)

Happy New Year.

What was I saying?

Excuse me.

(SIGHS) You know what my dream is?

To buy my momma a new house.

Move her out of that old trailer park.

You know, maybe if I hadn't quit going to beauty college,

I would have a decent job now,

giving perms to old ladies with purple hair.

Instead, I thought,

"Dealing cards, working in a casino,

"Now there is the pure high life.

"Money and fun and excitement, all rolled up into one."

I tell you something.

I have just about had my fill. (TINKLING)

Are you a cop? Say yes.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) Walker, what are you looking for?

Revenge? Retribution?

Justice.

(GRUNTS) (GROANS)

(SCREAMING)

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hey, you look mighty pretty, sweetheart.

Thank you.

Hey, Alex.

You guys look like I feel.

Don't try to cheer us up.

He's gonna call. I know it.

No, he's not gonna call,

because he's four days past when he's supposed to check-in.

Look, guys, this isn't gonna work.

We're either gonna have to grit our way through it...

Or not have a New Year.

Damn it.

Did you ever see that old movie?

It's a Wonderful Life.

It's my momma's favorite.

The lesson to be learned in that movie

is no matter where you've been,

or who you are,

you always find what you're looking for.

Well, nothing in here but CDs.

CD.

C.D., I'm telling you, I was invited to dinner tonight.

Cordell, you may know that penal code from cover to cover,

but you don't know split peas from coffee about women.

Well, I'm not gonna argue with you about it.

Yeah, music CDs.

We're looking for tapes, remember?

Alex, Trivette, C.D.

C.D. is a person?

He sure as heck is.

Crotchety as the day is long.

Dadgum you, Cordell, get up off that floor.

One good friend.

Hey, looky there.

Is that them?

Yeah.

(ELEVATOR MOTOR WHIRRING)

Go hide.

Here. Over there.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(GROANS)

(ALL GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

Let him go, Leann. But I like it.

I don't care if you do like it, let him go.

(GRUNTS)

My name is Cordell Walker, Leann, I'm a Texas ranger.

You remembered? That's so cool.

Call the ranger office.

Okay. And tell them to hurry.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

Hello.

Momma, listen, I'm a little bit busy right now,

I'll have to call you back.

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

ALL: Ten, nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four, three,

two, one.

Happy New Year!

(CHEERING)

MAN: All right.

Happy New Year. (GASPS)

Hey, Cordell, you're a sight for sore eyes.

Well, I guess it's gonna be a new year after all.

Hey, Walker's here!

(CHEERING)

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

♪ 'Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you

♪ Any wrong you do he's gonna see

♪ When you're in Texas, look behind you

♪ 'Cause that's where the ranger's gonna be ♪