Original subtitles

( upbeat theme playing)

MAN 1: Come on, this way.

(man shouting indistinctly)

MAN 1: Keep your head down.

What the hell?

Hold it!

MAN 2: Hold up.

What you got? MAN 2: Get it up.

MAN 3: What's going on, Ron?

Whoa.

Somebody better notify the authorities.

MAN 2: Hey, guys, look at this.

(woman speaking indistinctly on police radio)

(bird squawking)

Coroner says he needs a little more time.

I'm gonna talk to the contractor.

Right.

TRIVETTE: You okay?

WALKER: Yeah, I'm fine.

All right, I'm gonna talk to the contractor.

Right.

( ominous theme playing)

( gentle theme playing)

( whinnies)

( light rock action theme 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 ♪

( mysterious theme playing)

(rocks clattering)

All right, coroner finished his prelim exam.

Skeleton appears to be that of a...

Teenage boy.

Murdered.

That's exactly right.

Now, the bullet's lodged in the fourth vertebra.

Looks like a .30-cal.

The coroner also believes the victim might be Asian.

Native American.

This necklace is Apache.

Mescalero.

Walker, where's all this coming from?

How do you know it's a boy? How do you know he was murdered?

You're sure he's Indian?

Because I saw a young Indian boy

on a white pony.

Okay, where is he? Where'd he go?

Won't believe me if I tell you. Try me.

Okay.

He rode right through these rocks.

I don't believe you.

I know.

Wh...? There are no tracks.

What is he, a ghost rider?

I don't know, Trivette.

All I do know is this necklace is real.

And it belonged to the dead Indian boy.

But how do you know? The coroner's saying that

those bones have been there for eight or ten years.

How can the necklace and the skeleton

possibly be connected?

It's crazy.

Yeah.

Real crazy.

(squawking)

Hello, Rangers.

I'm Walt Taylor, Chief of Security

for Forman Development.

I'm Walker.

This is my partner, Trivette.

Howdy.

What can we do for you?

Mr. Forman sent me down here

to see if we can be of any help.

Word's out about what you boys found down here.

News travels fast.

Well, we appreciate the offer, but what's your concern?

Well, since that skeleton was dug up

adjacent to Forman Development land

and Forman City limits,

Mr. Forman sent me down here

to see if there was anything we could do to make certain

that neither would be adversely affected

by the death of an Indian kid.

This case'll be investigated just like any other.

Well, sure.

Of course.

If there's anything I can do to help,

just ask, okay?

Anything at all.

Just any... Anything.

Did you tell anyone about my idea

that the victim was an Indian boy?

No, I try to leave that speculation

up to my mystical partner.

WALKER: Then how did Mr. Taylor know

it was an Indian boy?

Yeah, how'd he know?

Just 16 years old.

He had his whole life ahead of him.

What a shame.

Who is this guy?

How are we gonna find out anything after eight years?

There was nothing in the hole with him.

Right? There's no ID, no belt buckle.

He didn't have anything on him.

You know what I'm thinking?

Why don't we do dental impressions?

Because if he's an Apache like you say he is,

there's that Mescalero reservation

on the other side of the New Mexico border.

That's not a bad idea. I've got another idea.

Ranger Walker.

Ah, Professor Labeau.

Hello.

Professor Labeau, Alex Cahill,

James Trivette.

Hi. Hi.

You wanna take a look? Please, yes.

Of course.

I read an article about you in the paper.

I read the same one.

Hey, well, I didn't read the article.

What's up?

Professor Labeau does anthropological

and facial reconstruction.

Forensic sculpturing.

Oh, okay.

I read about that in National G.

So you're gonna take the caveman's skull,

you're gonna slap some clay on it,

and you're gonna tell us what he looks like.

It's a bit more complicated, but that's the general idea.

I think it's worth a try.

Oh, great.

( tense theme playing)

That's him.

( ominous theme playing)

Damn.

After all this time it's got to come flying

right back in our face.

Well, it's bad, Mitch. Bad for Forman City

and it's bad for this family's good name.

Good name?

You flatter yourself.

Powerful name, maybe.

A name that keeps certain politicians up at night.

But good?

Please, Daddy, spare me.

You watch your mouth, son.

We understand each other?

I'm sorry.

Mitchell bad boy, Mitchell gets spanked.

Consider my butt tanned and my attitude adjusted.

This laissez-faire attitude of yours

is getting a little hard to swallow.

Is that why I'm still not running Forman Development?

Oh, not again.

We've been there and back on that one.

No, that's it, all right.

Me.

It should be me in charge.

Because without me,

none of this would've happened.

That's right.

None of this would've happened.

( ominous theme playing)

(coughs)

Walt, you look like you seen a ghost.

What are we gonna do, Mr. Forman, about all this?

Yeah, Mr. Forman.

What are we gonna do?

Nothing.

Not yet.

We're gonna keep quiet.

But Mr. Forman, I don't think you understand.

Don't tell me what I don't understand, Walt.

'Cause you're in deep. You're deep as we are.

Now, there's a difference.

See, the Forman name

can turn this any which way we want it to go.

We got the money for the best lawyers in Texas.

And what you got is a public defender

and the rest of your life in prison.

So you keep your mouth shut, Walt.

Do as you're told.

You frightened, Walt?

Well, what we gonna do, Mr. Forman?

I think you ought to do what Daddy said, Walt.

Keep your mouth shut.

WALKER: My name is Ranger Walker.

I'd like to ask you a few questions.

What is it I can do for you, Ranger Walker?

Well, I understand you've been working here for over ten years.

That's right.

I'm looking for someone

who might know this boy.

Yeah, I think I do.

This looks like Tom's little brother.

Tom who? Tom Raven.

This could be his brother Billy.

Um, do you recognize this?

Yeah, this is Billy's.

Um...

COOK: Order up.

I ha... I have to get, uh, to the kitchen now.

Just a couple more questions, please.

No. No more questions.

I already told you all I could remember, Ranger Walker.

Por favor, señor.

( horse whinnying)

( mysterious theme playing)

( wind howling)

(excited chatter)

Got to get him in crossfire.

What's that?

What's going on?

Come on, drive, man, drive.

Go, go.

( melancholy theme playing)

( horse whinnying)

What in the hell have you done now?

What I've done is now 15 targets without a miss.

You know what I'm talking about.

Not until you tell me.

The attempt on the life

of that Ranger, Cordell Walker. That's what.

Oh, yes, that.

Yeah, I heard something about it.

But you don't think I had anything to do with it, do you?

(scoffs)

Look, I give you my word.

Well, your word isn't worth much.

Apparently. Apparently?

You mean obviously.

Ever since your mother died

it's been one lie after another

like some kind of cheap novel.

Oh, please.

I've been trying to love you

for 27 years, Mitchell.

I've paid very dearly.

( ominous theme playing)

Keep going, you're so close.

Hurry! Catch him on the swing.

Catch him on the swing. Can you push him?

Push.

Lupe, go inside, please.

(speaking in Spanish)

Hello. Hi.

Had a feeling I'd see you again.

Mrs. Alonzo, this is my partner,

Ranger Trivette. Pleasure.

Um, please take a seat.

Can you tell us anything else

about Billy and Tom Raven?

Not much, but I will try.

(sighs)

Tom and I were seeing each other.

He'd come by the diner and Billy would be with him.

It was a happy time.

One night about eight years ago,

Tom and I were supposed to go on a date.

He didn't come to pick me up.

The next day I went to his place,

a trailer he lived in with Billy,

but he was not there.

The... The police were there.

They told me Tom had been shot in the head.

They thought that Billy had done it,

then ran away.

Anyway, that's what they told me.

Do you believe that?

No. Billy could never do such a thing.

He and Thomas, they loved each other.

Did Thomas die?

They told me he survived,

with severe brain damage.

Who told you?

Dr. Sheldon.

At the Brookside Sanitarium where they put Tom.

I went there,

but Dr. Sheldon said it was useless to see Tom,

that the bullet had completely damaged his brain,

and that he would never recover.

I understand Tom is still there at Brookside.

He's been there eight years.

Okay, thank you very much, Mrs. Alonzo.

We appreciate it.

You're welcome.

Thanks. Thank you.

So?

(sighs)

So let's go to Brookside and see Tom Raven.

Okay, that's fine.

But, Walker, you gotta do me a favor on this, all right?

What? Don't say anything

about seeing ghosts to those people,

or we're gonna spend a lot more time at Brookside

than we want to, okay?

Whatever you say.

MAN: Mr. Raven's file could be a chapter and verse,

a definitive textbook on the variants

inherent in depression-related violence.

Sociopathic tendencies, schizophrenia.

Of course, the brain damage done

by the bullet that almost killed him.

Is that him?

Yes, it is.

He looks dangerous.

So then I can go with you?

No.

I could insist, you know.

As Raven's physician of record,

it's my right to go in with you!

You can insist all you want, doctor,

but you're not going in with us.

It's a murder investigation. You have no authority, doc.

Very well. Let them in.

(door buzzes)

( ominous theme playing)

Turn this on.

(static buzzes)

Is that me, Tom?

(grunting)

I need to ask you some questions.

(grunting and moaning)

Do you understand?

(grunting)

Understanding is what none of us do,

except for me

and you.

Can you tell me what happened?

(panting)

Anything at all?

Mm-hm.

He rides the lightning.

Lightning?

(grunts)

Are you talking about the lightning

on your brother's chest?

The thunder.

The thunder is filled with God's fire,

then this protects him from the evil.

From the evil.

(whimpers)

The evil.

Tom, I need to know who shot you.

Who shot you?

Oh, no, no, no.

No, no more. No more!

No more! I go exploding.

I go exploding! I go exploding!

No, no, no. No more, no more.

I go exploding. I go exploding!

I go exploding. I go exploding. I go exploding.

I go exploding. I go exploding.

(sobbing)

(moaning)

(knocking)

(door buzzes)

(latch clicks)

(door slams)

(panting)

Whoa-ho-ho.

I gotta tell you, I gotta go with Sheldon.

That guy is as loony as a June bug.

I don't think so, Trivette.

Oh, but you don't think so?

No, I don't.

You know what? And I'm not even gonna ask why.

Yes, I am. Why don't you think he's crazy?

Because... Watch out!

Shoot!

Shoot!

( suspenseful theme playing)

I'll take him myself.

(horn honking)

No!

This is Trivette.

I'm at Diplomat and Farmers Branch.

I got a crashed and burning tractor.

(screaming)

(wailing)

Ambulance is coming. Okay.

Take it easy, Walt.

Guess who owns Brookside Sanitarium

where Tom Raven's been hanging out for eight years.

Tell me.

Del Forman.

So, what do you think?

I think Tom Raven

is telling us who shot his brother,

and whoever it is

has a distinctive mark on his face.

Trivette? Yeah?

Run a profile on Del Forman and his son.

ALEX: Same birthmark.

That's not evidence.

Especially coming from a man

who's been declared legally insane.

(rings)

Walker.

Okay, thanks, doctor.

Walt Taylor can talk.

I'm gonna go see what he knows.

You guys keep digging.

All right.

You know, Jimmy, I'm beginning to think

that Walker really did see a ghost out there.

You doubt him?

And you didn't?

Not for an instant.

Alex, paranormal events are as commonplace to me

as the changing of the weather.

Oh, right. Since when?

(sighs)

How you feeling?

(groans)

(mutters)

Why didn't you do it, Walt?

Why didn't you shoot?

I done a lot of bad things,

but murder ain't one of 'em.

You wanna talk about it?

No.

Tell me, Walt.

Did you shoot Billy Raven?

(grunts)

No, no.

Then who did?

I can't tell you that.

I... (grunts)

I can't tell you that.

WOMAN (on PA): Cardiologist, please report to the O.R.

Well, it's Ranger Walker, isn't it?

I'm Mitch Forman.

I know who you are.

Yeah, well,

just came by to see how Walt Taylor

was coming along,

but, uh, they won't let us in to see him.

Heh-heh.

He must have gone crazy to try something like that.

Not half as crazy as you putting him up to it.

Well, well, now, Ranger Walker.

What a high and mighty one we are, huh?

It's no wonder people are trying to take you out.

I wanna tell you something, Forman.

I know you killed Billy Raven,

and it's just a matter of time before I prove it.

( tense theme playing)

(grunts)

(coughs)

You disobeyed me again, didn't you?

Went straight against my orders.

I used my initiative.

You haven't got brains enough for initiative.

Damn, I can't believe you went after Walker again.

Oh, don't fret, Daddy.

Three strikes and Mr. Walker will be out

for good.

He hit me.

He laid his hands on me,

and now he is dead.

And you're a stupid fool.

Jeopardizing everything we've built up

for your own two-bit ego.

Using Forman company personnel in attempted murders.

Connecting an entire organization to felonies.

You know what you've done?

You put every one of our heads right on the block.

Me?

Who kept the crazy Apache alive all these years, huh?

(groans)

Alive and just waiting

to burn me to the ground.

He's locked up. He's harmless.

Harmless.

Harmless.

(coughs)

He put Walker on my tail.

That's why I went after him,

to defend myself.

Because you don't have the guts

to put Tom Raven where he belongs:

in a grave.

No, it's because I've still got

a little bit of honor left.

It's the least I could do after taking away

everything the poor mad fool had.

(coughing)

Help me, son.

Help me.

Help me here.

(retching)

Help me here, son.

(coughing)

Damn you.

(moans)

And damn me for bringing you into this world.

(grunts)

(groans)

( dramatic theme playing)

PRIEST: And so on this sad day,

we commend the soul of Delmont James Forman

to his lord and savior Jesus Christ.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

That which is of the earth shall return to the earth,

but the soul of the righteous

shall be one with the heart of God.

Amen.

MAN: Amen.

ALL: Amen.

Amen.

The king is dead.

Long live the king.

Mitch Forman:

the man with the power.

So it should be interesting now, huh?

Our little game to find out who goes down first?

We'll see, won't we, Forman?

Yeah, you're right, Walker.

We will see.

ALEX: I'm afraid from a lawyer's point of view,

we don't have much hard evidence against Forman.

What we do have is an 8-year-old murder

with no physical evidence

except for an 8-year-old bullet.

And yes, in our minds, we have a very strong suspect,

but one who can be linked

by proof that is, at best, circumstantial.

Finally, we have two possible witnesses

whose corroboration might get us to trial,

but one witness is in the hospital

too afraid to talk,

and the other one is in a sanitarium

by court order.

Prosecution rests.

So, what do we do?

Until we can prove Tom Raven isn't crazy,

Walt Taylor's our best bet.

But he's scared to death.

Yeah, I know.

But I think he wants to talk.

He's been carrying

a big burden of guilt for a long time.

Let's go talk to him.

(groans)

(door closes)

Walt, this is Alex Cahill,

Assistant District Attorney.

(grunts)

Mr. Taylor,

we have reasons to believe that the Formans

were threatening to blame you

for what happened eight years ago.

I c... I can't talk about this.

Walt, we know who killed Billy Raven.

Mitch Forman.

Now, talk to us.

(sighs)

All right.

All right.

It was late, toward dawn.

Mr. Forman and his geologist buddies,

they was digging for test samples of uranium

and finding pretty good traces.

Mitch was keeping a lookout, and I was giving him a hand.

We'd been on the Raven brothers' property

for a couple of nights,

but this was the closest we'd come

to their trailer.

And everybody was jumpy.

So he thought he and his brother might stay clear.

But Billy.

Billy had other ideas.

I guess he thought he'd be a crazy Apache,

and go down there and have fun

with whoever was there.

And if there was trouble, he'd... He'd just ride,

but it didn't work that way.

It just didn't work out that way.

Uranium. "Uranium." Mr. Foreman yelled,

And that's when I saw the kid in the dunes.

Guess he...

That one word, that's all he needed to hear.

Guess he was too happy to be careful.

He jumped on his horse

and he made a beeline for the trailer.

And I could hear him yelling.

(yelling)

And I heard something else.

I heard a shot.

Billy!

(shouts indistinctly)

(weeping)

(screams)

And those shots put a chill in me

that reached way down.

No!

And I ran on ahead of Mr. Forman.

Damn fool!

What the hell have you...? What have you done?

There was only blood on the sand and the darkness.

Mr. Forman, he took his son Mitch away

and told me to bury the body.

Told me if I didn't, he'd say I did it,

and you already know what happened to Tom Raven.

Mr. Forman pulled the strings

to keep him locked up.

All this because of a greedy old man

and a crazy young fool.

( melancholy theme playing)

Well, do we have enough to get Tom Raven

released and re-examined?

More than enough.

Thank you.

We heading to Brookside?

As fast as we can get there.

Take it easy, Walt.

We're gonna set you free, Raven.

Oh, yeah, like my baby brother,

you murdering bastard?

Like you killed little Billy, huh?

(laughs)

After all these years,

you were playing crazy.

This is impossible, Mitch. Mitch, this can't be.

Let's go. Mitch. Mitch.

Keep helping these killers, doc,

and they'll put you away forever.

Get him out of here.

Mitch, please, listen... Mitch, my God, please.

He's right.

I can't have anything to do with murder.

Look, out of my way.

This time I'm doing it right.

What happened?

Mitch Forman and some men, they... They took Tom.

Where?

I... I don't know.

But they hit me

and then they just took him by force.

Look, I didn't have anything to do with this, I swear to God.

How are we gonna find him?

I don't know.

WALKER: This way.

How do you know this is the way?

Billy's showing us the way.

Where?

Billy knows.

( suspenseful theme playing)

There he is.

If it hadn't been for Walt Taylor

and that self-righteous father of mine,

I would have finished you off years ago, Raven.

MITCH: Now.

I'm gonna make up for their mistake.

Let some fresh air into that sneaky,

Apache brain of yours.

Any last words?

(raspberrys)

I always knew that truth would win out,

and that justice would be done.

Everything you do from now on

will be like committing suicide.

(laughs)

Me and Billy have won!

We've won! (screams)

You got a funny way of winning, you stupid Indian.

Hold it! Texas Ranger!

Look, you handle 'em.

I'll take care of Geronimo here.

( horse whinnying)

Billy.

Man, I see it,

but I still don't believe it.

Get up.

What's the matter, Mitch? Seen a ghost?

Thanks, Billy.

Bye, little brother.

Be star bright, Billy.

( uplifting theme playing)

( upbeat theme 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 ♪