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( light rock action theme playing)

( ominous theme playing)

Thank you for making me such a fine weapon, Seth.

My dear old friend.

Sorry it had to end this way.

(siren wailing)

Check this out.

He's easy.

MAN: Hey, Grandpa.

Well, well, well. Sharp-dressed man.

All dressed up and no place to race.

Where do you think you're going? You want my money.

Ha, money. Now, why didn't I think of that?

MAN 1: Yeah, good idea, man. MAN 2: Genius.

Nice watch.

MAN: Check it out.

MAN: Smart man. Now please let me go.

No can do, professor. How about the case?

Please, I've been very reasonable.

I've given you my money and I've given you my watch.

Let it go at that.

(indistinct chatter)

Look, Dad,

just give up the case, or you die.

No, you die.

( action theme playing)

( 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)

This wasn't a fight, this was a massacre.

These gang things are getting worse all the time.

It wasn't a gang.

One man did this. Oh, come on, Walker,

we got five dead here. I know.

Whoever did it is good.

No, I don't buy that.

I knew these guys.

We're talking some serious bad dudes here.

No way one guy could do this. Suit yourself.

ME says each one of these guys was killed with a single blow.

Okay, okay, so maybe one guy takes out

these four with his bare hands.

But then he decides to take out his gun

and chase the fifth guy across the plaza

and put a bullet in his brain?

He didn't chase him across the plaza.

He shot him from over there.

Ha, get serious.

You're telling me someone put a bullet in that punk's head

at 75 yards, in the dark?

Like I said, he's good.

Walker, you're crazy.

Well, I only know one guy that could make that shot.

You were home last night in bed, right?

Right? Right.

I'm serious, partner.

What kind of guy makes a shot like that

after taking out four guys with his bare hands?

MAN: The Viper.

ALEX: Rangers Cordell Walker, James Trivette,

this is Collin Draper from Interpol.

Interpol? ALEX: Mm-hm.

In Dallas on special assignment,

out of our London Bureau.

Who's the Viper?

Is there somewhere we can talk?

Come on.

His real name is Steven Michael Jameson,

a.k.a. the Viper.

The world's deadliest assassin.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, 1941.

Gifted athlete, brilliant student.

Marine volunteer,

Force Recon, missions classified.

WALKER: You seem to know a lot about him.

I should.

I've been tracking him for 25 years.

Twenty-five years?

And back when I started, he was already a legend.

A legend?

If you look up most of the high-profile assassinations

in the past 35 years,

you'd find out the Viper was probably involved.

When you say high-profile...? Oh, I mean high-profile.

( eerie theme playing)

DRAPER: The Viper's in Dallas, and he's here for a reason.

If I'm gonna get him,

I'm gonna need your help, Walker.

Why me?

I checked you out.

Do you have any evidence the Viper's in Dallas?

Just my instincts. TRIVETTE: Instincts?

That's great. You guys are gonna get along just fine.

Fifteen years ago, I got close.

Too close.

(screams)

What happened?

October the 6th, 1981, Cairo.

'81, Cairo?

Sadat.

I've been tracking the Viper for 10 years.

This was the first time I actually had him in my sights.

I had him, Walker.

But I made a terrible mistake.

I underestimated him.

(screams)

He left me for dead.

And four hours later, Sadat was assassinated.

How did you track the Viper to Dallas?

Seth Miller. Who's Seth Miller?

Ex-CIA operative who works out of South Africa now.

He handles the Viper's weaponry.

He always uses the same guy? Yeah.

They've been together since the beginning.

Do you have any idea where we can find this Seth Miller?

I was hoping you'd help me track him down, Walker.

Did Miller fly in from South Africa?

Came through Customs in New York.

Then, according to our sources, made his way to Dallas.

Well, if he came through Customs,

he didn't bring anything with him.

Never does. Makes all his own stuff.

All custom, all top-of-the-line.

Then he'd need top-of-the-line components.

That's right.

Do you have any ideas on the subject?

Yeah, I think I do.

Let's go. Right.

( mysterious theme playing)

MAN: Hey, Lou, why don't you check the numbers on this list?

I'm not sure this last box goes.

Jackie, I wanna talk to you. MAN 1: Hey, who's that?

MAN 2: What's going on here?

All right.

( action theme playing)

Get in here, Jackie.

Now you've got five seconds to answer my question,

or 20 years wishing you had. Where's Seth Miller?

Seth Miller?

Seth Miller.

( mysterious theme playing)

Okay, coming through.

That's what did it. MAN: Yes, sir.

(indistinct chatter)

All right, we got a neck snapped in one single blow.

Death was instantaneous.

No sign of defensive wounds whatsoever.

MAN: Excuse me.

Why did the Viper kill him?

I don't know, Walker.

They were like brothers. No, they were closer than brothers.

Does the Viper work with anyone else?

Yes, he has a mistress. Simone Deschamps.

She supplies him with fake ID.

We'd better find her.

( ominous theme playing)

DRAPER: The first time he shows up in the files

is November of 1963.

November of '63. That's when Kennedy was assassinated.

I know. What?

You're saying this Viper guy had something to do

with President Kennedy's assassination?

He was a Marine. He could have known Oswald.

He was on leave at the time, whereabouts unknown.

He could've been in Dallas. Look,

don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that the Viper

was that shadowy figure on the grassy knoll.

I'm not saying there was a shadowy figure.

I'm just saying if there was.

( eerie theme playing)

TRIVETTE: Do you have any surveillance photos on this guy?

He's too good for that. Yeah.

The fact that I've seen him and lived

is the only mistake he ever made.

I had these made up.

It's an artist rendering of his Marine basic training photo,

reworked to show the likely effects of aging.

TRIVETTE: But they're still just guesses.

DRAPER: I know.

That's why I had the artist factor in

everything we know about him. Genetic background,

medical history. We know he has a slight limp.

How do you know that? I gave it to him.

We even worked out a complete psychological profile

to account for behavioral choices

and preferred covers.

If I were a betting man...

Which brings us to the big question. Why is he in Dallas?

The question isn't why, Trivette.

That's right, it's who.

The governor's coming to town for a football game Sunday.

No. You don't hire the Viper to kill a governor.

What about an ambassador?

My boss just handed me an invitation.

The Israeli ambassador is going to be giving a speech

in Dealey Plaza on Monday.

Could he be the target? Wouldn't be the first time.

Let's go talk to the Israelis.

Have you found out anything on that name?

Simone Deschamps? Not yet.

Keep looking, will you?

That's all we know at this moment, Mr. Ambassador.

Well, thank you very much, gentlemen,

for informing me of this.

Well, we appreciate your time. Oh, it is my pleasure.

Even in Israel we have heard of the Texas Rangers.

Then, sir, you'll cancel your speech at Dealey Plaza?

I'm truly sorry. We do not mean to be difficult,

but we do not run, and we do not hide.

We survive because it is an article of faith

that if you shoot at us, we will shoot back.

That's exactly what the Egyptians said,

two days before Sadat was assassinated.

We are well aware of the details

of the Sadat assassination.

All the details.

Are we close to Dealey Plaza? Just a few blocks away.

I'd like to see it. Okay.

So this is the building.

As you know, Oswald shot from the sixth floor.

DRAPER: Yeah.

That was a traumatic time for your country, wasn't it?

Very traumatic.

Where were you when Kennedy was shot?

I was here.

What, in Dallas?

No, right here.

My father brought me to the city

to see the president.

I remember my mother being so excited.

We got here early so we could find a good spot.

I remember hearing the crowd cheering and yelling down there,

and then I saw the motorcade.

The president was smiling and waving at the crowd,

and his wife was more beautiful

than any picture I'd ever seen of her.

As he got closer, I started waving at him.

As he passed by, it was like he was

looking right at me.

Then it happened.

(gunshots)

WOMAN: Oh, no.

MAN: From a gun.

Oh, my God.

DRAPER: Can you give me a minute?

This gentleman and I need to have a bit of a conversation.

DRAPER: Hey.

What's your game? I'm doing my job.

If you were capable of your job,

you wouldn't have lost a prime minister.

If you were capable of following procedure,

Sadat would be alive and there would be peace in my country.

Hey, hey, hey. Easy, guys.

Past history isn't gonna solve our present problem,

okay?

( ominous theme playing)

( mysterious theme playing)

If the Viper plans on killing

the Israeli ambassador at his speech,

we've got less than 48 hours to stop him.

And we haven't got a bloody thing.

Hold on. Thanks.

All right, Simone Deschamps.

She came through Customs in Boston two months ago.

Came directly to Dallas the next day.

If we find her, we'll find him.

Got an address? Yeah,

she's staying in an apartment on Turtle Creek.

Good job, Trivette. Let's go, Draper.

( ominous theme playing)

WOMAN: Thank you. MAN: You're welcome.

DRAPER: I can't believe our luck.

That's her. Simone Deschamps.

Hopefully she'll lead us to the Viper.

Alex, you know this guy Draper? I don't like him.

If I didn't know better, I'd say you're jealous.

No, I'm not jealous. I just have instincts,

and my instincts tell me he's trouble.

DRAPER: She used to be an artist and a fashion model.

And a fine calligrapher and photographer.

Then she fell hopelessly in love with the Viper.

And now, with his help, she's become an expert forger.

DRAPER: Let's go.

MAN: Groceries, ma'am?

She's going in.

The Viper has got to show.

We'll wait.

I missed you, Steven.

I've missed you too, Simone.

Here he is.

Are you sure about this? Yeah.

No sense both of us staying up all night.

You'll call me if he arrives? Right.

I'll see you in the morning. Okay.

Okay.

Smile.

( ominous theme playing)

No sign of him? No, nothing.

You'll let me know if anything happens, right?

Sure.

( ominous theme playing)

Excellent.

How many kills will it be?

Tomorrow makes 13.

Thirteen? Mm-hm.

It's a good number to end on.

Steven, why not let 13 be it?

We've got all the money we'll ever need.

Oh, come with me.

After this business is over.

I have my house in the Seychelles.

We can put our toes in the sand and grow old together.

Steven, I love you.

I love you too.

Walker, I wanna show you something.

In the past 25 years, there have been eight assassinations

where Draper's been on the scene trying to nail this Viper,

and each time he's been paired up with a local cop

and each time that local cop ended up dead.

Interesting. "Interesting"?

I would think you'd be able to find a different word.

And that's not all. Remember he was talking to us about Sadat?

He didn't tell us everything.

After it all happened, he became completely obsessed.

His marriage went down the drain,

his career went off track.

What I'm saying is that that guy is a time bomb.

I think it's time he and I had a heart-to-heart talk.

I'm coming with you.

Move inside.

Right on time, Draper. Where is she?

You killed her. I thought you loved her.

The Viper loved her. But as of tomorrow,

the Viper ceases to exist.

You're inhuman.

For putting my professional life ahead of my personal life?

And what would that make you?

Or perhaps that's a question we should ask your wife.

I'm sorry, I mean, your ex-wife.

You gave up the woman you loved for me.

I guess I should be flattered.

It's over.

Because you say it is? You can't stop me.

You never could.

Eight times you tried, and eight times you failed,

because I'm better than you.

But I've got the gun. You won't use it.

You're too ethical. You always have been.

I'm gonna miss you, Draper. I'm gonna miss you both.

So why didn't he call for backup?

Like you said, he was obsessed.

Take a look at this.

A special security pass for Texas Stadium.

Why don't you find out where the ambassador is?

(phone beeping)

( ominous theme playing)

(crowd cheering in stadium)

Thank you.

Hello. Hello.

WOMAN: Good morning, Mr. Ambassador.

MAN: The Israeli ambassador has arrived.

Thank you for coming. Thank you very much.

Enjoy the game, sir. All right.

(crowd cheering)

(chanting indistinctly)

(indistinct chatter)

( menacing theme playing)

Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. Good afternoon, governor.

The president of the United States is on his way up.

MAN: Vehicle incoming.

You Secret Service? That's right.

The president here? Yes, sir.

Trivette, make sure they warn the president.

Why weren't we told about this?

MAN: Mr. President, welcome.

Welcome, Mr. President.

(upbeat music playing over speakers)

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,

at kickoff time we have a near-capacity crowd

of 68,705.

Kicking off, number 12.

Tim Saunders.

(all cheering)

(whistle blows)

(crowd cheering)

(whistle blows)

Two on the play. Second down and eight.

(indistinct chatter)

(grunting)

Gain of 12 on play, first down.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Sir, stop right there. James Trivette, Texas Ranger.

We have reason to believe the president's in danger.

Talk to Harrison, Level 4.

Harrison?

(speaking indistinctly)

(crowd cheering)

Here's your fruit, sir. Thank you.

Thank you.

(whistle blows)

Sorry, officer, this is a restricted area.

Must be some misunderstanding.

The captain told me to secure the door on the next landing.

You tell your captain we...

Penalty declined.

Fourth down, less than a yard.

Thirty-two defense. Thirty-two.

You're a little off your beat, aren't you, officer?

First and ten, on the 40-yard line.

MAN (yelling): Programs! Get your programs.

Second and seven, 39-yard line.

( cheering echoes ominously)

MAN: Blue 47. Hut.

( ominous theme playing)

( suspenseful theme playing)

(grunting)

(screaming)

( melancholic theme playing)

Ranger Walker.

I never thought I'd meet the man

who could defeat me in mortal combat.

Who hired you?

The 13th kill. I should've known.

Who hired you? I'll tell you what.

I'm gonna do you a favor and not tell you...

because if I do tell you, you won't live to see Monday.

You were there, weren't you? Dealey Plaza.

You helped kill President Kennedy.

So, ranger,

you want to solve the mystery of the century?

Why not? I had...

(gunshot echoing)

(crowd cheering)

( peaceful theme playing)

( light rock action 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 ♪