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( light rock action theme playing)

( suspenseful theme playing)

(indistinct chattering)

MAN: Yo, man. There's Pike.

It looks like he's serious.

Let's go.

I don't usually handle this kind of thing myself, Trask,

but in your case, I've made an exception.

(grunts)

(chuckles)

(coughs)

GUARD: Come on, inmates. Move, move.

Come on, come on. Move out of the way.

Hey... Oh, hi, Mr. Pike.

Officer Rydell.

Uh, what's going on?

Somebody was fighting.

I broke it up.

Yeah? Well, thanks.

What was the fight about?

Nothing much.

Old Trask was getting a little too ambitious, that's all.

Bit off more than he could chew, is that it?

Exactly. Mm.

Anyone here see who did the pounding?

How about you? MAN: No, no, sir.

Anybody over here?

MEN: No, sir.

No?

Case closed.

Looks that way.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Pike,

I got some good news for you, Mr. Pike.

Word is your lawyer's plea

for an early release has been approved.

You've been a big help to me through the years, Rydell.

Another generous deposit

will find its way into your personal account.

Always glad to help, Mr. Pike.

All right, couple of you guys get him to the infirmary.

Come on. Come on. Let's go.

(cell door slams)

MAN (distantly): I need to talk to you, buddy!

Yo! I got my beef with you.

(door buzzes open)

You ready, Mr. Pike?

(door buzzes open)

REPORTER 1: Oh, there he is. Here he comes.

Uh, excuse me, Mr. Pike...

REPORTER 2: Any statement, Mr. Pike?

Not for any of you.

What are you feeling right now, Mr. Pike?

Free, sweetheart. Very free.

Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Pike...

Do you still say you're innocent?

OFFICER: All of you get back

and leave Mr. Pike alone.

Hey, hey, hey. This is a great day, huh?

Great as they come, Benny. How you doing, Jack?

Just fine, Mr. Pike.

I mean, especially now that you're out and all.

Oh, come on, Jack. You hate this.

No, that's... That's not true.

You hate it, and I don't blame you.

You've been running the outfit,

and now you gotta hand it all back.

Look, now, you've been a great lieutenant,

but I hope you didn't get too comfortable

sitting in the big seat.

I'd hate to lose you.

You understand me, kid?

Yeah. (chuckles)

Take it easy, man.

NEWSCASTER (on TV): Six suspects were arrested

and over a hundred kilos of heroin were confiscated,

with an estimated street value of $20 million.

Hey, Walker, we made the 10:00 news, man.

That's great, Trivette.

I look good, huh? This is the biggest heroin bust

in the Metroplex area in the last ten years. And now...

What were we talking about?

We were talking about going away for the weekend,

but you were being evasive.

I wasn't being evasive.

I was just trying to figure out

if I could take the time off or not.

Take the time off.

Three days of fishing,

hiking,

moonlight walks.

It does sound tempting.

Perhaps a massage.

Massage? Or two.

Really? Mm-hm.

We'll have more on Vince Pike's early release

after these messages.

Maybe I could take the time off.

C.D.: Cordell.

Look, Cordell. You'd better get on over here and see this.

Well, we'd better go see what it's all about.

MAN (on TV): Bad credit? No credit? No problem.

Come on down to Muskrat Bob's used-car lot.

Zero percent down, $199 a month for 60 months.

What, the commercial, C.D.?

Prices are MSRP and dealer prices may vary.

Uh-uh. You'll see.

NEWSCASTER (on TV): In a surprise move

that's certain to cause controversy

among state law-enforcement officials,

notorious racketeer Vince Pike was granted an early release

from state prison.

REPORTER 1: What are you feeling, Mr. Pike?

Free, sweetheart. Very free.

NEWSCASTER: Pike, convicted of conspiracy

in a sensational murder case,

was discharged from custody this morning

after serving only ten years of a 40-year sentence.

How could they let that animal out in just ten years...?

God.

Hey, are you all right?

Look, Cordell, I'm... I'm sorry.

Cordell, you need to talk to me,

I... I mean, you need anything, just let me know.

Big Dog, what is that about?

Vince Pike.

What does Vince Pike have to do with Walker?

He killed the woman that Cordell was in love with ten years ago.

Cordell was gonna marry her.

Walker was gonna get married?

Yeah.

She was a real fine lady too,

and they were very happy together

until Vince Pike murdered her.

(breathes heavily)

( 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 ♪

ALEX: Walker engaged to be married.

I had no idea.

Yeah.

Her, uh, her name was Ellen Garrett.

She was a real fine lady, and I liked her a lot.

Ellen was from the Midwest.

Brought with her all those basic good sense

and ethics of the heartland.

She'd been teaching law

at the university for the past year

and met Cordell in one of them law-enforcement seminars.

Cord, that doesn't fit.

I'm gonna make it fit.

(giggles)

You'll ruin the puzzle.

Forget it. (yelps)

They took to one another right away,

and started a courtship that always reminded me

of two strong countries deciding to be allies.

(yelps)

(both giggle)

Ah-ha, so you wanna play rough, do you?

(grunts): Yeah.

And within a year, he and Ellen

were planning on getting hitched.

They were creating a real life together,

with Ellen knowing just how to mix Walker's business

and both their pleasures.

And all this despite the fact

that Walker and me were working overtime

to put Vince Pike and his gang behind bars.

Good Lord.

We got to get this fella Pike.

Pike knows we're only one step behind him.

For his part, old Pike was keeping busy

wiping out the competition.

They butted heads like a pair of bulls.

Cordell knew Pike was guilty as sin,

but the varmint was also smart, and he had his share of luck.

Every time we'd haul him in, he'd slip through our fingers.

Cordell, his shyster lawyer's got a paper says let him go.

(chuckles)

(snickers)

Pike was feeling the pressure.

We had him in a corner that he couldn't get out of.

And that's when it happened.

(gunshot) (groans)

(screams)

They left them for dead.

By the time help arrived, Ellen was gone

and Walker was in critical condition.

It didn't take Cordell long to trace

Ellen's murder back to Vince Pike,

and I was with him the day we rounded those bad boys up.

Only they weren't so bad anymore.

WALKER: One of us is going to die, Pike.

Go on.

Reach for it.

All right.

How about this?

Go ahead.

Go on, Pike. You gutless?

Don't you do it, Pike. Sam, get on him.

SAM: Come on. Turn around.

Cordell, it's over.

Cordell, it's over.

Walker was having a real hard time

dealing with Ellen's death.

The guilt was beginning to get to him

and he couldn't help but feel responsible for what happened.

Even Vince Pike's conviction didn't help Cordell's pain.

Without Ellen around, he...

He went after the bad guys with a vengeance,

like he didn't give a damn, like he was asking for it.

It was during those dark days

that Cordell built his reputation

as the best doggone lawman in Texas,

and where the bad guys were concerned,

the most feared.

Cordell was completely out of control.

He just kept pushing the envelope.

The department made him take a leave of absence

and get his head together.

Where'd he go?

Home to the reservation.

And to White Eagle.

That's right, to White Eagle.

You have been out here for many days, Washoe.

Alone.

Grieving.

Has it helped?

I thought not.

There is only the pain of losing someone.

You are a warrior, Washoe, as I am,

and life is a war.

Isn't this true?

And in a war, loved ones are lost.

But warriors must deal with defeat as well as victory,

then continue the good fight.

There will be wounds and scars

upon this warrior heart,

but there will also be that special place

to hold the memory of the one you have lost.

C.D.: The next day,

Cordell showed up at headquarters

and asked to be put back on duty.

This hadn't been a problem until this evening.

That explains a lot of things to me, C.D.

Think he needs somebody with him?

Oh, hell, no, Jimmy.

Look at his eyes. I've seen those eyes before.

He needs to be by himself.

( melancholy theme playing)

ELLEN: A rose.

I think it's the perfect symbol for our love.

Ask me why.

Okay. Why?

(giggles)

Because it's beautiful,

and just a little bit dangerous.

Oh, my gosh.

ELLEN: Now that the insurance question's been settled,

it'll be no time at all before that Ride-Along program

is up and running full speed.

It'll be terrific, don't you think, Cord?

I mean, law students riding around

with Rangers and DPS officers... (sighs)

Yeah, it'll be great.

Hey, Ranger, you're not listening today.

What's up?

Uh, nothing's up.

Oh, if this were in court,

you'd be up on perjury right now.

Well, you know, it's kind of hard to get a word in edgewise

when you start talking.

Oh, really?

Yeah, really.

No, come on.

You've got something else on your mind.

It's more than my motor mouth.

Come on.

Confess.

Ellen,

you know, no one, I mean...

I mean, no one could love you more than I do.

I do.

Huh? You do what?

I accept.

I mean, that is if... If you're proposing.

Yeah, that's what I'm trying to do.

Then I accept.

(laughs)

Oh, because I love you.

I love you.

(gunshot)

(groans)

(screams)

(screams)

(grunts)

( dramatic theme playing)

Cordell would've done anything in the world to have saved her,

but she was gone, and then he went a little bit crazy.

He got out of the hospital too soon

and tracked down those two shooters that Pike hired.

WALKER: Texas Ranger.

(screams)

PIKE: Just in case any of you guys

got any doubts,

Vince Pike's on top again,

and we're gonna pick up right where I left off.

But first things first.

And top of the list:

It's payback time for Cordell Walker.

ALL (murmuring): Yeah. Yeah, right.

(chuckles)

You gotta be kidding, Mr. Pike.

This is not the time for that kind of thing.

Killing a Ranger right now,

all you'd do is roust out every cop in Texas.

We're not gonna kill him, Jack.

We're just gonna get his attention.

JACK: How are you gonna get his attention?

I'm gonna go after his friends.

That old man used to be his partner, C.D. Parker,

his new partner, Trivette,

and Assistant District Attorney Alex Cahill.

No. That is crazy. I'm not gonna let you do it.

You will destroy everything that I have built up.

Who you gonna side with, huh?

Right now. Him or me?

You're gonna have to make your decisions right now.

(groans)

Oh, man.

Well, come on.

Answer Jack's question.

Who's gonna side with him?

(groaning)

Looks like you lose, Jack.

There are some things you just don't question!

Hey, hey, hey. Hey, Mr. Pike.

MAN: He's dead. Vince, man, listen.

I... I... I just wanna say one thing.

I think I speak for everybody here

when I say that there's no problem here, okay?

Whatever you need, whatever you want,

you just name it, it's done.

Am I right? ALL: Yeah. Yeah.

Cool.

( melancholy theme playing)

(whispers): Ellen...

( phone rings)

( phone ringing)

(ringing)

Yeah?

Okay, Trivette. I'll be there soon.

(police radios squawking)

(camera clicks)

Wanna take a look?

Jack Mitchell, isn't it?

Pike's right-hand man while he was in the joint.

It's a message.

Showing the boys who's boss.

You got it. Ooh-hoo.

C.D.: ♪ Buffalo gal ♪

♪ Won't you come out tonight? ♪

♪ Come out tonight? Come out tonight? ♪

♪ Buffalo gal Won't you come out tonight? ♪

♪ Dance by the light Of the moon ♪

♪ Oh, Buffalo gal Won't you come...? ♪

Hey, fellas. Uh, I'm sorry, we're not open yet.

You guys come back.

Hey, pop, what's in the pot?

Well, that's called a Mineola Mulligan.

It's got squirrel and quail, and first one...

Like I said, we're not open yet. Why don't you guys...?

Wrong, pop. You ain't open ever.

(man laughs)

You guys get out of here.

Or what?

You gonna serve us some soup?

Has it got enough garlic in it?

(grunts)

Where'd you learn to hit,

at a Girl Scout camp?

MAN: Easy. The boss don't want him dead, just wishing he was.

I don't care what you and that doctor say.

I got to get out of here.

I got to go back there to where my business is.

I got to get out of here. I'm tired of staying...

C.D., C.D., calm down.

You gotta listen to what the nurses are saying.

I don't have to do a thing but die.

Come on, now, Big Dog. Yes, you do.

I'm not ready to do that.

No. Settle down now.

Nurse, he's gonna stay. It's gonna be fine.

Get me some water, will you?

My goodness.

Cordell, Cordell. Save me, will you?

Listen, I gotta get down to the bar tonight,

or... Or at least by tomorrow night.

Who did this?

Well, it was three big, ugly punks

that had hands like cement blocks.

But the guy that led them...

Ten years ago, when we were trying to put Pike away,

this guy used to do some freelance muscle work for him.

Big, ugly guy.

Yeah, I remember.

J.J. Mobley. That's him.

Wa... Wait a minute. That doesn't prove Pike's connection to this.

Proves it to me.

(chuckles): It's the damndest thing, Jimmy.

C.D.: Cordell shot him... Walker, wait.

I think I've known you long enough to understand you.

Now, don't go doing something you're gonna regret.

You are not Vince Pike.

And no matter what happens,

you cannot let him turn you into the same thing that he is.

( mellow theme playing)

PIKE: Come on in, Ranger.

MAN: Watch it.

(grunting)

PIKE: Just tearing him up.

(grunts and groans)

See, I've learned a few things since you busted me.

If there's something I'm thankful for,

prison toughened me up,

put a little steel in my guts.

(grunting)

So next time we dance, I'm gonna lead.

I didn't come here to see you flex your ego, Pike.

Yeah?

Well, what did you come here for?

No, wait. Let me tell you.

You came here to rattle my cage, right?

Stir me up?

Maybe shake me into making a mistake, huh?

You did make a mistake.

You hurt a friend of mine.

Did I? Close friend?

Oh, golly, that's awful.

Isn't that awful?

Oh, yeah, Vince. That's just awful.

Ah!

Do whatever you want with me, Pike,

but leave my friends out of it.

A man like you, Walker,

he shouldn't have friends.

Take that girl of yours, for instance, uh,

What was her name? The one that was killed?

Helen, right? No, no. Ellen.

PIKE: Ellen Garrett.

She found out, didn't she?

Hm? The hard way.

Trivette's next.

(country music playing)

(laughter)

Big Dog, I tell you, you amaze me.

A man of his word. Right? Forty-eight hours,

you're back on your feet. I love that.

What I told you.

You should be back in the hospital.

Oh, look out. I'm much too ornery for that.

How about that, Cordell?

Isn't that right, Cordell?

Hm? Yeah, you're right, C.D.

Cordell, are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Hey, if you're worried about Pike, don't be.

If he gets after us again, we'll be ready for him.

Besides, in most circles, we would be considered

very capable of taking care of ourselves.

Yeah, I know, but it doesn't stop me from worrying.

Well, it has to, because you need to focus

on putting Pike away, not on protecting us.

Yeah.

I think the key to nailing Pike is the murder of Jack Mitchell.

Well, I'll go to work in that direction tomorrow. No problem.

Okay.

Listen, Ranger Trivette, I ain't what you call a rat,

you know, but now Vince starts talking about,

you know, uh, piling up Walker's pals.

I mean... And one of them's a DA.

I mean, come on, that's some serious heat, man.

You know, so I just started thinking maybe I should save

yours truly a trip to death row.

You know, anyway, I'm ready to talk,

and if it's about Jack Mitchell getting whacked, fine.

I'll be a rat. I don't care, okay?

But only if I can get a deal. Okay? I think that's fair.

I mean, you get Vincent Pike, I get a deal.

Huh?

So, what do you think?

Academy Award time, my man.

Yeah, well, I get lucky sometimes.

Now, let's see how good you are for real.

Oh, he'll buy it, Vince. I'm telling you.

You just wait and see here. Watch this. Hello?

Uh, yes, uh, give me Trivette, please.

Yeah, Ranger James Trivette.

Right. Okay. Yeah, I'll hold.

ELLEN: What do you think about the law?

I mean, really and truly.

Well...

basic principles, I guess.

A code of living based on right and wrong.

Ooh.

Right and wrong.

That's a pretty complicated issue.

Not really.

There's no mystery to what hurts people

and doesn't hurt people, Ellen.

That's true.

Yeah.

You always bring me back to basics.

The way you see things and the way you feel them,

I guess that's what I love about you so much.

You know what, lady? Hm?

I think I'm gonna keep you.

(laughs)

Oh, why, thank you so much, sir.

( romantic theme playing)

WALKER: See those two stars up there?

The Cherokee call them Oon-i loop-ti.

The Lovers.

(both giggling)

Ah-ha, so you wanna play rough, do you?

(grunts): Yeah.

Alex, what are you doing here?

C.D. told me about you and Ellen, and...

I thought it might help if we could talk about it.

Thanks, but there's nothing to talk about.

You told me once,

life is a series of choices

that we make that lead us to our destiny,

and each one of us controls our own fate.

Ellen made her choice, Walker, not you.

There's a part of me that's

jealous of a ghost.

What she had with you,

and how you still feel about her,

it's really beautiful.

(cell phone rings)

(sighs): Yes?

Yes.

(sighs)

Walker, it's Jimmy.

He has to talk to you.

What is it, Trivette?

TRIVETTE: Hey, I'm a few minutes away

from the old Redstone meat-packing plant

in Fort Worth.

I got a call from Benny Flynn. He said he wants to meet me.

Gave me an hour.

He says he wants to turn over, Walker.

It could be a trap.

Yeah, or it's exactly what we need

to put Pike behind bars for good.

Okay, wait for me. I'm on my way.

I gotta go.

Be careful.

Alex, thanks.

For what?

For being there.

( light rock theme playing)

Yo.

(whistles)

What's up, man?

You Trivette?

Yeah.

Benny Flynn?

Yeah, I'm Benny Flynn, right.

Ain't nobody else here, right? I'm Benny Flynn.

So, what's up, man? You're late.

Yeah, I know.

Listen.

We need to wait a couple minutes for Walker.

W-Walker? W-Walker's coming here?

Yeah.

Oh, no way, man. No way.

You didn't say nothing about Walker, man.

I'll tell you what, man. I'm out of here, okay?

Forget about it.

Flynn.

Flynn!

(engine rumbles)

(tires screech)

(grunts)

(tires screech)

(screams)

This is Walker. Officer down

at the old Redstone meat-packing plant.

Easy, Trivette. Easy. Easy.

Don't move. The ambulance is on the way.

(sirens wail distantly)

( melancholy theme playing)

(beeping)

Hey, pard.

Hey.

Zigged when I should've zagged.

You did go flying.

Thought you were Superman there for a minute.

Don't you make me laugh.

You know, the flying was easy. It's the landing that was hard.

Get some sleep.

Yeah.

Ranger Walker, you got a message from a Miss Cahill's office.

They said she wanted you to meet her

at Lake Santos as soon as you can.

Lake Santos? That's what they said.

Okay. Thanks.

( soft rock theme playing)

I do.

Huh? You do what?

I accept.

I mean, that is if... If you're proposing.

Yeah, that's what I'm trying to do.

Why did you wanna meet all the way out here?

(gunshot)

(screams)

Get down.

(machine-gun fire)

(groans)

(croaks)

(screams)

Come on.

There's somebody who wants to see you.

Thank you, Jimmy.

My pleasure.

All right, here are your charges.

Conspiracy to commit murder in Jack Mitchell's homicide.

That's crazy.

Not according to what you told Trivette.

You said that Pike killed Jack Mitchell with a golf club.

It was just a story. It was a story.

I said that to set him up.

Set Trivette up, right?

ALEX: And that is your second charge.

Attempted murder of two Texas Rangers

and an Assistant District Attorney.

I was just doing what I was told.

Well, I'm sure the judge would take that under consideration.

If you're willing to testify against Pike.

No way. He'll kill me.

There's a fair chance that the state of Texas

will do that anyway.

Unless you're willing to cooperate.

( suspenseful theme playing)

All right, get down. Drop your weapon and hit the ground.

Go, go, go.

Hey, boss, there's cops everywhere.

Get out there and stop them now.

(gunfire)

(gunfire and yelling)

OFFICER: Hands up!

Let's go, let's go.

Don't move.

(gun clicking)

It's over, Pike.

You're not gonna send me back to prison, Walker.

You don't have much of a choice.

You know what I regret?

That I didn't beat your brains out.

You said the next time we dance, you'd lead.

Let's see if you can do that.

( dramatic theme playing)

(gunshots)

(screams)

OFFICEr 1: Let's go. OFFICER 2: Come on, move it!

Come on. Down, down. Easy.

You're a lousy dancer, Pike.

Maybe you can dance better in prison.

Could we finish that talk we started

about love and ghosts and jealousy?

Sure.

( romantic 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 ♪