Original subtitles

( light rock action theme playing)

WALKER: Well, here we are.

The Texas Ranger Museum and Hall of Fame.

Well, could you tell us a story about one of them?

How about Hayes Cooper?

He left a journal before he died.

( ominous theme playing)

NARRATOR: Previously on Walker, Texas Ranger.

BEDOE: And I need his land. The railroad's coming.

Wilson's land is dead in the path.

It's worth a fortune,

but he doesn't know it.

You got a little sand in you, don't you? Here you go.

(fists smacking)

Mister, watch out!

Mister, you're hurt.

We'd be honored to put you up for the night.

I could tend to that wound.

What was that all about in town?

Silas Bedoe is trying to scare me off my land.

We've managed to hold on so far,

but we might not be able to much longer.

We're not gonna lose our land, Mary.

TOM: Got them all, Mary, every last one.

We know you're new around here. You don't know the situation.

What situation's that?

That Wilson is going under.

Dead, Cooper, all my cattle are dead.

They're all dead.

He shot 'em all.

How much does Tom Wilson owe on his ranch?

Four thousand five hundred dollars.

Put out your hand.

This is the deed to our land.

I think Mr. Wilson said for you to get off his land.

Now.

I'm putting an end to this once and for all.

You hear? I'll put an end to it once and for all.

And where do you put your heart and soul, Mr. Cooper?

Tom's offered me half the ranch.

Are you considering it?

I am considering it. You boys mount up.

We got us a little job over at Buckhorn.

Let's go!

MAN: Well, what do you know, boys?

The yellow-bellied bounty hunter.

Hell, you ain't even worth killing.

Yes, I will marry you, Hayes Cooper.

( uplifting theme playing)

(grunting)

No!

Oh, God, no!

No. No.

(sobbing)

WALKER: Cooper would later write

that he died that day,

and God help the men he took to hell with him.

( melancholy theme playing)

(horse whinnies)

Make the arrangements. Yes, sir.

SARAH: And where do you put your heart and soul, Mr. Cooper?

(clicking)

( triumphant theme playing)

WALKER: Some men are able to choose their destiny.

But that morning, riding away from the Wilson's farm

for the last time,

Hayes Cooper's destiny chose him.

( 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 ♪

Hayes Cooper only had one thing on his mind.

That was to avenge the deaths

of his good friends, the Wilson's.

Cooper knew who did it, right?

BOY: Sure he did. He saw the longcoats on the boardwalk

in front of the general store when Kilgore faced him down.

Mm-hm. And he also saw them riding away from the farm.

( ominous theme playing)

WALKER: Cooper rode back to Buckhorn,

but Kilgore and most of the gang had cleared out.

Only a couple of his longcoats remained behind.

(chatter, laughing)

Where's Kilgore?

Well, lookie, Groat.

It's that yellow-belly Kilgore backed down.

MAN: Yeah.

I asked you a question.

Well, what if we don't tell you?

You're gonna die either way.

( menacing theme playing)

You're going after Kilgore, aren't you?

I suppose there's no point in asking you

to let the law take care of this.

I'm sorry, Sarah.

I'm sorry too.

MAN: Hold up a minute.

Texas Ranger.

Heard you killed a couple of men in the saloon.

That's right.

Well, until I get the whole story,

I'm gonna have to arrest you for it.

You're Cabe Wallace, right?

That I am.

Well, I'm not gonna draw down on you.

Let's go.

WALLACE: I wanna see the prisoner.

Sure, captain.

Sarah Rose confirmed your story.

They were two of the men who killed the Wilson family.

You find any meat to add to the pot?

MAN: Every witness swears that they both pulled first,

Captain Wallace.

(sighs)

I reckon I got no call to hold you.

You figure on going after Kilgore and his bunch?

That's my plan. Well, maybe it's time you chose

what side of the law you wanna be on.

Look, I never went after anyone

who wasn't wanted by the law.

Well, that may be,

but you're walking real close to the line,

and, one day, you're gonna step over it.

And then I'm gonna have to come after you.

What I'm trying to say is,

if you're dead set on going after Rudd Kilgore,

maybe you should do it wearing this.

Pays a dollar a day, and you buy your own bullets.

What's it gonna be?

( triumphant theme playing)

WALKER: So on that day, Hayes Cooper, bounty hunter,

became Hayes Cooper, Texas Ranger.

(crying)

( majestic theme playing)

WALKER: The trail wasn't hard to follow.

All Cooper had to do was follow the death and destruction

left by Kilgore and his gang.

(women sobbing)

Texas Ranger. You're under arrest.

Papa! Papa!

Any other longcoats?

No, they all left about three hours ago, Ranger.

Say where they're going?

Ransom.

Ransom? Si.

It's an old silver-mining town way out in the badlands.

( mellow western theme playing)

Gracias.

MAN: All right, you men, listen up.

Any of you have the sand to ride with Rudd Kilgore,

step up now.

The rest of you...

get the hell out of my town.

I ain't riding out, I ain't joining up,

and this ain't your town.

Really?

Then I guess the only thing

left for you to do today is die.

( menacing theme playing)

Compadre.

That's Slim Dragon.

He's very fast.

Even better.

Uh.

Maybe you and him should talk this thing through, huh?

We just did.

(horse whinnies)

Ha, ha, ha. He won't need this.

MAN: All right. What do we have here?

Who's leaving, and who's riding with me?

(chatter)

Hyah.

Perfect.

( dramatic theme playing)

MAN: Indians. Ha.

They're worth more dead than alive.

I know this railroad man,

he's offering $25 a scalp.

I got me $100 right here.

I'm gonna get me some more too, huh.

Ooh. (men laughing)

( ominous theme playing)

(chatter, laughing)

I tell you what, boys. What we need to do

is we just need to make us a list.

A couple of us will just ride into Buckhorn

and fill it. MAN: Women...

Women and whiskey right at the top.

(men laughing)

( dramatic theme playing)

MAN: Hold it.

I'm taking you in, Kilgore.

KILGORE: Packing a Ranger badge now, huh?

I thought you'd changed your ways.

I changed 'em back.

Shed your irons, boys, or Kilgore dies.

(all laughing)

KILGORE: You know, uh, Ranger,

it just don't seem right you getting the drop on me,

and me not even get a chance to draw.

It just don't seem... Rangerly.

Tell your boys to draw 'em or drop 'em.

Next one's right between your eyes.

( dramatic theme playing)

What do we do?

Seems that the Ranger's serious.

Put 'em on the ground, boys.

(chatter)

(clears throat)

What you gonna do now, Ranger?

You gonna take us all in?

(all laughing)

( action theme playing)

Go on! Get after him!

(men yelling indistinctly)

Where'd he go?

(speaking in Spanish)

He's gone.

Fan out. Find him.

( suspenseful theme playing)

(groans)

He's getting away. We go for him?

No. I hit him good.

If the badlands don't get him,

Comanches will.

( ominous theme playing)

(groans)

(whistles)

(whistles)

(whinnies)

What the hell you doing here?

Bedoe sent me.

He needs your help again back in Buckhorn.

(bird cawing)

( ominous theme playing)

That's the last straw, Bedoe.

I looked the other way long enough.

Getting so I... I can't even face myself in the mirror anymore.

But that all ends today.

BEDOE: It's all perfectly legal.

Isn't that true, Thaddeus?

Yes, I think it is.

Wilson failed to record the bank transfer,

which means that the bank still owns his farm.

You sold it to him for a dollar.

Yes, I did, and the bank made a profit.

That's because you still have the money that Cooper gave you.

This is robbery, Sheriff Rivers,

pure and simple.

She's right, Bedoe, and I mean to end it.

You know, sheriff,

it sounds like you're starting to get full of yourself.

Maybe it's time I found a new sheriff.

What are you talking about?

You didn't appoint me to this job.

I was elected.

(gunshot)

Looks like you just got yourself unelected.

( suspenseful theme playing)

( ominous theme playing)

You are a Texas Ranger.

I am Ringboned Wolf,

chief of the Chalk Ridge Comanche.

My people hate Texas Rangers.

They drive us off our land

for the men who grow cattle.

Why am I still alive?

I saw how you honored my people.

My people whose hair had been taken by the white man.

You will stay here until you are healed.

( uplifting theme playing)

What we need is a sheriff

who can enforce the law,

and keep strangers,

who would be our enemies, at bay.

Therefore,

we are now gonna have an election.

Everyone favoring Rudd Kilgore

to be the next sheriff of Buckhorn,

raise your hand.

This is lunacy, Bedoe.

The man is wanted... (crowd gasps)

(crowd chattering)

Maybe you oughta re-ask that question.

BEDOE: Very well.

I'll restate the question.

Everyone wanting Rudd Kilgore

to be the new sheriff, raise your hand.

( ominous theme playing)

Good. It's official.

Kilgore, come up here and say a few words.

Congratulations, sheriff.

These men that you see here

are my deputies,

and they'll be collecting taxes.

And it's my understanding...

taxes are now due.

(chatter)

Go get 'em, boys.

(gasps) Well, now.

Let go of me.

Pretty little lady with the pale eyes.

What do you want?

Is that any way to talk

to your high sheriff and protector?

You're not my sheriff.

Oh, but I am,

and I plan on being a whole lot more.

Let go of me.

(laughing)

Ma'am.

(laughs)

I owe you my life.

This is strong medicine.

Wear this close to your heart.

It will take you where eagles dare to soar.

I wish your people well, chief.

Goodbye, Texas Ranger.

( ominous theme playing)

Oh. I got your wire, ma'am.

Oh, thank God, you're here.

Now, why don't you tell me what's going on around here?

It's been such a nightmare,

I don't know where to start.

Start with Rudd Kilgore riding back in.

WALKER: Cooper headed back to Ransom

looking to pick up where he left off,

but the town was deserted.

That could only mean one thing:

Kilgore and his gang had gone back to Buckhorn.

SARAH: Robbing, killing, even worse.

And no one's allowed to leave.

Time to end it.

No. You need some help.

Sorry, ma'am.

The closest Ranger is two days' ride.

( ominous theme playing)

Kilgore!

Rudd Kilgore! Texas Ranger.

Come on out.

(speaking in Spanish)

That's Cabe Wallace.

I... I once saw him beat three men to the draw,

and they had their guns out already.

Uh... I don't know.

It's no good.

Maybe I try to get behind him first, huh?

Huh.

It's... It's Cabe Wallace.

Yeah.

I heard you the first time.

( menacing theme playing)

You want somethin'?

Yup.

You and them trained skunks of yours.

I'm taking you all in for murder.

KILGORE: Ranger, it looks like you're lacking the army

it's gonna take to do that.

I'm all the army I need.

What is this? You can't arrest him.

He's the duly elected sheriff of Buckhorn.

Not anymore he isn't.

You're under arrest too, Bedoe.

Damn.

( melancholic theme playing)

You did it.

You killed Cabe Wallace.

Yeah.

Now cut his trigger finger off.

( melancholy theme playing)

Hello, Sarah.

Cooper.

Oh.

What happened?

It's a long story. Is Cabe Wallace in town?

He's dead.

Kilgore?

Happened yesterday.

Cooper, don't do this alone.

Cabe tried, but Kilgore was too fast for him.

KILGORE: All right, let's see what you got. Come on.

Ah.

Boys, I'm gonna leave it with you

to keep my partner company over here.

I'm gettin' some shuteye. Good night, boss.

Come over here.

Mm, that's good.

( suspenseful theme playing)

(gun cylinder clicking) You are going for help?

It's time to end it.

Bedoe.

Turn around.

Go tell Kilgore I'm coming after him.

Then I'm coming after you.

(grunts)

That's to let you know I'm serious.

Yesterday was good, huh?

Yeah.

They gonna write books about it.

They'll be talki" about me too.

You, maybe. Not you.

You're too stupid. He's here!

Who?

Cooper!

He's dead.

Does this look like he's dead?

Kill him.

Let's find him.

(yelling in Spanish)

Let's go.

(chatter)

Split up!

( action theme playing)

There he is.

Where the hell is he?

BEDOE: Kilgore!

You better have a good excuse for waking me up.

Cooper's in town.

He's lookin' for you.

I guess he ought to find me.

(horse snorts)

( action theme playing)

(whinnies)

(horse whinnies)

( suspenseful theme playing)

(groans)

(yells)

( ominous theme playing)

Cuadroza!

Kilgore.

Well, Ranger.

You're a hard man to kill.

You said you wanted to draw down on me.

Now's your chance.

I've faced down two Rangers in two days.

Gotta be a new record for me.

I'll put that on your tombstone.

Only man gonna be sleepin' with the worms

is gonna be you, Ranger.

What are you gonna do, Kilgore,

talk me to death?

(gunshots)

(groans)

(gasps)

That was for Cabe Wallace.

(yelling)

That was for the Wilsons.

MAN: Is it safe?

Cooper, watch out!

(groaning)

(thud)

( triumphant theme playing)

Seems like you're always saving my life.

I just wish I could share your life.

I wish you could too.

But that's not gonna happen, is it?

No.

Well, Ranger...

you're the last of a breed.

There will never be another one like you.

I'll try to make you proud.

( melancholy theme playing)

WALKER: Cooper finished the chapter on Cabe Wallace

by calling him the last of a breed,

but history would prove he was only one

in a long and proud line.

(thunder crashing)

Once Hayes Cooper knew what it meant to be a Texas Ranger,

he went on to become one of the very best.

BOY: Was he a better Ranger than Cabe Wallace?

Well, they were both great Rangers.

That's why they're in the Hall of Fame.

Ranger Walker, are you ever gonna be in here?

Well, Mike,

these are some big boots to fill.

BOY: My father has heard of you.

He says you're the last of a breed.

The Texas Rangers are a proud breed, Charles.

And I won't be the last.

That's it for today. Let's go.

Thanks, Ranger Walker. See you later, Ranger.

You're welcome, gang. GIRL: Thank you.

You know, Cabe,

I think that one might make it in here.

I wouldn't bet against it, Coop.

He's got all the makings.

( 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 ♪