Original subtitles

( light rock action theme playing)

( suspenseful Latin theme playing)

(men speaking Spanish)

Oh, right there. That's good.

All the guns are here, Paine.

Check the pieces. See if the ride wrecked the action at all.

Smooth as a rug rat's butt.

You ain't gonna start bragging about that brood of yours again,

are you, Milch? Cut the umbilical, man.

(chuckles)

We'll ship the guns across the border tomorrow.

TRIVETTE: Milch. Six years in San Quentin for smuggling.

Hess. Drummed out of the Corps for assaulting his CO.

And Paine. Wanted on ten felony counts for gun running.

Yeah, he's the leader of the bunch.

Two years, Walker.

Finally got a solid lead on these guys.

( upbeat rock theme playing)

MAN: I'm not taking anything away from Moore,

but come on, get real. Jerry Rice,

122 catches,

over 1800 yards gained, and 17 TDs.

And that's with everybody on the field

knowing exactly where the ball's gonna be.

Hustle, ladies. I'd like to get this in before the Super Bowl.

MAN: Cox, give us a break.

Does it look like we're having a picnic here?

COX: I don't want any of your crap, Hanson.

You've been working on this section three days already.

Swing those claws.

They're bringing the guns across the border this week, C.D.

All we gotta do is figure out where.

C.D.: Yak, yak, yak.

All you fellas do is talk about work.

Neither one of you have sampled my Walker Deluxe Club.

What is a Walker club sandwich?

Well, it's the first sandwich

named after a famous Texas Ranger.

What's in it?

C.D.: I got Jack cheese, beefsteak tomatoes,

home-roasted turkey.

What's that green stuff?

"Munge" beans.

TRIVETTE: Oh.

Mung beans. "Munge" beans.

Mung beans. I heard about them. Supposed to be pretty good.

(country music playing over speakers)

It's like eating a lawn.

I don't know. It tastes pretty good to me.

You would like it. Mm.

I tell you what, C.D.

Name it a Trivette Club, would you?

Yeah.

C.D.: Well, that'll be just fine.

I'll get an old, stale piece of bologna,

and two stale pieces of bread,

and we'll make a Walker out of it. How you like that?

WALKER: Sounds better to me.

Whew.

Now, you see, this is why we're behind.

This lousy chipboard that Cox expects us to spike is a joke.

Yeah, tell me about it.

He's the foreman. What are we gonna do?

I don't know. There's gotta be something.

( suspenseful theme playing)

HANSON: Look, he's paying 'em off again.

Yup. Same old, same old.

I'll see you down at lunch.

Yeah. It's gonna catch up to him.

You just wait and see.

Oh, yeah?

So how's that gonna happen, smart guy?

Well, I think somebody ought to tell Mr. Gellis about it.

You hear that, Riley?

Hanson's gonna have a little chit-chat with the boss man.

Well, I-I don't think Mr. Cox would like that. Do you?

HANSON: Yeah, well, that's too bad.

Between the untreated wood and the inferior chipboard,

this place is a walking fire trap.

C.D.: Trivette Club. I think it has a nice ring.

Walker, Jimmy, C.D.,

you remember Alfree, don't you?

Yeah, sure do. C.D.: Well, of course.

She saved your fanny in the slammer last summer.

Alfree, how are you?

I'm doing great now, thanks to Alex's dad.

Alfree's case was won on appeal,

and all the charges were dropped.

Well, that's great.

Hi, honey. What's your name?

This is my baby, Keesha.

Say hi to Ranger Walker, honey.

Hi. Hi, honey.

Alfree just landed a union job, so we came to celebrate.

Mama's a carpenter.

Alfree, all right.

Where you working?

Working on a housing project,

Gellis Construction.

I'm starting there the day after tomorrow.

Oh, hey, Mr. Cox. Hanson here's gonna have a little talk

with Mr. Gellis.

Something about, uh, code violations

and inferior building materials.

Is that right?

Yeah, that's right.

Well, go ahead.

Okay. COX: No.

Not that way, pal.

Take the express elevator.

Nash, push the button for him.

No.

N-no, no!

(yelling)

If you're gonna be a canary,

you ought to learn how to fly.

It's Bob Hanson.

Go get the paramedics.

( suspenseful 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 ♪

(men whistling, catcalling)

( upbeat theme playing)

MAN: Hey, baby, over here.

You're doing a good job, Cox. Right on schedule.

Thanks, Mr. Gellis. We try.

Keep it up. Good work.

Thank you, sir.

Are you the foreman?

Yeah. Name's Cox.

Who wants to know?

Alfree Grimes. I'm on the list.

Can you swing a hammer?

According to the union.

Who am I to argue?

Tim Carson.

Takes Grimes here up to the fourth.

Show her the ropes.

All right.

Come on.

I'll show you around.

( tense theme playing)

This is what we call a 16-penny.

That's just the way we measure the size,

but don't worry about that right now.

I'll try not to.

Whoa, whoa. Whoa, wait a minute.

Uh, get on... There you go. You're down there.

Got to get on the end of the hammer, there.

Give it a little leverage.

All right. Now just tap the end of the nail to set it.

Now give it a big swing,

big as you can manage.

Like this?

Huh. Well, I guess I had that coming, didn't I?

I guess you did.

Tim Carson.

Alfree Grimes.

Welcome aboard.

Alfree, you're one of the best framers I've ever seen.

Ah. Thanks. My dad worked the high iron.

Taught me everything he knew.

Must have been a heck of a teacher.

He was.

All right. That's it.

Whoa.

God. Who laid this floor?

And this isn't plywood.

Well, once we lay some carpet over it,

who's to know, Suzie Q?

My name's Alfree. And you are?

Nash. And I'm the guy in charge up here.

Well, if you're the guy in charge up here,

you really ought to do something about these

substandard materials.

What do you think you're doing? Yeah, didn't anybody tell you

this is construction, not demolition?

Dock her one sheet of plywood.

Done.

It's not plywood.

Look, I like you,

and I want to give you a piece of advice.

You need to keep your mouth shut on this one.

I can't, Tim. You and I both know

that what they're doing is totally illegal.

Man, somebody's gotta do something.

I-I know this is low-income housing,

but, man, they can't be cutting these kind of corners.

Listen to me, Alfree.

These guys don't play around.

I mean, last guy that made threats like that,

he took a dive from four stories up.

You understand what I'm saying? Ain't nobody saw nothing.

You just be careful.

This is a very dangerous place to be.

Do you understand me?

(truck horn honks)

♪ It's a cold, hard day ♪

♪ When they change the rules ♪

♪ You've been there before ♪

♪ You're nobody's fool ♪

(men chattering indistinctly)

♪ The money's on the table Now ♪

♪ It's your move ♪

♪ The devil's double-dealing ♪

♪ What you gonna do? ♪

♪ You feel you're always On your own ♪

♪ The brave heart Never stands alone ♪

(horn honks)

♪ No one can help you To choose ♪

♪ It's your move ♪

Hey, you guys. Thanks for coming by.

So how was the first day?

Uh. Let's just say it was, um, interesting.

Well, I saw something on the news

that there was an accident at this site a few days ago.

Yeah, I heard about that.

What did you hear?

Let's just say I was told to keep my mouth shut.

Who told you that?

Never mind.

Alfree, if you're having a problem,

I'd like to hear about it.

You know what? I can handle it.

Oh, man, I gotta go, you guys.

Mama's got Keesha, and you know they're gonna want to know

how my first day went.

See y'all later.

See you later. Bye.

Hm.

(train whistle blares in distance)

WOMAN: No hassles at all, huh?

Not a one, Mama.

Well, that's good.

Of course, a false witness shall not go unpunished.

And he who speaketh lies shall perish.

Leviticus, right?

Proverbs 19.

Who do you think you messing with, Alfree Leticia?

Your father poured concrete for over 35 years.

I know what it's like out there.

Now, there's something on your mind.

What is it?

Nothing, Mama.

They're just cutting a few corners, that's all.

Second-rate building materials mostly.

And what are you gonna do about it?

Nothing, Mama.

You think these bills just gonna vaporize?

I gotta put food on this table somehow.

Honey, I just want you to be careful.

When they start cutting corners,

that's when it gets dangerous.

That's how your daddy died.

I know, Mama.

You know,

your father wasn't even scheduled to work

the day that he was killed.

He was filling in for Angel Perez.

Angel's wife was in labor. Mama, I don't want to talk a...

That day haunts me like a cold spot in the attic.

Fifteen men,

crushed to death under a thousand tons of concrete,

and your father right there with 'em,

holding the guide spout in his hands.

I miss him, Mama.

I miss Daddy.

I won't let the same thing happen to you.

I won't, Alfree.

I'd rather starve to death.

(door opens)

Look at Mama's baby.

All dressed already for bed.

( tense theme playing)

Yes! Yes.

What are you so happy about?

Yeah, I got the location on the gun drop.

Some old warehouse at 86 and Industry.

How'd you find it?

Short-term rental leases.

Can you believe that? I took a wild shot.

Paine used his own name.

(scoffs): Smart guy.

Well, we'll be there.

Uh, Trivette, can you do me a favor?

Can you run a check on a Gellis Construction?

And see what you can find out

about an accident that happened there a few days ago.

Isn't that where Alfree's working?

Yeah.

Something up?

I'm not sure.

ALFREE: ♪ Yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ Oh, yes ♪

♪ Jesus loves me ♪

♪ Yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ For the Bible ♪

♪ Tells me so ♪

I love you, Mommy.

Mm.

Good night, honey.

( tense theme playing)

NASH: Hey, Garcia.

I want those other four ducts checked.

All right, okay.

Didn't I tell you to start framing windows, Suzie Q?

Yes, sir, but these door jambs aren't double-studded yet.

What, do you think I'm blind? I can see that. Move on.

(sighs)

Man.

Tim, I don't believe that Nash.

I mean, he thinks just 'cause this is low-income housing,

he can just do whatever he wants to.

Just let it go, Alfree.

I got two kids. I got one on the way.

I know it's not right, all right?

But I need this job.

So just let it go, would you?

( suspenseful theme playing)

ALFREE: Excuse me, Mr. Cox.

The door jambs aren't up to code yet.

Well, maybe the code's changed

since the last time you swung a hammer, honey.

Man, those codes are in place to save lives.

You can't just change 'em so you can save some money.

Look, I don't need some greenhorn in a girdle

coming in here and telling me how to do my job.

Everything's approved here,

so either you do as you're told,

or cash out, girlie.

It's Alfree.

Looks like we might have another whistle blower.

NASH: Is that what she looks like to you?

'Cause, to me, she looks like an accident waiting to happen.

WALKER: These are definitely our guys.

TRIVETTE: They've unloaded enough firearms to start a small war.

Well, we've seen everybody but one.

There's Paine.

There's Milch.

I figure Hess is inside.

So that's five, six, max.

Five or six, huh?

That's what you think?

Yeah. One... Yeah, five or six.

Okay. Let's go get 'em.

( suspenseful theme playing)

MAN: That's it, baby.

Put 'em right there. That's good.

Texas Rangers!

Hands up! Get over here.

Move it!

(car engine starts)

(tires screech)

Didn't you say five or six men?

Did I say six?

I meant nine.

That's what I thought you meant.

( mellow theme playing)

TIM: Oh, man.

ALFREE: What's wrong?

Peanut butter and jelly.

I hate peanut butter and jelly.

Get your wife to make you something else.

(scoffs)

That's just a wee bit sexist, don't you think?

(both chuckle)

No, my wife's eight and a half months pregnant,

so, uh, I do most of the cooking around the house.

And mostly what I know how to cook

is popcorn and peanut butter and jelly.

That's pathetic. Yeah, tell me about it.

Here, man.

That I can do.

Thank you. KEESHA: Hi, Mama.

Hey, baby. Mwah. Tim, this is my baby, Keesha,

and this is my mom. Hi. Nice to meet you.

Grandma said we could see where you work.

ALFREE: She did?

Let Mama show you.

All the way to the top.

KEESHA: All the way to the top?

All the way to the top. Wow.

What the hell's going on here?

This isn't no damn daycare center, Grimes.

I was just showing my kid where I work.

I don't care if you were showing around the bloody pope.

Get them out of here. What are you trying to do,

void my damn liability insurance?

That language is uncalled for, mister.

There's a child present.

COX: You heard me, Grimes.

Get them outta here now.

I'll see you at home, Mama.

Okay, dear.

You could learn some manners, young man.

Let's go, baby.

( tense theme playing)

♪ You feel you're always On your own ♪

♪ The brave heart Never stands alone ♪

♪ No one can help you To choose ♪

♪ It's your move ♪

Look at this. Look.

Now Cox is running electrical straight through the plumbing.

And where are the fire blocks?

I got some joists to line up, Alfree.

Come on, Tim. People are gonna get killed here.

And look. Don't think I haven't seen Cox's truck

taking that good plywood

and bringing in that rotten chipboard.

Alfree, I've been framing for ten years.

You know how I keep the paycheck coming?

Huh? Not by sweating these violations.

I keep the paycheck coming by keeping my mouth shut,

and that's what you need to do.

You see that guy down there talking to Cox?

That's Steele. That's the super.

You so much as scratch your nose around this guy,

and you're out of here. You understand?

Now, come on, let's set these joists.

The super, huh?

Excuse me.

Mr. Steele? Can I talk to you for a second?

They're substituting materials,

and it's gonna cause somebody to get hurt.

I've seen. I've seen it with my own eyes.

STEELE: Right. I understand.

You know, I try to run a clean shop here,

and I won't stand for any stealing.

I really appreciate this, Miss Grimes,

and you have my word: I will look into it.

Thank you, Mr. Steele.

( tense theme playing)

(engine starts)

(cell phone rings)

Yeah, yeah, I caught it. I saw the whole damn thing.

What kind of henhouse are you running there, Cox?

You know, every time I come out to the job,

some new chicken is clucking at me.

Don't worry. She's nothing.

I'll take care of it.

STEELE: Well, you just see that you do.

And do it right this time.

If Gellis gets wind of this,

we're finished.

WALKER: Hey.

Hey.

Say,

did you find out anything about Gellis Construction?

I checked with OSHA.

I checked with the county building inspector

on the accident.

And I have two statements from witnesses

verifying that it was an accident.

So not so much as a blemish on the record.

(saw humming)

COX: Saw off some more. It's gotta break easy.

( suspenseful theme playing)

That ought to drop her like a rock.

Okay. Take it up.

Haul this load over to the north sector, Grimes.

Yes, sir, as soon as I finish up here.

I got it, Alfree. I'm going over there anyway.

Tim, I can get that.

Oh, I got it. I got it.

Thanks.

( suspenseful theme playing)

(yelling)

(screams)

Tim!

(screams)

(Alfree sobbing)

(men chattering indistinctly)

Get help!

Call a doctor.

MAN 1: Is he all right?

MAN 2: No.

Pulse is thready.

( suspenseful theme playing)

MAN 3: He fell off the top.

ALFREE: Is he gonna be okay?

It's too soon to tell.

(engine starts)

(siren blaring)

FLORENCE: Fired?

They're blaming me for the whole thing, Mama.

Blaming you? Why?

'Cause I'm the one that laid that catwalk.

But I know it was solid.

Mama, I checked it.

It's that Mr. Cox.

I could see it in his eyes.

He had it in for you from the very beginning.

(sighs)

Mama, what am I gonna do?

( melancholy theme playing)

ALEX: Alfree, are you sure about this?

Alex, what they're doing up there

almost killed a good man.

Somebody's gotta do something.

What'd you find out?

Not much.

Well, did you check with Mr. Steele?

Yeah, I spoke with him. He remembers the conversation.

He checked into the allegations.

He couldn't find anything to back them up.

WALKER: And I talked to the county building inspector.

He went out to the site. He found nothing wrong.

But this wasn't an accident.

Alex, there's gotta be something we can do.

ALEX: Without proof,

the best we have here is a suit for wrongful termination.

Wrongful termination?

Tim almost died out there,

and wrongful termination's the best we can do?

I'm afraid so.

(sighs)

Then wrongful termination it is.

Let's do it.

This is not gonna be easy.

If we don't win, you could lose your union card.

So you have to be positive.

GELLIS: You know what this is?

This is a damned lawsuit, is what it is.

I ask you two to do a job for me,

and this is what I got in return:

a whole barrelful

of alleged improprieties and illegalities.

STEELE: Hey, listen, Mr. Gellis.

We're talking sour grapes here. I mean, pure and simple.

Oh, it doesn't sound like sour grapes to me, Steele.

Sexual harassment, employee endangerment,

using inferior materials, threatening to...

You want me to read you the entire list?

You're nipping at the wrong heels here, Paul.

COX: That's right, Mr. Gellis.

This chick is nothing but a two-bit hustler

trying to hitch her wagon to your money train.

Well, that may be, but let me tell you both something.

If even one word of this is true,

then the next time I see either one of you,

it'll be behind federal bars. You understand me?

( melancholy theme playing)

MAN: So this was your first union job.

Is that correct, Miss Grimes?

Yes.

And you destroyed Gellis property

on your very first day on the job, didn't you? No.

Objection, Mr. Becker. There's no proof...

The deposition stipulating to the facts, counselor.

Uh, Miss Grimes,

you were docked for a sheet of plywood, were you not?

I don't believe this.

I'm sorry. Yes or no. Were you docked?

Yes, but I didn't... Thank you.

That's why the other men didn't trust you, correct?

Objection. That is pure supposition.

She has been causing trouble from the moment she set foot

on the job, counselor. Isn't that right, Miss Grimes?

In fact, you have an ax to grind, don't you, Miss Grimes,

because of your father's death?

I don't, um...

That's what this lawsuit's really about,

isn't it, Miss Grimes?

Your father was a screwup, and so are you.

He killed 15 men with his negligence,

and now you're following directly

in his bungling footsteps.

That's a lie!

All right. All right. Let's take five.

( tense theme playing)

(gasps)

That construction accident was not my father's fault.

The safety commission, they even... They proved it.

Okay, okay. Take a deep breath.

Now, tell me, what about your father?

He was k... He was killed in a construction accident, okay?

Alex, it was not his fault.

Look, just forget it.

This is so bogus.

I'm not taking this, man.

ALEX: Alfree, if you walk out that door, they win.

Is that what you want?

Everything that you've been through,

and now you give up?

Is that the fat lady I hear singing?

Alfree, I warned you about this.

Becker is pulling a tactic, but that's all it is.

You are the only one that knows the real truth,

and you need to go in there and say it.

Okay.

Now, you have to be sure, Alfree.

You can't bail on me again.

I won't.

(scoffs)

They already fired me,

and they trashed my dad's good name.

What else can they do to me?

Let's go.

( upbeat theme playing)

I could really use the work.

I'm available right away.

Sorry, no can do.

MAN: Whoo.

Oh, no.

(men laughing)

(slow country music playing on radio)

♪ Seems like a lifetime ago ♪

♪ We were holding hands And then you let go ♪

FLORENCE: Your father wasn't even scheduled to work

the day that he was killed.

Fifteen men,

crushed to death under a thousand tons of concrete.

(sobbing)

Your father right there with them,

holding the guide spout in his hands.

♪ I feel your hands ♪

♪ In mine again ♪

♪ But they'll never be... ♪

( mysterious theme playing)

(phone ringing)

Hello?

MAN (over phone): Walk away from the lawsuit.

Who is this?

( laughs)

You have a lovely little girl there.

(glass shatters)

KEESHA: Mommy!

I heard a noise.

Good lord!

TRIVETTE: Now we can get these gunrunners.

Thank you very much.

Paine and his men are racking up credit card charges

all over town.

They're using aliases and fake cards.

We're verifying their signature

using that electronic signature-capture system.

We set up monitoring devices to track their activity.

As soon as they use one of those cards, we got them.

Great.

What is it?

ALEX: Someone threw a brick through her front window.

They could've killed my baby.

Alex, I can't do this.

Tim was right. I should've kept my mouth shut.

Look, you gotta get me out of this.

Who are "they"?

She thinks the foreman at the construction site

is responsible.

What's his name?

His name's Cox.

Alfree, don't do anything.

Let me go check this out.

( tense theme playing)

Yeah.

Take it around the south side up on top there, okay?

Where's your foreman Cox?

Over there.

You Cox?

What do you want, Ranger?

Well, how good are you at throwing bricks?

What are you talking about?

Alfree Grimes has filed a complaint against you.

Oh, yeah? Well, I don't care what she said.

I never threw no brick through her window.

I don't remember saying anything about a window.

Boys.

Ranger, this is private property.

It's up to you.

You can leave the easy way,

or you can leave the hard way.

Is that a threat?

Your choice, Ranger.

Well, in that case, I guess I'll take

the hard way.

Get him, boys!

(men chattering indistinctly)

Leave Alfree Grimes alone.

(chattering, chuckling)

( upbeat martial theme playing)

(phone rings)

Hello.

TRIVETTE (over phone): Walker, we got 'em.

Paine is holed up at the San Moritz.

The hotel is running one of his fake credit cards

even as we speak.

I'll meet you there.

I'm sorry, gentlemen, but, according to housekeeping,

your bill is correct.

Twenty-four bucks for beer nuts and potato chips?

And the liquor. We mustn't forget the liquor.

You emptied the minibar a good 16 times, sir.

Look, I don't care if we emptied it 30.

We ain't paying no overrated flophouse

eight bucks a bottle for half a shot of rye.

Sir, I don't appreciate your tone.

I don't appreciate your face.

Security. Security.

Here. Let me help you with that.

(bell dinging) Security.

(with lisp): Security. Security.

You rang?

You want to finish up here?

Yeah. Where you going? Alfree's deposition.

(clears throat)

Security.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Bye, baby. Be good for Granny.

I will.

Now, you can bet your booties on that.

Get back! Everybody against the wall.

Why are you doing this?

Get out of our house now!

Nash!

Too bad.

You.

Before, it was just you.

Now you're all gonna have to die.

KEESHA: Mama!

(sighs)

Where's your client, counselor?

She'll be here.

I'm not keeping Mr. Gellis waiting much longer.

May I use your phone, please? Sure.

(beeping)

Mess this place up good.

Make it look like a robbery gone bad.

There won't be any questions. Yeah.

May I use your phone again?

Oh, sure. Thank you.

(phone rings)

Hello.

ALEX (over phone): Walker, it's Alex.

Alfree is late

for the deposition. I've tried calling her,

but her line's not working.

I'll go check on her.

You're gonna answer for this one day.

I don't see how.

You're all gonna be dead.

Won't be any witnesses.

Come judgment day, there will be.

Shut up, old woman.

Your judgment day is now.

Go! Go! Go!

( suspenseful theme playing)

Y'all get on the bed.

Get her!

(metal clanking)

RILEY: Come on, get her!

NASH: Break it down!

Get in there!

(yelling)

Mama.

Everyone okay?

( tranquil theme playing)

(country music playing)

Well, I understand that our little Alfree

was brilliant on the witness stand.

She nailed 'em to the wall.

TRIVETTE: Turns out Cox had guys working for him

in practically every shop in town,

and Gellis was totally clueless to the scam.

Well, not anymore. No. Mr. Gellis

is gonna have to pay a pretty hefty settlement.

He's gonna be a lot more attentive

to who he hires in the future.

TRIVETTE: As for Cox and his merry men,

the only construction they're gonna be doing

is churning out Texas license plates for the next 20 years.

Right. I gotta find myself a steady job.

I got bills to pay.

Well, I could always use a hash slinger in here.

Sorry, C.D. She has a job.

I do?

Sure do. Working for the county, if you want it.

If I want it? Are you kidding? What is it?

Well, let's just say that it's a job

where you can make a difference.

( upbeat theme playing)

MAN: Hey, hey.

(all chattering indistinctly)

Good seeing you guys. Good to be back.

Very good to be back.

You're looking good. A lot better.

MAN 2: Ah. Here comes the building inspector.

Ah, same old, same old, huh?

MAN 3: Good to have you back, son.

Okay, boys, let's go to work.

(all chuckling)

MAN: All right, boys, get back to work, huh?

( upbeat theme playing)

Okay, boys, let's move.

Looking good.

Congratulations.

( 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 ♪