Original subtitles

( light rock action theme playing)

( mellow pop theme playing) (dog barking)

(laughing)

♪ Jumped out of bed This morning ♪

♪ You were the first thing On my mind ♪

♪ Put on your favorite dress ♪

♪ What I wore when you saw me The very first time ♪

♪ People tell me I'm crazy ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been down This road before ♪

♪ This is a brand-new feeling ♪ Whoa!

Sorry.

That's okay.

Jimmy, the object of the game

is to put this horseshoe as close to this pin

as you possibly can.

I know that.

♪ Take my chances ♪

Oh!

Yay! Something kind of like that.

(Walker laughing)

I can do that.

Of course you can.

♪ ... take my chances ♪

(crowd murmuring)

Jimmy, would you like to use my glasses?

(laughs)

(all cheer)

♪ Here I go again ♪

♪ I'll take my chances ♪

(all applaud)

MAN 1: Look out! Man 2: Hey, clear the way!

WOMAN: Watch out!

Ha, ha, ha.

Oh... Oh... ♪ Take my chances ♪

Oy!

Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.

A pleasure.

♪ Take my chances ♪

(all cheer)

(all cheering)

All right.

C.D.: Everybody back, now. Clear the way.

All right, come on!

(laughing)

(all cheer)

(all laughing)

Well, one thing we know for sure:

horseshoe's not your game.

It was my first time.

I know. It'll be the last time that you be my partner.

You are such a sore loser. It's just a game.

No, no, no.

In Baltimore it may be a game,

but down here in Texas, it's a way of life.

Miss Cahill.

I'll see you in a few minutes. Okay.

Practice, Jimmy.

Practice, practice, practice. Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh...

What is it, Mrs. Rialto?

Good news. It's my son Andy.

Oh, the truck driver. Yes.

He's coming. He's getting married.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Yes, I am so happy for him.

I only wish I could give him a big party.

Well, you can. We'll do it right here.

Really? Of course.

We'll decorate. It'll be beautiful.

Oh, thank you, Miss Cahill.

Thank you. I can't wait for you to meet my Andy.

He's such a good boy.

It's clean.

Okay.

Here you go, Andy. Where you heading?

Over to El Paso.

You gonna have time to stop off and see your girlfriend?

Just long enough to get some food for the road.

Okay. Well, take care, Andy.

Yes, sir.

(truck engine grunts)

( peaceful theme playing)

(horn honks)

(brakes squeal and hiss)

(door bells jingle)

(door shuts)

(laughing)

Mm.

Oh.

Oh, I hope I didn't mash your sandwiches again.

Oh, who cares? Every time I eat one,

I'll think how they got that way.

(giggles)

Oh, Andy,

you've been working so hard lately.

But it's worth it, Lupe.

One more long haul and we'll have enough money put away

to move to Dallas and get married.

Now I got to go. The sooner I get started,

the sooner I get back.

Okay. Bye.

Bye.

I love you.

(door shuts)

(giggles)

( majestic theme playing)

( ominous theme playing)

MAN 1: Yeah, we're standing by.

MAN 2: How much longer will we be out here?

MAN 1: As long as it takes.

MAN 3: All right, here comes Andy.

MAN 1: Got it.

MAN 1: Let's take a look.

Come on down, Andy.

( ominous theme playing)

Heard you were in town, Andy.

Just passing through, sheriff.

Taking a load over to El Paso.

When you want to make some real money?

One trip across the border for me

is worth 15 times what you'd get for anything else.

I know you and Lupe are looking to get married.

Maybe it's time you grew up.

I told you before, sheriff.

I'm not gonna do anything illegal.

And if you don't leave me alone,

I'm gonna go to the authorities.

Well, you've made your point real clear there, son.

(beeping) I guess there's, uh,

no more use in talking.

(beeping)

You have a good trip to El Paso.

(beeping)

(engine starts)

Son, you said the wrong thing

to the wrong man.

( ominous theme swells)

( 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: I am so sorry about your son,

Mrs. Rialto.

My firstborn, killed in a truck explosion.

Unfortunately,

there's a little bit more to it than that.

According to the sheriff's report,

Andy was carrying illegal drugs...

No, that's not true.

Andy wasn't like that. He's a good boy.

Andy was only 19 years old

when my husband died.

I was left all alone to raise four children.

Andy was going to college, but he quit

so he could go to work as a truck driver

and support us.

He sent home money every week.

Five long years, saving his pennies

so he could buy his own truck

and earn more for the family.

I don't know how we would have survived without him.

It is a terrible tragedy.

Andy sounds like a boy

that any mother would be proud of.

But drugs can poison even the best of them.

I know my son, Miss Cahill.

Andy would never involve himself with drugs.

Please, help me clear his name.

Miss Cahill, I don't have any important friends or money.

I don't have anyone to turn to but you.

Okay.

I'll see what I can find out.

(sighs)

Thank you, Miss Cahill.

Thank you.

Look, the kid was dealing drugs,

he got killed, end of story.

If you'd talked to Andy's mother, C.D.,

you wouldn't be so sure of yourself.

You know mothers, Alex.

You know, C.D.'s right, Alex.

No mother wants to believe

that her son is dealing in drugs.

I know, Walker,

but you're the one that always says trust your instincts.

Well, my instincts say that there's something wrong here.

So, what are you gonna do?

I don't know.

All I know is that a week before Andy was killed,

he wrote to his mother. He said he had a girlfriend,

he was moving to Dallas,

and he was gonna get married.

Trouble is, he didn't mention her name.

It was only a post card.

Well, let's go find her.

You'll go with me?

Sure.

Trivette and I both will.

Oh. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Well,

you didn't have anything else to do, did you?

No.

Nothing.

( dramatic theme playing)

(camera clicks)

MAN 1: That's what I was talking about, Bob.

This is what I'm looking for right here.

MAN 2: Hey, Paul. PAUL: Yeah?

We got two more M-88s coming

and we need to fit the cal. ammunition

PAUL: Okay, well, here's the last case of that.

I'll get the 50-cal.

MAN 1: These look clean. MAN 2: What about the grenades?

MAN 3: They're all ready, yeah.

MAN 2: All right, make sure

you work the action on each one.

I wanna make sure they're lubricated.

(dials)

( dramatic theme playing)

What's up?

I'm on a case, trailing a guy cheating on his wife.

(laughs)

Well, that might be a rotten thing to do, Trent,

adultery's not a crime.

I know, I know. Come on.

( exciting theme playing)

MAN 1: Yeah, two more cases.

MAN 2: All right, that's all set.

MAN 3: Watch your back.

Here we go. TRENT: The entire truck

is filled with guns and ammunition.

Man, there's enough firepower there to start a war.

I'll call for backup. No, no.

By the time they get here,

this truck is gonna be long gone.

MAN 4: Okay, one more and that's it.

All right, come on.

All right, tie it down and lock it up.

I want to be out of here in two minutes.

MAN 5: John, follow me, will you?

Got the other cases coming.

Over here, guys.

(screams)

Dallas Police! Freeze!

He's yours CARLOS: All right.

Get in the car!

(cries out)

(clicks)

Don't move!

Let him go.

You're making a big mistake here.

Get... Get back.

Gotta hand it to you, Louie.

Picked a good one.

Doubt your wife knows the first thing about handguns.

Your wife?

You didn't know?

Louie, I'm shocked.

Don't... Don't listen to him, Monique.

He's lying to you, darling.

It's true. Ten years to a very nice lady named Sheila and...

What is it, Louie, uh, three beautiful kids?

It's two.

Two kids?

Oh, you dirty rotten...

(bullet riccochets) (whimpers)

You gonna tell my wife?

Oh, yeah.

Do me a favor.

Give her back the gun, let her shoot me.

(sobbing)

( peaceful theme playing)

(men chattering indistinctly)

MAN: Adios, señor.

Adios.

SHERIFF: Been real worried about you, Lupe.

Andy being gone and all.

Things must be pretty lonesome for you.

I've been thinking,

pretty thing like you could make a passel more money

working at the roadhouse out by the county line.

I could put in a good word for you.

Yeah. The boys would just love that, honey.

Pay top dollar too.

(snickers)

Hey, sheriff.

Look what's walking in.

Sheriff Bell?

I surely am.

Ranger Walker from Dallas,

my partner, Ranger Trivette,

and Assistant District Attorney, Alex Cahill.

How do you do? Well, welcome.

It's good to have you here in Mournful.

Not too often illustrious folks like you

visit my little town.

You working on a case? I can be of some help.

We're checking into the death of Andy Rialto.

BELL: Well, that's a real sad story there, Ranger.

That boy, he was hauling drugs.

Probably high on them too.

Crashed his truck out near Mournful Bridge.

You ever find the body?

No, sir, we surely didn't.

The truck exploded before when it went into the river

and I figured it blew that poor boy to bits.

Do you have a report on this?

I surely do.

You come on down to the office.

I'll be glad to hunt you up a copy.

Take care of Lupe there.

BELL: I've been sheriff of Mournful going on 20 years now,

and I've seen some things, that's for certain.

One thing I never could get used to seeing, though,

was a good boy go bad.

We found this right where Andy's rig went off.

TRIVETTE: It's crystal meth.

I warned Andy I was on to him,

but he wouldn't listen.

Okay. Thanks for your time, sheriff.

No thanks required.

Always happy to help a fellow lawman.

Sheriff, I got to hand it to you.

You handled them Rangers slicker than new corn

through an old goose, but I gotta tell you,

I was sweating it there for a minute.

Nothing to worry about.

No body, no autopsy.

No questions. End of story.

( dramatic theme playing)

TRIVETTE: Sheriff Bell wasn't exaggerating

about the effects of the explosion, huh?

Not enough left of Andy's truck to fill a hat.

I'm certainly not looking forward to going back

to face Andy's mother.

Not just yet, Alex.

You don't believe the sheriff?

Let's just say it seems a little strange

that the sheriff only found

a small packet of drugs in all that wreckage.

Yes, it does.

Let's go and talk to some of those truckers.

( suspenseful theme playing)

( suspenseful theme swells)

( dramatic theme playing)

We'd like to ask you guys some questions.

What do you want to know?

We're looking for some information

about this man, Andy Rialto.

Never heard of him.

This is the only trucking garage in all of Mournful.

So he must've had some kind of mechanical work done here.

Nope.

Can't help you.

Take a look at the picture.

Don't need to look.

Rangers don't cut it here in Mournful, lady,

and that includes assistant D.A.s too.

This is Sheriff Bell's jurisdiction.

You just destroyed evidence,

and that's my jurisdiction.

So now you're gonna have to tape it back together.

(scoffs)

Like hell I will.

(grunts)

All right, why do I always get the big guys?

Just lucky, I guess.

How did these guys know I was an assistant D.A.?

There's only one way they could have known.

Sheriff Bell? Yep.

Let's check around town,

see if anyone knows anything

about Andy Rialto.

TRIVETTE: I've never seen so many people

clam up so tight in my entire life.

You get the feeling that they're afraid?

Yep.

So let's go talk to someone who isn't afraid.

Who?

Trivette, think about it.

Who around here wouldn't be afraid?

Oh, yeah.

Who?

I have no idea.

BORDER PATROL OFFICER: Yeah, I know Andy Rialto.

Knew him, I mean.

Poor kid.

When was the last time you saw him?

The day of the accident.

I checked out his rig myself.

Gave him a clean bill of health, passed him through.

Sheriff's report said he was carrying drugs.

Yeah.

Yeah, I heard that.

But you don't believe it?

I told you.

I checked him out myself.

When he came through here, he was clean.

The sheriff also said he might have been high

at the time of the accident.

On crystal meth.

That's bull.

Andy was the last guy in the world

to get mixed up with something like that.

Besides, like I said, I checked him out.

If he'd been high on something, I'd have noticed.

How often did he come through here?

Couple of times a week.

He was a hard-working young man.

A real straight arrow.

Tell us about Mournful.

(officer laughs)

Well, rumor has it it's a smuggler's paradise.

That's just rumor, of course.

No one's ever been able to prove anything.

What can you tell us about Sheriff Bell?

He's like the town.

Seems real pleasant on the surface,

but underneath he's as tough and as mean as they come.

Okay, thanks.

( dramatic theme playing)

Our guests have overstayed their welcome, deputy.

Yeah, don't you worry about it, sheriff.

I know what to do. (engine starts)

TRENT: All right, Carlos, what gives?

What? Why are you so adamant

about me going out with this Leanne?

She's a nice girl. You're a nice guy.

Uh, I thought you'd make a nice couple.

I'm... I'm just trying to be a good guy.

A good guy? Yeah.

All right, good guy,

what does this girl look like?

Uh... I don't know. Uh... You don't know?

So this is a blind date.

No.

(laughs)

I would never do that to you.

Trent, no. Look. The date is not until tonight.

Uh, they're gonna be here any minute.

Wait a minute. They're coming here?

Now?

Who's coming here now?

Carlos is trying to fix me up

with another blind date, C.D.

Well, maybe 15 will be your lucky number.

(all laugh)

Come on, C.D. It hasn't been that many.

All right, Carlos, what's going on?

I know you, man. We've been friends a long time,

and I know when you're trying to scam me,

so you have ten seconds to come clean or I'm out.

All right, all right.

This Lisa is amazing.

I mean, she's the most beautiful woman I've ever met,

and I finally talked to her into going out with me

if I found a date for her sister.

Oh, great. She's gotta bribe people

into dating her sister. This...

No, no, Trent, come on.

You've gotta do this for me, man.

I... I would...

I will owe you so big time, you know.

I-I-I think this Lisa is the one.

"The one"?

(laughs)

I'm sorry.

I could've sworn I was talking to Carlos

"King of the three-day relationship" Sandoval.

No, Trent, I am a changed man.

Really? Mm-hm.

Wait till you meet her. I mean, she is amazing.

She's unlike any other woman I've ever met.

You know, she's totally unique.

There she is.

(both giggling)

Lisa.

Uh, Carlos, I'm Lisa.

I knew that. I was just teasing.

This is my sister Leanne.

LEANNE: Nice to meet you. (Carlos chuckles)

Well, nice to meet you.

I'd like to introduce you

to my best friend, Trent Malloy.

Hi, Trent. Hi. Hey.

Well, he's way cuter than you said he was.

(all laugh)

( dramatic theme playing)

(sighs)

So, what's the plan?

(sighs)

(dials phone)

Who are you calling?

Hey, Carlos told me he loves to dance.

(cell phone rings) You love dancing?

Excuse me.

TRENT: You should see him dance.

Shut up.

Hello.

Carlos, it's Walker.

Hey, Walker, what's up? Are you busy?

Uh, not real busy.

WALKER (on phone): Good.

I want you to meet me in Mournful.

Right now?

Yeah. I've got a chopper waiting for you

at the Ranger helipad. All right, I'm on my way.

Uh, where should I meet you?

At the border crossing.

I'll fill you in when you get there.

You got it.

(phone beeps off)

So you like dancing?

Hm.

Well, we've got about three hours.

Let's get something to eat.

Great.

( country theme playing)

MAN: Yeah, that's right.

Hey!

Hey, yeah, yeah, you.

Stay here, Alex.

MAN: Do they look scared yet?

What's on your mind?

Well, it's just that, uh,

Rangers just ain't wanted in this town.

That's really sad, isn't it, Ranger Walker?

Yes, it is, Ranger Trivette.

You know, everyone wants to be wanted, right?

Yup.

Are you boys making fun of me?

Are we making fun of him, Ranger Trivette?

I guess we are, Ranger Walker.

Well, you heard him. I guess we are.

Why...

(cries out)

Feel better?

Do we feel better, Ranger Trivette?

Yes, we do, Ranger Walker.

"Everyone wants to be wanted."

(laughs)

( dramatic theme playing)

BELL: Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, all right, all right.

Yeah, okay. Thanks.

What's the matter, sheriff?

Sam and his boys got their butts kicked

into the next county by those damn Rangers.

Well, what are we gonna do?

(sighs)

You meet George at Mournful Bridge.

I'll take care of those Rangers and that nosy D.A.

Here you go.

Thank you.

WAITRESS: Oh!

I'm sorry. I'm... I'm sorry. That's okay.

I'm sorry.

You know, guys,

it looks to me like this Sheriff Bell

is more of a local crime boss

than he is the sheriff of this town.

Probably nothing happens around here

without him ordering it or sanctioning it.

Well, look how everyone ran scared

the minute we asked anything about Andy.

Yeah.

Andy was probably killed

because he wouldn't do what the sheriff wanted him to do.

Sure are a lot of probablys around here.

So, what's our next move?

Well, I think it's time

that we lured the wolf into the henhouse.

Trivette, let's get out to the border and meet Carlos.

Okay.

Why don't you see if you can find Andy's girlfriend?

Okay.

Oh, honey, I'll... I'll get this one.

( dramatic theme playing) (fryers sizzling)

(door bells jingle)

(door bells jingle)

Where are the Rangers?

They left.

Are they coming back?

Later this evening.

Oh.

Excuse me.

Are you Andy Rialto's girlfriend?

Yes.

What's your name?

Lupe Rodriguez.

Lupe, I'm Assistant District Attorney Alex Cahill.

Is there something that you'd like to tell me?

Can you come with me? Now?

Please? Sure.

( dramatic theme playing)

So, what do you think?

We'll get one.

(dog barks)

Hey, I think we got something here!

(dog barking)

PATROLMAN: Hey!

Hey! Hey, stop!

( action theme playing)

(engine starts)

(horn honks)

Take the wheel.

What? I said take the wheel.

What...?

(truck horn honking)

(horn honking)

(truck horn honking)

Pull it over.

Keep looking, fellas.

And if you find that lady D.A., you bring her in.

Oh, my God.

LUPE: He was thrown into the river by the explosion.

He made his way back to town.

I've been hiding him ever since.

Who is it, Lupe? Oh, it's okay, Andy.

Relax. It's okay.

(sighs)

I brought someone who can help us.

He needs to see a doctor.

But he wouldn't let me.

He said Sheriff Bell planted the bomb in his truck

and the sheriff runs this whole town.

Oh, God, I didn't know what to do.

It's okay. Walker's gonna be here soon.

We'll make a plan. We'll figure out what to do.

I know exactly what to do.

(gun cocks)

( suspenseful theme playing)

(chatter on police radio)

He's late.

Well, something's wrong.

Let's go.

Who the hell are you?

Rico. George's second cousin by marriage on his mother's side.

Uh, where's George? Oh, he's real sick, amigo.

Bad guacamole. He asked me to make the run for him.

Ain't nobody said anything to me about anybody being sick.

Yeah, well, it was real last-minute.

That's why I'm running late.

He told me my first stop was the Mournful Bridge.

I got your order in the hull.

No, uh-uh.

No, I don't like this at all.

Well, neither do I.

You know, he told me I was gonna meet the sheriff,

and you're not the sheriff.

Yeah, well, he's busy.

Well, then I guess we're gonna have to trust each other.

I don't know about this.

Okay. Fine, fine. No. Let's forget the whole thing.

Move your cars and, uh, I'll be on my way.

No, no. Just hold up.

I'll... I'll take delivery.

Good. I'll take the payment.

ALEX: Put the gun down, sheriff.

It's not like you're in a position to use it.

I mean, you may think that you can get away with killing them,

but how are you gonna explain a dead district attorney?

Lady, you've only been in Mournful for one day.

Maybe you don't know how things work around here.

Oh, I have a pretty good idea.

BELL: Honey, you don't have any idea.

It's like the Good Book says:

Behold, and ye shall see the light.

And in Mournful,

I'm the only light that counts when it comes to beholding.

Right now, I'm beholding this... Crystal meth amphetamine

in a quantity that would constitute a felony.

And over there, I'm beholding a notorious escaped drug dealer,

plus the drug dealer's girlfriend,

who's up to no good herself.

And you: a courageous assistant district attorney

who got onto this evil pair,

followed Lupe here, found Andy.

Them being drug crazies and all, bullets do tend to fly.

Then they kill themselves out of remorse?

Murder-suicide?

Come on, who's gonna believe that?

Don't you worry your pretty little head about that.

See, in Mournful, people believe what I tell them to believe.

Take Andy over there.

Nobody questioned the official report...

Hyah!

( action theme playing)

(chattering on police radio)

BELL: Come on, hey!

Get after her!

(siren blaring)

Check them out so that there's no more misunderstandings, hm?

(chuckles)

Mm-hm.

Yeah, I believe sheriff's gonna be real pleased with that.

Well...

Well, here's your money.

That's 10 grand just like George and the sheriff agreed on.

Ain't you gonna count that?

No. We'll just count it down

at the state attorney's office.

What are you trying to pull, boy?

Nothing, except you're all under arrest.

Ah!

BELL (on police radio): Simms?

Come on, Simms. Let's go.

Simms? Simms?

Okay.

Come in, Simms.

Simms, pick it up, damn it.

You say anything wrong,

I'm gonna put a big hurting on you.

Go ahead, sheriff.

Did you get the package?

Sure did.

Good. That D.A. gal Cahill got away from us.

Get on back here and help us catch her.

Tell him you'll be right there.

Right away, sheriff.

( upbeat theme playing)

(engine starts)

(tires squeal)

(siren blaring)

(indistinct chatter on police radio)

(tires squealing)

We got her now.

Get her.

Gotcha.

(Alex cries out)

Come on, get her. Get up.

OFFICER 2: She went over the fence.

(siren blares)

Ah! Ah!

(screams)

Before I kill you,

I'm gonna make you pay for all the trouble you've caused.

(squeals)

(both grunting)

You okay?

I am now.

(man singing in Spanish)

(people chattering indistinctly)

(band playing up-tempo ragtime melody)

(music stops) (all applaud)

Could I get everybody to stand, please?

We would like to toast the bride and groom.

May you have a lifetime of love and happiness.

Salud!

ALL: Salud!

(all applaud) (music resumes)

Whoa. Heh. She is gorgeous.

TRENT: Wait a minute.

What happened to Lisa?

Li... Oh, it didn't work out.

It didn't work out?

I thought you said she was the one.

She was. She was... the last one.

This one's the next one.

I gotta explain everything to this guy.

(both laugh)

(speaking inaudible)

(mariachi band singing in Spanish)

( 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 ♪