Original subtitles

( mysterious theme playing)

(Resync by Chuck)

In the air!

(rifle cocks)

All right, old man,

push the button on the machine, real swift-like.

In the bag.

THIEF: Damn!

She sure is a pretty young thing.

All right, old man, if you're plannin' on living long enough

to pick up a social security check,

you'll open the night safe just as swift.

DISPATCHER: Dallas county to all units,

silent alarm at the Easy Go on Greenville at Park Lane.

This is Walker. I've got it.

Ten-four, Walker.

(tires screeching)

Easy come, easy go.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Little Daisy's goin' with me.

She's much too good for you, junior.

Come on, let's go. No.

(screams)

Get back! Get over there.

He's got a gun! He's got a gun!

Texas Ranger! Please don't hurt him!

Drop the gun and raise your hands!

Drop the gun, or I'll kill the kid! Drop it now!

All right.

Let the boy go. I'll drop the gun.

On the ground.

All right.

Easy.

There you go. There you go. There you go.

He's all yours.

All right.

You'll remember this, Ranger.

Aagh!

WALKER: Someone in there call an ambulance now!

Don't move, son.

(tires screeching)

(grunts)

(sobbing)

Okay, stay down, son.

It hurts.

An ambulance is on the way.

You'll be fine.

( light rock action theme playing)

MAN: Let's go, bring him in!

We'll need blood work done, stat.

Make a left.

WOMAN: We've got a gunshot here.

MAN: We've got him. Go, go. WOMAN: Okay.

WOMAN: Right away.

WOMAN 2: Vitals... steady.

WOMAN 3 (on intercom): Paging Dr. Smith, line 1 please.

MAN: There it is.

WOMAN 2: Okay. I need some irrigation here.

How y'all doing?

(chattering)

Thanks. Come and see us again.

Yeah, thank you.

Hey.

Thought I could borrow your van while you're working.

Maybe a couple bucks.

Last time you borrowed it, you wound up in juvie hall.

Uh-uh.

Now, why you always ragging on me like that?

My old man left 'cause of you,

and you... You got nobody but me to take it out on?

Duwayne, you are headed down the same gravel road as him

if I don't keep you straight, okay?

MAN: This ain't no daycare center, Elena.

You got customers.

Okay, yes, sir, I know. What about the van?

No. No van,

no couple of bucks. You got time on your hands?

Go home, do the work you missed when you were cuttin' school.

Wait till I tell my dad how you been treatin' me.

Tell him he owes three years of child support,

that I'm tired of working two jobs,

tired of living in a trailer. You tell him that, okay?

Walker.

Got word you were involved in a shooting.

Convenience store heist.

Hostage situation.

The young man in there?

Yeah, he can't be more than 16 years old.

You know, a hostage situation

is always a judgment call.

You never can make sense of it.

What about the family?

They're being contacted.

(sighs)

I got a message.

It sounded like you'd been shot.

Oh. No, I'm fine.

It's always a crapshoot with that dispatcher

whether she's gonna get anything right.

Look, I'm gonna...

see if they notified the parents.

That's a nice dress.

Cocktails at the mayor's.

Nice jammies.

Yeah, well, there's a PBS documentary on jazz coming on,

so I was... kicking back a little bit.

With your neat slippers.

Thin blood runs in the family, all right?

(sighs)

The parents are on their way.

I'm just glad you're okay.

What happened?

That boy in there's the one that was shot.

ALEX: How bad is it?

The bullet's near the spine.

That's not good.

No, it's not.

Nobody said it was good.

( mysterious theme playing)

Man, this is stupid, Duwayne.

Relax, okay?

You wanna drum up some cash, right?

Yeah. Well, I need some too.

All right? I know a way in through the back.

We're gonna be okay.

That's it.

All right.

Here.

Let's do it.

All right, look for the, uh,

packages with "Grade A" stamped on 'em.

All right.

Mr. Mancini. How was your trip?

Enjoyable. Thank you for asking, Anthony.

But I'm not here to make small talk

in this damn mud hole.

So where's the smack?

I know it don't look like much,

but that's the beauty.

We got product runnin' out of here

to a couple of good old boys.

They got a truck route to the border.

It's the perfect front for our southwest pipeline.

Yeah, who's got the beef? Heh-heh-ha-ha!

You get it?

So are you two auditioning to open for Sinatra,

or you wanna show me the place?

Come on.

Keep an eye out.

Hey, man, here they are.

Oh. Yes.

We lift 50-some of these babies, we'll get top dollar...

Yeah, watch out for the pipes here on the floor,

you don't trip.

Hey, man, what's that?

You said there was only one guy working here.

There was only one guy a month ago when my dad was working.

Let's get the hell out of here. Wait, wait.

We get what we can now and come back later for more.

Mr. Mancini, are you cold?

Come on, come on. Let's get this over with.

Third stack is where the merchandise is.

I marked 'em "special delivery."

Three keys, number four China white. Hey.

This is junk of the month, baby, huh?

That's only half, Nicky, where are the other three kilos?

Hey, relax.

It's right over here.

Oh, man!

What the hell's going on?

Well, I... They were right over here.

They're gone?!

( dramatic theme playing)

Come on, man! Come on!

(car engine starting)

Hey, you kids!

What are you doin' there? Hey!

(gunfire continues outside)

NICKY: Cowboy, did you get the license number?

Yeah, I got it.

( mellow theme playing)

We just talked to the doctor. He said it's gonna be a few days

before we know anything one way or the other.

You better get you some rest.

You don't wanna end up with a 2000-yard stare.

I can't sleep right now, C.D.

You're not God, Cordell. None of us are.

How are you supposed to know what that psychopath's gonna do?

Yeah, we booked him downtown. He's got felony wants

and warrants from here to Kansas City.

But it was my job to save the boy.

Hey, you saved his sweetheart.

Without you, she'd be dead as a hammer.

I just feel there is something I could have done to save him.

You think I've never felt that way, son?

Second-guessing myself?

A hostage situation's a nightmare for any lawman.

Let me tell ya one thing.

That doctor goin' there,

people put their lives

in the palm of his hands every day.

He loses a patient, but he goes on.

He doesn't give up.

He doesn't give up his drive or his confidence.

And you know damn well

that's what it takes to be a Texas Ranger.

Now, let's get with the program, Cordell.

I know you're right, C.D...

but just looking at those parents in there...

That's their only son.

It just doesn't help.

(sighs)

I've got to be alone for a while, guys.

( somber theme playing)

WOMAN (on intercom): Dr. Caro. Surgery, please. Dr. Caro.

Hey, Walker.

You wanna talk about this?

Look, Trivette, I'm going out to the badlands for awhile.

I'll call you when I get back.

Communing with nature, I like that.

It's right on the money.

So why don't you take me along?

You wouldn't like it. I would like it.

I promise I won't get in the way.

I promise.

I promise.

Meet me at the ranch.

Yeah.

Hey, what time?

Five.

A.m.?

( mellow theme playing)

(horse whinnies)

Holy mackerel, it's cold! Whoo!

Here comes GI Joe.

Been up all night getting all my stuff ready.

Anticipating the call of the wild, man.

Whoo!

I think I got it all set.

I'm all outfitted in the latest

featherweight, all-terrain gear.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

You sure you got everything?

Oh, I got everything.

I got foam pads, bat bags, propane stove,

insect repellent.

I bet you even got a snakebite kit in there.

Snakebite kit,

and a hand-held water purifier.

I thought all you drank

was those little green bottles from France.

Well, a man's going to be roughing it,

he has to make compromises.

Look, Trivette,

every year I go to the badlands

for a whole week.

I take no food, no water.

Now, if you want to learn how to survive,

this is all you get.

This is it?

Yeah, we travel light.

Eat whatever we can find.

"Eat what we can find"?

We'll be be out in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah, but there's beetles, there's grubs,

there's even snake meat.

I'm a semi-vegetarian, Walker.

Well, then you got shrubs and roots.

Shrubs and roots?

Actually, it's pretty good eating,

once you get past the grit and the maggot larva.

What?

(cell phone ringing) That's sickening.

What's in that bag?

That's my telephone.

Yeah, Trivette.

Trivette. Alex.

Listen, I know how much you were looking forward

to going out with Walker,

but Dallas P.D. just picked up Brady Riggs.

Really?

Yes.

We need you to ID him at the suppression hearing.

Gee, Alex, that's a shame.

Brady Riggs.

Duty calls.

Guess I'm gonna have to stay back this time.

Hey, you sure you can go alone?

Oh, I'm sure I can manage it.

( country guitar theme playing)

Hey, Alex, all this talk about the great wide open

has made really me hungry.

How about I buy you breakfast this morning?

Well, you know,

like Jarlsberg and scallion omelet

with some brioche.

Maybe a... decaf cappuccino.

(dog barking)

I'm looking for Duwayne, Mrs. Parsons.

He wasn't in school today.

Oh, yeah?

When you find him, tell him

it's the last time he gets his hands on my van.

I had to hitch a ride home last night.

(tires screeching)

Hey.

Hey, man, you guys better back off.

My dad lives a few trailers up and he's gonna...

Sleep it off. Yeah, we already checked.

Look, what do you guys want from me?

We want what's ours, kid.

You were there last night, Lone Star Packing.

With your friend's van that drove away.

Now, we want our merchandise.

Well, I don't know where it's at.

You guys in Texas think you're really tough, don't you?

I liberated it from a cop in Brooklyn.

Duwayne Parsons, he took it.

Is that where he lives, over there?

Okay, look, he has a secret place.

It's this old abandoned stable.

He... He goes there when he cuts school.

Good. We go down there, we find him,

we get back our merchandise.

And you get a reward.

What's the reward?

The reward is... we let you live.

(both laugh)

( guitar theme playing)

(man speaks indistinctly)

Hey, how you doin'?

Cordell Walker. I ain't seen you in a month of Sundays.

It has been a while, Eldon.

If I had known you were coming,

I'd have held your booth,

but the youngster beat you to it.

Wanted a view of the road.

WALKER: That's okay. ELDON: But now, then,

what would you like to have, Cordell? Wait a minute,

don't tell me. Chicken-fried steak.

You got it, Eldon.

I'll get it.

All the kid had stashed in there was in this.

ANTHONY: What's that? That?

BOY: It's a motorcycle buckle.

His dad gave it to him for winning the motocross.

Dad?

Yeah. He has a picture of him with his motorcycle.

Where does he live? Where?

Out in the flats, by Jacksboro.

We know where you live, punk.

We don't recover our goods, we're coming back for you.

There, kid, beat it.

Okay, that's gonna be 16.20.

Uh, plus the cigarettes.

Let's just make it an even 18.

Do you take credit cards?

Where do you think you are,

The International House of Pancakes?

(sighs)

All right, can you, uh...

give me another coffee and cherry pie?

Where's the bathroom?

It's down there.

All right. Thanks.

We'll square up in a sec.

Hey, kid.

That your van down the road?

Yeah.

You need help changing the tire?

Well, the pistons are shot,

brakes are gone, it's finished.

I'll be glad to take a look at it.

No. I don't have the time, all right?

I'm busy.

Kids today.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Well,

that's the best dang meal I had in a long time, Eldon.

Thanks.

Yep, still the best cook in the county.

Aw.

Hold on to this, and I'll see you in a week.

Okay.

Sure you don't want company, Cordell?

Must get lonely out there in them badlands.

WALKER: Well... that's the idea, Lurleen.

If I was gonna share those stars with anyone,

it would be you.

(chuckles)

(door opening)

WALKER: I guess you're right, Eldon. Kids today.

Hell, if I'd had known the kid was broke,

I'd have fed him for free.

Here, let me pay his tab.

Oh, thanks.

See you in a week. Okay.

You be careful, now, okay?

(crickets chirping)

(sighs)

(wolves howling)

I know how you feel.

Hey, what do you think you're doing?

If this fire catches, it'll burn wild for 50 miles!

You owe me 20 bucks.

What for?

I paid for your meal at the diner.

Right, yeah.

Let's see if I can't take care of you, huh.

There you go.

How old are you, kid?

I'm old enough.

I don't think so.

Now, let's start this over again.

Who you running from?

Who says I'm runnin'?

By the look on your face in the diner,

and the van you left on the side of the road.

Yeah, well, that's, um...

You see, this... This biker gang...

they trashed my van,

and uh, stole all my money, left me for dead,

so I crawled over to that cafe

and now I'm out here,

and I'm gonna settle the score.

Hmm.

Really? Yeah.

Hey, man, that's mine.

Where'd this come from?

I found that dope out in the badlands,

and that is my dope.

Sure, you did.

Let's go.

( suspenseful theme playing)

We got that little sucker now.

Heh-heh-heh.

Do you know what the penalty is for possession?

What do I care?

I'm a juvie.

With this amount of drugs, kid,

you're gonna be tried as an adult.

What business is this of yours, anyway?

You'll find out soon enough.

Now, how about tellin' me the truth for a change?

All right.

All right, you want the truth?

The truth is... Is I thought

I was boostin' some steaks from a packin' house,

and the stuff was inside the packages.

And then these guys with gland problems

start shootin' at me. What guys?

Looked like out-of-state hoods.

Did you hear a name or anything?

One guy called him, uh, "Mr. Mancini."

Mancini.

If you looked at mug shots,

do you think you could recognize any of these guys?

No. I-I...

I don't stick my neck out for nobody.

You got that?

Sure, tough guy, I've got that.

But if you stole from who I think you stole from,

you're gonna need a friend real bad.

Here you go.

( dramatic theme playing)

(screams)

So, what are you gonna say to Eldon?

I'm gonna tell him to kiss my... Eh!

That I'll wash every freakin' glass

in his place to pay off the meal.

That's what I like. A boy who's truly repentant.

Wait a minute. I got to make a call.

(phone rings)

Trivette.

Trivette, how'd the hearing go with Riggs?

Piece of cake. The judge denied the bail.

Hey, what are you doing on a phone?

Well, I got a little delayed.

Have you ever heard of a guy named Mancini,

possibly out-of-state, maybe Mafia?

Mafia, huh?

Okay, there's a crime boss out of New York

named Paul Mancini.

And DEA intel says he might be out here

trying to push some smack.

Why?

What's it gonna be, old man?

Your waitress here, or that kid?

Look, all I know is the kid come in

and sat in that booth.

He kept checking the window,

and then finally got up and took off without payin'.

Which way?

LURLEEN: Y'all just leave him alone.

I served the kid, he went north.

ANTHONY: What's out there?

Just a lot of mesquite.

What else?

He's supposed to be some kind of biker.

He's got some kind of dirt bike. You know him?

No, I know somebody. I don't know, it could be him.

Which way does he live?

Listen, man, I'm getting hungry.

Walker, who was that?

Oh, just a stray I found.

Go on inside, I'll meet you there.

Ah-ah! Leave that here.

Look, Trivette, run a make on this Mancini.

Listen, all I know is there's a guy

that lives about 15 miles out. Yeah, he lives in a bus.

It's off of a dirt path. It's just north of here.

Is there an address? No, there's no address.

It's... It's at the end of a cow path.

There's a couple of... Of Tecate cans on a pole

that marks the path.

Don't try it!

(woman screams)

Walker, what's going on? I just heard some shots.

(women screaming)

Where'd he go?

There!

Hyah!

How bad is it, Eldon?

I'll live.

LURLEEN: Three of 'em went after the kid.

Which way did they go?

ELDON: Due north.

There's a biker lives out that way.

The kid had a picture of him.

Those morons seemed mighty interested too.

Okay, call the sheriff.

Keep an eye on this guy until he gets here.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Two million miles away from nowhere,

we lose the man's dope!

We don't know where this kid is

or his damn old man on the bike!

Hey, look at these tracks.

They got to be his, no?

Let's go.

(snake rattling)

Ugh!

You hungry?

(people speaking indistinctly)

(tires screeching)

I'm Ranger Trivette, this is Captain Parker.

Looking for Cordell Walker, he called from here.

Well, he'd be somewhere between here and Lubbock by now.

About 100 miles of badlands,

and he's got three Italian button men on his trail.

Kid's headed straight for his old man's place.

Hey, wait a minute.

There's another set of tracks.

Looks like cowboy boots.

Looks like size 11, don't you think?

Which means somebody's with him.

It's time to call Mancini.

We need the bird.

Here you go.

You think I'm gonna put that snake in my mouth?

Tastes just like chicken.

It's either that or the grubs.

What are the grubs?

(sighs)

I'll take the snake.

I figured you would.

This is... This is just like chicken.

Let me ask you something.

Why are you doing all this stuff for me?

Well, maybe it's the right thing to do.

You tell me something, Duwayne.

What are you doing all the way out here

in the middle of nowhere

with 3 keys of smack?

My old man lives out here.

Your father? Yeah.

Yeah, he's a pretty cool guy.

He's been in some trouble with the law.

(chuckles)

What about your mother?

She OD'd when I was 9.

I've been living with my stepmom

off and on for about three years.

So you've come all the way out here to see your father?

To drop that dope off at his feet,

tell him I stood up to the Mafia.

He said we're gonna together someday.

He promised me.

Soon as he got his life together.

So you think you're going to impress

your father by dropping this dope at his feet.

Well, I'm going to prove to him, once and for all,

that his son is... Is no punk.

That I deserve his love.

How far away is this place?

Maybe a mile.

Think you can make it on that ankle?

Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

What are you doing?

Well, if you're going to impress your father,

you're gonna have to do without the drugs.

Let's go.

You haven't said much about your stepmom.

Well, we don't exactly see eye to eye.

Why is that?

She's always on my case

about school or my dad.

She doesn't want you to see your dad?

Yeah, something like that.

You said she's a waitress.

Yeah, she's got two jobs.

One during the day, one at night.

She's got no time for me.

Well, since she holds down two jobs,

seems like you'd give her a little slack.

Well, I suppose she means well enough,

it's just, we don't... We don't...

We're from two different planets, you know?

My dad and I... We connect.

Well, you know,

sometimes things don't turn out

the way we want.

And when that happens,

you just got to be strong enough to deal with it.

Hm.

Well, it's just over the rise.

You know a lot about me, man.

What about you?

What are you doing out here?

Well, like I said,

sometimes things don't turn out the way you want,

and you got to find the strength to deal with it.

So you see, kid, you're not alone.

( somber theme playing)

Hey!

Dad!

I'm sorry, Duwayne.

They had me covered.

Who are you?

A friend.

MOBSTER: Where's our goods, kid?

I want to know where you stashed our merchandise!

WALKER: He doesn't have it.

How'd you like a new face, huh?

Well, you're about to get one

if you don't give us what we want.

(helicopter approaching)

(grunts)

(grunts, fires gun)

( action theme playing)

(grunts)

Walker! Come on!

(gunshot)

C.D.: You know, when I was a young Ranger,

this was the only kind of road we had.

This is nothin' compared to some roads I've been down.

You see anything yet?

Jackrabbits and coyote.

Walker's out here. We just gotta keep going till we see a sign.

(grunting softly)

Do you see the chopper?

No.

Not since we cleared the trees.

(sighs)

So how much dope was there?

Three keys. China white.

Whoa, you done good, kid.

But I'm not sure it's such a good idea.

Oh, man.

If it's pure, we can step on it.

Nine hundred thousand, street value. Maybe a mil.

So where's this cave?

It's up that way by the gully,

but then you promise we go back for Walker.

What is it?

Rattlesnake head, cut clean.

Two sets of tracks off in that gully.

They're going to be hell hard to follow too.

( action theme playing)

It's right... Right over here. Right here.

Where is it?

It's inside.

Where? Over here?

Yeah.

We've been up here an hour, we got nothin'.

And we're running out of fuel.

You wanna head for the trees and find me that jeep?

Here it is,

right where you said it was, Duwayne.

Oh, my ship's come in.

This is my big shot.

W-wait.

I can't let this happen again.

What are you talking about?

You getting in trouble with the law.

Don't preach to me, kid.

I had enough of that from your stepmother.

Well, maybe she's right.

Maybe I've had my ears plugged this whole time.

That guy back there saved my life.

We've got to go back for him.

We got the dope. We don't owe him nothing.

Walker helped me, and he saved your life.

(helicopter approaching)

There. There he is.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Come on.

No, I'm not going with you.

You're not going? That's your problem.

(grunts)

(gunshots)

(grunts)

Hey, Mancini! (gasps)

(grunts)

Put your hands up on your head

or I'll blow wind under you.

(grunts)

You know, I've seen your mug shot.

You're a lot more impressive in person. Get...!

You know the drill.

Walker, are you okay?

I... Give me a hand.

So all he wanted was the dope, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's all he wanted.

It was all a sham,

him telling me he loved me,

and we'd be together someday.

I'm sorry, Duwayne.

Yeah.

Well, sometimes,

things don't work out the way you want,

but you have to be strong enough to deal with it, right?

Right.

(on radio): Walker, this is Trivette. Come in.

Walker.

Walker, where are you? I got good news, man.

Your boy at the hospital,

the doctor says his prognosis is a full recovery.

Ah, that is good news.

I think I'll go by the hospital

after I make a stop.

Hi, Duwayne. Hey, Walker,

what are you doing here?

I thought I'd drop by and see how you're doing.

Oh, I'm doing good.

How's everything going with your stepmother?

Much better. Much better.

Can I say hello to her?

Oh, yeah. Come on in.

WALKER: Mrs. Parsons?

Uh, yes.

I'm Cordell Walker.

Oh, hello.

I've heard so much about you.

Well, Duwayne's told me a lot about you too.

I, uh, have something here for you.

Uh, actually, it's for Duwayne,

but I think he'd like for you to have it.

Well, what is it?

Well, there was a reward for the man that we captured.

Because of Duwayne's help, we were able to apprehend him,

and so we hope that will help you out.

Well, hah, thanks.

Well, it's a pleasure meeting you.

Nice to meet you too.

Well, Duwayne, it's good seeing you again.

You take care, okay?

Yeah.

You too.

( upbeat theme playing)

Bye.

ELENA: Fifty thousand dollars?! Oh, my God, we're rich!

( upbeat theme swells)

(Resync by Chuck)

( upbeat theme playing)