From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript
A pit stop at a liquor store leads to a deadly standoff for bank robbers Seth and Richie Gecko, who are making a run for the Mexican border.
Since time began,
we have lived.
In the shadows of the moon,
In the blood of the earth.
Today we will rise,
and the world will be ours.
Beyond dark and light.
Beyond fire and water.
Beyond dusk and dawn.
Holy water?
We got to do that
whole holy water business?
How's that shit work?
The priest takes the water,
blesses the water...
water becomes holy.
I mean, how does the ritual work, uh...
Do I pour it
over its head, I mean...
How the I hell should I know?
It's my first time, too.
What's your answer, yes or no?
No.
I don't believe
in that voodoo shit.
It's not voodoo.
It's a favor to me and Margaret.
I'll think about it.
You keep looking at that thing
like it's a damn holy book.
We're supposed to
be finding these sick bastards.
You're a Ranger.
Rangers don't have to
look for trouble.
Trouble finds them.
Come on, Earl.
I need a real answer, yes or no?
Let you know
after I drain my lizard.
You again.
Yep, me again.
Regular as leaded gasoline.
Well, I'm afraid
your place is the only place
a man can relieve himself
for miles.
I just came over from Nadine's.
I'm afraid your place
was the first stop.
I thought you liked Nadine's.
She's got her boy
Bubba cooking the grill today.
I don't think that boy washes them beans
very good 'fore he cooks 'em.
Get me a bottle of hooch.
Is, uh, something wrong, Earl?
Probably nothing.
Sometimes you just get up, and you
just know it's gonna be one of them days.
Open your eyes and you look
and nothing but bad road.
Afraid I don't
know what you mean.
Has anybody strange
come by here today?
Seeing how I'm stuck
between no place and nowhere,
the only folks that come in here
are the strange ones.
I'm looking
for a couple of brothers.
Name of Gecko.
Tripped an alarm over
at a bank in Abilene.
Killed four Rangers,
two police officers,
took a lady bank teller hostage.
Now they're running for cover like
scared jackrabbits in the desert.
Well, no rabbits, no Geckos.
Just truckers and road hogs just
looking for a pint and a pinch, you know?
Fair enough.
I'm gonna leave you a deposit
in your overnight drawer.
All right, have at it.
I'll get your receipt ready for
you whens you step out of the vault.
Thank you kindly.
237 days, count 'em.
All right.
I guess I'll be on my way.
You didn't make a mess
in there, did you?
'Cause I ain't got no
time to clean up a crime scene.
I left you a few clues.
Uh... are you sure you didn't
see anybody today?
'Cause I just found this...
Jesus!
To do what it
takes in this here occupation,
you can't have no ties.
It's all-consuming.
It eats you alive.
Back when I was about your age,
I did a stint in Austin where I could
only come home on the weekends for...
for a couple of years,
see my daughter before she
went off to boarding school.
Well, it was supposed
to be every other weekend.
It didn't quite work
out that way.
There never was a full weekend,
it was always just one day.
I added it up.
In that year,
I saw my daughter 24 days.
24 days, that's not a lot.
Total amount of time that I spent
with my daughter
before she
shipped off was 30, 35 days.
Drive yourself crazy
thinking like that.
You know what makes me crazy?
I counted up
the good weather days I got left.
I'm 59, and by the time I'm 80,
it came out to 237
good weather days, mm-hmm.
- 237?
- That' right.
Numbers will drive you crazy.
Are you gonna
baptize my kid or not?
No.
You're telling me, no?
Not just telling you.
I'm telling your wife,
I'm telling your baby, no.
Time is precious, Frederico.
Not just mine,
yours and the baby's.
You see your mama?
Yeah.
How often you see her?
Every birthday, every Thanksgiving,
every other Christmas.
How old is she?
68.
You want to know how many days
you're gonna see her before she's 80?
26.
Wait.
That's not a lot, huh?
Okay, you're freaking me out.
You can't have a wife.
You can't have a kid.
Nothing, no ties.
But if you're gonna do it,
then do this.
Spend...
the...
time.
You add it up, you see
how you're spending your life
from sunup to sundown, and you make
the most of that time.
'Cause it...
fleets.
...Claimed the life of
four Texas Rangers, two police officers,
and are believed to have
taken a hostage.
Authorities report that
it's the notorious Gecko brothers
who robbed a bank in Abilene
just after their breakout
from a Kansas State courthouse.
The search for these criminals
now stretches to Texas,
where a multi-agency
task force is being created
to establish a dragnet to
snare the brothers.
Sources close to the investigation report
the Geckos made off with $30 million,
a sum easily generated
from the oil activity
in the region.
- You think I'm crazy.
- That's not what I'm saying.
Then you think I'm stupid.
Richie, you're not
hearing me.
I hear you just fine.
You think that I can't get us out of this
situation, like I'm some kind of amateur.
- Okay, look will you just shut up
- I brought you into the profession.
For three seconds, please?
We have a situation here,
we need to think this through.
- You got us into this situation.
- Oh, I did?
You're the one
with the trigger finger
that's got half the state of Texas
looking for us.
Kansas isn't far behind.
Hm, well, let's just turn ourselves
over to the authorities, then, Seth.
Let's just bend on over, 'cause
apparently that's how we operate now.
They teach you that in prison?
Okay, listen to me, all right?
We are going to go walk into
this store, pick up some provisions,
and chill out until we get to
Mexico, low profile.
So, please do not talk to me
about side roads or safe houses,
or your bucktoothed buddies
that are gonna hide us,
because they are not.
They'd probably make more
money turning us over to the authorities
than we'd ever pay
them in return.
It's just you and me now.
We are it, all right?
And, hey, brother
that is a beautiful thing.
We did it, we made history,
you son of a bitch.
The Gecko brothers are back.
Now, come on.
Okay.
Let's get some, uh, snacks.
Drinks for the road.
Some of those little
sour worm things you like.
I don't like sour worms anymore.
What?
Sugar clouds my thinking.
Well, get whatever you want.
You're a rich son of a bitch.
30 million richer.
You mean 20 million...
we have to give 30% to Carlos, don't we?
That's money well spent,
trust me.
Restroom, do I need a key?
No.
Nice hair.
No, really,
you've got great hair.
Well, I don't even do
anything to it.
In fact, I haven't
even washed it in two days.
That's the best part.
The dirt and the oils
give it extra body.
So I hear.
Could I get
you something to drink?
No, I got it.
It's funny.
All these drinks have funny names...
beast, demon drink, lizard water.
Whatever happened
to the simple days?
You know, RC Cola was a
fancy name back in my day, you know?
Do you remember that drink Jolt?
That was a great drink.
I wish they still made that.
I'm only 21.
What's your name?
Jessie.
Like Jesse James?
I don't know, does
she spell it with an I-E?
Tell you what I'd like to drink.
You.
Well?
How the hell she spell it?
Don't you hate it when
the refrigerator door gets all fogged up,
and then you have to wait until the,
uh, what do you call it...
fog... clears up?
Why not just
open the door again?
'Cause you let all
the cold air out.
Jesus.
You're crazy.
Don't call me that.
Geez, I'm sorry.
I mean, you don't even know me.
Okay, I'm gonna
go buy my drink now.
21 is pretty young to be a
goddamn psychiatrist.
What is that, four years in medical
school, another five years of residency?
You Doogie Howser or something?
You shouldn't call people stuff!
You know?!
It's rude!
Hey, are you still going
to your AA meetings, Pete?
Are you still calling yourself
a "dancer," Libby?
I am a dancer.
Something wrong,
what's going on back there, Jess?
That guy's a freak.
- Who?
- That guy.
He practically drooled
all over me.
Sorry.
We get a lot of
strange ones in here off the road.
What are you doing in a liquor
store, anyway?
Listen, I'm telling you
something, and you're not listening to me.
That guy is all messed up
back there.
Okay, then.
Just give me your money
and get on your way.
That's all I want from
you anyway, a buck fifty.
Hey, what do you do with all
those skin mags, Pete?
You don't jerk off
when nobody's around, do ya?
Thanks, Pete.
Keep your hands
out of your pockets, Pete.
He's fine.
He's gonna be fine.
Just get him to Mexico.
Start the car.
Start the car.
Why, Richie?
These bitches spotted me.
They said they knew who
I was, and that they'd kill me.
What... we didn't say anything!
We don't care who you are
or what you've done.
I said shut your mouth.
She knows, Seth, she was
gonna rat on us as soon as we drove off.
Is this true?
Of course, it's true,
I just told you.
I'm talking to the little lady
in the pink... are you wearing pink?
- No.
- Then shut up.
Do you know who we are?
Is my brother telling the truth?
No, I swear!
I'm Seth, this is my
brother Richie.
I just got out of prison,
and Richie here busted me out.
And, apparently, he can't wait to screw up
more shit than he already has.
Which might include you unless
you keep your mouth zipped up tight.
Do you understand?
Someone's coming.
Texas Ranger.
This is your moment
in the spotlight, friend.
Oscar time.
Do you know what we're going to do to these
lovely ladies if you do not perform?
Just-just
leave 'em be, all right?
You twitch funny and beauty queen
here gets her face blown clean off.
Now, whoever this
cowpoke is, get him out of here.
Come on, Earl.
I need a real answer, yes or no?
Let you know
after I drain my lizard.
You again.
Yep, me again.
Regular as leaded gasoline.
Well, yours is the only place a man
can relieve himself for miles.
I just came over from Nadine's.
I'm gonna leave a deposit in
your overnight drawer.
Have at it.
I'll get your receipt all ready for
you whens you step out of the vault.
Thank you kindly.
What the hell
do you think you're doing?
Are you looking to redecorate this
place in shades of red?
I'm doing what you want.
He's squatting on the throne, when
he should be moseying on down the road
to the next filling station, where
the inbred clerk
doesn't have a
gun pointed at his left nut.
He'd see right through
that, okay?
Son of a bitch
put my brother in the pen.
I got to play nice, or he'll know
I'm steering him sour.
Get him gone, or everybody in
this place will be saying their last words
to the goddamn beer posters
on the ceiling.
He said something about
a receipt for the vault.
What did you
say about the vault?
Wh... what?
You said "I'll have your receipt all ready
for you when you step out of the vault."
Are you trying to tip him off?
He's taking a shit,
it's a figure of speech.
Oh, it's a figure of speech.
Well, here's one for you.
You say one more thing that
sounds like a code, and you're a noun
with no goddamn verb, period.
All right,
now everybody be cool.
You be cool.
Dammit.
That lawman is selling you out.
I'll be on my way.
You didn't make
a mess in there, did you?
'Cause I ain't got no time to clean
up a crime scene.
I left you a few clues.
Uh, are you sure you didn't see
anybody today, 'cause I just found...
Jesus.
Whoa, hey!
Hey.
Texas Ranger!
What the hell did you do?
He said "crime scene."
It's a figure of speech!
Stop! What are you doing?!
Texas Rangers!
Surrender and nobody gets hurt!
Afraid somebody's already
hurt, sheriff.
Your partner's on the floor.
That's you in about five seconds
if you don't put your weapon down.
I don't think so.
Let me ask you a question, huh?
You got a wife and kids?
People that love you that are gonna hate
seeing you all stitched together
like a sock puppet in the local morgue?
Then why don't
you put that weapon down
and come on out from
behind there, hero?
'Cause us, we
ain't got nothing to lose.
You... you got everything
to lose.
Why don't we
try this again, Ranger.
Put down your gun, let us go...
and we'll call it a day.
It's gonna be a long day.
Somebody
better stop the bleeding!
It'll stop when he's bled out,
unless you're willing to give up.
You bastard.
The hell are you doing
out there, Frederico,
letting these
assholes push you around?
They're not gonna leave
any one of us alive!
I taught you better than that.
Dammit.
You two lovers
better knock it off.
I'd rather change the channel here than
listen to your little soap opera.
You let us get in
our car and drive away,
and maybe, just maybe, gramps here
gets to live and fight another day.
I might just decide
to stay alive long enough
to shoot you in the face,
shithead.
Me and Earl here
are supposed to
check in with our supervisors.
If they don't hear his voice
in the next 30 minutes,
they're gonna
wonder what happened to us.
Is that so? Well...
I guess we should probably call up
headquarters right now
and let them know you
guys are all hunky-dory, right?
I mean, we wouldn't want
anybody to worry.
Or maybe we'll
just take our chances.
You ready to give up now?
Don't you do it, Frederico.
I know you're trying to mess
with my head, and it's not gonna work.
There's nothing wrong with me,
and I won't, for a second,
let you make me think that there is.
Are we clear?
You play with me again,
and I'm gonna play with you.
And you won't understand
the meaning of the term
until you've
been played with by me.
Where are the girls?
They're not going anywhere.
Did you kill them?
No, Seth, I did not kill them.
And what are you worried about killing
a couple of skirts, anyways?
Quick draw here is right,
nobody gets out of here alive.
Okay, Richard, just go watch
your hostages, please.
I'm telling you,
they wouldn't dare
- move a muscle.
- Yeah, how do you know?
Because I asked them
not to, and they listened.
Okay, look, just keep your eyes
on Lone Ranger out there.
As long as he can't get
to his car, he can't call for help.
If he could have done it,
he would have already.
We can still
get out of this thing.
I'm gonna go call Carlos,
all right?
All right,
that's what I like to hear.
What does it feel like?
What does what feel like?
Dying.
Your scrawny ass is
gonna find out
before the day's up.
Talk to me, Earl.
That count the number of
good days I got left.
I...
I miscalculated.
You didn't miscalculate.
You're gonna pull through.
Just keep counting.
Keep counting.
Senor Gecko?
Yes, I'm holding for Carlos.
Get him on the line now, please.
Carlos is still busy.
Look, I don't care if he's banging
the First Lady, okay?
Get him on the line!
Un momenta, por favor.
Thank you.
Yes?
Carlos.
Jesus Christ, man.
I didn't realize
you had a secretary.
She is not a secretary, and she
hates to be called that.
Are you in Mexico?
Uh, about that, we, um...
We ran into some complications.
What complications?
Well, first, the good news,
we have the bonds.
It just seems unlikely we're
going to be able to get them to you.
Now, you said if run into any trouble to
give you a call, well we got some.
So, I was thinking maybe you
could send somebody to pick 'em up.
Maybe pick us up, too.
We got half the state of Texas
looking for us right now.
It's getting hot, real hot.
- Would you like me to call you a cab?
- No, Carlos.
I was thinking
more like a private plane
or a chopper, something.
Your outfit can pull
that off, right?
Where are you?
Someplace called,
uh, Benny's World of Liquor.
In some no-name town
near McDade, I think.
I know the town...
It's empty.
Many of your rural areas
have been depleted by the encroachment
of high-volume retailers.
Okay, Carlos, I don't know what
the hell you're talking about.
All I know is we're out here
in the middle of nowhere, okay?
There's plenty of runway right
in front of me.
Oh, I'm afraid
all our flights are booked.
Okay, fine, I'll, um, I'll up
your take, all right?
Say, uh, 40% of
the 30 million, now that's...
Jesus Christ, that's
$13 million, Carlos.
How's that wet your whistle, huh?
Carlos?
Stay where you are,
we'll make arrangements.
English,
Carlos, please, English.
El Rey.
We will get you to El Rey,
and you and Richard will
finally be at peace.
In the meantime,
trust your brother.
Trust him?
Richie's the reason we're trapped
in here in the first place.
Trust him because
he sees things you don't.
What does that mean?
Carlos?
Great.
I got an idea.
Is that you, Pete?
It's me Fred.
I know who he is.
I got a bottle
of hooch back here.
Priced at, uh, 46.02.
It's kind of steep
but you catch my meaning?
I do.
I can't stand up
and get it to you,
but I can toss it over
the counter.
Well, maybe Earl
would like a sip of that hooch.
What do you think, Earl?
You thirsty?
If he does,
it's gonna be his last drink.
Now, my brother and I have got
what you might want to call
a well-coordinated
evacuation on the way.
So, I don't want anybody
else to die.
- Hey, he shot first.
- Shut up, Richard.
However, I also don't want
some unsuspecting motorist to putter-by
and see a Ranger holding a gun outside
everybody's favorite liquor store.
So here's how it's gonna be.
Everybody's gonna live,
unless you don't surrender right now.
In which case Earl here
buys the farm,
and you, Rick,
truly become the Lone Ranger.
Now, you're not gonna make me
count to three, are ya?
'Cause I can't count that high.
Don't you do it, Frederico,
don't you do it!
Oh, goddammit.
Sorry, Earl.
Hungry?
No, thank you, baby,
I gotta meet Earl for breakfast.
You know how he loves
that diner.
So, are we even
gonna talk about this?
Yeah, talk as much as you want.
I think he's too old.
Baby, Earl's
stronger than an ox.
Besides, all a godfather's
got to to do
is lift a little side
of this fatback right here.
He's all alone.
I know.
That just means he gets
to spend a little more time with her.
Ooh!
She is ripe.
I got to get going.
Baby, I'm not kidding around.
He's the one who's got to raise her
if anything happens to us.
He's got to raise Billy.
Yeah.
And teach her right and wrong,
make sure nothing bad ever happens to her.
That's pretty much what
he did for me.
So, who better?
All right.
Okay, wait a minute.
We've never had a talk
like this before.
Usually a whole lot of
back-and-forth and then you win.
I know how much he loves you.
I guess that means he's
gonna love Billy that much more.
Hang in there, Earl.
What the hell'd you do that for?
You can't save me or anyone
else in here.
I've been thinking.
Well, you better think fast.
These bastards are looking to
make a quick exit.
I'm gonna try
to get them to leave.
The hell you say.
I didn't get shot so these som'bitches
could ride off into the sunset.
Look, I know
you're pissed, Earl.
But if I don't get you to a hospital,
I'm gonna burn in Ranger hell.
Now, I got a plan,
but we do this my way.
Pete, how we doing?
I'm doing.
And I'm ready to do.
How's the old man doing?
He needs medical attention.
Yeah, well, I said you could
fix him, that's all I said you could do.
Well, that's not enough.
You better knock it off, cowboy,
or you're gonna die
with that look on your face.
He's a handful, isn't he?
Excuse me?
Your brother over there.
Seems a little off his rocker.
Oh, we're gonna
talk about my brother now?
He's like my partner here.
He needs medical attention.
Look, if you want to get out
of here without something going sideways,
you listen to me.
Every law enforcement officer in the
state's got their eyes on every roadway,
every street crossing,
watching, waiting.
We've already
cased your car, it's burned.
Who says we're taking a car?
I don't care if
you're taking a hot-air balloon.
Now, what I'm telling you is I can
clear you a path.
Take me to my car,
and I'll put a Gecko brothers sighting
somewhere near El Paso.
Throw 'em off
your scent altogether.
And let you send them some
kind of a code?
This conversation is over.
Look, just let
me save this man's life.
You don't want his death on your
hands, that's a mistake.
The only mistake that I've
made is stopping my train of thought
to listen to this bullshit.
He's gonna kill someone else.
No, I am.
Back down, Frederico.
Listen to the old man.
Now, I catch you with your mouth open
again, and I'm gonna put a bullet in it.
Richie?
- They're spying on me.
- What?
These girls
were sent here to spy on me.
You think that I don't know?
Richie?
Look at me.
We got really good news.
Carlos is sending somebody.
This Carlos guy,
he's from Mexico, right?
Yeah, so what?
So how's he gonna get here?
He's sending a chopper
across the street.
Really?
This is a man with
a very large operation, all right?
He's got people all around.
Yeah, so do we, these people,
still here, alive, and in our way.
What the hell are we doing, Seth?
Just relax.
And what?
Have a cold one.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay,
why wouldn't I be okay?
Talk to me,
how soon till we're sprung?
Yeah, about that...
I don't hear
any choppers, Carlos.
I can't do it, Seth,
you brought too much heat.
No, no, what we did
was make us all
a hell of a lot of money, okay?
Some of which can be yours.
Now, you want it, you're gonna
have to come and get it.
No can do, my friend.
The boss shut me down.
Boss, what... what boss?
I thought you were the boss.
You boys are going to have
to meet us at the border.
There's a bar there
not far from the checkpoint.
You can't miss it.
Okay, where?
Frederico.
You got this, old man, hold on.
Tell Ramona
I said goodbye, all right?
Ramona's been dead
two years, Earl.
46.02?
That's a hell of a high price
to pay for a bottle of hooch, isn't it?
It'll be worth it.
Frederico, I may
never get up off this floor.
You're gonna get off this floor if I
have to carry you out myself.
That's a real nice thing
that you'll never get to do.
Just like me baptizing
your little girl.
If I could...
the answer would be yes.
You don't have to
say that, Earl.
I'm all out of days, Frederico,
but you still got yours.
Make 'em good ones.
I will.
You know what you're
asking us to do?
We have to cross the border,
Carlos, we're never gonna make it.
Oh, come on,
we Mexicans do it all the time.
All you got to do is find the, uh,
the in-between spaces.
I'll see you on
the other side, cabrón.
We got to get moving.
Carlos ain't coming.
I knew it.
He's your guy, this is on you.
Guess we do it the hard way.
No, hey, look at me.
We are not killing any more
people today.
You got that?
Frederico...
you promise me something.
You kill these bastards,
no matter what it takes.
Even if you have to
follow them to the gates of hell,
you kill them for me.
I swear on my daughter, I will.
Well, now.
Looks like it's just you, hero.
- We finish what we started.
- Shut up, Richard.
Listen,
listen to me.
I just want to get these girls out of here
and Pete some help, that's all I want.
You guys can get in your car
and you can go.
Hell, you can take my car.
Ain't no one
gonna stop you in that.
This is where I draw the line.
We leave this place,
we're asking to get caught.
These people need to die.
Listen to me, I am not going to waste
my bullets, time, or energy
arguing with you
about this anymore, shut up.
46.02.
What?
They were
talking about it earlier.
It's the price of a really nice
bottle of hooch.
Actually, it refers to section
4602 of the Texas State Penal Code
in regards to concealed weapons.
What the hell
are you talking about?
A person commits an offense if that person
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly
carries on or about him
or herself a handgun or illegal knife,
especially if said handgun is not
registered, and that handgun
is used for protection on the premises of a
fine establishment such as this one right here.
Can I please just shoot him now?
Pete, go!
I'll be waiting for you.
Something is coming, Richard.
I'm the only one
who can protect you.
From what?
Hey.
There's something
really wrong with your brother.
Richie, Richie, it's me.
Hey, hey, hey, Richie,
Richie, it's me.
Come on.
It's just you and me, buddy.
Come on, man, we're going
to Mexico.
Yeah? Come on.
Hey.
Low profile.
We were supposed
to be low profile.
I know you know
the meaning of that.
Get in the car.
You promise me
something.
You kill these bastards,
no matter what it takes.
Even if you have to follow them
to the gates of hell,
you kill them for me.
I swear on my daughter,
I will.
we have lived.
In the shadows of the moon,
In the blood of the earth.
Today we will rise,
and the world will be ours.
Beyond dark and light.
Beyond fire and water.
Beyond dusk and dawn.
Holy water?
We got to do that
whole holy water business?
How's that shit work?
The priest takes the water,
blesses the water...
water becomes holy.
I mean, how does the ritual work, uh...
Do I pour it
over its head, I mean...
How the I hell should I know?
It's my first time, too.
What's your answer, yes or no?
No.
I don't believe
in that voodoo shit.
It's not voodoo.
It's a favor to me and Margaret.
I'll think about it.
You keep looking at that thing
like it's a damn holy book.
We're supposed to
be finding these sick bastards.
You're a Ranger.
Rangers don't have to
look for trouble.
Trouble finds them.
Come on, Earl.
I need a real answer, yes or no?
Let you know
after I drain my lizard.
You again.
Yep, me again.
Regular as leaded gasoline.
Well, I'm afraid
your place is the only place
a man can relieve himself
for miles.
I just came over from Nadine's.
I'm afraid your place
was the first stop.
I thought you liked Nadine's.
She's got her boy
Bubba cooking the grill today.
I don't think that boy washes them beans
very good 'fore he cooks 'em.
Get me a bottle of hooch.
Is, uh, something wrong, Earl?
Probably nothing.
Sometimes you just get up, and you
just know it's gonna be one of them days.
Open your eyes and you look
and nothing but bad road.
Afraid I don't
know what you mean.
Has anybody strange
come by here today?
Seeing how I'm stuck
between no place and nowhere,
the only folks that come in here
are the strange ones.
I'm looking
for a couple of brothers.
Name of Gecko.
Tripped an alarm over
at a bank in Abilene.
Killed four Rangers,
two police officers,
took a lady bank teller hostage.
Now they're running for cover like
scared jackrabbits in the desert.
Well, no rabbits, no Geckos.
Just truckers and road hogs just
looking for a pint and a pinch, you know?
Fair enough.
I'm gonna leave you a deposit
in your overnight drawer.
All right, have at it.
I'll get your receipt ready for
you whens you step out of the vault.
Thank you kindly.
237 days, count 'em.
All right.
I guess I'll be on my way.
You didn't make a mess
in there, did you?
'Cause I ain't got no
time to clean up a crime scene.
I left you a few clues.
Uh... are you sure you didn't
see anybody today?
'Cause I just found this...
Jesus!
To do what it
takes in this here occupation,
you can't have no ties.
It's all-consuming.
It eats you alive.
Back when I was about your age,
I did a stint in Austin where I could
only come home on the weekends for...
for a couple of years,
see my daughter before she
went off to boarding school.
Well, it was supposed
to be every other weekend.
It didn't quite work
out that way.
There never was a full weekend,
it was always just one day.
I added it up.
In that year,
I saw my daughter 24 days.
24 days, that's not a lot.
Total amount of time that I spent
with my daughter
before she
shipped off was 30, 35 days.
Drive yourself crazy
thinking like that.
You know what makes me crazy?
I counted up
the good weather days I got left.
I'm 59, and by the time I'm 80,
it came out to 237
good weather days, mm-hmm.
- 237?
- That' right.
Numbers will drive you crazy.
Are you gonna
baptize my kid or not?
No.
You're telling me, no?
Not just telling you.
I'm telling your wife,
I'm telling your baby, no.
Time is precious, Frederico.
Not just mine,
yours and the baby's.
You see your mama?
Yeah.
How often you see her?
Every birthday, every Thanksgiving,
every other Christmas.
How old is she?
68.
You want to know how many days
you're gonna see her before she's 80?
26.
Wait.
That's not a lot, huh?
Okay, you're freaking me out.
You can't have a wife.
You can't have a kid.
Nothing, no ties.
But if you're gonna do it,
then do this.
Spend...
the...
time.
You add it up, you see
how you're spending your life
from sunup to sundown, and you make
the most of that time.
'Cause it...
fleets.
...Claimed the life of
four Texas Rangers, two police officers,
and are believed to have
taken a hostage.
Authorities report that
it's the notorious Gecko brothers
who robbed a bank in Abilene
just after their breakout
from a Kansas State courthouse.
The search for these criminals
now stretches to Texas,
where a multi-agency
task force is being created
to establish a dragnet to
snare the brothers.
Sources close to the investigation report
the Geckos made off with $30 million,
a sum easily generated
from the oil activity
in the region.
- You think I'm crazy.
- That's not what I'm saying.
Then you think I'm stupid.
Richie, you're not
hearing me.
I hear you just fine.
You think that I can't get us out of this
situation, like I'm some kind of amateur.
- Okay, look will you just shut up
- I brought you into the profession.
For three seconds, please?
We have a situation here,
we need to think this through.
- You got us into this situation.
- Oh, I did?
You're the one
with the trigger finger
that's got half the state of Texas
looking for us.
Kansas isn't far behind.
Hm, well, let's just turn ourselves
over to the authorities, then, Seth.
Let's just bend on over, 'cause
apparently that's how we operate now.
They teach you that in prison?
Okay, listen to me, all right?
We are going to go walk into
this store, pick up some provisions,
and chill out until we get to
Mexico, low profile.
So, please do not talk to me
about side roads or safe houses,
or your bucktoothed buddies
that are gonna hide us,
because they are not.
They'd probably make more
money turning us over to the authorities
than we'd ever pay
them in return.
It's just you and me now.
We are it, all right?
And, hey, brother
that is a beautiful thing.
We did it, we made history,
you son of a bitch.
The Gecko brothers are back.
Now, come on.
Okay.
Let's get some, uh, snacks.
Drinks for the road.
Some of those little
sour worm things you like.
I don't like sour worms anymore.
What?
Sugar clouds my thinking.
Well, get whatever you want.
You're a rich son of a bitch.
30 million richer.
You mean 20 million...
we have to give 30% to Carlos, don't we?
That's money well spent,
trust me.
Restroom, do I need a key?
No.
Nice hair.
No, really,
you've got great hair.
Well, I don't even do
anything to it.
In fact, I haven't
even washed it in two days.
That's the best part.
The dirt and the oils
give it extra body.
So I hear.
Could I get
you something to drink?
No, I got it.
It's funny.
All these drinks have funny names...
beast, demon drink, lizard water.
Whatever happened
to the simple days?
You know, RC Cola was a
fancy name back in my day, you know?
Do you remember that drink Jolt?
That was a great drink.
I wish they still made that.
I'm only 21.
What's your name?
Jessie.
Like Jesse James?
I don't know, does
she spell it with an I-E?
Tell you what I'd like to drink.
You.
Well?
How the hell she spell it?
Don't you hate it when
the refrigerator door gets all fogged up,
and then you have to wait until the,
uh, what do you call it...
fog... clears up?
Why not just
open the door again?
'Cause you let all
the cold air out.
Jesus.
You're crazy.
Don't call me that.
Geez, I'm sorry.
I mean, you don't even know me.
Okay, I'm gonna
go buy my drink now.
21 is pretty young to be a
goddamn psychiatrist.
What is that, four years in medical
school, another five years of residency?
You Doogie Howser or something?
You shouldn't call people stuff!
You know?!
It's rude!
Hey, are you still going
to your AA meetings, Pete?
Are you still calling yourself
a "dancer," Libby?
I am a dancer.
Something wrong,
what's going on back there, Jess?
That guy's a freak.
- Who?
- That guy.
He practically drooled
all over me.
Sorry.
We get a lot of
strange ones in here off the road.
What are you doing in a liquor
store, anyway?
Listen, I'm telling you
something, and you're not listening to me.
That guy is all messed up
back there.
Okay, then.
Just give me your money
and get on your way.
That's all I want from
you anyway, a buck fifty.
Hey, what do you do with all
those skin mags, Pete?
You don't jerk off
when nobody's around, do ya?
Thanks, Pete.
Keep your hands
out of your pockets, Pete.
He's fine.
He's gonna be fine.
Just get him to Mexico.
Start the car.
Start the car.
Why, Richie?
These bitches spotted me.
They said they knew who
I was, and that they'd kill me.
What... we didn't say anything!
We don't care who you are
or what you've done.
I said shut your mouth.
She knows, Seth, she was
gonna rat on us as soon as we drove off.
Is this true?
Of course, it's true,
I just told you.
I'm talking to the little lady
in the pink... are you wearing pink?
- No.
- Then shut up.
Do you know who we are?
Is my brother telling the truth?
No, I swear!
I'm Seth, this is my
brother Richie.
I just got out of prison,
and Richie here busted me out.
And, apparently, he can't wait to screw up
more shit than he already has.
Which might include you unless
you keep your mouth zipped up tight.
Do you understand?
Someone's coming.
Texas Ranger.
This is your moment
in the spotlight, friend.
Oscar time.
Do you know what we're going to do to these
lovely ladies if you do not perform?
Just-just
leave 'em be, all right?
You twitch funny and beauty queen
here gets her face blown clean off.
Now, whoever this
cowpoke is, get him out of here.
Come on, Earl.
I need a real answer, yes or no?
Let you know
after I drain my lizard.
You again.
Yep, me again.
Regular as leaded gasoline.
Well, yours is the only place a man
can relieve himself for miles.
I just came over from Nadine's.
I'm gonna leave a deposit in
your overnight drawer.
Have at it.
I'll get your receipt all ready for
you whens you step out of the vault.
Thank you kindly.
What the hell
do you think you're doing?
Are you looking to redecorate this
place in shades of red?
I'm doing what you want.
He's squatting on the throne, when
he should be moseying on down the road
to the next filling station, where
the inbred clerk
doesn't have a
gun pointed at his left nut.
He'd see right through
that, okay?
Son of a bitch
put my brother in the pen.
I got to play nice, or he'll know
I'm steering him sour.
Get him gone, or everybody in
this place will be saying their last words
to the goddamn beer posters
on the ceiling.
He said something about
a receipt for the vault.
What did you
say about the vault?
Wh... what?
You said "I'll have your receipt all ready
for you when you step out of the vault."
Are you trying to tip him off?
He's taking a shit,
it's a figure of speech.
Oh, it's a figure of speech.
Well, here's one for you.
You say one more thing that
sounds like a code, and you're a noun
with no goddamn verb, period.
All right,
now everybody be cool.
You be cool.
Dammit.
That lawman is selling you out.
I'll be on my way.
You didn't make
a mess in there, did you?
'Cause I ain't got no time to clean
up a crime scene.
I left you a few clues.
Uh, are you sure you didn't see
anybody today, 'cause I just found...
Jesus.
Whoa, hey!
Hey.
Texas Ranger!
What the hell did you do?
He said "crime scene."
It's a figure of speech!
Stop! What are you doing?!
Texas Rangers!
Surrender and nobody gets hurt!
Afraid somebody's already
hurt, sheriff.
Your partner's on the floor.
That's you in about five seconds
if you don't put your weapon down.
I don't think so.
Let me ask you a question, huh?
You got a wife and kids?
People that love you that are gonna hate
seeing you all stitched together
like a sock puppet in the local morgue?
Then why don't
you put that weapon down
and come on out from
behind there, hero?
'Cause us, we
ain't got nothing to lose.
You... you got everything
to lose.
Why don't we
try this again, Ranger.
Put down your gun, let us go...
and we'll call it a day.
It's gonna be a long day.
Somebody
better stop the bleeding!
It'll stop when he's bled out,
unless you're willing to give up.
You bastard.
The hell are you doing
out there, Frederico,
letting these
assholes push you around?
They're not gonna leave
any one of us alive!
I taught you better than that.
Dammit.
You two lovers
better knock it off.
I'd rather change the channel here than
listen to your little soap opera.
You let us get in
our car and drive away,
and maybe, just maybe, gramps here
gets to live and fight another day.
I might just decide
to stay alive long enough
to shoot you in the face,
shithead.
Me and Earl here
are supposed to
check in with our supervisors.
If they don't hear his voice
in the next 30 minutes,
they're gonna
wonder what happened to us.
Is that so? Well...
I guess we should probably call up
headquarters right now
and let them know you
guys are all hunky-dory, right?
I mean, we wouldn't want
anybody to worry.
Or maybe we'll
just take our chances.
You ready to give up now?
Don't you do it, Frederico.
I know you're trying to mess
with my head, and it's not gonna work.
There's nothing wrong with me,
and I won't, for a second,
let you make me think that there is.
Are we clear?
You play with me again,
and I'm gonna play with you.
And you won't understand
the meaning of the term
until you've
been played with by me.
Where are the girls?
They're not going anywhere.
Did you kill them?
No, Seth, I did not kill them.
And what are you worried about killing
a couple of skirts, anyways?
Quick draw here is right,
nobody gets out of here alive.
Okay, Richard, just go watch
your hostages, please.
I'm telling you,
they wouldn't dare
- move a muscle.
- Yeah, how do you know?
Because I asked them
not to, and they listened.
Okay, look, just keep your eyes
on Lone Ranger out there.
As long as he can't get
to his car, he can't call for help.
If he could have done it,
he would have already.
We can still
get out of this thing.
I'm gonna go call Carlos,
all right?
All right,
that's what I like to hear.
What does it feel like?
What does what feel like?
Dying.
Your scrawny ass is
gonna find out
before the day's up.
Talk to me, Earl.
That count the number of
good days I got left.
I...
I miscalculated.
You didn't miscalculate.
You're gonna pull through.
Just keep counting.
Keep counting.
Senor Gecko?
Yes, I'm holding for Carlos.
Get him on the line now, please.
Carlos is still busy.
Look, I don't care if he's banging
the First Lady, okay?
Get him on the line!
Un momenta, por favor.
Thank you.
Yes?
Carlos.
Jesus Christ, man.
I didn't realize
you had a secretary.
She is not a secretary, and she
hates to be called that.
Are you in Mexico?
Uh, about that, we, um...
We ran into some complications.
What complications?
Well, first, the good news,
we have the bonds.
It just seems unlikely we're
going to be able to get them to you.
Now, you said if run into any trouble to
give you a call, well we got some.
So, I was thinking maybe you
could send somebody to pick 'em up.
Maybe pick us up, too.
We got half the state of Texas
looking for us right now.
It's getting hot, real hot.
- Would you like me to call you a cab?
- No, Carlos.
I was thinking
more like a private plane
or a chopper, something.
Your outfit can pull
that off, right?
Where are you?
Someplace called,
uh, Benny's World of Liquor.
In some no-name town
near McDade, I think.
I know the town...
It's empty.
Many of your rural areas
have been depleted by the encroachment
of high-volume retailers.
Okay, Carlos, I don't know what
the hell you're talking about.
All I know is we're out here
in the middle of nowhere, okay?
There's plenty of runway right
in front of me.
Oh, I'm afraid
all our flights are booked.
Okay, fine, I'll, um, I'll up
your take, all right?
Say, uh, 40% of
the 30 million, now that's...
Jesus Christ, that's
$13 million, Carlos.
How's that wet your whistle, huh?
Carlos?
Stay where you are,
we'll make arrangements.
English,
Carlos, please, English.
El Rey.
We will get you to El Rey,
and you and Richard will
finally be at peace.
In the meantime,
trust your brother.
Trust him?
Richie's the reason we're trapped
in here in the first place.
Trust him because
he sees things you don't.
What does that mean?
Carlos?
Great.
I got an idea.
Is that you, Pete?
It's me Fred.
I know who he is.
I got a bottle
of hooch back here.
Priced at, uh, 46.02.
It's kind of steep
but you catch my meaning?
I do.
I can't stand up
and get it to you,
but I can toss it over
the counter.
Well, maybe Earl
would like a sip of that hooch.
What do you think, Earl?
You thirsty?
If he does,
it's gonna be his last drink.
Now, my brother and I have got
what you might want to call
a well-coordinated
evacuation on the way.
So, I don't want anybody
else to die.
- Hey, he shot first.
- Shut up, Richard.
However, I also don't want
some unsuspecting motorist to putter-by
and see a Ranger holding a gun outside
everybody's favorite liquor store.
So here's how it's gonna be.
Everybody's gonna live,
unless you don't surrender right now.
In which case Earl here
buys the farm,
and you, Rick,
truly become the Lone Ranger.
Now, you're not gonna make me
count to three, are ya?
'Cause I can't count that high.
Don't you do it, Frederico,
don't you do it!
Oh, goddammit.
Sorry, Earl.
Hungry?
No, thank you, baby,
I gotta meet Earl for breakfast.
You know how he loves
that diner.
So, are we even
gonna talk about this?
Yeah, talk as much as you want.
I think he's too old.
Baby, Earl's
stronger than an ox.
Besides, all a godfather's
got to to do
is lift a little side
of this fatback right here.
He's all alone.
I know.
That just means he gets
to spend a little more time with her.
Ooh!
She is ripe.
I got to get going.
Baby, I'm not kidding around.
He's the one who's got to raise her
if anything happens to us.
He's got to raise Billy.
Yeah.
And teach her right and wrong,
make sure nothing bad ever happens to her.
That's pretty much what
he did for me.
So, who better?
All right.
Okay, wait a minute.
We've never had a talk
like this before.
Usually a whole lot of
back-and-forth and then you win.
I know how much he loves you.
I guess that means he's
gonna love Billy that much more.
Hang in there, Earl.
What the hell'd you do that for?
You can't save me or anyone
else in here.
I've been thinking.
Well, you better think fast.
These bastards are looking to
make a quick exit.
I'm gonna try
to get them to leave.
The hell you say.
I didn't get shot so these som'bitches
could ride off into the sunset.
Look, I know
you're pissed, Earl.
But if I don't get you to a hospital,
I'm gonna burn in Ranger hell.
Now, I got a plan,
but we do this my way.
Pete, how we doing?
I'm doing.
And I'm ready to do.
How's the old man doing?
He needs medical attention.
Yeah, well, I said you could
fix him, that's all I said you could do.
Well, that's not enough.
You better knock it off, cowboy,
or you're gonna die
with that look on your face.
He's a handful, isn't he?
Excuse me?
Your brother over there.
Seems a little off his rocker.
Oh, we're gonna
talk about my brother now?
He's like my partner here.
He needs medical attention.
Look, if you want to get out
of here without something going sideways,
you listen to me.
Every law enforcement officer in the
state's got their eyes on every roadway,
every street crossing,
watching, waiting.
We've already
cased your car, it's burned.
Who says we're taking a car?
I don't care if
you're taking a hot-air balloon.
Now, what I'm telling you is I can
clear you a path.
Take me to my car,
and I'll put a Gecko brothers sighting
somewhere near El Paso.
Throw 'em off
your scent altogether.
And let you send them some
kind of a code?
This conversation is over.
Look, just let
me save this man's life.
You don't want his death on your
hands, that's a mistake.
The only mistake that I've
made is stopping my train of thought
to listen to this bullshit.
He's gonna kill someone else.
No, I am.
Back down, Frederico.
Listen to the old man.
Now, I catch you with your mouth open
again, and I'm gonna put a bullet in it.
Richie?
- They're spying on me.
- What?
These girls
were sent here to spy on me.
You think that I don't know?
Richie?
Look at me.
We got really good news.
Carlos is sending somebody.
This Carlos guy,
he's from Mexico, right?
Yeah, so what?
So how's he gonna get here?
He's sending a chopper
across the street.
Really?
This is a man with
a very large operation, all right?
He's got people all around.
Yeah, so do we, these people,
still here, alive, and in our way.
What the hell are we doing, Seth?
Just relax.
And what?
Have a cold one.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay,
why wouldn't I be okay?
Talk to me,
how soon till we're sprung?
Yeah, about that...
I don't hear
any choppers, Carlos.
I can't do it, Seth,
you brought too much heat.
No, no, what we did
was make us all
a hell of a lot of money, okay?
Some of which can be yours.
Now, you want it, you're gonna
have to come and get it.
No can do, my friend.
The boss shut me down.
Boss, what... what boss?
I thought you were the boss.
You boys are going to have
to meet us at the border.
There's a bar there
not far from the checkpoint.
You can't miss it.
Okay, where?
Frederico.
You got this, old man, hold on.
Tell Ramona
I said goodbye, all right?
Ramona's been dead
two years, Earl.
46.02?
That's a hell of a high price
to pay for a bottle of hooch, isn't it?
It'll be worth it.
Frederico, I may
never get up off this floor.
You're gonna get off this floor if I
have to carry you out myself.
That's a real nice thing
that you'll never get to do.
Just like me baptizing
your little girl.
If I could...
the answer would be yes.
You don't have to
say that, Earl.
I'm all out of days, Frederico,
but you still got yours.
Make 'em good ones.
I will.
You know what you're
asking us to do?
We have to cross the border,
Carlos, we're never gonna make it.
Oh, come on,
we Mexicans do it all the time.
All you got to do is find the, uh,
the in-between spaces.
I'll see you on
the other side, cabrón.
We got to get moving.
Carlos ain't coming.
I knew it.
He's your guy, this is on you.
Guess we do it the hard way.
No, hey, look at me.
We are not killing any more
people today.
You got that?
Frederico...
you promise me something.
You kill these bastards,
no matter what it takes.
Even if you have to
follow them to the gates of hell,
you kill them for me.
I swear on my daughter, I will.
Well, now.
Looks like it's just you, hero.
- We finish what we started.
- Shut up, Richard.
Listen,
listen to me.
I just want to get these girls out of here
and Pete some help, that's all I want.
You guys can get in your car
and you can go.
Hell, you can take my car.
Ain't no one
gonna stop you in that.
This is where I draw the line.
We leave this place,
we're asking to get caught.
These people need to die.
Listen to me, I am not going to waste
my bullets, time, or energy
arguing with you
about this anymore, shut up.
46.02.
What?
They were
talking about it earlier.
It's the price of a really nice
bottle of hooch.
Actually, it refers to section
4602 of the Texas State Penal Code
in regards to concealed weapons.
What the hell
are you talking about?
A person commits an offense if that person
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly
carries on or about him
or herself a handgun or illegal knife,
especially if said handgun is not
registered, and that handgun
is used for protection on the premises of a
fine establishment such as this one right here.
Can I please just shoot him now?
Pete, go!
I'll be waiting for you.
Something is coming, Richard.
I'm the only one
who can protect you.
From what?
Hey.
There's something
really wrong with your brother.
Richie, Richie, it's me.
Hey, hey, hey, Richie,
Richie, it's me.
Come on.
It's just you and me, buddy.
Come on, man, we're going
to Mexico.
Yeah? Come on.
Hey.
Low profile.
We were supposed
to be low profile.
I know you know
the meaning of that.
Get in the car.
You promise me
something.
You kill these bastards,
no matter what it takes.
Even if you have to follow them
to the gates of hell,
you kill them for me.
I swear on my daughter,
I will.