Walker (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Rule Number 17 - full transcript

Hey.

You... you tell the kids yet?

In time.

I love you, buddy.

Yeah. I love you, too.

They're ready for you.

I-I... I got to call
up the family.

Got to call... S-Stella.

We got to get her
out of here, okay?

It's really cold in here
for her, and I just don't...

Let's get you home,
partner, all right?



- No, I'm not gonna go...
- I'm not going home

until whoever did this
is on a slab of their own.

Um...

That won't bring you peace, man.

Yeah, I won't know
until he's dead.

The storm tore
it up pretty good.

Liam told me

about him and James

in Mexico.

About Emily, too.

Her killer still
being out there.

I got no words for him, Bon.

My heart's broke.

Cordell turning over what to do?



He said that Larry has
something about Em.

Well, I hope he finds
the son of a bitch.

I don't give a damn
what happens next.

How about the kids? They know?

I told him that they
need to hear it from him.

The truth.

Then find the son-bitch.

Cordell?

Yeah.

There's no easy way to say this.

Um

Carlos Mendoza, um

is innocent.

He's being released tonight.

Um, Captain James

and your Uncle Liam
did some digging,

and we believe North side
Nation, who you met

in Laredo, at that soccer game,

Oswald and company...
We-we have reason to believe

that they... are involved.

So, Mom's killer
is still out there?

And you're... you're what?

You're gonna go out
there and try to find him?

It j-just feels like

this person is-is
trying to hurt our family.

Dad, are we even safe here?

Boy, anyone step foot

on this ranch to do you harm,
they better bring their rosary.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

It feels like you're
going hunting.

And we're just...
we're gonna let you?

Stella

I'm not gonna stand idle
While he walks free. I can't.

Kids,

I'm gonna be here
with you all day.

So will Mawline and Gramps.

I am trying to bring peace

to us, bring peace

to our family, bring
peace... to your mother.

It's okay if you can't
support that, but

can you understand it?

Um...

They just need their space.

Yeah.

Ride out, roll out,

and the rest, just don't tell
Mama. Just don't tell Mama.

Yeah. Haven't heard
that one in a while, Cap.

How they holding up in there?

They...

Yeah, they didn't take it well.

Look, I was thinking maybe

we should ride and roll
out today as partners.

Get our,

reunion tour on.

I'm not sure I need
a partner by my side

who didn't believe
me in the first place.

I'm trying to turn
that around, man.

Which is why, a little
over three hours ago,

I authorized a listening device

inside a North side
Nation poker game.

Good on ya.

Picked up one of
the high rollers talking

about burying a Ranger's wife.

Are you telling me you think
Emily's killer is in that game?

Look, it might be a leap, but
I'm gonna go stake the game out.

You can either get
your ass in my truck,

or you can spend the day

grasping at straws and looking

for indiscriminate
trouble, I guess.

I had more of a plan
than that. Yeah, like what?

I was gonna pick up Micki first.

You coming?

Yeah.

Gotta raise.

Bud, do you hear that?

No. Hear what?

Sounds like my dogs are barking.

No. No, no, no.

No, no. I got to let 'em out.

Come on. J... I
got to let them out.

That's a violation, Rule 14!

We're throwing around old
partnership rules today, are we?

Near the food...

All right, you know
what? Fine. Fine.

I'll be the bigger man.

Okay. Thank you. You happy?

Happier. My dogs are not.

If Rule 14 is applicable,
maybe, Rule 17 should be, too.

I know you always
have my back. But?

But a lot has happened

since we wrote down
rules on a bar napkin.

All right.

Memory lane and
barking dogs aside,

here's the name
of the game today.

This file got Emily's murder
investigation reopened,

and the bug installed.

If we can pick up someone
on probable cause tonight,

we'll be one step
closer to making arrests.

And I'm not just
talking about Em's killer.

I'm talking about the entire.

North side Nation
power structure.

Clean sweep, brother.

Why is Geri in here?

I was about to ask you the
same thing. Are you seeing this?

Yeah.

I-I'm looking at
the file right now.

Cordell?

Son of a...

Okay, why don't I
feel good about this?

Because it's not good.

The hush money North side
Nation paid Carlos...

It was laundered through
Geri and The Side Step.

What? She's been
a person of interest

and MIA until... right now.

Geri? Hoyt and Geri.

Emily and Geri.

Helping Emily take
supplies to the border Geri.

Well, she was there the
night of Emily's murder... Geri.

You don't really think...? I
don't know, man. Think about it.

You got Emily and
Geri working the border

for humanitarian aid.

NSN works the border
moving drugs and guns.

And Geri's cleaning their money?

Maybe Em figured out what
Geri was mixed up in, and just...

And became a loose end.

Yeah.

All right.

Geri can't go in that game.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Here.

Now, now, hey!

Geri.

What the hell are
you doing here?

Look, look, I know...
I know how this looks.

Just... No, no. Stop!

Know how it looks? We-we know.

We know about the
money laundering.

About what you did in the
bar you sold to my children.

Are you kidding me, Cordi? After
everything we've been through.

No, no, no, no,
don't-don't go to that well.

I took a bad loan, okay?
It turned out to be NSN.

I'm here to pay it
back. That's all, that is it.

Anyone else, I would see this

as-as convoluted,
contrived, a cover-up.

Maybe not your first.

You can't be serious.

You think I like
what I'm saying?

Geri, you-you were
with Em that night.

You-you happened to be
taking supplies down the road,

didn't see anything? Yeah?

Then the money to Carlos.
I didn't know about that!

Just give me
something. I didn't know.

You were the last one
to see my wife. Okay.

Just ask what you're gonna ask.

Do it. Did I kill Emily?

Is that what you want to know?

No, I didn't kill
my best friend!

And if I knew who
did, I'd kill them myself.

Excuse me. Hey, can
we not do this right now?

In the van! Let's go!

Fine.

But get him under control.

It's 14 degrees outside.

Not now.

You said, wouldn't it
be a nice Christmas gift.

"Make Bret feel like
he's part of the family."

So, 14 degrees outside.

I build a trellis
for their wedding.

Now Liam is just...

Now... it can keep
your icy heart warm

when it burns.

He's sure in a state, isn't he?

Well,

with Cordell out there
doing God only knows what,

it's a lot for all of us.

Obviously no wrong answer here,

but when's the last
time the kitchen granite

was stained?

I don't know.

Maybe about three years.

I could head over to
Stan's and get some sealer.

Maybe swing by Mitzy's after,
'cause we're out of bourbon.

Dad?

Mitzy's sells
razors, I think, too.

You don't like my beard?

Let me guess, Bret
was the clean-shaven,

sensible type.

Come on, now.

We ended it like gentlemen.

I'm good. Honest.

I just enjoy being
able to help out.

Howdy. Heard a certain family

was in need of a Ranger detail.

Well, it's always
good to see you, but

I think we got it
covered. All the same,

I just want to lend a
helping hand if I can.

No.

No, there's nothing
good about this.

Because when the piano starts...

August!

The screaming starts.
The screaming starts.

Screaming starts. Yeah.

I remember 17.

Well, they always go
off the rails a bit when

they're worried about Cordell.

God. You believe her?

Well, I can't make that call.

I'm too close.

I-I want to believe her
too badly. I mean, I just

asked my oldest friend
if she murdered my wife.

Do you believe her?

I don't know. Either way,
we got to use her, right?

Right.

Shh.

Everything I've seen
from this investigation?

Geri knows these people...
She can I.D. folks that we can't.

Yeah. Geri, Geri,

one minute, okay? Your
wire's dead, geniuses.

Sounded like a bottle.

Oswald didn't like
some lip, and he

cracked it over someone's head.

Oswald? North side Nation.

He was in Laredo. Wait.

How do you know Oswald?

He's my point of
contact for the money.

How do you know him?

A lot happened
while you were MIA.

So now you're flying blind?

On a stakeout where whoever
killed Emily is in that game?

I'm going in.

I have a gun. I'll be fine.

You're not bringing
a gun in there, Geri.

No, y-you're not going in
there. She was my best friend!

I found her. I closed her eyes.

I want the truth as
bad as you two do.

And if you're telling me
it's in that warehouse,

then arrest me.

Otherwise,

let me in there.

We can finish this off tonight.

Check. Check.

$400. Bet's $400. Big player.

And that, my friends, is
what they call a straight.

Again.

Here I go.

All right! Big blind? Option?

Geraldine,

Geraldine!

You must be here with my money.

Oswald. Pull up a chair.

Play a hand.

We got business to discuss.

I'm not here to play.

I'm here for a buyout.
This makes us square

on The Side Step loan.

You're holding up
table play, babe.

You're being awfully casual
with $25K in front of you.

That's 'cause you
ain't sellin' the bar.

Especially not to the Ranger.

Now, why don't you go ahead

and get that money
off of my table,

or it's gonna go into the pot.

Hey. Deal her in.

Thousand bucks.
She can cover it.

Geri,

ease up off the gas.

Fold.

Let him feel like
he intimidated you.

Raise $300.

Or do the exact
opposite, I guess.

Wow, look at him.

Telling a small-business
owner she can't sell her own bar.

This is still America, ain't it?

Nah, sweetie.

This here

this is The Nation.

Don't mind him.
He's just cranky,

'cause his losses
pay my mortgage.

Isn't that right?

Don't I like you.

What's the problem
with selling to a Ranger?

Besides him being a jackass.

I'm gonna choose to take that

as good undercover work.

Geraldine, Ranger's
a problem for me.

And I'll become
a problem for you

if you don't back
out of the sale.

It's probably best

just to let sleeping dogs lie.

Especially if you got to
put 'em down yourself.

Once in the desert

was enough.

Do you get

what I'm saying?

That won't hold up in court.
Yeah, well, it holds up with me.

Don't do something you
can't come back from.

Let Geri get him
confessing something real.

Something we can use. We
can't take our shot and miss again.

You mean you. I'm sorry, what?

You mean you can't take
your shot and miss again.

Partner.

Geri, hang back a beat.

And then keep trying to
find out why this Ranger

is such a problem to
sell the bar to, okay?

Abeline said you could
use some company.

And lemonade.

Yeah. Thanks.

Well, how have I
never heard of that?

Well, like the paint
job, he didn't age well.

He also lost.

Who would've thought?

The Walkers as cowboy Kennedys.

Yep. Hey, you ever think

about tossing
your hat in the ring?

I did, but

it's hard to commit
to running for office

when your fiancé keeps
threatening to leave the state.

You know, he was the only
speechwriter I ever heard of

that didn't want to keep
writing for Beto O'Rourke.

Please tell me he wrote you
some sweet, sweet stump speech

for a birthday present.

He did, and it was

it was kind of romantic.

It was 3,700 words

for Travis County D.A.

It had this

"dream with me" refrain that

was pretty great.

But then, you know

life happened.

Um, so, James thinks

the security detail's necessary?

This is real?

Hey, I'm also just
here as a friend.

So don't put the rest of
that in your head, okay?

What kind of man my
brother will come home as?

It's in everybody's head.

Give it to me! Come
on! Let me get this.

- Okay?
- Stop!

Give me the phone,
dude! What's the big...

Give it to me! All
right, you know...

Stop being such a jerk!

What are you gonna
do about it? You can't...

Okay, okay, okay, I'm
tapping, Stella, I'm tapping.

Give it to me. Get off. Hey!

What is going on here?

Wait, you're not here
with bad news, right?

No. Hey, your dad's fine.

But, question still stands.

What's going on with
you two? You know what?

Stella's just pissed
because Trevor texted me.

You know what? Look, Stella,

he texted me to
cancel, all right?

Does that make
you feel any better?

Will you just stop it?

God, you're such a diva, Stella.

You're such a brat.

Trevor ghosted me at the dance.

Okay, what happened?

I don't know, I guess

it felt like things were
gonna get hard, and

maybe he didn't
want complications.

I thought we would
talk about it eventually,

but now he's just gone.

Has that ever happened to you?

Complications?

Yeah.

Okay.

I feel like y'all have a
little bit of pent-up energy

that maybe we could
channel a little differently.

How are y'all with a rifle?

Whatever you're
fixin' to do in this room,

just remember that
boy don't have much

in the way of impulse control.

Ain't no consequences
for it, neither.

- Just be careful.
- Guess what?

The dealer's dealing
me the best cards,

'cause she knows if she doesn't,

she's gonna end
up like him, right?

I don't care.

That one goes out to that kid
over there who's rubbing his head?

What do you call a dude
who's got a gin bottle

smashed up against
the side of his dome?

Danny.

You know what I'm saying?

I will crack somebody
on the head without fail.

He wasn't paying attention.

Geri, you okay?

She's gonna get made.

Geri, hey.

Hey. Hear me?

Um.

Seventh grade,
middle school gym.

You-you had on a,
Houston Oilers backpack,

which felt like absolute
treason at the time.

You called me a jackass
for making fun of Hoyt's hair.

But that JTT bowl haircut...
Come on, now, really?

But tonight

tonight takes the cake.

And

I believe you.

If you need to bail, bail.

I want you safe.

We don't have a confession yet.

Well, I can't lose her, too.

Right. And don't sit there
and say something to me

and think I'm not gonna turn around and
do something... You're really gonna tell me

I can't sell my bar
and then piss off?

What do you have
against the Ranger?

Excuse me?

It's clearly something personal,

so what is it?

Is it the wife?

Geraldine,

let's just chalk it up as
another reason to steer clear

of a Ranger looking
into our finances.

You know what I heard?

Nation did it.

Right?

You.

She got killed because of NSN.

Now, why would you
need to know that?

Because you're telling
me I can't sell my bar.

I deserve answers.

Grab her!

No. Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Don't touch me. Don't...

Yep.

Now, let me guess
who's on the other end.

Maybe it's...

Hands up!

Let me see 'em. In the sky.

Ranger Walker.

Hey, Walker?

Yeah? What's our
rule on standoffs?

That would be Rule Number 26

Always let a moron with a gun

have the opportunity
to not make a mistake

and get himself killed.

Easier said than
done for some people.

Put it on the ground. On
the ground. Right now.

Put it on the
ground. Slow. Slow.

Right now.

There you go.

Let her go, Oswald.

Oswald. Damn.

I'm impressed you
skated in Laredo.

Real broken legal system we got.

Yeah. Why don't we bypass it.

Walker, lock it up.

I imagine a lot of
you are thinking

about reaching for your
hand cannons right now,

but I would strongly
advise against it.

You're not gonna out shoot us.

Beyond that, we
already have a lot of you

on a judge-approved wire

admitting to some
brand of general thievery.

Yep. You hate to see it.

Although the poker game

actually does have a
city permit, which is...

Yeah. Bunch of Boy Scouts.

You gonna ask or should I?

Anyone in here know the
average Ranger response time?

Two minutes, 36 seconds.

That means you got a minute,
a minute-30, tops, Oswald.

Ranger Walker, are
you forgetting something?

I did. I always do.

Where's my head?

Do they always do this?

All we want to know

is which one of you lowlifes

was down at the border
the night of April 8.

The night one of you
killed a Ranger's wife.

April 8. Yeah.

Wouldn't you know it?

That's my mama's birthday.

Is that right? Yeah.

Took her up to Riverwind
Casino in Oklahoma.

Even sprung for a party bus.

A little awkward having
your mom on a bus

with a stripper pole.

She enjoyed it. She
sounds like a special lady.

Anybody else?

Any of y'all down by
Mexico on April 8?!

Bunch of Boy Scouts.

Texas Rangers.
Oswald, put it down.

It's over, Oswald.

Drop the gun and
release my friend.

Unless you want
to start a firefight

with a roomful of Rangers.

Consider my debt paid.

All right, cuff 'em up.

Moving in.

Hands behind your back.

Hey.

I know about April 8.

Tell your Ranger
friends I want to talk.

Well, I have had a
banner afternoon.

I chopped firewood.

I investigated granite.

Tonight's looking big, too. I'm

I'm installing a
Google Nest Hub.

I don't need a gadget to
help me remember things.

That's what I got
my notebook for.

Dad, it helps.

You can add
groceries to your list,

you can check the weather.

Y-You can even set reminders
for your breeding cycles.

It just helps. That's
all I'm trying to do.

Is that so?

That's great, son.

Yeah.

This scruff

and this breakup and Mexico...

It-it just all seems

like something we
ought to talk about,

not busy ourselves through.

Says the woman who
starts her task list at 4:00 a.m.

Yep. I heard it.

Yeah, you're fine busying, Mama.

Focused on me so
you don't have to think

about how Cordell
will come home.

You know it's not like that.

Mom, it's always been like that.

I don't know if
this is about Bret

or your brother or some
combination of the two,

but all this fussing,

it does not seem like
the next chapter for you.

And after everything
you've been through,

that's what you got to focus on.

Nice shot.

Hey, shouldn't we be
shooting at moving targets?

After Mom and-and Uncle Liam,
I mean, shouldn't we be... ready?

So, was that what the...
piano was all about?

No.

No, and I've actually been

spending enough time
in therapy with Dr. Jane,

if that's all right. You know,

I've actually had my fair
share of therapists, too.

Only problem was mine

were mostly called "Mom."

Though I guess it's a little
bit more complicated now.

What was that like?

Psychologist for a parent.

Um... a lot of regular
teenage problems

suddenly having this
magical underlining meaning.

God help me.

She used to have this phrase

"No wrong feelings."

The idea was

not right, not wrong.

It's... just honest.

Might be something you
two want to think about?

All right, well,

I hope Dad kills this bastard.

Augie.

I do. All right?

I mean, everything
that's happened,

really, jail time is-is way
too small for this guy.

He needs to suffer like we did.

I don't feel that way at all.

Honestly,

when Dad told
us, I was just like...

"Really?

We have to go through
all of this again?"

Things were almost normal.

I liked living in almost.

Are we terrible people?

No.

Not at all.

I got him.

Let's go.

Pretty shook up.

She's heading back home.

This Cali woman should
be over here in a minute.

Checking out Oswald's alibi.

Not to mention, we got
over a dozen NSN members

en route to lockup.

Talk about your clean sweep.

Yeah. Not the arrest we
were hoping for. Yet, anyway.

Yeah, well, I wasn't expecting
to solve this in one night.

I know. I just

just hate letting
my partner down.

Especially on this.

Hey.

I've been realizing, I-I

I missed the actual
moment you got here.

Captain.

Must have been something.

Went through a lot of crap
just trying to prove myself

to people.

Turns out

not everybody's
ready for change.

You know? Even some of
the ones who say they are,

think they are, just...

Black captain is
just, a bit much.

I knew what I was
in for though, right?

Doesn't make it easy.

Lot easier than knowing I
botched Em's investigation.

I did.

I know I did. Look, and I just

I was hoping, you know,
getting the band back together,

you know, start to
make things right,

make us... right.

- I don't know.
- Here she is, Captain.

We can take it. Thanks.

Yes, sir.

Understand you
have some information

about the murder of
Emily Walker on April 8?

Yes. But I'm not talking
without protection.

We can get you
to a holding cell.

You know who
killed Emily Walker?

Yes, Ranger.

But I also know Oswald.

What do you think he'll do

with a loudmouth who
sold him out in lockup?

Listen,

I'm not one of them.

I just play cards with them.

Please,

take off these cuffs,
and I'll give you proof

of who murdered your wife.

What are you offering?

What are you selling?

A recorded voice memo
from that April 10 game.

Oswald talking about
the Ranger's wife.

Does he admit to it personally?

Look, I need to know
there's some sort of

I don't know... s-security
detail in my future.

Done. Does he
admit to it personally?

I also have some

illegal gambling arrests.

Wipe 'em.

Yeah, we'll make it happen.

Okay, then yes.

I have it on my phone.

Where's your phone? In there.

Go get it. We'll be
right here. Okay.

Yeah.

Really?

Thanks.

Hey.

Yeah. That was Nelson.

Oswald's alibi checked out.

What? That's not what she said.

They got him on, casino CCTV.

James,

I've seen this before.

I think it's her.
You think it's her?

Yeah... Let...

Get my six.

All right. Go.

Hey, Ranger.

Drop the gun!

Right now!

Kick it away.

You...

You were there.

That night, at the border.

You were at the
medical examiner's office.

It was you.

You... killed my wife.

Why?

You at least owe me that.

She was just
bringing people water.

And crossing over our routes.

We weren't expecting company.

Why her?

'Cause we hit a pothole.

Busted a crate of painkillers.

Got out to check the damage.

Just five pills,
spilled on the ground.

But there she was.

Had her phone out.

Looked like a talker.

I guess that's why.

Don't, don't.

It won't bring you peace.

I won't know until
she's dead, James.

Walker, listen to me.

Please. We bring her in.

We find out what else she
knows. We find out how many

other widows she's
made, all right?

Think about your kids, man.

Think about Stella
and Augie, all right?

She's not worth

throwing away everything
you've fought for.

Cordell.

Geri.

I... I just had to know. Geri

I couldn't leave. Hey, hey.

I'm so sorry. I didn't
mean to. Whoa, whoa.

It's okay. Hey.

No, no. Shh, shh, shh. Hey,

I love you, buddy,
okay? I love you, buddy.

It's okay. It's o...

Hey. She's gone.

All right? It's okay.

She's gone.

You know, Ramirez
was here all day.

What?

Heard a Ranger's
family was in need.

I told her there was no
replacing her, by the way.

I just thought we should

thought we should go
old school on this one.

Well, I guess I owe her now?

Hey, you staying for dinner?

No, I got a little
unfinished business.

Yeah.

Good day, though?

Good day.

You know what? Um

you-you should
have something. Um,

I may have spilled
beer on it, but... Stop it.

No, I'm not gonna stop,
man. Here you go. No. No.

It's the original.
That's the rule napkin?

Yep. The bar napkin
with the partner rules.

I think you should have
it. You're a softie, man.

I'm a softie. I will burn this

right now. Don't you
dare. Gimme that.

Yeah.

Wow. Hey

you were right.

I have been, distant.

Ever since that night
at the medical examiner,

seeing you with that sheet,
pulling it off Emily. Um,

when I see you, I-I see... that.

And that

has to change.

Because I want to
make us right, too.

Well, good on us, then?

Good on us.

All right, man. Yep.

Thank you.

All right.

Chicken or rib eyes.

Hey, Google, flip a coin.

It landed on tails.

All right. Rib
eyes it is, Google.

What are you thinking on?

What's next.

This is Ranger Ramirez.

Leave a message.

Hey, Ramirez, this
is Captain James.

Look, I just want to thank you

for letting me borrow
your partner today.

I appreciate it. I
think Walker did, too.

Anyway, have a good night.

I know you will.

'Cause you're that
kind of woman...

You know, I-I think I should,

I think-I think I
should make a toast.

Yeah.

I'm glad we're here today.

I'm glad we're, together

here today.

This, this

this isn't the path we chose,

um,

but maybe there's some
comfort knowing that your mother

left this world doing
what she chose.

Helping people.

Um,

you know, the
last time I saw her,

um.

She was worried about me.

She knew I was gonna
lose that game to you guys.

And I knew

I was gonna lose
too, believe me.

And I didn't really know how
much we were all gonna lose.

Um.

Tonight I don't
want to think about

things we've lost.

I want to think about
things we've gained.

A bond that had been broken.

Gratitude.

Steaks. Thanks, Daddy.

Um.

Closure. And, and finally,

some peace.

To Emily.

To Mom. To Emily. To Emily.

To Mom. To Emily.

Hey. I

figured I might find you here.

Just saying my goodbyes.

Yeah.

Well, if you're staying, then

I'd probably start
with "I'm sorry, Geri."

Well

I think that goes
without saying.

Then say it.

I've been saying
it to Emily all night.

Does it get easier?

Losing someone?

Taking someone.

In time.

You ever feel like there's just

been so much?

And it's just...

It's just

you and me that
really understand.

Yeah. Yeah.

Geri.

Look at me.

I'm sorry.

I'm glad it's you and me.

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