Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 2, Episode 17 - The Committee - full transcript

Kurt Woodley.

His priors read like a bio
from the Marquis de Sade.

Felony assault,

assault with a deadly weapon,

aggravated mayhem.

The victim was a teenage girl.

Rape, murder two.

My partner and I busted him
for the Rosewood shootings.

Husband and wife,
asleep in their beds,

two slugs each at close range.

It was a clean
collar. We had cause.

Judge didn't agree.

She said the search was illegal.

Woodley walked
out of the courtroom

and smiled at us as he passed.

You've all had a
chance to review the file.

It's time to vote on
Mr. Woodley's fate:

live or die?

Die.

Yeah. Die.

Die.

Die.

Die.

Die.

Live.

Die.

Die. Majority rules.

The sentence
will be carried out.

I'll see ya, slimebag.

Come on, baby, shake it!

Yee-haw! Yeah!

Do it, baby, do it!

Thank you.

Show me you mean it, darling.

Hey, let go! Bruno!

Hey, hey! No hands on the girls.

What do I get in this
dive for my 20 bucks?

You get to look.

Hell of a joint, huh?

All glands, no hands.

Hey.

I'll take a refund.

Hey, spare a light?

Thanks.

Hey, what the hell are you...?

You shouldn't smoke.

It's bad for your health.

WOMAN: This is Central.

What is the status of
the location, Ranger?

P.D.'s got the crime
scene under control.

And Forensics
will forward a report

as soon as they got something.

Copy that. Ten-four.

Kurt Woodley cut
down in his prime.

You were right, man,

he's got a rap sheet
as long as your arm.

Hell, it fits the pattern:

silenced .38, close
range, no witnesses

and very professional.

That's ten in the
last six months.

Yeah. Four in Tarrant
County and six in Dallas.

Why don't you check
Waco and Houston.

Let's see how far
this thing spreads.

All right.

You got something on your mind?

Yeah, he's killing guys who
are less than model citizens.

I think we have a
vigilante on our hands.

We have no way of knowing
who his next victim's gonna be.

I think he knows exactly who
his next victim's going to be.

This guy's on a
mission, Trivette,

and we gotta stop him.

Hey, big dog, cookies and cream.

This isn't an intensive care,

and your foot's not
set up in concrete.

Come on back around here
and help yourself. I'm busy.

I'll have a coffee.
Make it a double.

Sure, customer.

Comin' right up.

So, what's going on, Cordell?

Well, looks like we have a
vigilante on our hands, C.D.

Our last victim was a guy named
Kurt Woodley. Remember him?

Oh, yeah. I remember Woodley.

I busted him a
couple of times there,

when he was trying
to earn his bones.

He bought a one-way ticket
to Clay County a long time ago.

Hi, guys.

Hey, Alex. Coffee?

No time. Thanks.

I just came by to remind
you about dinner tonight.

At my place.

What are you talking about?

Cordell, don't
you do this to me.

You said you were coming.

Now, I'm expecting you.

Dinner, you and me, tonight?

Yes. That's kind of
what I had in mind.

Candlelight, rack of lamb.

You remember how this works.

Eight o'clock. Don't be late.

See you, guys.

Wait a minute, Alex.

Eight o'clock.

What?

You didn't tell me that Alex
invited you over for dinner.

That's because I didn't
know anything about it

until two minutes ago.

Oh, come on, Cordell.
This is family down here.

You don't have to
be embarrassed.

C.D., I'm telling you, I don't
know anything about dinner.

Yeah. So, what are
you going to wear?

What do you mean...?

What do you mean,
what am I going to wear?

I mean that Alex invited you
over for a home-cooked meal.

You're not gonna go looking
like something the cows drug in.

Then maybe I
should wear a tuxedo.

No. It's too formal. Yes,
you wanna wear a tie.

You wanna wear a suit.
But you don't wanna look

like you planned it.

Flowers.

A hell of a lot of flowers.
Fifteen dollars'll go a long way

in that department.

C.D., I am telling you,

I was not invited
to dinner tonight.

Cordell, you may
know that penal code

from cover to cover,

but you don't know split
peas from coffee about women.

Well, I'm not gonna
argue with you about it.

It's just her style.

Doesn't make any
difference if she invited you

two weeks ago or
two minutes ago.

It all has the same result.

Oh, jeez.

Stay out of those
damn peanuts, will ya?

She's gonna be slaving over

an oven for you.

At least you can go
over halfway hungry.

It is tasty!

Mmm. Oh, it's good.

I'm hungry now.

You ain't gonna eat no peanuts.

You ain't gonna get
any of my cookies.

Wow.

Am I dressed too, uh...?

No.

You look wonderful.

You smell good too.

Grant Wallace, this
is Cordell Walker.

Nice to meet you, Ranger.

Oh...

Pleasure.

I've heard a lot about you.

Are those for me?

Oh, yeah. Um...

C.D. Wanted you to have these.

I'll have to thank C.D.
next time I see him.

They're beautiful.

So, um...

You staying for dinner?

Dinner? Um, I'm not
sure I understand.

Um, I can explain.

Why don't we all sit down.

Sure.

Trivette, I'm gonna kill you.

What?

Oh, nothing.

Grant works for the
Justice Department,

and he wanted to meet you

without anybody
else knowing about it.

Um, we went to
law school together.

And he knew that I knew you,

and so he asked me to set it up.

It had to be done quickly.

So we're not going
to have dinner.

I'm sorry if I
threw you a curve.

But, um, if you're
hungry, I think I have

a half a turkey
sandwich in the fridge.

Oh, no, no, that's okay,
I had a big lunch today.

Thanks, though.

Great. Can we get
down to business?

What business?

Well, Ranger,

you're aware that there've
been a large number

of these vigilante-style
assassinations around here

in the last six months.

I'm aware of it. Why?

Well, we're beginning to suspect

it's the work of an
organized group.

You have any leads?

Not enough.

What we need is somebody
to get into this group.

We need somebody to
infiltrate the organization.

Now I know why I've
been invited here tonight.

I'll make it up to
you. I promise.

You will?

Only kidding.

You know how I hate it
when you don't tell me stuff.

You better tell me. You
better tell me. Wha...?

What, you want me to beg?

Yeah.

Boy, she must've fed
you real good, though.

If you only knew, Trivette.

Well, come on. Tell
me what she cooked.

No. No. No. Tell
me what she wore.

You're really chomping
at the bit, huh?

Sue me. I like details.

Walker, we just got a hit

on a P.D. want and warrant.

Suspect vehicle is headed west
on Magnolia near Broadmore.

You sittin' down?

The car's registered
to Reed Jameson.

We got it.

Do I know Reed Jameson?

Yeah, he was the wheel man

for that bank
heist a while back.

Oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.

I've never seen
you carry a backup.

You never know, Trivette.

Around the back.

Nah.

Ah! Whoa!

Where'd he go?

Upstairs, upstairs!

Look out.

Hey! Hey!

Let's split up.

Hey!

Hey, watch out!

Hold it!

Okay! Okay!

I give, man.

Pick it up.

Man, what are you
doing? You crazy!

I said, pick it up.

No way.

I got your back!

Stay back. Put
it away, Trivette.

He's mine.

Put it away!

Now, for the last
time, pick it up.

I said, no way!

Suit yourself.

How's he doin'?

His doctor changed
that medication.

Will you relax? Sit down.

I don't wanna sit down.

Suit yourself.

Now, what the hell
happened back there?

What do you think happened?

I saw you shoot a
man in cold blood.

He had a gun.

I saw you toss him
your gun, Walker.

Trivette, this has
nothing to do with you.

The hell it doesn't.

All I know is what I saw.

I can't just let it slide.

There's gonna be
a shooting review.

What the hell you
want me to tell 'em?

Come here.

Get in here.

Now, I thought I knew
you pretty well, man.

Hey, I look up to you. You...

You know what I tell people?

I say, "Cordell Walker, he's
the finest Ranger we got.

He's the guy that goes
to the wall for the law."

You cut the guy down. I saw you.

Now, I'm asking you. How
the hell could you do that?

Like this.

Everybody okay in here?

Yeah, everything's okay,

but I think Trivette thought he
was going to meet his maker.

Trivette, meet agent Adcock.

Looks like you two put on a
pretty convincing performance.

This was all a setup.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but it
was something I had to do.

And you were in on it?

Only 'cause I had to.

And I don't like being
shot at, even if it is blanks.

Cooperating got you a
reduced sentence, didn't it?

Well, I got to get
this piece of work

to an out-of-county
lockup under an alias.

Thanks, Walker.

You bet.

Come on.

I'm just checking.

Scared you, huh.

Yeah. Boy, so I'm not dead, huh.

No.

Oh, man. Whoa.

Least I don't have
to testify against you.

Well, don't count on that.

Besides, how could you
ever believe that I would shoot

a man in cold blood?

Oh, I knew all along
this was a setup.

Get outta here.

Sure. Sure.

I did.

At that point, the
suspect exited

the rear of the building.

Ranger Walker
instructed me specifically

to hold my position,

and he went out the
back to cover the alley.

And did you hold your
position, Ranger Trivette?

Yes, ma'am, I did until
I heard the gunshot,

and then I went out
back to the alley, also.

And what happened?

I saw Ranger Walker,
and I saw the suspect

with his hands in the air.

Ranger Walker had
his revolver drawn.

Was the suspect
armed at this time?

Was the suspect
armed at this time?

No, ma'am, he wasn't.

But there was a
weapon on the ground.

So when Ranger
Walker fired his revolver,

the suspect was not armed?

No, sir, he was not.

Do you have
anything to add to this,

Ranger Walker?

The only thing I have to add

is the world's a lot
better off without him.

Yeah, we've been going
over your record, Walker.

It's hardly a testimonial
for good police work.

Three warnings in two months.

Excessive force.

One month suspension for beating
a confession out of a suspect.

The confession was
thrown out at the trial.

March 9, 1993,

brought up before
the disciplinary board

for conduct unbecoming a Ranger

June 25, 1993, demerits issued

for insubordination
towards a senior officer.

December 8, 1993,

almost suspended but
officially reprimanded

for overly aggressive behavior
toward suspected perpetrators.

The board ordered two
months' psychiatric evaluation.

I have to be honest
with you, Ranger Walker.

I've heard good
things about you,

but all this comes as
somewhat of a shock.

You got nothing to say?

Well, the only thing
I've got to say is,

how come everyone
has water here but me?

Well, in that case,
my recommendation

is, uh, that you be suspended

and that this case be
taken to the grand jury

for an indictment.

And at that time,
you'll be removed

from the Texas
Rangers, permanently.

I would say that our search

for someone from
the Ranger service

to join our committee is over.

Ranger Walker would be a
fine asset to our organization.

It's time for a vote: yes or no.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

You missed.

Wouldn't be the first time.

You're Ranger
Walker, aren't you?

Was Ranger Walker.

And you're blocking my shot.

Could I buy you a drink?

No, thanks.

You know, there
are a lot of people

who are on your side.

And what side is that?

The right side.

And if you're interested
in getting to know

some of those people who
share your point of view,

we're having a
meeting tonight, 8:00.

Here are the details.

That's a pretty lady.

What you got, a nibble?

C.D., looks like we got
the whole doggone fish.

Good.

We're glad you could
make it, Ranger Walker.

Now, if you would,
please sit down.

We still have some
questions we need to ask.

You do understand, Ranger,

that if you decide to join us,

once you know who the other
members of the committee are,

there's no turning back.

I didn't come here to turn back.

I'm glad you could make it.

Good to meet you, Walker.

I'm sure you know Judge Riley.

Yeah, I do. Officer Strangis.

Nice to meet you,
Walker. Welcome aboard.

Thanks.

Emory Harris,
detective, homicide.

Walker, it's good
to have you with us.

Harris.

Lisa Dutton, public defender.

Public defender?

Aren't you on the wrong side
of the fence here, counselor?

I try to protect and defend
innocent people, Walker,

but all too often I'm forced
to put the wrong ones

back out on the street.

I'm just trying to
balance the scales.

Mm.

Where's the guy
I was talking to?

Oh, the chairman never
comes to the meetings.

You were talking
to him by telephone.

The shy type, huh? Do I
get a chance to meet him?

You've met all the
people you need to.

We meet every Tuesday.

The next meeting is
five days from now.

Just tell me when and where.

Well, Lisa's your contact,

but we still have
a few preliminaries

to take care of before you're invited
to a meeting. We'll let you know.

What sort of preliminaries?

You'll just have to
wait till we contact you.

Rules of the game.

Whatever you say.

Are we having problems
with the electricity?

Not since the storm
month before last.

How 'bout the telephone?

The only big problem we've
had is you pacing around in here

like a caged animal
for the last couple days.

I thought you liked
having me around.

Well, you know, as the spirits
say, too much of a good thing

isn't always such a good thing.

And which spirit is that?

"Dear Abby."

Oh. Alex, uh, dropped
by and left this for you.

It's your file.

Much better than the false
record that they replaced.

I read it already.

It says "confidential,"
Uncle Ray.

Oh?

I'll get it.

All right.

Hello.

Walker, it's me.

What do you want?

Well, I wanted to find out
how you were making out,

and if you had had a
chance yet to look at...

Will you get off my back, Alex?

What?

Where were you?

I didn't see you sticking
up for me at the hearing.

Walker, I don't understand.

The system, Alex.
It doesn't work.

You should be as
disgusted as I am.

Well, I am disgusted,

but it's the law, and
we have to abide by it.

Well, not me. Not anymore.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Sure.

Boom.

Did he have anything new?

I'm not sure.

I think I just got act two of
Nobody Loves me Anymore.

They might be on to his phones.

He's probably
just being careful.

That sounds like Walker.

Don't worry.

Trivette will make contact.

Have you heard from him yet?

Yes. As a matter of fact,
he should be coming in soon.

Hey, partner, let me have a
double meat cheeseburger,

an order of fries...
The seat's taken.

I know it is.

How's it going?

Fine until you came in.

I said, the seat's taken.

Well, as far as I could
see, partner, it was empty.

Then maybe you need glasses.

Hey, hey, hey. You
guys take it out of here.

I just got this place cleaned
up before you came in.

Outside.

Man, that was... That
was, like, real in there.

Don't you think...?

Easy, big fella. We're
just acting, right?

We gotta make it look good.

Great. Method actors.

Okay. I'm almost in.

The names are under the counter.

You're almost in?

You're getting good at that.

Yeah, well, I had a
good teacher, thanks.

Okay, walk away.

I need more time.

I don't know who
the big boss is yet.

He uses a speakerphone
in the meetings.

So you want a tap?

Yeah. Have Alex get one.

All right. Okay.

I'm glad he's in a good mood.

Je-ee-eez.

You know what?
I'm just gonna eat his.

He's not gonna be
able to make it back.

He did pay for this, didn't he?

Nope.

Your Honor,

these two men robbed
a convenience store,

lined the customers up along
the floor and executed them

one by one in cold blood.

We've connected them to the gun.

Ballistics says the gun
we found on the defendants

is the murder weapon.

We just can't let these
animals back out onto the street.

Objection, Your Honor.

These "animals,"

as the prosecutor
likes to call them,

are still human beings
and, under our constitution,

are entitled to the
same rights as we have.

Officers Paulsen and
Wright had no warrant.

They had no probable cause,

and the gun was obtained

by an illegal
search and seizure.

The prosecutor's opinion
of my clients' demeanor

is not what is at question here.

Do you have
anything else to add?

No, Your Honor.

All right. We'll
break for lunch.

I'll review the motions
before the court

and give you a decision
when we come back.

We'll reconvene at 2.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

I'm here to take you to lunch.

This is bad form,
Walker, and bad judgment.

We shouldn't be seen together.

Why is that?

An ex-Texas Ranger taking
a pretty lawyer to lunch.

It doesn't seem
suspicious to me.

Here you go. Thanks a lot.

So tell me, Walker,

are you this extravagant
with all your dates?

I like to make a
strong first impression.

Well, I hate to imagine
where you end up.

So, what's on your mind, Walker?

Somehow I have the feeling

you're not working your way
towards dinner and a movie.

I wanna know
about the committee.

It's not my place to tell
you anything about them.

Look, you guys are
checking me out,

so I think it's only fair
that I check you out

before I make a decision.

Besides, I got a feeling
something's bothering you

about the committee.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Yes, you do.

I was watching
you at the meeting.

You don't seem to be as
committed as the rest of 'em.

Understand this, Walker.

It's a lifetime commitment.

Once you're in, you're in.

What if it doesn't have to be?

What if you had a choice?

No.

We shouldn't be
talking about this.

Whatever's said here stays here.

Tell me, why'd you join?

There's so much wrong
with the system, Walker.

I mean, you're
there. You see it.

The idea of justice.
It's just that. It's an idea.

When you're in it day to day,

sometimes you begin to
forget what the word means.

Yeah, you're right.

It's not a great system.

But it could be a lot worse.

Yeah, that's easy to say.

You know, there are
nights when I come home,

and I turn on the shower,

and I stand under it for
what seems like hours,

just trying to
wash off the dirt.

When I heard about
the committee, it...

It just seemed like
what the system needed.

Another set of
checks and balances

to plug up the holes that
are getting bigger day by day.

How do you feel now?

I don't know.

I don't know that
what we're doing

is any better than what
the criminals are doing.

We form an opinion about
what's right and wrong,

and we act on it.

It's getting late, Walker.

I gotta go.

Do me a favor, okay?

Let's make this our last date.

Come on, come on!

I can't. I can't reach.

Take my hand. Take my hand.

Run!

You got it. You got it, baby.

All right.

I see him. He's up there.

Let's go, cover me.

Trivette, you there?

This is the good part.

This is where Bruce
Willis actually loses

to one of the bad guys, man.

Would you like for
me to come back later?

No. No, no.

How'd it go with
the public defender?

I think she's having
second thoughts

about her participation
in the committee.

What makes you think that?

She was just trying too
hard to convince herself

that what she was
doing was right.

And I don't think she
convinced herself.

How do you know
she's not testing you,

fishing for a reaction
or something?

I just know.

Well, just to be
on the safe side,

why don't we just
bust these guys

and get this thing over with.

No.

I wanna know who the voice
is behind that speaker box.

I'll talk to you later.

All right.

Hey, I paid for that popcorn.
Go ahead and take it.

Thanks a lot.

I could sure use a cup
of cappuccino right now.

Get him up there.

You all right up there?

Come on, get her out of here.

First of all,

I'd like to take
this opportunity

to welcome Mr. Walker
to the committee.

We're glad to have you.

Now, down to business.

I realize that this is not
our regular meeting date

and that not all could attend,

but we have a matter
that could not wait.

Despite the absence
of some of our members,

a unanimous vote will still
be carrying the sentence.

We seem to have a serious
problem on our hands

that needs to be
dealt with immediately.

If you'll all open
your folders...

It is regrettable,

but I believe that Miss Dutton

has become a
serious security risk.

That not only puts
the committee at risk,

but all of us individually.

The evidence in this
file is pretty weak.

What makes her a security risk?

She's had some second thoughts,

made some calls.

We've had her phone tapped.

You'll think otherwise
when you see the transcripts.

It's time for a vote.

Live or die?

Die.

Die.

Die.

Die.

Die.

Die.

Your vote.

We're waiting, Mr. Walker.

Die... but I wanna do it.

Well, thank you for the offer,

but that's why
Mr. Strangis isn't here.

He's standing by to
carry out the execution.

Appreciate your enthusiasm,

but there'll be plenty
of opportunities.

That's some kind
of club you joined.

I can't wait to see
the Halloween party.

Did you get a trace?

Yeah, seven
pretty little digits,

972 exchange, in
the Dermont section,

not too far from here.

Go check it out.
I gotta find Lisa.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Texas Rangers. Our Turn
Corporation, where's that?

Eighth floor, 810.

Candy-gram.

Nobody in the shower.

Just little old me
and the electronics.

Hello.

It is regrettable,

but I believe that Miss Dutton

has become a
serious security risk.

That not only puts
the committee at risk,

but all of us individually.

It's time for a vote.

Live or die?

First of all,

I'd like to take
this opportunity

to welcome Mr. Walker
to the committee.

We're glad to have you.

That's very, very nice.

Very nice.

Walker.

Walker.

I got your Mr. Big, man.

Who is it?

It's not "who." It's a "what."

It's a random access
computer voice

with a multitrack playback unit

and a modem dialer.

It's operated by a
remote from the other side.

So, what he's got is a
number of preset responses

on any one of the tracks.

Whenever he needs it, he
just punches the right button.

You mean, it's one of
the guys in the room?

You got it.

Where's everyone?

It's almost 5 now.

They kicked off
about ten minutes ago.

Later, darling.

Hold it, Strangis!

Hey!

What are you doin'?

You all right?

Yeah.

That was exciting. Yeah.

I'm telling you, Walker...

Well, if we're ready,
we'd better get started.

Hi, everybody.

Well, everyone's
here but Strangis.

Does anyone know where he is?

I do.

Oh?

Where might that be?

In jail, where the
rest of you will be.

Who the hell is that?

That's my partner, Trivette.

You're all under arrest.

That's not very smart.

You either.

What a guy.

Hey, judge.

Looks like you'll see
the system in action

from the other side
of the bench this time.

You need us, Walker.

You can't do this alone.

Well, we'll just have to
do the best we can, judge.

Put him in.

Trivette.

Lisa?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry too.

Ladies and
gentlemen of the jury,

thank you for your verdict.

Due to the close scrutiny
that this trial has received,

I would like to poll
you all individually

to confirm your findings.

By number order,
please state your verdict.

Guilty. Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.