Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 3, Episode 10 - Tiger's Eye - full transcript
( upbeat mystical theme playing)
WOMAN (on PA): The white
zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of
passengers only.
No parking.
MAN (on PA): The white
zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of
passengers only.
No parking.
Good evening, Miss
Morell, and welcome home.
Right, right, right.
Welcome home.
Ranger Walker.
Hi, Amy.
Ranger Trivette. Hey, Amy.
What are you all doing here?
Oh, business as usual.
Wow, it's great to see you guys.
It's good to see you
too. How you been?
Fine, I guess. Home
for the holiday break.
There gonna be a Youth
Rodeo this year, Walker?
You bet, and, as usual, your
dad's donated everything.
Keeps kids off the streets
and his daughter occupied.
But guess what?
Of all the things he gives
me, this one I really love.
Winning last year's
barrel-racing competition
was the single most defining
moment in my whole life.
It reminds me every day
that Amy Morell can be more
than just a dumb
little rich girl.
Amy Morell is
much more than that.
Don't you ever forget it.
Thanks.
(clears throat)
Well, I guess that's my cue.
See you all at the rodeo.
Okay, hon. Bye. Bye.
WOMAN (on PA): The white
zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of
passengers only.
No parking.
( upbeat mystical theme playing)
Here we go.
( mysterious theme playing)
(tires screeching)
Stay inside, Miss Morell.
(driver yelps, grunts)
(gasps)
(moans)
(grunts)
Get away from me, you
creep. Get away from me.
( light rock action
theme playing)
( somber theme playing)
(indistinct chatter)
(sighs)
MAN: Can you get
those files for me?
Have you got your nose in
those stock quotes again?
When are you ever gonna learn?
Hey, my broker's very
high on a couple of things.
He says the market's
getting ready to explode, man.
When was the last
time he was right?
When was...?
Let me tell you
something, my friend.
One good investment is
worth a lifetime of effort.
Mm.
Trivette, let me give
you some advice.
Put your money in
the bank and forget it.
See, now, is that what you
really wanna do with your money?
What money? You lost
all mine. (phone rings)
Yeah, Trivette.
MAN: Is Ranger Walker there?
It's Jessup Morell.
Yeah, Mr. Morell, he's
right here. Amy's dad.
How you doing, Jess?
I need to see you immediately.
I can't talk about
it on the phone.
Believe me, it's serious.
It's a matter of life or death.
Can you come to
my place, please,
as quick as you can?
I'll be right there.
( mysterious theme playing)
Trouble?
Sounds like it. Let's go.
I'm Manzo Tokada, head
of security for Mr. Morell.
Rangers Walker and
Trivette to see Mr. Morell.
I know who you are,
and there is no need for
you to be here, gentlemen.
Your assistance is not required.
We'll let him decide that.
No.
You will leave now.
Manzo.
We'll do it my way.
(speaks in Japanese)
Evidently a van
followed the limousine
from the airport.
Three or four men, armed.
The van forced
the limo off the road,
driver beaten unconscious.
Simpson, her
bodyguard, shot to death.
JESSUP: Amy.
They took my baby.
Nearly ten hours
ago and nothing.
No... No ransom
demands, nothing.
I'm afraid to bring the
police in on it at this point.
You're the only one I can trust.
Jess, how do you
know what happened?
If there's been no contact
from the kidnappers?
Foster, the driver.
He wasn't badly injured.
When he regained consciousness,
he put Simpson's
body into the car
and came directly here
to avoid police or publicity
that might compromise
Miss Amy's life.
That's what he said?
Yes, his words.
A lot of foresight for
a man in his situation.
Jess, I want to get
the ME out here,
and we'll keep it confidential.
TRIVETTE: The chauffeur never
used his limo phone to call for help?
Clean everything
up nice and tidy?
Yes.
Aren't you gonna
question the driver?
No.
Send him home
and tell him to rest.
That's the lead we'll follow,
at least until the
kidnappers call.
There is another way.
I will talk to this man, alone.
No, we'll do it my way.
Mr. Morell,
I told you not to
call these people.
You see, they lack the
will to do what is necessary.
I'm gonna send a man
out here to trace all calls.
Whatever you want.
And don't worry,
Jess, we'll find her.
Thank you.
Okay, let's give C.D. a call.
Tell him we got a job for him.
( mysterious theme playing)
What's our move?
I'm gonna drop
you off at the office,
and I'm going to
go see Jake Rader.
At the Cage?
Yeah.
Walker, you are loco, man.
Yeah, I've been told that.
Come girl. Say hello to Daddy.
No.
I'm not going to,
you slimeball jerk.
AMY: Do you read
what I'm saying?
Never happen.
(chuckles)
Say hello to Daddy, Amy,
or I will send him
one of your rings
with your finger still in it.
Do you read what I'm saying?
Hello, Daddy. This is Amy.
( melancholy theme playing)
(crowd cheering, yelling)
Get him.
You bettin' on this, darling?
MAN 1: I put a ten on that one.
(crowd yelling)
MAN 2: Keep it comin'!
Your boy's losing.
(crowd booing)
Pass it on over now.
Thank you so much.
I do appreciate it.
Thank you very much.
You, sir?
Hello, Rader.
Walker.
You got a lot of
intestinal fortitude
coming in here without at least
the whole damned Marine Corps.
I need some information.
Since when is Jake
Rader a snitch?
Illegal gambling, Rader.
I can close you down.
FIGHTER: Hey, I
don't like cops much,
and especially, I don't
like Rangers much.
And it'll be a damn
cold day in hell
before you close down the Cage
or put anybody in the slam.
I'll tell you what.
I'll make you a bet.
I'll get into the cage
with your champion,
and if I whip him,
you get me all the
information I need.
Deal? And if he wins?
You've never seen me.
There's a bonus for you
in this if you take him out.
Don't worry about a thing, boss.
He's history.
FIGHTER: Come on,
tough guy. Come on.
Come on.
(crowd cheering, yelling)
(crowd sighs)
(applause)
All right. Come on.
MAN 3: Get up.
MAN 4: Get up.
Now get me the
information I need,
or you're next.
Thank you.
(dance music
playing over speaker)
Okay.
I got everything I'm gonna
get, and the fridge is now empty.
Zip, okay?
This is the best
Jake Rader can do.
Let's hear it.
Certain people from out of town,
with whom I am unacquainted,
did the job that
snatched Amy Morell.
They had the help
of a local operator
named, uh, Travis.
Gun for hire, free-agent type.
Why no contact for the ransom?
Uh, well, there was no
contact for the ransom,
because the guys
who did this thing
wanted somebody to sweat.
A personal kind
of thing involved.
Personal thing?
Yeah. Yeah, it was
a personal thing.
And that's basically
it, except that, uh,
when the ransom
demand does come in,
it will be, and
I'm quoting here:
"A very large bite
out of Jessup Morell's
corporate butt," end quote.
Is that all you got?
What I just told you is it.
The whole thing. The
entire what I know.
Now, would you
mind going elsewhere?
I've done my good
deed for the year,
and having a Ranger in here
is not exactly
good for business.
All you had to do is ask.
What are you doing here, Tokada?
This may be about something
you cannot understand.
If you have information
about Amy, you'd better tell me.
When I know for sure.
Did you find out
anything in that place?
It involves something
more than money.
Something personal.
Yeah,
but the money they'll
want will be considerable.
That's the word.
Enough to make
up for many things.
What things?
They'll want me to
deliver the money,
and with it, my life.
I tried to keep you out of
it, but you would not listen.
You'd better tell me
what you know, Tokada.
If you want to see
Amy alive again,
take your hand off me.
( tense theme playing)
It's my affair. No one else's.
( line rings)
(phone rings)
Trivette, Tokada
followed me here.
What, you think he's in on it?
No, I spent time in Japan,
and guys like Tokada
don't play it that way.
It's got to be something though.
I wonder if it has
anything to do with kiri.
Say it again?
Kiri, it means
debt. Debt of honor.
Very powerful stuff
to the Japanese.
Sometimes only a death
can pay off that debt.
Tokada knows more
than what he's telling me.
Meet me at Morell's.
All right.
Where's Tokada?
What is it? What's happened?
I need to talk to him, Jess.
Guesthouse.
Yakuza.
( tense theme playing)
You're yakuza.
Is that the kiri? The debt?
You know nothing about this.
Now go.
I must wait for the
Tiger to contact me.
The Tiger? Who's he?
Is he the one behind all this?
For all your
kindness, I'm grateful.
And I pray that
somehow I will save Amy.
Only death will
stop me from trying.
The best way for you to
save Amy is to work with us.
No.
Only I can save Amy.
It is me the Tiger wants.
You think I'm gonna stand by
while two Osaka Mafia
take a run at each other?
I'm not yakuza.
I'm a policeman.
I was a policeman.
I was doing business in Japan
and my company was being
shaken down by the yakuza.
Well, I, uh... I
wouldn't play ball,
so one night three of
them took me prisoner.
And they would've killed
me too, except one of them
turned out to be an
undercover cop, Mr. Tokada.
He had to give away
his identity to save me.
I lived with the
yakuza for many years,
become one of
them, as you can see,
but once they knew who I was,
there's a special hatred for me
beyond that for other policemen.
How did you get away?
Mr. Tokada was a
dead man in Osaka,
so we killed him.
Staged his death, that
is, in a car accident.
I brought him to America.
Mr. Tokada san, you
must think as a lawman,
not as a yakuza.
You're wrong, Ranger Walker.
I must think as they think.
That is the only
way I can save Amy.
(phone ringing)
Hello.
MAN: You should've known
one day that I would find out
that Tokada was not really dead.
This has nothing to do
with my daughter, Tiger.
Take me. I will give
you anything you want.
Oh, it will cost
you, Mr. Morell.
Five million dollars.
A million for each year
Tokada should have been dead.
I'll call you tomorrow morning
with the time and
place of delivery.
Let me talk to my daughter.
AMY (on tape): Hello,
Daddy, this is Amy.
Amy? Amy?
They want $5 million.
He'll be calling in the morning
to tell me the
time and the place.
They will want me
to deliver the money.
( suspenseful theme playing)
(phone rings)
Hello.
C.D.: Yeah, Mr. Morell,
this is C.D. Parker.
Uh, let me speak
to Cordell Walker,
would you, please?
Yeah.
Hello.
Yeah. That yahoo's
just went in the zoo.
I don't think he's here to
feed the baby elephants.
We'll be right there.
Time for you to eat something.
How am I supposed
to do that, huh?
Just dive in face first?
That's cute.
Just shut up, girl! Now!
Now you will use
that irritating mouth
of yours to eat with.
You like it, you eat it.
( dramatic theme playing)
(yells)
Ahhh.
Through the window, huh?
(chuckles): And
you would've done it.
You are something else.
Brave little girl.
But stupid too.
(growls)
TOKADA: Hanami,
one of Tiger's most trusted men.
I will make him talk.
Wait, Toka...
Tokada.
I'll get him.
Yeah, wait... Wait
for me, Jimmy.
(yells)
If you can't catch
him, shoot him, Jimmy.
(yelling)
(yells)
(yells)
(yells)
(yells)
(grunting)
(screams)
(groans)
(elephants trumpeting)
(grunts)
You had my back, huh?
C.D.: Yeah.
I covered your back.
(both laugh)
Get up.
WALKER: Where's the Tiger?
FOSTER: Don't waste your breath.
You're getting nothing from me.
I can understand your problem.
You're afraid of
the yakuza, right?
More than I'm
afraid of you guys.
WALKER: I can understand that.
Because, you know,
my partners and I
wouldn't do the things they do,
such as chop off your
fingers, things like that.
But that doesn't mean we can't
walk away and leave Tokada here.
And you know how
special Amy is to him.
Now, are you gonna talk?
Okay, Tokada, he's
yours. Let's go, guys.
FOSTER: 11249 Trevor Street.
Warehouse district,
South Dallas.
TRIVETTE: Damn, a day late
and a dollar short, boys.
What's it say?
"Tiger."
It's a message that
he's one step ahead.
TOKADA: It's all
part of the game
he's playing with me.
And he's using Amy.
You can be comfortable inside,
or you can be tied to a chair
for as long as our
business takes.
Your choice.
You stay alert.
I am not a happy
man, Mr. Morell.
Not a happy man at all.
Is Amy okay? Can I talk to her?
I am not a happy man
because I can smell cops.
It is the same smell in Japan.
Police smell the
same everywhere.
No, no, no, no. I... I
haven't called the police.
It's only a friend who...
The stench in my nose,
along with a pair of
missing men, Mr. Morell,
makes me very suspicious.
Look, I'm doing
everything you asked.
I... I... I... I'm getting
the money together.
You getting a trace?
MORELL: I'll... I'll have all the
money by tomorrow morning.
Just don't hurt her, please.
Please? I'll... You...
You can have anything.
Good.
Tomorrow at dawn.
No, no, no, no.
That's impossible.
I don't want to hear that.
No, no, there are no banks open.
For this much cash...
All right, that makes sense.
Call at high noon,
like Gary Cooper.
Five million by noon.
Please, please be reasonable.
Noon.
No more time.
I will call in the morning
and tell Tokada where.
May I...? May I talk to Amy?
Of course.
Hello, Daddy, this is Amy.
(beeps off)
Not enough time for a trace.
(sighs)
MORELL: Well, I wasn't bluffing.
It will take all night to get
that much cash together.
Those guys at the zoo,
they weren't Japanese American.
Yes, I know.
That means they came
over here on a visa.
First stop at the
airport is Immigration.
Along with a passport,
you gotta give a destination.
You check with INS, I'll
check with U.S. Customs.
Sam, if the Tiger calls
back, you contact me.
Mr. Morell, Miss
Amy will be fine.
I promise you.
Thank you, Tokada.
(phone rings)
Hello.
(sighs)
I want $5 million in cash
by tomorrow morning.
I don't care. Wake them up.
I want $5 million by
tomorrow morning.
(beeps off)
( somber theme playing)
It's all here.
(phone rings)
Hello?
It's him.
He wants to talk to you.
Right, I'm listening.
Do the minutes become
more precious to you, Tokada,
as you have fewer
and fewer of them left?
I will trade them
all for just a little girl.
Do you have the money?
Yes.
It's ready.
Then come to me, Tokada.
And if you tell anyone,
if anyone is with
you... I understand.
I will kill the girl, slowly,
in your place.
You have my word.
Come to the Soledad Hacienda.
Are you sure this is
the right thing to do?
Yes, I'm sure.
Where are you going?
He's going to take
the money to the Tiger.
Where is he? I cannot tell you.
You're not going anywhere
until you tell me where he is.
Then I must go through you.
He won't let you live, Tokada.
Then that is my destiny.
What about Amy? Is
that her destiny too?
Because he won't
let her live, either.
I'm her best chance.
I'm not gonna let
you go, Tokada.
Then you must
kill me to stop me.
Let's work together, Tokada.
You're right.
We both want the same thing.
Yeah.
Jess, I need you... Oh!
Tell Walker that
he's a good friend
and I'm sorry,
but I must do
what I think is best.
Are you all right?
Where's Tokada? He's gone.
You know where?
No.
You're sure?
TRIVETTE: Yeah, we believe that.
All right, thanks.
WALKER: Trivette.
Tokada split. He took
the money to Tiger.
You know where?
No, damn it,
but we gotta find
him before noon.
Just tell me you have
an idea on how to do that.
I got something. Come on.
According to the INS, that
guy that we killed at the zoo,
he didn't just come into
the country as a tourist.
He came over on a work permit.
Work permit? As
what? A dancer, man.
A dancer? Yeah.
They have international
files on organized criminals,
but you enter the
country as a dancer...
And they wouldn't think twice.
Yeah, and it gets better.
I ran down some other names
we've associated with the Tiger.
Seven of them, all of them
came over on work permits,
all of them sponsored
by the same man, Kimuro.
So they're sponsored by
Kimuro, but they work for the Tiger.
Let me guess.
You got it. Every
one of them a dancer.
(Japanese music
playing over speaker)
Mr. Kimuro?
Mr. Kimuro? (music silenced)
We'd like to talk to you.
What about? We are very busy.
It's about the Tiger.
TRIVETTE: We're Texas
Rangers, Mr. Kimuro.
I cannot help you with
any business with the Tiger.
If you need to arrest
me, you may do so.
We know you did a favor
for the Tiger, Mr. Kimuro,
and we can understand why
you're afraid to talk to us about it.
I'm a family man.
I can't worry about your
undercover policeman Tokada.
You say you're a
family man, Mr. Kimuro.
Because of the conflict
between Tokada and the Tiger,
a young girl has been kidnapped.
In 20 minutes, this
young girl's gonna be killed
unless we find the Tiger.
If you are truly a family man,
how could you live with that?
I never spoke of
the Tiger's business.
Arigato, Kimuro san.
They've got a guard
stationed outside the house.
Yeah, that could be
where they're keeping Amy.
It's two minutes after
12. Where's Tokada?
TRIVETTE: There he is.
Okay, let's do it.
Five years I have waited.
I am right here.
No humility?
No plea for your life?
Did you really
expect me to beg you,
the one who has
betrayed his own code?
Tiger smears all of
you with this disgrace,
with the blood of
an innocent girl.
I shall enjoy your dying.
Do it yourself, then, if
you have the courage.
Fight me, eye to eye.
You and I, Tiger.
Here's your blood money.
And here I am.
What are you waiting for?
Fight you?
Why would I do that?
You're not yakuza. You're a cop.
I'll kill you slowly.
You're a child-stealer,
and you are a coward.
You don't even have
the guts to fight me.
Swords!
(choked gasps)
WALKER: Amy.
Walker. Oh, God.
Tell me it's really you.
Yes, it is, honey.
Let's get out of here.
Okay.
Police!
GUARD: Police!
Outside.
Get back in.
(both grunt)
Take him.
Hyah!
Hold it, Tiger.
No!
I have to do it my way.
(screams)
Manzo.
Amy, you okay?
Mm-hm.
Some kind of fandango, huh?
Wild dance.
Well, Tokada san, looks
like you're gonna have
more time on your
hands than you thought.
Yes, a terrible responsibility.
Don't worry, Manzo. I'll
show you how it's done.
AMY: No sweat.
TOKADA: No sweat, yes.
I'm gonna get you home, okay?
Okay.
(mellow dance music
playing over speaker)
(indistinct chatter)
Some kind of fandango, nei?
Yes. Yeah?
You got it. Some
kind of fandango.
How are you, C.D.?
Hey, Cordell, you
ready to dosey-doe?
Well, I know how
to "dosey," Jess,
but I never learned
how to "doe."
Well, it's about
time you learned.
I was afraid you
were gonna say that.
Yee-ha! (laughs)
MAN: Whoa!
(all applaud)
C.D.: You're looking mighty
good out there, partner.
How come you're
not dancing, C.D.?
Well, I wore out
two of them already.
( slow music playing) MAN: Oh!
So are you feeling
any older yet?
That's me, a very, very
proper young lady now.
You know, if your
mom could see you now,
she'd be very happy.
I miss her.
I think about her a lot.
Me too.
I just looked away
for a couple of years
and you went and grew up on me.
But I won't look away again.
I promise.
Every once in a while
isn't being a Ranger just
about the most wonderful thing?
Every once in a while.
TRIVETTE: We're all
about the same cat though.
You never know how much
somebody means to you
till you lose them.
TRIVETTE: Or almost lose them.
There's nothing more
precious than family.
And a future, with friends.
Kampai.
ALL: Kampai.
( upbeat theme playing)
WOMAN (on PA): The white
zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of
passengers only.
No parking.
MAN (on PA): The white
zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of
passengers only.
No parking.
Good evening, Miss
Morell, and welcome home.
Right, right, right.
Welcome home.
Ranger Walker.
Hi, Amy.
Ranger Trivette. Hey, Amy.
What are you all doing here?
Oh, business as usual.
Wow, it's great to see you guys.
It's good to see you
too. How you been?
Fine, I guess. Home
for the holiday break.
There gonna be a Youth
Rodeo this year, Walker?
You bet, and, as usual, your
dad's donated everything.
Keeps kids off the streets
and his daughter occupied.
But guess what?
Of all the things he gives
me, this one I really love.
Winning last year's
barrel-racing competition
was the single most defining
moment in my whole life.
It reminds me every day
that Amy Morell can be more
than just a dumb
little rich girl.
Amy Morell is
much more than that.
Don't you ever forget it.
Thanks.
(clears throat)
Well, I guess that's my cue.
See you all at the rodeo.
Okay, hon. Bye. Bye.
WOMAN (on PA): The white
zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of
passengers only.
No parking.
( upbeat mystical theme playing)
Here we go.
( mysterious theme playing)
(tires screeching)
Stay inside, Miss Morell.
(driver yelps, grunts)
(gasps)
(moans)
(grunts)
Get away from me, you
creep. Get away from me.
( light rock action
theme playing)
( somber theme playing)
(indistinct chatter)
(sighs)
MAN: Can you get
those files for me?
Have you got your nose in
those stock quotes again?
When are you ever gonna learn?
Hey, my broker's very
high on a couple of things.
He says the market's
getting ready to explode, man.
When was the last
time he was right?
When was...?
Let me tell you
something, my friend.
One good investment is
worth a lifetime of effort.
Mm.
Trivette, let me give
you some advice.
Put your money in
the bank and forget it.
See, now, is that what you
really wanna do with your money?
What money? You lost
all mine. (phone rings)
Yeah, Trivette.
MAN: Is Ranger Walker there?
It's Jessup Morell.
Yeah, Mr. Morell, he's
right here. Amy's dad.
How you doing, Jess?
I need to see you immediately.
I can't talk about
it on the phone.
Believe me, it's serious.
It's a matter of life or death.
Can you come to
my place, please,
as quick as you can?
I'll be right there.
( mysterious theme playing)
Trouble?
Sounds like it. Let's go.
I'm Manzo Tokada, head
of security for Mr. Morell.
Rangers Walker and
Trivette to see Mr. Morell.
I know who you are,
and there is no need for
you to be here, gentlemen.
Your assistance is not required.
We'll let him decide that.
No.
You will leave now.
Manzo.
We'll do it my way.
(speaks in Japanese)
Evidently a van
followed the limousine
from the airport.
Three or four men, armed.
The van forced
the limo off the road,
driver beaten unconscious.
Simpson, her
bodyguard, shot to death.
JESSUP: Amy.
They took my baby.
Nearly ten hours
ago and nothing.
No... No ransom
demands, nothing.
I'm afraid to bring the
police in on it at this point.
You're the only one I can trust.
Jess, how do you
know what happened?
If there's been no contact
from the kidnappers?
Foster, the driver.
He wasn't badly injured.
When he regained consciousness,
he put Simpson's
body into the car
and came directly here
to avoid police or publicity
that might compromise
Miss Amy's life.
That's what he said?
Yes, his words.
A lot of foresight for
a man in his situation.
Jess, I want to get
the ME out here,
and we'll keep it confidential.
TRIVETTE: The chauffeur never
used his limo phone to call for help?
Clean everything
up nice and tidy?
Yes.
Aren't you gonna
question the driver?
No.
Send him home
and tell him to rest.
That's the lead we'll follow,
at least until the
kidnappers call.
There is another way.
I will talk to this man, alone.
No, we'll do it my way.
Mr. Morell,
I told you not to
call these people.
You see, they lack the
will to do what is necessary.
I'm gonna send a man
out here to trace all calls.
Whatever you want.
And don't worry,
Jess, we'll find her.
Thank you.
Okay, let's give C.D. a call.
Tell him we got a job for him.
( mysterious theme playing)
What's our move?
I'm gonna drop
you off at the office,
and I'm going to
go see Jake Rader.
At the Cage?
Yeah.
Walker, you are loco, man.
Yeah, I've been told that.
Come girl. Say hello to Daddy.
No.
I'm not going to,
you slimeball jerk.
AMY: Do you read
what I'm saying?
Never happen.
(chuckles)
Say hello to Daddy, Amy,
or I will send him
one of your rings
with your finger still in it.
Do you read what I'm saying?
Hello, Daddy. This is Amy.
( melancholy theme playing)
(crowd cheering, yelling)
Get him.
You bettin' on this, darling?
MAN 1: I put a ten on that one.
(crowd yelling)
MAN 2: Keep it comin'!
Your boy's losing.
(crowd booing)
Pass it on over now.
Thank you so much.
I do appreciate it.
Thank you very much.
You, sir?
Hello, Rader.
Walker.
You got a lot of
intestinal fortitude
coming in here without at least
the whole damned Marine Corps.
I need some information.
Since when is Jake
Rader a snitch?
Illegal gambling, Rader.
I can close you down.
FIGHTER: Hey, I
don't like cops much,
and especially, I don't
like Rangers much.
And it'll be a damn
cold day in hell
before you close down the Cage
or put anybody in the slam.
I'll tell you what.
I'll make you a bet.
I'll get into the cage
with your champion,
and if I whip him,
you get me all the
information I need.
Deal? And if he wins?
You've never seen me.
There's a bonus for you
in this if you take him out.
Don't worry about a thing, boss.
He's history.
FIGHTER: Come on,
tough guy. Come on.
Come on.
(crowd cheering, yelling)
(crowd sighs)
(applause)
All right. Come on.
MAN 3: Get up.
MAN 4: Get up.
Now get me the
information I need,
or you're next.
Thank you.
(dance music
playing over speaker)
Okay.
I got everything I'm gonna
get, and the fridge is now empty.
Zip, okay?
This is the best
Jake Rader can do.
Let's hear it.
Certain people from out of town,
with whom I am unacquainted,
did the job that
snatched Amy Morell.
They had the help
of a local operator
named, uh, Travis.
Gun for hire, free-agent type.
Why no contact for the ransom?
Uh, well, there was no
contact for the ransom,
because the guys
who did this thing
wanted somebody to sweat.
A personal kind
of thing involved.
Personal thing?
Yeah. Yeah, it was
a personal thing.
And that's basically
it, except that, uh,
when the ransom
demand does come in,
it will be, and
I'm quoting here:
"A very large bite
out of Jessup Morell's
corporate butt," end quote.
Is that all you got?
What I just told you is it.
The whole thing. The
entire what I know.
Now, would you
mind going elsewhere?
I've done my good
deed for the year,
and having a Ranger in here
is not exactly
good for business.
All you had to do is ask.
What are you doing here, Tokada?
This may be about something
you cannot understand.
If you have information
about Amy, you'd better tell me.
When I know for sure.
Did you find out
anything in that place?
It involves something
more than money.
Something personal.
Yeah,
but the money they'll
want will be considerable.
That's the word.
Enough to make
up for many things.
What things?
They'll want me to
deliver the money,
and with it, my life.
I tried to keep you out of
it, but you would not listen.
You'd better tell me
what you know, Tokada.
If you want to see
Amy alive again,
take your hand off me.
( tense theme playing)
It's my affair. No one else's.
( line rings)
(phone rings)
Trivette, Tokada
followed me here.
What, you think he's in on it?
No, I spent time in Japan,
and guys like Tokada
don't play it that way.
It's got to be something though.
I wonder if it has
anything to do with kiri.
Say it again?
Kiri, it means
debt. Debt of honor.
Very powerful stuff
to the Japanese.
Sometimes only a death
can pay off that debt.
Tokada knows more
than what he's telling me.
Meet me at Morell's.
All right.
Where's Tokada?
What is it? What's happened?
I need to talk to him, Jess.
Guesthouse.
Yakuza.
( tense theme playing)
You're yakuza.
Is that the kiri? The debt?
You know nothing about this.
Now go.
I must wait for the
Tiger to contact me.
The Tiger? Who's he?
Is he the one behind all this?
For all your
kindness, I'm grateful.
And I pray that
somehow I will save Amy.
Only death will
stop me from trying.
The best way for you to
save Amy is to work with us.
No.
Only I can save Amy.
It is me the Tiger wants.
You think I'm gonna stand by
while two Osaka Mafia
take a run at each other?
I'm not yakuza.
I'm a policeman.
I was a policeman.
I was doing business in Japan
and my company was being
shaken down by the yakuza.
Well, I, uh... I
wouldn't play ball,
so one night three of
them took me prisoner.
And they would've killed
me too, except one of them
turned out to be an
undercover cop, Mr. Tokada.
He had to give away
his identity to save me.
I lived with the
yakuza for many years,
become one of
them, as you can see,
but once they knew who I was,
there's a special hatred for me
beyond that for other policemen.
How did you get away?
Mr. Tokada was a
dead man in Osaka,
so we killed him.
Staged his death, that
is, in a car accident.
I brought him to America.
Mr. Tokada san, you
must think as a lawman,
not as a yakuza.
You're wrong, Ranger Walker.
I must think as they think.
That is the only
way I can save Amy.
(phone ringing)
Hello.
MAN: You should've known
one day that I would find out
that Tokada was not really dead.
This has nothing to do
with my daughter, Tiger.
Take me. I will give
you anything you want.
Oh, it will cost
you, Mr. Morell.
Five million dollars.
A million for each year
Tokada should have been dead.
I'll call you tomorrow morning
with the time and
place of delivery.
Let me talk to my daughter.
AMY (on tape): Hello,
Daddy, this is Amy.
Amy? Amy?
They want $5 million.
He'll be calling in the morning
to tell me the
time and the place.
They will want me
to deliver the money.
( suspenseful theme playing)
(phone rings)
Hello.
C.D.: Yeah, Mr. Morell,
this is C.D. Parker.
Uh, let me speak
to Cordell Walker,
would you, please?
Yeah.
Hello.
Yeah. That yahoo's
just went in the zoo.
I don't think he's here to
feed the baby elephants.
We'll be right there.
Time for you to eat something.
How am I supposed
to do that, huh?
Just dive in face first?
That's cute.
Just shut up, girl! Now!
Now you will use
that irritating mouth
of yours to eat with.
You like it, you eat it.
( dramatic theme playing)
(yells)
Ahhh.
Through the window, huh?
(chuckles): And
you would've done it.
You are something else.
Brave little girl.
But stupid too.
(growls)
TOKADA: Hanami,
one of Tiger's most trusted men.
I will make him talk.
Wait, Toka...
Tokada.
I'll get him.
Yeah, wait... Wait
for me, Jimmy.
(yells)
If you can't catch
him, shoot him, Jimmy.
(yelling)
(yells)
(yells)
(yells)
(yells)
(grunting)
(screams)
(groans)
(elephants trumpeting)
(grunts)
You had my back, huh?
C.D.: Yeah.
I covered your back.
(both laugh)
Get up.
WALKER: Where's the Tiger?
FOSTER: Don't waste your breath.
You're getting nothing from me.
I can understand your problem.
You're afraid of
the yakuza, right?
More than I'm
afraid of you guys.
WALKER: I can understand that.
Because, you know,
my partners and I
wouldn't do the things they do,
such as chop off your
fingers, things like that.
But that doesn't mean we can't
walk away and leave Tokada here.
And you know how
special Amy is to him.
Now, are you gonna talk?
Okay, Tokada, he's
yours. Let's go, guys.
FOSTER: 11249 Trevor Street.
Warehouse district,
South Dallas.
TRIVETTE: Damn, a day late
and a dollar short, boys.
What's it say?
"Tiger."
It's a message that
he's one step ahead.
TOKADA: It's all
part of the game
he's playing with me.
And he's using Amy.
You can be comfortable inside,
or you can be tied to a chair
for as long as our
business takes.
Your choice.
You stay alert.
I am not a happy
man, Mr. Morell.
Not a happy man at all.
Is Amy okay? Can I talk to her?
I am not a happy man
because I can smell cops.
It is the same smell in Japan.
Police smell the
same everywhere.
No, no, no, no. I... I
haven't called the police.
It's only a friend who...
The stench in my nose,
along with a pair of
missing men, Mr. Morell,
makes me very suspicious.
Look, I'm doing
everything you asked.
I... I... I... I'm getting
the money together.
You getting a trace?
MORELL: I'll... I'll have all the
money by tomorrow morning.
Just don't hurt her, please.
Please? I'll... You...
You can have anything.
Good.
Tomorrow at dawn.
No, no, no, no.
That's impossible.
I don't want to hear that.
No, no, there are no banks open.
For this much cash...
All right, that makes sense.
Call at high noon,
like Gary Cooper.
Five million by noon.
Please, please be reasonable.
Noon.
No more time.
I will call in the morning
and tell Tokada where.
May I...? May I talk to Amy?
Of course.
Hello, Daddy, this is Amy.
(beeps off)
Not enough time for a trace.
(sighs)
MORELL: Well, I wasn't bluffing.
It will take all night to get
that much cash together.
Those guys at the zoo,
they weren't Japanese American.
Yes, I know.
That means they came
over here on a visa.
First stop at the
airport is Immigration.
Along with a passport,
you gotta give a destination.
You check with INS, I'll
check with U.S. Customs.
Sam, if the Tiger calls
back, you contact me.
Mr. Morell, Miss
Amy will be fine.
I promise you.
Thank you, Tokada.
(phone rings)
Hello.
(sighs)
I want $5 million in cash
by tomorrow morning.
I don't care. Wake them up.
I want $5 million by
tomorrow morning.
(beeps off)
( somber theme playing)
It's all here.
(phone rings)
Hello?
It's him.
He wants to talk to you.
Right, I'm listening.
Do the minutes become
more precious to you, Tokada,
as you have fewer
and fewer of them left?
I will trade them
all for just a little girl.
Do you have the money?
Yes.
It's ready.
Then come to me, Tokada.
And if you tell anyone,
if anyone is with
you... I understand.
I will kill the girl, slowly,
in your place.
You have my word.
Come to the Soledad Hacienda.
Are you sure this is
the right thing to do?
Yes, I'm sure.
Where are you going?
He's going to take
the money to the Tiger.
Where is he? I cannot tell you.
You're not going anywhere
until you tell me where he is.
Then I must go through you.
He won't let you live, Tokada.
Then that is my destiny.
What about Amy? Is
that her destiny too?
Because he won't
let her live, either.
I'm her best chance.
I'm not gonna let
you go, Tokada.
Then you must
kill me to stop me.
Let's work together, Tokada.
You're right.
We both want the same thing.
Yeah.
Jess, I need you... Oh!
Tell Walker that
he's a good friend
and I'm sorry,
but I must do
what I think is best.
Are you all right?
Where's Tokada? He's gone.
You know where?
No.
You're sure?
TRIVETTE: Yeah, we believe that.
All right, thanks.
WALKER: Trivette.
Tokada split. He took
the money to Tiger.
You know where?
No, damn it,
but we gotta find
him before noon.
Just tell me you have
an idea on how to do that.
I got something. Come on.
According to the INS, that
guy that we killed at the zoo,
he didn't just come into
the country as a tourist.
He came over on a work permit.
Work permit? As
what? A dancer, man.
A dancer? Yeah.
They have international
files on organized criminals,
but you enter the
country as a dancer...
And they wouldn't think twice.
Yeah, and it gets better.
I ran down some other names
we've associated with the Tiger.
Seven of them, all of them
came over on work permits,
all of them sponsored
by the same man, Kimuro.
So they're sponsored by
Kimuro, but they work for the Tiger.
Let me guess.
You got it. Every
one of them a dancer.
(Japanese music
playing over speaker)
Mr. Kimuro?
Mr. Kimuro? (music silenced)
We'd like to talk to you.
What about? We are very busy.
It's about the Tiger.
TRIVETTE: We're Texas
Rangers, Mr. Kimuro.
I cannot help you with
any business with the Tiger.
If you need to arrest
me, you may do so.
We know you did a favor
for the Tiger, Mr. Kimuro,
and we can understand why
you're afraid to talk to us about it.
I'm a family man.
I can't worry about your
undercover policeman Tokada.
You say you're a
family man, Mr. Kimuro.
Because of the conflict
between Tokada and the Tiger,
a young girl has been kidnapped.
In 20 minutes, this
young girl's gonna be killed
unless we find the Tiger.
If you are truly a family man,
how could you live with that?
I never spoke of
the Tiger's business.
Arigato, Kimuro san.
They've got a guard
stationed outside the house.
Yeah, that could be
where they're keeping Amy.
It's two minutes after
12. Where's Tokada?
TRIVETTE: There he is.
Okay, let's do it.
Five years I have waited.
I am right here.
No humility?
No plea for your life?
Did you really
expect me to beg you,
the one who has
betrayed his own code?
Tiger smears all of
you with this disgrace,
with the blood of
an innocent girl.
I shall enjoy your dying.
Do it yourself, then, if
you have the courage.
Fight me, eye to eye.
You and I, Tiger.
Here's your blood money.
And here I am.
What are you waiting for?
Fight you?
Why would I do that?
You're not yakuza. You're a cop.
I'll kill you slowly.
You're a child-stealer,
and you are a coward.
You don't even have
the guts to fight me.
Swords!
(choked gasps)
WALKER: Amy.
Walker. Oh, God.
Tell me it's really you.
Yes, it is, honey.
Let's get out of here.
Okay.
Police!
GUARD: Police!
Outside.
Get back in.
(both grunt)
Take him.
Hyah!
Hold it, Tiger.
No!
I have to do it my way.
(screams)
Manzo.
Amy, you okay?
Mm-hm.
Some kind of fandango, huh?
Wild dance.
Well, Tokada san, looks
like you're gonna have
more time on your
hands than you thought.
Yes, a terrible responsibility.
Don't worry, Manzo. I'll
show you how it's done.
AMY: No sweat.
TOKADA: No sweat, yes.
I'm gonna get you home, okay?
Okay.
(mellow dance music
playing over speaker)
(indistinct chatter)
Some kind of fandango, nei?
Yes. Yeah?
You got it. Some
kind of fandango.
How are you, C.D.?
Hey, Cordell, you
ready to dosey-doe?
Well, I know how
to "dosey," Jess,
but I never learned
how to "doe."
Well, it's about
time you learned.
I was afraid you
were gonna say that.
Yee-ha! (laughs)
MAN: Whoa!
(all applaud)
C.D.: You're looking mighty
good out there, partner.
How come you're
not dancing, C.D.?
Well, I wore out
two of them already.
( slow music playing) MAN: Oh!
So are you feeling
any older yet?
That's me, a very, very
proper young lady now.
You know, if your
mom could see you now,
she'd be very happy.
I miss her.
I think about her a lot.
Me too.
I just looked away
for a couple of years
and you went and grew up on me.
But I won't look away again.
I promise.
Every once in a while
isn't being a Ranger just
about the most wonderful thing?
Every once in a while.
TRIVETTE: We're all
about the same cat though.
You never know how much
somebody means to you
till you lose them.
TRIVETTE: Or almost lose them.
There's nothing more
precious than family.
And a future, with friends.
Kampai.
ALL: Kampai.
( upbeat theme playing)