Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 3, Episode 18 - On Sacred Ground - full transcript

Hiya, handsome.

I can't believe I let
you talk me into this.

Why? I thought
you'd be into this.

What? Wine-drinking rich
people and Hollywood Indians

who are trying to
sound like Elvis Presley.

It's for a good cause.

And why did you tell me
I had to wear a tuxedo?

Do you see anyone else
around here wearing a tuxedo?

Because it's your charity, and
besides, you look wonderful.

Great turnout, eh?

Where did you get these guys?

From an agency. Why?

I could have got you
authentic tribal dancers.

Well, nobody here
will know the difference.

I do.

It's going to be a
tremendous success.

The mayor's here,
most of the city council,

everybody who counts in Dallas.

Trust me, Ranger Walker,
after tonight's auction,

your little charity
will be sitting pretty.

Not to mention
that your art gallery

is gonna make a
fortune, Mr. McCumber.

Well, that's the idea,
isn't it, Miss Cahill?

One hand washes the other.

What's the matter, Walker?

Do you hear that?

Hear what?

Horses.

Look out.

The honored war
hatchet of Oconostota

will be returned
to sacred ground!

Tommy. Tommy Brighthawk.

Walker, you know him?

Yeah, I know him.

♪ In the eyes of a Ranger ♪

♪ The unsuspecting stranger ♪

♪ Had better know the truth ♪

♪ Of wrong from right ♪

♪ 'Cause the eyes
Of the Ranger ♪

♪ Are upon you ♪

♪ Any wrong you
do He's gonna see ♪

♪ When you're in
Texas Look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where
The Ranger's gonna be ♪

There are several
thousand dollars in damage,

but no injuries reported.

One thing's for sure,

you can bet a lot
of prominent Texans

will remember this
day for quite some time.

This is KDW-TV, News on Three.

Good Lord, Cordell, why
didn't you bust that guy?

You had to be there, C.D.

It all happened so fast.

Washoe.

Oh, Billy.

I came as soon as
I got your message.

Hi, Billy.

Miss Cahill.

Billy, how are you?

C.D.

You sure it was Tommy?

Yeah, let's talk.

Billy looks mighty worried.

Yeah, it was his son

that led the raid
at the exhibition.

Oh?

It's my fault, Washoe.

All my life I've been
fighting against the injustice

brought upon my people.

He's just following my example.

Well, you never rode
a horse into a crowd

with a tomahawk in your hand.

Maybe because I
never thought of it.

Do you have any idea
why Tommy did that?

Tommy says the white man's
law protects only the whites,

not Indians.

Well, how does terrorizing

a bunch of rich
people change that?

Tommy has a deep-rooted
pride in his native heritage.

He feels it's his
duty to protect it.

Well, you don't protect it
by breaking the law, Billy.

You're right, Washoe.

Last month, he left college

and came back to the reservation
when he heard of the robbery

and the desecration to
the native burial grounds.

He's determined to do something.

What do you know about that?

It's true.

It's hard to argue with him.

All the words I used when I
was young, he used on me.

Injustice, intolerance,
indignation.

Do you know where Tommy is now?

I'm not sure.

I'm really worried, Washoe.

He stole one of my
horses and my trailer,

recruited some followers
from different tribes

and set off to reverse history.

Well, we'd better find him
before he gets in real trouble.

Yeah.

Ever since the southwestern
décor market took off,

our heritage has
been disappearing

faster than spotted owls.

And Tommy feels that
what he's doing is taking back

what's been stolen
from his people.

Miss Cahill, what's in
Tommy's heart makes me proud.

Yeah, but the way
he's going about it,

Billy, is all wrong.

Ah, you're right, Washoe.

What's the Alliance
have to say about it?

What Alliance is that?

The Alliance for

the Preservation of
Native American Heritage.

Several tribes banded together

to try to save what
culture we have left.

There's mixed feelings about
what Tommy's doing, Washoe.

You got anything, Trivette?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, here you go.

All right, your trail starts in
Lawton, Oklahoma, ten days ago.

They hit an art gallery
and stole some artifacts.

Anyone hurt?

No, they said they just
smashed the place up a bit

and scared the hell
out of a bunch of people.

What about descriptions?

Five Native
Americans in war paint,

but no positive IDs.

Sounds like our group.

Then three days
ago in Archer County,

sheriff pulled over three pickup
trucks towing horse trailers.

One of the occupants
blew out the sheriff's tire

with a bow and arrow

and rode off into the sunset.

Did you get a license? Yeah.

That's my trailer.

All right, they hit another
art gallery in Denton.

Same thing. Stolen artifacts.

Then two days ago they
hassled some tourists

at an intertribal powwow
outside of Fort Worth.

Nothing serious, just
some broken cameras.

Yesterday they
hit the art exhibit.

So I'll put the
license on the wire.

Maybe we'll get lucky.

Let's go check out this powwow.

Ever been to a
powwow, Miss Cahill? No.

Let's go. Great.

I'll call you later.

All right.

Yeah, a lot of tribes here.

Kiowa, Comanche, Osage, Navajo,

Apache, Cherokee, Arapaho,

Pawnee and Caddo.

A hundred years ago, half
these tribes were displaced

and put on reservations
next to each other.

They learned to live in
peace and share their cultures.

A lot different than those
three guys yesterday, huh?

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Oh, stop.

It's so beautiful.
What does it mean?

It's just a fancy dance,

showing off some
athletic ability.

Billy Gray Wolf, you
rabid old dog you.

Elk Who Walks, you're
getting uglier every year.

We're proud of you being
elected president of the Alliance.

If the Alliance needs any
help, you can count on me.

Thank you. We're gonna
need all the help we can get.

Thanks.

Oh, that's a beautiful tepee.

It belongs to Bright Water,
a revered Osage elder.

He's preparing
for his final journey.

He's gonna die?

No, Miss Cahill,
he's going home.

Let's go say hello.

We can't just walk in there.

The flap's open. We're welcome.

From the great spirit,

I have learned to
respect our Mother Earth

and all living things.

I stand in good relation
to all that is beautiful.

So you see,

I stand in good
relation to all of you.

Washoe, welcome to my lodge.

It is my honor, Bright Water.

If I had known, I would
have come sooner.

These are my good friends,

Billy Gray Wolf and Alex Cahill.

Anyone who lives
in Washoe's heart,

lives also in my heart.

Please, make
yourselves comfortable.

I have heard of
you, Billy Gray Wolf.

I pray your new work
will bear much fruit.

Thank you, sir.

The news of your
journey makes me sad.

It is a good journey.

I am merely
completing one circle

to join an even greater one.

It is a time to rejoice.

You will be missed.

And that will be
my... My final honor.

Charles, do you know
anything about five young braves

harassing some tourists
here a couple days ago?

Ah, yes, the young warriors.

Yeah, we're trying to find them.

The leader was my son.

The incident with the
tourists was not the problem.

The tourists were loud

and disrespectful
to the dancers.

They walked into the
middle of the dance

to take each other's picture.

Your son smashed their camera.

Did you talk to Tommy?

Yes.

He claimed some white
men with heavy machinery

were plundering
sacred Indian ground.

It's been going on for months.

They believe their
cause is noble, Washoe.

If I were 30 years younger,

I would probably be with them.

Thanks, Charles.

Got everything uploaded?

Couple more crates.

Catalogue those, Ed?

Yeah.

All right.

Ready. Lift.

Easy, easy, easy.

You got it?

Hey, who said you
can't take it with you?

Yeah, put it with the rest.

Look at this. Come
here, look at this.

What am I looking at?

Retirement.

Hill 939

is that Osage burial
ground I've been looking for.

Big one, huh?

Big? Yeah, one of the biggest.

It's worth millions.

All right, you go check it out,

and if it looks good,

we'll hit it tomorrow night.

What kind of stuff's in
these burial grounds anyway?

It varies from tribe to tribe.

Sometimes the great
chiefs were buried

with nothing but a shroud,

and other times they were buried

with all the
wealth of the tribe.

I wish we could anticipate

which site they're
gonna hit next.

Billy, which tribes
bury with their wealth?

Zuni, Kiowa and sometimes
the Apache, Caddo and Osage.

Man, that's a lot
of ground to cover.

Mm.

Yeah, I wish there was a
way to narrow this down.

Maybe I could get NASA

to take some satellite
photos of the area.

How will that help?

Well, if they can detect
ancient trading routes for Egypt,

they certainly should be
able to tell which burial sites

have been ripped apart
in the past two months.

Maybe we can pick up a pattern.

That's a good idea.

How about the
University of Oklahoma?

They have the largest
Native American

Cultural Studies
Department in the country.

Yeah, I'll go on line with
their computer tomorrow

and see what I can dig up.

Billy, does the Alliance
have a list of the artifacts

that were stolen from
the burial grounds?

Yeah, there are a
few hundred items

to be returned to the tribe.

Well, let's check
out the art galleries

tomorrow morning.

See if we can get a lead.

Is something wrong, Billy?

I need to ask a favor, Washoe.

I wanna go after my son alone.

Why do you want to do that?

I'm the one who taught him

to stand up for
what he believes.

I should be the
one to go after him.

I can't let you do that, Billy.

He's broken the law.

White man's law, Washoe,

but there's also Indian
law in those veins,

can't ya feel it?

Yes, I feel it.

But I have to walk a fine
line between two worlds, Billy.

And that's the way it has to be.

Maybe you've forgotten
what it means to be Indian.

You have no right
to talk, Father.

It's you who's forgotten
what it means to be Indian.

I came to give you these.

You can return them
to their places of honor.

Son, this has to stop.

I'm just beginning.

The only thing you're
gonna accomplish

is getting yourself killed

and bringing
shame to our family.

You're the one who brings shame.

All those years
you spoke the truth.

I was so proud of you.

But now you've sold
out to the other side.

That's not the way
to talk to your father.

I don't know my father anymore.

I'm gonna do what
needs to be done.

What's that? Terrorizing
people and destroying property?

Let me tell you about
destroying property.

This morning, about
100 miles from here,

we found an
ancient burial ground.

Broken pottery,

thousands of bones
scrambled together,

all torn up by a backhoe.

I could hear the souls
of a hundred generations

screaming in my ears.

I still can.

I understand what
you're trying to do,

and in some ways I respect it,

but you've broken
the law, Tommy,

and I gotta take you in.

You're going to let him do that?

Son, I... I hoped I
was wrong about you,

but I guess I wasn't.

Tommy, stop!

You okay?

Yeah.

Why don't you
look around, Billy.

Yeah.

Ranger Walker.

Pretty heavy security
for an art gallery, isn't it?

Well, what do you expect?

There are a bunch of
hooligans on the loose.

I'm not about to let

what happened at the
exhibition happen here.

That's why I'm here.

I'd like to ask you
a few questions

about the artifacts
that were stolen.

What about them?

Where did you get the
Oconostota war hatchet?

Who is Oconostota?

A great Cherokee chief
who died in the 1790s.

Well, I'm damned.

I had no idea it
was so valuable.

You didn't answer my
question. Where did you get it?

Well, I deal with a
variety of traders.

I bought it from one of them.

I can't remember
exactly which one, though.

Well, maybe his
name's on a receipt.

Ah-ha. Sorry.

There's no receipt.

With these people
you have to pay cash.

Right.

Did you get anything
on the list, Billy?

Yeah.

Spears, shields, pottery,

a Comanche mask from
the Natchez burial ground.

Where did you get them?

They're from a trader.

For cash too, I imagine.

Walker, this could be your
great-grandfather or mine!

Get that from him.

You're under arrest for
receiving stolen property.

Just one damn minute.

You can't walk in here
without a search warrant.

You mean one of these?

Come on.

Hey, McCumber say anything?

No, he refuses to talk.

Did you get anything from the
University of Oklahoma database?

You were right, man.

They got stuff dating
back 2,000 years.

Interesting, huh?

These just came off
the wire from NASA.

Pretty interesting stuff.

Eight areas have been
disturbed in the past two months.

Seems to be a pattern
working from north to south.

All right, this is a big help.
Now I got a lot I can rule out.

You know what I need.

I need your best guess
where they will hit next.

You got it.

Damn.

That was McCumber's
lawyer on the phone.

Some Ranger named
Walker is onto us.

How?

How the hell should I know?

Just crate everything up.

We'll move the
operation to New Mexico.

Hey, what about the hit tonight
on the Osage burial grounds?

Well, it's too big to pass up.

All right, we'll do
the excavation,

but I wanna be out of
here by tomorrow night.

Done.

Why didn't you arrest him?

He didn't break any laws.

He got the artifacts
from McCumber,

just like the last three places.

Let me help you, Father.

No.

You go on now.

The last mile is for
me alone to walk.

Move out.

How did you do?

We checked every
Native American art dealer

in Dallas and Fort Worth.

We recovered almost a hundred
artifacts on the Alliance list.

That's great. Any arrests?

No, no one knew that
the artifacts were stolen.

They bought everything
from McCumber.

Oh.

Trivette, has McCumber
said anything yet?

No, no, his lawyer's
got him closed up

tighter than C.D.'s wallet,

but I got you narrowed
down on three potential sites.

All of them should be
loaded with artifacts.

If it was me, I'd say they'd
be going to that one first.

Osage burial ground.

Yeah, it's called
Ren Tol, right?

Mm-hm. I understand they've

been burying tribal elders
there for generations.

Let's go check it out.

Good luck. Bye.

He's out of it. All
right, let's rock 'n' roll.

I want this hilltop
scalped clean in two hours.

Let's go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Hold on.

Yeah. All right.

Sanders, get over here
and grab some of this stuff.

It's worth a bundle.

Let's get out of here.

Split up. Take different routes.

Meet at Hopkins
Mountain Junction.

Tommy's been hit!

At least he died in peace.

No!

There's lots of blood.

I can't believe this.

He's hurt. I can feel it.

You hear it, Washoe?

Yeah, I hear it.

Hear what?

The souls of a
hundred generations

screaming in outrage.

And the grave diggers
left plenty of evidence,

so it's just a matter of time

before we tie them
to your client, sir.

How? My client
was in jail at the time.

Your client is a direct link
to the kind of stolen property

that was taken from the
Ren Tol burial grounds.

Mr. McCumber has
dozens of contacts

with independent art suppliers.

You can't expect him
to authenticate the origin

of every single arrowhead
that comes across his counter.

Except that we've
retrieved over 100 items

known to have come
from unauthorized digs.

And Mr. McCumber sold them all.

Then why don't
you arrest the men

who dug up King Tut's tomb?

Or the Mayan pyramids?

Reclaiming relics from antiquity
is how we learn about our past.

It's been going on for ages.

Let me tell you something.

There is a big difference
between learning from our past

and ripping off the past.

You are not a scholar,
Mr. McCumber.

You are a thief.

So let's take it
from the top, boys.

I'm gonna find out
who did this, Charles.

I promise.

Yeah, there's blood here.

They're traveling slow.

Go on ahead. I'll catch up.

I was so proud of Tommy
when he was growing up.

Who would have thought
it would end like this?

It's not over yet, Billy.

Yeah, they headed north here.

Hopkins Mountain cutoff is
three miles away. Let's go.

Swift Deer is dead.

Dead?

Swift Deer.

He died for the cause.

The cause killed him.

Who will ride with me?

It's over, Tommy.

Let's go home.

You're right.

Take Swift Deer home, bury him

and pray they don't dig him
up for the gold in his teeth.

I can't do this myself.

Sorry, Tommy.

Swift Deer and I are going home.

Do what you have to do.

Yeah, well, who knows.

Billy Gray Wolf.

Little Bear.

Is it...?

Where's Tommy?

He's headed towards the
Hopkins Mountain Junction.

Why?

Heard them say that's where
they were going to meet up at.

He gonna take them
on all by himself?

Something like that.
He's been hurt, but...

Where?

Trivette, send a
medevac three miles south

of Hopkins Mountain Junction.

It's now murder.

I want you to meet me at...

Hello? Trivette? Hello?

Hello?

This damn phone.

Billy, wait here till
medevac arrives.

I'm going with you, Washoe.

Don't bother trying
to talk me out of it.

You boys stay put.

We've gotta get out of here.

We've got to move this stuff.

He's leaving a
clear trail, Billy.

Yeah, he wants our help.

Let's go.

There's no way a capital-murder
rap will stand up in court.

You can't put him at
the scene of the crime.

We don't have to.

We have a prisoner
taken at the burial ground.

He ties you to the operation

and that ties you to
conspiracy to commit.

No way am I part
of that operation.

I just sell the stuff.

Please, Mr. McCumber.

Who's the witness?

You'll get his name in
discovery after the prelim.

The deal's on the
table for one minute.

You won't see it again.

Receiving stolen property,

ten counts and he does minimum.

Fifty counts, and
he does all six years.

Four years. Done.

But he will testify.

He's all yours.

Where's the stuff stashed?

You all right?

I'll live.

You wasted your time if
you came here to lecture me.

We're father and son.

That goes beyond
what's right or wrong.

You're all I love and treasure.

No matter what you've done.

I've left plenty of signs.

It took you long
enough to track me.

Next time respect your
elders and travel slower.

You need some
arrow root on that.

I know, when I'm finished.

You are finished, Tommy.

Not till they are stopped.
You saw what they did.

It must be avenged.

It will be avenged.

The flatbed truck was
headed in this direction.

You two wait here.

I don't suppose asking you
again would make any difference.

Nope. Nope.

I didn't think so.

Take them to the other side.

Move it.

They're moving out.

You stay put, and
this time I mean it.

We didn't come all the
way to sit on the sidelines.

I'm the law. I'll deal with it.

That's it.

Come on, guys, move.

Let's move. Let's go,
let's get out of here.

Texas Ranger.

Get out of your vehicle.
You're under arrest.

I'm gonna run him down.

It's on fire!

Go, go, go, go!

He's only one man,
you idiots. Get him!

Agh!

Yeah.

Hook 'em up, guys.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Hey, why did you hang
the phone up on me?

I didn't hang up the phone.
The dang battery went dead.

Did you throw that
phone away again?

Walker.

Well, where did you throw it?

I appreciate everything you've
done to get Tommy off the hook.

Oh, he's not completely
off the hook, Billy.

He and his friends

are gonna have to
make financial restitution

and put in six month"
community service

helping you and the Alliance.

I'll keep them
busy every minute.

I'm sure you will.

Thank you for having
this benefit, Washoe.

It's our pleasure.

Now, ladies... Hiya, Pete.

Now, ladies and
gentlemen, it gives me

a great deal of
pleasure to present

one of America's greatest
singers, Mr. Lee Greenwood.

Come on out here, Lee.
Thank you, C.D. Thank you.

I'm so proud to be here
in support of the Alliance.

All right, guys, let's hit it.

All right!

♪ There's a calm
Before the storm ♪

♪ In the deep
blue Of your eyes ♪

♪ So many danger signs ♪

♪ I've come to recognize ♪

♪ I should go, but I hold on ♪

♪ And swallow back my pride ♪

♪ Leaving should be natural ♪

♪ But how can I decide? ♪

♪ Between a rock ♪

♪ And a heartache ♪

♪ There's just no place ♪

♪ Left to turn ♪

♪ Way down deep ♪

♪ I know I can't win ♪

♪ With the choice
I've got to make ♪

♪ Between a rock
And a heartache ♪

♪ Every morning when I wake up ♪

♪ And try to face the day ♪

♪ I swear this time it's over ♪

♪ There's nothing left to say ♪

♪ You call me up Sweet-talkin' ♪

♪ And say, "Can
we be friends?" ♪

♪ Even though it's crazy ♪

♪ I know I'm trapped again ♪

♪ Between a rock ♪

♪ And a heartache ♪

♪ There's just no place ♪

♪ Left to turn ♪

♪ Way down deep ♪

♪ I know I can't win ♪

♪ With the choice
I've got to make ♪

♪ Between a rock
And a heartache ♪

♪ I look ahead And
all I see is bad news ♪

♪ It tears me up to know
That I've got to choose ♪

♪ Between a rock ♪

♪ And a heartache ♪

♪ There's just no place ♪

♪ Left to turn ♪

♪ Way down deep ♪

♪ I know I can't win ♪

♪ With the choice
I've got to make ♪

♪ Between a rock
And a heartache ♪

♪ Between a rock
And a heartache ♪

♪ Between a rock
And a heartache ♪

♪ 'Cause the eyes
Of the Ranger ♪

♪ Are upon you ♪

♪ Any wrong you
do He's gonna see ♪

♪ When you're in
Texas Look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where
The Ranger's gonna be ♪