Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 3, Episode 20 - Flashback - full transcript
It's right there.
You jump bail,
you head straight
home in a hot four-by...
This is the stupidest thing.
No one said they were smart.
Do me a favor, all right?
Are they killers and
desperadoes? No.
Do they have a
history of violence? No.
So this time, let's just
handle this my way.
Your way? What's your way?
Nice and easy.
We go up, we explain who we are,
we tell 'em why we're here.
And they're gonna walk right
out and give themselves up?
Well, how you gonna
know if you don't try?
Well, then let's try.
I'll let you out here.
Maybe for once I
can come out of this
with my suit intact.
What?
You wouldn't be one
of the Roberts
brothers, would you?
Yeah, name's Hulk.
Really?
Well, Hulk Roberts,
I've got a warrant
for your arrest,
and one for the arrest of your
brothers, Yaffit and Buford.
So?
So go get your brothers,
we'll head back to Dallas,
peaceful-like.
No problems.
I hate to disappoint
you, mister,
but you got a big problem.
Hold it, boys.
Let's do this the easy way.
Just go back there and
jump in the back of the truck.
You gotta be kiddin'.
Well, it was worth a try.
Get him, Buford.
You get him.
Well, make up your minds.
No problem, Mr. Ranger.
Get up.
Come on, get back there.
Don't say a word.
Did I say anything?
♪ 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 ♪
Jake Sheppard, you old fool.
How much longer?
How much longer
are you gonna search
for that blasted gold?
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you.
Trade you guys in on a clean
bed and a good night's sleep.
Yes, sirree.
Jail cell looks a
heck of a lot better
than that motel room
I stayed in last night.
Hey, when you're finished
dumping Backwoods Elmer here,
I got the restaurant, man.
Well, Alex is over in
Plainview on that Turner trial.
I told her we'd meet her
between here and there.
Where's between here and there?
Huh...? At Gus'.
Gus'? What kind
of restaurant is that?
Gus' Steakhouse.
Food for the hearty.
Food for the hearty, my butt.
Food for the heart
attack, man. I'm not...
How do you expect
me to eat that stuff?
One bite at a time.
You know, I'd like to
see your cholesterol level.
One-sixty. What's yours?
Hm?
One-eighty.
One-eighty?
Hmmm.
Okay.
Let's roll.
How you doing? Hi,
there, sir. How are you?
Look, that was right.
Whoa, mister,
they're closed today.
Nothing's getting
in my way today.
Not today.
I found it.
I found it. Forty years
I've been searching.
Cooper's gold.
Aw, Jake, people been
searching for that treasure
for nearly 130 years.
Nobody's found it yet.
See for yourself.
Where did you find these?
Buried where nobody
was supposed to find 'em.
The rest of the
gold's there too.
I guarantee it.
Okay, Jake, you're
coming with us.
Shut up.
Nobody panic and this
will go as slick as ice.
You're going with us, Jake.
Shut up.
I will shoot you, Jake.
Shut up.
Look, Walker, I don't eat meat.
Don't worry about it, Trivette.
Most of the time at
Gus', the meat eats you.
What, something wrong?
Let's go check that out.
Come on.
Cops!
Come on, old man. Come on.
Get in.
Get in now.
Let's go.
Take him.
Rangers Walker and Trivette
are in pursuit of
robbery suspects
heading south on Highway 5.
Requesting immediate assistance.
Possible hostage situation.
You know, I'm still young.
I got a lot to live for.
Come on, come
on, get rid of 'em.
Come on, push this thing.
Hang on, Trivette. We're
in for a roller-coaster ride.
Oh, no, no!
Watch where you're going!
I don't know what he's
driving, but it's no contest.
We're gonna have
to dump some weight.
No, please.
It stays.
No.
Walker!
Hold on, old-timer.
Help's coming.
Forty years I searched
for Cooper's gold
and finally struck it.
Darn.
That belong to the old man?
1866.
What does that mean?
I don't believe this.
Cooper's lost gold.
What have you got?
I got it.
That guy we nailed
out on the street,
Rollins, Joseph J.,
just got out of Reno.
He's a triggerman.
Headed for boot hill.
Anything else? Yeah,
Dean Nash, wanted for murder.
Clint Bradburn, that
was the wheel guy,
and this guy, Fred Kimble.
This is a very bad dude.
If I had to read this
file, I'd go hoarse.
That old man they killed, he
was sort of an amateur geologist.
Local color around here,
always looking
for the big strike.
Well, if he found Cooper's
gold, he found the big strike.
Hey, what is Cooper's gold?
Ranger Hays Cooper,
he was a legend.
About 130 years ago,
he chased the Dealey Gang
through these parts here.
Cooper was killed
and the gold was never found.
You sure seem to
know a lot about this guy.
I read everything
there was about him.
Cooper used to say,
"To be a Ranger, a man
had to ride like a vaquero,
shoot like a Kentuckian,
track like a Comanche
and fight like the devil."
You're right. That's the
stuff legends are made of.
Yeah, but this legend
has been tarnished.
You know, Walker,
the farther we go,
the quieter you're getting.
I can't help thinking
about that old man
finding Cooper's gold.
That mystery's been
buried a long time.
Didn't you say something
about his legend
being tarnished?
What happened?
Well, after the Dealey
Gang stole the gold,
they traveled through
these parts here
heading for Mexico.
Cooper tracked them all the way.
All the way, but the gold
never reached Mexico.
Mm-mm. No, he
was hot on their trail,
so they ditched the gold.
What, somewhere out here?
Well, he caught 'em
around here, yeah,
but the gold was never found.
Some claim that Cooper found it
and buried it for himself.
Okay.
So how come he
never cleared himself?
He got into a
shootout with Dealey
about three days
later and was killed.
But he wasn't
alone when he died.
Another man was after the
Dealey Gang besides Cooper.
So then he knows
what really happened?
Maybe.
The guy's name was Lockett.
He was a soldier,
buffalo soldier.
They're part of the history too?
Yeah, 10th Cavalry.
Lockett was in charge
of a small company
responsible for
transporting the gold.
Hoo. Ha. Ho.
Evening. Evening, sheriff.
Sergeant Lockett, 10th Cavalry.
You were expecting us.
Sure.
Eastbound's due
in tonight, 9:00.
Train station's down
at the end of town.
You and your men
can bivouac there.
Thank you, sheriff.
They tell me you're
putting a shipment of gold
on this train.
Newly minted gold coins
bound for New
York City, sheriff.
Ho!
Sergeant Lockett's
regiment was due to layover
for only a few hours
before moving on to Fort Hood.
But the train due to
pick up the gold shipment
was running late.
Hill?
Yes, staff sergeant?
That train is late, so
I'm gonna head over
to the telegraph office
and see if there's a message.
Yes, staff sergeant.
Hey, private.
Button that button.
Ride.
We're gonna head out at sunrise.
Beat it.
Come on.
Hyah! Come on, guys, let's go.
Help me!
I don't get it.
You heard what the old man said.
Cooper's gold.
So?
So if what he said is true,
it could be worth millions.
We gotta ditch the car.
What, chance sticking
around here 'cause of that map?
How do you know
it means anything?
The old man thought it did.
Evening.
You want my wallet, take it.
It ain't your wallet
we're after. It's your car.
Four-wheel drive.
We'll need it where
we're going. Tell Kimble.
Keys.
Now slow up.
Slow up.
Here.
The old fool was
a regular hill rat.
Ahh!
What the hell?
You get bit by a rattler,
they say the poison
makes you crazy.
Horrible way to die.
Not even you
deserve that, Bradburn.
Kill it.
No.
No.
I betcha the old
man left him here
just to guard his gold.
Give me one of them gunnysacks.
Here, Nash. Damn it, Kimble.
He needs a new friend.
All right.
Let's dig.
It's kind of hard
to believe, isn't it?
A hundred and thirty
years ago, Hays Cooper
chased the Dealey
Gang right through here.
There's hundreds of
square miles out here.
How can you know he
chased them right through here?
I can feel it.
You can feel it?
Yeah, don't you?
No. Huh.
Well, you gotta
open up, Trivette.
I am open. I'm an open guy.
Hey, I don't go around kicking
people's butts all the time.
I'm the open guy in this car.
Okay, okay.
Well, since you're
so open, you must feel
how this land has its own
brand of spirit and power.
I mean, the sun, the hills,
everything around here
has its own mysterious force.
That's the Cherokee
in you talking again.
Well, maybe, but it's
speaking loud and clear.
"Loud and clear." Trivette.
All right, thanks.
Found a man's body
in the same area
where the getaway car was found.
Looks like they took his
vehicle. A late-model ATV.
Headed south.
How would you know that?
I can feel it.
All right, that's it.
I'm gonna tell you
something right now, Walker,
you're starting to get
freaky on me here.
Now, why would you say that?
Because it's true.
There's no way you can tell
where the bad guys went.
Is that a fact?
Yeah, that's a fact.
Where are we going?
Well, if they headed this
way, they'd have to fill up.
He's been shot
through the heart.
You're right on this one.
How do you wanna handle it?
You wait here for a chopper.
I'm gonna go after them.
Hey, you're never gonna
find those guys out there alone.
I won't be alone.
See, now there you go
with that freaky stuff again.
I knew you'd understand.
Ahh!
Help me!
Kimble!
It's here.
Agh! Agh! Ha-ha!
That old man was right.
Storm brewing.
Lost a lot of time
waiting for the coroner.
How soon?
Soon.
That old man was right.
We're gonna be rich.
Damn Ranger from town.
Burn him.
The gold.
Yeah, bury it.
We'll come back for it later.
I got a surprise
for you, Ranger.
Walker, come in.
Walker, respond.
TRIVETTE: Walker, come in.
This is Trivette.
Walker, respond. Come in.
Go, go, go!
He's cuttin' close.
Can't you go any faster?
I'm trying to go faster.
Ugh!
This is Ranger Walker.
I'm 40 miles south
of Fort Angelo.
Bit by a rattler.
Need help.
Jimmy?
What?
Too dangerous, man.
I'm gonna have to take her back.
Look, are you absolutely sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
It's too dangerous.
We gotta go back.
Yeah, Alex, it's Jimmy.
Look, Walker's in trouble.
Meet me at the Fort
Angelo Police Station.
All right, I'll see you there.
How about another one there?
I think you two have had enough.
Here's to you.
Pour me another glass, honey.
See that man who just came in?
There's gonna be a shooting.
I'd better move
this here picture.
It's an antique direct
from Paris, France.
What do you want?
Name's Cooper.
Ranger Hays Cooper.
Last night, a shipment
of gold was stolen
and ten men were bushwhacked.
Oh, yeah, those colored boys.
Where's your boss, Dealey?
None of your damn business.
I'm taking you two boys in.
Like hell you are.
I told you so.
I'm sorry I ruined
your evening, miss.
Maybe you haven't.
Cooper.
Cooper... Wait, wait.
What's the rush?
Gotta get on the
trail before daybreak.
Can't let the trail
get cold, huh?
Did Dealey say
where he was going?
Wouldn't you like to know.
Yes, I would.
Those two men?
Dealey told them
that he and the others
would be camped at
Eagle Lake Canyon.
It's only a couple miles south,
and it's not daybreak yet.
Mmm.
So I don't suppose
you'll be back this way.
I don't suppose.
Good.
I hate waiting.
Ranger.
Keep yourself alive, okay?
Cooper.
Sergeant Lockett, 10th Cavalry.
Heard you were
after the Dealey Gang.
That's right.
Heard some of his
men were here in town.
Two were.
You going after Dealey?
I am.
I'd like to ride along.
Sorry.
Those men that died,
they were my men.
I know.
Where are we going?
Highway 380 south.
What happened,
Jimmy? Where's Walker?
Hyah! Ho, there!
Ho! Hyah! Ho!
Come on, come on.
Move that wagon. Come on.
Ho! Hyah! Ho!
Come on! Get!
Come on. Come on.
Hyah! Go, man.
Damn Rangers.
Hyah! Ha!
No!
I recommend we ride together.
Let's ride.
This is awful.
Damn it, I can't
even see the road.
What is that?
Do you suppose it's a signal?
I don't know. Let's
go check it out.
Walker! There he is.
Hang on.
I'm going for help.
Okay, hurry.
Fort Angelo P.D.,
this is Ranger Trivette.
I'm about 40 miles
south of Highway 83.
We found Walker. Give
me some assistance.
I'll alert all units
in the area to report in.
We'll get every man on it.
No, this is serious.
Get me a chopper.
Sorry, Trivette, no chopper.
The weather won't permit it.
Damn it, don't tell me that.
I got a man's life
at stake out here.
Sorry, Ranger. I'll
get help out there
as soon as possible.
Stay on your radio.
All right. Make it fast.
If the Dealey Gang
rode through here,
they'd have to
stop for provisions.
And whiskey.
Damn you, boy, you
better start minding me.
You know, if
brains were leather,
you couldn't even saddle a bug.
I didn't mean to do it.
It's not what you
meant to do, boy.
It's what you did do
that's sticking in my craw.
We got a job to do, Cooper.
Don't get all bothered
up about a local matter.
Now, you lay there and you
take your whupping like a man.
The boy got your point, mister.
Who the hell are you?
Just passing through,
but I don't abide with
anyone using a whip,
especially on a boy.
Yeah, well, he's my boy,
and I'll tan him any
damn way I please,
and you if you don't back off.
Walk softly, gentlemen.
Let it be settled, mister.
Sure glad you didn't
get all bothered up.
Two whiskeys.
I said, two whiskeys.
Yes, sir.
A hard bunch came
through here recently.
Trailing a wagon.
The kind that leave their mark.
We've had tornadoes
and we've had floods,
and a couple of days ago
we had the Dealey Gang.
They cleaned out the
mercantile, killed old Bert.
Who's he?
Well, he's the proprietor.
Shot him like a sick dog.
Shot up the whole
town and moved on.
It's not settled between us.
Not by far.
I'm a Texas Ranger, boys.
Best thing you can
do is turn around
and walk out of here.
Well, you might bluff them,
but you ain't got no
Indian sign on me.
Be smart.
Follow those boys out of here.
Like hell.
Now, if I hear of you
abusing that boy again,
I'm gonna be back.
I won't be so nice next time.
Now, get out of here.
Let's go, folks.
Increase the IV.
Get me the antivenin.
Call the pharmacy, see how
many vials we have available.
Got it. What are his chances?
Well, he's delirious
but you got him here in time.
Let's go, folks.
Obliged.
Sorry about your men, sergeant.
Most people think those
men were ex-slaves.
Milton was a
dentist from Missouri.
Dawson was a music teacher.
Hayley was a farmer.
Greeley, a blacksmith.
Each one of them was my friend.
I'm the only one
that was a slave.
Run out here from Tennessee
to fight Apaches,
taste Uncle Sam's
beans and black coffee.
How'd you become
a buffalo soldier?
My pa and ma were slaves
and died slaves.
No way I was gonna die one.
One day, I had to tell the
big plantation man just that.
He reached for his whip.
No man puts a whip to my back.
So I run off.
Kept running.
Got out west any way I could.
Apaches picked me up,
made me a slave all over again
till the cavalry came along.
10th Cavalry.
That's right.
That day on, I've
been wearing blue.
That badge,
that Ranger badge,
heard that comes hard.
A man has to earn it.
How did you?
Didn't come likely.
My early years
were spent on a farm.
Whoa!
Come on.
You two get down here
before supper gets cold.
Come on, Ben! Come on, Hays!
Supper's on.
You know, you're
turning into a fine farmer.
Hyah! Hyah!
Get her, men!
No.
You stay put, you hear?
No, no!
No.
No!
No! No!
Let's get her inside,
men. Let's have some fun.
Ma! Ma!
Leave her alone.
Stop. No, son! Go back.
No! No!
Come on. Let's take her in here.
No! No!
No! No!
Open the door.
Pa.
Mom.
Mom?
Ma.
Ma?
Ma. Ma.
Ma.
With my mom and pop gone,
there wasn't anything
left for me there.
Except revenge.
It took me a few years,
but I finally tracked
down the first one.
You gazing at anything
in particular, kid?
Seven years ago, you and
two others rode onto our farm.
I was 12 then.
Well, kid, I've ridden
on to lots of farms.
You killed my pa,
and then, when you
were done with my mother,
you killed her too.
Remember now?
I saw your fire.
Yeah?
Well, get your own damn
fire. This ain't no hotel.
Didn't figure on
sharing it with you.
Figured on having
it all for myself.
Just what do you want?
Both of you...
dead.
I know this kid.
On the one hand, it was over.
On the other, it
was just beginning.
Made it back to town,
badly wounded.
Doc was patching me up
when a Texas Ranger walked in.
He said he was arresting me
for the murder of three men.
Told him what happened,
about my ma and pa,
and he stood there looking at me
for the longest time.
Finally he said,
"Boy, the way I see it,
"you've got two choices.
"You can either
work for the law,
or against the law."
Well, I guess you can
see which one I picked.
Legend has it you're half-man,
half-cougar, mean as hell.
When you track a man,
he either dies or
gets run to meat.
Well, you can't believe
everything you hear.
I also heard that
when it comes to a man
to ride the river
with, you'll do.
Dr. Carley, Emergency Room.
Dr. Carley, Emergency Room.
Where am I?
You're at Memorial Hospital.
No, no, no, just
relax, relax, relax.
How did I get here?
Trivette and I found you.
We brought you
here in the medevac.
You have been
through quite an ordeal.
Where's Trivette?
He went after those guys.
Alone?
Yeah.
Walker, no.
Walker, you aren't
going anywhere.
Walker, do you hear me?
You are not
leaving this hospital.
Dr. Shanger, 314.
This is Ranger Walker.
I need a helicopter at
Memorial Hospital in Fort Angelo.
Right away.
Okay. Yes. Easy.
All right.
Let's bring the car and load up.
Okay, come on, come on.
Okay, muchachos,
we're off to Mexico.
Finally have the
weather on our side.
Yeah.
Head south through the badlands.
We'll try to pick up
Trivette on Highway 80.
You got it.
Whoa.
Hold that wagon off right there.
Damn horses ain't never
gonna make that river.
We gotta leave the gold behind.
No, Dealey, no.
That gold will make it across.
What are you talking about?
It's slowing us up.
That Ranger's gonna
be on us like an eagle.
What about Gates and Crager?
They're dead.
How do you know?
Maybe they ambushed
that Ranger after all.
'Cause they would have
caught up with us by now.
Now bury this gold.
Now bury it.
Hyah! Hyah!
Hyah! Hyah!
I can't believe Dealey's
making us bury the gold.
Give me a hand with
this. Give me a hand.
I hope we can find
it when we get back.
Ugh!
Dealey.
You don't wanna die, do you?
Ahh!
What about the gold?
What about it? It ain't
gonna go anywhere.
Be thankful what
you got in your teeth.
I'm going to Mexico. You coming?
Appears the Comanches
got to 'em first.
Dealey among 'em?
Nah, looks like he slipped away.
Then it ain't over yet.
Nope.
Push it, Jim.
Been redline for
20 minutes, Walker.
Can't do better than that.
A little bit of mescal
never hurt a señorita.
Yeah, and they don't care if...
♪ South of the border ♪
Oooh.
Hey, hey, hey.
That Ranger's back.
Come on, come on, Ranger.
Let's ditch a couple of
bullets right next to that badge.
Now, why don't you
just nail the tires?
I've got him.
Can you plug me into him?
Yeah.
Trivette, can you hear me?
Trivette? Walker, is that you?
I'm not gonna ask why
you're not in that hospital bed.
Never mind.
I'm gonna go ahead of you.
Let's give them a wake-up call.
That sounds exciting.
Okay, let's tap 'em. Okay.
That woke 'em up.
You know, that son
of a bitch is hard to kill.
Stand on it, stand on it.
I already got my
foot to the firewall.
This is Ranger Trivette.
I need an ambulance
on Highway 80 at mile marker 37.
Watch it.
Damn. We took a bullet
hit. We're losing oil pressure.
We're gonna have
to take it back.
You're going back?!
No, we're not going back.
We're gonna have
to take it back, Walker.
You're going back?
I said, we're not going back.
We gonna have to
or we're gonna crash.
You're gonna crash?!
No, we're not gonna crash.
Okay, I'm gonna bail out.
Where?
Yeah, where?
In his jeep.
In my jeep?!
This is gonna be exciting.
Walker, what the
hell are you up to?!
A man walks out of a hospital,
he's obviously delirious.
I should be a little
more understanding.
You're crazy, you know that?
Some of that snake venom
must have escaped to your brain.
What's your excuse for
going after these guys alone?
You wanna know
something? You're just like him.
Who? Cooper.
You never stop, man.
Once you sink your teeth
in, you never let go. You...
No turning back. You
just keep on going.
Not until you get
yourself shot down.
Shot down... Shot down...
Hold on, Lockett, here I come.
No, they're trying
to draw you out.
Cooper, don't you die on me.
Hey, you all right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
If that guy was our
wheelman, we'd be out of here.
Go around him.
Hold it, Trivette. I'm coming.
No, they're trying
to draw you out!
They're carrying the gold.
It's not here.
They were carrying it,
Walker. I know they were.
What are you looking at?
Cooper was here.
Now you're saying he took it?
What I'm saying
is the gold's back
where it belongs.
You were one hell of a
man, Ranger Hays Cooper.
You fought rustlers,
bandits, renegades.
You were the best,
but 140 years later,
your name's still tarnished.
Only one man
believed your innocence.
Hyah!
It's a lie.
It didn't happen like that.
Cooper's innocent.
How would you know?
'Cause I was there.
Show the gentleman out.
No, wait, wait.
Don't you wanna print the truth?
Not always, boy.
Sometimes the legend
makes for better reading,
and Hays Cooper is a legend.
You can't leave it like that.
You, get out of here, boy!
I can tell you how
it really happened.
Get outta here, nigger.
Rest in peace, Ranger.
I'll take it from here.
This isn't the way
back to Dallas.
I've got someone to see first.
Who?
Benjamin Lockett III.
Who's he?
It's a long story.
Mr. Lockett?
You're a Ranger. Yes, sir.
Ranger Cordell Walker.
My grandpa knew a Ranger.
Hays Cooper.
Yeah, that's right.
Well, that's right.
You wanna sit down?
Thank you.
My grandpa was
a buffalo soldier.
A hero.
That's how he met Ranger Cooper.
Your grandfather was
with Ranger Cooper
the day he was killed.
Not many folks know about that.
Is there anything
else you can tell me
about Ranger Cooper?
My grandfather believed...
that Ranger Cooper was about
the best man he ever knew.
And that story about
him stealing that gold?
It's not right.
It's not true.
Take a look at this.
It's the words of
my grandfather.
And words of others.
That's the truth.
Words that would clear
Ranger Cooper's name
for good.
It's time to set
history straight.
I tried, long time ago.
So did my grandpa.
Back then,
nobody put much stock in
the words of a black man,
even if he was a war hero.
Well,
they will now.
♪ 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 ♪
You jump bail,
you head straight
home in a hot four-by...
This is the stupidest thing.
No one said they were smart.
Do me a favor, all right?
Are they killers and
desperadoes? No.
Do they have a
history of violence? No.
So this time, let's just
handle this my way.
Your way? What's your way?
Nice and easy.
We go up, we explain who we are,
we tell 'em why we're here.
And they're gonna walk right
out and give themselves up?
Well, how you gonna
know if you don't try?
Well, then let's try.
I'll let you out here.
Maybe for once I
can come out of this
with my suit intact.
What?
You wouldn't be one
of the Roberts
brothers, would you?
Yeah, name's Hulk.
Really?
Well, Hulk Roberts,
I've got a warrant
for your arrest,
and one for the arrest of your
brothers, Yaffit and Buford.
So?
So go get your brothers,
we'll head back to Dallas,
peaceful-like.
No problems.
I hate to disappoint
you, mister,
but you got a big problem.
Hold it, boys.
Let's do this the easy way.
Just go back there and
jump in the back of the truck.
You gotta be kiddin'.
Well, it was worth a try.
Get him, Buford.
You get him.
Well, make up your minds.
No problem, Mr. Ranger.
Get up.
Come on, get back there.
Don't say a word.
Did I say anything?
♪ 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 ♪
Jake Sheppard, you old fool.
How much longer?
How much longer
are you gonna search
for that blasted gold?
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you.
Trade you guys in on a clean
bed and a good night's sleep.
Yes, sirree.
Jail cell looks a
heck of a lot better
than that motel room
I stayed in last night.
Hey, when you're finished
dumping Backwoods Elmer here,
I got the restaurant, man.
Well, Alex is over in
Plainview on that Turner trial.
I told her we'd meet her
between here and there.
Where's between here and there?
Huh...? At Gus'.
Gus'? What kind
of restaurant is that?
Gus' Steakhouse.
Food for the hearty.
Food for the hearty, my butt.
Food for the heart
attack, man. I'm not...
How do you expect
me to eat that stuff?
One bite at a time.
You know, I'd like to
see your cholesterol level.
One-sixty. What's yours?
Hm?
One-eighty.
One-eighty?
Hmmm.
Okay.
Let's roll.
How you doing? Hi,
there, sir. How are you?
Look, that was right.
Whoa, mister,
they're closed today.
Nothing's getting
in my way today.
Not today.
I found it.
I found it. Forty years
I've been searching.
Cooper's gold.
Aw, Jake, people been
searching for that treasure
for nearly 130 years.
Nobody's found it yet.
See for yourself.
Where did you find these?
Buried where nobody
was supposed to find 'em.
The rest of the
gold's there too.
I guarantee it.
Okay, Jake, you're
coming with us.
Shut up.
Nobody panic and this
will go as slick as ice.
You're going with us, Jake.
Shut up.
I will shoot you, Jake.
Shut up.
Look, Walker, I don't eat meat.
Don't worry about it, Trivette.
Most of the time at
Gus', the meat eats you.
What, something wrong?
Let's go check that out.
Come on.
Cops!
Come on, old man. Come on.
Get in.
Get in now.
Let's go.
Take him.
Rangers Walker and Trivette
are in pursuit of
robbery suspects
heading south on Highway 5.
Requesting immediate assistance.
Possible hostage situation.
You know, I'm still young.
I got a lot to live for.
Come on, come
on, get rid of 'em.
Come on, push this thing.
Hang on, Trivette. We're
in for a roller-coaster ride.
Oh, no, no!
Watch where you're going!
I don't know what he's
driving, but it's no contest.
We're gonna have
to dump some weight.
No, please.
It stays.
No.
Walker!
Hold on, old-timer.
Help's coming.
Forty years I searched
for Cooper's gold
and finally struck it.
Darn.
That belong to the old man?
1866.
What does that mean?
I don't believe this.
Cooper's lost gold.
What have you got?
I got it.
That guy we nailed
out on the street,
Rollins, Joseph J.,
just got out of Reno.
He's a triggerman.
Headed for boot hill.
Anything else? Yeah,
Dean Nash, wanted for murder.
Clint Bradburn, that
was the wheel guy,
and this guy, Fred Kimble.
This is a very bad dude.
If I had to read this
file, I'd go hoarse.
That old man they killed, he
was sort of an amateur geologist.
Local color around here,
always looking
for the big strike.
Well, if he found Cooper's
gold, he found the big strike.
Hey, what is Cooper's gold?
Ranger Hays Cooper,
he was a legend.
About 130 years ago,
he chased the Dealey Gang
through these parts here.
Cooper was killed
and the gold was never found.
You sure seem to
know a lot about this guy.
I read everything
there was about him.
Cooper used to say,
"To be a Ranger, a man
had to ride like a vaquero,
shoot like a Kentuckian,
track like a Comanche
and fight like the devil."
You're right. That's the
stuff legends are made of.
Yeah, but this legend
has been tarnished.
You know, Walker,
the farther we go,
the quieter you're getting.
I can't help thinking
about that old man
finding Cooper's gold.
That mystery's been
buried a long time.
Didn't you say something
about his legend
being tarnished?
What happened?
Well, after the Dealey
Gang stole the gold,
they traveled through
these parts here
heading for Mexico.
Cooper tracked them all the way.
All the way, but the gold
never reached Mexico.
Mm-mm. No, he
was hot on their trail,
so they ditched the gold.
What, somewhere out here?
Well, he caught 'em
around here, yeah,
but the gold was never found.
Some claim that Cooper found it
and buried it for himself.
Okay.
So how come he
never cleared himself?
He got into a
shootout with Dealey
about three days
later and was killed.
But he wasn't
alone when he died.
Another man was after the
Dealey Gang besides Cooper.
So then he knows
what really happened?
Maybe.
The guy's name was Lockett.
He was a soldier,
buffalo soldier.
They're part of the history too?
Yeah, 10th Cavalry.
Lockett was in charge
of a small company
responsible for
transporting the gold.
Hoo. Ha. Ho.
Evening. Evening, sheriff.
Sergeant Lockett, 10th Cavalry.
You were expecting us.
Sure.
Eastbound's due
in tonight, 9:00.
Train station's down
at the end of town.
You and your men
can bivouac there.
Thank you, sheriff.
They tell me you're
putting a shipment of gold
on this train.
Newly minted gold coins
bound for New
York City, sheriff.
Ho!
Sergeant Lockett's
regiment was due to layover
for only a few hours
before moving on to Fort Hood.
But the train due to
pick up the gold shipment
was running late.
Hill?
Yes, staff sergeant?
That train is late, so
I'm gonna head over
to the telegraph office
and see if there's a message.
Yes, staff sergeant.
Hey, private.
Button that button.
Ride.
We're gonna head out at sunrise.
Beat it.
Come on.
Hyah! Come on, guys, let's go.
Help me!
I don't get it.
You heard what the old man said.
Cooper's gold.
So?
So if what he said is true,
it could be worth millions.
We gotta ditch the car.
What, chance sticking
around here 'cause of that map?
How do you know
it means anything?
The old man thought it did.
Evening.
You want my wallet, take it.
It ain't your wallet
we're after. It's your car.
Four-wheel drive.
We'll need it where
we're going. Tell Kimble.
Keys.
Now slow up.
Slow up.
Here.
The old fool was
a regular hill rat.
Ahh!
What the hell?
You get bit by a rattler,
they say the poison
makes you crazy.
Horrible way to die.
Not even you
deserve that, Bradburn.
Kill it.
No.
No.
I betcha the old
man left him here
just to guard his gold.
Give me one of them gunnysacks.
Here, Nash. Damn it, Kimble.
He needs a new friend.
All right.
Let's dig.
It's kind of hard
to believe, isn't it?
A hundred and thirty
years ago, Hays Cooper
chased the Dealey
Gang right through here.
There's hundreds of
square miles out here.
How can you know he
chased them right through here?
I can feel it.
You can feel it?
Yeah, don't you?
No. Huh.
Well, you gotta
open up, Trivette.
I am open. I'm an open guy.
Hey, I don't go around kicking
people's butts all the time.
I'm the open guy in this car.
Okay, okay.
Well, since you're
so open, you must feel
how this land has its own
brand of spirit and power.
I mean, the sun, the hills,
everything around here
has its own mysterious force.
That's the Cherokee
in you talking again.
Well, maybe, but it's
speaking loud and clear.
"Loud and clear." Trivette.
All right, thanks.
Found a man's body
in the same area
where the getaway car was found.
Looks like they took his
vehicle. A late-model ATV.
Headed south.
How would you know that?
I can feel it.
All right, that's it.
I'm gonna tell you
something right now, Walker,
you're starting to get
freaky on me here.
Now, why would you say that?
Because it's true.
There's no way you can tell
where the bad guys went.
Is that a fact?
Yeah, that's a fact.
Where are we going?
Well, if they headed this
way, they'd have to fill up.
He's been shot
through the heart.
You're right on this one.
How do you wanna handle it?
You wait here for a chopper.
I'm gonna go after them.
Hey, you're never gonna
find those guys out there alone.
I won't be alone.
See, now there you go
with that freaky stuff again.
I knew you'd understand.
Ahh!
Help me!
Kimble!
It's here.
Agh! Agh! Ha-ha!
That old man was right.
Storm brewing.
Lost a lot of time
waiting for the coroner.
How soon?
Soon.
That old man was right.
We're gonna be rich.
Damn Ranger from town.
Burn him.
The gold.
Yeah, bury it.
We'll come back for it later.
I got a surprise
for you, Ranger.
Walker, come in.
Walker, respond.
TRIVETTE: Walker, come in.
This is Trivette.
Walker, respond. Come in.
Go, go, go!
He's cuttin' close.
Can't you go any faster?
I'm trying to go faster.
Ugh!
This is Ranger Walker.
I'm 40 miles south
of Fort Angelo.
Bit by a rattler.
Need help.
Jimmy?
What?
Too dangerous, man.
I'm gonna have to take her back.
Look, are you absolutely sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
It's too dangerous.
We gotta go back.
Yeah, Alex, it's Jimmy.
Look, Walker's in trouble.
Meet me at the Fort
Angelo Police Station.
All right, I'll see you there.
How about another one there?
I think you two have had enough.
Here's to you.
Pour me another glass, honey.
See that man who just came in?
There's gonna be a shooting.
I'd better move
this here picture.
It's an antique direct
from Paris, France.
What do you want?
Name's Cooper.
Ranger Hays Cooper.
Last night, a shipment
of gold was stolen
and ten men were bushwhacked.
Oh, yeah, those colored boys.
Where's your boss, Dealey?
None of your damn business.
I'm taking you two boys in.
Like hell you are.
I told you so.
I'm sorry I ruined
your evening, miss.
Maybe you haven't.
Cooper.
Cooper... Wait, wait.
What's the rush?
Gotta get on the
trail before daybreak.
Can't let the trail
get cold, huh?
Did Dealey say
where he was going?
Wouldn't you like to know.
Yes, I would.
Those two men?
Dealey told them
that he and the others
would be camped at
Eagle Lake Canyon.
It's only a couple miles south,
and it's not daybreak yet.
Mmm.
So I don't suppose
you'll be back this way.
I don't suppose.
Good.
I hate waiting.
Ranger.
Keep yourself alive, okay?
Cooper.
Sergeant Lockett, 10th Cavalry.
Heard you were
after the Dealey Gang.
That's right.
Heard some of his
men were here in town.
Two were.
You going after Dealey?
I am.
I'd like to ride along.
Sorry.
Those men that died,
they were my men.
I know.
Where are we going?
Highway 380 south.
What happened,
Jimmy? Where's Walker?
Hyah! Ho, there!
Ho! Hyah! Ho!
Come on, come on.
Move that wagon. Come on.
Ho! Hyah! Ho!
Come on! Get!
Come on. Come on.
Hyah! Go, man.
Damn Rangers.
Hyah! Ha!
No!
I recommend we ride together.
Let's ride.
This is awful.
Damn it, I can't
even see the road.
What is that?
Do you suppose it's a signal?
I don't know. Let's
go check it out.
Walker! There he is.
Hang on.
I'm going for help.
Okay, hurry.
Fort Angelo P.D.,
this is Ranger Trivette.
I'm about 40 miles
south of Highway 83.
We found Walker. Give
me some assistance.
I'll alert all units
in the area to report in.
We'll get every man on it.
No, this is serious.
Get me a chopper.
Sorry, Trivette, no chopper.
The weather won't permit it.
Damn it, don't tell me that.
I got a man's life
at stake out here.
Sorry, Ranger. I'll
get help out there
as soon as possible.
Stay on your radio.
All right. Make it fast.
If the Dealey Gang
rode through here,
they'd have to
stop for provisions.
And whiskey.
Damn you, boy, you
better start minding me.
You know, if
brains were leather,
you couldn't even saddle a bug.
I didn't mean to do it.
It's not what you
meant to do, boy.
It's what you did do
that's sticking in my craw.
We got a job to do, Cooper.
Don't get all bothered
up about a local matter.
Now, you lay there and you
take your whupping like a man.
The boy got your point, mister.
Who the hell are you?
Just passing through,
but I don't abide with
anyone using a whip,
especially on a boy.
Yeah, well, he's my boy,
and I'll tan him any
damn way I please,
and you if you don't back off.
Walk softly, gentlemen.
Let it be settled, mister.
Sure glad you didn't
get all bothered up.
Two whiskeys.
I said, two whiskeys.
Yes, sir.
A hard bunch came
through here recently.
Trailing a wagon.
The kind that leave their mark.
We've had tornadoes
and we've had floods,
and a couple of days ago
we had the Dealey Gang.
They cleaned out the
mercantile, killed old Bert.
Who's he?
Well, he's the proprietor.
Shot him like a sick dog.
Shot up the whole
town and moved on.
It's not settled between us.
Not by far.
I'm a Texas Ranger, boys.
Best thing you can
do is turn around
and walk out of here.
Well, you might bluff them,
but you ain't got no
Indian sign on me.
Be smart.
Follow those boys out of here.
Like hell.
Now, if I hear of you
abusing that boy again,
I'm gonna be back.
I won't be so nice next time.
Now, get out of here.
Let's go, folks.
Increase the IV.
Get me the antivenin.
Call the pharmacy, see how
many vials we have available.
Got it. What are his chances?
Well, he's delirious
but you got him here in time.
Let's go, folks.
Obliged.
Sorry about your men, sergeant.
Most people think those
men were ex-slaves.
Milton was a
dentist from Missouri.
Dawson was a music teacher.
Hayley was a farmer.
Greeley, a blacksmith.
Each one of them was my friend.
I'm the only one
that was a slave.
Run out here from Tennessee
to fight Apaches,
taste Uncle Sam's
beans and black coffee.
How'd you become
a buffalo soldier?
My pa and ma were slaves
and died slaves.
No way I was gonna die one.
One day, I had to tell the
big plantation man just that.
He reached for his whip.
No man puts a whip to my back.
So I run off.
Kept running.
Got out west any way I could.
Apaches picked me up,
made me a slave all over again
till the cavalry came along.
10th Cavalry.
That's right.
That day on, I've
been wearing blue.
That badge,
that Ranger badge,
heard that comes hard.
A man has to earn it.
How did you?
Didn't come likely.
My early years
were spent on a farm.
Whoa!
Come on.
You two get down here
before supper gets cold.
Come on, Ben! Come on, Hays!
Supper's on.
You know, you're
turning into a fine farmer.
Hyah! Hyah!
Get her, men!
No.
You stay put, you hear?
No, no!
No.
No!
No! No!
Let's get her inside,
men. Let's have some fun.
Ma! Ma!
Leave her alone.
Stop. No, son! Go back.
No! No!
Come on. Let's take her in here.
No! No!
No! No!
Open the door.
Pa.
Mom.
Mom?
Ma.
Ma?
Ma. Ma.
Ma.
With my mom and pop gone,
there wasn't anything
left for me there.
Except revenge.
It took me a few years,
but I finally tracked
down the first one.
You gazing at anything
in particular, kid?
Seven years ago, you and
two others rode onto our farm.
I was 12 then.
Well, kid, I've ridden
on to lots of farms.
You killed my pa,
and then, when you
were done with my mother,
you killed her too.
Remember now?
I saw your fire.
Yeah?
Well, get your own damn
fire. This ain't no hotel.
Didn't figure on
sharing it with you.
Figured on having
it all for myself.
Just what do you want?
Both of you...
dead.
I know this kid.
On the one hand, it was over.
On the other, it
was just beginning.
Made it back to town,
badly wounded.
Doc was patching me up
when a Texas Ranger walked in.
He said he was arresting me
for the murder of three men.
Told him what happened,
about my ma and pa,
and he stood there looking at me
for the longest time.
Finally he said,
"Boy, the way I see it,
"you've got two choices.
"You can either
work for the law,
or against the law."
Well, I guess you can
see which one I picked.
Legend has it you're half-man,
half-cougar, mean as hell.
When you track a man,
he either dies or
gets run to meat.
Well, you can't believe
everything you hear.
I also heard that
when it comes to a man
to ride the river
with, you'll do.
Dr. Carley, Emergency Room.
Dr. Carley, Emergency Room.
Where am I?
You're at Memorial Hospital.
No, no, no, just
relax, relax, relax.
How did I get here?
Trivette and I found you.
We brought you
here in the medevac.
You have been
through quite an ordeal.
Where's Trivette?
He went after those guys.
Alone?
Yeah.
Walker, no.
Walker, you aren't
going anywhere.
Walker, do you hear me?
You are not
leaving this hospital.
Dr. Shanger, 314.
This is Ranger Walker.
I need a helicopter at
Memorial Hospital in Fort Angelo.
Right away.
Okay. Yes. Easy.
All right.
Let's bring the car and load up.
Okay, come on, come on.
Okay, muchachos,
we're off to Mexico.
Finally have the
weather on our side.
Yeah.
Head south through the badlands.
We'll try to pick up
Trivette on Highway 80.
You got it.
Whoa.
Hold that wagon off right there.
Damn horses ain't never
gonna make that river.
We gotta leave the gold behind.
No, Dealey, no.
That gold will make it across.
What are you talking about?
It's slowing us up.
That Ranger's gonna
be on us like an eagle.
What about Gates and Crager?
They're dead.
How do you know?
Maybe they ambushed
that Ranger after all.
'Cause they would have
caught up with us by now.
Now bury this gold.
Now bury it.
Hyah! Hyah!
Hyah! Hyah!
I can't believe Dealey's
making us bury the gold.
Give me a hand with
this. Give me a hand.
I hope we can find
it when we get back.
Ugh!
Dealey.
You don't wanna die, do you?
Ahh!
What about the gold?
What about it? It ain't
gonna go anywhere.
Be thankful what
you got in your teeth.
I'm going to Mexico. You coming?
Appears the Comanches
got to 'em first.
Dealey among 'em?
Nah, looks like he slipped away.
Then it ain't over yet.
Nope.
Push it, Jim.
Been redline for
20 minutes, Walker.
Can't do better than that.
A little bit of mescal
never hurt a señorita.
Yeah, and they don't care if...
♪ South of the border ♪
Oooh.
Hey, hey, hey.
That Ranger's back.
Come on, come on, Ranger.
Let's ditch a couple of
bullets right next to that badge.
Now, why don't you
just nail the tires?
I've got him.
Can you plug me into him?
Yeah.
Trivette, can you hear me?
Trivette? Walker, is that you?
I'm not gonna ask why
you're not in that hospital bed.
Never mind.
I'm gonna go ahead of you.
Let's give them a wake-up call.
That sounds exciting.
Okay, let's tap 'em. Okay.
That woke 'em up.
You know, that son
of a bitch is hard to kill.
Stand on it, stand on it.
I already got my
foot to the firewall.
This is Ranger Trivette.
I need an ambulance
on Highway 80 at mile marker 37.
Watch it.
Damn. We took a bullet
hit. We're losing oil pressure.
We're gonna have
to take it back.
You're going back?!
No, we're not going back.
We're gonna have
to take it back, Walker.
You're going back?
I said, we're not going back.
We gonna have to
or we're gonna crash.
You're gonna crash?!
No, we're not gonna crash.
Okay, I'm gonna bail out.
Where?
Yeah, where?
In his jeep.
In my jeep?!
This is gonna be exciting.
Walker, what the
hell are you up to?!
A man walks out of a hospital,
he's obviously delirious.
I should be a little
more understanding.
You're crazy, you know that?
Some of that snake venom
must have escaped to your brain.
What's your excuse for
going after these guys alone?
You wanna know
something? You're just like him.
Who? Cooper.
You never stop, man.
Once you sink your teeth
in, you never let go. You...
No turning back. You
just keep on going.
Not until you get
yourself shot down.
Shot down... Shot down...
Hold on, Lockett, here I come.
No, they're trying
to draw you out.
Cooper, don't you die on me.
Hey, you all right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
If that guy was our
wheelman, we'd be out of here.
Go around him.
Hold it, Trivette. I'm coming.
No, they're trying
to draw you out!
They're carrying the gold.
It's not here.
They were carrying it,
Walker. I know they were.
What are you looking at?
Cooper was here.
Now you're saying he took it?
What I'm saying
is the gold's back
where it belongs.
You were one hell of a
man, Ranger Hays Cooper.
You fought rustlers,
bandits, renegades.
You were the best,
but 140 years later,
your name's still tarnished.
Only one man
believed your innocence.
Hyah!
It's a lie.
It didn't happen like that.
Cooper's innocent.
How would you know?
'Cause I was there.
Show the gentleman out.
No, wait, wait.
Don't you wanna print the truth?
Not always, boy.
Sometimes the legend
makes for better reading,
and Hays Cooper is a legend.
You can't leave it like that.
You, get out of here, boy!
I can tell you how
it really happened.
Get outta here, nigger.
Rest in peace, Ranger.
I'll take it from here.
This isn't the way
back to Dallas.
I've got someone to see first.
Who?
Benjamin Lockett III.
Who's he?
It's a long story.
Mr. Lockett?
You're a Ranger. Yes, sir.
Ranger Cordell Walker.
My grandpa knew a Ranger.
Hays Cooper.
Yeah, that's right.
Well, that's right.
You wanna sit down?
Thank you.
My grandpa was
a buffalo soldier.
A hero.
That's how he met Ranger Cooper.
Your grandfather was
with Ranger Cooper
the day he was killed.
Not many folks know about that.
Is there anything
else you can tell me
about Ranger Cooper?
My grandfather believed...
that Ranger Cooper was about
the best man he ever knew.
And that story about
him stealing that gold?
It's not right.
It's not true.
Take a look at this.
It's the words of
my grandfather.
And words of others.
That's the truth.
Words that would clear
Ranger Cooper's name
for good.
It's time to set
history straight.
I tried, long time ago.
So did my grandpa.
Back then,
nobody put much stock in
the words of a black man,
even if he was a war hero.
Well,
they will now.
♪ 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 ♪