Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 3, Episode 7 - The Road to Black Bayou - full transcript
TRIVETTE: What I got
is Portell's back in Texas,
down near Brownsville.
So I'm gonna need
a fugitive warrant
and Brownsville P.D.
standing by, all right?
No, I haven't heard
from him in a week.
He hasn't checked
in. (door banging)
Here he is. Right on cue.
COP 1: Whoa. COP 2: Whoa.
All right, come on.
Book these guys.
And if they give you
an attitude, call me.
COP 1: All right,
gentlemen. MAN 1: All right.
COP 1: Let's go.
TRIVETTE: Yeah, well,
if I hose him down he'll
be almost recognizable.
All right, I'm picking
up the warrants now.
Bye-bye. Thanks.
(phone clicks)
Where you been all week?
Where in the hell does
it look like I've been?
Not on vacation.
I've been chasing these guys
for six days through the Brazos.
Guess what? Found Portell.
I'm gonna pick up
the warrants now.
Let's go. Wait a minute.
You look like 12
miles of bad road.
Why don't you take a break?
Trivette, I'll take a break
when I say I take a break.
Now I'll take a
shower, then we go.
( tense theme playing)
This is gonna be fun.
TRIVETTE: How come these guys
always hang out in dumps, man?
Hey, did I ever
tell you the story
about the two camels
that walk into a bar?
I've heard it.
How about the guy
that walks into the bar
with a monkey around his neck?
I've heard that too.
That one was funny, though.
No, it wasn't.
Yeah. How about the...?
The one about the guy
who walks into the bar
with the dog on a leash?
You heard that one? Mm-hm.
There he is.
( dramatic theme playing)
Take this.
Donelly, we're going in.
Where do you think you're going?
To hell, if I don't
change my ways.
What?
(grunting)
I'll have you a passport
and an international
driver's license
in about an hour.
(grunting)
(grunting)
COP 1: Freeze! COP
2: Hold it right there!
COP 1: Police!
(grunts)
COP 2: Stay where
you are. (gun cocks)
COP 2: No talking.
I got it. I got it.
COP 2: All right, lay down.
COP 1: Don't move.
COP 2: I got him, I got him.
Where you going?
( light rock action
theme playing)
Can I get you back
behind this tape?
No offense, but I want to
talk to the man in charge.
Only the man in charge.
You guys do good work.
You ever tire of being a Ranger,
come on down to Brownsville.
We'll take you on.
This guy's a character, boys.
What, is he giving you trouble?
No, he's a civilian, a printer.
Forges passports and
stuff for the wise guys.
I figured Portell'd try
to get out of the country.
He wants to talk to you. Me?
Yeah, you are the ranking
local law enforcement officer
in the area, right?
He wants to talk to you too,
old mighty Texas Ranger man.
What does he want?
My guess is he's got
something he wants to trade.
You got something for us?
Well, you're gonna
need a representative
from the Marshals Service
and, uh, another one
from the Drug
Enforcement Administration.
Those two for sure,
and... And maybe the FBI.
(scoffs): I just love to be
dictated to by my prisoners.
Hey, I know about these things,
and I knew this time would come.
Frankly, I'm a little relieved.
The marshals handle the
protected-witness program.
That what you wanna talk about?
Man, I can't do prison.
If I walk, they're gonna
think I cooperated,
and at some point
they're gonna kill me
for how much I know anyway.
I got a wife, I got a kid.
I gotta get out of here.
I'll take a bait shop
in Idaho, anything.
DONELLY: Let me tell
you something, my man.
To get into the program,
you'd better have one wild,
dust-up piece of goods to trade.
Carlos Quintero.
Yeah, I know how
much he's worth to you.
Go on.
Yeah, maybe we're interested.
Oh, please,
I can hand you this guy at
dawn tomorrow, or never.
It's a one-time thing.
DONELLY: No, no, no.
I need more than that, like
how you're gonna deliver.
No more until we have a deal.
I get a new life,
you get Carlos.
And I wanna talk to somebody
in authority who can say yes.
No, I don't think I can
personally guarantee that.
I'll get you your guarantee.
( dramatic theme playing)
( patriotic theme playing)
Anytime Carlos Quintero flies,
it's going to be a big shipment.
Carlos flies out of
Mexico into remote areas
along the
Texas-Louisiana border.
Sorry, people. Walker.
Sam.
As most of you know,
Carlos has never been caught
because he's in
and out under radar.
And in and out
before we know it.
But this time we know it.
Information is he'll be landing
at a place called
Fishkill Point.
And it's not on your maps,
but the local jurisdiction in
Bayou Parish knows about it.
That's a Sheriff Hugo LeBrun.
Does anybody know him?
This is gonna be
a joint operation.
Rangers, DEA,
U.S. Marshals, P.D.
But once we get down there,
Sheriff LeBrun will
be the point man.
How good's your information?
Our informant's betting his life
on it, so we tend to believe him.
We leave in an hour. Gear up.
Choppers are standing by.
( tense theme playing)
( pensive Cajun theme playing)
Well, I hope I'm not feeding
the mosquitoes
for nothing, guys.
He said about sunup.
Yeah, but if I was
meeting a helicopter,
I'd be here now.
Yeah, they might be.
There's an old service road
just inside that tree line.
That's where I'd
stay out of sight.
You know, this jacket
sure is comfortable.
Better yet, it keeps us
from shooting
each other, sheriff.
Ah.
Well, down in these
parts we just say:
"Hey, Clarence, it's me."
(chuckles)
You do much fishing
up there in Dallas?
It's been a long time.
We got the best fishing
in the world down here.
Not right here. Deeper in.
Place called Black Bayou.
Oh, the biggest
bass you'll ever see.
Ain't that the place C.D.'s
always talking about?
Yeah. C.D.?
Could that be C.D. Parker?
Yeah, that's right.
Sure.
Not too many people
named C.D. in this world.
Yeah, he and I go way back.
He's a mighty good man.
Listen.
(helicopter approaching)
Helicopter.
Where?
Over there.
( tense theme playing)
Let's get this netting off.
Come on, guys, look hot.
Go for it.
AGENT 1 (over radio):
We're on our way, sheriff.
Get going. MAN 1: Let's go.
MAN 1: Come on, now.
MAN 1: Go, go, go.
You won't go in there.
(engine starts)
We got company. Let's go.
AGENT 1 (over speaker): Federal
agents. Put down any weapons.
Put your hands over
your head. Don't move.
MAN 1: Come on, now, let's go.
Let's go, let's
go. Taker her up.
MAN 2: Get it in there.
(grunting)
(gunshots)
Let's get out of here.
Let's go. Take her up.
(grunting)
Freeze. On the ground, now!
(grunting)
(grunts)
(gun cocks)
(both grunting)
MAN 2: I'm not
moving, I'm not moving.
AGENT 2: Get down.
Gotcha.
AGENT 1 (over speaker): Land
that chopper. Put down. Now.
Put down now.
Hold it.
(groans)
(grunting)
(both grunting)
(both screaming)
Walker! Talk to me, man.
( ominous martial theme playing)
TRIVETTE: Come on, talk to me.
Come on, now. (groaning)
What do you want me to say?
Hey, get a paramedic!
Hurry up!
Maybe you should
just lay here, huh?
(groaning): No, I'm... I'm fine.
Officer needs help, call.
I'm at Fishkill Point.
Officer is down.
( upbeat theme playing)
(speaks indistinctly)
Yes, sir.
(speaks indistinctly)
Okay, I'll get back
to you, all right?
As soon as possible.
Well, you've had a concussion.
It's, uh, definite,
well, but, uh, mild.
Definitely you've
been concussed.
I feel fine.
Well, you got walloped.
There's just not much
we can do about it, though.
Can't put your head in a cast.
I'd, uh, like to keep
you here tonight,
you know, just to
be on the safe side.
The back room is set up for it.
I can't do that, doc.
I've got to get back.
Another medical-school graduate
with a better opinion.
Look, you said I'm fine,
so let's leave it
at that, okay, doc?
Well, I'll let you go,
with one stipulation.
When you get home,
you, uh, take it easy
and take a few days off.
And on your drive home,
if you get to feeling sick
to your stomach, or you...
Or you just have to go to sleep,
you get to the nearest hospital
and then you give them these.
Whatever you say, doc.
How you doing?
I'm fine.
Ah, then we both got good news.
I'm getting my casting
arm back one of these days.
We tallied up that
cocaine we busted
on the helicopter at 40 million.
Lord almighty.
Not too far back
$40 million would
have bought Louisiana.
What is this damn drug thing?
I know your cities
are destroyed.
Now, even out here.
We just took a nice
piece out of them, sheriff.
Yeah, but are you
gaining on them?
I been hearing tell
of drug operations
even out here, even
in the bayou country.
My God, when will it all end?
It'll end when people
decide not to use it anymore.
You're right there, my friend.
It's been a pleasure
working with you.
And you too, sir.
And yourself, sir.
Have a safe drive back, boys.
Hope to see you
again one of these days.
Oh, and, uh, give
my regards to C.D.
Tell him to get himself out here
and I'll give him
some fishing lessons.
( upbeat theme playing)
Hey, go take care, now.
C.D.: That was the dadgumedest
fish I ever saw in my life.
It took more doggone
time to boat that fish
than it took to translate
the Old Testament
in Hebrew, Jimmy.
Yes, sir, you was there,
weren't you, Cordell?
Remember that?
Hey.
Hm?
I even caught a bigger one
than that one time, Jimmy.
I never will forget.
That son of a
gun took that reel,
ran just as far out
with that line as it could
and stood up on his tail.
Turned around,
looked at me and says:
"Hey, C.D., I'm a traveling
man. I'm out of here."
Don't guess you can appreciate
all this, can you, Jimmy?
I mean, being a
city boy and all.
I've been fishing
before, C.D. Uh-huh.
Yeah, you know
where Baltimore is,
the Chesapeake Bay?
Jimmy, that's salt water.
We're talking
about bass fishing.
I love both kinds.
Thank you.
I'd give anything in the world
if I'd get back down in
that Black Bayou country.
(ringing)
Jimmy, let me tell
you something. C.D.'s.
Yes, Murphy.
Mm-hm.
Uh-huh.
Walker,
do you know a doctor
named Ewart Mosely?
Yeah, he's a doc down
in the bayou country.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Okay, Murphy, thank you.
I'll give him the message.
Your doctor called
Ranger headquarters
to follow up on that
bump on your head.
When he found out you were
back on duty he hit the ceiling.
So he called the
department surgeon
and he hit the ceiling,
so he called the chief,
and he hit the ceiling.
Now you're off duty
until you get a check-up.
You do look exhausted, Walker.
(angrily): Alex, I feel
fine. Now, get off my back.
Excuse me.
I don't have time for this.
You got nothing but time.
You're on medical leave
until you get a
clean bill of health.
(whistles)
Testy.
Well, it's just the
burnout factor.
Don't worry about it.
He'll be okay.
He's not the same,
that's for sure.
You know who lives the longest?
Hypochondriacs,
because they're always
running to their doctor.
You know who checks out early?
Superman checks out early.
The guys that grit their teeth
and bear the pain
check out early.
That's a serious injury you had.
I feel fine.
Well, as a matter
of fact, you are fine.
At least there's no
damage that I can see.
When did you first start
having these flashbacks?
When I first got back from Nam,
but I haven't had them in years.
Well, something
else has been years,
and that's your last vacation.
According to these records,
it's been three, four years.
What difference does it make?
I wish everyone
would get off my case,
saying I'm stressed-out,
burned-out...
Hey, hey, do you hear yourself?
Go fishing, play golf,
do whatever it is you do.
You've got some time
stacked up. Take some of it.
And that's not
just a suggestion.
I'll get around to it.
Okay, then.
I'm gonna call your commander
and I'm going to
order medical leave
that will force you to rest.
(phone clicks)
Do I call him?
I guess I'm going fishing.
( goofy theme playing)
Okay.
You guys are taking Jimmy
Trivette to Caddo Lake?
Doesn't he know the room
service there is for alligators
and water moccasins?
He says he's done some camping
and he's got all the gear.
I'll bet you if he's
got a fishing pole
it's run by a damn
computer chip.
I'm the one you
should be taking.
I actually know how to fish.
Yeah, but you may
catch all the fish,
and then I'd have
to be rude again.
Apology accepted.
You think you're gonna
be able to find Black Bayou
without Sheriff LeBrun?
You're doggone right.
I know those waters
like the back of my hand.
Well, LeBrun said he may
join us if he can find the time.
Ahem, yeah, we might
leave a few fish for him,
small ones, you know, for seed.
And I'm taking this
little sucker along
to record the proceedings.
ALEX: If Trivette
catches a fish,
I want a picture. (door opens)
Hey, everybody.
What's the camera for?
Posterity.
(laughing)
What?
( goofy theme playing)
( upbeat theme playing)
( band playing Cajun tune)
(men whooping, laughing)
Cool.
Cool.
(sighs)
What in the world is
that I smell? Good night.
Well, I know where we're
having lunch today, fellas.
Well, first let's get
our fishing licenses.
Hey. Howdy, ma'am.
Howdy. How can I do you boys?
We need some fishing licenses.
Oh, you come to the right place.
Just show me some I.D.
and give me $2 a piece.
We had to raise
the rates this year.
Oh, heh.
Guess I don't have to
tell you Ranger fellas
about the poaching laws.
You know, I bought
this doggone thing
and I... I just don't know
much about cameras.
Hey, Bull,
you go on over
to the lumberyard.
You tell old Mr. Jones
he's got two days to deliver.
Me and Smalls will
meet you at the bar.
Hey, Jim... Jimmy, why
don't you just get over there
by that, uh, bait trap there?
Pick up one of the worms.
Why do you want
me to pick it up?
I wanna try this camera out.
That is the best
bait in the parish.
Where you boys headed?
Oh, it's a secret.
Ah. Yeah, well, you'd
better hope the fish know.
Hey, Jimmy, hold that worm up.
What the hell is this?
Oh, I'm... I'm sorry, mister.
I just didn't know how
to operate this camera.
You know, uh,
you probably gotta
press the button
or something, old man.
Hey, Kyle, you know
how many Texans it takes
to change a flash bulb?
How many? Two.
One to change the bulb
and one to steal the camera.
(both cackling)
Smalls, you don't want
me calling your daddy
about breakage again.
I don't know, Billie Lou.
I'd say these boys
look a little store-bought
to be troublemakers,
don't you think?
They ain't store-bought, Kyle.
They honest-to-God
Texas Rangers.
Come on, Smalls.
Good luck.
Thanks.
(band playing Cajun tune)
Here. Well, listen,
this is awful good,
but you gotta
have a little of this.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Take a bite of that, Cordell.
Here you go.
They said they
was going fishing,
but one of them had a camera.
A camera?
I don't like it.
Texas Rangers sniffing around
the lake at collection time.
(band playing Cajun tune)
(Trivette, C.D. &
Walker laughing)
Hey, young lady, let's
you and me dance.
I'll teach you all about dancing
that you'll ever need to know.
Hey, old man, dance is over.
Hey, we... We were
just... Just having some fun.
No harm intended.
Oh, yeah, well,
there's gonna be plenty of
harm when she gets home.
Hey, you don't have to do that.
KYLE: You see,
around these parts,
I do whatever the hell I want.
Leave him alone, Kyle.
Kyle, hey.
We don't want any trouble, huh?
Is that your girl? C.D.?
Hey, what are you,
some kind of stockbroker,
Mr. Fancy, huh?
Out here for some
country fun, huh?
Whoa, I'm out of here.
WOMAN: Whoa. Whoo.
Who bleeds first, Kyle?
If you try anything, you will.
MAN: Come on, come on,
now. Let's just... Let's just...
Ahem, yeah, try him.
( suspenseful theme playing)
(grunting)
Yes.
(men grunting)
You're mine, old man.
(grunts)
(grunting)
(chuckles)
(grunting)
Ah!
Sounds like my boys are
into some mischief again.
They in there fighting
with lawmen, Ferris.
Texas Rangers.
Maybe it'll teach
them to stay in Texas.
You feel okay? Uh-huh.
All right.
(grunting)
(screaming)
(Kyle groaning)
(panting)
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
They started it, Pa.
A... And... And that old man,
he was grabbing at Marie.
Is that right, Marie?
That's right. Pigs fly.
No, and you can fly.
We was just dancing, Ferris.
Well, I'm sure
that there was just
some misunderstanding.
I understand you
fellas are lawmen
from Texas.
That's right.
You boys are out
of your jurisdiction.
We're just down here
doing a little fishing.
Fishing?
Is that right?
What would you be fishing for?
Bass. Is that some
concern of yours, sir?
Bass?
You're gonna be fishing for bass
in the Black Bayou?
That could be
dangerous, you know.
A lot of stuff in that
swamp could hurt a man.
I recommend that you go back
on the Texas side
and do your fishing over there.
I think we'll fish
where we came to fish.
Well, then, good luck to you.
You follow them lawmen.
Make sure that bass is the
only thing they're fishing for.
Yes, sir, Pa.
( mystical theme playing)
Men, this is no
lake. It's a jungle.
There ain't nothing
like the bayou.
Right, Cordell?
It's a world of
its own, all right.
Just listen.
Listen to that.
What do you hear?
I don't hear anything.
Ain't it great? (laughing)
Huh?
I'm telling you,
this is the best.
( mysterious theme playing)
(water splashes)
(reel clicking)
Pull.
Pull.
(whoops) First
blood, Jimmy, yeah.
Easy with it. City boy, my foot.
Come on, baby.
He's fighting me. Easy, now.
Oh, he's a big one,
baby. You got him. Yeah!
Yeah, don't horse him
now. Just easy with him.
Oh, he's a big one,
C.D. I can feel him.
Easy, easy. Go on,
fight me, fight me.
Hey, easy. Easy does it.
There's no telling what you
got there. Stay with him, Jimmy.
What is it? Stay with him.
Look, look, man. Easy, easy.
What is it? What is that?
Well, it looks like a
deadly ring-necked
water snake. Oh, man.
Well, hey, at least
I was first, huh?
Hey, Cordell, look at this.
You think it's alive?
Looks dead to me.
(barks) Oh!
(C.D. laughing)
(laughing)
(laughing)
Hey, let me get a
picture of this, will you?
Jimmy, say cheese.
All right. Cheese, baby.
That's great. Just great.
( mystical theme playing)
(reel clicks)
( pensive theme playing)
You know, Jimmy,
life's funny, ain't it?
Some men can paint a picture,
some of them can
sing a beautiful song.
But, man, when
it comes to fishing,
well, you're looking
at him right here.
Something keeps taking my bait.
Yeah, I'll tell you
what's wrong, Jimmy.
You've got asphalt-itis.
You got city-fied-itis,
but take heart, Jimmy.
You are with the very best
there is, right here. Yes, sir.
Yee-hoo!
Jimmy, when you cast,
it makes no difference
if it's crank or spinner bait.
Always make that
sucker jitterbug.
Make him dance.
Because the bass,
well, the doggone bass
will strike anything smaller
than they are that wiggles.
Do you believe that?
You know, I was thinking,
this must have been
what it was like when the
first explorers got out here.
No freeways, no mini-malls,
no parking lots,
no big developments.
Some places are just too
damn mean to develop.
Yeah.
Boy, it's sure
pretty here, isn't it?
It's unreal.
That's what life's about.
(fire crackling)
( dramatic theme playing)
What the hell was that?
Cordell, talk to me.
( helicopter whirring)
( martial rock theme playing)
(explosions)
C.D.: Cordell.
Cordell, talk to me.
Why do you guys always say that?
(groans) Come on.
What the hell was that?
Someone threw a
stick of dynamite.
Dynamite? Yeah,
and whoever threw
it is right over there.
Look, I'll take the
high road, Trivette.
All right, I'll circle.
You ready? Yeah.
Now.
( suspenseful theme playing)
Hell, all I wanted
to do was just fish.
( fast, suspenseful
theme playing)
Hey, kid, stop.
Hey, kid.
Hold up.
( traditional Asian
theme playing)
(explosions, gunshots)
(grunts)
(yelling)
(helicopter passes)
(helicopter passes)
( slow martial theme playing)
Hey, kid.
Mom! Mom!
I didn't do nothing.
I didn't do nothing.
I'm not gonna hurt you, kid.
Please, I didn't do nothing.
Let go. I didn't do nothing.
You almost killed him, kid.
What are you doing?
Let go of him or I'll shoot.
(panting)
What are you doing here?
I live here.
Now let go of my little boy.
Mom.
Your boy always play like that?
He wasn't playing.
Then what the hell was he doing?
Fishing.
Fishing with dynamite? Yeah.
Lots of people do it like
that out here, Mr. Ranger.
It stuns the fish and that's
the way we catch them.
Then why did you run?
You were chasing me.
That's enough.
You two get along.
CHARLIE: Hey, mister?
I'm sorry.
That's okay, kid.
Are you really a Texas Ranger?
Yeah, we both are.
Oh, you really
thumped them Claytons.
Shut up, Charlie.
You two get.
I said get, mister.
( tense theme playing)
You smell something?
I'm happy just to be breathing.
Why?
(door closes)
I don't know. It's just
my imagination, I guess.
( mystical theme playing)
( ominous theme playing)
( suspenseful theme playing)
( suspenseful theme playing)
Did you hear what they said,
or see what they were up to?
No.
I just caught them
coming back from Marie's,
but they were definitely there.
Well, there's your answer
as to what they're
doing down here.
(sighs): Maybe...
Maybe they just got
there by accident.
(laughs)
Texas Rangers?
We can move the stuff.
If we get down there
right now, we can move it.
We're gonna do a
lot more than that.
A lot more.
As soon as it gets dark.
(frogs croaking)
Okay, Jimmy, what's eating
you? Besides the mosquitoes.
Crank.
Crank?
You mean, like in live
bait, worms, maggots?
No, crank. As in speed,
ice, methamphetamine.
See, I thought I
smelled that smell before.
Now I know where it was.
One time, Walker and I,
we busted this meth
lab over in Overton.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about
over at Marie's place.
I thought I recognized this
strange odor this morning.
That's swamp gas.
Smells like a sack-full of
skunks at a chili cook-off.
No, it was a chemical
smell. I'm sure of it.
She was in hurry
to get rid of us too.
Yeah, out here to nowhere
everybody would
think it was swamp gas.
And, you know, Sheriff
LeBrun was talking about rumors
of a meth supplier
somewhere out here?
Oh, I don't think this
little Marie gal's a supplier.
Now, she may be
working for somebody.
Son, these back-country people,
they got a strange
way of doing things.
There ain't no mink
left, there ain't no fox.
They might cook
up just a little meth,
about the same way
you would moonshine.
We'll check it out in
the morning, okay?
No, I'm gonna talk to
Walker about it now.
( ominous theme playing)
(explosions, gunshots)
(yelling)
(grunting)
(grunting)
(neck cracking)
(shouts): Cordell.
Oh, my God.
Trivette, are you okay?
I'm sorry, Trivette.
I don't know.
Since that explosion
this morning
and this jungle.
What was it you wanted?
It's all right. I'll talk
to you tomorrow.
Okay. I'm sorry.
I thought I was almost
dead there for a second, man.
Jimmy, um, Cordell wasn't
a regular soldier in Vietnam.
He was kind of a
one-man recon team.
They used to send him out
for weeks at a
time in the jungle.
(sighs sharply): It really
developed that dark side of him.
How come he
never talks about it?
He came back to Texas,
but the demons
are still chasing him.
Uncle Ray reintroduced
him to Indian life.
And, well, in a few
years he was okay,
back in balance.
You think that explosion this
morning or being out here...
Jimmy, I just don't know.
I really don't.
( mysterious theme playing)
Let's turn in.
(sighs)
Burn it down.
MARIE: No.
Don't. Stop it.
Stop it.
Why are you doing this to me?
The Rangers are
on to this place.
No, it was an accident.
They were just chasing
Charlie, that's all.
It don't matter why.
They had to have
smelled the lab.
( suspenseful theme playing)
Burn it all.
It's all evidence.
You can't burn my cabin.
You can't do it, Kyle.
Don't let him do it. I
done nothing wrong.
Maybe the shed
would be good enough.
Just do it.
No, Mom.
Mom.
Pigs. Animals.
Mom, are you okay?
Now, you listen to me.
You knew it wasn't candy
and soda pop that Kyle
was making in that shed.
You took your chances, too.
So here we are.
Bring them both with us.
No, Pa.
There ain't no need for that.
There's need when
I say there's need.
Lonnie,
go find Bull.
Tell him to keep an
eye on them Rangers.
If they want to end
it here, fine. If not...
You can't beat the Rangers.
No, they'll get all
of you. All of you.
(laughs)
Not in my backyard, boy.
(explosions in distance)
Well, if you think
about it, it makes sense.
If those damn Claytons
are the suppliers,
they got poor folks like Marie
looking after the still.
Smell that?
I smell burnt wood,
not chemicals.
I don't see anybody.
Lots of glass.
To cook the chemicals?
Red Fred and Mr. Hyde.
Red phosphorus,
hydrochloric acid, I told you.
A drug lab, all right. Yeah,
they did some fast packing,
hell of a lot of burning.
Look, there was a struggle.
They dragged the
boy and his mother off.
Clayton's getting rid of
the rest of the evidence.
Looks that way.
Well, it's a couple
hours into town.
Sheriff ought to be back by now.
I'm gonna follow them.
Bring the sheriff back here.
I'll leave a trail.
Hey, maybe I should go with you.
Less chance of them
finding just one guy.
You gonna be all right?
Yeah.
Well, let's go.
KYLE: Watch the
log. SMALLS: I see it.
(engine revs)
(engine revs)
Come on, big dog,
get that thing started.
This thing's harder to start
than a middle-aged woman.
(engine revs)
I wish we had a
helicopter or something.
(engine revs)
(engine revs)
TRIVETTE: Wait a minute. Hold.
Buddy, that looks
like trouble, there.
C.D.: Here comes
the missing link.
What the hell is this about?
I don't know.
Get... Get it started.
What's that crazy son
of a gun gonna do?
Get down. Oh, my Lord.
Come on, C.D.,
get us out of here.
I can't get the
damned thing started.
Oh, for crying
out loud, come on.
Come on.
What the hell is he...
Get down. Look out.
But the darn thing
won't start on me.
What the hell are you doing?
Be careful. Don't
burn the boat down.
Get it out of here.
Get it started. C.D.
(both scream)
Are they back
here? Is that them?
No.
Well, I'm gonna look around.
C.D., I'm coming to you.
(C.D. gasping)
Jimmy?
TRIVETTE: C.D.
Jimmy?
Okay, okay. Shh.
Shh. Shh.
All right, all right.
Shh.
( tense theme playing)
Where the hell are they?
Even dead they'd float.
LONNIE: They're here somewhere.
They got to be here
somewhere, but I don't see them.
We gotta find them.
Come on, man.
Okay, you're gonna
have to crawl. Come on.
There. You see anything? No?
They had to make it to shore.
Against this tree. Come on.
Against this tree.
I'll be 100 percent.
Just give me a minute.
I'll be 90, or 65, or...
You see anything? No.
Jimmy, you're gonna
have to leave me here.
Damn it, you catch your breath.
These fellows are dumb,
but they're hunters.
They're country people.
They'll circle back.
That's why we're not gonna
be here when they get back.
You really got to leave me here.
Come on, damn it.
Catch your breath.
Come on, let's go.
( tense theme playing)
(bird squawking)
I don't see no tracks.
They gotta be here
somewhere. Let's circle around.
There's no point to this.
I'm slowing you down.
Those guys are right behind us.
Listen, that's what
I'm counting on.
All right, if they're behind us,
we can make it to their boat.
You can make it to the boat.
Jimmy, those are the
best odds we've got.
Look at me. Look at me.
We've been friends too long.
Stay straight.
You do what you got to do.
Now get.
They gotta be here somewhere.
All right.
( slow dramatic theme playing)
Gotcha.
What took you so long?
Where's the other
one, old timer?
Where did he go?
He's halfway to
the sheriff's office.
And maybe he's dead.
Maybe you're the
king of Louisiana.
Life's funny.
You can sleep off a drunk,
but you can't sleep off ugly.
(Trivette yelling)
(grunting) (grunting)
( suspenseful theme playing)
Charlie, what you
looking at? Nothing.
Nothing? In a pig's eye.
You seen something out there.
You leave him alone.
Shut up. You hear me?
(explosions, gunshots)
(grunts)
( suspenseful theme playing)
All right, everybody
out of the boat. Let's go.
Let's go.
Go on, kid, move it.
Hey, Kyle, the boy seen
something out there.
It ain't nothing.
Come on, let's go.
(grunts)
(groaning): Kyle, help.
My shoulder's broken.
We can't let him
follow us. Smalls?
I got him.
We'll meet you at the quarry.
I won't be long. He's unarmed.
Best be sure of that.
CHARLIE: Mr. Ranger!
Go, get out of here,
he's coming for you!
Mr. Ranger! Shut up!
Mr. Ranger, he's
coming for you, go!
Jake, take him away.
Watch out, Mr. Ranger!
Watch out!
Shut up!
Mama, Mama, are you okay?
KYLE: Come on,
let's go. Come on.
Come on.
Kyle, Kyle.
I know what your dad has
in mind for me and Charlie.
I'll be your woman, Kyle.
I know you've got
a feeling for me.
If you save my son,
I'll have a feeling for you.
I'd be your woman.
Kyle?
Shut up!
I don't wanna hear
none of this. Come on.
Get in the boat.
( suspenseful theme playing)
Come on, Jake, move it out.
(sighs)
Where in the heck did he go?
Did he go into the quicksand?
I'm not that dumb.
(grunting)
I'm gonna ask
you this only once.
Where did they take
the boy and his mother?
You get me out of here.
Give me your hand.
(whispers): Here. Help me.
Hey.
Hey, you come back here, man!
What are you doing, man?
Stop fooling around, man.
Where are you?
Please, man.
Ranger?
Ranger, where are you,
man? This ain't funny.
Ranger?
You're a lawman.
You can't do this.
All right, Ran...!
I'll tell you what, man.
You get me out of here,
I'll tell you whatever
you wanna know, man.
Whatever you wanna know.
Ranger?
Ranger? This ain't funny, man.
Hey, what are you doing, man?
Ranger?
(tearfully): I said all right.
They're going to the place, man.
The place.
The quarry.
That's where the lab is,
man. The meth lab, man.
That's where we
collect it all, please.
They're taking them
to the quarry, man,
to get rid of them.
Please, man. Please,
where are you, man? Please.
You're gonna tell me where
and take me there, right?
Yes, yes, yeah.
Come over here,
please. Hurry up, man.
All right, grab this.
Hang on.
Come on.
Help me, man, please.
(grunts)
(grunting)
(stops grunting)
You know what to do.
Ferris?
Ferris Clayton,
I'm talking to you.
Is that right?
You're missing a good bet.
Instead of hurting us,
I could stay with you.
I'd stay with you and
wouldn't run away.
I'd do whatever you want me to.
Hey!
Mama, no.
(sighs)
Hush, Charlie.
This is grownup talk.
You, Kyle, you've
had your chance.
You ain't man
enough to be heard.
Don't say much for you, Kyle.
(chuckles)
I've seen the way you look at me
at the restaurant,
how you pat me down
when you pay the bill.
I know what's in your mind.
You'd be surprised
what's on my mind.
Strong man.
I admire that.
If you could admire
me, I'd be nice to you.
Hey, what the hell is this?
She should be my woman!
Shut up, Kyle.
Nothing's changed.
We got to do what we got to do.
But you're right.
I am a strong man.
I might just pay
you a little visit
before you leave.
Would you like to know
what I'm gonna do to you?
(screaming)
Take her away.
Where's Bull and Lonnie?
They'll be along.
They're seeing to
those two rangers,
and Smalls is seeing
to the one following us.
What?
( tense theme playing)
C.D., you all right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm all right.
Well, if you can't
keep up, old man,
maybe we won't wait.
We'll just find a
gator to throw you to.
You're not gonna do
anything without your daddy.
You don't have the brains
to pick your toes
without your daddy, man.
No, no, Jimmy, I saw him
picking his toes in the café.
It's his nose.
He just doesn't have gray matter
to pick his nose.
No, no, big dog.
I disagree.
Those lower animals,
they can pick their nose
with their toes, right?
Yeah, so?
Shut up!
What are you talking about?
Well, let's just
find out right here.
(grunts)
(grunts)
(both grunting)
I'll show you old, you
reject from Deliverance.
(grunts)
(neck cracking)
(groaning)
(exhales sharply)
Let's tie these guys up
and get out of here.
But you're not
sure you got them.
All you know is that a
Ranger was trailing you
and you came here anyway.
Smalls is a tough man.
He'll take care of it.
Bull and Lonnie,
they'll get the other two.
You better pray, boy.
It's time we closed down
this operation anyway.
Elmo?
Pa, I wanna talk
to you about Marie.
What about her?
She's evidence.
Elmo, you and the boys
back that truck up there
and get it loaded.
Let's get out of here.
And go get the boy and the girl.
Yes, sir.
I got feelings for
that woman, Pa.
She's just a swamp woman.
I got feelings for her.
You got any feelings
about going to prison?
Don't you worry yourself.
Elmo and the boys
will take care of it.
You don't have
to worry about it.
Pa, don't do it.
You going against me, son?
That girl was right.
You gotta be a bigger
man than you are to do that.
Until then, just do
what you're told.
( tense rock theme playing)
(whispering): Okay, I got it.
(whispering): Here, come on.
(normal voice): When I say run,
you run like the
dickens. You hear me?
(normal voice): No,
we don't gotta worry.
That Ranger's coming after us.
Charlie, God helps those
who help themselves, all right?
(whispers indistinctly)
(gasps, then screams)
(grunting)
(screaming)
Hurts, doesn't it?
Hey. Take this.
Thanks. My pleasure. (gun cocks)
I'm going right after that
snake of Ferris Clayton.
You stay here.
Charlie, you stay here.
(whistles): Hey.
(grunts)
(gun cocks) Hi.
Come on down here.
(foreign accent):
Take me to your leader.
(normal voice): That way, right?
Let's go, guys. Let's
get these boxes.
Come on, man. We gotta
load up these bottles now.
Jake, shut the doors.
MAN: Okay.
(grunts)
(grunting)
(latch clicks)
What the hell?
KYLE: Hey.
(grunting)
(giggles)
Well... Hm.
I'm impressed.
I've been selling you short.
You burned my cabin,
you gave the order
to kill Charlie and me.
If you were me, what
would you do with you?
I'd hurt you bad.
I'd do all kinds of
terrible things to you.
But you won't do that.
Because you're not like me.
So why don't you
just give me that gun?
(grunting)
(grunting)
Ferris. Ranger, watch out.
Charlie, get down. MARIE: No!
(gunshot) MARIE: No.
(grunting)
No! (grunting)
(gunshots)
(explosions)
MARIE (shouting):
Charlie? Charlie?
Where you hit?
(chuckles) I... I tripped.
Charlie.
(gun cocks)
Is everybody all right?
Yeah, we're fine.
And that's for messing
up our fishing trip.
I'm gonna get the truck,
go get the rest of those guys.
I'm tired.
Ooh.
C.D.: Get your
hands on your head.
You too. Get them up there.
You'll see the sheriff, boys.
To the sheriff.
We're gonna pick the rest of
your brood up at the swamp.
Have a little family reunion.
( ominous theme playing)
C.D.: There goes your poison.
No kid's gonna use that.
You haven't seen the last of me.
Hey, Mr. Ranger.
You can come back to see us.
You bet. My mom
is the best cook.
I bet she is.
He could come sometime,
couldn't he, Mama?
Anytime, son, anytime.
She's the prettiest
girl on the bayou.
Hush, Charlie.
I can see that, Charlie.
(chuckles)
Uh, you never even
said your name.
It's Walker.
( upbeat theme playing)
Walker,
will you come back
sometime to see us?
I might surprise you
sometime, Charlie.
Goodbye, Walker.
Goodbye, Charlie.
Marie.
I found this in the lab.
I don't know who it belongs to,
so it must be yours.
(engine starts)
(both gasp)
Ma. Walker!
Thank you!
Thank you, Walker.
(giggles)
(kisses)
(both laughing)
Never had the
jail full up before.
Kind of heartwarming,
taxpayers getting
their money's worth.
Well, we hope to
see you again, sheriff,
under better
circumstances. Yeah.
Maybe do some
real fishing this time.
Well, I'd say that you caught
the biggest fish on the bayou.
Here he is.
That arm gets well, Hugo,
I'm gonna give
you a fishing lesson.
Well, I think I can teach you
a few things,
even casting lefty.
That'll be a cold
day in the bayou.
Ah, next you'll be using
you got no boat as an excuse.
By golly, I don't have
a boat. Look at there.
I got a boat. My deputy
can handle the Claytons.
Well, that sounds
awful tempting,
but I just got too
damn much work to do.
Me too, sheriff.
But you know what?
You're under doctor's orders.
You're supposed to be resting.
Yeah, why don't
you take a few days?
You can be my good right arm
and I'll show you the
fishing of your lifetime.
You oughta take
advantage of this.
Take a few days.
Catch the ones we didn't catch.
Sounds good to me.
HUGO: Now you got it.
(all laughing)
Wait till you see them fish.
( upbeat theme playing)
Yeah, Hugo, well, I
really appreciate this.
Oh, yeah. Yeah,
then everything's okay.
No problem.
Well, I sure do appreciate
this call. Much obliged.
He's coming home.
First couple of days,
he was up a little tight,
then he just mellowed out
and had a great time.
Great. So, what
happened to those pictures?
Oh, oh, I've got
them right here.
Well, they... They didn't
turn out too well none.
They really didn't.
What are all these yellow dots?
That's supposed to be me.
Well, now, uh, the fellow told
me they might not come out.
I mean, after all,
the camera had
been in the swamp.
I told you, you should've
got your money back.
Well, so much for posterity.
Bottom line is,
you guys didn't
bring back any fish.
Well, I mean, we
were slightly occupied.
That's my excuse.
(Alex chuckles)
Hey.
ALEX: Hey, cowboy. Hey.
Hey, what do you say?
You look great.
Thanks. I feel great.
Got a present for you, Cordell.
What's in it?
Well, take a look
and see, buddy.
Oh, my gosh.
It's a beaut.
Yeah, we figured you might
wanna replace your old sidearm.
It's expensive too.
Well, it was.
(sighs)
Thank you, Trivette.
Thanks, C.D. You bet.
(chuckles)
Oh, this thing is beautiful.
So I don't hear any
invitations for a fish dinner.
What happened to
you out there this week?
Did you get skunked too?
Well, I'm not gonna tell
you guys all a fish story
and say I caught
a fish this big.
It was this big.
(all laugh)
Welcome home.
( upbeat theme playing)
is Portell's back in Texas,
down near Brownsville.
So I'm gonna need
a fugitive warrant
and Brownsville P.D.
standing by, all right?
No, I haven't heard
from him in a week.
He hasn't checked
in. (door banging)
Here he is. Right on cue.
COP 1: Whoa. COP 2: Whoa.
All right, come on.
Book these guys.
And if they give you
an attitude, call me.
COP 1: All right,
gentlemen. MAN 1: All right.
COP 1: Let's go.
TRIVETTE: Yeah, well,
if I hose him down he'll
be almost recognizable.
All right, I'm picking
up the warrants now.
Bye-bye. Thanks.
(phone clicks)
Where you been all week?
Where in the hell does
it look like I've been?
Not on vacation.
I've been chasing these guys
for six days through the Brazos.
Guess what? Found Portell.
I'm gonna pick up
the warrants now.
Let's go. Wait a minute.
You look like 12
miles of bad road.
Why don't you take a break?
Trivette, I'll take a break
when I say I take a break.
Now I'll take a
shower, then we go.
( tense theme playing)
This is gonna be fun.
TRIVETTE: How come these guys
always hang out in dumps, man?
Hey, did I ever
tell you the story
about the two camels
that walk into a bar?
I've heard it.
How about the guy
that walks into the bar
with a monkey around his neck?
I've heard that too.
That one was funny, though.
No, it wasn't.
Yeah. How about the...?
The one about the guy
who walks into the bar
with the dog on a leash?
You heard that one? Mm-hm.
There he is.
( dramatic theme playing)
Take this.
Donelly, we're going in.
Where do you think you're going?
To hell, if I don't
change my ways.
What?
(grunting)
I'll have you a passport
and an international
driver's license
in about an hour.
(grunting)
(grunting)
COP 1: Freeze! COP
2: Hold it right there!
COP 1: Police!
(grunts)
COP 2: Stay where
you are. (gun cocks)
COP 2: No talking.
I got it. I got it.
COP 2: All right, lay down.
COP 1: Don't move.
COP 2: I got him, I got him.
Where you going?
( light rock action
theme playing)
Can I get you back
behind this tape?
No offense, but I want to
talk to the man in charge.
Only the man in charge.
You guys do good work.
You ever tire of being a Ranger,
come on down to Brownsville.
We'll take you on.
This guy's a character, boys.
What, is he giving you trouble?
No, he's a civilian, a printer.
Forges passports and
stuff for the wise guys.
I figured Portell'd try
to get out of the country.
He wants to talk to you. Me?
Yeah, you are the ranking
local law enforcement officer
in the area, right?
He wants to talk to you too,
old mighty Texas Ranger man.
What does he want?
My guess is he's got
something he wants to trade.
You got something for us?
Well, you're gonna
need a representative
from the Marshals Service
and, uh, another one
from the Drug
Enforcement Administration.
Those two for sure,
and... And maybe the FBI.
(scoffs): I just love to be
dictated to by my prisoners.
Hey, I know about these things,
and I knew this time would come.
Frankly, I'm a little relieved.
The marshals handle the
protected-witness program.
That what you wanna talk about?
Man, I can't do prison.
If I walk, they're gonna
think I cooperated,
and at some point
they're gonna kill me
for how much I know anyway.
I got a wife, I got a kid.
I gotta get out of here.
I'll take a bait shop
in Idaho, anything.
DONELLY: Let me tell
you something, my man.
To get into the program,
you'd better have one wild,
dust-up piece of goods to trade.
Carlos Quintero.
Yeah, I know how
much he's worth to you.
Go on.
Yeah, maybe we're interested.
Oh, please,
I can hand you this guy at
dawn tomorrow, or never.
It's a one-time thing.
DONELLY: No, no, no.
I need more than that, like
how you're gonna deliver.
No more until we have a deal.
I get a new life,
you get Carlos.
And I wanna talk to somebody
in authority who can say yes.
No, I don't think I can
personally guarantee that.
I'll get you your guarantee.
( dramatic theme playing)
( patriotic theme playing)
Anytime Carlos Quintero flies,
it's going to be a big shipment.
Carlos flies out of
Mexico into remote areas
along the
Texas-Louisiana border.
Sorry, people. Walker.
Sam.
As most of you know,
Carlos has never been caught
because he's in
and out under radar.
And in and out
before we know it.
But this time we know it.
Information is he'll be landing
at a place called
Fishkill Point.
And it's not on your maps,
but the local jurisdiction in
Bayou Parish knows about it.
That's a Sheriff Hugo LeBrun.
Does anybody know him?
This is gonna be
a joint operation.
Rangers, DEA,
U.S. Marshals, P.D.
But once we get down there,
Sheriff LeBrun will
be the point man.
How good's your information?
Our informant's betting his life
on it, so we tend to believe him.
We leave in an hour. Gear up.
Choppers are standing by.
( tense theme playing)
( pensive Cajun theme playing)
Well, I hope I'm not feeding
the mosquitoes
for nothing, guys.
He said about sunup.
Yeah, but if I was
meeting a helicopter,
I'd be here now.
Yeah, they might be.
There's an old service road
just inside that tree line.
That's where I'd
stay out of sight.
You know, this jacket
sure is comfortable.
Better yet, it keeps us
from shooting
each other, sheriff.
Ah.
Well, down in these
parts we just say:
"Hey, Clarence, it's me."
(chuckles)
You do much fishing
up there in Dallas?
It's been a long time.
We got the best fishing
in the world down here.
Not right here. Deeper in.
Place called Black Bayou.
Oh, the biggest
bass you'll ever see.
Ain't that the place C.D.'s
always talking about?
Yeah. C.D.?
Could that be C.D. Parker?
Yeah, that's right.
Sure.
Not too many people
named C.D. in this world.
Yeah, he and I go way back.
He's a mighty good man.
Listen.
(helicopter approaching)
Helicopter.
Where?
Over there.
( tense theme playing)
Let's get this netting off.
Come on, guys, look hot.
Go for it.
AGENT 1 (over radio):
We're on our way, sheriff.
Get going. MAN 1: Let's go.
MAN 1: Come on, now.
MAN 1: Go, go, go.
You won't go in there.
(engine starts)
We got company. Let's go.
AGENT 1 (over speaker): Federal
agents. Put down any weapons.
Put your hands over
your head. Don't move.
MAN 1: Come on, now, let's go.
Let's go, let's
go. Taker her up.
MAN 2: Get it in there.
(grunting)
(gunshots)
Let's get out of here.
Let's go. Take her up.
(grunting)
Freeze. On the ground, now!
(grunting)
(grunts)
(gun cocks)
(both grunting)
MAN 2: I'm not
moving, I'm not moving.
AGENT 2: Get down.
Gotcha.
AGENT 1 (over speaker): Land
that chopper. Put down. Now.
Put down now.
Hold it.
(groans)
(grunting)
(both grunting)
(both screaming)
Walker! Talk to me, man.
( ominous martial theme playing)
TRIVETTE: Come on, talk to me.
Come on, now. (groaning)
What do you want me to say?
Hey, get a paramedic!
Hurry up!
Maybe you should
just lay here, huh?
(groaning): No, I'm... I'm fine.
Officer needs help, call.
I'm at Fishkill Point.
Officer is down.
( upbeat theme playing)
(speaks indistinctly)
Yes, sir.
(speaks indistinctly)
Okay, I'll get back
to you, all right?
As soon as possible.
Well, you've had a concussion.
It's, uh, definite,
well, but, uh, mild.
Definitely you've
been concussed.
I feel fine.
Well, you got walloped.
There's just not much
we can do about it, though.
Can't put your head in a cast.
I'd, uh, like to keep
you here tonight,
you know, just to
be on the safe side.
The back room is set up for it.
I can't do that, doc.
I've got to get back.
Another medical-school graduate
with a better opinion.
Look, you said I'm fine,
so let's leave it
at that, okay, doc?
Well, I'll let you go,
with one stipulation.
When you get home,
you, uh, take it easy
and take a few days off.
And on your drive home,
if you get to feeling sick
to your stomach, or you...
Or you just have to go to sleep,
you get to the nearest hospital
and then you give them these.
Whatever you say, doc.
How you doing?
I'm fine.
Ah, then we both got good news.
I'm getting my casting
arm back one of these days.
We tallied up that
cocaine we busted
on the helicopter at 40 million.
Lord almighty.
Not too far back
$40 million would
have bought Louisiana.
What is this damn drug thing?
I know your cities
are destroyed.
Now, even out here.
We just took a nice
piece out of them, sheriff.
Yeah, but are you
gaining on them?
I been hearing tell
of drug operations
even out here, even
in the bayou country.
My God, when will it all end?
It'll end when people
decide not to use it anymore.
You're right there, my friend.
It's been a pleasure
working with you.
And you too, sir.
And yourself, sir.
Have a safe drive back, boys.
Hope to see you
again one of these days.
Oh, and, uh, give
my regards to C.D.
Tell him to get himself out here
and I'll give him
some fishing lessons.
( upbeat theme playing)
Hey, go take care, now.
C.D.: That was the dadgumedest
fish I ever saw in my life.
It took more doggone
time to boat that fish
than it took to translate
the Old Testament
in Hebrew, Jimmy.
Yes, sir, you was there,
weren't you, Cordell?
Remember that?
Hey.
Hm?
I even caught a bigger one
than that one time, Jimmy.
I never will forget.
That son of a
gun took that reel,
ran just as far out
with that line as it could
and stood up on his tail.
Turned around,
looked at me and says:
"Hey, C.D., I'm a traveling
man. I'm out of here."
Don't guess you can appreciate
all this, can you, Jimmy?
I mean, being a
city boy and all.
I've been fishing
before, C.D. Uh-huh.
Yeah, you know
where Baltimore is,
the Chesapeake Bay?
Jimmy, that's salt water.
We're talking
about bass fishing.
I love both kinds.
Thank you.
I'd give anything in the world
if I'd get back down in
that Black Bayou country.
(ringing)
Jimmy, let me tell
you something. C.D.'s.
Yes, Murphy.
Mm-hm.
Uh-huh.
Walker,
do you know a doctor
named Ewart Mosely?
Yeah, he's a doc down
in the bayou country.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Okay, Murphy, thank you.
I'll give him the message.
Your doctor called
Ranger headquarters
to follow up on that
bump on your head.
When he found out you were
back on duty he hit the ceiling.
So he called the
department surgeon
and he hit the ceiling,
so he called the chief,
and he hit the ceiling.
Now you're off duty
until you get a check-up.
You do look exhausted, Walker.
(angrily): Alex, I feel
fine. Now, get off my back.
Excuse me.
I don't have time for this.
You got nothing but time.
You're on medical leave
until you get a
clean bill of health.
(whistles)
Testy.
Well, it's just the
burnout factor.
Don't worry about it.
He'll be okay.
He's not the same,
that's for sure.
You know who lives the longest?
Hypochondriacs,
because they're always
running to their doctor.
You know who checks out early?
Superman checks out early.
The guys that grit their teeth
and bear the pain
check out early.
That's a serious injury you had.
I feel fine.
Well, as a matter
of fact, you are fine.
At least there's no
damage that I can see.
When did you first start
having these flashbacks?
When I first got back from Nam,
but I haven't had them in years.
Well, something
else has been years,
and that's your last vacation.
According to these records,
it's been three, four years.
What difference does it make?
I wish everyone
would get off my case,
saying I'm stressed-out,
burned-out...
Hey, hey, do you hear yourself?
Go fishing, play golf,
do whatever it is you do.
You've got some time
stacked up. Take some of it.
And that's not
just a suggestion.
I'll get around to it.
Okay, then.
I'm gonna call your commander
and I'm going to
order medical leave
that will force you to rest.
(phone clicks)
Do I call him?
I guess I'm going fishing.
( goofy theme playing)
Okay.
You guys are taking Jimmy
Trivette to Caddo Lake?
Doesn't he know the room
service there is for alligators
and water moccasins?
He says he's done some camping
and he's got all the gear.
I'll bet you if he's
got a fishing pole
it's run by a damn
computer chip.
I'm the one you
should be taking.
I actually know how to fish.
Yeah, but you may
catch all the fish,
and then I'd have
to be rude again.
Apology accepted.
You think you're gonna
be able to find Black Bayou
without Sheriff LeBrun?
You're doggone right.
I know those waters
like the back of my hand.
Well, LeBrun said he may
join us if he can find the time.
Ahem, yeah, we might
leave a few fish for him,
small ones, you know, for seed.
And I'm taking this
little sucker along
to record the proceedings.
ALEX: If Trivette
catches a fish,
I want a picture. (door opens)
Hey, everybody.
What's the camera for?
Posterity.
(laughing)
What?
( goofy theme playing)
( upbeat theme playing)
( band playing Cajun tune)
(men whooping, laughing)
Cool.
Cool.
(sighs)
What in the world is
that I smell? Good night.
Well, I know where we're
having lunch today, fellas.
Well, first let's get
our fishing licenses.
Hey. Howdy, ma'am.
Howdy. How can I do you boys?
We need some fishing licenses.
Oh, you come to the right place.
Just show me some I.D.
and give me $2 a piece.
We had to raise
the rates this year.
Oh, heh.
Guess I don't have to
tell you Ranger fellas
about the poaching laws.
You know, I bought
this doggone thing
and I... I just don't know
much about cameras.
Hey, Bull,
you go on over
to the lumberyard.
You tell old Mr. Jones
he's got two days to deliver.
Me and Smalls will
meet you at the bar.
Hey, Jim... Jimmy, why
don't you just get over there
by that, uh, bait trap there?
Pick up one of the worms.
Why do you want
me to pick it up?
I wanna try this camera out.
That is the best
bait in the parish.
Where you boys headed?
Oh, it's a secret.
Ah. Yeah, well, you'd
better hope the fish know.
Hey, Jimmy, hold that worm up.
What the hell is this?
Oh, I'm... I'm sorry, mister.
I just didn't know how
to operate this camera.
You know, uh,
you probably gotta
press the button
or something, old man.
Hey, Kyle, you know
how many Texans it takes
to change a flash bulb?
How many? Two.
One to change the bulb
and one to steal the camera.
(both cackling)
Smalls, you don't want
me calling your daddy
about breakage again.
I don't know, Billie Lou.
I'd say these boys
look a little store-bought
to be troublemakers,
don't you think?
They ain't store-bought, Kyle.
They honest-to-God
Texas Rangers.
Come on, Smalls.
Good luck.
Thanks.
(band playing Cajun tune)
Here. Well, listen,
this is awful good,
but you gotta
have a little of this.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Take a bite of that, Cordell.
Here you go.
They said they
was going fishing,
but one of them had a camera.
A camera?
I don't like it.
Texas Rangers sniffing around
the lake at collection time.
(band playing Cajun tune)
(Trivette, C.D. &
Walker laughing)
Hey, young lady, let's
you and me dance.
I'll teach you all about dancing
that you'll ever need to know.
Hey, old man, dance is over.
Hey, we... We were
just... Just having some fun.
No harm intended.
Oh, yeah, well,
there's gonna be plenty of
harm when she gets home.
Hey, you don't have to do that.
KYLE: You see,
around these parts,
I do whatever the hell I want.
Leave him alone, Kyle.
Kyle, hey.
We don't want any trouble, huh?
Is that your girl? C.D.?
Hey, what are you,
some kind of stockbroker,
Mr. Fancy, huh?
Out here for some
country fun, huh?
Whoa, I'm out of here.
WOMAN: Whoa. Whoo.
Who bleeds first, Kyle?
If you try anything, you will.
MAN: Come on, come on,
now. Let's just... Let's just...
Ahem, yeah, try him.
( suspenseful theme playing)
(grunting)
Yes.
(men grunting)
You're mine, old man.
(grunts)
(grunting)
(chuckles)
(grunting)
Ah!
Sounds like my boys are
into some mischief again.
They in there fighting
with lawmen, Ferris.
Texas Rangers.
Maybe it'll teach
them to stay in Texas.
You feel okay? Uh-huh.
All right.
(grunting)
(screaming)
(Kyle groaning)
(panting)
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
They started it, Pa.
A... And... And that old man,
he was grabbing at Marie.
Is that right, Marie?
That's right. Pigs fly.
No, and you can fly.
We was just dancing, Ferris.
Well, I'm sure
that there was just
some misunderstanding.
I understand you
fellas are lawmen
from Texas.
That's right.
You boys are out
of your jurisdiction.
We're just down here
doing a little fishing.
Fishing?
Is that right?
What would you be fishing for?
Bass. Is that some
concern of yours, sir?
Bass?
You're gonna be fishing for bass
in the Black Bayou?
That could be
dangerous, you know.
A lot of stuff in that
swamp could hurt a man.
I recommend that you go back
on the Texas side
and do your fishing over there.
I think we'll fish
where we came to fish.
Well, then, good luck to you.
You follow them lawmen.
Make sure that bass is the
only thing they're fishing for.
Yes, sir, Pa.
( mystical theme playing)
Men, this is no
lake. It's a jungle.
There ain't nothing
like the bayou.
Right, Cordell?
It's a world of
its own, all right.
Just listen.
Listen to that.
What do you hear?
I don't hear anything.
Ain't it great? (laughing)
Huh?
I'm telling you,
this is the best.
( mysterious theme playing)
(water splashes)
(reel clicking)
Pull.
Pull.
(whoops) First
blood, Jimmy, yeah.
Easy with it. City boy, my foot.
Come on, baby.
He's fighting me. Easy, now.
Oh, he's a big one,
baby. You got him. Yeah!
Yeah, don't horse him
now. Just easy with him.
Oh, he's a big one,
C.D. I can feel him.
Easy, easy. Go on,
fight me, fight me.
Hey, easy. Easy does it.
There's no telling what you
got there. Stay with him, Jimmy.
What is it? Stay with him.
Look, look, man. Easy, easy.
What is it? What is that?
Well, it looks like a
deadly ring-necked
water snake. Oh, man.
Well, hey, at least
I was first, huh?
Hey, Cordell, look at this.
You think it's alive?
Looks dead to me.
(barks) Oh!
(C.D. laughing)
(laughing)
(laughing)
Hey, let me get a
picture of this, will you?
Jimmy, say cheese.
All right. Cheese, baby.
That's great. Just great.
( mystical theme playing)
(reel clicks)
( pensive theme playing)
You know, Jimmy,
life's funny, ain't it?
Some men can paint a picture,
some of them can
sing a beautiful song.
But, man, when
it comes to fishing,
well, you're looking
at him right here.
Something keeps taking my bait.
Yeah, I'll tell you
what's wrong, Jimmy.
You've got asphalt-itis.
You got city-fied-itis,
but take heart, Jimmy.
You are with the very best
there is, right here. Yes, sir.
Yee-hoo!
Jimmy, when you cast,
it makes no difference
if it's crank or spinner bait.
Always make that
sucker jitterbug.
Make him dance.
Because the bass,
well, the doggone bass
will strike anything smaller
than they are that wiggles.
Do you believe that?
You know, I was thinking,
this must have been
what it was like when the
first explorers got out here.
No freeways, no mini-malls,
no parking lots,
no big developments.
Some places are just too
damn mean to develop.
Yeah.
Boy, it's sure
pretty here, isn't it?
It's unreal.
That's what life's about.
(fire crackling)
( dramatic theme playing)
What the hell was that?
Cordell, talk to me.
( helicopter whirring)
( martial rock theme playing)
(explosions)
C.D.: Cordell.
Cordell, talk to me.
Why do you guys always say that?
(groans) Come on.
What the hell was that?
Someone threw a
stick of dynamite.
Dynamite? Yeah,
and whoever threw
it is right over there.
Look, I'll take the
high road, Trivette.
All right, I'll circle.
You ready? Yeah.
Now.
( suspenseful theme playing)
Hell, all I wanted
to do was just fish.
( fast, suspenseful
theme playing)
Hey, kid, stop.
Hey, kid.
Hold up.
( traditional Asian
theme playing)
(explosions, gunshots)
(grunts)
(yelling)
(helicopter passes)
(helicopter passes)
( slow martial theme playing)
Hey, kid.
Mom! Mom!
I didn't do nothing.
I didn't do nothing.
I'm not gonna hurt you, kid.
Please, I didn't do nothing.
Let go. I didn't do nothing.
You almost killed him, kid.
What are you doing?
Let go of him or I'll shoot.
(panting)
What are you doing here?
I live here.
Now let go of my little boy.
Mom.
Your boy always play like that?
He wasn't playing.
Then what the hell was he doing?
Fishing.
Fishing with dynamite? Yeah.
Lots of people do it like
that out here, Mr. Ranger.
It stuns the fish and that's
the way we catch them.
Then why did you run?
You were chasing me.
That's enough.
You two get along.
CHARLIE: Hey, mister?
I'm sorry.
That's okay, kid.
Are you really a Texas Ranger?
Yeah, we both are.
Oh, you really
thumped them Claytons.
Shut up, Charlie.
You two get.
I said get, mister.
( tense theme playing)
You smell something?
I'm happy just to be breathing.
Why?
(door closes)
I don't know. It's just
my imagination, I guess.
( mystical theme playing)
( ominous theme playing)
( suspenseful theme playing)
( suspenseful theme playing)
Did you hear what they said,
or see what they were up to?
No.
I just caught them
coming back from Marie's,
but they were definitely there.
Well, there's your answer
as to what they're
doing down here.
(sighs): Maybe...
Maybe they just got
there by accident.
(laughs)
Texas Rangers?
We can move the stuff.
If we get down there
right now, we can move it.
We're gonna do a
lot more than that.
A lot more.
As soon as it gets dark.
(frogs croaking)
Okay, Jimmy, what's eating
you? Besides the mosquitoes.
Crank.
Crank?
You mean, like in live
bait, worms, maggots?
No, crank. As in speed,
ice, methamphetamine.
See, I thought I
smelled that smell before.
Now I know where it was.
One time, Walker and I,
we busted this meth
lab over in Overton.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about
over at Marie's place.
I thought I recognized this
strange odor this morning.
That's swamp gas.
Smells like a sack-full of
skunks at a chili cook-off.
No, it was a chemical
smell. I'm sure of it.
She was in hurry
to get rid of us too.
Yeah, out here to nowhere
everybody would
think it was swamp gas.
And, you know, Sheriff
LeBrun was talking about rumors
of a meth supplier
somewhere out here?
Oh, I don't think this
little Marie gal's a supplier.
Now, she may be
working for somebody.
Son, these back-country people,
they got a strange
way of doing things.
There ain't no mink
left, there ain't no fox.
They might cook
up just a little meth,
about the same way
you would moonshine.
We'll check it out in
the morning, okay?
No, I'm gonna talk to
Walker about it now.
( ominous theme playing)
(explosions, gunshots)
(yelling)
(grunting)
(grunting)
(neck cracking)
(shouts): Cordell.
Oh, my God.
Trivette, are you okay?
I'm sorry, Trivette.
I don't know.
Since that explosion
this morning
and this jungle.
What was it you wanted?
It's all right. I'll talk
to you tomorrow.
Okay. I'm sorry.
I thought I was almost
dead there for a second, man.
Jimmy, um, Cordell wasn't
a regular soldier in Vietnam.
He was kind of a
one-man recon team.
They used to send him out
for weeks at a
time in the jungle.
(sighs sharply): It really
developed that dark side of him.
How come he
never talks about it?
He came back to Texas,
but the demons
are still chasing him.
Uncle Ray reintroduced
him to Indian life.
And, well, in a few
years he was okay,
back in balance.
You think that explosion this
morning or being out here...
Jimmy, I just don't know.
I really don't.
( mysterious theme playing)
Let's turn in.
(sighs)
Burn it down.
MARIE: No.
Don't. Stop it.
Stop it.
Why are you doing this to me?
The Rangers are
on to this place.
No, it was an accident.
They were just chasing
Charlie, that's all.
It don't matter why.
They had to have
smelled the lab.
( suspenseful theme playing)
Burn it all.
It's all evidence.
You can't burn my cabin.
You can't do it, Kyle.
Don't let him do it. I
done nothing wrong.
Maybe the shed
would be good enough.
Just do it.
No, Mom.
Mom.
Pigs. Animals.
Mom, are you okay?
Now, you listen to me.
You knew it wasn't candy
and soda pop that Kyle
was making in that shed.
You took your chances, too.
So here we are.
Bring them both with us.
No, Pa.
There ain't no need for that.
There's need when
I say there's need.
Lonnie,
go find Bull.
Tell him to keep an
eye on them Rangers.
If they want to end
it here, fine. If not...
You can't beat the Rangers.
No, they'll get all
of you. All of you.
(laughs)
Not in my backyard, boy.
(explosions in distance)
Well, if you think
about it, it makes sense.
If those damn Claytons
are the suppliers,
they got poor folks like Marie
looking after the still.
Smell that?
I smell burnt wood,
not chemicals.
I don't see anybody.
Lots of glass.
To cook the chemicals?
Red Fred and Mr. Hyde.
Red phosphorus,
hydrochloric acid, I told you.
A drug lab, all right. Yeah,
they did some fast packing,
hell of a lot of burning.
Look, there was a struggle.
They dragged the
boy and his mother off.
Clayton's getting rid of
the rest of the evidence.
Looks that way.
Well, it's a couple
hours into town.
Sheriff ought to be back by now.
I'm gonna follow them.
Bring the sheriff back here.
I'll leave a trail.
Hey, maybe I should go with you.
Less chance of them
finding just one guy.
You gonna be all right?
Yeah.
Well, let's go.
KYLE: Watch the
log. SMALLS: I see it.
(engine revs)
(engine revs)
Come on, big dog,
get that thing started.
This thing's harder to start
than a middle-aged woman.
(engine revs)
I wish we had a
helicopter or something.
(engine revs)
(engine revs)
TRIVETTE: Wait a minute. Hold.
Buddy, that looks
like trouble, there.
C.D.: Here comes
the missing link.
What the hell is this about?
I don't know.
Get... Get it started.
What's that crazy son
of a gun gonna do?
Get down. Oh, my Lord.
Come on, C.D.,
get us out of here.
I can't get the
damned thing started.
Oh, for crying
out loud, come on.
Come on.
What the hell is he...
Get down. Look out.
But the darn thing
won't start on me.
What the hell are you doing?
Be careful. Don't
burn the boat down.
Get it out of here.
Get it started. C.D.
(both scream)
Are they back
here? Is that them?
No.
Well, I'm gonna look around.
C.D., I'm coming to you.
(C.D. gasping)
Jimmy?
TRIVETTE: C.D.
Jimmy?
Okay, okay. Shh.
Shh. Shh.
All right, all right.
Shh.
( tense theme playing)
Where the hell are they?
Even dead they'd float.
LONNIE: They're here somewhere.
They got to be here
somewhere, but I don't see them.
We gotta find them.
Come on, man.
Okay, you're gonna
have to crawl. Come on.
There. You see anything? No?
They had to make it to shore.
Against this tree. Come on.
Against this tree.
I'll be 100 percent.
Just give me a minute.
I'll be 90, or 65, or...
You see anything? No.
Jimmy, you're gonna
have to leave me here.
Damn it, you catch your breath.
These fellows are dumb,
but they're hunters.
They're country people.
They'll circle back.
That's why we're not gonna
be here when they get back.
You really got to leave me here.
Come on, damn it.
Catch your breath.
Come on, let's go.
( tense theme playing)
(bird squawking)
I don't see no tracks.
They gotta be here
somewhere. Let's circle around.
There's no point to this.
I'm slowing you down.
Those guys are right behind us.
Listen, that's what
I'm counting on.
All right, if they're behind us,
we can make it to their boat.
You can make it to the boat.
Jimmy, those are the
best odds we've got.
Look at me. Look at me.
We've been friends too long.
Stay straight.
You do what you got to do.
Now get.
They gotta be here somewhere.
All right.
( slow dramatic theme playing)
Gotcha.
What took you so long?
Where's the other
one, old timer?
Where did he go?
He's halfway to
the sheriff's office.
And maybe he's dead.
Maybe you're the
king of Louisiana.
Life's funny.
You can sleep off a drunk,
but you can't sleep off ugly.
(Trivette yelling)
(grunting) (grunting)
( suspenseful theme playing)
Charlie, what you
looking at? Nothing.
Nothing? In a pig's eye.
You seen something out there.
You leave him alone.
Shut up. You hear me?
(explosions, gunshots)
(grunts)
( suspenseful theme playing)
All right, everybody
out of the boat. Let's go.
Let's go.
Go on, kid, move it.
Hey, Kyle, the boy seen
something out there.
It ain't nothing.
Come on, let's go.
(grunts)
(groaning): Kyle, help.
My shoulder's broken.
We can't let him
follow us. Smalls?
I got him.
We'll meet you at the quarry.
I won't be long. He's unarmed.
Best be sure of that.
CHARLIE: Mr. Ranger!
Go, get out of here,
he's coming for you!
Mr. Ranger! Shut up!
Mr. Ranger, he's
coming for you, go!
Jake, take him away.
Watch out, Mr. Ranger!
Watch out!
Shut up!
Mama, Mama, are you okay?
KYLE: Come on,
let's go. Come on.
Come on.
Kyle, Kyle.
I know what your dad has
in mind for me and Charlie.
I'll be your woman, Kyle.
I know you've got
a feeling for me.
If you save my son,
I'll have a feeling for you.
I'd be your woman.
Kyle?
Shut up!
I don't wanna hear
none of this. Come on.
Get in the boat.
( suspenseful theme playing)
Come on, Jake, move it out.
(sighs)
Where in the heck did he go?
Did he go into the quicksand?
I'm not that dumb.
(grunting)
I'm gonna ask
you this only once.
Where did they take
the boy and his mother?
You get me out of here.
Give me your hand.
(whispers): Here. Help me.
Hey.
Hey, you come back here, man!
What are you doing, man?
Stop fooling around, man.
Where are you?
Please, man.
Ranger?
Ranger, where are you,
man? This ain't funny.
Ranger?
You're a lawman.
You can't do this.
All right, Ran...!
I'll tell you what, man.
You get me out of here,
I'll tell you whatever
you wanna know, man.
Whatever you wanna know.
Ranger?
Ranger? This ain't funny, man.
Hey, what are you doing, man?
Ranger?
(tearfully): I said all right.
They're going to the place, man.
The place.
The quarry.
That's where the lab is,
man. The meth lab, man.
That's where we
collect it all, please.
They're taking them
to the quarry, man,
to get rid of them.
Please, man. Please,
where are you, man? Please.
You're gonna tell me where
and take me there, right?
Yes, yes, yeah.
Come over here,
please. Hurry up, man.
All right, grab this.
Hang on.
Come on.
Help me, man, please.
(grunts)
(grunting)
(stops grunting)
You know what to do.
Ferris?
Ferris Clayton,
I'm talking to you.
Is that right?
You're missing a good bet.
Instead of hurting us,
I could stay with you.
I'd stay with you and
wouldn't run away.
I'd do whatever you want me to.
Hey!
Mama, no.
(sighs)
Hush, Charlie.
This is grownup talk.
You, Kyle, you've
had your chance.
You ain't man
enough to be heard.
Don't say much for you, Kyle.
(chuckles)
I've seen the way you look at me
at the restaurant,
how you pat me down
when you pay the bill.
I know what's in your mind.
You'd be surprised
what's on my mind.
Strong man.
I admire that.
If you could admire
me, I'd be nice to you.
Hey, what the hell is this?
She should be my woman!
Shut up, Kyle.
Nothing's changed.
We got to do what we got to do.
But you're right.
I am a strong man.
I might just pay
you a little visit
before you leave.
Would you like to know
what I'm gonna do to you?
(screaming)
Take her away.
Where's Bull and Lonnie?
They'll be along.
They're seeing to
those two rangers,
and Smalls is seeing
to the one following us.
What?
( tense theme playing)
C.D., you all right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm all right.
Well, if you can't
keep up, old man,
maybe we won't wait.
We'll just find a
gator to throw you to.
You're not gonna do
anything without your daddy.
You don't have the brains
to pick your toes
without your daddy, man.
No, no, Jimmy, I saw him
picking his toes in the café.
It's his nose.
He just doesn't have gray matter
to pick his nose.
No, no, big dog.
I disagree.
Those lower animals,
they can pick their nose
with their toes, right?
Yeah, so?
Shut up!
What are you talking about?
Well, let's just
find out right here.
(grunts)
(grunts)
(both grunting)
I'll show you old, you
reject from Deliverance.
(grunts)
(neck cracking)
(groaning)
(exhales sharply)
Let's tie these guys up
and get out of here.
But you're not
sure you got them.
All you know is that a
Ranger was trailing you
and you came here anyway.
Smalls is a tough man.
He'll take care of it.
Bull and Lonnie,
they'll get the other two.
You better pray, boy.
It's time we closed down
this operation anyway.
Elmo?
Pa, I wanna talk
to you about Marie.
What about her?
She's evidence.
Elmo, you and the boys
back that truck up there
and get it loaded.
Let's get out of here.
And go get the boy and the girl.
Yes, sir.
I got feelings for
that woman, Pa.
She's just a swamp woman.
I got feelings for her.
You got any feelings
about going to prison?
Don't you worry yourself.
Elmo and the boys
will take care of it.
You don't have
to worry about it.
Pa, don't do it.
You going against me, son?
That girl was right.
You gotta be a bigger
man than you are to do that.
Until then, just do
what you're told.
( tense rock theme playing)
(whispering): Okay, I got it.
(whispering): Here, come on.
(normal voice): When I say run,
you run like the
dickens. You hear me?
(normal voice): No,
we don't gotta worry.
That Ranger's coming after us.
Charlie, God helps those
who help themselves, all right?
(whispers indistinctly)
(gasps, then screams)
(grunting)
(screaming)
Hurts, doesn't it?
Hey. Take this.
Thanks. My pleasure. (gun cocks)
I'm going right after that
snake of Ferris Clayton.
You stay here.
Charlie, you stay here.
(whistles): Hey.
(grunts)
(gun cocks) Hi.
Come on down here.
(foreign accent):
Take me to your leader.
(normal voice): That way, right?
Let's go, guys. Let's
get these boxes.
Come on, man. We gotta
load up these bottles now.
Jake, shut the doors.
MAN: Okay.
(grunts)
(grunting)
(latch clicks)
What the hell?
KYLE: Hey.
(grunting)
(giggles)
Well... Hm.
I'm impressed.
I've been selling you short.
You burned my cabin,
you gave the order
to kill Charlie and me.
If you were me, what
would you do with you?
I'd hurt you bad.
I'd do all kinds of
terrible things to you.
But you won't do that.
Because you're not like me.
So why don't you
just give me that gun?
(grunting)
(grunting)
Ferris. Ranger, watch out.
Charlie, get down. MARIE: No!
(gunshot) MARIE: No.
(grunting)
No! (grunting)
(gunshots)
(explosions)
MARIE (shouting):
Charlie? Charlie?
Where you hit?
(chuckles) I... I tripped.
Charlie.
(gun cocks)
Is everybody all right?
Yeah, we're fine.
And that's for messing
up our fishing trip.
I'm gonna get the truck,
go get the rest of those guys.
I'm tired.
Ooh.
C.D.: Get your
hands on your head.
You too. Get them up there.
You'll see the sheriff, boys.
To the sheriff.
We're gonna pick the rest of
your brood up at the swamp.
Have a little family reunion.
( ominous theme playing)
C.D.: There goes your poison.
No kid's gonna use that.
You haven't seen the last of me.
Hey, Mr. Ranger.
You can come back to see us.
You bet. My mom
is the best cook.
I bet she is.
He could come sometime,
couldn't he, Mama?
Anytime, son, anytime.
She's the prettiest
girl on the bayou.
Hush, Charlie.
I can see that, Charlie.
(chuckles)
Uh, you never even
said your name.
It's Walker.
( upbeat theme playing)
Walker,
will you come back
sometime to see us?
I might surprise you
sometime, Charlie.
Goodbye, Walker.
Goodbye, Charlie.
Marie.
I found this in the lab.
I don't know who it belongs to,
so it must be yours.
(engine starts)
(both gasp)
Ma. Walker!
Thank you!
Thank you, Walker.
(giggles)
(kisses)
(both laughing)
Never had the
jail full up before.
Kind of heartwarming,
taxpayers getting
their money's worth.
Well, we hope to
see you again, sheriff,
under better
circumstances. Yeah.
Maybe do some
real fishing this time.
Well, I'd say that you caught
the biggest fish on the bayou.
Here he is.
That arm gets well, Hugo,
I'm gonna give
you a fishing lesson.
Well, I think I can teach you
a few things,
even casting lefty.
That'll be a cold
day in the bayou.
Ah, next you'll be using
you got no boat as an excuse.
By golly, I don't have
a boat. Look at there.
I got a boat. My deputy
can handle the Claytons.
Well, that sounds
awful tempting,
but I just got too
damn much work to do.
Me too, sheriff.
But you know what?
You're under doctor's orders.
You're supposed to be resting.
Yeah, why don't
you take a few days?
You can be my good right arm
and I'll show you the
fishing of your lifetime.
You oughta take
advantage of this.
Take a few days.
Catch the ones we didn't catch.
Sounds good to me.
HUGO: Now you got it.
(all laughing)
Wait till you see them fish.
( upbeat theme playing)
Yeah, Hugo, well, I
really appreciate this.
Oh, yeah. Yeah,
then everything's okay.
No problem.
Well, I sure do appreciate
this call. Much obliged.
He's coming home.
First couple of days,
he was up a little tight,
then he just mellowed out
and had a great time.
Great. So, what
happened to those pictures?
Oh, oh, I've got
them right here.
Well, they... They didn't
turn out too well none.
They really didn't.
What are all these yellow dots?
That's supposed to be me.
Well, now, uh, the fellow told
me they might not come out.
I mean, after all,
the camera had
been in the swamp.
I told you, you should've
got your money back.
Well, so much for posterity.
Bottom line is,
you guys didn't
bring back any fish.
Well, I mean, we
were slightly occupied.
That's my excuse.
(Alex chuckles)
Hey.
ALEX: Hey, cowboy. Hey.
Hey, what do you say?
You look great.
Thanks. I feel great.
Got a present for you, Cordell.
What's in it?
Well, take a look
and see, buddy.
Oh, my gosh.
It's a beaut.
Yeah, we figured you might
wanna replace your old sidearm.
It's expensive too.
Well, it was.
(sighs)
Thank you, Trivette.
Thanks, C.D. You bet.
(chuckles)
Oh, this thing is beautiful.
So I don't hear any
invitations for a fish dinner.
What happened to
you out there this week?
Did you get skunked too?
Well, I'm not gonna tell
you guys all a fish story
and say I caught
a fish this big.
It was this big.
(all laugh)
Welcome home.
( upbeat theme playing)