Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 4, Episode 15 - The Return of LaRue - full transcript

Time to go.

Coming through.

It is the finding of this court

that in the matter of The
People v. Victor LaRue,

judicial error denied

the defendant's
constitutional right to a fair trial.

The conviction is
hereby overturned.

Mr. LaRue shall be released
on bond, pending a new trial.

Oh, Walker, I can't
believe we're here already.

Why not? You made me
pick you up two hours early.

I did no such thing.

Well, at least an hour
early. Take it easy.

How can I?

It's not every day
I give a speech.

It's not like being in court.

Will you relax?
Take a deep breath.

All right.

Did you remember my camera?

Yes, I remembered
your dadgum camera.

Now, sit down. Okay.

Oh, Walker, I'm so
happy you came with me.

I'm a nervous wreck.

What if I forget my speech?

Alex, you're going to do fine.

I hope I'm not interrupting.

LaRue.

Oh, how sweet, you remembered.

Keep your hands
where I can see them.

You're very quick.
He... He scared me.

You scared me, but there's
no need for melodrama, Walker.

Haven't you heard?

I'm a free man.

I was just getting my
release documentation.

Nobody in their right mind
would unleash you on society.

Au contraire, counselor.

They're real, Alex.

This is also an opportunity

to put the past
behind us, Alexandra.

How fitting that I
could be here today

to share in your happiness.

This isn't happening.

Let's find out why.

Yeah, Trivette.

Trivette,

Victor LaRue just got
released from prison.

That lunatic? Not a chance.

Well, they did. Check
and find out why.

I don't believe it.

New trial pending.
What's going on?

That's what I'm gonna find out.

Here you are, ma'am.

Thank you.

Aw!

Does anyone know
what's happening?

♪ 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 ♪

Then you want me to testify?

How could this have
happened, Walker?

LaRue was supposed
to be in prison for life.

The conviction was
overturned on a technicality.

Trivette said it had
something to do

with the impartiality
of the judge.

Why wasn't I notified?
The man nearly killed me.

The system screwed up,
Alex. So, what else is new?

You got that right.

Victor LaRue is the
most detestable excuse

for a human being
I've ever known.

After what he did,
what he tried to do.

Are you up for this?

You're not talking me
out of confronting him.

I've earned the right.

Just tell me you're okay.

You wanna know the truth?

Yeah. No, I'm not.

Counselor, Ranger Walker,

how lovely to see
you both again.

Would you care
for tea, croissant?

Why don't you tell me
about the luncheon?

Well, I thought the entrée
was a bit disappointing.

And I suppose you did too.

You could have saved
yourself the trouble.

The dead rat was unnecessary.

Just seeing you was
enough to turn my stomach.

You aren't suggesting
I had anything to do

with putting that
thing on your plate?

I'm not suggesting,
I'm flat out saying it.

But I was as disgusted
as you must have been.

Maybe more so.

You see,

I've developed an
aversion to rodents.

We had so many of
them in the cellblock.

I often sat up at
night unable to sleep,

listening to them
moving inside the walls.

Sounds like a place
made to order for you.

Careful. You can't talk to
me that way. I'm a free man.

Not for long. Really?

Count on it.

I have been proved
guilty of nothing.

I'm gonna change that.

And you're going back to
the rodents, where you belong.

You're so big and
strong, you scare me.

You don't know
what scared is yet.

Judge Berlinger, isn't he

the one that sentenced LaRue?

Yeah, he is. Wonder
what he wants.

Morning, judge.

Your office said you
wanted to see us.

It's the least I could do,

since I'm the reason Victor
LaRue's back on the street.

Walker, the warden
at Copper Lake

tells me that LaRue
seems obsessed

with getting revenge
on you and Ms. Cahill.

Isn't that reason enough

to put him back in jail, judge?

Don't I wish.

Unfortunately, all we
have to go on is hearsay.

We can't do anything about
LaRue until he commits a crime.

What happened with
LaRue's conviction?

It was a damned fluke. My
wife handles our finances.

She moves accounts around,

invests for our retirement,
the usual things.

I quit paying
attention years ago.

You had no idea she
held shares in Trask Oil

when the case came before you?

No, I didn't.

And with Trask a hostage,

and his company being
extorted for ransom,

that stock portfolio
constituted reversible error.

That's a hell of a
legal stretch, judge.

On the contrary, the way
our courts work these days,

we're lucky LaRue's case
gets sent back for trial,

and didn't get
thrown out altogether.

Yeah, real lucky.

Okay, thanks for
your time, judge.

Uh, Walker.

I remember how LaRue's
hostages suffered.

I'd give anything
to go back in time

and keep this from happening.

I remember too, judge.

Gotta be some loophole, Walker.

The only loophole is the
one that let LaRue out.

No argument here.
What's our next move?

I want 24-hour
protection for Alex.

And let's get a
stakeout on LaRue.

I wanna know his every move.

Hey, Sleeping Beauty, wake
up. Our boy's on the move.

What the hell's he doing?

I don't know.

Good morning, officers.

I can't imagine how miserable
undercover surveillance must be.

Sitting out here all night.

I thought you might
enjoy some donuts.

It also occurred to me that
I could make things easier

if I just gave you my
itinerary for the day.

Now, I'll be apartment
hunting this morning,

then I'm hoping to
spend time sightseeing.

Don't fall behind, now. We
don't want Ranger Walker

getting angry with us.

Ms. Nemcek, where do you live?

2534 Silver Creek
Drive, in Franklin Park.

And what do you do for a living?

I teach typing at
Anderson Business College.

Are you acquainted
with the defendant,

Mark Steven Lindstrom?

I am.

Don't touch me.

Don't touch me. Relax.

Don't touch me.

You're mine. I found you.

No!

No! Aah!

LaRUE: Down.

Ms. Cahill.

We're waiting.

Your Honor, may I have a moment?

Please make it brief.

Yes.

What are you doing here, LaRue?

I'm just taking a walk
down memory lane.

If you recall, this is
the very courtroom

where I was wrongfully
convicted those many months ago.

Well, walk somewhere else,
because I don't want you here.

Pardon me?

You heard me. Get out, before
I have the bailiff throw you out.

Excuse me, but I have
every right as a free citizen,

to be here, in open
court, and you know it.

Ms. Cahill?

Oh-oh. Someone's
in the doghouse.

Ms. Nemcek, let's return
to the scene of the crime.

Yeah, okay, we're waiting on
it. Call me right back, all right?

LaRue's been watching
Alex in court all day.

It's driving her nuts.

Her worst nightmare's
coming true.

That's why we're gonna
do something about it.

Walker, man, do you
think this is a good idea?

No, it's not a good idea,
but we're gonna do it anyway.

We got no warrant.

I know, but sooner or later
LaRue's gonna stop talking

and start killing.

Miss, do you have
a key for room 18?

Thanks.

We got one sick puppy, man.

That's why I'm
worried about Alex.

Look at this.

Charles Manson,

Jack the Ripper,
Marquis de Sade.

Trivette, come here.

We gotta stop this guy.

Well, isn't this interesting.

I'm assuming you
gentlemen can show me

a duly authorized
search warrant.

We left it at the office.

Do you mean to tell me
that this is an illegal search?

A violation of my
constitutional right to privacy?

What is this country coming to?

If you bother Alex
Cahill one more time,

you're gonna wish
you were back in prison.

Oh, you're a little
testy today, aren't you?

Please, please hit me. Come on.

Harassment is one thing.

You might be able to
worm your way out of that,

but police brutality, no.

That could cost your badge.

Let's go, Trivette.

What, I...? I don't get a kiss?

Okay.

Let's make it look good. I
want everything I paid for.

City hall takes
it very seriously

when citizens accuse
law-enforcement officials

of mistreatment.

LaRue's no citizen,
he's a criminal.

His conviction was overturned.

On a technicality.

That's for a judge and jury
to work out, Walker, not you.

Maybe.

The media's wondering
if your history with LaRue

made you think you had the right

to beat him
senseless last night.

I didn't beat LaRue.

He says you did.

Well, he's lying.

But how do we prove it?

Easy.

If I'd beaten him, he wouldn't
be around to file a complaint.

Your illegal search
of his motel room

sure doesn't do much
to reinforce your position.

What in the world
were you thinking?

I was thinking about the time
he tried to rape Alex Cahill.

And now he's stalking her.

And I'm gonna stop
him, one way or another.

I saw the photos
of LaRue's injuries.

Somebody really worked him over.

Yeah, he's convincing,
all right, isn't he?

The detectives said
he slipped out the back

of a restaurant at 8 p.m.

They didn't see
him again till 10.

Giving him plenty of time to
get in a fight with someone.

We're gonna have to get
some more men on him.

What difference
would it make, C.D.?

LaRue would just evade them too.

Hey, come on, Alex.

Walker and I are marionettes,

and Victor LaRue
is pulling the strings.

You know, maybe
you ought to think

about taking some time off.

Do you know what
my caseload looks like?

Take the afternoon off, honey.

Hello?

LaRUE: What are you doing,
counselor? Playing hooky?

How did you get this number?

I'm a persistent man.

You ought to know that by now.

I always get what
I want, eventually.

What I don't understand is,
what do you want with me?

You know the answer.

I wanna be your friend.

Friends don't harass each other.

Is that what you think
this is, harassment?

I'm just trying to make
up for any bad feelings

I may have inadvertently
caused between us.

Oh, so it was a misunderstanding
when you tried to rape me?

Rape?

That is a terrible,
terrible thing to say.

Do you have a problem
with men in general,

or is it just me that you hate?

I have a problem with
kidnapping and assault, LaRue.

You know, if I
didn't know better,

I'd swear you were part
of Walker's plot to get me.

I'm not part of any plot.

Then why are you rejecting me?

All I want is a
chance to show you

that I'm not the monster
that you think I am.

Sorry.

They don't make a drug

strong enough to
accomplish that.

How dare you
talk to me that way.

I'm a free man,
don't you get it?

I won, and you and Walker
lost, so nana nana poo-poo.

It's not over yet, LaRue.

Really?

What makes you say that?

Because I've taped
this phone conversation,

and I'm gonna use it
against you in court.

Well, I certainly hope
that you do, counselor,

because then the world
will see once and for all

how my heartfelt
gesture of friendship

was turned ugly by you.

Alex, I want you to go

into the nearest district court,

and get a restraining
order against this fella.

It's not as easy
as it sounds, C.D.

I don't care, hard or
easy, difficult or whatever.

It's a step in the direction to
send him back to Uncle Bud.

A baby step at best.

He called you at your house.

It's not against the law to
call somebody at their house.

I seriously doubt a judge
would grant my request.

Even if he did, it wouldn't
stop LaRue, would it?

Exactly.

Look, Jimmy, let's move on this.

Let's do something.

All right, let's run
through the files and see

if we can find something
to stick LaRue with.

Hey, humor me, okay?

Do it.

Counselor. Hi.

Guess who's moving in next week.

What?

I used you as a
character reference.

I hope you don't mind.

"Dear Alexandra,

so sorry to hear of
your impending death."

You gave me this horse
for Christmas two years ago.

I'll get you another one.

That's a painting my
father painted for me,

and now he's gone.

It's no use, Walker.

Victor LaRue is everywhere,
even in my own home.

I can't escape him.

I'm getting you out of here.

You're going to my ranch.

Hi, this is Alex. I'm
not available right now,

so leave me a message
and I'll call you back.

Alexandra,

where in the world
have you run off to?

I'll just have to
find you, won't I?

Hey.

We better check that out.

LaRue, you all right?

Let's go.

Huh. Ow.

You'd never leave
without telling folks

how to reach you, would you?

This is... It's just too easy.

Amigo, Amigo, get it.

Good boy. Yeah, good boy.

Walker!

Walker, both
detectives are dead,

and LaRue has vanished.

Walker, I'm scared.

You're not safe here
anymore. Go get packed.

Okay.

Alex, hurry up.

Alex, you ready yet...

Huh.

What's that?

Please, don't hurt him.

Hurt him?

I've got you tied up,

and you're worried
about me hurting him?

Well, isn't this
interesting, Walker?

The lady has special
feelings for you.

No! Shut up!

I didn't hear you getting upset

when Walker was
hurting me last year.

Do you remember helping me?

I don't remember you helping me.

Where were you then, counselor?

Where was your, "Please
don't hurt him, Walker"?

I didn't hear word
one out of you.

This isn't easy for you, is it?

Watching, as the man you love
finally gets what he deserves.

You do love him, don't you?

I can tell by the hate that
you have for me in your eyes.

I think that's what I
like most about you.

It isn't your beautiful face,

or your sensational body.

What really appeals to me
is that passion inside of you.

I'll tell you a little secret.

When I was in prison,
I used to think about it.

I used to imagine
what it would be like

to feel that passion for myself.

You can do better than
that, Alexandra, and you will.

I insist.

Aah!

Do you like opera? I do.

Well, Italian opera.

I believe the Italians
best understand

the artistic power of
life, and death and love.

I hope these bracelets
aren't too tight.

And I hope they don't hurt you,

but I have to make sure

that you won't get
away while I'm gone.

You're gonna leave me here?

Just for a little while.
I have to kill Walker.

No.

No, no. Please, please.

That's another thing that
I thought about in prison.

The best way of killing Walker.
Would you like to hear about it?

Aw.

Well, first,

I'm going to take him deep
into the badlands, and...

Well, I can't... I can't
tell you everything.

The rest is a
secret, but he will die

an unbelievably slow
and painful death.

Then I'll be back.

Aah.

But the thought of you

lying here, waiting for me...

it's almost enough to
keep me from killing Walker.

That's a good one, isn't
it? Not killing Walker.

Sometimes I crack myself up.

Seriously, you do
pose a distraction.

But, like they say,

"Good things come
to those who wait."

Walker will be my
meal, Alexandra,

and you will be dessert.

Come here.

Welcome back, Walker.

You came to just in time.

How you doing?

Not so hot, I take it.

I'll take care of you. Trust me.

Come on, Walker.

Come on, Walker, wake up.

Half the fun of
winning is gloating

over your defeated opponent.

No matter. As you can see,

my plan is working
extremely well.

I have a little gift for you.

Oh, yes.

Oh.

See this?

Hey, there.

These, my friend,

are Centruroides exilicauda.

The deadliest scorpion
species in this country.

All for you.

LaRUE: One day, in the
corner of the prison yard,

I noticed something fascinating.

A tiny field mouse was
attacked by a swarm of scorpions.

The mouse never had a chance.

It was steadily stung to death.

And the scorpions must
have known it was a goner,

but they just kept attacking

over, and over, and over again.

Why, you ask?
Because they like it.

You should have seen the
way that little mouse struggled.

It was... It was valiant,
but it was no use.

And all the time I watched
those scorpions in action,

I kept thinking how
marvelous it would be

to see you struggle
like that little mouse.

Valiantly, but hopelessly.

I'm sorry I have to
leave now, I really am,

but I have to take
care of our ladylove.

And you have no idea
how long I've waited for that.

I'll come back in a few hours
to see them finish you off.

Stupid beast.
God, I hate animals.

Aarggh!

Amigo, come here.

Ah!

Amigo, come here, boy.

Amigo.

Come on. Come here, Amigo.

Aarggh!

Thattaboy.

Aah.

I'm sorry I took
so long, darling.

The late Cordell Walker wasn't
known for his wine selection.

Oh, Alexandra,
what a vision you are.

And to think you're all mine.

Aah.

Shh.

Hear that?

Listen.

Hear it now?

Pounding.

Pounding, pounding.

Why, it's your heart.

Racing with anticipation
at what will happen next.

And what will that
be, Alexandra?

Will you give yourself
to me, over and over,

with unrestrained passion?

Or do I simply kill you now?

No, please, please.

You can beg all you want.

But someone has
to teach you a lesson.

No. Oh.

I strongly suggest that
you cooperate with me.

The better you are,
the longer you'll live.

Uh!

Aah!

Walker!

Ooh!

Oh!

Aah!

Ow!

Ya-ah!

Walker?

Walker!

Oh, Walker.

Oh, Walker.

Are you okay? Yeah.

What about LaRue?

He'll never bother you again.

Oh.

This is Walker, Texas
Ranger. I need a medevac.

Out at my ranch, right away.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yes.

Oh, ah!

Walker?

Hi.

Hi.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. How about you?

I'm fine.

Doctor said one more hour
and you wouldn't have made it.

It was a close one, all right.

For both of us.

What are we gonna do
about people like LaRue?

Phew, well, until the justice
system becomes more concerned

about the victims of crimes,

all we can do it catch
them and prosecute them.

Let's hope they keep
LaRue in prison this time.

They will if I have
anything to say about it.

There'll be no more
legal technicalities

for Victor LaRue, ever.

You sure don't
look bad for a man

who's been stung by scorpions.

You look pretty good yourself.

♪ '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 ♪