Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 5, Episode 17 - 99th Ranger - full transcript

Walker's onboard.

Walker's on the rig.

Won't be long now.

Oh, we're going to get
you this time, Lomax.

Afternoon. Pull it over.

Walker's in.

All right, let's go. Let's go.

Phew. I'm getting
too old for this.

Hey, Lomax, look at this.

Did I mention that this was
my last go-around, Jimmy?

I'm thinking at
least six times, Walt.

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess I did, didn't I?

I can't think of a
better way to retire

than to take out the
likes of Grady Lomax.

Come on, let's go!

I'm not paying you to
sit around on your duffs!

We've got to beat history
here by 1800 hours.

Move it or lose it!

Come on, you heard Mr. Lomax.

Get to work, you maggots.

Here comes Walker.

Start cutting. All right.

Okay.

Everybody freeze! Texas Rangers.

Come on, let me out of here!

All right, don't
shoot. Don't shoot!

Don't move!

Now drop it.

Incoming! Go!

Freeze! Hit the ground.

Freeze!

Hit the ground!

Hey, don't shoot!

We're moving. We're
coming out. Don't shoot, man.

Good work, officer.

Oh.

"Oh"? What do you mean "oh"?

No, I didn't mean it that way.

How'd you mean it?

I meant you did a good job.

For a woman. No.

Damn right I did.

Jeez.

Right there. On the ground.

Spread 'em. Get down.

Trivette, watch out!

Officer down!

Lomax!

Walt?

Cordell.

Easy. Don't try to talk.

Did I mention I
was retiring today?

Yeah, I think you did.

Can you believe it?

My last day.

That bullet was meant for me.

♪ 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 ♪

Means there's only
two things standing

between you and a Ranger star.

Two? I thought I
only had to get by

the one-week field evaluation.

You got to do
that, but by charter,

there can only be
99 Texas Rangers

and we have one opening.

Two candidates for the opening

left by the death of
Ranger Walt Cobb.

Two?

You and an officer from the
Brookdale Police Department.

Brookdale?

Yeah.

Officers from every law
enforcement agency in Texas

are eligible to apply.

Come here. Come here.

Good luck, Mommy.

Thank you.

Go.

Miss Hunt?

Oh, Miss Hunt, I'm so glad

to finally catch up with you.

I know how important
Angela's education is to you.

We're having a fundraiser
here at the school.

I wondered when you
would be able to help.

Wednesday, we have
time. Thursday, Friday.

Why don't I send a note home
with Angela and you can sign up?

It'd be great...
Wear your uniform.

The kids would just love it.

Thanks. Bye-bye.

Anything new on Lomax?

No. It's as if he fell off

the face of the earth.

How's Walt's widow doing?

Well, as good as
can be expected.

This is, uh, Sergeant
Santiago Perez.

He's one of the
Ranger candidates.

I'm in charge of
his field evaluation.

Nice to meet you, Perez.

Good luck. Thank you, sir.

Where's the other candidate?

I think yours is running late.

Better have a good excuse.

Where were we?

Uh, my field evaluation, sir.

Roberta Hunt, sir,

reporting for a
field evaluation.

Hey, Walker, your
candidate's here.

You're late.

I had something to take care of.

You're the officer at
the Lomax bust, right?

Yes, sir.

Look, you and I got
off on the wrong foot,

so why don't we
start over again?

I'm Ranger Cordell Walker.

I'll be in charge of
your field evaluation.

Very good, sir.

Well, let's go see
if you can shoot

as well as you can kick.

Competing against a woman.

It's not a competition.

From what I understand,

you should worry about yourself.

Let's go.

Good shooting too.

Thank you, for all
the good it'll do me.

What? Nothing.

I didn't think so.

I don't even know why I'm
bothering with this, Mom.

I'm just wasting my time.

Don't be foolish.

You're a good cop.

No, you're a great
cop. They'll see that.

No, they won't. All they're
gonna see is that I'm a woman.

That'll be enough.

That's not true.

That is true.

You don't know these
Rangers like I do.

They...

They want another
woman Ranger on the force

like they want a
good kick in... Roberta.

Well, it's true.

Oh... face it, Mom.

I was finished before
I even got started.

Hey, Cordell.

They tell me another woman

is making a run at the Rangers.

Yeah, that's right, C.D.

She's a real
pistol too, Big Dog.

Don't that beat it all?

You know, Walt Cobb and
I were partners for years.

It's going to take
an awful good man

to fill his shoes.

I don't believe a
woman can do it.

No way, José.

C.D., I'm shocked.

That is such a sexist remark.

For your information, there
are two female Texas Rangers.

Well, uh,

she probably won't
cut the mustard anyway,

will she, Cordell?

Well, if she doesn't make it,

it won't be because
she's a woman.

Right, right, yeah.

Well, have y'all got
anything new on Lomax?

No.

Jimmy, just stay in there.

You and Cordell
are gonna catch him.

And I don't think you're gonna

have to have a
woman help you either.

Would you knock it off?

Perez, Hunt, let's wrap it up?

Yeah, we got a
full day ahead of us.

Let's go, Hunt.

Come on, come on.

You work out anymore?

Yeah. Why?

Well, I just thought

you might want to
see how good I am.

I did see how good
you were, remember?

Aren't you gonna test me?

What do you mean?

Well, you're supposed
to be evaluating me, right?

Why don't you
evaluate me in the ring?

If I didn't know better, I'd
think you were challenging me.

Well, you know, if
you're not up to it.

No!

Damn it!

I'll say uncle if you will.

No.

We can quit any time.

Never! I will never quit.

Well, I do.

Don't you ever finish anything?

I finish what needs
to be finished.

What are you looking at?

What are the odds of
her lasting out the week?

With that attitude with Walker?

I'd say her odds
are slim-to-none.

That's it.

What?

Get out. Fine.

So, what's your problem?

I am sick and tired of having

to prove myself to men.

This has nothing to do

with you being a man or a woman.

The Texas Rangers
are the best of the best.

And like it or not, you're
gonna have to prove it

to me that you are the best.

I will put my record up
against Perez's any day.

I've read your
record. It's fantastic.

That's why you're here.

I'm not talking ability.

I'm talking attitude.

Look, you may not believe this,

but I am on your side.

So talk to me.

I'm listening.

Ever since I can remember,

they wouldn't let
me into the club.

What club? See?

That's exactly what
I'm talking about.

You don't even know it's
there. You were born into it.

Okay, when I was
little, I loved baseball.

I could... I could throw
further, I could hit better,

I could run faster than
any boy on the team,

but they wouldn't let
me join Little League.

Men were always
so quick to point out

what I could not do
because I was a girl.

Well, all that's changed now.

Well, a lot of that hasn't.

Say... You know, when I joined
the force, there were all the...

The smirks and the stupid
jokes behind my back.

You want to talk about ability?

I had to outdo every
guy on the force

just to get an even break.

If I were a man, I'd
be sergeant by now.

Oh, God.

Face it, Walker.

The Texas Rangers'
record for hiring women

hasn't exactly
pushed the envelope.

I know I... I could
be as good as...

As any male Ranger.

And I also know I don't stand

a snowball's chance
in hell of making the cut.

If you feel that way,
why did you apply?

I'll tell you why.

You've been setting
yourself up to fail

from the very beginning,

using this men's club thing

as an excuse not to make it.

That's not true.

Yes, it is.

Think about it.

Do I have a chance?

Really?

That's up to you.

So you didn't get a
chance to prove yourself

when you were a kid.

So what?

Prove it now, to me.

What do you say?

My father beat my
mother something fierce.

I felt guilty about it,

but I was really
glad when he died.

I was free, she was free.

Although it took her years

to come out of
her shell after that.

And I promised myself I
would never give a man

that kind of power over me.

Well, not all men are like that.

The ones I know are.

All units, there's
a 2-11 in progress

at the corner of
Sandgreen and Rose.

Grab it.

This is Officer Hunt.
We're a block away.

He's dead, man.

We'd better get out of here.

Come on, man. Get the
money, man. Come on.

Freeze!

No! Shut up!

No!

Look, we walk or she's dead.

Hands behind your back.

Walker, hit the ground!

Is he, uh...?

Yeah.

First time?

Yeah.

Walker, there's someone
I'd like you to meet.

Okay.

Hey, hey. Mommy, Mommy.

Come on, come on. Wait a minute.

Ooh! Oh! Mm.

Okay, Angela. Hey, Mama.

Angela, do you remember me
telling you about Ranger Walker?

Uh-huh. This is Ranger Walker.

Hi, Ranger Walker.

Hi, Angela.

Mommy says you're
a mean slave driver.

Oh? Angela.

But you said I should
always tell the truth.

You got me there, honey.

Come on. You've
got homework to do.

Okay, Grandma.

Bye, Ranger Walker.

Bye, Angela.

Slave driver? Yeah, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry about the
slave driver thing.

I was just real
teed off last night.

Well, that's okay.

I've been called worse.

You didn't tell me
you had a daughter.

Well, it's complicated.

Where's your husband?

Let's just say I'm a single mom

and leave it at that, okay?

Sure. See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

I don't care... Jerry,
Lomax is somewhere.

I don't care if we take the
money out of our own pocket.

I want every snitch
in Dallas greased.

Yeah.

Could've used you
this afternoon, man.

Meth lab in a
residential neighborhood,

and Santos sniffed it out.

Put eight bad guys in the slam.

I'll bet we kept a million bucks

of that junk off the street.

Perfect bust.

Santos is sharp.

I'm glad to hear it.

Heard you had a
rollout of your own.

Yep.

So how did Officer Hunt do?

Well, you can read all about it

in this report.

Right.

You know, I can understand

why you don't
want to talk about it.

You're out.

Way to go.

Hi, Mommy.

Hey.

Hey, what are you doing here?

I stopped by your house,

and your mom said
you were here. Yeah?

I thought maybe you
might want to go to the gym

and get another crack at me.

Oh, boy, would I.

I figured.

But can it wait until
after Angela's game? I...

I like to be here
for all of them.

It's really important that she
knows she has my support.

You bet.

Oh, that's gone.
That's it. That's my girl!

That's my girl, yes!

You got it! Yes!

Yes! That's my girl!

That's my girl!

My girl.

Yeah! Yeah!

She packs a wallop,
just like her mom.

Yeah, well...

Bobbie, you held your own
the last time we sparred,

but as soon as I took you down,

you had a difficult time.

Yeah, I didn't know
what I was doing.

Well, why don't I teach you

some close-encounter
movements, and, uh...

Well, that is if
you want to learn.

Are you kidding? I'd
love to. Come on, let's go.

Okay, well, you remember
what happened last time?

Yeah. I took... Aah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay? Well, the key thing here

is not to let me
straddle you like this.

Right. Okay. Then
you're in deep trouble.

To prevent that

is to bring your
knees up in here,

so I can't get my
legs over yours.

Okay. And even
when I do, you try to...

You hook your
legs... Good, like that.

Like that? Right in there.

Now you have
better control. Okay.

Now, the most logical thing

he's gonna do is
go for the throat.

If he does, grab my
wrist with your hands.

There you go.

Bring your left leg
up and over my head.

Right? There you
go. Right. Okay.

Now from there, I want you
to pull your hips out slightly.

Now, with your right hand,

put it underneath my thigh.

What you're going to do
from here is you're gonna push

with your feet. Uh-huh.

At the same time,

push with your hand with my leg,

and then flip me
over into an arm bar,

hanging on here.

Hang on to the right arm.
There you go. That's it.

This is great. What is
this? Now, you have...

This is Machado jujitsu... Ow!

Oh, this is great.
Machado jujitsu.

Yeah, I like this. Yeah,
I'm glad you like it.

Okay. Now, if you
want to break the elbow,

all you do is pull out the
hand and l-lift up with the hips.

That's it. There you go. Ow!

Oh, this stuff is
great. What is it?

Machado jujitsu.

What is it? Aargh!

Machado jujitsu.
You heard me. I didn't.

Yeah, you did. I didn't
hear you, Walker.

What is it? Ugh!

Let go.

Well, Cordell, I heard about
that shoot-'em-up you was in.

Got a shudder down my spine too,

thinking about being
in a jackpot like that one

with a woman backing you up.

I don't think he wants
to talk about that.

You two may be surprised.

I'm surprised
you're still alive.

The usual? Yeah.

Please.

What do you want, Rusty?

See you finally figured out

the best way to
get into the Rangers

was to get it on with a Ranger.

Okay, um... You
need to get out of here.

Leave us alone.

I'm warning you.

Warning me? You?

That's a good one.

This is just beginning, Roberta.

See, I've been watching you.
I-I-I know your every move.

And one of these nights real
soon you might come back

from enforcing the law and...

Just find little Angela
nowhere to be found.

She'll look real cute on
the back of a milk carton.

If you touch
Angela I will kill you.

She's mine as
much as she is yours.

Not according to the settlement.

Oh, yeah, the settlement.

It was till death do
us part, Roberta.

I'm back now.

From now on, your life is gonna

be as miserable
as you made mine.

You forget who
taught you, Roberta?

Don't ever forget it again.

Mommy, you're not listening.

Yes, Angela, I'm listening.

I need you to hurry up

or you're gonna
be late for school.

That's all right,
Mama, I'll get it.

Where's your uniform?

What's wrong?

I'm sorry, Walker.

I'm resigning from the
Ranger Candidate Program.

So, uh, 12 years ago,

I was a rookie on
the Brookdale P.D.

I met a PI named,
uh, Russell Stafford.

His friends called him Rusty.

Ah, he was young and handsome,

and I was a lousy
judge of character.

We got married...

and had Angela.

His PI business
was on the rocks,

so he hired out to loan sharks.

Bird-dogging?

Yeah, finding people

that didn't wanna be found.

Watching his dreams
go down the drain.

So he, uh...

He started drinking,

he started, uh, doing coke,

he started taking
everything out on me.

He used to beat me every day.

And one day he hit Angela.

That's when I woke
up, and I divorced him,

and I changed my name
back to my maiden name.

And finally he was
arrested for, uh,

beating a man to
death behind a bar.

He got six years in prison.

Did he show up this morning?

Yes.

I have to get Angela

and get out of the state.

You can get a restraining order.

That's not gonna stop him.

You can't run from this guy.

He'll find you no
matter where you go.

There's no other way, Walker.

You've worked too
hard and too long.

You don't want
to give all that up.

I don't know what else to do.

Well, I do.

We're gonna get a DPS officer

to patrol the house,

and then we're going
to get a restraining order

against this guy.

Okay?

Come on.

Well?

Is that a yes?

Yes. Good.

Now, go get your uniform
on before I write you up

for being late for duty again.

Thank you.

So, what did you find out
about Bobbie's ex-husband?

According to his parole officer,

Stafford's working security

for the Lotty Trip concert
at the Bronco Bowl.

What's he driving?

Sixty-five GTO.

License number,
4-8-7-Victor-2-John.

You have a home address? Mm-hm.

429 South Flatline, Room 8.

Nice neighborhood.

Well, I'll get Judge Danner

to issue the TRO.

He should be served today

or tomorrow at the very latest.

I just hope it stops him.

I think I'll go have
a talk with him.

Careful, Walker.

He hasn't done
anything wrong yet.

Alex, I said I'm
gonna go talk to him.

Talk.

Talk.

Anyone around
here named Stafford?

That'd be me, sweetheart.

What's your problem?

I'd like to speak
to you, in private.

This is that Ranger I
was telling you about.

The one that's boffing my wife.

Ex-wife, Stafford,

and I'm here to tell
you to leave her alone.

What, is that
supposed to scare me?

I don't care if
you are a Ranger.

I'm gonna kick your butt.

I didn't come here to fight.

Tough.

Now stay away
from her, Stafford.

Yeah?

Are you Russell Stafford?

Who is it?

Tim Beaudry, Dallas
County constable.

What the hell do you want?

You're officially served

with a temporary
restraining order, Mr. Stafford.

You are expressly
forbidden... Aargh!

You're in a cheerful mood today.

I feel like a
thousand-pound weight

has just been lifted
off my stomach.

I talked to Rusty today. Mm-hm.

He said he was sorry for
all the trouble he caused.

I guess you talked
to him yesterday?

We exchanged a few words.

Well, whatever you said
must have done the trick.

He arranged with
his parole officer

to have his case
transferred to Florida.

He's leaving today.

I'm never gonna see him again.

We're free, Walker. We're free.

I'm glad to hear that.

Well, I guess you can
call off the patrol now.

Well, let's wait until
we're sure he's gone.

Okay.

Thanks for everything.

You bet.

Anything new on Grady Lomax?

Mm-hm.

Hey, Swede, cut me
a little slack, okay?

In the past five
years I've cut you

more high-end Japanese trannies

than they got left in Tokyo.

I'll get one more shipment
out by tomorrow, that's it.

Getting too hot.

Once the Rangers got onto me,

it was just a matter of time.

Monica and I are going
to Greece and chill out.

Good doing business
with you too, Swede.

Adios.

Let's go, ladies.
They've got to be nothing

but bones by tomorrow morning.

Move it or lose it.

Lomax!

Go! Go!

Show me your hands!

Right there!

Put your hands where
we can see them.

Hold it!

I'll draw him out.

You're under arrest for the
murder of Ranger Walt Cobb.

You have the right
to remain silent.

You give up that right,

and I get to rip
your windpipe out.

Good job, both of you.

Hey, uh...

No matter what happens
between the two of us,

Texas will be getting the
best person for the job.

You mean that?

Yeah, I do.

Me too.

So tomorrow's the big day, huh?

Yep.

I know you probably can't
or won't tell me anything,

but do you have any idea
how it's gonna turn out?

Truthfully, I don't.

Ahem. I want to apologize

for my behavior
in the beginning.

And I want to thank you

for your help and support and...

You know, everything.

And I want you to know

that no matter how it turns out,

I will never forget this week.

Or you.

Bobbie, I want you to know

that if it doesn't work out

for you this time

you'll be at the
top of the list.

Fair enough.

Rusty, upstairs.

Angela!

Stafford.

Aah! God!

You whore! You ungrateful whore.

Who the hell are you
to turn your back on me?

Where is Angela?

She's dead, and
you're about to join her.

Argh!

Upstairs. Upstairs.

Baby. My baby.

Oh, my God, he killed my baby.

Oh, my God.

Mommy?

She's fine, Bobbie. She's fine.

Angela.

She was hiding in the closet.

My, baby. Oh, God, baby.

Oh, God, baby, I'm so sorry.

Mommy, Daddy tried to hurt
me. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

I'm so... Mommy's sorry.

Mommy's so sorry.

I'm so sorry, honey.

I'm so sorry, honey.

It's okay. It's
going to be okay.

I promise it's going to be okay.

Let's all toast to
the 99th Ranger.

To the 99th Ranger!

Well, thank you.

You have no idea
what this means to me.

I think I do.

Hey, come on. You're
at the top of the list.

Next slot opens
up, you're the man.

Oh, great. Sure one of you guys

doesn't feel like retiring?

No.

I'm awful proud of you, Bobbie.

If Cordell said you made the
cut, that's good enough for me.

Honey, you're welcome
down here any time.

I'm proud of you, like I said,

and I think old Walt
Cobb would be too.

Thank you, Mr. Parker.

Coming from you,
that means a lot to me.

You have no idea.

♪ '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 ♪