Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 5, Episode 9 - Swan Song - full transcript
Hiya, Tom.
Walker, you old barn owl.
What are you dumping
on me this time?
These are the boys that
were hijacking those oil trucks
out at Burleson County.
These are the ones, huh?
Yep.
They don't look so bad now.
They never do
when they get caught.
Can you hold them over until
the FBI picks them up tomorrow?
Be my pleasure.
You'll stay for
supper, won't you?
Mavis would never forgive me
if I let you go without
sampling her venison stew.
I didn't bring these boys
all the way to Dime Box
for nothing, Tom.
Good deal.
Hey, you know where the key is.
Go ahead and lock them up.
I'll go tell Mavis to
set an extra place.
Great. Thanks.
Get out of the truck.
There it is, let's go.
Watch the door.
Holy Toledo.
Hey, what is this?
There's only two seats.
Suckers.
Okay, Cothron, let's wind.
Yee-haw!
Tom.
Tell my wife I...
Swan Song.
♪ 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 ♪
Whoa, whoa.
Whoa.
Come on.
Now, what in the
sam hill was that?
Oh, my gosh, could it be?
Son of a gun.
Ma'am.
You gotta tell me how you
got him to come here, Alex.
He stood me up for my
birthday. He had no choice.
It's not that I don't
like opera, Alex.
I hate it.
Have you ever been to the opera?
No.
Well, then how would you know?
Do you like opera, Trivette?
Yes, jeez.
I should have known.
You brought your cell
phone to the opera?
Alex, I don't work 9 to 5.
Walker.
My name's Ben Sheridan.
I'm a forest ranger
up on the Cradle Mountain Range.
Utah?
Yeah, that's right.
Remember that flyer
you sent out to all stations
about eight years back,
the one about
being on the lookout
for a single engine
aircraft called Swan Song?
Yeah. What can I do for you?
Well, I don't know why
I kept it all these years.
I guess it was your
description of the robbery
and how gol dang brazen it was,
but anyway, every time I
start to clean out my desk
I threaten to throw it
out and then I never do.
Are you telling me you
found the Swan Song?
I think maybe I found
the wreckage, Ranger.
You still interested?
You bet I am.
Where did it go down?
Alex, what's Swan Song?
Walker always thought
they headed for Mexico.
What Mexico?
That would explain why
none of the bills showed up.
And no sign of
Cothron or Burbage.
Who are Cochrane and Burbage?
They robbed a bank of $3 million
about eight years
ago over in Dime Box.
Cothron flew a plane and
landed right on Main Street.
Floyd Burbage shot
both of his accomplices
and everyone in the bank.
Seven people died that day.
Including one of Walker's
friends, Sheriff Cates.
And Walker was there?
Yeah.
One of the accomplices
lived long enough
to tell him who it was.
Walker's never forgotten it.
Cates happened to be
one of his very good friends.
Okay, if I leave right now,
I can be there by
tomorrow afternoon.
I'll see you then.
Walker.
The opera?
I'm sorry, Alex.
This is important.
Trivette, I'll be
gone for a few days.
You want me to come along?
No. Stay on the Fishman case.
Well, I don't have a
case, so I'm going with.
Alex, I'm not going on
a picnic or to the opera.
I'm gonna be packing it up
into the mountains for two days.
Sounds exciting. No.
I'm a great rider. You're out.
What could possibly go wrong?
For the last time, Alex, no.
Well, we got close to the edge,
that horse got skittish,
started bucking.
Both me and the
horse almost went off.
So you don't think anyone
could have survived the crash?
No. Couldn't tell
from that high.
The wreck's at the
bottom of a 100-foot cliff.
Ta-da!
Do you like it? I better.
I've been waiting
here for three hours.
It was only an hour. They
have great shopping here.
Besides, the man inside,
he was telling me about
the legend of Bigfoot.
That old wives' tale?
He said over a dozen men
have failed to come
off this mountain.
It's real dangerous up there
if you don't know
what you're doing.
He's right, Alex.
Maybe you should stay here.
Not a chance.
I didn't think so.
We're gonna spend the
afternoon getting outfitted.
We'll leave at first
light. Come on, Lew.
I'm hungry. Let's
get something to eat.
Sounds great.
Afterwards, let's go dancing.
Heh. No way, Alex.
Oh, come on, Walker.
I said, no way.
Told you.
I got it, Newt. Pour
me one too, all right?
Hey, Bobby Sue.
Hey, yourself, Lew. Thanks.
See that fella?
He's a Texas Ranger.
No, really. He came to me
and Sheridan for a little help
in tracking some old plane
that crashed up in the mountains.
You look nice.
Well, I was hoping
to get your attention.
Well, you got my attention
and everyone else's in here.
Do I note a hint of jealousy?
Jealous? No way.
And you know what
was in that plane?
Three million dollars.
Three million
dollars? Yeah, right.
I'm serious. It's from
an old bank robbery.
The Ranger's here to collect it.
And who knows, maybe
there'll be some kind
of reward or something.
Reward?
Yeah, why not?
Leaving in the morning?
First light.
We'll be gone a
couple, three days.
Maybe you could give me
a call when you get back.
Maybe I can.
It's gonna be cold up there.
You're not talking
me out of this.
We'll make camp for the night
up the other side of that ridge.
Plane wreck's a good
half a day's ride from there.
Walker, what was that?
Just the wind.
You sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
You wanna go back?
No, I don't wanna go back.
Here you go, Alex.
Thank you.
Walker.
Thanks.
Hold up, now. There they are.
Easy, boys.
We don't wanna
ride up on their heels.
You got that straight.
Especially no Texas Ranger.
No Texas Ranger's gonna
scare me out of 3 million bucks.
I'd ride up his butt
and jump out his mouth
for that kind of green.
What was that?
Just the wind coming out
of the Cold Creek Canyon.
What'd you think it was?
Bigfoot fixing to jump
out from behind a tree
and chew off your nose?
Let's go.
We'll follow them
right to the money.
All right, this is
where we get off.
It's right up ahead here.
Watch that first step.
It's a real attention-getter.
Is that the plane
you're after, Walker?
I can't tell from here.
I'm gonna have to go
down and take a look.
Unload the climbing gear, Lew.
I wanna go with you.
No.
I ran the ropes at my abused
women's retreat, remember?
I remember. No.
Come on. Please?
Please?
Alex, can't I win one argument?
No.
Let's go.
Come on, Alex.
I've never gone this far before.
You don't have to come.
Tell you what. Stay there.
I'm gonna go down
and safety you.
Okay.
Okay, Alex, come on down.
That's it.
Doing good.
You're just about here.
Okay.
That was fun.
It is the Swan Song.
Burt Cothron.
How do you know?
Floyd Burbage was
a much bigger man.
So where's Burbage?
Some animal
probably drug him off.
Oh, Walker.
Well,
the money got
burned up in the crash.
So it's over.
Looks that way.
Sheridan, we're coming up.
Is it the Swan Song, Walker?
Yeah.
Let's take out
Sheridan and Poston.
Then we'll only have
the Ranger to deal with.
Now.
Watch it.
Hyah!
Let's go get the money.
Ranger Walker?
Who are you?
You don't know me from Adam,
and that's the way
I'm gonna keep it.
Just tie the money to
the rope, we'll raise it.
Then we could all walk away.
How about it? We got a deal?
There is no money.
Yeah, right.
We know there's
three mil in that plane,
and nobody could
have survived that crash.
Send it up and
we'll let you live.
Sure they will.
Here, take this.
If anyone sticks their
head over, shoot it.
Where are you going?
I'm gonna sneak
around behind them.
You're gonna leave
me here alone?
I have no choice.
Just hurry, okay?
Walker?
You might as well do it my way.
It's the only way
you'll get out.
I don't see him.
Probably burrowed in.
Got you in his sights right now.
I say we go downstream,
come up on them.
Yeah, but he's a Texas Ranger.
It's one man, Tate.
He puts his pants
on just like I do,
one leg at a time.
Besides, all he's
got is a sidearm.
Would you two shut up?
Walker, we got all day.
We got all week.
Hell, we got all month.
Walker?
He ain't gonna answer.
Somebody's gotta
look over the edge,
see what he's doing.
Hey, you look.
Walker?
He ain't gonna answer.
He's messing with us.
Or maybe he ain't down there.
Maybe he's trying to come
around back behind us.
That's... That's a good point.
Tate, go and watch our backs.
You bet.
Where the hell you going, Tate?
I'm out of here.
Damn.
What was that?
How the hell should I know?
Walker! There's something
down here! Pull me up!
Hurry! Hurry!
Hut, hyah. Hyah.
I've never been
so scared in my life.
You're okay, Alex.
Everything's all right.
Did you hear that?
Yeah, I heard it.
What was it?
I don't know.
The horses are gone?
Yeah.
We've got a long walk down.
We're gonna make camp tonight,
and hike down tomorrow morning.
Make camp? With what?
Smells good.
What is it?
Well, herbs, worms, and snails.
Worms and snails?
High in protein.
Here, try it.
Are you out of your
mind? You try it.
Oh, Alex.
See? Here.
Try. Come on.
Not bad.
Walker, look.
Oh, look, he's so cute.
Yeah, but where there's a
cub, the mother's not far behind.
Shoo, boy. Go on.
We don't want your
mother coming around here.
They ain't got no horses,
ain't got no supplies,
but they do got $3 million.
And the only way out of
here is through this pass.
There's a storm moving in.
Come on.
Let's go get our money, huh?
No.
Walker, please don't die on me.
The bear?
It's okay, it's
okay. She's gone.
No, no, no, don't. Don't get up.
I just got the bleeding
stopped. Rest.
Rest.
Walker, it's been
snowing all night.
What are we gonna do?
The first thing I gotta do
is find some healing herbs.
Some healing herbs.
Tell me what to look for.
I'll have to show you.
Let me help you.
Get this one.
Okay.
What does this one do?
It helps prevent infection.
What about that one?
That one will kill me
in about a minute.
Right there.
Down here? Yeah.
Walker, what was that?
Was that the bear?
That was no bear.
Put in the valerian root.
Okay.
Hoo.
That is one wicked smell.
Okay, now put in the bandages.
That should do it.
This looks like it's gonna hurt.
That's okay. Go ahead.
You're beautiful.
Yeah, right.
I've been up on this
mountain for two days.
I'm really beautiful.
You could spend a year up here
and you'd still be beautiful.
Now you get romantic.
Still no sign of them.
Don't worry.
Now that the weather's turned,
they can't stay
up there forever.
What if they found a
different way off the mountain?
There ain't no other way,
unless they climb over the top
and come down the backside,
and why would
they wanna do that?
Then where are they?
I don't know.
Maybe holed up down the meadows.
What say we go find out, huh?
Come on.
What is that? What is that?
I don't know.
Walker, you don't think
those stories could be true?
I mean, could
there be a Bigfoot?
No.
I think Burbage is still alive.
Floyd Burbage?
If he survived the plane crash,
why didn't he just walk out?
That's what I wanna find out.
Wait here.
Not on your life.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Is he?
Yeah, he's dead.
Let's get out of here.
Oh, my God, Walker,
that was so awful.
No!
Are you all right?
Never felt better.
Oh, right.
Walker, I will never ask
to go along on a trip again.
Promise?
No.
♪ '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 ♪
Walker, you old barn owl.
What are you dumping
on me this time?
These are the boys that
were hijacking those oil trucks
out at Burleson County.
These are the ones, huh?
Yep.
They don't look so bad now.
They never do
when they get caught.
Can you hold them over until
the FBI picks them up tomorrow?
Be my pleasure.
You'll stay for
supper, won't you?
Mavis would never forgive me
if I let you go without
sampling her venison stew.
I didn't bring these boys
all the way to Dime Box
for nothing, Tom.
Good deal.
Hey, you know where the key is.
Go ahead and lock them up.
I'll go tell Mavis to
set an extra place.
Great. Thanks.
Get out of the truck.
There it is, let's go.
Watch the door.
Holy Toledo.
Hey, what is this?
There's only two seats.
Suckers.
Okay, Cothron, let's wind.
Yee-haw!
Tom.
Tell my wife I...
Swan Song.
♪ 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 ♪
Whoa, whoa.
Whoa.
Come on.
Now, what in the
sam hill was that?
Oh, my gosh, could it be?
Son of a gun.
Ma'am.
You gotta tell me how you
got him to come here, Alex.
He stood me up for my
birthday. He had no choice.
It's not that I don't
like opera, Alex.
I hate it.
Have you ever been to the opera?
No.
Well, then how would you know?
Do you like opera, Trivette?
Yes, jeez.
I should have known.
You brought your cell
phone to the opera?
Alex, I don't work 9 to 5.
Walker.
My name's Ben Sheridan.
I'm a forest ranger
up on the Cradle Mountain Range.
Utah?
Yeah, that's right.
Remember that flyer
you sent out to all stations
about eight years back,
the one about
being on the lookout
for a single engine
aircraft called Swan Song?
Yeah. What can I do for you?
Well, I don't know why
I kept it all these years.
I guess it was your
description of the robbery
and how gol dang brazen it was,
but anyway, every time I
start to clean out my desk
I threaten to throw it
out and then I never do.
Are you telling me you
found the Swan Song?
I think maybe I found
the wreckage, Ranger.
You still interested?
You bet I am.
Where did it go down?
Alex, what's Swan Song?
Walker always thought
they headed for Mexico.
What Mexico?
That would explain why
none of the bills showed up.
And no sign of
Cothron or Burbage.
Who are Cochrane and Burbage?
They robbed a bank of $3 million
about eight years
ago over in Dime Box.
Cothron flew a plane and
landed right on Main Street.
Floyd Burbage shot
both of his accomplices
and everyone in the bank.
Seven people died that day.
Including one of Walker's
friends, Sheriff Cates.
And Walker was there?
Yeah.
One of the accomplices
lived long enough
to tell him who it was.
Walker's never forgotten it.
Cates happened to be
one of his very good friends.
Okay, if I leave right now,
I can be there by
tomorrow afternoon.
I'll see you then.
Walker.
The opera?
I'm sorry, Alex.
This is important.
Trivette, I'll be
gone for a few days.
You want me to come along?
No. Stay on the Fishman case.
Well, I don't have a
case, so I'm going with.
Alex, I'm not going on
a picnic or to the opera.
I'm gonna be packing it up
into the mountains for two days.
Sounds exciting. No.
I'm a great rider. You're out.
What could possibly go wrong?
For the last time, Alex, no.
Well, we got close to the edge,
that horse got skittish,
started bucking.
Both me and the
horse almost went off.
So you don't think anyone
could have survived the crash?
No. Couldn't tell
from that high.
The wreck's at the
bottom of a 100-foot cliff.
Ta-da!
Do you like it? I better.
I've been waiting
here for three hours.
It was only an hour. They
have great shopping here.
Besides, the man inside,
he was telling me about
the legend of Bigfoot.
That old wives' tale?
He said over a dozen men
have failed to come
off this mountain.
It's real dangerous up there
if you don't know
what you're doing.
He's right, Alex.
Maybe you should stay here.
Not a chance.
I didn't think so.
We're gonna spend the
afternoon getting outfitted.
We'll leave at first
light. Come on, Lew.
I'm hungry. Let's
get something to eat.
Sounds great.
Afterwards, let's go dancing.
Heh. No way, Alex.
Oh, come on, Walker.
I said, no way.
Told you.
I got it, Newt. Pour
me one too, all right?
Hey, Bobby Sue.
Hey, yourself, Lew. Thanks.
See that fella?
He's a Texas Ranger.
No, really. He came to me
and Sheridan for a little help
in tracking some old plane
that crashed up in the mountains.
You look nice.
Well, I was hoping
to get your attention.
Well, you got my attention
and everyone else's in here.
Do I note a hint of jealousy?
Jealous? No way.
And you know what
was in that plane?
Three million dollars.
Three million
dollars? Yeah, right.
I'm serious. It's from
an old bank robbery.
The Ranger's here to collect it.
And who knows, maybe
there'll be some kind
of reward or something.
Reward?
Yeah, why not?
Leaving in the morning?
First light.
We'll be gone a
couple, three days.
Maybe you could give me
a call when you get back.
Maybe I can.
It's gonna be cold up there.
You're not talking
me out of this.
We'll make camp for the night
up the other side of that ridge.
Plane wreck's a good
half a day's ride from there.
Walker, what was that?
Just the wind.
You sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
You wanna go back?
No, I don't wanna go back.
Here you go, Alex.
Thank you.
Walker.
Thanks.
Hold up, now. There they are.
Easy, boys.
We don't wanna
ride up on their heels.
You got that straight.
Especially no Texas Ranger.
No Texas Ranger's gonna
scare me out of 3 million bucks.
I'd ride up his butt
and jump out his mouth
for that kind of green.
What was that?
Just the wind coming out
of the Cold Creek Canyon.
What'd you think it was?
Bigfoot fixing to jump
out from behind a tree
and chew off your nose?
Let's go.
We'll follow them
right to the money.
All right, this is
where we get off.
It's right up ahead here.
Watch that first step.
It's a real attention-getter.
Is that the plane
you're after, Walker?
I can't tell from here.
I'm gonna have to go
down and take a look.
Unload the climbing gear, Lew.
I wanna go with you.
No.
I ran the ropes at my abused
women's retreat, remember?
I remember. No.
Come on. Please?
Please?
Alex, can't I win one argument?
No.
Let's go.
Come on, Alex.
I've never gone this far before.
You don't have to come.
Tell you what. Stay there.
I'm gonna go down
and safety you.
Okay.
Okay, Alex, come on down.
That's it.
Doing good.
You're just about here.
Okay.
That was fun.
It is the Swan Song.
Burt Cothron.
How do you know?
Floyd Burbage was
a much bigger man.
So where's Burbage?
Some animal
probably drug him off.
Oh, Walker.
Well,
the money got
burned up in the crash.
So it's over.
Looks that way.
Sheridan, we're coming up.
Is it the Swan Song, Walker?
Yeah.
Let's take out
Sheridan and Poston.
Then we'll only have
the Ranger to deal with.
Now.
Watch it.
Hyah!
Let's go get the money.
Ranger Walker?
Who are you?
You don't know me from Adam,
and that's the way
I'm gonna keep it.
Just tie the money to
the rope, we'll raise it.
Then we could all walk away.
How about it? We got a deal?
There is no money.
Yeah, right.
We know there's
three mil in that plane,
and nobody could
have survived that crash.
Send it up and
we'll let you live.
Sure they will.
Here, take this.
If anyone sticks their
head over, shoot it.
Where are you going?
I'm gonna sneak
around behind them.
You're gonna leave
me here alone?
I have no choice.
Just hurry, okay?
Walker?
You might as well do it my way.
It's the only way
you'll get out.
I don't see him.
Probably burrowed in.
Got you in his sights right now.
I say we go downstream,
come up on them.
Yeah, but he's a Texas Ranger.
It's one man, Tate.
He puts his pants
on just like I do,
one leg at a time.
Besides, all he's
got is a sidearm.
Would you two shut up?
Walker, we got all day.
We got all week.
Hell, we got all month.
Walker?
He ain't gonna answer.
Somebody's gotta
look over the edge,
see what he's doing.
Hey, you look.
Walker?
He ain't gonna answer.
He's messing with us.
Or maybe he ain't down there.
Maybe he's trying to come
around back behind us.
That's... That's a good point.
Tate, go and watch our backs.
You bet.
Where the hell you going, Tate?
I'm out of here.
Damn.
What was that?
How the hell should I know?
Walker! There's something
down here! Pull me up!
Hurry! Hurry!
Hut, hyah. Hyah.
I've never been
so scared in my life.
You're okay, Alex.
Everything's all right.
Did you hear that?
Yeah, I heard it.
What was it?
I don't know.
The horses are gone?
Yeah.
We've got a long walk down.
We're gonna make camp tonight,
and hike down tomorrow morning.
Make camp? With what?
Smells good.
What is it?
Well, herbs, worms, and snails.
Worms and snails?
High in protein.
Here, try it.
Are you out of your
mind? You try it.
Oh, Alex.
See? Here.
Try. Come on.
Not bad.
Walker, look.
Oh, look, he's so cute.
Yeah, but where there's a
cub, the mother's not far behind.
Shoo, boy. Go on.
We don't want your
mother coming around here.
They ain't got no horses,
ain't got no supplies,
but they do got $3 million.
And the only way out of
here is through this pass.
There's a storm moving in.
Come on.
Let's go get our money, huh?
No.
Walker, please don't die on me.
The bear?
It's okay, it's
okay. She's gone.
No, no, no, don't. Don't get up.
I just got the bleeding
stopped. Rest.
Rest.
Walker, it's been
snowing all night.
What are we gonna do?
The first thing I gotta do
is find some healing herbs.
Some healing herbs.
Tell me what to look for.
I'll have to show you.
Let me help you.
Get this one.
Okay.
What does this one do?
It helps prevent infection.
What about that one?
That one will kill me
in about a minute.
Right there.
Down here? Yeah.
Walker, what was that?
Was that the bear?
That was no bear.
Put in the valerian root.
Okay.
Hoo.
That is one wicked smell.
Okay, now put in the bandages.
That should do it.
This looks like it's gonna hurt.
That's okay. Go ahead.
You're beautiful.
Yeah, right.
I've been up on this
mountain for two days.
I'm really beautiful.
You could spend a year up here
and you'd still be beautiful.
Now you get romantic.
Still no sign of them.
Don't worry.
Now that the weather's turned,
they can't stay
up there forever.
What if they found a
different way off the mountain?
There ain't no other way,
unless they climb over the top
and come down the backside,
and why would
they wanna do that?
Then where are they?
I don't know.
Maybe holed up down the meadows.
What say we go find out, huh?
Come on.
What is that? What is that?
I don't know.
Walker, you don't think
those stories could be true?
I mean, could
there be a Bigfoot?
No.
I think Burbage is still alive.
Floyd Burbage?
If he survived the plane crash,
why didn't he just walk out?
That's what I wanna find out.
Wait here.
Not on your life.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Is he?
Yeah, he's dead.
Let's get out of here.
Oh, my God, Walker,
that was so awful.
No!
Are you all right?
Never felt better.
Oh, right.
Walker, I will never ask
to go along on a trip again.
Promise?
No.
♪ '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 ♪