Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 6, Episode 22 - The Soul of Winter - full transcript
A (black) preacher who's a friend of Trent's dad is being targeted by a racist whom he helped send to prison.
♪ Heaven, Jesus, Jesus ♪
♪ All of our sins ♪
♪ And grief to bear ♪
♪ What a privilege
It is to carry ♪
♪ Yeah Everything to God ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ Take me to the
Lord In prayer ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ Everything to God ♪
♪ To God In prayer ♪
♪ Can we find a...? ♪
Why does Roscoe look mad?
Adam's late. Man,
he's really gonna get it
if he misses another
one of his dad's sermons.
How bad can it be?
Today's sermon is about
turning the other cheek.
When it comes to Adam, Pastor
Jones just looks straight ahead.
♪ Lord in prayer ♪
Thank you.
Yes. Thank you.
Thank you, Sister Vanessa.
That was wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful.
- Good morning, everybody.
- Good morning!
You know, I was driving down
the LBJ Freeway yesterday,
when all of a sudden,
this man cuts
right in front of me.
He's driving an expensive
car, talking on a cell phone.
Probably didn't even
realize he almost sent up
all of us to glory.
Heh, heh, heh.
But then, suddenly,
I got this urge.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yes.
You've all felt it, haven't you?
Each and every one...
Everybody, at some time or another
have felt that rage,
that... That... That urge.
Lord, if we all acted on it,
the LBJ Freeway would
be deserted and empty.
This should get that
preacher's attention.
For you have heard it said,
"An eye for an eye,
a tooth for a tooth."
But I tell you, do not
resist an evil person.
Do it.
If someone strikes
you on the right cheek,
turn to him the other side.
No!
Ohhh.
My...
Oh.
♪ 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 ♪
Sister, please, help
Sister Summers home.
Our prayers are with you,
and I'll be over later.
Oh, Walker, this is terrible.
He was her only child.
This has all the earmarks
of a gang drive-by, Reverend.
Was he in a gang, Roscoe?
Rodney Summers?
I've known him all his life.
He was one of Adam's
best friends, an A student.
The reason he was late to church
is 'cause he was delivering
food baskets to needy families.
Gang member. Absolutely not.
Adam, where have you been?
I was helping Rodney
deliver the food baskets.
Son, something
terrible has happened.
Think this has anything to do
with the rash of hate crimes
that broke out last month?
It's possible.
Cold-blooded murder,
that's a pretty big escalation
from bricks through windows
and graffiti on synagogues.
Yeah. Find anything?
No. We canvassed
the neighborhood.
Three square blocks.
Nobody saw a thing.
Does Adam know yet?
His father's telling him now.
I should see how he's doing.
My father built this
church to save souls.
I don't know how he'd
deal with people being killed
while trying to get
through his front door.
Every move we make
must be dedicated
to taking our country back.
We cannot stand idly by
and watch them steal
our God-given rights.
Sieg heil! ALL: Sieg heil!
Through clever
manipulation of the media,
they are drowning our
country in political correctness.
By making expression
of honest opinion
and natural differences
a social offense,
they are silencing the masses.
It's time for a new wave
of moral correctness
to wash across this
once-proud land.
It is time for the truth.
Sieg heil! ALL: Sieg heil!
There are millions
who believe as we do.
Millions.
And they're just
waiting to hear the word.
And who's going
to deliver that word?
We are!
That's right.
I want a thousand
new names by tonight.
A thousand new believers
who are willing to help
us take back our country.
A thousand new members willing
to march and die at our sides.
This is a war.
The future of America
is in your hands.
So let's get the job done.
You heard him.
I want everyone's
stats up by 10 percent.
No excuses. Let's do it.
Good news is we
made the paper again.
The bad news is we killed the
wrong kid outside the church.
I imagine having to scrape that
kid off the church's front porch
just ruined the good
Reverend's Sunday.
Before I'm done, Roscoe Jones
won't have a church,
a son or a heartbeat.
Deacon Rivers. Ha-ha.
You obviously
haven't seen it yet.
Seen what?
What are you gonna do?
Call the police, buy some paint,
cover it up and carry on.
Anyway, after they
trashed the church,
several members of
Roscoe's congregation
got threatening phone calls.
They were told they'd be hurt
if they didn't quit his church.
What with the shooting
and everything else
that's been going on,
I asked to be assigned to
the hate crimes task force.
Well, that's good, Carlos.
You know most of
the congregation. Mm.
All right. Another special unit.
Yeah, thanks.
Yeah, they do keep me
on a short leash, though.
You mind if I use your
phone? No. Go ahead.
Sandoval. Yeah.
Yeah. I'll get right on it.
The principal of Eastside High
reported some skinheads
passing out Nazi literature
in front of the school.
She thinks there
might be trouble.
Need some help?
No, thanks. They're
sending backup.
Read the material,
then think for yourselves.
You got nothing to lose
but the shackles
on your puny minds.
Please, leave.
I called the police.
So? There's no law
against passing out
educational material
on public property.
It's protected by
the Constitution.
Don't you teach that in there?
I'll tell you what
they don't teach.
They don't teach us to hate.
And they don't teach
us how to write "nigger"
on the front of a church.
That's what you'd
like to teach us, right?
Just do me a favor and
just get out of here, okay?
Just what this world needs:
more chocolate
and vanilla bonding.
Hundred years from now,
everyone's gonna
look like a Mexican.
Wise up, junior,
'cause when the big day comes,
they're not gonna take you in
and neither will we.
Nobody wants your crap.
Now just get outta here.
You got the guts to
back up that mouth?
No, no, no.
Tommy! Stop, stop!
Break it up. Break
it up. Break it up.
Get... Back off!
Lock 'em up, Carlos.
Tommy, knock it off.
All right, I want you
people back in school
or go home now!
And you people, I want
you out of here now.
We have every right to be here.
You're not outta here in 30
seconds, I'm arresting you.
For what?
Littering.
Twenty seconds.
Looks like we wore
out our welcome.
All right, and they even
have their own website.
It's incredible. You
can donate to the cause
with a credit card.
Buy your T-shirts,
hats, emblems,
jackets, Nazi insignia, banners,
instruction manuals...
Virtual
cyber-supermarket of hate.
Does it say who's behind it?
Not yet. Let me see here.
All right, here we go.
"The new Fuhrer for
the '90s: Stan Gorman."
Huh. Wrote a book.
How about that?
Our America. Fifty bucks.
Membership in the Sons of
Reich with every purchase.
Incredible. TRIVETTE:
Not really. Hate sites
have more than
doubled in the past year.
This one came
on-line... September.
That's about the same
time the hate crimes started.
See what else you can dig
up on this Gorman character.
All right.
Hey, didn't Roscoe say
he met Thunder Malloy
when they were Army
chaplains at Fort Hood?
Yeah. Why?
Never gonna believe this.
Stan Gorman?
Leader of the Sons of the Reich.
What's going on?
Do you know him?
Adam. Get up to that school
and bring him home right now.
Don't ask questions.
Just do it. Okay.
I'll go with him.
What's this all about, Roscoe?
Walker, the bullet that
killed Rodney Summers
was meant for my Adam.
I tell you, she really likes me.
Oh, yeah, right.
Thunder got out of the
Army five years before I did.
He built this church,
established his ministry.
He said I had a home
here when I got out,
helping him do the Lord's work.
Well, of course, I
took him up on it.
How does Stan
Gorman fit into all this?
One of my best
friends at Fort Hood
was an artillery captain:
Gary Crowder.
He was also Sergeant
Gorman's company commander.
Well, now, Gorman
had a hard time
taking orders from a black man.
And sure enough, one day,
Gorman refused an order,
threw a punch.
Well, my buddy Gary
busted him to private
and threw him in the
stockade for 30 days.
Not a thing a man
like Gorman forgets.
Yeah, you got that right.
Payback came a
week after he got out.
Gary and I went to a
late movie in San Antonio,
and when we came out,
the parking lot
was dark, deserted.
Gorman just...
came out of nowhere,
Opened fire on us, hit us both,
and left us for dead.
Well, he was right about Gary,
but I guess it just
wasn't my time.
You testified against him?
Put my hand on the Bible
and pointed at him
in Superior Court,
and put him away for life.
Life isn't what it used to be.
I wouldn't trade
my eternity for his.
All these years. You know...
I'd almost completely
forgotten about Stan Gorman.
Well, I guess Stan Gorman
hasn't forgotten about you.
These the ones?
Yep.
All mouth and no teeth.
We just got lucky.
That's the preacher's runt.
Sing "hallelujah."
About three years after
Gorman got to Huntsville,
he became the undisputed leader
of the white power
movement inside the prison.
I guess he drew hundreds
of new followers to his cause.
When did he get out?
Three months ago.
Walker, is there
anything that you can do?
Well, right now, we have
to prove that Stan Gorman
was involved in the
murder of Rodney Summers.
Get the chimp in the van.
The only thing they don't teach
you is how to swallow teeth.
Come on, Tommy.
Tommy.
Get 'em in the van.
Tommy, you all right?
Get in there. Get in.
Take care of those guys.
Get down!
Come on, let's go.
Let's go!
Go, go, go, go, go!
Wow. Glad to see you guys.
You all right? Yeah.
Tommy, you okay?
I don't know. I'll
tell you in a bit.
Why'd they put us in that van?
I don't know,
but, uh, I think
your father does.
I have an address.
It's the old Flint
warehouse in Deep Ellum.
Alex,
can you get a warrant to search
Stan Gorman's headquarters
for the murder weapon?
I'll try.
I'm gonna have to do one
big selling job on the judge.
Well, if anyone can, you can.
Don't even start that.
Did either of 'em get
a good look at you?
No.
They both had their hands full.
You told the others to lay low?
Yeah. We said we'd be in touch.
That was too close.
I won't tolerate
any more mistakes.
All right. Texas Rangers.
We have a search warrant.
I need everybody to
line up right over here.
Let's go.
Can I see that warrant?
Everyone do as they say.
We don't want to
give them any excuses
to use those itchy
trigger fingers.
Let's join the fun, gentlemen.
Recognize anyone?
No. They're not here.
Who's not here?
Two of your skinheads
tried to kidnap a
couple boys yesterday.
Oh, is that right?
Then why don't you arrest me?
Your time's coming, Gorman.
Search the place.
Yes, sir.
I'd think that the Texas Rangers
would have more
important things to do
than hassle some
minor dissidents.
Not really.
Clean. I told you.
We're a legitimate,
nonviolent protest organization.
Yeah, right.
Pull 'em out.
All right, boys, let's move out.
All right, move it out,
come on, move it out.
Stay away from the Reverend
Jones and his congregation.
Yassuh, boss.
Anything you say, boss.
Go on, get out of here.
Go home with the rest...
We haven't seen the
last of that Ranger.
You think it's
smart to go through
with tonight's operation?
Absolutely.
Walker wants a war,
we'll give him one he can't win.
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ The trouble I've seen... ♪
♪ The trouble ♪
♪ The trouble I've seen ♪
Oh, God, protector
of all that trust in thee,
without whom nothing is strong,
nothing is holy,
increase and multiply
upon us thy mercy
that thou, being
our ruler and guide,
we may so pass
through things temporal,
that we finally lose
not things eternal.
Amen. CROWD: Amen.
Oh, Ben, I'm so sorry.
Thank you, Roscoe.
You know, it's...
It's a little hard
to see how this fits
into the grand design.
Well, nobody died.
That's one blessing.
Amen to that. Amen.
You know, your congregation
is welcome to come worship
at our church.
Most of my folks don't
have transportation, Roscoe.
We can't get way
out to your place.
We'll come pick you up
and bring you
back after it's over.
And we're gonna help
you rebuild the church.
I'm gonna organize a big
charity social this Sunday night
to start that money rolling in.
Well, just giving us a place
is more than enough, Roscoe.
You don't have the
kind of money it takes
to... To finance
an event like that.
Our church is
rich in friends, Ben,
rich in friends.
And sometimes that's enough.
Praise the Lord,
praise the Lord.
So how can we help
Roscoe with his charity social?
Any ideas? Yes.
I know the man with the Tarrant
County school bus contract.
I'm sure he would
donate enough busses
to get Reverend Sloan's
people to the church.
All right. I just bought
a new graphics package
for my computer, so I can
do the flyers and posters.
Well, I'll furnish all the
dishes and all the glasses,
and I will make a chili
the likes of which this
world has never seen.
I'll have my Kick Drugs kids
pass out flyers
and sell tickets.
In fact, I may have someone
who can provide
the entertainment.
Ah, that is great.
♪ Yeah How fast can I go? ♪
♪ I gotta catch That little... ♪
- Hello, Walker.
- Hello, Collin.
How you doing? Nice
to see you. Good, good.
You're Collin Raye.
Yes, sir. I sure am. Ha, ha, ha.
Well, I'm Roscoe Jones.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Yeah, Collin's on tour, Roscoe,
and he's agreed to help
us out tomorrow night.
When Walker explained
to me what happened
and what you-all
are trying to do,
I didn't wanna miss a
chance to be a part of that.
Son, you are a gift from heaven.
Thank you, and
thank you, Walker.
Why, with the Lord on my side
and friends like
you in our corner,
what enemy could
possibly stand a chance?
Come on.
I'll show you where to
set up. Sounds good.
These are all over town.
Flyers too.
That old coot is
yanking your chain.
This sucks.
Troops know you've targeted him.
Look real bad if
we let this stand.
Get down to that farm.
Get a couple of pounds of C-4.
It's time to up the ante.
♪ Count your blessings ♪
♪ See what The Lord has done ♪
♪ Count your blessings ♪
♪ Name them one by one ♪
♪ Count your Many blessings... ♪
We have to talk.
Uh, sure, but after
the choir... Now.
♪ Count your blessings... ♪
Keep going, everybody.
You're doing fine.
♪ Count your blessings... ♪
Now, what is so
important that you...?
My wife was accosted in our
driveway by some skinheads.
What? They hit her.
They knocked her down.
Then they threatened to
deliver my head on a platter
if I don't quit the church.
H...? Ah, how is Loretta?
How do you think
she is? She's scared.
You sent Adam away.
I have no place
to send my family.
And it's not just me, Roscoe.
Other elders have
received similar threats:
rocks through the windows,
swastikas and worse
painted on the doors.
We can't take it anymore.
This is awful.
Since this seems to be
a personal vendetta
aimed at you,
there's only one
way to end this.
You must resign as
pastor of this church.
Resign?
Yes.
Paul, I understand your concern,
but even in his darkest
hour, our Savior did not resign.
You are not the Savior.
If you resign, maybe they'll...
Maybe they'll leave us alone.
I guess I'm about
the last person
you wanted to
see, huh, preacher?
The door's always open.
Everybody's welcome.
Even me?
Maybe mostly you, Gorman.
Even the worst sinner
can still be saved
if he just asks forgiveness.
You better worry about
saving yourself, old man.
I meant to kill two
niggers in that parking lot.
I only killed one,
and it cost me 18 long years.
I won't make the
same mistake next time.
You haven't changed at all,
but I can still help
show you the way.
Ah, shut up, man.
He don't need no help from you.
Yeah. We don't need to hear
no holy roller crap, right, Gorman?
No, not right.
I can't think of
anything I'd rather do
than discuss old-time religion
in Roscoe Jones' own church.
Let's see, what's that thing
about turning the other cheek?
Now,
you're supposed to stand
there and turn your head
so I have a clear shot
at the other cheek.
That's how it goes, right?
Lordy, I love talking
religion with you.
The door is always open, Gorman,
and he is always here.
Now, whether you
decide to come in,
and whatever you have to
say to him is entirely up to you.
Now, if you're finished,
I have a choir practice
I want to continue.
Bravo.
Remarkable restraint.
It will be interesting
to see how long
you can keep it up.
This is exactly what
I was talking about.
Now will you resign?
No.
C-4. Remote detonation.
How's Roscoe taking it?
Oh, not well.
The only other
time I saw him cry
was at my father's funeral.
Man, I wish I'd been here.
Makes two of us.
Three of us.
That was the
governor on the phone.
He wants me to take
over the investigation.
Now we're talking.
Here you go, Jimmy.
Thanks.
Here's a list of the
Huntsville inmates
with Aryan Nation ties when
Gorman was on the inside.
The ones that are marked
are the inmates that got
out the same year he did.
You know, I've got a hunch
that Gorman has a
huge arsenal somewhere.
Well, we know it's
not at his warehouse.
No, but I'll bet it's
somewhere around here.
All right, I'll cross-check
the inmates' names
with release dates and
property purchases and rentals.
Maybe we'll get lucky.
I'll start drawing
up search warrants.
When we get a
break, we'll be ready.
Okay. And I'll make the
coffee. It's gonna be a long night.
We all assume
that our Savior must
have been strong
to endure so much agony
to atone for our sins.
And until this week,
with all of its tragedy,
I never fully realized just
how strong he had to be.
Now, I thought I might
assume some of his courage
to get me through.
But as an elder
correctly reminded me,
I'm not the Savior.
I'm only a man.
There'll be no
sermon this morning.
Only a prayer:
that the dark clouds
that I have brought
over this house and you
will soon be parted
and the sun will shine
through these windows
and into your hearts once again.
It has been...
It has been a
privilege and an honor
to serve you.
But now it's time
to say goodbye.
No. MAN 2: No, Reverend.
May God bless and keep you all.
Amen.
No, Reverend. No.
Say it ain't so, Reverend.
That's Trent. That's
Thunder's boy.
My father, Thunder
Malloy, built this church.
He poured his life into it.
It was his courage,
vision and faith
that kept these doors
open until he died last year.
And I'm sure Thunder, even
with his high expectations,
would be proud to
see how far Roscoe
has taken this congregation.
In the spirit, in the spirit.
We have become a
communion of harmonious souls
who are dedicated
to making a difference
in an imperfect world.
This man...
This man is the
rock in our lives,
always there for
us no matter what.
Yes, sir.
Well, now he's in trouble.
No, son, really, I've...
I've made up my mind.
Roscoe, no one expects
you to be the Savior.
That job is taken.
Just be the man you are.
The man we look up to, the
man who shares our troubles.
The man... Thunder
Malloy trusted
to carry on with his work.
Oh, in the spirit.
Now, you might
tell them you quit,
but in my book,
it isn't official
until you look up there...
and tell Thunder himself.
You know it's true, Reverend.
You're right. I can't do it.
I didn't think so.
Lord have mercy.
Let's see a show of hands.
How many want Roscoe to
stay? MAN 1: I do. I do right here.
We all want the
Reverend to stay.
We love you, Reverend.
Roscoe...
I apologize.
I was afraid.
I still am.
But as far as we're concerned,
you are the spiritual
leader of this church
for as long as you wanna be.
Please...
reconsider.
Come on, Reverend.
Thank you.
Reverend, let the Lord move you.
And when it comes
to standing tall,
your father would be so proud.
All right, Sonny
Kline and Gorman
were cellmates at Huntsville.
Sonny rented a farm
70 miles south of here
when he was paroled.
Way to go.
Alex, can you...? I
know. I know. I know.
"Alex, can you wake up a judge?"
Gorman.
Did everyone break
out the hankies
when Jones threw in the towel?
Nope. He's staying,
and stronger than
ever if you ask me.
Did he cancel the benefit?
Nope, and with all
the support he has,
they'll have that
church rebuilt in no time.
What I wanna know is if we
can't whip one dumb nigger,
how the hell we gonna
take the whole country back?
Yeah, Gorman. How?
Seems I'm gonna have to have
another chat with Pastor Jones,
this time about the crucifixion.
Everyone gather round.
Tonight, the very public
death of Pastor Jones
will serve as a call to arms
which cannot be ignored.
Aha. Ha-ha-ha!
Oh, boy, that smells good.
Bring it right on in here.
Ha-ha. We got it here.
Check, check one.
That's not the way you do it.
There's nothing worse
than a cross that fizzles out.
Read the manual.
If you do it right,
it'll take a hurricane
to blow out the flames.
Now, get on it. MAN: Yes, sir.
Sure was a long way out here.
But it wasn't a wasted trip.
Okay. Carlos, you
take out that guy.
Trivette, you take the
side. I'll take the back.
Heil Hitler.
Heil Hitler. Ungh!
Texas Rangers. Freeze!
Don't even think about it.
Don't move.
Put your weapons down slowly.
All right, all right, all right.
It's down, it's down.
You-all got enough here
to outfit a small army.
Backup's here.
You think it's the one that
killed Rodney Summers?
Same caliber.
Wonder where Gorman is.
That's a good question.
Oh, this is wonderful.
Thank you for
showing up tonight.
For a worthy cause.
For a worthy cause.
Oh, Ben, the
way it's pouring in,
you'll be up and
running in no time.
Thank you, Roscoe.
I don't know what to say.
How about "hallelujah"?
Hallelujah. Ha-ha-ha!
Ladies... Come on.
Ladies... Ladies and gentlemen,
let's put our hands together
and give a nice,
warm Texas welcome
to our friend indeed
in our time of need,
Collin Raye.
♪ Well, the note said
You've had time ♪
♪ To think about it ♪
♪ Looks like to me ♪
♪ You're feeli"
Kind of crowded ♪
♪ You're not lookin' for
Anything permanent here ♪
♪ So my Rodeo's packed
And it's in goodbye gear ♪
♪ So I shot down To
the Longhorn Diner ♪
♪ Her sister works there and
She'd know where to find her ♪
♪ She said "You did
not Hear this from me" ♪
♪ "All I'll say is Mama's got
That place out in Monterey" ♪
♪ Oh, how fast can I go? ♪
♪ Gotta catch That
little red Rodeo ♪
♪ She drove off with my
heart I've gotta let her know ♪
♪ Need the girl In
that little red Rodeo ♪
♪ Texas plates ♪
♪ Candy-apple red Rodeo ♪
♪ Two towns back I
showed your photograph ♪
♪ And the gas station man
Just started to laugh... ♪
Trent, what's up?
Maybe nothing.
Yeah, there's been a
lot of that here lately.
♪ Boy, just follow
that cloud of dust ♪
♪ Oh, how fast can I go...? ♪
Good evening, Pastor Jones.
Now, look what we saw
burning bright in your front yard.
We were passing
by when we saw it.
Yeah, out for a walk.
Gee, wonder who
could have put it there.
Get everybody back
inside, please. Now. Hurry.
I'm not going anywhere, Roscoe.
- None of us are.
We're with you,
and so is the Lord.
Well, I'm with the Lord, but
I'm gonna get us some backup.
Okay. Let's see if we
can go reach Walker.
Roscoe, you're the one
who should go back inside.
This is my mess, and
I'm gonna clean it up.
To many, you know,
the cross represents
a symbol of salvation and
sacrifice and God's mercy.
Yes, it does.
For others,
it has become a
symbol of pure hate.
But tonight, on this lawn,
this is nothing but a
piece of burning wood,
and we're not gonna give
the devil a foothold here.
Not tonight, we're not.
So, what are you gonna do to us,
beat us with your chains
and your baseball bats?
It wouldn't matter.
You'd all just stand
there and take it.
Your leader
admires Adolf Hitler,
a man who destroyed his country,
murdered millions
of people and then
committed suicide.
The man I admire
is Jesus Christ,
who brought light into
the heart of darkness
and died for us all.
Come on, Stan. Let's get to it.
Yeah, let's split some
skulls before the cops come.
Come on, let's put an
end to this nigger right now.
You're a fake...
and I'm gonna prove
it right here, right now.
Trent, no. No.
Trent. Stay put, now.
Trent, stay put, stay put.
You know, Gorman, you're
really beginning to annoy me.
So?
You're all pious cowards
hiding behind your Jesus.
And the meek shall
inherit the earth.
What a crock.
You know, this
eye-for-an-eye stuff,
maybe its time has come.
Yes. GORMAN: Go ahead.
Hypocrite.
No blow I strike
can equal the pain
you're gonna suffer
on Judgment Day.
I'm gonna leave
the eye for an eye
in the master's hands.
Kill 'em all!
Boy, am I glad you
got here, Cordell.
Carlos, let's read
them their rights.
My pleasure.
This is one hate group
that's out of business.
Yeah, one.
Walker, how...?
You're asking the
wrong guy, Trivette.
♪ '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 ♪
♪ All of our sins ♪
♪ And grief to bear ♪
♪ What a privilege
It is to carry ♪
♪ Yeah Everything to God ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ Take me to the
Lord In prayer ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ Everything to God ♪
♪ To God In prayer ♪
♪ Can we find a...? ♪
Why does Roscoe look mad?
Adam's late. Man,
he's really gonna get it
if he misses another
one of his dad's sermons.
How bad can it be?
Today's sermon is about
turning the other cheek.
When it comes to Adam, Pastor
Jones just looks straight ahead.
♪ Lord in prayer ♪
Thank you.
Yes. Thank you.
Thank you, Sister Vanessa.
That was wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful.
- Good morning, everybody.
- Good morning!
You know, I was driving down
the LBJ Freeway yesterday,
when all of a sudden,
this man cuts
right in front of me.
He's driving an expensive
car, talking on a cell phone.
Probably didn't even
realize he almost sent up
all of us to glory.
Heh, heh, heh.
But then, suddenly,
I got this urge.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yes.
You've all felt it, haven't you?
Each and every one...
Everybody, at some time or another
have felt that rage,
that... That... That urge.
Lord, if we all acted on it,
the LBJ Freeway would
be deserted and empty.
This should get that
preacher's attention.
For you have heard it said,
"An eye for an eye,
a tooth for a tooth."
But I tell you, do not
resist an evil person.
Do it.
If someone strikes
you on the right cheek,
turn to him the other side.
No!
Ohhh.
My...
Oh.
♪ 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 ♪
Sister, please, help
Sister Summers home.
Our prayers are with you,
and I'll be over later.
Oh, Walker, this is terrible.
He was her only child.
This has all the earmarks
of a gang drive-by, Reverend.
Was he in a gang, Roscoe?
Rodney Summers?
I've known him all his life.
He was one of Adam's
best friends, an A student.
The reason he was late to church
is 'cause he was delivering
food baskets to needy families.
Gang member. Absolutely not.
Adam, where have you been?
I was helping Rodney
deliver the food baskets.
Son, something
terrible has happened.
Think this has anything to do
with the rash of hate crimes
that broke out last month?
It's possible.
Cold-blooded murder,
that's a pretty big escalation
from bricks through windows
and graffiti on synagogues.
Yeah. Find anything?
No. We canvassed
the neighborhood.
Three square blocks.
Nobody saw a thing.
Does Adam know yet?
His father's telling him now.
I should see how he's doing.
My father built this
church to save souls.
I don't know how he'd
deal with people being killed
while trying to get
through his front door.
Every move we make
must be dedicated
to taking our country back.
We cannot stand idly by
and watch them steal
our God-given rights.
Sieg heil! ALL: Sieg heil!
Through clever
manipulation of the media,
they are drowning our
country in political correctness.
By making expression
of honest opinion
and natural differences
a social offense,
they are silencing the masses.
It's time for a new wave
of moral correctness
to wash across this
once-proud land.
It is time for the truth.
Sieg heil! ALL: Sieg heil!
There are millions
who believe as we do.
Millions.
And they're just
waiting to hear the word.
And who's going
to deliver that word?
We are!
That's right.
I want a thousand
new names by tonight.
A thousand new believers
who are willing to help
us take back our country.
A thousand new members willing
to march and die at our sides.
This is a war.
The future of America
is in your hands.
So let's get the job done.
You heard him.
I want everyone's
stats up by 10 percent.
No excuses. Let's do it.
Good news is we
made the paper again.
The bad news is we killed the
wrong kid outside the church.
I imagine having to scrape that
kid off the church's front porch
just ruined the good
Reverend's Sunday.
Before I'm done, Roscoe Jones
won't have a church,
a son or a heartbeat.
Deacon Rivers. Ha-ha.
You obviously
haven't seen it yet.
Seen what?
What are you gonna do?
Call the police, buy some paint,
cover it up and carry on.
Anyway, after they
trashed the church,
several members of
Roscoe's congregation
got threatening phone calls.
They were told they'd be hurt
if they didn't quit his church.
What with the shooting
and everything else
that's been going on,
I asked to be assigned to
the hate crimes task force.
Well, that's good, Carlos.
You know most of
the congregation. Mm.
All right. Another special unit.
Yeah, thanks.
Yeah, they do keep me
on a short leash, though.
You mind if I use your
phone? No. Go ahead.
Sandoval. Yeah.
Yeah. I'll get right on it.
The principal of Eastside High
reported some skinheads
passing out Nazi literature
in front of the school.
She thinks there
might be trouble.
Need some help?
No, thanks. They're
sending backup.
Read the material,
then think for yourselves.
You got nothing to lose
but the shackles
on your puny minds.
Please, leave.
I called the police.
So? There's no law
against passing out
educational material
on public property.
It's protected by
the Constitution.
Don't you teach that in there?
I'll tell you what
they don't teach.
They don't teach us to hate.
And they don't teach
us how to write "nigger"
on the front of a church.
That's what you'd
like to teach us, right?
Just do me a favor and
just get out of here, okay?
Just what this world needs:
more chocolate
and vanilla bonding.
Hundred years from now,
everyone's gonna
look like a Mexican.
Wise up, junior,
'cause when the big day comes,
they're not gonna take you in
and neither will we.
Nobody wants your crap.
Now just get outta here.
You got the guts to
back up that mouth?
No, no, no.
Tommy! Stop, stop!
Break it up. Break
it up. Break it up.
Get... Back off!
Lock 'em up, Carlos.
Tommy, knock it off.
All right, I want you
people back in school
or go home now!
And you people, I want
you out of here now.
We have every right to be here.
You're not outta here in 30
seconds, I'm arresting you.
For what?
Littering.
Twenty seconds.
Looks like we wore
out our welcome.
All right, and they even
have their own website.
It's incredible. You
can donate to the cause
with a credit card.
Buy your T-shirts,
hats, emblems,
jackets, Nazi insignia, banners,
instruction manuals...
Virtual
cyber-supermarket of hate.
Does it say who's behind it?
Not yet. Let me see here.
All right, here we go.
"The new Fuhrer for
the '90s: Stan Gorman."
Huh. Wrote a book.
How about that?
Our America. Fifty bucks.
Membership in the Sons of
Reich with every purchase.
Incredible. TRIVETTE:
Not really. Hate sites
have more than
doubled in the past year.
This one came
on-line... September.
That's about the same
time the hate crimes started.
See what else you can dig
up on this Gorman character.
All right.
Hey, didn't Roscoe say
he met Thunder Malloy
when they were Army
chaplains at Fort Hood?
Yeah. Why?
Never gonna believe this.
Stan Gorman?
Leader of the Sons of the Reich.
What's going on?
Do you know him?
Adam. Get up to that school
and bring him home right now.
Don't ask questions.
Just do it. Okay.
I'll go with him.
What's this all about, Roscoe?
Walker, the bullet that
killed Rodney Summers
was meant for my Adam.
I tell you, she really likes me.
Oh, yeah, right.
Thunder got out of the
Army five years before I did.
He built this church,
established his ministry.
He said I had a home
here when I got out,
helping him do the Lord's work.
Well, of course, I
took him up on it.
How does Stan
Gorman fit into all this?
One of my best
friends at Fort Hood
was an artillery captain:
Gary Crowder.
He was also Sergeant
Gorman's company commander.
Well, now, Gorman
had a hard time
taking orders from a black man.
And sure enough, one day,
Gorman refused an order,
threw a punch.
Well, my buddy Gary
busted him to private
and threw him in the
stockade for 30 days.
Not a thing a man
like Gorman forgets.
Yeah, you got that right.
Payback came a
week after he got out.
Gary and I went to a
late movie in San Antonio,
and when we came out,
the parking lot
was dark, deserted.
Gorman just...
came out of nowhere,
Opened fire on us, hit us both,
and left us for dead.
Well, he was right about Gary,
but I guess it just
wasn't my time.
You testified against him?
Put my hand on the Bible
and pointed at him
in Superior Court,
and put him away for life.
Life isn't what it used to be.
I wouldn't trade
my eternity for his.
All these years. You know...
I'd almost completely
forgotten about Stan Gorman.
Well, I guess Stan Gorman
hasn't forgotten about you.
These the ones?
Yep.
All mouth and no teeth.
We just got lucky.
That's the preacher's runt.
Sing "hallelujah."
About three years after
Gorman got to Huntsville,
he became the undisputed leader
of the white power
movement inside the prison.
I guess he drew hundreds
of new followers to his cause.
When did he get out?
Three months ago.
Walker, is there
anything that you can do?
Well, right now, we have
to prove that Stan Gorman
was involved in the
murder of Rodney Summers.
Get the chimp in the van.
The only thing they don't teach
you is how to swallow teeth.
Come on, Tommy.
Tommy.
Get 'em in the van.
Tommy, you all right?
Get in there. Get in.
Take care of those guys.
Get down!
Come on, let's go.
Let's go!
Go, go, go, go, go!
Wow. Glad to see you guys.
You all right? Yeah.
Tommy, you okay?
I don't know. I'll
tell you in a bit.
Why'd they put us in that van?
I don't know,
but, uh, I think
your father does.
I have an address.
It's the old Flint
warehouse in Deep Ellum.
Alex,
can you get a warrant to search
Stan Gorman's headquarters
for the murder weapon?
I'll try.
I'm gonna have to do one
big selling job on the judge.
Well, if anyone can, you can.
Don't even start that.
Did either of 'em get
a good look at you?
No.
They both had their hands full.
You told the others to lay low?
Yeah. We said we'd be in touch.
That was too close.
I won't tolerate
any more mistakes.
All right. Texas Rangers.
We have a search warrant.
I need everybody to
line up right over here.
Let's go.
Can I see that warrant?
Everyone do as they say.
We don't want to
give them any excuses
to use those itchy
trigger fingers.
Let's join the fun, gentlemen.
Recognize anyone?
No. They're not here.
Who's not here?
Two of your skinheads
tried to kidnap a
couple boys yesterday.
Oh, is that right?
Then why don't you arrest me?
Your time's coming, Gorman.
Search the place.
Yes, sir.
I'd think that the Texas Rangers
would have more
important things to do
than hassle some
minor dissidents.
Not really.
Clean. I told you.
We're a legitimate,
nonviolent protest organization.
Yeah, right.
Pull 'em out.
All right, boys, let's move out.
All right, move it out,
come on, move it out.
Stay away from the Reverend
Jones and his congregation.
Yassuh, boss.
Anything you say, boss.
Go on, get out of here.
Go home with the rest...
We haven't seen the
last of that Ranger.
You think it's
smart to go through
with tonight's operation?
Absolutely.
Walker wants a war,
we'll give him one he can't win.
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ The trouble I've seen... ♪
♪ The trouble ♪
♪ The trouble I've seen ♪
Oh, God, protector
of all that trust in thee,
without whom nothing is strong,
nothing is holy,
increase and multiply
upon us thy mercy
that thou, being
our ruler and guide,
we may so pass
through things temporal,
that we finally lose
not things eternal.
Amen. CROWD: Amen.
Oh, Ben, I'm so sorry.
Thank you, Roscoe.
You know, it's...
It's a little hard
to see how this fits
into the grand design.
Well, nobody died.
That's one blessing.
Amen to that. Amen.
You know, your congregation
is welcome to come worship
at our church.
Most of my folks don't
have transportation, Roscoe.
We can't get way
out to your place.
We'll come pick you up
and bring you
back after it's over.
And we're gonna help
you rebuild the church.
I'm gonna organize a big
charity social this Sunday night
to start that money rolling in.
Well, just giving us a place
is more than enough, Roscoe.
You don't have the
kind of money it takes
to... To finance
an event like that.
Our church is
rich in friends, Ben,
rich in friends.
And sometimes that's enough.
Praise the Lord,
praise the Lord.
So how can we help
Roscoe with his charity social?
Any ideas? Yes.
I know the man with the Tarrant
County school bus contract.
I'm sure he would
donate enough busses
to get Reverend Sloan's
people to the church.
All right. I just bought
a new graphics package
for my computer, so I can
do the flyers and posters.
Well, I'll furnish all the
dishes and all the glasses,
and I will make a chili
the likes of which this
world has never seen.
I'll have my Kick Drugs kids
pass out flyers
and sell tickets.
In fact, I may have someone
who can provide
the entertainment.
Ah, that is great.
♪ Yeah How fast can I go? ♪
♪ I gotta catch That little... ♪
- Hello, Walker.
- Hello, Collin.
How you doing? Nice
to see you. Good, good.
You're Collin Raye.
Yes, sir. I sure am. Ha, ha, ha.
Well, I'm Roscoe Jones.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Yeah, Collin's on tour, Roscoe,
and he's agreed to help
us out tomorrow night.
When Walker explained
to me what happened
and what you-all
are trying to do,
I didn't wanna miss a
chance to be a part of that.
Son, you are a gift from heaven.
Thank you, and
thank you, Walker.
Why, with the Lord on my side
and friends like
you in our corner,
what enemy could
possibly stand a chance?
Come on.
I'll show you where to
set up. Sounds good.
These are all over town.
Flyers too.
That old coot is
yanking your chain.
This sucks.
Troops know you've targeted him.
Look real bad if
we let this stand.
Get down to that farm.
Get a couple of pounds of C-4.
It's time to up the ante.
♪ Count your blessings ♪
♪ See what The Lord has done ♪
♪ Count your blessings ♪
♪ Name them one by one ♪
♪ Count your Many blessings... ♪
We have to talk.
Uh, sure, but after
the choir... Now.
♪ Count your blessings... ♪
Keep going, everybody.
You're doing fine.
♪ Count your blessings... ♪
Now, what is so
important that you...?
My wife was accosted in our
driveway by some skinheads.
What? They hit her.
They knocked her down.
Then they threatened to
deliver my head on a platter
if I don't quit the church.
H...? Ah, how is Loretta?
How do you think
she is? She's scared.
You sent Adam away.
I have no place
to send my family.
And it's not just me, Roscoe.
Other elders have
received similar threats:
rocks through the windows,
swastikas and worse
painted on the doors.
We can't take it anymore.
This is awful.
Since this seems to be
a personal vendetta
aimed at you,
there's only one
way to end this.
You must resign as
pastor of this church.
Resign?
Yes.
Paul, I understand your concern,
but even in his darkest
hour, our Savior did not resign.
You are not the Savior.
If you resign, maybe they'll...
Maybe they'll leave us alone.
I guess I'm about
the last person
you wanted to
see, huh, preacher?
The door's always open.
Everybody's welcome.
Even me?
Maybe mostly you, Gorman.
Even the worst sinner
can still be saved
if he just asks forgiveness.
You better worry about
saving yourself, old man.
I meant to kill two
niggers in that parking lot.
I only killed one,
and it cost me 18 long years.
I won't make the
same mistake next time.
You haven't changed at all,
but I can still help
show you the way.
Ah, shut up, man.
He don't need no help from you.
Yeah. We don't need to hear
no holy roller crap, right, Gorman?
No, not right.
I can't think of
anything I'd rather do
than discuss old-time religion
in Roscoe Jones' own church.
Let's see, what's that thing
about turning the other cheek?
Now,
you're supposed to stand
there and turn your head
so I have a clear shot
at the other cheek.
That's how it goes, right?
Lordy, I love talking
religion with you.
The door is always open, Gorman,
and he is always here.
Now, whether you
decide to come in,
and whatever you have to
say to him is entirely up to you.
Now, if you're finished,
I have a choir practice
I want to continue.
Bravo.
Remarkable restraint.
It will be interesting
to see how long
you can keep it up.
This is exactly what
I was talking about.
Now will you resign?
No.
C-4. Remote detonation.
How's Roscoe taking it?
Oh, not well.
The only other
time I saw him cry
was at my father's funeral.
Man, I wish I'd been here.
Makes two of us.
Three of us.
That was the
governor on the phone.
He wants me to take
over the investigation.
Now we're talking.
Here you go, Jimmy.
Thanks.
Here's a list of the
Huntsville inmates
with Aryan Nation ties when
Gorman was on the inside.
The ones that are marked
are the inmates that got
out the same year he did.
You know, I've got a hunch
that Gorman has a
huge arsenal somewhere.
Well, we know it's
not at his warehouse.
No, but I'll bet it's
somewhere around here.
All right, I'll cross-check
the inmates' names
with release dates and
property purchases and rentals.
Maybe we'll get lucky.
I'll start drawing
up search warrants.
When we get a
break, we'll be ready.
Okay. And I'll make the
coffee. It's gonna be a long night.
We all assume
that our Savior must
have been strong
to endure so much agony
to atone for our sins.
And until this week,
with all of its tragedy,
I never fully realized just
how strong he had to be.
Now, I thought I might
assume some of his courage
to get me through.
But as an elder
correctly reminded me,
I'm not the Savior.
I'm only a man.
There'll be no
sermon this morning.
Only a prayer:
that the dark clouds
that I have brought
over this house and you
will soon be parted
and the sun will shine
through these windows
and into your hearts once again.
It has been...
It has been a
privilege and an honor
to serve you.
But now it's time
to say goodbye.
No. MAN 2: No, Reverend.
May God bless and keep you all.
Amen.
No, Reverend. No.
Say it ain't so, Reverend.
That's Trent. That's
Thunder's boy.
My father, Thunder
Malloy, built this church.
He poured his life into it.
It was his courage,
vision and faith
that kept these doors
open until he died last year.
And I'm sure Thunder, even
with his high expectations,
would be proud to
see how far Roscoe
has taken this congregation.
In the spirit, in the spirit.
We have become a
communion of harmonious souls
who are dedicated
to making a difference
in an imperfect world.
This man...
This man is the
rock in our lives,
always there for
us no matter what.
Yes, sir.
Well, now he's in trouble.
No, son, really, I've...
I've made up my mind.
Roscoe, no one expects
you to be the Savior.
That job is taken.
Just be the man you are.
The man we look up to, the
man who shares our troubles.
The man... Thunder
Malloy trusted
to carry on with his work.
Oh, in the spirit.
Now, you might
tell them you quit,
but in my book,
it isn't official
until you look up there...
and tell Thunder himself.
You know it's true, Reverend.
You're right. I can't do it.
I didn't think so.
Lord have mercy.
Let's see a show of hands.
How many want Roscoe to
stay? MAN 1: I do. I do right here.
We all want the
Reverend to stay.
We love you, Reverend.
Roscoe...
I apologize.
I was afraid.
I still am.
But as far as we're concerned,
you are the spiritual
leader of this church
for as long as you wanna be.
Please...
reconsider.
Come on, Reverend.
Thank you.
Reverend, let the Lord move you.
And when it comes
to standing tall,
your father would be so proud.
All right, Sonny
Kline and Gorman
were cellmates at Huntsville.
Sonny rented a farm
70 miles south of here
when he was paroled.
Way to go.
Alex, can you...? I
know. I know. I know.
"Alex, can you wake up a judge?"
Gorman.
Did everyone break
out the hankies
when Jones threw in the towel?
Nope. He's staying,
and stronger than
ever if you ask me.
Did he cancel the benefit?
Nope, and with all
the support he has,
they'll have that
church rebuilt in no time.
What I wanna know is if we
can't whip one dumb nigger,
how the hell we gonna
take the whole country back?
Yeah, Gorman. How?
Seems I'm gonna have to have
another chat with Pastor Jones,
this time about the crucifixion.
Everyone gather round.
Tonight, the very public
death of Pastor Jones
will serve as a call to arms
which cannot be ignored.
Aha. Ha-ha-ha!
Oh, boy, that smells good.
Bring it right on in here.
Ha-ha. We got it here.
Check, check one.
That's not the way you do it.
There's nothing worse
than a cross that fizzles out.
Read the manual.
If you do it right,
it'll take a hurricane
to blow out the flames.
Now, get on it. MAN: Yes, sir.
Sure was a long way out here.
But it wasn't a wasted trip.
Okay. Carlos, you
take out that guy.
Trivette, you take the
side. I'll take the back.
Heil Hitler.
Heil Hitler. Ungh!
Texas Rangers. Freeze!
Don't even think about it.
Don't move.
Put your weapons down slowly.
All right, all right, all right.
It's down, it's down.
You-all got enough here
to outfit a small army.
Backup's here.
You think it's the one that
killed Rodney Summers?
Same caliber.
Wonder where Gorman is.
That's a good question.
Oh, this is wonderful.
Thank you for
showing up tonight.
For a worthy cause.
For a worthy cause.
Oh, Ben, the
way it's pouring in,
you'll be up and
running in no time.
Thank you, Roscoe.
I don't know what to say.
How about "hallelujah"?
Hallelujah. Ha-ha-ha!
Ladies... Come on.
Ladies... Ladies and gentlemen,
let's put our hands together
and give a nice,
warm Texas welcome
to our friend indeed
in our time of need,
Collin Raye.
♪ Well, the note said
You've had time ♪
♪ To think about it ♪
♪ Looks like to me ♪
♪ You're feeli"
Kind of crowded ♪
♪ You're not lookin' for
Anything permanent here ♪
♪ So my Rodeo's packed
And it's in goodbye gear ♪
♪ So I shot down To
the Longhorn Diner ♪
♪ Her sister works there and
She'd know where to find her ♪
♪ She said "You did
not Hear this from me" ♪
♪ "All I'll say is Mama's got
That place out in Monterey" ♪
♪ Oh, how fast can I go? ♪
♪ Gotta catch That
little red Rodeo ♪
♪ She drove off with my
heart I've gotta let her know ♪
♪ Need the girl In
that little red Rodeo ♪
♪ Texas plates ♪
♪ Candy-apple red Rodeo ♪
♪ Two towns back I
showed your photograph ♪
♪ And the gas station man
Just started to laugh... ♪
Trent, what's up?
Maybe nothing.
Yeah, there's been a
lot of that here lately.
♪ Boy, just follow
that cloud of dust ♪
♪ Oh, how fast can I go...? ♪
Good evening, Pastor Jones.
Now, look what we saw
burning bright in your front yard.
We were passing
by when we saw it.
Yeah, out for a walk.
Gee, wonder who
could have put it there.
Get everybody back
inside, please. Now. Hurry.
I'm not going anywhere, Roscoe.
- None of us are.
We're with you,
and so is the Lord.
Well, I'm with the Lord, but
I'm gonna get us some backup.
Okay. Let's see if we
can go reach Walker.
Roscoe, you're the one
who should go back inside.
This is my mess, and
I'm gonna clean it up.
To many, you know,
the cross represents
a symbol of salvation and
sacrifice and God's mercy.
Yes, it does.
For others,
it has become a
symbol of pure hate.
But tonight, on this lawn,
this is nothing but a
piece of burning wood,
and we're not gonna give
the devil a foothold here.
Not tonight, we're not.
So, what are you gonna do to us,
beat us with your chains
and your baseball bats?
It wouldn't matter.
You'd all just stand
there and take it.
Your leader
admires Adolf Hitler,
a man who destroyed his country,
murdered millions
of people and then
committed suicide.
The man I admire
is Jesus Christ,
who brought light into
the heart of darkness
and died for us all.
Come on, Stan. Let's get to it.
Yeah, let's split some
skulls before the cops come.
Come on, let's put an
end to this nigger right now.
You're a fake...
and I'm gonna prove
it right here, right now.
Trent, no. No.
Trent. Stay put, now.
Trent, stay put, stay put.
You know, Gorman, you're
really beginning to annoy me.
So?
You're all pious cowards
hiding behind your Jesus.
And the meek shall
inherit the earth.
What a crock.
You know, this
eye-for-an-eye stuff,
maybe its time has come.
Yes. GORMAN: Go ahead.
Hypocrite.
No blow I strike
can equal the pain
you're gonna suffer
on Judgment Day.
I'm gonna leave
the eye for an eye
in the master's hands.
Kill 'em all!
Boy, am I glad you
got here, Cordell.
Carlos, let's read
them their rights.
My pleasure.
This is one hate group
that's out of business.
Yeah, one.
Walker, how...?
You're asking the
wrong guy, Trivette.
♪ '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 ♪