Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 7, Episode 11 - On the Border - full transcript

♪ Jumped out of
bed This morning ♪

♪ You were the first
thing On my mind ♪

♪ Put on your favorite dress ♪

♪ What I wore when you
saw me The very first time ♪

♪ People tell me I'm crazy ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been
down This road before ♪

♪ This is a brand-new feeling ♪
Whoa!

Sorry.

That's okay.

Jimmy, the object of the game

is to put this horseshoe
as close to this pin

as you possibly can.

I know that.

♪ Take my chances ♪

Oh!

Yay! Something
kind of like that.

I can do that.

Of course you can.

♪ ... take my chances ♪

Jimmy, would you
like to use my glasses?

♪ Here I go again ♪

♪ I'll take my chances ♪

Look out! Man 2:
Hey, clear the way!

Watch out!

Ha, ha, ha.

Oh... Oh... ♪ Take my chances ♪

Oy!

Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.

A pleasure.

♪ Take my chances ♪

All right.

Everybody back,
now. Clear the way.

All right, come on!

Well, one thing
we know for sure:

horseshoe's not your game.

It was my first time.

I know. It'll be the last
time that you be my partner.

You are such a sore
loser. It's just a game.

No, no, no.

In Baltimore it may be a game,

but down here in
Texas, it's a way of life.

Miss Cahill.

I'll see you in a
few minutes. Okay.

Practice, Jimmy.

Practice, practice, practice.
Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh...

What is it, Mrs. Rialto?

Good news. It's my son Andy.

Oh, the truck driver. Yes.

He's coming. He's
getting married.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Yes, I am so happy for him.

I only wish I could
give him a big party.

Well, you can.
We'll do it right here.

Really? Of course.

We'll decorate.
It'll be beautiful.

Oh, thank you, Miss Cahill.

Thank you. I can't wait
for you to meet my Andy.

He's such a good boy.

It's clean.

Okay.

Here you go, Andy.
Where you heading?

Over to El Paso.

You gonna have time to stop
off and see your girlfriend?

Just long enough to get
some food for the road.

Okay. Well, take care, Andy.

Yes, sir.

Mm.

Oh.

Oh, I hope I didn't mash
your sandwiches again.

Oh, who cares?
Every time I eat one,

I'll think how
they got that way.

Oh, Andy,

you've been working
so hard lately.

But it's worth it, Lupe.

One more long haul and we'll
have enough money put away

to move to Dallas
and get married.

Now I got to go. The
sooner I get started,

the sooner I get back.

Okay. Bye.

Bye.

I love you.

Yeah, we're standing by.

How much longer
will we be out here?

As long as it takes.

All right, here comes Andy.

Got it.

Let's take a look.

Come on down, Andy.

Heard you were in town, Andy.

Just passing through, sheriff.

Taking a load over to El Paso.

When you want to
make some real money?

One trip across
the border for me

is worth 15 times what
you'd get for anything else.

I know you and Lupe
are looking to get married.

Maybe it's time you grew up.

I told you before, sheriff.

I'm not gonna do
anything illegal.

And if you don't leave me alone,

I'm gonna go to the authorities.

Well, you've made your
point real clear there, son.

I guess there's, uh,

no more use in talking.

You have a good trip to El Paso.

Son, you said the wrong thing

to the wrong man.

♪ 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 ♪

I am so sorry about
your son, Mrs. Rialto.

My firstborn, killed
in a truck explosion.

Unfortunately,

there's a little bit
more to it than that.

According to the
sheriff's report,

Andy was carrying
illegal drugs...

No, that's not true.

Andy wasn't like
that. He's a good boy.

Andy was only 19 years old

when my husband died.

I was left all alone
to raise four children.

Andy was going to
college, but he quit

so he could go to
work as a truck driver

and support us.

He sent home money every week.

Five long years,
saving his pennies

so he could buy his own truck

and earn more for the family.

I don't know how we would
have survived without him.

It is a terrible tragedy.

Andy sounds like a boy

that any mother
would be proud of.

But drugs can poison
even the best of them.

I know my son, Miss Cahill.

Andy would never
involve himself with drugs.

Please, help me clear his name.

Miss Cahill, I don't have any
important friends or money.

I don't have anyone
to turn to but you.

Okay.

I'll see what I can find out.

Thank you, Miss Cahill.

Thank you.

Look, the kid was dealing drugs,

he got killed, end of story.

If you'd talked to
Andy's mother, C.D.,

you wouldn't be
so sure of yourself.

You know mothers, Alex.

You know, C.D.'s right, Alex.

No mother wants to believe

that her son is
dealing in drugs.

I know, Walker,

but you're the one that
always says trust your instincts.

Well, my instincts say that
there's something wrong here.

So, what are you gonna do?

I don't know.

All I know is that a week
before Andy was killed,

he wrote to his mother.
He said he had a girlfriend,

he was moving to Dallas,

and he was gonna get married.

Trouble is, he didn't
mention her name.

It was only a post card.

Well, let's go find her.

You'll go with me?

Sure.

Trivette and I both will.

Oh. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Well,

you didn't have anything
else to do, did you?

No.

Nothing.

That's what I was
talking about, Bob.

This is what I'm
looking for right here.

Hey, Paul. PAUL: Yeah?

We got two more M-88s coming

and we need to fit
the cal. ammunition

Okay, well, here's
the last case of that.

I'll get the 50-cal.

These look clean. MAN 2:
What about the grenades?

They're all ready, yeah.

All right, make sure

you work the action on each one.

I wanna make sure
they're lubricated.

What's up?

I'm on a case, trailing a
guy cheating on his wife.

Well, that might be a
rotten thing to do, Trent,

adultery's not a crime.

I know, I know. Come on.

Yeah, two more cases.

All right, that's all set.

Watch your back.

Here we go. TRENT:
The entire truck

is filled with guns
and ammunition.

Man, there's enough
firepower there to start a war.

I'll call for backup. No, no.

By the time they get here,

this truck is gonna
be long gone.

Okay, one more and that's it.

All right, come on.

All right, tie it
down and lock it up.

I want to be out of
here in two minutes.

John, follow me, will you?

Got the other cases coming.

Over here, guys.

Dallas Police! Freeze!

He's yours CARLOS: All right.

Get in the car!

Don't move!

Let him go.

You're making a
big mistake here.

Get... Get back.

Gotta hand it to you, Louie.

Picked a good one.

Doubt your wife knows the
first thing about handguns.

Your wife?

You didn't know?

Louie, I'm shocked.

Don't... Don't listen
to him, Monique.

He's lying to you, darling.

It's true. Ten years to a very
nice lady named Sheila and...

What is it, Louie, uh,
three beautiful kids?

It's two.

Two kids?

Oh, you dirty rotten...

You gonna tell my wife?

Oh, yeah.

Do me a favor.

Give her back the
gun, let her shoot me.

Adios, señor.

Adios.

Been real worried
about you, Lupe.

Andy being gone and all.

Things must be pretty
lonesome for you.

I've been thinking,

pretty thing like you could
make a passel more money

working at the roadhouse
out by the county line.

I could put in a
good word for you.

Yeah. The boys would
just love that, honey.

Pay top dollar too.

Hey, sheriff.

Look what's walking in.

Sheriff Bell?

I surely am.

Ranger Walker from Dallas,

my partner, Ranger Trivette,

and Assistant District
Attorney, Alex Cahill.

How do you do? Well, welcome.

It's good to have
you here in Mournful.

Not too often
illustrious folks like you

visit my little town.

You working on a case?
I can be of some help.

We're checking into
the death of Andy Rialto.

Well, that's a real sad
story there, Ranger.

That boy, he was hauling drugs.

Probably high on them too.

Crashed his truck out
near Mournful Bridge.

You ever find the body?

No, sir, we surely didn't.

The truck exploded before
when it went into the river

and I figured it blew
that poor boy to bits.

Do you have a report on this?

I surely do.

You come on down to the office.

I'll be glad to hunt
you up a copy.

Take care of Lupe there.

I've been sheriff of Mournful
going on 20 years now,

and I've seen some
things, that's for certain.

One thing I never could
get used to seeing, though,

was a good boy go bad.

We found this right
where Andy's rig went off.

It's crystal meth.

I warned Andy I was on to him,

but he wouldn't listen.

Okay. Thanks for
your time, sheriff.

No thanks required.

Always happy to
help a fellow lawman.

Sheriff, I got to
hand it to you.

You handled them Rangers
slicker than new corn

through an old goose,
but I gotta tell you,

I was sweating it
there for a minute.

Nothing to worry about.

No body, no autopsy.

No questions. End of story.

Sheriff Bell wasn't exaggerating

about the effects of
the explosion, huh?

Not enough left of
Andy's truck to fill a hat.

I'm certainly not looking
forward to going back

to face Andy's mother.

Not just yet, Alex.

You don't believe the sheriff?

Let's just say it
seems a little strange

that the sheriff only found

a small packet of drugs
in all that wreckage.

Yes, it does.

Let's go and talk to
some of those truckers.

We'd like to ask you
guys some questions.

What do you want to know?

We're looking for
some information

about this man, Andy Rialto.

Never heard of him.

This is the only trucking
garage in all of Mournful.

So he must've had some kind
of mechanical work done here.

Nope.

Can't help you.

Take a look at the picture.

Don't need to look.

Rangers don't cut it
here in Mournful, lady,

and that includes
assistant D.A.s too.

This is Sheriff
Bell's jurisdiction.

You just destroyed evidence,

and that's my jurisdiction.

So now you're gonna
have to tape it back together.

Like hell I will.

All right, why do I
always get the big guys?

Just lucky, I guess.

How did these guys know
I was an assistant D.A.?

There's only one way
they could have known.

Sheriff Bell? Yep.

Let's check around town,

see if anyone knows anything

about Andy Rialto.

I've never seen so many people

clam up so tight
in my entire life.

You get the feeling
that they're afraid?

Yep.

So let's go talk to
someone who isn't afraid.

Who?

Trivette, think about it.

Who around here
wouldn't be afraid?

Oh, yeah.

Who?

I have no idea.

Yeah, I know Andy Rialto.

Knew him, I mean.

Poor kid.

When was the last
time you saw him?

The day of the accident.

I checked out his rig myself.

Gave him a clean bill of
health, passed him through.

Sheriff's report said
he was carrying drugs.

Yeah.

Yeah, I heard that.

But you don't believe it?

I told you.

I checked him out myself.

When he came through
here, he was clean.

The sheriff also said
he might have been high

at the time of the accident.

On crystal meth.

That's bull.

Andy was the last
guy in the world

to get mixed up with
something like that.

Besides, like I said,
I checked him out.

If he'd been high on
something, I'd have noticed.

How often did he
come through here?

Couple of times a week.

He was a hard-working young man.

A real straight arrow.

Tell us about Mournful.

Well, rumor has it it's
a smuggler's paradise.

That's just rumor, of course.

No one's ever been
able to prove anything.

What can you tell
us about Sheriff Bell?

He's like the town.

Seems real pleasant
on the surface,

but underneath he's as tough
and as mean as they come.

Okay, thanks.

Our guests have overstayed
their welcome, deputy.

Yeah, don't you
worry about it, sheriff.

I know what to do.

All right, Carlos, what gives?

What? Why are you so adamant

about me going out
with this Leanne?

She's a nice girl.
You're a nice guy.

Uh, I thought you'd
make a nice couple.

I'm... I'm just trying
to be a good guy.

A good guy? Yeah.

All right, good guy,

what does this girl look like?

Uh... I don't know.
Uh... You don't know?

So this is a blind date.

No.

I would never do that to you.

Trent, no. Look. The
date is not until tonight.

Uh, they're gonna
be here any minute.

Wait a minute.
They're coming here?

Now?

Who's coming here now?

Carlos is trying to fix me up

with another blind date, C.D.

Well, maybe 15 will
be your lucky number.

Come on, C.D. It
hasn't been that many.

All right, Carlos,
what's going on?

I know you, man. We've
been friends a long time,

and I know when
you're trying to scam me,

so you have ten seconds
to come clean or I'm out.

All right, all right.

This Lisa is amazing.

I mean, she's the most
beautiful woman I've ever met,

and I finally talked to
her into going out with me

if I found a date
for her sister.

Oh, great. She's
gotta bribe people

into dating her sister. This...

No, no, Trent, come on.

You've gotta do
this for me, man.

I... I would...

I will owe you so
big time, you know.

I-I-I think this
Lisa is the one.

"The one"?

I'm sorry.

I could've sworn I
was talking to Carlos

"King of the three-day
relationship" Sandoval.

No, Trent, I am a changed man.

Really? Mm-hm.

Wait till you meet her. I
mean, she is amazing.

She's unlike any other
woman I've ever met.

You know, she's totally unique.

There she is.

Lisa.

Uh, Carlos, I'm Lisa.

I knew that. I was just teasing.

This is my sister Leanne.

Nice to meet you.

Well, nice to meet you.

I'd like to introduce you

to my best friend, Trent Malloy.

Hi, Trent. Hi. Hey.

Well, he's way cuter
than you said he was.

So, what's the plan?

Who are you calling?

Hey, Carlos told me
he loves to dance.

You love dancing?

Excuse me.

You should see him dance.

Shut up.

Hello.

Carlos, it's Walker.

Hey, Walker, what's
up? Are you busy?

Uh, not real busy.

Good.

I want you to meet
me in Mournful.

Right now?

Yeah. I've got a
chopper waiting for you

at the Ranger helipad.
All right, I'm on my way.

Uh, where should I meet you?

At the border crossing.

I'll fill you in when
you get there.

You got it.

So you like dancing?

Hm.

Well, we've got
about three hours.

Let's get something to eat.

Great.

Yeah, that's right.

Hey!

Hey, yeah, yeah, you.

Stay here, Alex.

Do they look scared yet?

What's on your mind?

Well, it's just that, uh,

Rangers just ain't
wanted in this town.

That's really sad,
isn't it, Ranger Walker?

Yes, it is, Ranger Trivette.

You know, everyone
wants to be wanted, right?

Yup.

Are you boys making fun of me?

Are we making fun of
him, Ranger Trivette?

I guess we are, Ranger Walker.

Well, you heard
him. I guess we are.

Why...

Feel better?

Do we feel better,
Ranger Trivette?

Yes, we do, Ranger Walker.

"Everyone wants to be wanted."

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, all right, all right.

Yeah, okay. Thanks.

What's the matter, sheriff?

Sam and his boys
got their butts kicked

into the next county
by those damn Rangers.

Well, what are we gonna do?

You meet George
at Mournful Bridge.

I'll take care of those
Rangers and that nosy D.A.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Oh!

I'm sorry. I'm... I'm
sorry. That's okay.

I'm sorry.

You know, guys,

it looks to me like
this Sheriff Bell

is more of a local crime boss

than he is the
sheriff of this town.

Probably nothing
happens around here

without him ordering
it or sanctioning it.

Well, look how
everyone ran scared

the minute we asked
anything about Andy.

Yeah.

Andy was probably killed

because he wouldn't do what
the sheriff wanted him to do.

Sure are a lot of
probablys around here.

So, what's our next move?

Well, I think it's time

that we lured the
wolf into the henhouse.

Trivette, let's get out to
the border and meet Carlos.

Okay.

Why don't you see if you
can find Andy's girlfriend?

Okay.

Oh, honey, I'll...
I'll get this one.

Where are the Rangers?

They left.

Are they coming back?

Later this evening.

Oh.

Excuse me.

Are you Andy
Rialto's girlfriend?

Yes.

What's your name?

Lupe Rodriguez.

Lupe, I'm Assistant
District Attorney Alex Cahill.

Is there something
that you'd like to tell me?

Can you come with me? Now?

Please? Sure.

So, what do you think?

We'll get one.

Hey, I think we
got something here!

Hey!

Hey! Hey, stop!

Take the wheel.

What? I said take the wheel.

What...?

Pull it over.

Keep looking, fellas.

And if you find that lady
D.A., you bring her in.

Oh, my God.

He was thrown into the
river by the explosion.

He made his way back to town.

I've been hiding him ever since.

Who is it, Lupe?
Oh, it's okay, Andy.

Relax. It's okay.

I brought someone
who can help us.

He needs to see a doctor.

But he wouldn't let me.

He said Sheriff Bell
planted the bomb in his truck

and the sheriff
runs this whole town.

Oh, God, I didn't
know what to do.

It's okay. Walker's
gonna be here soon.

We'll make a plan. We'll
figure out what to do.

I know exactly what to do.

He's late.

Well, something's wrong.

Let's go.

Who the hell are you?

Rico. George's second cousin
by marriage on his mother's side.

Uh, where's George?
Oh, he's real sick, amigo.

Bad guacamole. He asked
me to make the run for him.

Ain't nobody said anything to
me about anybody being sick.

Yeah, well, it was
real last-minute.

That's why I'm running late.

He told me my first stop
was the Mournful Bridge.

I got your order in the hull.

No, uh-uh.

No, I don't like this at all.

Well, neither do I.

You know, he told me I
was gonna meet the sheriff,

and you're not the sheriff.

Yeah, well, he's busy.

Well, then I guess we're
gonna have to trust each other.

I don't know about this.

Okay. Fine, fine. No.
Let's forget the whole thing.

Move your cars and,
uh, I'll be on my way.

No, no. Just hold up.

I'll... I'll take delivery.

Good. I'll take the payment.

Put the gun down, sheriff.

It's not like you're
in a position to use it.

I mean, you may think that you
can get away with killing them,

but how are you gonna
explain a dead district attorney?

Lady, you've only been
in Mournful for one day.

Maybe you don't know
how things work around here.

Oh, I have a pretty good idea.

Honey, you don't have any idea.

It's like the Good Book says:

Behold, and ye
shall see the light.

And in Mournful,

I'm the only light that counts
when it comes to beholding.

Right now, I'm beholding
this... Crystal meth amphetamine

in a quantity that would
constitute a felony.

And over there, I'm beholding a
notorious escaped drug dealer,

plus the drug
dealer's girlfriend,

who's up to no good herself.

And you: a courageous
assistant district attorney

who got onto this evil pair,

followed Lupe here, found Andy.

Them being drug crazies
and all, bullets do tend to fly.

Then they kill themselves
out of remorse?

Murder-suicide?

Come on, who's
gonna believe that?

Don't you worry your
pretty little head about that.

See, in Mournful, people
believe what I tell them to believe.

Take Andy over there.

Nobody questioned
the official report...

Hyah!

Come on, hey!

Get after her!

Check them out so that there's
no more misunderstandings, hm?

Mm-hm.

Yeah, I believe sheriff's
gonna be real pleased with that.

Well...

Well, here's your money.

That's 10 grand just like
George and the sheriff agreed on.

Ain't you gonna count that?

No. We'll just count it down

at the state attorney's office.

What are you
trying to pull, boy?

Nothing, except
you're all under arrest.

Ah!

Simms?

Come on, Simms. Let's go.

Simms? Simms?

Okay.

Come in, Simms.

Simms, pick it up, damn it.

You say anything wrong,

I'm gonna put a
big hurting on you.

Go ahead, sheriff.

Did you get the package?

Sure did.

Good. That D.A. gal
Cahill got away from us.

Get on back here
and help us catch her.

Tell him you'll be right there.

Right away, sheriff.

We got her now.

Get her.

Gotcha.

Come on, get her. Get up.

She went over the fence.

Ah! Ah!

Before I kill you,

I'm gonna make you pay for
all the trouble you've caused.

You okay?

I am now.

Could I get everybody
to stand, please?

We would like to toast
the bride and groom.

May you have a lifetime
of love and happiness.

Salud!

Salud!

Whoa. Heh. She is gorgeous.

Wait a minute.

What happened to Lisa?

Li... Oh, it didn't work out.

It didn't work out?

I thought you said
she was the one.

She was. She
was... the last one.

This one's the next one.

I gotta explain
everything to this guy.

♪ '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 ♪