Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 7, Episode 2 - Trackdown - full transcript

Well, folks,

it's another triple-digit
day here in Dallas,

so y'all just keep your
air conditioners on,

and here's a little something

to take the heat off
those high electricity bills.

♪ Like a cool breeze ♪

♪ Blowin' through the trees ♪

Now, Walker, I
don't need to tell you

that the market's been a
little volatile lately, right?

That's right, Trivette.
You don't have to tell me.

Real estate's coming back,

but I'm beginning to feel like
I'm six months behind the curve.

How about a year?

No. I'm serious.

So am I, Trivette,
and the answer is no.

You don't even know
what my idea is here.

Trivette, I have finally
saved a little money

from the last investment
you got me into,

so I don't want
to hear about it.

Hector, what are you doing here?

I got fired, that's what.

Fired?

For stealing. But you didn't.

Of course I didn't,

but Dunbar says if I make noise,

he'll take it to the police.

I can't let him
get away with this.

Hector, where are you going?

I'm gonna get my
money from Dunbar.

I got fired.

That's okay,
baby. We'll make it.

We got no food,
no money, no jobs.

I can ask my uncle... No.

I don't take any handouts,
Carmen. You know that.

I thought I told
you you were fired.

I came for my pay, Mr. Dunbar.

You stole from me, boy.

I never stole anything,
and you know it.

Are you calling me a liar?

I'm not calling you
nothing, all right?

I just want what you owe me.

Why don't you
just go on welfare?

Look, you owe me two weeks' pay.

Yeah.

Drag his little butt outta here.

Oh!

You tell him when he wakes up,

I took $480 for two weeks' work.

Come on, man. Come on. Dunbar.

Dunbar?

Walker... Trivette, no, no, no.

Listen, Walker... No,
Trivette. You... No.

Attention, all units.

There's been a 211 reported
at Stratton Auto Parts,

25th and Central.

Suspect was last seen
headed west on Central

in a blue Chevy Malibu
with a broken taillight.

We're on Central.

There he is.

This is Rangers
Walker and Trivette.

Subject sighted west on Fraser.

My, oh, my.

Stay back. Get back.

Are they...? Are they all right?

Take it easy.

The lady and the
baby, are they all right?

Yeah. They're fine.

I'll get a paramedic.

Okay. Just take it
easy. You'll be okay.

♪ 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 ♪

Penny for your thoughts.

Hi. Hi.

I was just thinking about

when I was lying
in that hospital bed,

that I need to do
something more with my life.

Like what?

Like give something back.

All I do is put
people behind bars.

What about all the victims?

What about all the
people that really need help

and they have no
way of getting it?

Hm.

What is it you wanna do?

I want to open up

a nonprofit center
for the needy,

with legal aid,
daycare, job placement.

Hm.

Do you plan on
quitting the D.A.'s office?

No. I mean, I don't wanna quit.

I just wanna do more.

Well, I think if you
wanna do more,

then you should do more.

I knew I'd have your support.

WOMAN: Miss Cahill,

Carlos Sandoval
is here to see you.

Uh, send him in.

We're in the office. Stop it.

Hi, Walker. WALKER: Hey, Carlos.

Alex, I'm sorry to bother
you, but I need a favor.

What is it?

Can you check on a
Hector Lopez for me?

He was picked up this morning.

Yeah, I picked him up.
Why are you interested?

He's my niece's husband.
I just talked to him.

He says he worked
at Stratton Auto Parts

for two weeks and...

when it came time to get paid,

the boss accused
him of stealing.

Well, did he press charges?

No. See, this boss of his
accuses him of stealing

and then says that if he
raises a ruckus about it,

that he'll go to the cops.

So, Hector winds up
going back down there,

knocking the guy out

and taking what he
says he was owed.

That's when you arrested him.

Hm.

Alex, will you check with
the prosecuting attorney?

Find out what he plans on doing.

No problem. I'll see
what I can find out.

Excuse me.

He's a good kid, Walker.

You know, I mean,
he was too young

when he married my
niece, but he's a hard worker.

He won't go on welfare.
He won't take food stamps.

Won't even take help from me.

Let's go talk to your niece.

I know you were against the
marriage from the beginning.

You just don't like him.

No. You two were just so young.

Well, maybe we were,
Carlos, but I love him so much,

and he's never been in
trouble a day in his life,

although he could've been, easy.

How's that?

Just on account of
where he came from.

No mother or father.
At least, no one around.

She's right, Walker. I mean,
the kid has a lot of pride

and he's tried hard to make
a better life for his family.

You see, Hector has this idea
of the way things should be,

of how he's gonna give our baby

all the things he never had.

I mean, not just money,
but time, love and attention.

Whatever Hector did,
he didn't do it for himself,

he did it for us, he
did it for our family.

Shh.

Walker, Carlos.

I talked to the D.A. that's
handling Hector's case.

He called it a slam dunk

for armed robbery and
assault with a deadly weapon.

What deadly weapon?

He said he had a gun.

I didn't find a gun in the car.

Well, Hector's boss
swears he had a gun,

and has two witnesses
to back him up,

so unless you come
up with something solid

on Hector's behalf,

he could be
looking at hard time.

Thanks, Alex.

Sure.

What do you want?

I wanna hear your
side of the story.

I told Carlos.

I wanna hear it from you.

The truth? Someone like me
takes money from a guy like Dunbar,

the truth is whatever
the man says it is.

Hector, why don't you just
tell Walker what happened?

My buddies told me
not to mess with Dunbar.

They said he'd burn me
just like he did the others.

Burn you? How?

By getting me to work,
then come payday,

fire me for stealing.

That's his game.

I never stole
anything in my life.

Before this, anyway.

Did you go there with the
intention of robbing him?

No. Carlos, I swear it.

I went there to
ask for my money,

the money he owed me,
and I was cool about it.

What does he do? Knocks me down.

He hit you? Yeah,
Mr. Heavyweight

sucker punched me,

so I clocked him
with the bottle.

He crashed into the
counter, went out like a light.

I took exactly what he
owed me and booked.

He said you had a gun.

What? No gun, Carlos.
I don't mess with guns.

You know Carmen wouldn't let
me have a gun even if I wanted one.

Dunbar lied about that just
like he lies about everything.

Thanks, Hector.

And although you have no
prior criminal record, Mr. Lopez,

I am forced by
the letter of the law.

I hereby sentence you

to one year in Denton
minimum-security prison,

three years' probation

and 200 hours of
community service.

The court is adjourned.

Hector!

Don't cry, baby.
Don't cry. Hector!

Okay, let's go, boys.

Better get along.

All right,
gentlemen, let's do it.

Welcome to Denton Prison,
gentlemen. Move inside.

All right, you lead them in.

Wilson, aggravated
assault, three years.

Delgado, grand
theft auto, two years.

Ryan, embezzling, four years.

Lopez, armed robbery, one year?

Ha. Judge Woodworth must
be getting soft in his old age.

You're lucky, Hector.

All right, girls, listen up,

my name is Kelton

and I'm gonna tell you
something right now.

I don't give a damn
how you do your time.

If you screw up,

you'll wish you'd never met me.

I said you're fired.

You're pretty good at
sucker punching people,

aren't you, Dunbar?

Hey, don't mess with me, buster.

I was a pro boxer.

Is that a fact?

Yeah.

Well, I tell you what.

I'll let you throw
the first punch.

And that was two
punches, Dunbar.

You must have
been a lousy fighter.

I'm gonna smash your face.

I'm gonna break your head.

I'm gonna hit you so hard,

your children are gonna
be born with a headache.

It's too bad you can't fight
as well as you can talk.

So how's that wife
and kid of yours?

They're hanging in there.

Oh, Eddie, I love them so much.

Oh. Ho-ho.

Aw, that's... Listen, um,

that Texas Ranger you
were telling me about,

uh, what's his name?

Walker. Walker, yeah.

Is he still pushing to
get you out of here?

Yeah. He turned out to
be a really good friend.

Good. You see, what
I was thinking was, uh,

after you're out,
maybe you could tell him

about some of the stuff

that Kelton and the
other guards are pulling.

You know, the drugs,
the numbers, the beatings.

Today I saw
Kelton... Look, Eddie...

Eddie, I told you, I
don't wanna know about

any of that stuff, all right?

But it's not right, man.

Somebody's gotta stop Kelton.

It doesn't concern me, okay?

I'm gonna be out
of here real soon,

and I don't want
Kelton or that stuff

to get in the way of that.

I'm sorry, Eddie.
I'm sorry, all right?

You guys wanted to see me?

Yeah. We busted Dunbar today.

His two witnesses
changed their story real fast.

That's great.

And Hector's being released.

Today?

Mm-hm.

And we thought you'd
like to tell Carmen.

Thanks, guys. Thanks a lot.

Hey, man, you got the money?

Looks like he likes
the drugs a lot.

We got this guy hooked.

It was a good week.

More like these, we'll
retire sooner than later.

Hey, keep up the good work, huh?

Thanks, Paul.

Oh, hey... Hey. I'm
sorry, boss. I'm sorry.

Watch it, will you?

Pay attention. You'll
get out of here quicker.

Got your book, Kelton.

Walker, I'm so excited.
It's my dream coming true.

Thank you for helping me
out with the down payment.

Glad to help out.

Now I just gotta come
up with a name for it.

Well, whatever you come up
with, I'm sure it will be great.

You know, I just
wanna help our people.

Help our people.

Help our people.

H-O-P.

How about Help Our People
Excel, H-O-P-E, "HOPE"?

That's brilliant. Oh!

Mwah.

You are so smart.

I have my moments.

Yes, you do have your
moments, don't you?

Hey, Hector.

There you are.

I was worried I wouldn't get
a chance to say good-bye.

Yeah, you're heading out, huh?

In about an hour. Hey, great.

Hey, listen, I got
something for you,

sort of a going-away present.

Oh, yeah? What's that?

It's Kelton's book.

It's the one that he keeps
track of all of his drug deals in.

I... I don't want
any part of that.

I know. That's what
makes it so perfect.

You're getting out of here.
Kelton can't touch you.

But if you go and give this
to your... Your Ranger friend,

he can fry Kelton
once and for all.

Make it a hell of
a lot better for...

For us stiffs who've
still got time to do.

Here. Come on, take it.

I don't know, Eddie. I
don't know, all right?

Hey, listen, kid, I never
pushed you before,

because I didn't wanna risk

getting you on
Kelton's bad side,

and I... I didn't want to blow
your chances for an early out,

but now you are getting out.

No one needs to know
where this came from.

Just get it to the
right people, that's all.

Please, take it.

Please. Come
on, take it, please.

Good boy.

You're a good lad, Hector.

Who knows?

I might even get a chance
to see you on the outside.

Good luck.

Come here, Eddie.
I wanna talk to you.

Eddie, where's my book?

What book? Where's my book?

Yeah? I don't know.

Where is it, Eddie?

Get out of the way!

Move it!

Hey!

Hey, hold up there.

Problem at the west gate.

We got an escapee
in a bakery truck.

Repeat, escapee
in a bakery truck.

Bastard.

Let's go. Move it, men.

All right, you better stay here
till I find out what's going on.

Careful.

Excuse me, do you know
where I can find the warden?

Well, you found
him. Who are you?

Uh, Detective Sandoval, D.P.D.

I was just down at the
prison to pick up my nephew

and they wouldn't give
me any information.

They just told me to come
down here and talk to you.

What's your nephew's name?

Lopez. Hector Lopez.

Yeah, well, I hate to
tell you this, detective,

but Lopez killed a man
this morning in the yard.

Killed a man? What, Hector?

And then he escaped.

Commandeered that
truck and ran the gates.

We'll catch him, though.

My chief guard Kelton's
never had one get away.

This doesn't make any sense.
He was getting out today.

I don't know what to tell
you, detective. He's gone.

Let me go with them, warden.

He'll listen to me.

All right, son.

Thanks.

What is it?

They're saying Hector escaped.

No. Why?

I don't know why.
Now, I'm gonna find out.

Call Walker. Tell
him what happened.

One word for you, Walker.

What?

Emus.

Emu?

Son of a...

Emu?

Yeah. Emu ranches.

Big birds, really
tasty big birds,

low in fat, meat of the future.

Are you talking
as an investment?

Yeah. No.

No.

Why? No.

Yeah. Trivette.

Wait. Yeah, he's right here.

Carmen Lopez. There's a problem.

Yeah, Carmen.

When?

Okay, I'll be right there.

Can you finish up? Yeah.

Absolutely.

Uh... Walker, hey.

No, Trivette.

Man...

I love you both so much.

Let's go. Let's go.
You got it? You got it?

All right, let's go. They
got his scent, captain.

Get them on that trail.

Go, go, go.

More over here.

Come on.

Let's go.

Hey, hey.

Warden?

Just taking two men with you?

Hell, that's all I need to
catch a punk like Lopez.

Well, you got a third now.
This is Detective Sandoval.

He'll be riding with you.

I don't want him
riding with me, warden.

Look, Kelton, I'm
in charge here,

and I say he's riding with you.

He knows Lopez.
Maybe he can talk him in.

Get him a horse.

You can ride a horse, can't you?

Look how big you are.

Nose down, now. Track
him. Track him, now.

Nose down. Track him.

What the hell you
doing here, anyway?

I mean, what's this guy to you?

That's my business.

Yeah, well, catching
escaped prisoners is mine.

Captain, there he is.

Hey, hey, hey, put
your guns away!

Put it down. There will
be no shooting here.

What are you talking about?

I'm here to bring that
prisoner back alive,

and that's what we're gonna do.

All right. Go talk to him.

Put it down. Come on.

Hyah.

Hector! Hector, it's me, Carlos!

Captain, what are you doing?

That kid's gonna spill his guts.

You worry too much.

Slow down. Whoa.

Hector!

Hector, it's me, Carlos! Hector!

They're gonna kill me.

They're gonna kill
me. Hector, stop it.

No one's gonna kill you!

Kelton is. I saw him stab Eddie.

They were coming after
me. That's why I ran.

Oh, my God. Carlos!

Carlos. Carlos!

Carlos. Carlos.

Carlos?

Hector... Oh, thank God.

Move!

I can't believe it.

I hit him.

You seen it, right?

Yeah.

Dogs.

Find them.

Come on, nose down, nose down.

Go. Let's go. Let's go.

Why did Kelton kill Eddie?

Because of this.

Eddie gave it to me.

Kelton, Jackson and Peters

are running all sorts of drug
deals through the prisons.

Eddie says it proves
it. They killed him for it.

Oh, my God.

No word yet.

Ranger Walker, I'm so scared.

They should've been back by now.

Hello, Walker.

Hello, Jim. What's going on?

I don't know. I can't even raise

my chief guard,
Kelton, on the radio.

Where'd they go?

White Rock Mesa.

I know a back way
in. Can I get a horse?

You got it.

Hey, watch it.

Hey, come on.

Come on. Get him, boy.

Come on. Take us to them.

Over here.

Get him, boy.

I don't hear them anymore.

They're still coming, trust me.

They left the
stream here, captain.

You know, Hector, uh,

I know I've been, uh,
kind of hard on you

these past couple
of years and...

Maybe I deserved it.

Yeah, but, uh, I just
wanted you to know

that I'm really proud of you

for trying to do
the right thing.

Thanks, Carlos. Thanks a lot.

Oh, man, you were
right. They're still coming.

Find them, find them.

Find them. Come on.

We're close, captain.

Don't move.

You okay?

Now I've seen everything.

Look, am I glad to see you.

What's going on, Carlos?

Some of the guards are
running a drug ring in the prison.

They killed an inmate
who had the proof

and pinned it on Hector.

What proof?

Well, it's right here.

Are they the ones chasing you?

Yep.

Where are you going?

Be right back.

You all right?

Did you see that?

Yeah.

What is that?

Something to stop the dogs.

Go get them. Hey.

Hey, I hear them.

They're getting
pretty close. Yeah.

Okay, let's get out of here.

All right. Right.

Nose down, nose down.

Hey.

Find him, Zeke. Come on.

What the hell is
going on, Jones?

I don't know, captain.

What is it?

Some kind of
pollen or something.

Strong. Like sneezing powder.

Can they track? JONES: No way.

I gotta get them out of here.

Come on.

Come with me.

What are we gonna
do now, captain?

We don't need them.

They're close. I can feel it.

Okay, Hector, get on the
horse and get out of here.

What are you guys gonna do?

Take care of these guys.

Go on. Get out of here.

Come on.

What happened?

Oh, I got lucky.

Here. Take mine.

What are you gonna use?

No, never mind.

Don't even think about it!

Watch out, Carlos!

Ah!

Thanks.

I owed you one.

Thanks.

You bet.

Well, you don't take orders
very well, do you, Hector?

No.

Thank God he doesn't.

Look, all I know is, I'm hungry.

I hear you.

Due to the circumstances,

the judge has dropped
all the charges, Hector.

We can't thank you
enough for all your help

and just believing in me.

Oh, it was my pleasure.

To celebrate Hector's release,

we've got you
something real special,

partner. All right.

Emu burgers.

Emu burgers? Yeah.
Yeah, these are lean,

tasty, healthy, good for you.

Y'all need to think
about investing.

This is the meat
of the future, folks.

What's an emu?

It's a big bird,
Carlos. A big bird.

Bird burgers.

My partner and I, here,

we just invested quite
a little bit of money in it,

and, uh, we'd like to think,

well, we're getting
in on the ground floor.

Ground floor?

The emu market peaked
a couple of years ago.

Where have you guys been?

Are you sure?

Dadgum it!

Swore I'd never
listen to you again.

♪ '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 ♪