Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001): Season 9, Episode 1 - Home of the Brave - full transcript

They stole my baby!

It was 30 minutes
ago, at most, rangers.

The child was in the nursery
waiting for her newborn tests.

I turned my back
for a few seconds,

and she was gone.

Same MO as last time.

"MO"? This has happened before?

Yes, Houston, Austin
and San Antonio.

They did the first job
in Dallas last week.

And weren't you notified
to be extra careful?

Yes, and we were.

I only looked away a second.

Yeah, Trivette.

Sydney and Gage were just
contacted by the kidnappers.

Let's go.

You almost ready over there?

Well, considering this is
the fastest sting operation

Walker's ever had
us put together,

and I'm not exactly
an electronics expert,

yeah, I guess I'm ready.

Show time. All right.

Mr. Drake?

Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth? Yes.

I'm here about the delivery.

Right, right, absolutely.

Right this way. Thank you.

Right here.

$100,000 cash,

just like we agreed. Very good.

Do you have the...? One second.

Bring it in.

Honey, look.

May I hold her? Gladly.

Well...

I cannot tell you how
much we appreciate this.

Thank you so much.

Just remember, when we're gone,

you forget all about us.

Right. Okay.

Is she okay?

Yeah, she's fine. All right,

let's go get these knuckleheads.

Gage, you know
what? You're a big guy.

I think you can handle them

all by yourself. What?

Who's going to watch the baby?

Uh, yeah, well, okay.

You're unbelievable,
you know that?

Excuse me.

Actually, there
was one more thing.

You see,

I'm a Texas Ranger,
and you're all under arrest.

I'll get the girl.

You're under arrest.

Put them down!

Put them down!

You guys having a good time?

Don't trouble yourselves.

Sit down. You believe that?

He tried to hit me
with my glasses on.

Well, this little
tyke is fit as a fiddle.

Parents back at the hospital

sure are going to
be glad to see her.

Let's go.

You know, you can take
those glasses off now.

What are you talking
about? I like these.

They make me look
kind of... intelligent.

I'm not sure anything
could do that.

Come here!

Stop it!

Stop it, please!

You ready to move
out now, mister?

Yes, yes! We'll do
it! We'll move out!

Just please, stop
hitting him, please.

No, we won't!

You can't kick me out!

This is my home!

Oh, really?

Not anymore, my friend.

Leave my daddy alone!

Hello, Tiger.

Hold your kid, all right?

I'm not finished with you yet.

Come here. Daddy! Daddy!

Stop it!

I'm from the Tarrant
County DA's office.

Now, let that man go.

The DA's here. You're saved.

I said stop it!

Oh, I stopped, all right.

Sister, I'm going to
teach you how to...

Sister, I'm going to teach you

how to mind your own business.

♪ 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 going to see ♪

♪ When you're in
Texas, look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where
the ranger's going to be. ♪

Hold it, fella!

Give me the gun, old geezer.

All right... Where
would you like it?

Leg?

Belly? Or somewheres in between?

You're going to
regret you did this.

No, you're going to
regret you did this.

Mrs. Norton, call the police.

You know what I can't understand

is why would Fowler
send some thug

to threaten his tenants the
day before his own hearing?

You said the hearing tomorrow

is because Fowler wants
his building condemned.

It's rent-controlled.

He wants to tear it down

and put up a shopping
mall in its place.

Looks to me like
Fowler doesn't believe

he's going to win
this hearing tomorrow.

So, he's threatening the
tenants to get them out of there.

Now I remember
why I married you.

Checkmate.

How'd it go?

They won't give
up the ringleader.

Walker, we can't get Drake

or any of the others to crack.

I may know a way.

Here's what I want you to do.

Now what?

You ever heard the
term "short eyes"?

"Short eyes"? Yeah,
yeah, you know,

guys who have a
thing for little kids.

What's that got to do with me?

Well, we thought you should know

that guys who get
that jacket in prison

don't last very long.

So? I didn't touch any kid.

Oh, we know.

It was a baby. That's sick.

What are you talking about?

I didn't do anything.

Tell that to your cell
buddies at Huntsville.

Yeah, I'm sure they'll
probably understand.

Understand what?

We're going to
leak the information

in that folder to the prison.

Yeah, then what?

Then I wouldn't want
to be in your shoes.

You can't do this.

We already did.

Okay, wait, wait.

I'll tell you where they are.

I can't believe
they let that man go

after what he did
to you and John.

He's out on bail.

He's still going
to be prosecuted.

Now, let's concentrate
on this hearing.

Do you really think this
is going to work, Alex?

Yes, I do.

I sure hope so. Walker.

I'd like you to meet the people

I was telling you about.

This is John Marshfield.

How do you do? His wife, Erin.

Hi. And their son J.J.

Hi, J.J. I'm going to be

a policeman someday.

Well, I'll bet you'll
make a good one, too.

Well, let's go in.

Good luck. Thank you.

Yes, Your Honor, I inspected

the Camden Arms six months
ago, and it was up to code.

Speculation, Your Honor.

It's been half a year

since this man has
even seen the building.

He's got no idea how
much it's decayed.

Couldn't have decayed that much.

Says you; Your Honor,

the findings in our
independent study

completely disagree
with what this man says.

All right.

Enough.

You may step down.

Now, before I rule
on the possible

condemnation of this property,

are there any other
statements to hear?

If it pleases Your Honor,

the District Attorney's office

has an opinion
about this matter.

Step forward.

The DA's office has
recorded over 30 complaints

filed by the residents
of the Camden Arms

apartments against

Mr. Fowler and his associates.

Objection, Your
Honor. Relevance?

Overruled, Mr. Plumb. Go on.

We have found on
Mr. Fowler's part,

a pattern of action
that seeks to make

the Camden Arms unlivable.

Speculation again.

Overruled again.

Everything from
delays on repairs

to physical threats
against the tenants.

None of that's been proven.

Yesterday, I went
to the Camden Arms

to take depositions
for this very hearing.

One of Mr. Fowler's men

assaulted both myself
and another tenant,

Mr. John Marshfield.

My office is bringing
up criminal charges

against Mr. Fowler
on these crimes

and others. Your Honor,

just because some hooligan

uses Mr. Fowler's name

doesn't mean they're
working for him.

No, but your client is currently
requesting the demolition

of the Camden Arms,

which is where all these
complaints originated.

It's his property.

It deserves to come down.

Hmm.

Not from what I've seen

in your independent
study, Mr. Plonk,

not from what I've
heard in evidence today,

and not until the
criminal accusations

facing your client are resolved.

Mr. Fowler, I'm
denying your request,

and you are hereby ordered

to cease and desist

all preparation
for the demolition

of Camden Arms until
this court states otherwise.

Thank you, Your Honor.

It's not over yet. You're right.

It's over when you're
in jail where you belong.

All right, the hotel staff says

they're upstairs
in the penthouse.

Any babies up there?

No.

Okay, you guys
take the elevators.

We'll take the stairwell.

All right.

I just found out

where Drake, Al, and Hilary
have been since yesterday.

Where?

Ranger custody.

Grab that cash.

All right, we're moving, now.

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

Uh-huh.

Split up.

Hank and Mark, come with me.

This way.

Going somewhere?

Hey!

Texas Rangers!

Ow!

You okay?

Yeah... Two and a
half years, $20 million,

and I can't get a
bunch of degenerates

off the land.

I need to build
it. I'm gonna get

that building torn down.

No idiotic judge
is gonna stop me.

What about you, Plonk?

You got any ideas?

You got a big piece of this.

Well, the Camden
Arms is pretty old.

And sometimes things happen

to an old building that make
it as good as demolished.

City permit or no.

Such as?

Wires break, pipes crack.

Who knows?

Maybe the boiler explodes.

Yeah, that's right.

Accidents happen all the time.

You know what to do.

Hey, here she is, our
guest of honor! Alex!

Well, thank you,

but the honor goes to all of you

for being so brave

and standing up
to Gordon Fowler.

I think after today's hearing,

he's going to realize

that you're all in
your homes to stay,

and there is nothing
he can do about it. Right.

That's right. MAN: Yeah.

Well, Walker, you were right.

All the sales
records were stashed

in the briefcases.

Now we have the names

and addresses of every

single family that
bought a child.

And Child Protective
Services says it'll be less

than a day before
they're all reunited

with their real parents.

Good.

Yeah, Trivette.

Yeah, he's right here.

Alex.

Hi.

Sure, we can stop by there.

Okay, see you in a few minutes.

Alex wants us to stop
by the Camden Arms.

Okay, we'll finish up
here and meet you

back at headquarters.

Wait up, Skip.

Skip! Skip!

I know where you're going.

Skip!

Skip.

Skip, where are you?

Hey, kid, come here!

Hey, kid!

Open the door.

Little brat!

Great party. Thanks, John.

You all take care.

All right, we'll see ya.

Okay. Thank you...
Wonderful party.

Do you know where J.J. is?

Walker gave him a souvenir.

Oh. I just saw him run out

in the hallway with Skip.

Let me go get him.

No, I'll go get him.

Mom!

Dad!

J.J.?

Mom!

Dad!

Boom.

Alex!

Alex!

Alex?

Alex!

Walker, she's not here.

She's still inside.

What's the status of that gas
and electricity? They're all off, sir.

Go tell them to get those people

out of there now.

We don't know how much longer

that building's gonna stay up.

Yes, sir.

Hey, Walker, where you going?

It's too dangerous in there.

My wife's still inside.

You know where?

I think the third floor.

Help! Help!

Get a ladder up there!

Let's go! Help!

I can't down! Please help me!

You guys go get patched up.

Help! Somebody, help me!

We'll find your wife, Walker.

Someone please help me, please!

Help!

Somebody help!
Somebody help me, please!

Help!

You all right?

Get him out of here.

You gonna wait?

No one here.

Next flight.

Second floor.

All right.

Over here.

Here?

Yeah.

Oh, we got you.

My wife.

My wife.

Help, please my wife.

I'm okay.

Got her? Yeah.

Okay, here we go... Anything?

Not yet.

We've got two here.

Get them out of here.

I need a back board.

Yes, sir, Lieutenant.

Check the other room.

My son, oh, my son.

We'll find your son, ma'am.

Good job.

Check those tenants.

Right here, lady.

Just take your time.

Take it easy.

That's a good girl.

All right.

Here you go.

Right here. Watch your back.

Hold still.

You're gonna be okay.

Watch it now.

Alex!

Oh... Oh... Let's
get her out of here.

All right, all right,
everybody back, back, back!

Back, everybody back!

I want my mommy!

Less than half an hour ago,

residents of the
Camden Arms Apartments

were rocked by a blast

that devastated lower floors

and put the entire building
on the verge of collapse.

Hey, Holt, come over here.

What happened?

It was supposed to collapse.

Well, well, well.

That building's
sturdier than I figured.

They don't make
'em like that anymore.

Do you think someone could
spot a piece of your device in there?

I put it together with chemicals

that cancel each
other out after the blast.

All that's left in
there is dust, salt

and a little phosphorus
that's practically untraceable.

Practically?

Did anyone spot you?

Just a kid.

But I left him at
the bottom, all right?

All right. Let's go.

We're going over there.

I own the building.

If I stay here,
someone will think

I'm trying to hide something.

Let's go!

Authorities are still unsure
of the cause of the blast,

but right now their main
concern isn't how this happened.

It's how to get to the
remaining people inside

before the building
completely collapses.

J.J.! J.J.!

I-I'll find him.

I'll find him.

This is a mess, huh?

I'm so sorry. Excuse
me, ma'am, excuse me.

Are you okay?

What happened?

We haven't found out yet.

Captain, according
to the resident list,

we've got 36
accounted for out of 37.

So who's the one missing?

J.J.! J.J.!

Where are you, J.J.?!

My-my only son, my
son. I can't find my son.

I've looked everywhere for him.

Oh, my God, he's still inside!

Erin, Erin... Oh, please,
you've got to get him out!

Erin, we'll find him.

Oh, God, please
let him be alive!

Ma'am, we've checked every
apartment up there. He's, uh...

Uh, the-the basement.

He likes to play
in the basement.

I'll take a team
down there, Captain.

Keep going!

Here we go.

Come on! Let's move!

Hurry! Go, go, go!

Back it up, back it up!

I've got you, buddy.

Captain, it's bad in there.

The ceiling's coming down on us.

All right, close this side off.

Nobody goes back in.

No! No! It's just too dangerous.

Erin... My baby!

You can't go there.

Please, please... no, my baby...

Someone please save my son!

Walker!

Where we headed?

The basement.

This way!

Excuse me.

God.

What happened here?

In the aftermath of the
Camden Arms collapse,

32 people have been found alive.

Four residents
have died and one...

Eight-year-old J.J.
Marshfield... Is unaccounted for.

He's believed to be
still inside the building.

This is Karen Borta, reporting
from the Camden Arms Apartments.

You've got to go back in there.

It's sealed off, ma'am.

We'll find him. We'll find him.

Need the other two around back.

I couldn't find Walker anywhere.

Yeah, we can't
find Trivette, either.

Oh, my God.

The boiler room.

Looks like the explosion
started from here.

A boiler exploding wouldn't
do this much damage.

He's all we have,
and if I lose him...

You're not going
to lose him, Erin.

Walker and Trivette
are going to find him.

I promise.

Trivette.

White phosphorus.

A bomb?

The dog.

Sounds like the dog's in here.

J.J.!

He's not breathing.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Oh, he's breathing.

All right.

He's trapped under this.

Let's try to lift it.

Ready? Go.

Try it again. Ready, go.

Let's find something
to move it with.

You know, there's a
mini high lift up top.

Captain Perez?

Captain Perez, do you read me?

The signal's blocked.

You go get it. I'll
stay with the boy.

I'm gonna take the dog.

Come here, come here.

I want my mommy!

Okay, J.J.

You'll be with your
mommy real soon.

Easy, son.

We'll be with her real soon.

Hey!

Skip!

We found your boy.

Yeah, he's fine. He's fine.

His leg's trapped under a beam.

We need a high
lift. Okay, go get it.

Walker's with him?

He's okay. Walker's okay.

This was done by a bomb.

A bomb?

I saw that guy

over there leave the building

just before the blast.

The guy in the green shirt.

We'll see what he has to say.

We're going with ya.

Yeah.

Let's go.

Just be calm, Mr. Fowler.

Everything's gonna be okay.

It better be, Ryan.

Mr. Fowler, we'd like a word

with you and your
associate here.

Certainly. About what?

About a bomb being
planted in this building.

A bomb?

Who would do such a thing?

Someone who stands
to profit from it, maybe?

Someone, uh... well,
like yourself, really.

Try to prove it.

Hold on a minute.

You guys aren't
going anywhere, okay?

Except to jail. That's
your new address.

Can you get these...?

Escort these fine
gentlemen downtown, will ya?

I saw a man down here.

He locked me in.

What was he doing?

He was putting
something on the boiler.

Would you recognize him?

Uh-huh.

He's the one who
came to my house

and hit my daddy.

This way!

Oh, my God!

Ranger Walker!

Ranger Trivette!

Jerry!

Oh, no.

Captain, do something.

Captain, we'd like to go inside.

Go on.

Ranger Walker!

Can you hear me?

Come on.

Stairwell's blocked.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Can you walk?

Yeah... Let's go.

You okay, J.J.?

I can move my leg again.

Hold on.

Okay.

All right.

Captain, we've got
a fire on the fifth floor.

If you can hear me,

you've got to get
out of that building!

You've got to get out now!

Captain, you can't pull

those men out of there.

If they don't get out now,

they're not getting out.

Ed, take your unit around back

and get an aerial
look at that fifth floor...

Come on...

Doc, scan that area
and hit it with the foghorn!

Yes, sir.

There they are!

I got him.

The stairwell's blocked.

We can't get back
in the basement.

We've got to find
another way in there.

Captain.

Now, let me take a ladder.

It's too dangerous.

You've got to let
me take a ladder.

♪ 'Cause the eyes of
the ranger are upon you ♪

♪ Any wrong you
do he's going to see ♪

♪ When you're in
Texas, look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where
the ranger's going to be. ♪