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Walker's on the rig.

We'll be long now.

Oh, we're going to get you this time, little Max.

Afternoon. Pull it over.

Walker's in.

All right, let's go.

Let's go.

I don't get too over this.

Did I mention that this was my last go around, Jimmy?

I'm thinking at least six times, Walt.

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess I did, didn't I?

I can't think of a better way to retire than to take out the likes of Grady

Lomax.

Come on, let's go.

I'm not paying you to sit around in your dust. We've got to be history here by

1800 hours.

Move it or lose it.

Come on, you heard me, Mr. Lomax. Get to work, you maggot.

Here comes Walker.

What do you mean, oh?

No, I didn't mean it that way.

That you mean it.

I mean she did a good job.

Woman. No.

Damn right I...

Did I mention I was retiring today?

Yeah, I think you did.

Can you believe it?

My last day.

That bullet was meant for me.

In the eyes of a ranger, the unsuspecting stranger had better know

wrong from right.

Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you.

Anything wrong you do, he's gonna see.

When you're in Texas, look behind you.

Cause that's where the ranger's gonna be.

Which means there's only two things standing between you and Ranger Starr.

I thought I only had to get by the one -week field evaluation.

You got to do that.

But by charter, there can only be 99 Texas Rangers, and we have one opening.

Two candidates for the opening left by the death of Ranger Walt Cobb.

Two? You and an officer from the Brookdale Police Department.

Brookdale? Yeah.

Officers from every law enforcement agency in Texas are eligible to apply.

Good luck, Mommy. Thank you.

Go.

Miss Hunt.

Oh, Miss Hunt.

I'm so glad to finally catch up with you.

Oh, I know how important Angela's education is to you. We're having a

right here at the school, and I just wondered when you would be able to help.

Wednesday? We have some time Thursday, Friday. Why don't I send a note home

Angela, and you can sign it. Wear your uniform. The kids would just love it.

Thanks. Bye -bye.

Anything new on Lomax?

No.

It's as if he fell off the face of the earth.

How's Walt's widow doing?

Well, as good as can be expected.

This is Sergeant Santiago Perez.

He's one of the Ranger candidates. I'm in charge of his field evaluation.

Nice to meet you, Perez.

Good luck. Thank you, sir.

Where's the other candidate?

I think yours is running late.

You better have a good excuse.

Where were we?

My field evaluation, sir.

Roberta Hunt, sir, reporting for a field evaluation.

Hey, Walker, your candidate's here.

You're late.

I had something to take care of.

You're the officer at the Lomax bust, right?

Yes, sir.

Look, you and I got off on the wrong foot, so why don't we start over again?

I'm Ranger Cordell Walker.

I'll be in charge of your field evaluation.

Very good, sir.

Well, let's go see if you can shoot as well as you can kick.

Competing against a woman.

It's not a competition from what I understand. You should worry about

Let's go.

Good shooting, too.

Thank you.

For all the good it'll do me.

What? Nothing.

I didn't think so.

I don't even know why I'm bothering you with this, Mom. I'm just wasting my

time.

Don't be foolish.

You're a good cop.

No, you're a great cop.

They'll see that. No, they won't.

All they're going to see is that I'm a woman. That'll be enough.

That's not true.

That is true.

You don't know these rangers like I do.

They want another woman ranger on the force like they want a good kick in...

Roberta! Well, it's true.

I was finished before they even got started.

Hey, Cordell.

Tell me another woman's making a run at the Rangers.

Yeah, that's right, T .D. She's a real pistol, too.

Don't that beat it all? You know, Walt Cobb and I were partners for years.

It's going to take an awful good band to fill his shoes.

I don't believe a woman can do it.

No way, Jose.

C .D., I'm shocked.

That's such a sexist remark.

For your information, there are two female Texas Rangers.

Well, uh, she probably won't cut the mustard anyway, will she, Cordell?

Well, if she doesn't make it, C .D., it won't be because she's a woman.

Right, right, yeah.

Well, have you all got anything new on Lomax?

No. Jimmy, just stay in there.

You and Cordell are gonna catch him.

And I don't think you're going to have to have a woman help you either.

Would you knock it off?

Right, hon, let's wrap it up.

Yeah, we've got a full day ahead of us.

Let's go, hon.

Come on, come on.

You work out anymore?

Yeah, why?

Well, I just thought you might want to see how good I am.

I did see how good you were, remember?

Aren't you going to test me?

What do you mean?

You're supposed to be evaluating me, right?

Why don't you evaluate me in the ring?

I didn't know, but I think you're challenging me.

Well, you know, if you're not up to it.

I'll say uncle if you will. No.

We can quit any time. Never. I will never quit.

Well, I do.

Don't you ever finish anything?

I finish what needs to be finished.

What are you looking at?

What are the odds of her lasting out the week?

With that attitude with Walker, I'd say her odds are slim to none.

That's it.

What?

Get out.

Fine.

So what's your problem? I am sick and tired of having to prove myself to men.

This has nothing to do with you being a man or a woman. The Texas Rangers are

the best of the best, and like it or not, you're going to have to prove it to

that you are the best. I will put my record up against Perez's any day.

I've read your record. It's fantastic.

That's why you're here.

I'm not talking ability. I'm talking attitude.

Look, you may not believe this, but I am on your side.

So talk to me.

I'm listening.

Ever since I can remember, they wouldn't let me into the club.

What club? See, that's just exactly what I'm talking about. You don't even know

it's there. You were born into it.

Okay, when I was little, I loved baseball.

I could throw further, I could hit better, I could run faster than any boy

the team, but they wouldn't let me join Little League.

Men were always so quick to point out what I could not do because I was a

A lot of that's changed now. A lot of that hasn't.

You know, when I joined the force, there were all the murks and the stupid jokes

behind my back.

You want to talk about ability, I had to outdo every guy on the force just to

get an even break.

If I were a man, I'd be sergeant by now.

Oh, face it, Walker.

Texas Ranger's record for hiring women hasn't exactly pushed the envelope.

I know I could be as good as any male Ranger, and I also know I don't stand a

snowball chance in hell making the cut.

If you feel that way, why did you apply?

I'll tell you why.

You've been setting yourself up to fail from the very beginning, using this

men's club thing as an excuse not to make it.

That's not true. Yes, it is.

Think about it.

Do I have a chance?

Really?

That's up to you.

So you didn't get a chance to prove yourself when you were a kid.

So what?

Prove it now.

To me.

What do you say?

My father beat my mother something fierce.

I felt guilty about it, but I was really glad when he died.

I was free. She was free.

Although it took her years to come out of her shell after that.

I promised myself I would never give a man that kind of power over me.

Well, not all men are like that.

The ones I know are.

There's a 211 in progress in the corner of Sangreen and Rose.

Grab it.

This is Officer Hunt. We're a block away.

He's dead, man. He better get out of here.

Come on, man. Get the money, man. Come on.

What's he did?

Get behind your back.

Walker!

Is he, uh... Yeah.

First time?

Yeah.

Walker, there's someone I'd like to meet.

Okay.

Angela. Hey, Mama.

Angela. Remember me telling you about Ranger Walker?

Uh -huh. This is Ranger Walker.

Hi, Ranger Walker.

Hi, Angela.

Mommy says you're a mean slave driver.

Oh? Angela.

But you said I should always tell the truth.

You got me there, honey.

Come on, Angela. You've got homework to do.

Okay, Grandma.

Bye, Ranger Walker.

Bye, Angela.

Slave driver? Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry about the slave driver thing. I was

just real teed off last night.

Well, that's okay.

I've been called worse.

You didn't tell me you had a daughter.

Well, it's complicated.

Where's your husband?

Let's just say I'm a single mom and leave it at that, okay?

Sure.

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

I don't care. Jerry, Lomax is somewhere. I don't care if we have to take the

money out of our own pocket. I want every snitch in Dallas greased.

Yeah.

Could have used you this afternoon, man.

Meth lab in a residential neighborhood and Santos sniffed it out.

Put eight bad guys in the slam. I'll bet we kept a million bucks of that junk

off the street.

Perfect bust.

Santos is sharp.

Glad to hear it.

Heard you had a rollout of your own.

Yep.

So, how did Officer Hunt do?

You can read all about it in this report.

Right.

You know, I can understand why you don't want to talk about it.

I stopped by your house and your mom said you were here.

Yeah? I thought maybe you might want to go to the gym and get another crack at

me. Boy, would I. I figured.

But can't wait till after Angela's game.

I like to be here for all of them. It's really important that she knows she has

my support.

You bet.

Oh, that's gone.

Well, you held your own the last time we sparred, but as soon as I took you

down, you had a difficult time. Yeah, I didn't know what I was doing.

Well, why don't I teach you some close encounter movements, and all that is if

you want to learn.

Are you kidding? I'd love to. Come on, let's go.

Okay, well, you remember what happened the last time?

Yeah,

yeah, yeah. Well, the key thing here is not to let me straddle you like this,

because then you're in deep trouble, okay? To prevent that...

is to bring your knees up in here so I can't get my legs over yours. Okay. And

even when I do, you hook your legs like that. Like that? Right in there, right.

Okay. Now you have better control. Okay. Now the most logical thing he's going

to do is go for the throat. Okay. If he does, grab my wrist with your hands.

There you go.

Bring your left leg up and over my head. There you go. Right.

Now from there, I want you to pull your hips out slightly.

Now with your right hand, put it underneath my thigh.

Now what you're going to do from here is you're going to push.

With your feet. Uh -huh. At the same time, push with your hand with my leg,

then flip me over into an arm bar, hanging on here.

Hang on. There you go.

That's it. This is great. What is it?

This is mashado jiu -jitsu. Oh, this is great. Mashado jiu -jitsu. Yeah, I like

this.

I'm glad you like it. Uh -huh. Okay, now, if you want to break the elbow, all

you do is pull down with the hand and lift up with the wrist. With the hips,

that's it. There you go. Oh, this stuff is great. What is it?

Mashado jiu -jitsu.

What is it?

Why don't you just... You heard me. I didn't. I didn't hear you. I didn't hear

you, Walker. What is it?

Let go.

Well, Cordell, I heard about that shoot -em -up you was in.

Got a shudder down my spine, too, thinking about being in a jackpot like

with Pullman backing you up. I don't think he wants to talk about that.

You two may be surprised.

I'm surprised you're still alive.

The usual?

Yeah. Please.

What do you want, Bradley?

So you finally figured out the best way to get into the Rangers was to get it on

with the Rangers.

Okay.

You need to get out of here.

Leave us alone.

I'm warning you.

Warning me?

You?

That's a good one.

This is just beginning, Roberta.

See, I've been watching you. I know your every move.

And one of these nights real soon, you might come back from enforcing the law

and just find little Angela nowhere to be found.

She looked real cute on the back of the milk carton.

If you touch Angela, I will kill you.

Mind as much as she is yours.

Not according to the settlement.

Oh.

Settlement?

It was...

Till death do us part, Roberta.

I'm back now.

From now on, your life is going to be as miserable as you made mine.

You forget who taught you, Roberta?

Don't ever forget it again.

Yes, Angela, I'm listening.

I need you to hurry up or you're going to be late for school.

That's all right, Mama. I'll get it.

Where's your uniform?

I'm resigning from the Ranger Candidate Program.

So, 12 years ago, I was working on the Brookdale PD.

I met a PI named Russell Stafford.

His friends called him Rusty.

He was young and handsome, and I was a little lousy judge of character.

We got married and had Angela.

P .I. business was on the rocks, so he hired out to loan sharks.

Bird dogging?

Yeah, finding people that didn't want to be found.

Watching his dreams go down the drain.

So he started drinking. He started doing coke.

Started taking everything out on me.

He used to beat me every day.

And one day he hit Angela.

That's when I woke up.

And I divorced him, and I changed my name back to my maiden name.

And finally, he was arrested for beating a man to death behind a bar.

He got six years in prison.

Did he show up this morning?

Yes.

I have to get Angela to get out of the state.

You can get a restraining order.

He isn't going to stop it.

You can't run from this guy.

He'll find you no matter where you go.

There's no other way, Walker.

You've worked too hard and too long.

You don't want to give all that up.

I don't know what else to do.

Well, I do.

We're going to get a DPS officer to patrol the house.

And then we're going to get a restraining order against this guy.

Okay? Come on.

Come on.

Is that a yes?

Yes. Good.

Now go get your uniform, Mom, before I write you up for being late for duty

again. Thank you.

So what did you find out about Bobby Beck's husband?

According to his parole officer, Stafford's working security for the

Tripp concert at the Bronco Bowl.

What's he driving?

65 GTO, license number 487, Victor 2 John.

You have a home address?

Mm -hmm. 429 South Flatline.

Roommate.

Nice neighborhood.

Well, I'll get Judge Danner to issue the TRL.

He should be served today or tomorrow at the very latest.

I just hope it stops him.

I think I'll go have a talk with him.

Careful, Walker.

He hasn't done anything wrong yet.

Alex, I said I'm going to go talk to him.

Talk.

Talk.

Anyone around here named Stafford?

Abby Lee, sweetheart.

What's your problem?

I'd like to speak to you.

In private.

This is that ranger I was telling you about.

The one that's bossing my wife.

Ex -wife, Stafford.

And I'm here to tell you to leave her alone.

What, is that supposed to scare me?

I don't care if you are a ranger.

I didn't come here to fight.

Tough.

Now stay away from her, Stafford.

Yeah? Are you Russell Stafford?

Who is it?

Tim Beaudry, Dallas County Constable.

The hell do you want?

You're officially served with a temporary restraining order, Mr.

You are expressly forbidden. You are!

You're in a cheerful mood today.

I feel like a thousand pound weight has just been lifted off my stomach.

I talked to Rusty today.

He said he was sorry for all the trouble he caused.

I guess you talked to him yesterday.

We exchanged a few words.

Well, whatever he said must have done the trick.

He arranged with his parole officer to have his case transferred to Florida.

He's leaving today.

I'm never going to see him again.

We're free, Walker.

We're free.

I'm glad to hear that.

Well, I guess you can call off the patrol now.

Well, let's wait until we're sure he's gone.

Okay.

Thanks for everything.

You bet.

Anything new on Grady Lomax?

Mm -hmm.

Cut me a little slack, okay?

In the past five years, I've cut more high -end Japanese trannies than they've

got left in Tokyo.

Okay, one more shipment out by the bar, and that's it. Getting too hot.

Once the Rangers got on to me, it was just a matter of time.

Monica and I are going to Greece. Chill out.

Good doing business with you too, sweet.

Adios.

Let's go, ladies. There's got to be nothing but bones by tomorrow morning.

Hoover will lose it.

We're going to work now.

Murder of Ranger Walt Cobb.

You have the right to remain silent.

You give up that right, and I get to rip your windpipe out.

Good job, both of you.

Hey, no matter what happens between the two of us, Texas will be

getting the best person for the job.

You mean that?

Yeah, I do.

So tomorrow's a big day, huh?

Yep.

I know you probably can't or won't tell me anything, but do you have any idea

how it's going to turn out?

Truthfully, I don't.

I want to apologize for my behavior in the beginning.

And I want to thank you for your help and support and everything.

And I want you to know that no matter how it turns out, I will never forget

week.

Or you.

Bobby, I want you to know that if it doesn't work out for you this time,

be at the top of the list.

Fair enough.

Steppard.

ungrateful whore. Who the hell are you to turn your back on me? Where is

She's dead and you're about to join her.

Oh, my God. He killed my baby.

Oh, my God.

Mommy.

She's fine, Bobby. She's fine.

Angela. She was hiding in the closet.

Oh, baby.

Oh, God, baby.

Oh, God, baby. I'm so sorry.

Mommy, Daddy tried to hurt me. I'm so sorry.

Mommy's sorry.

Mommy's so sorry.

I'm so sorry, honey. I'm so sorry, honey.

It's okay.

Let's all toast to the 99th Ranger.

Well,

thank you. You have no idea what this means to me.

I think I do.

Hey, come on. You're at the top of the list. Next slide opens up. You're the

man. Great.

Sure one of you guys doesn't feel like retiring?

I'm awful proud of you, Bobby.

If Cordell said you made the cut, that's good enough for me.

Honey, you're welcome down here anytime.

I'm proud of you. Like I said, I think old Walt Cobb would be, too.

Thank you, Mr. Parker.

Coming from you, that means a lot to me.

Because the eyes of the ranger are upon you.

Ain't wrong you do, he's gonna see.

When you're in Texas, look behind you.

Because that's where the ranger's gonna be.