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Come on.

Get down. MAN 2: Hands on the ground.

Don't get up.

Get down.

Let's go. I'm talking to you.

Get down! Go look there.

Come on, take a look over there.

Don't look up!

Don't move.

Let's go.

We're almost done.

Come on. MAN 2: Hurry.

All right.

Move. We're in a hurry.

You got family?

Yeah. Yeah, I do.

- Don't move a muscle. - Let's move.

You know, it's really 173 years instead of 155.

I know. You told me, just three minutes ago.

It was 1823, not 1840.

That's unofficial.

Seventeen whole years just thrown away in the trash.

It's a darn tragedy.

Are you making fun of me, lady?

Of course I am.

Well, there's nothing as dull as historical trivia

to numb the brain.

Cordell. Jimmy.

What bit you guys?

It's been a rough day, C.D.

Jewelry-store heist in Irving this morning.

Got away with over a quarter of a million in stones.

I saw that on the TV.

That's a real professional job.

Come on, fellas, let's... Let's not talk any shop.

Everybody, let's toast the Texas Rangers.

It's our birthday.

Happy birthday.

C.D.

Oh, no, Charlie, that's a bunch of baloney.

All right, I'll take a look at it.

Yeah, much obliged.

With no comment as yet

from the Texas Ranger commanding officer

on this, the Rangers' 155th anniversary.

That's 173rd.

Could this announcement be the beginning of the end

for the Texas Rangers?

State Senator Warren Hughes,

head of the Senate's powerful

State Budget Overview Committee,

was asked that very question.

This was his answer:

Today, as part of my downsizing

of government bill,

I am proposing disbanding the Texas Rangers.

Did you hear what that yippie said?

"Disband"? Yeah.

I believe it is time,

for tradition to take a back seat,

to the realities of modern police work.

Like the dinosaur, their time has come,

and I think it is time that they admitted it.

In other news... This young man is talking

about disbanding the Texas Rangers.

He's... He's gonna... He's gonna cut us out, fellas.

♪ 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 ♪

You are turning into one beautiful young lady.

Dad, you're embarrassing me.

That is a fact.

It's true, every day you look

more and more like your mother.

No, Dad. Mom, she was beautiful.

I'm just pretty.

So why are you so chipper today?

Hm. No reason.

Hey, come on, daughter.

Father.

You tell me.

I've got a date tonight.

You've got a date?

I do.

This guy named Tony Merritt,

he goes to Saint Sebastian.

He's gonna pick me up tonight,

we're gonna go out. Isn't that great?

Well, I don't... Well, honey...

Oh, well, Dad. Well, hey...

What, uh... Don't you think this is a little bit too soon?

Dad, I'm 16, all the girls are dating.

Honey, you are so young.

Just a second ago,

you said that I was a beautiful young lady.

That's right. Beautiful young lady.

Young being the operative word here.

Can I?

Please, please, Daddy?

I'll tell you what.

I've gotta go. We'll talk about it later.

Dad. I promise.

Scout's honor.

Okay.

I love you.

I love you too. Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

I wish you'd change your mind about this and testify.

I'm not going to defend something

that doesn't need defending, Trivette.

Besides, I've got a robbery to investigate.

Well, don't go charging in anywhere without me.

Wouldn't think of it.

All right.

This session of the Budget Overview Committee

of the State of Texas is now in order.

First order of business today,

and probably for the rest of the week,

is my proposal to disband the Texas Rangers.

Acting as counsel for the Rangers

is Tarrant County deputy district attorney,

Miss Alex Cahill,

who, no doubt, intends to make me rue the day

that I ever attacked

such a traditional state institution.

No doubt.

I have very good reasons

for my convictions in this matter,

and have the numbers to back them up.

I'm sure you do, senator.

But numbers tell only one part of the argument.

My rebuttal to your accountants

is the testimony to the heart and spirit

of the Texas Rangers,

not to mention their incredible arrest record.

Very good, Miss Cahill.

You may introduce your first witness.

I call Ranger James Trivette.

Senator, my partner, Cordell Walker, isn't here today

because, in his own words,

he feels no need to defend something

that doesn't need defending.

And I feel the same way.

So I'm not here to argue,

I'm not here to justify anything.

I'm here to say simply

that I'm proud to be a Texas Ranger.

And I understand economic priorities,

but in my estimation, disbanding the Texas Rangers

is tantamount to destroying the state's flag.

But, Ranger Trivette,

at a yearly savings of millions of dollars.

Senator, with all due respect,

you can save millions of dollars

by eliminating the governor's office,

but you won't do that.

When you prioritize spending, you cut fat.

You look at our record.

Texas Rangers aren't fat.

They're muscle.

Yeah.

Hold it. MAN 2: Ready?

Move. MAN 2: Come on, move, move.

Get out of the smoke. - Yeah.

All cars in the vicinity of Harold Lane Industrial Park,

robbery in progress at Wholesale Jewelry Mart.

This is Walker. I'm on it.

- Let's go. - Go, move.

All right.

Go, let's move.

Law!

Let's move them. They're on us.

Move, move. Go, go, go.

Get him. MAN 2: Come on, go, go.

Go, go!

Go. MAN 2: Hurry up, man.

- Let's go. - Gotta move it.

Freeze.

Get down.

You, out of there.

Hey, hey, wait!

Wait!

Wait!

What about the driver?

This guy Manny?

Yeah, he's got a long rap sheet,

so he knows the drill.

We have to figure out a way to get him to talk.

Next.

Uh, next.

That's him.

That's our man, Trivette.

Take care of yourself. Thank you.

Let's get some coffee, sweetheart.

How did today's proceedings go, Miss Cahill?

I think it went extremely well.

Why don't you ask the senator?

I'm incensed by this whole proceeding.

The idea of disbanding the Texas Rangers is insane.

It's crazy. REPORTER: Do you have...?

I don't have anything else to say.

You like to sum up today's session?

Uh, well, not particularly, Bill.

If I told the truth,

it would seem like I lost my case

before it even began.

No, in all seriousness,

we had some very, very impressive witnesses today

and, uh... Well, just honestly,

uh, even I had to be touched

by what they, uh, had to say.

Lindsey. Hi, Daddy.

Come here.

How'd you get here?

Oh, Tony dropped me off.

Um, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you

to my daughter, Lindsey.

Light of my life.

Oh, very good.

So can I?

How old is this guy?

Eighteen. Eighteen?

What happened to guys your age?

Dad, he is my age.

He's only two years older than me.

But he is 18.

See, and when you go out with guys,

especially older guys, they, uh...

Well, they expect something from a girl.

What things?

Daughter, you know darn well what things.

Oh, you mean sex.

Exactly. Sex.

Don't worry, I'm on the pill.

You wanna run that by me again?

I'm just kidding, Dad.

Look, Tony is a nice guy.

I won't let anything happen unless I want it to.

All right. Okay.

What time's he gonna pick you up?

Seven. Okay, I want you home by 7:30.

I'm just kidding, okay?

Thanks.

Come on, let's go. All right.

Let's go, gentlemen.

Fence is gonna be here at ten to pick up the stones.

Senator Hughes, who is trying...

Ten... o'...clock.

Only elite law enforcement corps in the U.S.,

doesn't have the same worries on the home front.

With an estate valued at over $400 million,

the senator doesn't realize that he might...

Any word on Manny?

I would like to introduce you to my daughter Lindsey.

Light of my life.

The senator's appointed hearing...

"Light of my life."

state capital report that the meeting...

Hi, good morning. Hi.

Okay... Hi, Lindsey. How's it going?

See you on Monday, okay?

So tell me about Tony.

Tony.

Oh, he is so fine. Oh.

Oh, my God.

Does he have a brother?

No, he doesn't,

but he has these gorgeous eyes.

You stare into them and it's like:

Oh, beautiful!

Oh! Oh, my God! Help me!

Somebody!

Somebody help.

Here he comes.

People, please, come on.

Clear the way, please. - Here he comes.

Senator.

Do you mind if we speak?

Can we have a word? Over here. Senator, over here.

What happened here?

Where's my daughter?

Who in the hell knows what's going on here?

Senator, if you'd just come with me for a moment,

sir, just for a moment.

Where is my daughter?

We're doing all we can...

You do better than that! - -to find your daughter.

Senator, this is Rangers Walker and Trivette.

I do not want the Rangers. I want the FBI.

I want 'em here, I want 'em now.

Sir, I'm Special Agent Samuel Mills...

You find my daughter. You find her now.

I want my daughter back. Do you understand that?

Yes, sir. Do you understand that?!

I want her back. I want her now.

Yes, sir.

- Senator. - Senator, please.

- Not now, no. - Come on, now.

Hey, senator.

Walker. Mills.

Trivette.

I figured you gentlemen'd be here. What have you got?

Well, these two girls were

with Lindsey when she got grabbed.

Getting ready to take them down, do a composite now.

Okay. You keep in touch?

Will do. Thanks.

Let's go, girls.

Like that?

Yeah, it... It was something like that.

I really can't remember.

I know it's difficult.

But you're doing fine.

Maybe if you think back to when Lindsey was taken,

something will jar your memory.

Um.

Well, th-this... This van pulled up and, um...

They... They just took her and...

He... Um... He... He was kind of tall.

Um... He didn't have that much hair.

What about the nose?

I don't know.

I-it wasn't that big.

That's too much hair.

Yeah, kind of like that.

This isn't the guy, is it?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's him.

Ekert.

That's him?

Yeah.

Hello?

Afternoon.

I'd like to speak to Senator Hughes

regarding his daughter, Lindsey.

Are you a reporter?

No, I... I am not a reporter.

I'm the man who's got his daughter.

Hold, please.

This is Warren Hughes speaking.

I will be brief, senator, and to the point.

Are you listening?

Yes, I am. Is my daughter all right?

Have you harmed her?

I want $10 million in negotiable user bonds.

And you have eight hours to arrange it, sir.

I understand that. May I speak to Lindsey, please?

Well, she can't come

to the phone right now.

Why not? What's wrong?

Well, uh,

little Lindsey is indisposed right now.

Buried alive, actually, inside a steel box

with a limited supply of oxygen.

My God.

When I get my 10 million,

I'll tell you where she is.

Any sign of police or FBI and, uh,

your little Lindsey... Quiet.

Well, she stays buried.

All right, senator?

No, don't hang up. Wait.

Couldn't get a fix. He's masking his cellular.

Daddy says hi.

Sam. MILLS: Walker.

Senator, we've got a lead

on the man that kidnapped your daughter.

We're gonna do everything to catch him, sir.

No! No, you don't do anything.

If the man wants $10 million, he will get $10 million.

But don't you do a damn thing

to jeopardize my daughter's life.

We have a positive ID on him, sir.

I don't care!

I have lost my wife.

If I lose my daughter, my life is over.

I will give them every single thing that I have.

Yes, sir.

He doesn't understand there's an 80 percent chance

that they'll kill her anyway.

What are you gonna do?

Well, he's made it very clear

how he wants us to work.

He hasn't made it clear to me.

Come on. It's gonna be all right. Shh-shh-shh.

It's gonna be all right.

Manny, I wanna know

who was with you in the robbery.

Well, we don't always get what we want in life, now, do we?

Well, we know what you're gonna get, Manny.

About 30 years.

Doesn't seem fair, you going down alone.

Yeah, that's for sure.

What I can't figure out, Trivette,

is why they left Manny behind in the first place.

They had plenty of time to get him into the pickup.

Friends like that, who needs enemies?

Yeah, you can say that again.

On the other hand, that's one less person

to count in on the score.

You know, you're right. I'm sure they were

thinking of that when they left him behind.

I'm sure.

Would you leave me behind if I got shot in the foot?

What?

No good friend would leave his buddy behind.

That's right, man, a partner's a partner.

Through thick and thin.

Highs and lows. Good and bad.

Yeah. Yeah!

That's what partners are for.

That's what partners are for. Those bums!

You talking to me?

Yeah.

What do you want, Walker?

An address.

You got it.

Why don't we just waste her,

collect the money, and bail?

Because little Lindsey is our bargaining chip, okay?

She's our insurance policy. Everything is falling apart.

Everything we planned for... No, it is not.

No, it's not.

Damn, Walker. Okay, we're out of here.

Meet us at Uncle Troy's. Come on.

Watch it.

I'll go around back.

Let's go!

Freeze.

Freeze.

She inside?

No, just missed 'em.

Let's go.

They got a picture of you on TV, Lyle.

They already know you kidnapped the girl.

Damn it.

Well, don't you worry none, Uncle Troy.

We collect on this deal,

I will be long gone.

What are you doing?

We're putting in a tracking device.

I don't like this.

I don't like this one bit.

If they find that, they might kill her.

Senator, if they renege on their deal,

that's the only chance we've got.

I just want my daughter back.

Come on.

Eyes peeled.

Everything cool?

Dump it.

The feds put a tracker in the duffle.

Let's roll.

Walker.

It's Trivette. Where are you?

I'm going to talk to an old cellmate of Ekert's,

see if he knows anything.

All right, keep me posted.

Talk to you later.

It's tracking fine.

Uh, we're still locked in.

Alpha Base, this is Beagle One.

We're reading package picked up and proceeding north on I-45.

All cars wait for verbal communication

before moving in.

We read you, Beagle One.

Package is moving north on Ida 4-5.

Signal's still looking real strong.

Heading north.

Dwayne Nichols?

What do you want, Ranger?

I wanna know about Lyle Ekert.

Look, man, I am on parole

and this does not look good for me.

I'll square it with your boss.

You don't have anything to worry about.

What do you wanna know?

Did he have family or friends?

Uh, no family.

What about friends?

Not likely.

The only person I ever heard him mention was an Uncle Troy.

It's not really his uncle,

just a guy who kind of raised him.

Uh, might be a foster parent.

Uncle Troy.

Did he have a last name?

No, just Uncle Troy.

That's all I know, Ranger.

Okay. Thanks, Nichols, and good luck.

Oh, please, you're not gonna put me in there, are you?

Now, now, now.

It is just until we get ourselves

somewhere far away and safe

with no cops on our tails.

Then we'll call 'em,

and they'll come dig you up.

Please.

It's all right.

It's gonna be all right.

Listen, cross my heart.

Now, you don't want us

to have to force you, do you?

No, no.

There, that's my girl.

Come on now.

Easy does it.

Yeah, you see that there?

There's plenty of air.

Nothing to worry about.

I won't be able to stand this.

Hey.

You got to learn to stand things,

Lindsey darling.

In this lousy old world, you got to learn.

Please don't do this.

Hey, hey, hey, next thing you know,

they're gonna be digging you up,

and you're gonna be home with your daddy.

There you go.

Oh, God, please don't do this.

Please.

Lights out.

Please.

Oh, God.

Oh, God, please.

Senator, we got suspicious and had to stop the truck.

They transferred the duffle bag.

There was nothing onboard.

What about my daughter?

We have an APB out on Lyle Ekert.

We got roadblocks all across the state.

All the borders are covered.

Will they call me?

Sir, I don't know.

This is Warren Hughes speaking.

And I bet you know who this is, don't you?

You ought not to have let them FBI guys

talk you into putting a bug in my bag, senator.

I am very sorry about that.

Well, tell you what.

I won't hold it against you.

We got the bonds, so, uh...

I'll tell you where your little Lindsey's at.

Thank you.

Yeah. Put on one of your fed friends now.

This is Agent Samuel Mills.

Prepare to copy, Samuel.

Nothing on anybody named Troy?

Nothing.

Nichols said that this Uncle Troy

could've been a foster parent.

Let's check Ekert's juvenile records.

Walker.

Sam Mills, Walker.

What's going on, Sam?

Ekert gave us the location

where they buried Lindsey.

I hope so.

Now, I know what you're thinking, Walker.

This is all a trick to give these rats time to bail out.

Hope to God I'm wrong.

Let me know, will you?

Right.

All right, the juvenile officer that handled Lyle Ekert's

one Don Konig.

Retired a couple of years ago.

Moved to Carver City, north of Dallas.

I'd like to look at those files,

but juvenile records are confidential.

Yeah, and it'd take us 48 hours to get a court order.

I'm going to Carver City.

Unit on emergency, check the channels.

You have a message.

Keep going.

Dig. Come on, dig.

Come on.

My God, she's not there.

Where the hell are you, damn it?

We had a deal.

No. Lonnie, li... Listen.

Listen, I fronted you some very serious large.

And I want what I paid for.

Li... I want transportation south. Listen...

Damn it.

What's wrong, man?

What?

There's a storm front up north.

Chopper can't take off for at least four hours.

Why not just do what the cops think we're gonna do anyway?

Jump in the vehicles and head to the border.

Ronnie.

Now, I know how these Texas cops

and these FBI guys think.

They will grab us at Nogales,

they'll split us up, they'll sweat us,

until somebody talks.

Man said four hours.

We wait.

Walker.

Got an address for Konig.

It's a trailer park north of Carver City.

Mr. Konig, I understand

that you were Lyle Ekert's juvenile officer.

Yeah, that was a long time ago, though.

Can you tell me what you know about him?

Come on in.

Not easy to come by that file.

Used to keep them in neat alphabetical order,

but, oh, sometimes I go through them at night.

The really bad ones, you know.

Then, hell, I forget to put them back where they belong.

Sir, I'm in a real hurry.

You don't want Ekert slipping through your fingers.

I know, son.

I've been there.

Not lately, of course, but...

God, I can still remember the thrill of the chase.

Hold there a minute.

Gotcha.

Ekert, Lyle C.

1967-69.

Yep, there's the foster report, right there.

Kind of... Kind of hard to read, but...

Troy Winston, 6200 Bellflower Road.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah.

Don't be telling anyone

where you got this information, now.

There, that's him. Ain't it, Lyle?

Yeah, that's him.

Go get the money, Ronnie.

Walker.

I give up.

Come clear of that van.

Grab him. Get on the ground.

Get on the ground!

Where's the girl?

What girl?

I don't know...

Come on, get him out of here. Senator.

Break it up.

No.

Don't.

She's here somewhere.

Spread out. Look for her.

Take care of him.

Brewster, watch him.

Lindsey!

Lindsey!

Lindsey!

Sir.

Lindsey!

Lindsey!

Lindsey!

Daddy.

Lindsey!

Lindsey!

Lindsey!

Lindsey!

Trivette! Mills!

Come here!

- What's that? - What you got?

He found something. - Move.

Down here, dig.

Lindsey?

Lindsey, hang on.

Come on.

Come on, keep digging, get going. Harder!

Lindsey?

There it is.

Harder, come on.

Lindsey, we're here.

Lindsey?

Find the opening.

Come on.

Here.

Okay, come on.

Lift. Get under it.

Come on.

Pull.

Harder.

Lindsey. Let's get her out.

Oh. Oh.

She's not breathing.

Get her up. - Okay.

- Come on. - Come on.

Raise her up. Get up.

Come on. I got her.

Come on, all the way up.

Come on, come on, come on.

Let's go. Come on.

Come on, here we go.

Lindsey.

Trivette, let's go.

Lindsey.

Honey.

Lindsey?

Lindsey? Go.

One and two and three.

Lindsey, hear me.

Come on, Lindsey.

One and two and three.

Come on.

Lindsey. Honey?

One and two and three and four and five.

- Lindsey, I love you. - One, two, three...

Four and five. - Lindsey?

Come on, honey.

One and two and three and four and five.

- One, two, three... - God. Lindsey?

Come on. That's good.

Ju...

Thank you. Yes.

Oh, honey, honey.

Oh, sweetheart.

I love you.

Oh, honey.

Yes.

Oh.

I love you.

Honey.

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

Honey, I love you.

You are my girl.

Yes.

As a grateful father,

and a chastised public servant,

I want to apologize,

to the people of the State of Texas,

for my bullheadedness in refusing to understand

what heart and soul and tradition really mean.

But most importantly, I want to apologize

to the Texas Rangers.

And I wanna make a promise,

to that fine organization of lawmen,

that as long as Warren Hughes is in office,

there will always be Texas Rangers.

Yeah.

Well, there you go.

Let's finish the party we started last week.

All right, C.D.

Well... MAN: Give me another drink.

Know what that sign should say?

We know, C.D. We know.

It should be 173 darn years.

Well, it should be.

♪ '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 ♪