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All right, don't tell me.

I know what the card is.

Three of hearts.

Queen of spades. Oh.

This stupid book.

I know a magic trick.

You do not. Yeah, I do.

I can tell you every card in that deck

without looking at them.

You cannot. Yes, I can.

Shuffle the deck and I'll show you.

Queen of hearts.

Nine of clubs.

Jack of clubs.

Ten of diamonds.

Jack of hearts.

How'd you do that?

Trivette, you know the magician's code.

If tell you, I gotta kill you.

Walker.

Okay, Gage. We'll meet you there.

That was Gage. It's going down sooner than expected.

They're meeting El Leon this afternoon.

How's the new Ranger doing?

Let's go find out.

You're El Leon?

Indeed I am.

Ramon here has told me a lot about you two.

Says you've been our best customers

and now you're looking to take a step up.

That's right.

If you can handle it.

Oh, believe me, I can handle it.

But before I meet with anyone,

I like to know who I'm dealing with.

And, uh, as a matter of fact,

I checked you both out personally.

You know, it's a funny thing.

Couldn't find anything on either one of you.

What are you talking about?

What I'm talking about

is you either don't exist, or you're cops.

Since I'm standing right here looking at both of you,

that means you do exist.

I told you this wasn't going to work.

I told you El Leon was too smart for this.

It's not because he's so smart.

It's because you're so stupid.

Well, who are you calling so stupid, huh?

Hiya!

You lousy cops.

Actually, we're not cops.

We're Texas Rangers.

Get him out of here.

Hey, Walker, Trivette,

nice to know your timing is still excellent.

Gage, Ranger Cooke.

Hey. Nice work, you two.

Thank you. TRIVETTE: Yeah.

The Rangers have been after El Leon for years.

You two are the first to get this deep

inside the organization.

It took us nine months, but it did pay off.

I have to give most of the credit here to Sydney, though.

I got us in the door,

but she really kept us in the game.

That was quick thinking back there

when they had the drop on us.

Yeah? You mean, considering I'm stupid.

Hey, hey, I had to think of something to say.

Mm-hm.

It was good work for your first assignment.

Thank you, Ranger Walker.

Let's go. All right. Thanks.

Thank you.

Stupid, huh? I had to say something.

Oh. It could've been something else. Ow.

Read 'em and weep, gentlemen.

Three lovely ladies.

Hm, that's looking good. Hm.

Well, that sure will beat these three ducks,

but it won't beat this pair of sixes with them.

A pair of sixes?

You got a full house?

Built it with my own hands.

I thought you were bluffing.

Now come on, Joe.

A Texas Ranger for 30 years?

You know I'm not gonna be lying and bluffing anybody.

Oh.

I'll stick with it.

I'll tell you what. I'll, uh...

I'll see that nickel and I'll, uh...

I'll bump you a quarter.

You're bluffing.

Maybe I am, maybe I'm not.

Cost you a quarter to see.

Excuse me, excuse me. Well, lookie here.

I misread the hand.

d In the eyes of a Ranger d

d The unsuspecting stranger d

d Had better know the truth d

d Of wrong from right d

d 'Cause the eyes Of a Ranger d

d Are upon you d

d Any wrong you do He's gonna see d

d When you're in Texas Look behind you d

d 'Cause that's where The Ranger's gonna be d

Help.

Help.

Hey, Walker, ahem,

in case there's any trouble, who do you wanna take?

I'll take the Concho brothers.

Yeah, right.

So that means I get Big Lou.

Well, you know the saying, Trivette.

The bigger they are... The harder they fall.

I was gonna say the harder they hit,

but that sounds good too.

Hey, Big Lou,

that any way to treat your parole officer?

When we get through with you,

you're gonna think he got off easy.

You gotta be kidding.

Oh.

Okay, we were both right.

He hits harder and he falls harder.

Yeah, Ranger Trivette.

All right, Alex. We're on our way.

Alex says she needs us at the Ranger office ASAP.

Walker, Trivette,

I'd like you to meet Richard Mason.

Richard is the governor's top policy advisor.

Richard.

The governor specifically asked

that the two of you handle this.

Handle what?

This tape arrived at the governor's office this morning.

Yesterday afternoon

a group of men in Dallas

were infected with anthrax bacteria.

By this morning,

these men will think they have the common cold.

By tomorrow the symptoms will worsen,

and on the following day they'll all be dead,

and this is just the beginning.

Is this for real?

I'm afraid so, Ranger Trivette.

This also came along with the videotape.

That's anthrax? RICHARD: Uh-huh.

Enough to kill everyone in this building.

I'm sorry. I have to get back to Austin.

Uh, Alex, you will keep me informed?

Absolutely. Okay.

Walker, that guy on the video says that a group of men

have already been infected.

How are we gonna get to them in time?

We're gonna have to call every hospital and doctor

in the metroplex and put them on alert

for anyone that comes in with a cold or the flu.

I'll get the staff to start making the calls.

I'll contact the news media.

Yeah, this is Ranger Trivette.

Yeah, I need your staff to start contacting the hospitals.

Why did he warn us?

Cordell? Jimmy?

I got you all some vittles.

Hey, Big Dog, that's gross.

By golly, uh, ahem, I've got a head cold.

Just come on this morning.

A cold?

Yeah, it just come on this morning.

I was fit as a fiddle yesterday. Here, take these.

Let's get him to the hospital.

Put that back. Come on.

Come on, come on.

What the hell are you guys talking about?

Come on. Are you crazy?

What are we going to the hospital for?

Well, it's a real good thing

you brought him in when you did.

A situation like this, every minute counts.

You're sure it's anthrax?

Positive. C.D.: Five minutes.

Five minutes. That's all I need with those sons of Bs.

I'll teach them a lesson or two.

Doc, how am I doing?

You're doing good, C.D.

Just breathe easy. Okay.

I'll be back. Much obliged.

Hey, Big Dog,

you think you can tell us where you were yesterday afternoon?

Jimmy, I can't believe you.

I'm here for anthrax, not Alzheimer's.

Hell, yes, I can tell you where I was yesterday afternoon.

Every Monday afternoon I'm down at the VFW playing poker.

C.D., we need a list of everyone

that was there yesterday.

All of them? Everyone.

I can do that.

Okay, good.

Fortunately you found them all in time.

Another 24 hours would've been a completely different story.

Walker, what's going on here?

I don't know,

but I get the feeling we're gonna find out.

Well, they have 48 hours till this baby blows.

Yeah, we appreciate it.

The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta

say there's no practical way

to track down the origin of the anthrax.

We have another tape.

Monday's action was just a warning.

The purpose of the action was to demonstrate

our capability and our resolve.

This anthrax,

along with a state of the art delivery system,

has been installed in a secure location

somewhere in Dallas.

As you are listening to this, the clock is ticking.

In less than 48 hours, by noon on Friday,

Dallas will be blanketed with a cloud of anthrax spores,

enough deadly bacteria

to kill an estimated one million people,

unless our demands are met in a full and timely fashion.

First, 100 million dollars

will be wired to this account,

at the International Bank of the Caymans.

Second, we are demanding the immediate release

of five of our comrades in arms,

freedom fighters

who have been unfairly and unjustly incarcerated.

They are Rufus Harrison, Lorenzo Silva,

Arthur Woodson, Peter Clemens,

Dexter Laughton.

There will be no further contact.

The timer is set.

The operation is a go.

Meet our demands

or one million people will die.

It's entirely up to you.

Have a nice day.

The governor wants you

to set up a task force to stop this.

Now, he's authorized me

to give you his personal assurance

that you will have the full resources

of the State of Texas at your disposal.

Anyone, anybody that you need.

Miss Cahill here will be the liaison

between the governor's office and your task force.

I'll be in touch.

Task force?

Yeah, the governor's right.

We're going to need all the help we can get on this one.

You have anyone in mind?

Yeah, I do.

Hey!

Hey, what are you...? Stop.

Hey, Texas Ranger. I need your bike.

Sure, Ranger.

Hey!

Man, you should've seen the look on Gage's face.

Boy, it was great.

Ricky?

Whew, Ricky, Ricky,

why do you have to make this difficult?

You know I gotta take you in.

Oh, you think you can? Yeah, I think I can.

Not that I'm complaining,

but to what do I owe the pleasure?

You've got a new assignment.

What is it?

You'll be working with Walker and me.

Look, you're gonna need a new partner.

How about Phil Jefferson over in Amarillo?

Don't get me wrong, Walker. Phil's a good Ranger,

but if you're giving me the choice,

I'd really like my last partner, Sydney.

Sydney Cooke?

She's a pretty new Ranger.

I know. She is still a little green,

but I've never worked with anyone who had better instincts.

Okay, it's your call.

Thanks. Thanks, Walker.

Meet our demands,

or one million people will die.

Have a nice day.

Here it is.

Here's everything that we have on the five men

identified in the ransom demand.

Okay, why don't you two run background checks on these guys.

Talk to anyone that's been associated with them.

Yes, sir. GAGE: You got it.

Trivette, I'm gonna bring Dan Johnson in on this.

Boy, that amount of anthrax

could really make for a lousy weekend.

What else have you got?

That's it.

Whoever these guys are, Dan, they're smart.

We have to assume they've planted the anthrax

in a place where it would do the most damage.

Well, you want me to run simulations

on probable locations?

There's a lot of variables.

I'll have to factor in wind, weather, traffic,

the configuration of the downtown buildings.

But can you do it?

Yeah, oh, yeah, but it'll take some time.

We've got 42 hours.

Let's check the ventilation system.

That'd be the most likely place to spread the anthrax.

That's how they did it.

I'll call the Center for Disease Control.

Okay.

Yeah, this is Ranger Trivette.

Wanna wait for CDC?

Yeah, we'd better.

What's the next move?

Look up there.

Security camera.

You think maybe?

Let's find out.

The quality of the original surveillance tape

was pretty low,

so I digitized it into my system.

Now you say you found the anthrax

in the ventilation system?

That's right.

Well.

J.J. Smith Heating and Air Conditioning.

I'll check it out.

I already did. There's no such company.

Did you find anything on the tape

that would help us identify the guys, Dan?

You know, either they knew the camera was there,

or they're just a couple of very lucky hombres.

What about coming out?

No. Same deal.

Run it back to when they first got out of the van.

Run it back again.

Hold it.

Do you notice the reflection in the window?

Whoa, check it out.

Can you do anything with that?

Uh, let's see.

Let me enhance the image.

Gotcha.

Got a face.

Now all we need is a name.

Dan, isn't the FBI

working on face recognition software?

Yeah, the technology is still pretty primitive,

but, uh, let me check it out.

Okay. We'll see you later.

Yeah.

Rufus Harrison currently serving five to seven in Huntsville

for grand theft auto.

Doesn't exactly sound like much of a freedom fighter to me.

No, he doesn't.

What do you make of all this?

I don't know, but I'll tell you one thing.

If these guys are yanking our chains,

I can't wait to start yanking back.

His name is Talbot, Jason Talbot.

Up until three years ago

he was a State Department specialist

attached to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

Specialist, huh?

Hmm, yeah. His file was eyes only.

What happened three years ago?

Well, it seems your boy had a big gambling problem.

Gambling? What kind?

Poker? Ponies?

Uh, chess.

What makes you think he's here?

Well, if he's still gambling,

this is where all the players go.

You think that could be him?

Let's go see.

Check.

Jason Talbot?

Yeah. Who wants to know?

Texas Rangers. Wanna stand up?

Checkmate.

He knew the chance he was taking by going down there,

and he knew what the consequences could be,

and now he knows what he's gotta do.

That was Lawson. They got Talbot.

Talbot won't say a thing.

I wonder if Gage and Sydney found out anything

about those cons they wanted released?

How'd it go?

It didn't. We hit four out of five

and came up dry every time. What about the fifth?

Arthur Woodson.

This is a strange one.

Woodson was arrested for running a gun-smuggling operation

out of Corpus Christi,

providing arms to the rebels in Southern Mexico,

but before that his file's totally blank.

I'm gonna go talk to Talbot.

Trivette? Trivette?

Call a doctor.

Yeah, this is Trivette.

I got an emergency in the interrogation room.

I need a doctor here.

What'd you find, Mary?

I'll need to run a tox screen to be sure,

but my initial guess would be cyanide poisoning.

Okay, thanks.

Cyanide? Where'd he get it?

He hid the pill in his watch.

In his watch?

You mean this guy killed himself rather than talk?

I have a hunch this guy's ex-CIA.

What makes you think that?

For a long time cyanide tablets were part of the agents' packets

when they traveled behind enemy lines.

Uh, just one question.

When did Dallas end up behind enemy lines?

Hey, check this out, guys.

What do you got, Dan?

Checked out Talbot's social security number,

and this is Woodson's.

Dan, this is Gage and Sydney.

Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. - Sydney, hello.

These numbers are sequential.

Yeah.

Well, this confirms it.

The CIA issued them new identities.

Woodson was CIA too?

Uh, yeah. His file was also eyes only.

It's amazing what you can do when you're determined.

Woodson was bounced from the agency three years ago

as a result of a scandal involving gun-smuggling

and the Russian Mafia.

Russia? DAN: Yeah.

Uh, Talbot, by the way,

was attached to the embassy in Moscow.

Hmm, you're good, Dan.

Uh, Dan, check the other social security numbers

that are sequential to these.

See what we come up with.

You got it.

Dan, what about the simulations on the bomb location?

I'm still working on it.

Twenty-four hours till the anthrax blows

and we ain't heard nothing.

You think they're gonna go for it?

Yes, I do,

but maybe it is time to give them a little push.

You guys are gonna like this one.

Guess who has a brother?

Arthur Woodson. Heh.

You're good too, Walker.

Yep.

His name is Roger Woodson,

who also happens to be ex-CIA.

So the other four prisoners was just a ploy

to throw us off track.

Yep.

This Roger Woodson's a piece of work, man.

Walker, I've been looking for you everywhere.

You've got to see this.

Just over one hour ago

a video tape was delivered to the station.

We have tried to be reasonable,

however, it now appears that reason has failed.

So in less than 24 hours a cloud of anthrax

will blanket the metroplex.

Panic on the streets and pandemonium on the highways

as Dallas residents flee the city.

For more on the story we go now to David Chesterson.

Walker, Richard has something to tell you.

I just got off the phone with the governor,

and he has decided to meet their demands.

He can't do that.

We have no choice. I'm sorry,

but are looking at a total biological disaster here.

You realize that they could still set off

that explosive device,

even if you do meet their demands?

It's a perfect way for them to escape.

I pray to God that you're wrong, Walker.

Maybe there's another way.

According to my simulations,

the ideal placement of the device would be

in one of these 30 locations.

The anthrax is connected to a timer,

so we have to assume

that the timer's connected to an explosive device,

so be careful.

Dan, what's your best guess on this?

Walker, if I was him,

I'd have to put it in one of these two places.

Okay, Trivette and I will take those two.

Right, the unit from the Centers for Disease Control

and the bomb squad are on alert.

We've got two hours.

Let's find this thing.

Let's go.

All right, we got it. Let's go.

Hey, we've got contact.

What? What have we got?

We just got an e-mail from the Caymans.

The electronic transfer is on its way.

Yes.

Through a link up with Interpol

and the law enforcement in the Caymans,

we were able to rig a fake transfer.

Not only will no money be wired into the account,

but any time they try to access it

we will have an automatic trace on the transaction.

What happens if they, uh, realize

the transfer's a fake?

Well, in order for them to realize

the transfer's a fake,

they would have to be smarter than me,

and, uh, you know, I just don't see that happening.

Hey, check it out.

In a last ditch effort to avoid

an unprecedented biological disaster,

the governor has agreed to meet all of the terrorists' demands,

starting with the five prisoners they wanted released.

Woodson.

Get them on. You're out of here in five.

And with the final demand

of the terrorists having been met,

it seems that Dallas can breathe a sigh of relief.

This is Virginia Watkins

from Channel 11 Action News.

Heh, we did it.

A hundred million bucks in the bank,

and your brother's a free man.

He'll be here in less than an hour.

All right, we'll wait for the device to blow,

and while they're trying to figure out

how to inoculate a million people,

we are flying out of here.

There are only two other locations the anthrax can be.

Walker, there's nothing up here.

Okay, we've got 12 minutes left.

It's our last shot.

Trivette, up there. Take a look.

A new lock.

You think it's in there? It's gotta be.

Well, if it is, then how are we gonna open it

without jarring the explosive device?

Hold the box.

You gonna try to disarm it?

I don't wanna take a chance.

Get a chopper up here.

Tell them that they have to be up here in five minutes.

This is Ranger Trivette.

We need a chopper at, uh, Pearl and Elm.

Yeah, get it here quick.

It's at 4500 Ledge.

Okay, thanks.

That was Sydney. They got a location.

Hey, big brother, I'm out.

All right, we go in two hours.

That's two, huh?

Wait a minute. Something's wrong.

And once again, it appears

that the Texas Rangers have saved the day.

Karen, it's back to you in the studio.

Damn it.

All right, we've all got tickets and fake passports.

We meet in Reno on Thursday. Now let's get out of here.

Texas Rangers. Hands in the air.

Hold it.

You're not taking me back.

I'm not going back to prison.

Really?

Hiya!

You okay?

Yeah. You?

Yeah.

All right, you gotta tell me.

How did you find us?

Still have that old CIA inquisitiveness.

Should we tell him, Walker?

Why not?

Oh, brother.

Mm, very good, very good.

Here you go, Cordell.

This'll cure what ails you.

Uh, so we are, huh? We are?

Absolutely.

I mean, when we were in the FBI Academy at Quantico,

everybody talked about you guys.

Oh, I love this. They did.

You hear that, Walker? They're talking about us

at the FBI Academy, man.

All right, tell me what they're saying about us.

Long version.

Okay, well, everybody talked about Walker's arrest record

and his martial arts and...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I know, I know.

What about me? What about my arrest record?

My computer skills. They talked about my computer skills.

Well, um...

Gage, don't hang me up, brother.

Well, actually, Trivette,

all anyone ever talked about really was

that time you went undercover as a male stripper in Lubbock.

Uh-oh.

d Whoa-oh-oh-oh d

Let's not go there.

They say the little old ladies in Lubbock

are still talking about your, um...

Backfield in motion.

What, you're not hungry anymore?

d 'Cause the eyes Of a Ranger d

d Are upon you d

d Any wrong you do He's gonna see d

d When you're in Texas Look behind you d

d 'Cause that's where The Ranger's gonna be d