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Ladies and gentlemen,

just look at my client, Samuel E. Viscardi.

Loyal husband, loving father.

But today, the Assistant District Attorney

wants you to put this man

in prison for the rest of his life.

And why?

Simply because of a few bad apples

in his organization.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

Judge Stigler, I say to all of you:

"If ye be blameless, cast the first stone."

But if not... well,

I think you know the rest.

"If ye be blameless"?

Five murders... seven kidnappings...

23 counts of extortion and racketeering.

And all these charges, Sammy Viscardi claims

that he didn't know his employees

were committing these terrible crimes,

when in each of these crimes

Mr. Viscardi had both motive and opportunity,

and he was simply directing his lackeys

to carry out his dirty work.

The defense suggests that only the blameless

are fit to cast the first stone.

Well, I agree.

We here are blameless of the crimes

that Mr. Viscardi has committed,

and it doesn't take a saint

to figure out that he's guilty.

All you have to do is look at the facts.

Thank you, Assistant DA Walker.

Jury deliberations

will begin as soon as I issue instructions.

Joe Lewis.

Don "The Dragon" Wilson...

Howard "The Flash" Jackson...

"Superfoot" Wallace?

Unbelievable. They're all going to be here

this weekend, right, Walker? Yep.

Wow, the world kickboxing championships in Dallas

this weekend and all these legends are

going to be here at the same time watching.

I've never seen you guys so excited.

Well, who wouldn't be?

Are you kidding me?

I grew up watching these guys fight.

I would love to work out with these guys.

Ah! Me, too.

Well, they're going to be training

at the ranger gym; go ask them.

You know, I think I'll go to the courthouse,

see how the trial's going.

Look at this shot right here.

That's got to hurt.

Madam Foreperson, have you

reached a verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

The defendant will please rise.

And how do you find?

On the count of conspiracy to commit murder,

we find the defendant... guilty.

On the count of conspiracy to commit mayhem,

we find the defendant guilty.

On the count

of kidnapping, we find the defendant guilty.

On the count of extortion,

we find the defendant guilty.

On the count of racketeering, we find

the defendant guilty.

Order.

Sentencing will be tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.

Court is adjourned.

Congratulations.

I am so glad it's over.

Damn, they really stuck it to your old man.

You're now the head of the organization, Michael.

What are your plans?

I've got plans, Scaggs.

Believe me, I've got plans.

Are you kidding me?

I slept in this morning.

Yeah, I spent the last four hours shopping.

Look, believe me, after a week of hearing

All those horrible things that Sam Viscardi did,

I think I deserve a little "me time."

Okay, I'll see you.

No!

♪ 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. ♪

Witnesses said she came flying out over the edge.

Hit the ground, end of story.

Anyone see her before she went over?

Not that we can find.

Shoppers are too busy looking for sales,

mall security's too busy

looking for shoplifters.

Her name's Connie Gibson.

Walker, isn't that... Yeah, the head juror

on the Viscardi trial.

I'll get the coroner to check for foul play,

get forensics to search the level she fell from.

You think she was murdered?

Maybe.

♪ When I was a boy, you were the man ♪

♪ I was your biggest fan ♪

♪ 'Cause it don't matter what... ♪

Come on, Donnie, put the script down, man.

Let's work out.

Come on, come on.

Keep going, man.

Attaboy.

Mr. Wilson?

Hi, I'm sorry to bother you.

My name's Gage,

and this is my partner, Sydney Cooke.

Hi.

Um, you don't think it'd be too much trouble

if we watched you work out, would it?

Sure, but call me Don.

And you're more than welcome to watch.

In fact, you're welcome to work out with us.

Hey, guys, these are Rangers

Gage and Cooke.

Hey, how you doing?

Pleasure to meet you, sir.

Pleasure meeting you.

How are you? Very nice to meet you.

So, uh, so, Don, I got to tell you

that was amazing how you came out of retirement

in '99 to take the title back from Dick Kimber.

♪ When that guy hit the mat ♪

♪ In three seconds flat ♪

♪ I couldn't believe my eyes ♪

♪ Now, that was the plan, you were the man... ♪

And, Joe, how about that bout

with Melvin Cole?

You crushed him in the fourth round.

Well, thanks.

And, Bill, I will never forget

that combination that you used

to take down Jim Echolas.

Like you said. Phenomenal.

And, Howard, the fight with Tabata?

What a relentless

exchange of blows that was.

That was incredible.

♪ When that guy hit the mat ♪

♪ In three seconds flat ♪

♪ It seemed like yesterday ♪

♪ Coming out of my seat right to my feet... ♪

He remembered all that.

Well, Gage, you do have a good memory.

But let's work out.

Okay? Sounds good to me.

♪ When I was a boy, you were the man... ♪

Got your forensics and coroner report.

Connie Gibson's injuries

were inconsistent with a simple fall.

Any idea what caused it?

Yep.

A new cobalt blue LeSabre.

Forensics found car headlight glass

and chipped auto paint on the rail she went over.

They said the car went right for her.

It wasn't an accident.

So it was murder.

Was the car stolen?

A new one was stolen the morning of the killing.

I'll put Sydney and Gage on it.

Okay.

Hey.

Hi.

I've got some bad news.

Connie Gibson... the head juror

at your trial... She was killed this morning.

Oh, no.

And I think it's related to the Viscardi conviction.

What makes you think that?

At the end of the trial,

I saw Sammy Viscardi nod to his son.

I didn't know what it meant at the time,

but now I think I do.

You think Michael Viscardi is seeking revenge

for the convictions? That's how I see it.

I mean, do you really think that his son

would do something like that?

Yeah, I do, Alex.

And I'm arranging protection for you and everyone

connected to the trial.

I want you to contact them, okay?

Okay.

♪ A junkyard dog, he never sleeps ♪

♪ He guards his gold, piled up in heaps ♪

♪ He takes a drink from an old hubcap ♪

♪ Toss him a bone, he'll still attack ♪

♪ This four-legged wonder must put these thieves asunder ♪

♪ Crawlin' mad in the noonday sun ♪

♪ If he finds you, man, you're done ♪

♪ That junkyard dog. ♪

Gosh, You're kidding me!

We are never going to find this car.

Come on, Gage, the day is young.

Well, considering

this is the last stop on our list,

I'm thinking we're pretty much cooked.

I'm getting a good feeling about this.

Want to put ten bucks on that?

You're on.

Fair enough.

You don't say.

You don't say.

Hey.

Hey, who were you talking to?

My mother. What do you want?

Have you seen a new LeSabre come through here?

No.

No. That's funny,

how he just didn't even seem

like he thought about that before he answered, did he?

Don't you need to check a log or something?

I'm a businessman.

See, part of being a businessman is knowing

what the business is.

Now, the business I'm in

is the auto salvage business.

That's car parts to you and me.

Legitimate vehicular appliances and accessories.

Hey, hey, what are you doing?

Oh, I'm just looking around.

For what?

I'm telling you, I don't have your car.

I see every vehicle that comes in.

I've got them all in my head, like a computer.

Look, if the car shows up here, I'll call you,

save you the time you're wasting now.

But right now I can guarantee you 100% that...

This is a brand-new LeSabre grille.

How about that?

What?

And it looks like it came off the car we've been looking for.

No, no, see, this LeSabre here wasn't blue.

We never said the LeSabre was blue.

Whoops.

No, no, wait, wait, wait.

You just hang on a second...

No, I don't think we're going to just hang on a second

because, you see, we're in the police business,

and you, my friend, are under arrest.

Hey, get em!

Come here.

Come on, easy, Ranger, easy.

All right, partner.

Pay up.

What?

What do you mean "what?" Pay up. For the bust.

Oh, you're kidding.

By the way, Hugo, we should let you know

that car is wanted... In connection with a murder.

So it'd be in your best interest

to tell us who brought it in.

Brought what in?

I see now he's in the business of comedy.

How funny is it going to be

when you're on trial for accessory

to murder, Hugo?

You know, Ranger Gage,

I'll bet you ten bucks that I could convince the jury that

ol' Hugo here knows

everything about the murder

of that young, defenseless woman.

No, I don't think I'm gonna take you on that bet.

You're too good on the witness stand.

Guess you're going away for a long time.

Okay. Okay, okay. Look.

The guy who brought the car in,

his street name is Johnny Zoom.

You know where we can find him?

He's always talking about some high-stakes poker game

over in Sunnyvale.

I think they have it at a club called July Alley. Okay?

Okay.

I'll call Walker.

Okay, Syd. Watch your backs.

Pull up a Johnny Zoom.

Sydney said that he's the one

that stole the car.

Johnny Zoom.

Johnny Zubliski.

Loves to steal cars.

Last year, he was linked to a vehicular homicide,

but got off on a technicality.

Looks like he's our guy.

Gage and Sydney are checking out a club called the July Alley.

He's known to hang out there.

♪ I know your time is coming ♪

♪ I don't know when ♪

♪ Who's gonna stand beside you ♪

♪ In the end? ♪

♪ I think you just drew ♪

♪ Aces and eights ♪

♪ Gonna pray they let you ♪

♪ Through Heaven's gates... ♪

Straight flush.

Looks like it's my lucky day.

Hold it.

Texas Rangers.

Yeah, we heard Johnny Zoom's

involved in an illegal card game here. So?

So if you don't want to get into any more trouble

than you're already in,

you might want to tell us where he is.

He's right over there.

Johnny Zoom!

The law.

Gotta go. Stop him.

Whoa!

Johnny!

Over here!

Hey!

Scaggs, great timing.

Yeah, I've been looking for you.

Yeah, how come?

Gotta finish my job.

Gage!

Johnny Zoom.

Not any more.

Wonder who did this.

Well, obviously someone

who didn't want him to talk

Johnny Zoom was definitely involved in Connie

Gibson's murder. We found these

pictures at his apartment.

Looks like they were taken

right after the trial.

Mm-hmm.

By Johnny Zoom?

Well, we didn't find any photo equipment

in his apartment at all, not even

a little Instamatic. There were no other

pictures, either.

Maybe they were given to Johnny

by the man who hired him.

Well, Forensics checked

for other fingerprints, and didn't find anything.

Trivette, let's see if Johnny Zoom has any connection

with the Viscardi organization.

You Floyd?

Yeah, and you got a lot of nerve

making us wait here this long. Where were you?

Mr. Floyd, "Where were you?" sounds like a question to me,

and I told you, if you want to get paid for this job,

it's no questions asked.

Hey, I'm just talking common courtesy here.

And I'm talking $50,000.

You want it or not?

Fine.

Here's half up front.

You get the other half when this one's toast.

Madam Foreperson, have you reached a verdict?

Toast is the way we cook 'em.

Oh, and Johnny Zoom has no connection

to the Viscardi organization at all.

Hey.

Hey.

I'll talk to you in a minute.

You'll be happy to know

I got in touch with everyone

involved with the trial, and after hearing

about Connie Gibson, they're all grateful

that we're providing them with protection.

All except for Judge Stiegler.

He seems to think that nobody's

gonna go after a federal judge, so he turned

the officer away. We'll go talk to him.

Good. You know, he's lecturing all day

at the Dallas Law School.

Okay.

Okay.

See you at the lecture, Judge.

Okay.

Hope that's not who I think it is.

Judge Stiegler?

Yeah, we believe so.

That, you know, was his office that exploded.

What do you think happened?

At first glance?

Someone painting the room left a couple cans

of turpentine open and the windows closed.

The fumes ignited, and... whoosh.

What about second glance?

This is a lot of damage for a couple cans of turpentine.

Hmm. Look, I'll do

a full arson investigation and I'll get back

to you if I find anything.

Okay. Thanks, Ned.

Go after a federal judge,

you'll go after anybody.

I know.

What's the update with the judge?

Burnt to a crisp.

Good.

Now get rid of the contractors.

Consider it done.

Nice view.

Got the results, Ranger Walker.

It was arson.

Paint thinner?

No, that was the decoy.

The real killer... Un-odorized propane.

It's a heavy gas

that will stay on the floor

unnoticed, really. Till it ignites.

Once it does, it disappears.

How'd you find it?

Found traces of propane in the melted nylon carpet.

How difficult is it to get

un-odorized propane?

It's very difficult.

This gas is a highly controlled substance,

only available from, uh, oil refineries

and gas plants.

How many of them are in the Dallas area?

I'd say no more than 20.

I'll get Sydney and Gage on it.

Okay. Thanks, Ned.

Mr. Floyd, it's your silent partner.

You do excellent work.

I have the other half of your payment.

Yeah, so where can we meet?

Gage, I am here

at the Waterton Refinery, and I gotta tell ya,

records are clean.

There's nothing going on over here.

How about you?

Yeah, I drew a big, fat zero, too,

but I did come up with some interesting information.

Apparently the minimum order size

for a load of un-odorized propane: 9,500 gallons.

That's the size of a normal tanker truck.

Wow.

Yup. Whoever's buying the stuff

gotta have a truck to transport it also.

All right. I'll pass it on to Trivette.

Okay.

Right.

Okay, Syd, I'll keep an eye out.

How you doing?

Ranger Trivette.

Who are those guys out there?

Just some clients making a pickup.

You always allow pickups after 5:00?

For select clients.

I thought your clients were gas companies.

That truck doesn't have a marking on it.

Sir.

Do your select clients have a name?

Well, give me a minute and I'll check the logbook.

Don't bother.

I'll ask them myself.

Hey!

Pull over!

I told you, Ranger, I have nothing to say.

I don't want you to say anything.

We already know it was you and your partner

that torched the judge's office.

When we're through with the dispatch manager

from the gas plant,

we'll have all the evidence we need.

Did you say something?

What do you want to know?

Who hired you?

Look, it was a blind hire.

We got the assignment over the phone.

After it was over,

the guy rolls up on his motorcycle and he paid us.

And that's all I know.

Let me tell you what I know.

Whoever hired you is trying to kill you.

That's who put the hit out on your partner.

They flew under the radar

so they're still out there,

and they don't want to leave witnesses.

So if you don't help us, you're dead.

Look... I don't know the guy's name,

but I can give you a description.

Let's go.

All right, here's the police sketch

we got from Floyd.

Here's the results of the advanced search from the FBI.

How many matches is that?

Near matches.

Over 2,000.

That would take forever to track 'em all down.

Trivette, narrow it down to just the Dallas area.

That's 182.

Okay.

Narrow it down to anyone with a Class M license.

All right... motorcycles.

All right, now we've got 12.

All right, I'll print that out,

show it to Floyd, see if any one of these guys

is our man.

Got it.

Yeah. Yeah.

Got our man. Dean Scaggs.

I'm going to punch him up on the computer.

Uh, I'll call you back, Alex.

Something's come up.

He's a hired enforcer,

connected to organized crime all over Texas.

Bad news.

Have Gage and Sydney get a warrant and pick him up.

Dean Scaggs!

We're Texas Rangers.

We have a warrant, okay?

Why don't you just open up?

Gee, Ranger Gage, he doesn't appear to be home.

Why don't we let ourselves in?

Perfect timing. Mm-hmm.

Hey, hey, wait!

What the...?!

Scaggs, what the hell are you doing here?

I got to get out of town; I got

some rangers after me. Rangers?

And you came to my office.

All I need is some cash, and I'm out of here!

Well, I guess since you're in such a hurry to leave, Scaggs,

I'll have to take care of DA Walker myself.

Thanks, Mike.

You got some cash on you?

Yeah, sure; it's in the safe.

Come on.

Have a nice trip.

Anything?

Viscardi.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm all clear.

"DA Walk..."

They're going after Alex.

Let's go.

Okay, we got it.

One no-knock warrant for Michael Viscardi's home.

He won't be going back to his office

with all those crime scene investigators

crawling all over the place.

Trivette, you and Gage

go check out his house.

All right. What are you and Sydney going to do?

Hopefully, catch a rat.

Have the jet ready to go in a half hour.

We'll take out Walker and his wife,

and then we're out of here.

That should make my old man feel better.

Let's go.

Yes, sir.

Who are you?

Just your everyday ordinary ranger.

Hah!

So how may rats did you catch?

I caught two.

♪ Don't mess with the lady ♪

♪ I told you before. ♪

Well, Viscardi's men have all been rounded up.

Is that right?

You know, Syd, I heard that Michael Viscardi

thought you're a real knockout as Alex.

Get it?

"Knock," 'cause you... I get it. I get it.

Hey, you know what that means?

What?

We get to enjoy the kickboxing

championship this weekend.

Hey, that ties right in with my knockout joke

'cause you... you knocked...

I should probably do standup.

Ladies and gentlemen, in this corner,

the challenger, John Washington.

In this corner, I present to you

kickboxing lightweight world champion Danny Steele!

The middleweight kickboxing world champion,

Alex Gong.

Light heavyweight

world champion, Olando Rivera.

World heavyweight kickboxing champion

Jean Claude Leuyer.

Our winner, heavyweight world kickboxing champion

Jean Claude Leuyer.

Thank you very much for coming

on behalf of the ISKA.

Thank you again so much for letting us train with you.

It was truly... painful.

See you later. My pleasure.

Honey, if you want to stay for a little while,

maybe Jimmy can give me a ride home.

You sure you don't mind?

No.

You sure you don't mind?

No. Okay.

Thanks, hon.

I'll see you guys.

Good night.

Man, seeing those guys fight takes me way back.

Yeah, Howard.

I would say about 30 pounds.

What are you trying to say?

I just...

How about you, Joe? You miss the old days?

Well, if I said I didn't, I'd be lying.

Knocking those guys out, standing up there

in the middle of the ring

raising your hands in victory... wow.

I feel the same way.

Yeah, but, well, Don, you're an actor now.

It's a lot easier on that body.

Yeah, you're right about that.

How much longer you have to film?

Three more weeks.

I'm just glad I was able to get the time off

to come here and watch this.

Uh, here come the champions.

Congratulations, guys.

You fought some really impressive

matches out there.

Yeah, Danny, you know, you had some great combinations.

Thanks, Mr. Jackson.

You know, Mr. Wallace,

I'm a big fan of yours.

Oh, thank you.

Yeah, you guys were the best.

Were?!

These guys are making us

sound like we're an over-the-hill gang.

Well, you had your day in the sun,

it's just a little cloudy now.

Whew.

Oh, really?

That sounds like ca challenge to me.

No, no, sir, we wouldn't do that.

Whoa, whoa.

First, "mister,"

now "sir."

They are definitely challenging us.

Well, guys, why don't we just

get together and have a little sparring session?

Yeah, the "are champions" versus

the "were-champions."

Sounds like a great idea to me.

Walker, you mind if we use the ranger gym?

No, not at all, but, uh, take it easy on them.

We will, Ranger Walker.

No, Danny, I'm talking to the "were champions."

Keep going, Danny. Come on, come on.

♪ Living legends come from the past ♪

♪ They still got it, more or less ♪

♪ Fists of iron and legs of steel ♪

♪ What they got is all so real ♪

♪ Man to man, brother to brother ♪

♪ Fathers and sons, like no other ♪

♪ Fist to fist, toe to toe ♪

♪ Look at them, you just know ♪

♪ Glory is theirs, the memories are mine ♪

♪ Living legends ♪

This guy's still champion.

♪ For all time. ♪

Come on, Joe. Come on.

♪ Oh, yeah! ♪

♪ Oh, oh, yeah! ♪

♪ Yeah! ♪

♪ '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. ♪