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Let's go.

Yo, Nick, stay here.

You got my stuff?

You got my money?

What is that? You call this fresh fish?

Yeah, yeah. I've seen fresher

on the wall at Red Lobster. You know,

you wouldn't know a fresh fish

if the thing jumped in your boat.

Texas Rangers.

Put it down.

Now if you want to continue...

No drugs.

This is ridiculous.

We're fishermen. Ha!

You deal drugs.

Drugs?

I don't see any drugs.

You see any drugs?

Bad news, Walker.

The dog went through the entire warehouse.

We turned this place upside down.

Came up empty.

See? It's like I told you.

We're fishermen,

not drug dealers.

My attorneys are gonna have a field day

with you bozos.

Is that right?

Sydney, what would prevent the dog

from smelling the drugs?

The fish.

Hey, Gage,

what fish do you think is large enough to hide some drugs?

The shark.

Absolutely.

Don't you love quizzes, bozo?

Get them out of here.

I don't care. I still don't think

this is a good time to be taking a vacation.

I mean, what if something goes down?

You're gonna have a heck of a time trying to reach me.

Alex won't even let me take my truck.

Walker, I checked it out.

The bad guys are on vacation too, okay?

Go on vacation, have a good time. Jeez.

- So how do I look? - Oh, my goodness.

You look so beautiful in that fishing hat.

Thank you, C.D.

I will take great care of it.

Now there's just one thing, honey.

When you're fishing,

you've got to have a lot of patience.

C.D., the one thing I definitely have is patience.

Oh, hi.

Hello.

I know.

Oh, hey, I'm gonna need another couple of drafts too.

Hey, baby. JULIE: Hey!

Excuse me. You want me, you call my name.

You don't grab me with your fat ugly hand.

Joey, get that piece of garbage out of here.

Ace, I'm gonna need another shot.

Julie, be cool.

I'm cool. Shut up.

Get it on film, make a lot of money.

Thank you, honey.

Cheers. Thanks.

Oh, man, I could go for a cigar.

Hey, they're on my desk. Why don't you get me one?

So anyway, girls... End of story. Got it?

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 the 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

Gonna make a lot of money. I'm gonna make a lot of money.

We'll all be happy.

Hey, Julie, where you been?

None of your business.

Go check it out.

Get Julie.

Mr. Ronson wants her immediately.

Yeah?

Francis? Sis?

I've been trying to reach you for a week.

Yeah, I know. I got all your messages,

but I've been on an assignment.

An assignment? Yeah, for...

Sis?

For one of the local newspapers.

Francis, listen.

I have got a story

that's gonna take me straight to the top.

That's great, sis. What's it about?

Well, I can't talk right now,

but I'll tell you all about it the minute I get to Dallas.

You're coming here? When?

Right now.

I gotta make one quick stop and pick some stuff up,

so I'll see you in a couple of hours.

Okay, great. You got it.

Oh, hey, sis? Yeah?

I'm really proud of you. You know, right?

Thanks. Thanks. Love you.

I love you too, Jules. Bye.

Mr. Ronson wants to talk to you.

Okay. I'll be there in a minute.

Oh, no, sweetheart.

He wants to talk to you now.

Move it.

This is how it goes down.

Get this guy, get the two broads, bring them back,

get the camera on, the crack pipe.

Get it on film, make a lot of money.

End of story. Got it?

So who are you?

My name's Julie Gage.

I'm a reporter for the Parkerville Gazette.

I've gathered enough information

on you and all of your activities

to put you away for a very long time.

I don't think so.

Go ahead.

But you should probably know that if he kills me,

you're coming along for the ride.

What are you talking about?

Let's just say that I've put all of that

very important information in a very safe place,

and in the event of my untimely demise,

all of that information goes straight to the authorities.

She's bluffing.

Maybe I am.

Maybe I'm not.

You gonna roll those dice?

Roll 'em.

The late review will be right back.

Hi, this is Julie.

You know the drill.

I still don't know why we didn't take my truck.

No way, cowboy.

You promised me three days,

and that's what I'm gonna get.

No radios, no cell phones, no disruptions.

Just you, me, and my trusty wedding planner.

Wedding planner?

Just kidding. Heh. Would you lighten up?

Sort of kidding.

Jules? No, this is Sydney.

Who's Jules?

Oh, uh, it's my sister.

Syd, where are you? I'm at work.

You know, where you're supposed to be?

Oh, uh, uh, what time is it?

It's 9:15.

Uh, I'll be there as soon as I can.

Hi, this is Julie.

You know the drill.

Isn't it beautiful?

Yep, it sure is.

Now you are not gonna get away with...

Ow! Ow. Hook her on the bar.

Good. How do you like that, baby?

I have records of everything, Slater.

Morning, guys. Sorry I'm late.

What's wrong? Uh, well,

I'm just a little worried about my sister, that's all.

Why? Julie's a freelance writer.

She writes magazine articles, short stories, stuff like that.

She calls me last night,

tells me she's working on this big story in Parkerville.

That's up by the Oklahoma border, right?

Yeah, near Lake Texoma.

She was gonna come by my apartment last night.

She was gonna fill me in on all the details,

and then she never showed up.

I mean, you know, it's probably nothing,

but...

I don't know. It just doesn't feel right.

Why don't you take a drive up there,

see what's going on?

Yeah, you know, that's what I was thinking.

What do you think?

I think you should go along.

I'm going.

Gage.

You know, I've, um...

I've always wanted to see Parkerville.

Oh, really? Yeah.

In fact, I hear it's particularly lovely

this time of the year. Hm.

I don't believe it.

We finally did it.

Alone, together.

I'm in heaven.

Hello, fellow campers.

Hey there, hi there, ho there.

Hi. Hi.

Allow me to introduce myself.

I am Bison Patrol Leader Stanley Chamberlain,

and this is Bison Patrol, uh, 48.

Cordell Walker. Hi.

Alex Cahill. Pleasure.

Pleasure to make your acquaintance.

My, you have certainly picked a lovely campsite.

Mind if we share it?

Uh...

Look, look, I know this is an awful imposition,

but we have been hiking all morning,

and to tell the truth, heh,

I think I've gotten us rather lost.

You see, between... Between you and me,

I'm not actually a Bison Patrol Leader. Oh, no.

I'm a gynecologist merely filling in for my brother,

no pun intended,

and he was actually supposed to lead this trip,

but unfortunately, he took ill.

And not wanting to disappoint the boys,

I volunteered to replace him.

Although I seem to have made quite a mess of things.

We'd be happy to have you join us. Really?

Are you sure you don't mind?

No, it's...

I mean, if you'd rather be alone

because you're young and healthy, I understand it.

It's fine.

If you're doing this to be nice...

Stanley? Yes, sir?

It's okay. Great.

Oh, great. Thank you.

Bisons, yes, fall out.

Oh, Walker.

You're just too soft, Alex.

Our parents died when I was 8

and Julie was 10.

What happened?

Well, it was just before Christmas

and they were coming home from a church social.

The roads were icy and... I'm sorry.

The doctors said they never knew what hit them, so...

But after that nobody really knew what to do with us.

One of our aunts wanted to take us both in,

but she could only afford one of us.

I told Julie to go and she wouldn't.

Julie's so stubborn.

But she said no matter what,

we had to stick together.

You know what? Good for her.

Yeah, yeah, I guess.

We ended up in a foster care group home.

I know a lot of those places are really great places,

but this one wasn't, and...

Well, we got... We got beat pretty often.

For some reason Julie always seemed

to get the worst of it too.

Even so, she never ever said a word about leaving.

She sounds pretty special.

Yeah, yeah, she is.

Thanks, mister.

Well, this is her place.

Clear.

Clear.

They did a number on the bedroom.

Kitchen too.

I wonder what they were looking for.

I don't know,

but whatever it is, they want it back.

Grab her arm. Unh.

Squeeze it.

Oh, God, no. Don't.

See this?

Heroin.

Pure and simple.

A few days of this,

you gonna tell us everything we wanna know.

Isn't that right?

Go ahead.

Let's go.

Bye-bye.

That'll do it.

I told her it was too dangerous,

but she wouldn't listen to me.

So, what was she working on?

She said it was some kind of an investigative piece

about a local businessman named B.J. Ronson.

Ronson? You know him?

Yeah, I know him.

The Rangers have been after B.J. Ronson for years.

Drugs, murder, prostitution.

He's been picked up probably a dozen times,

but nobody can ever seem to make anything stick.

Rumor has it he's got connections all over the state.

Law enforcement, politicians, judges.

That's what really got your sister's goat,

was the idea that somehow Ronson was untouchable.

So where do we find Ronson?

Oh, he owns a couple of businesses in the area,

but he spends most of his time out at a club he owns

on the edge of town. It's called Tall Cotton.

Let's go.

Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you.

Why don't you get us a couple of rooms

and give Trivette a call?

Ask him to dig up whatever he can on B.J. Ronson.

All right. What are you gonna do?

Go check out Tall Cotton.

d Grows fast In the tall cotton d

d It looks rather slow d

You know what to do.

What would you like?

Well, uh, a job would be nice.

What kind of job? Bouncer will do.

Sorry, pal.

We're all full up.

Okay, then. I'll take a beer, please.

Yeah.

You got an attitude, man.

Yeah, and I'm fixing to get something started.

Yeah? Yeah.

What's up with that, huh?

Hey, you guys, settle down.

Hey, hey, guys, that's enough.

That's the dude I was telling you about.

You all right?

Thanks, man. Don't mention it.

You handle yourself pretty good.

Thank you.

You a cop?

Yeah, I'm a regular Texas Ranger.

That's pretty funny, but Ace here says

you're looking for work. Is that true?

That's true. Appears we have an opening.

That is if work's what you're really looking for.

All right.

Hook him up, Ace.

There you go, Stanley.

Oh, thanks, Cordell.

I couldn't have done it without you.

Walker, I was so planning on us being alone.

Well, they'll only be here for one day.

We'll have two whole days together, alone.

All right. You're right.

Okay, Bisons, let's go dig that latrine.

Hup.

d Downtown, down d

d In the tall cotton d

d Yeah d

d In the tall cotton, oh d

You feel comfortable around men?

Yes, sir, I believe I do.

Think you can handle a place like this?

I think so.

What do you think?

I like it.

All right, you're hired. And you start tonight.

All right. I promise you, I won't disappoint you.

I'm sure you won't.

All right.

I'll see y'all then.

Imagine.

Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Let go!

What, you think you're too good for me?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

That's enough.

What'd you say?

I said, that's enough.

Real tough guy, huh?

Okay. Let's see how tough you really are.

I like him.

Yeah, he's working out all right.

Now this is more what I had in mind.

Can I eat this?

Come here.

Let me see it.

What's your name? Tim.

Well, Tim, do you know what this is?

It's a mushroom.

Yeah, but it's a poisonous mushroom.

Really?

Really.

You know, it's very hard to tell

a poisonous mushroom from one that isn't poisonous,

so my advice to you

is not to eat anything you pick up in the woods, okay?

Yes, sir. Okay.

Now why make this difficult, huh?

Just tell us what we wanna know

and it'll be all over.

Go to hell.

Go to hell?

Ooh!

Do it. SLATER: Grab her.

You got it.

Hold still.

What you got?

New uniforms.

Slater went and picked this out

personally this afternoon.

He's got to be kidding.

Are you really gonna wear that?

Look, heh, I don't know about you,

but I got two kids.

I need this job.

Oh, and the pink fur goes in the front.

Thanks.

Can I get two beers, please?

Thank you.

It's a lovely uniform.

You're just jealous because you don't get to wear one.

So where are the three stooges?

I don't know.

They left about 20 minutes ago.

Yeah?

Well, well, well, what do we got here?

Look, I don't want any trouble here.

Ain't gonna be no trouble at all.

All right, boys, that's enough.

Mind your own business.

Well, now you see, she's my friend,

which makes this my business.

One beating wasn't enough, huh?

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah?

Yeah.

Karina, I'm a Texas Ranger,

and we're looking for a woman who used to work here.

Heh, Julie? Yeah, Julie.

Do you know where she is?

Is she a Texas Ranger too?

No, no.

She was a newspaper reporter.

She disappeared.

No one's seen her or heard from her.

Can you tell me anything?

They took her.

Who took her?

Slater and Mr. Small.

I saw them taking her out the back of the club.

I mean, she wasn't screaming or nothing,

but I still got the feeling that something wasn't right.

Thank you.

This is wonderful.

Even with the Bison Scouts?

Even with the Bison Scouts.

Just to be able to relax.

It's so quiet.

Help!

Help, help, help, help!

Snake! Snake!

Stay behind me.

Help, help, help!

Quiet, kids.

Don't move, Stanley.

Wow.

Shame on you.

That was a brave thing you did, Stanley.

Brave? I've...

I've never been so scared in all my life.

Look, uh, the boys, I think they're pretty shook up.

Could we stay just one more night?

One night. One more? Thank you.

Yeah, sure. Thank you. God bless you.

The snake's gone. It's all gone.

No more snake. Talk about a softy.

Did I tell you how much I love you?

Thanks, Cordell.

You're welcome.

Hey, what are you doing in there?

Well, actually I was looking for you two.

You're looking for us? Why?

Well, we had a little problem out back.

What kind of problem?

A couple of the girls got themselves roughed up.

Which ones?

Karina and that new girl.

I mean, it's not a problem. I took care of it.

But I just thought you should know.

Okay, now we know.

You know, I don't know what it is,

but I get a funny feeling

I've seen that guy someplace before.

Where?

I don't know, but it'll come to me.

That's Kevin Parker.

Parker as in Parkerville?

His family's been in town about 150 years.

He's chairman of the bank.

Sits on the board of the church.

And B.J. Ronson has him on tape

with a couple of hookers and a crack pipe full of cocaine.

You know, Karina said

she saw Julie leave the club two nights ago

with Slater and Mr. Small.

When Julie called me she said

she had to pick something up before coming to Dallas.

The evidence she'd been gathering on Ronson.

She must've hidden it somewhere.

They can't risk killing her

until they've gotten the evidence back.

Exactly.

We need to get that evidence.

Mark, is there anywhere other than here

and her apartment that Julie hung out or spent time?

No, she wasn't much on hanging out.

She did do some volunteer work, though.

Volunteer work? Where?

Uh, at the nature center at the state park.

Okay, great. Let's go. Thanks.

Thank you.

Gage, we've looked everywhere.

It's loose.

Bingo.

Not bad, huh?

You are so lucky.

Okay, guys, a big Bison thank you.

Thank you.

Come on, let's go. We're going home.

Thanks so much, Cordell.

Bye-bye, now.

Thank you so much for that snake thing.

That was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

I will remember that snake thing as long as I live.

Boo, you got it. God bless you.

Thank you. BOY: Great stew.

Oh, no, it's this way. This way.

Next time let's go someplace more private like New York.

Business records, tapes, photographs.

You know, your sister was right. This is huge.

You're not kidding. There's not only enough evidence here

to put away Ronson,

but to put a major dent in organized crime

all over the state.

Yeah, well, check it out.

According to this, Ronson's got an old farm

up north near the border.

It's where he takes everything

that's too hot to handle for the club.

Okay, let's go.

Knock, knock. Hello.

Catch you at a bad time?

I'll take all that. Come on. Give it to me.

That's right.

Well, looks like your sister

was one very busy little beaver.

Hm, and she better be alive.

Oh, yeah, she's alive, for the moment.

But your moment's up.

Take 'em out.

All right, do it.

You got some timing, Trivette.

Yeah. From what I dug up on Ronson,

I figured you guys would need help.

Thanks.

What'd you find out about your sister?

Well, we're not sure. We we might have something.

Ronson's got an old farmhouse near the border.

That must be where they're keeping her.

Well, if he's onto you guys,

he's gotta be ready to cut his losses.

We're gonna need all the backup we can get.

Yeah, Trivette.

Finally.

Hm...

Ranger Walker, this is Ranger Chopper 1.

We've got a message from Ranger Trivette.

I don't believe it.

No, no. I won't believe it.

Without her testimony

to corroborate the evidence, they got nothing.

That's true.

Make it look like an O.D.

Dump the body at the rest area by the border.

You got it, boss.

Texas Rangers.

Trivette, cover me.

I've gotta get to my sister.

Go!

Die!

Francis?

Oh, Jules, Jules. Francis?

Sweetheart, you okay? Are you okay?

Look what they did to me.

Oh, sweetie, it's okay.

It's okay. It's over now.

Oh, it hurts.

It's okay, sweetie. It's okay.

Yeah?

Hey, Walker, Ronson got away in a jeep.

Can you locate him for us?

Got it.

Look for a jeep.

Get above it.

You're not gonna do what I think you're gonna do.

Probably.

Listen, Julie's story

got picked up by all the major wire services.

It's fantastic.

And listen. Tell them the best part.

I got offered jobs from

The New York Times, The Washington Post,

and The San Francisco Examiner.

Hey, that's great. That's fantastic.

Congratulations.

Which one you gonna take?

I have no idea.

New York.

No. She's going to Washington, D.C.

You, you gotta go to San Francisco.

If you're gonna write about crime and corruption,

well, I guess you can't do better than

staying right here in Dallas.

C.D.

What'd I say?

d 'Cause the eyes Of the 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