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Well, here we are.

I love you, Daddy.

I love you, too.

Good night, sweetheart.

Good night, Daddy.

Shut up!

Any units in the vicinity of 816 Devon Circle,

report of a screaming woman, apartment 123.

That's right down the street.

Colby Dispatch Unit 29 responding,

816 Devon Circle, Apartment 123.

This is Unit 29. Show us 10-7.

Police! Open up!

Police! Open up!

Hold it!

Thomas, over here.

Oh, God.

She's still alive.

Call an ambulance.

An ambulance is on the way. Stay with her.

You got it.

Not only did you rape her, you had to beat her, too?

Yeah, I loved it!

Let's see if you can take a beating

like you gave that little girl.

Thomas! Thomas, that's enough.

That's enough.

Dr. Wallace... O.R., please.

Dr. Wallace...

Oh, my baby.

I should have walked you to the door.

I'm sorry.

I'm just so sorry.

So when am I gonna see some green

for the beating I took?

Yours is a slam dunk case.

It won't be long now.

How long is long?

Patience, Mr. Jackson.

How much will we get?

Mm, somewhere in the neighborhood

of $5 million.

Now that's my kind of neighborhood.

Of course, I get half.

Of course.

Talk about getting robbed.

Look, you just thank your lucky stars

you're not rotting in jail.

Well, I guess that makes you lucky, too.

Huh, Mr., uh, Gainer?

You're going to pay for what you did!

Hold on. Back off. You raped my daughter!

Back off. And you're gonna pay for it!

Get him out of here.

I got him.

That fool has been stalking me for a month.

Can't you get one of them, uh,

restraining orders against him?

Uh, it wouldn't play well in the press.

But the man's crazy.

Look, don't worry about him.

You just do your part in court tomorrow,

and you'll be a wealthy man.

You can count on me.

What do you want?

Hello?

Speaking.

Yes, sir, I'll get right on it.

Who was that?

The governor.

What did he want?

A lawyer was killed.

He wants you to handle it personally?

Yeah.

Trivette?

Call Gage and Sydney.

Meet me on the corner of Connor and Elm

in the City of Colby.

Yeah, Connor and Elm.

I'll meet you there.

Who was the lawyer?

Otis Gainer.

Oh, my God.

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 are upon you d

d Any wrong you do he's going to see d

d When you're in Texas, look behind you d

d 'Cause that's where the ranger's going to be. d

Hello, Walker.

Hey, John.

I guess you're running the show.

Looks that way.

What have we got?

Otis Gainer.

Maybe dead before he hit the ground.

No witnesses.

Bodyguard said he heard two shots

about ten after 12:00.

Where was the bodyguard when he was shot?

He was around the corner.

He just peeled some nut off Gainer's back,

and he was getting rid of him.

Heard the shots.

'Time he got back here, Gainer's dead,

whoever shot him's gone.

What's his name?

Bodyguard's name, Moten.

I've got him parked in the unit.

Otis Gainer.

$2,000 suit, an expensive car,

and rolling around in this neighborhood at night?

Well, it wasn't robbery.

He's got over $1,000 in his wallet.

He's got enough gold on to corner the market.

Yeah. Look here.

Powder burns on the shirt.

That means whoever shot him walked right up to him.

He knew the shooter?

Well, if that's the case, all we need to do

is find out who had a motive to kill him.

That would make a very long list.

Well, let's get to work.

Otis Gainer has successfully sued the City

of Colby on several occasions,

collecting millions in damages for clients

who were the alleged victims of police brutality.

Though Gainer has won similar cases in other cities

throughout Texas,

the Colby Police Department appears

to be his target of choice.

Otis Gainer was to deliver his opening arguments

tomorrow in the lawsuit against the City of Colby

and two Colby Police Officers

for violating the civil rights of Slim Jackson.

Gainer's assassination has outraged

the liberal community, as well as police watchdog groups.

Hey, you guys, listen up. Thank you.

The coroner in Colby gave the two slugs

he took out of Otis Gainer's chest to ballistics.

Guess what caliber?

Please don't say nine millimeter.

Nine millimeter.

Please don't say copper jacket.

Copper jacket.

A cop gun.

We've got to check out every officer

who had an axe to grind with Gainer.

Which basically includes

every cop that Gainer ever

raked across the coals.

That guy brought charges

at the drop of a baton.

Half the cops in Texas could be suspects.

Let's start ruling them out.

Gainer's bodyguard is in Room B.

Okay.

Was anyone else with Mr. Gainer?

Yes, his client, Slim Jackson.

The one who raped and brutalized

that woman six months ago?

He was not convicted of that.

But you know as well as we do that he's guilty.

Did you see Mr. Jackson

when you returned back to the parking lot?

No. His car was parked on the street,

and it was already gone.

So you don't think Jackson did it?

He was getting ready to come into a lot of money

because of Mr. Gainer.

So I'd say that would rule him out

as a suspect.

Did you know the man

that confronted all of you in front of the tavern?

I knew of him.

He was the father of the girl Jackson raped. Uh...

allegedly raped.

Do you think he could have killed Gainer?

No.

I was looking right at him when I heard the shots.

So Jackson was gone,

her father couldn't have done it,

and you heard two shots.

That's right. WALKER: Do you have any

idea who could have killed Mr. Gainer?

No.

But I intend to find out.

Am I free to go?

Yeah, you can go.

You need to leave

the investigating to us, Mr. Moten.

Take Gage and Sydney.

Go question Slim Jackson.

Even though Jackson has no motive

for killing Gainer?

Gainer may have told him something,

or he may have heard something.

It ain't fair, man.

I mean, 'cause he was gonna buy the Kit Kat Club,

and, uh, I was gonna hire the broads.

Yeah.

What a bummer...

Slim Jackson?

You Slim Jackson?

Yeah, that's me.

Texas Rangers. We need to talk to you, sir.

About what?

Would you step outside, please?

Why should I?

So they can powder your bones, man. Yeah.

Sir, this doesn't concern you.

I ain't going nowhere.

Mr. Jackson, it would be a better idea

if we got a chance to speak in private.

Why? So you can beat the hell out of me again?

No, we're investigating the murder

of your attorney, Otis Gainer.

Since you were the last one to see him alive last night

in Colby, maybe you saw something

in the parking lot, or...

Somebody walking around, a car, even a noise,

anything at all that could help us?

Yeah, it was a cop.

You damn right! Everyone knows that!

Yeah, probably the same ones that got me.

All right, that's enough. You, outside.

Everybody else, just back off!

Syd, watch your back!

Come on, hit to the girl!

Get her!

Oh, I'm sorry, Slim.

It didn't have to be this way.

Let's go.

Mr. Jackson's not going anywhere.

Who are you?

Mr. Jackson's new attorney.

You are?

Yes. Lyle Nugent with CAPT.

"CAPT"?

Citizens Against Police Tyranny, a private interest group

dedicated to protecting the common man

from police abuse.

Oh, yeah, CAPT: C-A-P-T.

I reviewed your case.

If I can't get the City of Colby to cough up $20 million

for the atrocities you suffered, as well as land

a movie deal to tell your story,

then I'm not Lyle Nugent.

So you're saying...?

I'm saying, as your counsel,

I will have your case back on the docket

in time to lead in the 6:00 news.

Excuse me.

Please, Ranger,

I'm conferring with my client.

Yeah, he's conferring with his client.

What happened to your nose?

Well, Old Gillis here...

Which ranger did it?

Hold it!

Hold on.

He did.

He Sunday punched me.

And you all saw that, right?

Yeah! That chump came in here

looking for a fight.

Hold it! Wait a minute!

No, Ranger, you wait a minute.

The public will be as dismayed as I am

to learn that Mr. Jackson's civil rights have been abused

by yet another jack-booted assault.

We came in here to ask him

about the murder of his first attorney.

He instigated the fight.

You need to allow us to question Mr. Jackson.

No. Any questions for my client

will be submitted through me.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I have to take witness depositions.

Which one of you saw the ranger attack Mr. Jackson?

A cop killed Gainer.

You all just can't stomach it.

The two Colby police officers

who were accused of assaulting Jackson?

They were suspended without pay for a month

pending an investigation.

Which opened the civil suit against the City of Colby.

Right.

They're both back to work, but on desk duty,

pending the outcome of the civil trial.

I've never met Cross, but I know Sergeant Thomas.

Seemed like a dedicated cop.

Walker, I was told that Sergeant Thomas lost it,

and he beat Jackson unconscious.

Can you arrange a meeting with both of them?

Sure. I'll do it.

What happened?

What didn't happen?

Jackson forced us into a fight with his buddies.

Jackson's got a new attorney

who's going to state that we started it.

Yeah, Trivette.

No, nothing concrete yet.

Uh, no, we didn't start the fight.

I can't comment on that.

Thank you very much.

Reporters.

Looks like we made the news, folks.

Oh, that's just great.

Here you go. Thank you.

And this is Mr. Jackson

six months ago, just hours after

he was apprehended and beaten by two Colby police officers:

Sergeant Thomas and Patrolman Cross.

As you know, these two officers are the defendants

in a civil suit against the City of Colby,

which was thrown into turmoil by the sudden death

of Otis Gainer at the hand of an unknown gunman.

But today, the story takes a new twist.

Mr. Jackson appeared at a news conference

with his new attorney, Lyle Nugent.

It seems he's had another run-in with law enforcement.

As you can see, Mr. Jackson has been forced to endure

yet another assault by totalitarian goon squads.

But now, instead of sending in the local cops,

they're sending in the real storm troopers:

the Texas Rangers.

This is the ranger in charge: James Trivette.

Highly decorated.

But his career is now in jeopardy

as Nugent vows to bring suit against Trivette

and two more Texas Rangers in a separate civil case.

I should've broke his nose.

What are we going to do?

We're going to do our job.

Let's get back on the Gainer murder case.

I just got a call from the commissioner.

He told me about your altercation with Slim Jackson.

Hey...

I know you didn't start it like they said,

but there's still going to be an Internal Affairs investigation.

Well, we figured as much.

Well, Sergeant Thomas and Patrolman Cross

have agreed to a meeting,

but their attorney... Who's representing them

as well as the City of Colby... He wants to be present.

Who's the attorney?

His name is Pete Drayton.

He's really having a horrible time, too,

so there's nothing he would like more

than to get you on his side.

When does he want to meet?

This afternoon, 2:00.

They're having a tough time avoiding the press,

so they'd like to meet out at White Rock Lake.

Okay, let's do it.

Were Thomas and Cross overzealous?

Probably.

Overzealous?

It was my understanding that Jackson was severely beaten.

They came across a brutalized girl.

They saw Jackson running away from the scene.

You've been there, Ranger.

You know what I'm talking about.

The victim, Cassie Jakes... she couldn't

positively identify Jackson,

and Sergeant Thomas lost sight of him in the foot chase,

so it was hard to convince a jury

that Jackson actually committed the crime.

Right.

Reasonable doubt.

But Jackson is a sexual predator,

and there is no way I'm going to let him turn that

into a big payday and destroy the careers

of two fine officers.

So you don't think either of the officers killed Gainer?

I seriously doubt it.

Sure, both had axes to grind with the man,

but as we already know, killing Gainer

wouldn't make the problem go away.

Now, I wouldn't defend either one of them

if I thought they were capable of that.

Here's Patrolman Cross now.

Caught you on the news, Ranger Trivette.

Welcome to the club.

Did you kill Otis Gainer?

Yeah. You bet.

A hundred times a day... in my mind.

This is no time for jokes, Cross.

Who's joking?

So, where were you when Gainer was killed?

I was with Wanda.

Does this Wanda have a name and a telephone number?

Yeah, this Wanda's my wife.

We were playing hearts with the neighbors.

They have names and numbers, too.

I'm glad to hear it.

I'll fax the names and numbers to your office.

We're suspects in the Gainer killing.

What a surprise.

Caught you on the news.

Welcome to the club.

Hello, Sergeant Thomas.

Bitter?

You bet.

18 years on the force, and some shyster like Gainer

puts a torch to my life?

I remember when I was in school, every morning,

we'd stand up in class and face the flag,

put our hands over our hearts

and say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Do you remember the last three words

to the Pledge of Allegiance, Walker?

"Justice for all."

That's right. Well, what a bunch of crap.

It's justice for the criminals.

Judge finds one

little loophole and puts them back on the street,

and if the perp gets a hangnail in the process,

well, someone gets sued,

and it's usually the police.

We saw in the pictures Jackson was beaten pretty badly.

Damn right.

When I saw what he had done to that little girl,

I-I just lost it.

What about your partner?

Cross?

He had to pull me off,

or I might have beat Jackson to death.

Now, they may have a lawsuit against me,

but Cross? No way.

Sergeant Thomas, this isn't your first lawsuit.

Two years ago, you were sued

for your part in an officer-involved shooting.

Two junkies were assaulting a nurse.

I intervened.

One had a gun, the other, a knife.

I got off four shots,

two killing the one with the gun.

The other two wounded the knife-wielder.

I.A. found no fault in Sergeant Thomas's actions that night,

but a civil suit alleging wrongful death

in violation of the junkie's civil rights was filed.

Who filed the lawsuit?

Who else?

Otis Gainer.

City of Colby shelled out

a cool million and a half on that one.

Man, you put on the uniform, and you're a sitting target.

Now, I'm not sorry Otis Gainer is dead,

but did I do it?

Absolutely not.

Where were you that night?

I went for a run.

At midnight?

I've been having trouble sleeping lately,

Ranger Trivette, and when you've been through

what I went through, you'll have trouble, too.

Did anyone see you?

No.

So then you don't have an alibi.

No.

Hey, wait, wait.

Yeah, I do, but it's only because I'm black.

Why is that?

I was in Monarch Park, and one of their units

rousted me.

I don't exactly fit the profile

for a jogger at that time of night in Monarch Park.

But I identified myself,

he continued on, and so did I.

Did you get the officer's name?

No, it was all over in 30 seconds,

but I'll call Monarch PD and see who I spoke with.

Okay, well, call me when you do.

You believe him?

Yeah, I do.

Walker. What? What?

The baby's moving.

Here, put your hand on my tummy.

You feel anything?

No, not yet.

Oh... darn.

Well, we've got all night.

Otis Gainer was a champion of the underdog.

Such a sad day.

He was a fine man.

I saw you on the news.

You're representing Jackson.

That's right.

I'd like to offer you a job.

Why me?

I need someone to protect Mr. Jackson

until the judgment is awarded.

I'll ask you again.

Why me?

Look, now... you made a mistake,

but we have to stick together.

By "we", you mean black people?

Well, that's exactly what I mean.

You keep Jackson safe until I get his civil trial settled,

there's a bonus for you.

In the past ten years,

Otis Gainer has filed suit

against 32 cops in over 20 cities

and municipalities across the country.

And in the trials, he's brought to the stand

over 400 law enforcement officers,

most as hostile witnesses.

How many in this region?

85.

Pulled the personnel records in 20 counties.

50 of them carry nine millimeter.

Let's start with them.

This is not going to make a lot of friends

with the local law enforcement.

Well, I'm more concerned with ruling them out

than making friends.

What's going on?

I was playing hearts, remember?

You didn't check out my alibi?

Weapon's hot.

Wanda said it was poker...

That your neighbors left at 10:00 p.m.

because you were raging in the backyard.

What's that about?

Okay, I had a few drinks.

I've been doing that lately, you know?

Weapon.

I didn't kill Gainer, and I know no other cop did.

What makes you think that?

Cause a cop would have tortured him first.

Weapon's hot.

Next.

He had the makings of a good cop.

Find that officer in Monarch Park for your alibi?

No, but I talked to the desk sergeant

on the midnight shift, and he said

he's going to go over the radio logs

to find out which unit was in the area at the time.

You'll let us know?

Weapon's hot.

These are the two slugs

the coroner pulled from Otis Gainer's chest.

This one came from a weapon

fired into a capture box earlier today.

All three slugs came from the same weapon.

Whose gun is it?

It's Sergeant Thomas's.

Are you sure?

No doubt which weapon fired the slug.

I'm sure Thomas disliked Gainer, but for him to do

something like this, he'd have to be

temporarily insane.

Insane or not, we have to arrest him.

I can't believe

that Sergeant Thomas could have done this.

It's hard for me to believe it, too.

Let's call him.

Sergeant Thomas has gone to China!

Sergeant Thomas, this is Ranger Walker.

Oh, Walker.

It's just that the last nine out of ten calls

have been reporters.

What can I do for you?

Did you find the officer who stopped you the other night?

Yes, and he

he will make a statement to that fact.

Good; contact him.

I want you and him at Ranger Headquarters

at 2:00 this afternoon.

We'll be there.

If Thomas's alibi holds up,

how do we explain his slug in Otis Gainer's chest?

We can't.

You know, Walker, even if Sergeant Thomas

has this officer vouch for him,

you know that Nugent is just going to say

it's one cop protecting another.

Yeah, I know.

Sergeant Thomas still isn't answering.

Well, I mean, he's only 20 minutes late.

Maybe he's caught in traffic.

Colby is, like, 60 miles away.

He's not answering his cell phone either.

Walker. Thomas called.

He said his alibi declined to come forward.

He also said he wanted me to tell you

how much he appreciated your trust,

and now everybody's troubles would be over.

And then he hung up.

I called back,

and no one would answer the phone.

Come on, Trivette.

Well, I'm-I'm going to come with you.

Sergeant Thomas?

Ranger Walker.

What a damn shame.

His nine millimeter is in the bedroom.

But no note.

There's powder burns on the temple.

But there's no residue on the hand.

The coroner may find something at the autopsy.

A .32 caliber.

Now, why would he use a .32 caliber...

when he has a nine millimeter in the bedroom?

That is strange.

A .32 is not your best suicide weapon, is it?

Did he actually say...

he was going to take his own life?

Well, no, but his tone of voice, its hopelessness...

Maybe when his alibi folded,

with Gainer turning his life inside out,

got to be too much for him.

I have to agree with Ranger Trivette.

I mean, the way he seemed on the phone...

he sounded like he was at the end of his rope.

Maybe.

Alex, can you do me a favor?

Sure.

Would you review

the civil case that Gainer brought

against the City of Colby and Sergeant Thomas?

Okay, but what am I looking for?

I don't know.

Walker, you almost seem obsessed

with clearing Sergeant Thomas's name.

Alex, I believed him

when he said he didn't kill Gainer.

Yes, but all the evidence says otherwise.

Motive, means, no alibi.

And how do you explain slugs

fired from his gun that reside in Gainer's chest?

When I can answer that, I'll know who's behind this.

Excuse me.

Alex Cahill Walker.

Well, that's no surprise.

Thank you.

Lyle Nugent has filed suit

against Trivette, Gage and Sydney.

What took him so long?

No, no, no, you did not try

to prevent them from addressing Jackson.

It was obvious from the beginning

they came to exact revenge

for what happened to Sergeant Thomas.

Quick,

what did you say that made Trivette lose it?

Uh, "I want a lawyer."

And he said?

How about a busted lip instead?

Good.

Now, so...

We made the 11:00 news.

Even though Internal Affairs

has yet to comment on this matter, Lyle Nugent

has filed a civil suit against the State of Texas

and three Texas Rangers,

including the one seen here, James Trivette...

The ranger in charge

when the alleged beatings took place.

He had this to say.

I have no comment.

I have them on the ropes.

Yeah. Yeah.

You know, I'm sure glad you showed up

when you did, Mr. Nugent.

I would have never thought to blame

Trivette when it was old Gillis here that clocked me.

What?

One of your buddies hit you?

Yeah.

I did not mean to.

See, I hit the other ranger upside the head

with a chair.

And that broke it all loose, man.

Right, right, but his partner

got bugged some chick.

Of course, no girl is going to get the best of me, right?

I got tired of taking it easy on her,

so I throw the old thunderbolt,

but she ducks, and I tagged him, man!

I'm really sorry, man.

No sweat.

It'll just have to come out

of your share of the settlement.

Texas Rangers

James Trivette, Francis Gage and Sydney Cooke...

Tom, you have to let this go.

Let it go?

I can't let it go.

Honey, our daughter will never be the same.

I mean, she just sits up there all day.

She-she never leaves the house.

What did her therapist call it? Uh...

Agoraphobia. Right.

If you have any more questions...

It's all because of him.

So, thank you very much.

Now, come on, boy.

And I'm not going to get any peace

until I get some justice.

Tom, Tom!

IA wants to see us

tomorrow morning at 10:00.

Good, 'cause they're going to get an earful.

I want you two to go to Monarch Park

and talk to the officer who detained Sergeant Thomas.

You think he really exists?

Yeah, I do, so find him.

All right.

I reviewed the transcript of the civil trial.

Pete Drayton represented Sergeant Thomas

and the City of Colby on that one, too.

Didn't he say he lost a million and a half dollars

in that lawsuit?

Yes. And they shouldn't have paid out a dime.

Drayton did such a terrible job,

he basically handed Gainer a victory.

Isn't Drayton supposed to be one of the city's best attorneys?

Yes.

His record defending Colby

against deep-pocket suits is second to none.

That's why I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

Until I did a little more checking.

What did you find?

In the past four years,

Drayton and Gainer have gone toe-to-toe over six times,

and each time, the cases have

been settled out of court for a huge sum of money,

or they have just lost the suit altogether,

to the tune of $10 million.

Some tune. I'll say.

And each time,

Gainer has had full access to all the evidence,

far before any of his discovery motions.

How does Gainer get access to the evidence in advance?

There's only one person.

Let's take a drive to Colby, Trivette.

What can I do for you rangers?

We'd like to see everything you have

on the Otis Gainer shooting.

What are you thinking?

Just a hunch.

If I'm wrong, I don't know what to think.

Sign right there.

Now I'd like to see everything

you have on the Sergeant Thomas shooting two years ago

and the logs.

Okay, Trivette.

What's wrong with this picture?

Nine millimeter copper jackets.

Nothing, as far as I can see.

All right.

These are the two bullets

supposedly taken out of Otis Gainer's body.

Supposedly? Why do you say that?

Stay with me.

And this is the bullet you fired

from Sergeant Thomas's gun.

Okay.

Now, what did Sergeant Thomas say

about the shooting of the two junkies?

They were assaulting a nurse when he stepped in,

killed the one with the gun, wounded the one with the knife.

Right.

And how many rounds did he fire?

Four.

Two into the one with the gun,

two into the one with the knife.

And how many rounds do we have here?

Two.

Where are the other two?

My bet is... these are the other two.

Does everyone log in?

You bet.

No one sees evidence without logging in.

Let's see what we have here.

Yeah, Officer Jones was patrolling that night.

That's him right there.

Thank you.

Officer Jones.

Yeah?

Hi, how you doing?

Can we speak to you for just a minute? Yeah, sure.

I don't have to report in for 20 minutes.

What can I do for you?

Did you offer to vouch for Sergeant Thomas

on his whereabouts on Monday at midnight?

Oh, absolutely.

Uh, then I heard he shot himself.

After you agreed to be his alibi,

did for some reason you change your mind

and tell him you didn't want to get involved?

No.

That doesn't make any sense.

Not much does on this case.

Listen, thank you for your help.

Yeah, sure.

Walker will be happy to hear this.

Yeah.

You were about this close, right?

When you murdered Otis Gainer?

What?

What? You... You think I killed Otis?

Mr. Gainer wasn't dead when I got to him.

With his dying breath he told me you shot him.

Really?

Mr. Gainer insisted I carry a small tape recorder,

so he could record thoughts and observations.

I recorded his last words.

The legal term is "dying man's declaration,"

the only hearsay evidence admissible in court.

Let's hear it.

Drayton.

Pete Drayton shot me.

Drayton shot you? But why?

- Because... - he knew...

Why'd you wait so long?

I couldn't decide if I wanted to kill you

or retire.

Well, I presume you decided on retirement.

That's right, Counselor.

I give you the tape, you give me $500,000.

It'll take me some time to get that kind of cash.

You have until midnight tonight.

Meet me on the roof of the concourse.

And be sure you have... all the money.

You know, a man could get used to this.

Well, get used to it.

It's going to be a whole new world for you.

You scream and I'll kill you.

I told you not to scream!

No!

You'll never do this to anybody again!

Ever again!

Call the police.

Let me have the tape.

But first I need to know why you had to kill my boss.

Sure, I'll tell you.

Otis and I, we had a perfect system going.

I'd give him access to all my evidence,

and I would try my case poorly.

He would win, and we would split our end of the profits.

So if you had such a good deal going,

why'd you kill him?

'Cause Otis started to believe his own press.

Once he became famous, he was impossible.

I mean, the Jackson case, it was a slam dunk.

He didn't need my help screwing the City of Colby.

And after the trial, he was going into politics.

I asked him if I could be his lawyer.

And he laughed.

He said, "Do you think that I would hire a honky attorney?"

And then he put the nail in his coffin.

He threatened to leak out

that I had supplied him with inside information

on most of his cases.

So you killed him and framed Sergeant Thomas?

Wasn't that hard.

I mean, I still got the rangers going on that one.

What a joke they are.

Why'd you have to kill Thomas?

Well, since Otis had alienated most of the cops,

I decided to pin it on them.

I knew Thomas went for a run late every night.

Wouldn't have an alibi.

It was the perfect setup.

Until he produced an alibi about running into some patrolman.

So in order to close the case,

you killed him and made it look like a suicide.

Very good, Mr. Moten, very good.

Now, give me the tape.

Drayton.

Pete Drayton shot me.

Did you really think

that I was going to leave you alive?

Well, you're as dumb as Otis.

Blow it.

That's enough, Moten.

Sorry, Walker.

Until now I couldn't understand

how cops could... lose control.

You got nothing; the tape exploded.

We got this conversation on tape.

How'd you know?

Best not to ask Walker a question without an answer.

What?

Like if Thomas didn't do it,

how did his bullets get into Gainer's chest?

Maybe you replaced the slugs

taken from Gainer's chest with two of the four

fired by Sergeant Thomas two years ago.

You didn't think anyone

would revisit evidence from a closed case.

Now you know. Get him out of here.

Come on.

Thanks, Walker.

For giving me a chance to put it right.

My pleasure, Moten.

I.A. gave us a clean slate.

Because of Moten's testimony,

they're demanding a state bar investigation of Nugent.

Yep, he'll probably be disbarred.

And because Drayton gave Gainer inside information,

the judge won't even hear

the Jackson civil case.

Which means he gets nothing.

But the best news is,

Slim Jackson is being held without bail

for the assault

and attempted rape of another Colby woman.

And guess who made the citizen's arrest?

I know, but you tell them.

Tom Jakes.

Goes to show you, justice does prevail.

And on a happier note,

we need to start thinking of baby names.

Any ideas?

How are you gonna do that?

You don't know if it's a boy or a girl.

Pick one of each.

James.

Ashley?

I'm thinking Gage.

Or maybe Maria's good, too.

Sydney.

Works for both.

Oh! Oh!

Duh!

Oh!

Sydney.

d 'Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you d

d Any wrong you do he's going to see d

d When you're in Texas, look behind you d

d 'Cause that's where the ranger's going to be. d