Original subtitles

( upbeat rock theme plays)

(mooing)

(crowd chattering indistinctly)

Oh, I can't believe it.

One week from today, our first Annual Charity Rodeo.

It's gonna be great, Alex.

I know.

I am so grateful you put me in touch with J.T.

He's a good friend and a good man.

He was glad to help.

( upbeat theme playing)

J.T.: Go. Let's go. Come on.

Let him go, let him go.

Easy now.

Cut her tight.

Hyah, hyah. Come on.

And let him out. Go. There we are.

Yeah. (clicks)

Hey, you two.

Walker.

Hey, J.T. J.T.: Trivette.

Lovely Miss Cahill. How are you?

Great. How are you?

So, Melissa, are you and Sunshine

ready for next week?

You bet they're ready.

Well, I hope so.

She's ready.

Well, I wish I was as confident as my dad.

Well, I'd better get Sunshine down to the stables.

Okay.

Bye. Bye.

I'll catch up with you in the parking lot, darling.

She's quite the daughter.

Sometimes when I look at her

I still see her mother.

ALEX: Well,

we cannot thank you enough, Mr. Fuller.

Donating this arena was a God-send to us.

Oh, we both win, Alex.

You get the arena,

and the arena gets Ty Murray and Widow Maker.

Ty Murray? Bull rider Ty Murray?

Nine time world champion Ty Murray...?

He's riding in the charity rodeo?

That's a fact. Coming here special

just to ride Widow Maker.

Widow Maker?

I don't like the sound of that.

TRIVETTE: It's because you're not supposed to.

Forty-six guys tried to ride that bull.

Nobody's stayed on for the full eight seconds.

That bull's unridable.

TY: Not unridable, Ranger.

Just unridden. WALKER: Hey, Ty.

Hey, Walker.

Ty, this is Alex Cahill.

Ty Murray. Hi.

Nice to meet you. Ranger Trivette.

How you doing?

My pleasure, sir.

You know what? I saw you in Las Vegas last year.

You rode Destroyer.

ANNOUNCER (on PA): And it's Ty Murray riding Destroyer,

and he's gonna take it for the full eight seconds.

Oh, that's a heck of a ride.

Yeah. TRIVETTE: That was amazing, man.

Well, thanks.

Well, we appreciate it, Ty.

Oh, I'm just glad to help.

Uh, you sure you don't want first shot

at Widow Maker, Walker?

Ha-ha-ha. No.

I'll leave Widow Maker to the pros.

Well, I'm looking forward to it.

Boy, if anybody can ride him, you can.

Ha, tell that to my insurance agent.

(all laughing)

Speaking of which, I got a stack of paperwork

to take care of for the big event,

so if you'll excuse me.

Just go ahead and visit.

We'll catch you all later.

Okay, J.T.

So tell me more about this center of yours.

Well, it's call the Hope Center.

Help Our People Excel.

( ominous theme playing)

Hey, Melissa.

Heading over to Campfire Tavern.

You come on and help us wash down some suds.

MELISSA: I'm busy, Buddy.

Besides, I'm underage.

No problem. I know the bartender.

I'm sure you do, but I'm going home,

and even if I wasn't,

I have better things to do than down suds with you.

( suspenseful theme playing)

(men chattering indistinctly) (laughing)

(horse neighs)

MAN 1: Don't let her get away. MAN 2: Yeah.

(grunts)

Let me show you what you're missing.

(grunts)

J.T.: Why you little...

(men shout indistinctly)

If you ever so much as touch my daughter again,

I'm gonna whip the living...

BUDDY: Hold him for me, guys.

Old man, you just made a big mistake.

(grunts)

(grunts)

Daddy, are you okay?

(all grunting)

All right.

All right, it's just a fight.

(groans)

If you don't toss the knife,

it's assault with a deadly weapon, kid. Come on.

(grunts)

Walker!

Buddy? Buddy!

Oh, man, no.

No.

You killed my brother.

( dramatic theme playing)

(Zach sobbing)

( light rock action theme playing)

♪ 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 ♪

I want the rotten skunk that killed my son.

It was an accident, Mr. Crowder.

I might have known you'd have had

something to do with this, Walker.

What happened?

Putting my brother in the penitentiary

wasn't enough for you?

Your brother swindled

30 families out of their land.

Now you got to go and murder my youngest boy.

Walker didn't do it. I did it.

( suspenseful theme playing)

ALEX: He didn't murder anybody,

and none of this would have happened

if your son hadn't pulled a knife on Ranger Trivette.

The hell you say.

You people have had it in for me

and my family for years.

ALEX: Only when they break the law.

I was there, Mr. Crowder,

and we have several witnesses.

I don't care what you've trumped up, Walker.

You ain't gonna get by with this.

Mr. Crowder, I'm sorry about your son.

Not near as sorry as you're gonna be, boy.

I'll see you in hell.

( dramatic theme playing)

MELISSA: Then Buddy roped me,

yanked me back, and tried to kiss me.

When I tried to resist... Resist?

To hear Zack tell it, she did everything but attack him.

ROBERTSON: That'll be enough, Mr. Crowder.

Please continue, Miss Fuller.

Then he knocked me to the ground.

The next thing I remember was them,

um, holding Dad while Buddy hit him,

and then Ranger Walker showed up and everything

started moving pretty fast.

Did you see Buddy Crowder pull a knife on Ranger Trivette?

Yes.

Ranger Trivette tried to talk him into putting it away,

but he wouldn't listen.

He tried to stab Ranger Trivette.

They wrestled some.

Ranger Trivette threw him in the water trough and...

And then Buddy was dead.

ROBERTSON: And there was no indication that Ranger Trivette

was mad at Buddy or had it in for him?

Oh, no, sir.

He did everything he could to make Buddy stop fighting.

ROBERTSON: Thank you, Miss Fuller.

We've heard testimony

from the Rangers on the scene, victims,

and the witnesses.

We'll take a recess and return with our determination.

(gavel slams)

( suspenseful theme playing)

And it is resolved

Buddy Crowder died at his own hand

while trying to avoid lawful arrest by a peace officer.

Ranger Trivette is hereby absolved

of all criminal and civil responsibility.

This matter is officially closed.

Call this an impartial hearing?

This is nothing but a love fest.

You people are pretty cozy, aren't you?

Throwing rodeos for each other,

thumbing your noses at us who work with our hands

and make this country great.

This is nothing but a state sanctioned murder.

Mr. Crowder, as a father I can understand your loss,

but please restrain yourself.

This meeting is adjourned.

( dramatic theme playing)

(crowd chattering indistinctly)

Mr. Crowder, I'm sorry about what happened to your son.

He made a bad choice.

WALKER: You heard the commander.

It's over.

It ain't over, Walker.

It ain't over by a long shot.

( dramatic theme playing)

(country song playing on radio)

Mm. There you go.

(phone ringing) Oh.

Yeah, Trivette.

No.

Really? Now?

Gosh, I'll be right there.

Gotta go. What's up?

Can't tell you. I'll jinx it.

Jinx what?

Walker, I got two words for you.

Well, I hope it's not "emu" and "gold."

(giggles)

(imitates Alex giggling)

No, it's not. Purple blur.

Purple blur?

Mm-hm. Cherokee that, buddy.

Purple blur.

Well, whatever it is, it's gotta be important.

I've never seen Trivette leave food before.

Yeah.

(laughs)

And I don't think you ever will.

(laughs)

CROWDER: My big brother went to jail

to protect me.

You were Buddy's big brother.

Where in the hell were you?

Walker and I were going at it.

Ah, there's just two of us left now, Zack.

You and me.

(horse whinnies)

We can't let this stand.

What are we gonna do?

Not we, you.

You lost Buddy and now I want you to put it right.

What do you mean?

I mean I want Trivette dead.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Dead?

Yeah, but not until he suffers

a whole world of hurt.

You want him beaten to death? That's right.

I'm bringing in some prime beef from Abilene.

They'll break his bones

and make his life flash before his eyes,

and then when the coast is clear,

I want you to step in

and drive a knife into his heart.

I want him to know that a Crowder killed him.

Can you do that for me, son?

If that's what you want.

Yeah, that's what I want.

( dramatic theme swells)

GAGE: So when the jury heard that a Ranger

actually jumped from the helicopter

onto the get away car

and busted 'em red handed with the evidence,

it was over from there.

Yeah, that's the whole point.

What point's that, C.D.?

Women Rangers.

Oh, here we go again.

What about women Rangers?

No, no, no, no.

Don't get him started.

C.D.: It's very simple.

A woman just won't take the risk

that a man'll take.

No, sir.

What makes you think

that a woman wouldn't do that?

Well, it's self-evident.

Every time a woman tries to do a man's job,

she exceeds her grasp, honey.

"Honey."

Did you just call me "honey"?

That's a term of endearment, sweetheart.

(all laughing)

Yeah, usually followed by:

"bring me another beer."

Sydney, this isn't personal.

A woman just can't do as much as a man can do.

C.D.,

it was Sydney that jumped onto the getaway car.

( light hearted theme playing)

Hm.

Well, I guess I'd better go back

and get me a great big piece of humble pie.

I was wondering when you were gonna speak up.

Whoa.

Huh. You're not gonna believe this.

What?

Come on, you gotta see.

Come on, Big Dog.

Come on, come on.

(hoots)

So what do you think? Isn't it beautiful?

Well, it's, uh... Unique. Yeah, unique.

Yes, it is.

It's great. Whose is it?

It's mine.

Yours? Yep.

Wait a minute now, Jimmy.

A car like this'd cost a hell of a lot of money.

Where'd you get the money to buy this?

Let me explain. Are you dirty?

(chuckles)

No, I'm not on the take. It's nice.

Did you inherit some money?

Nope. You finally picked a good stock.

No, but I do have an idea about a...

C.D.: Listen, Jimmy, I asked you a question.

Are you dirty?

No, I'm not on the take.

Well, what did you, find it?

That's what I did.

Yeah, yeah, I'll bet you did,

right out the side of the road with a note in it, says:

"Jimmy Trivette, get inside me and drive me off."

No, that's not what I did.

Trivette, tell us how you got the car.

That's what I'm trying to do.

The police impounded it last month.

It came up for auction yesterday.

All right, you know Matt down at the motor pool?

I said, "Matt, if anything special

ever comes up, give me a call."

He calls me, I go to the auction,

I bid on the car, voilà.

People, am I lucky or what?

It's definitely you, Jimmy.

Yes, it is.

So you gonna let us drive it?

Uh, uh... (babbles)

Let me get back to you on that.

Yeah.

Well, we gotta go. Where to?

We're going to the movies. What are you gonna see?

An action movie. A love story.

Ooh.

I wanna see something beautiful and romantic.

(chuckles)

Well, how about an action movie

with a love scene?

We'll talk about it on the car ride over.

See you guys tomorrow.

Okay. Bye.

Bye-bye.

I can't believe that you thought I was on the take.

I'm not saying that there aren't some jobs

that women can do better than men...

Oh, right, like-like diapering, vacuuming, crying.

And interrupting.

There may well be a president,

a woman president, in my lifetime.

Well, God forbid.

Do either one of you two have an opinion on this thing?

Gage?

Well, sure, I have an opinion on this,

and my opinion is that I would like to hear Trivette's opinion.

(inhales heavily)

And my opinion is that I think it's time for me

to take the purpster out for a spin.

Night.

(sighs)

Did he just say "purpster"?

Purpster?

He just said "purpster."

There's no such word.

( dramatic theme playing)

Hey, guys,

this here's a delicate piece of automobile machinery.

Wanna lean off my car?

I said, step away from my car.

We're just gonna let you know that, uh,

this light's busted.

Hey!

( upbeat theme playing)

What the hell are you doing?

All right, all right, listen.

(grunts and groans)

THUG: Come on.

(grunting)

Hyah!

Hyah! (grunts)

(engine starting)

THUG 2: Come on, let's go!

You okay?

(men groaning)

(speaks indistinctly)

I'll call an ambulance. Yeah, go.

Trivette? Hey, are you okay?

Help me up. Okay.

Easy.

What in the hell happened here?

I don't think they liked my new car, Big Dog.

Come on, buddy.

Here.

TRIVETTE: All right, the pickup

that Gage got the partial plate number on came up stolen.

So you didn't recognize any of them, huh?

Nope, they weren't at the rodeo with the Crowder brothers.

That means he brought them in from out of town.

You think he's responsible for it?

Yeah, I do.

Crowder doesn't make idle threats.

It was going great until them other Rangers showed up.

Take my word for it, Dad.

Trivette knew he was whupped.

I didn't pay for whupped.

I paid for dead, and when I pay for dead, I want dead.

It'd be crazy to try it again now.

He's got his guard up

and there's just too damn many Rangers around him.

Maybe you're right.

We'll lay off Trivette for a month, two months,

and then we'll get him and Walker too,

but right now I wanna teach that lying little witch a lesson.

( upbeat theme playing)

(Widow Maker snorts)

MAN: All right, let Widow Maker out.

(cries out)

Boy, when this charity event is over,

I sure hope I have an arena left.

MELISSA: You're really gonna ride him?

Yep, hopefully for eight seconds.

J.T.: Miss Cahill's center

is counting on a sell out crowd to see you try.

I don't think they're coming to see me.

At 46 and 0, I think they're coming to see

what Widow Maker does to number 47.

You're not afraid?

Ah, he's just another bull, Melissa.

J.T.: Just another bull, Ty?

If Widow Maker's just another bull,

then Doomsday is just another sunset.

(chuckles)

Thanks for the comforting thought, J.T.

(chuckles)

Well, I guess I gotta go.

Arena's set for barrels, honey,

and this is your last chance for practice.

Thanks, Dad.

All right, we'll see you.

See you all. See you at dinner.

So you wanna watch me practice?

Sure. I hear you're one heck of a barrel racer.

Great. I'll saddle Sunshine.

( cheery theme playing)

( ominous theme playing)

( cheery theme playing)

MAN: Go, run, go.

( dramatic theme playing)

All right, Tornado, do your stuff.

MAN: Hey, who let Tornado out?

Hey.

(whinnies) (screams)

(whinnies)

TY: Melissa? (Melissa grunts)

Melissa, get outta here.

(grunts)

(Sunshine whinnies, Tornado snorts)

(gasps) TY: Melissa?

(snorts)

Melissa, get outta here. Hey.

(snorts)

(grunts)

Hey.

Hey.

(grunts)

Help him! Somebody help him!

(grunts)

(groans)

(shouts)

Get Ty out.

( dramatic theme playing)

MAN: Come on, Ty. Get up, Ty.

(snorts)

Quick, quick, quick.

MAN 2: Come on, it's all right.

MAN: Come on.

( heart beating)

Come on, come on. All right.

(snorts)

Ty, Ty, are you okay?

I may be a good bull rider, but I... I'm a lousy matador.

( dramatic theme playing)

(indistinct chatter over radio)

(engine starts)

(all talking indistinctly)

J.T.: Still can't figure out how that bull got loose in here.

There's a rodeo worker back there says

he saw Zack Crowder open the gate.

He tried to kill my daughter?

Finish up here.

I'll bring him in.

( upbeat theme playing)

What do you want?

Your son, Zack, and I think you know why.

Zack ain't here.

(vehicle departing)

(door shuts, engine starts)

(gun cocks)

You're not taking me in.

Listen, Zack.

You haven't killed anyone yet.

Don't make it worse than it is.

( dramatic theme playing)

You're dead, Walker.

(grunts)

ZACK: Daddy?

(whimpers)

I'm sorry, Daddy.

Oh.

(sobbing)

So what's happening with the rodeo?

(chuckles)

You just can't get that mud

and dust outta your nose, can you?

Well, it's just the thought of all the good

the Widow Maker and I could be doing for Miss Cahill's charity,

that's all.

Yeah, well, uh, the truth is,

I can't get anybody else to ride Widow Maker.

Man, I'm sorry about that.

Yeah.

Well, without Widow Maker, I'm afraid we can't count

on near the sellout crowd that we expected.

Oh, come on, Alex.

Walker, are you out of your mind?

It's for the Center, but I told J.T.

if you said no, I wouldn't do it.

No.

Fine, great, it's settled.

But J.T. did say if I rode Widow Maker

that it would fill up the arena.

Walker, filling up the arena isn't worth risking your life.

I'm not going to die.

Oh, right.

They just call it the Widow Maker

because it's a cute name?

I don't want to be a widow before I'm even married.

(sighs)

Well, if you say no, I won't do it.

I already said no.

Well, you... You could change your mind.

Walker.

Well, you could.

He's gonna ride the bull.

Hee-hee. Gonna ride the bull.

( country theme playing)

(crowd cheering, chattering)

(whining)

(crowd cheering)

(vendors shouting indistinctly)

(snorting)

Oh, we got a big crowd here today, huh?

C.D.: Yeah, we got a good crowd today.

SYDNEY: Come on, Gage, would you step on it?

Relax. We'll get there.

I know we're gonna get there.

What I want is to get there on time.

You know, Syd, I never would have picked you

for the rodeo type.

Actually, I love rodeos, I do,

but this is not just an ordinary rodeo.

You know, this is Walker versus the Widow Maker.

This is huge.

This is like Tunney versus Dempsey.

You know, like... Like Ali versus Frazier,

the third fight, you know?

This is... This is the Thrilla in Manila.

Wait a minute.

You mean you're a boxing fan too?

You know what, Gage?

I guess there's still a lot about me

that you just don't know.

(alarm ringing)

The bank.

Texas Rangers. Freeze.

Why do they always run?

(grunting)

( exciting theme playing)

Syd.

(all grunting)

Please don't get up.

( upbeat theme playing)

(buzzer buzzes)

ANNOUNCER (on PA): With a time of 17.38 seconds,

that puts Marilyn McConnors into 4th place

with two riders left.

Here comes Charlotte Goodhope.

( country theme playing)

(crowd cheering)

(buzzer sounds)

With a time of 15.53 seconds,

Charlotte Goodhope moves into first place

with one rider left.

(clapping, whistling)

Man, I'm a jumpy as a bag

full of bull frogs.

(all laughing)

And now for the last rider of the day,

Fort Worth's own, Melissa Fuller.

(whinnies)

(crowd cheering) (shouts indistinctly)

Hyah!

Take it easy, babe. Okay.

Keep it tight. Easy.

Come on, come on. Nice shot.

Okay.

Come on, back it up. Hold it.

Okay. Let her out. Come on.

Let her out. Let her out.

Come on. Come on, make mama proud.

Come on, Melissa.

Yeah. Go, go, go. Come on!

(buzzer buzzes) She did it.

With a record time of 14.64 seconds,

Melissa Fuller wins

the Charity Rodeo Barrel Racing Championship.

Oh, come on, give her a hand, folks.

Congratulations, J.T.

Congratulations.

(laughs)

( upbeat theme playing)

Oh, boy, how about that, huh?

That girl's got the goods.

She's gonna be world champ some day.

Thank you, Ty.

I gotta get ready.

I sure wish it was me riding Widow Maker, Walker.

So do I, Ty.

Is it too late for me to change my mind back?

I'll be fine.

Give 'em hell, Cordell.

I will.

Remember, stay on your legs and reach.

Got it.

Be careful, Cordell.

How you gonna be careful sitting upon top of a bull, Big Dog?

(people chattering indistinctly)

(woman speaking indistinctly on radio)

Are they coming? Fort Worth P.D.'s

stretched pretty thin.

They said they'd send a couple of cars as soon as they can.

All right.

You all are under arrest for armed robbery,

reckless endangerment, assault on a peace officer,

and most importantly, for making me miss the rodeo.

♪ I got the fever inside Hey, I'm headed for the road ♪

♪ Been wrangling And a-riding ♪

♪ And putting on a show ♪

♪ It's boots and jeans And cowboy dreams ♪

♪ Yeah, everybody knew ♪

♪ We'd be kicking up the dust At the rodeo ♪

♪ At the rodeo ♪

♪ I'll be having A real good time ♪

♪ At the rodeo ♪

♪ It's like a cowboy's Paradise ♪

♪ We'll saddle them up ♪

♪ Put your head down And hold on tight ♪

♪ Every cowboy knows You keep riding until light ♪

♪ At the rodeo ♪

♪ I'll be having A real good time ♪

♪ At the rodeo ♪

(snorts)

ANNOUNCER: And now, folks, the one you've all been waiting for...

Widow Maker is one ornery bull.

Out of chute number two, stepping in

for the injured nine time world champion Ty Murray,

and riding the unridable 46 and 0 Widow Maker,

based out of Dallas,

it's Texas Ranger Cordell Walker.

(exclaims)

Oh, no, there's trouble in the chute.

Oh, oh, oh. Ow.

(screams)

MAN: Get him out of there. Pull him out.

MAN 2: Gotta get him. MAN: Get him right now!

(men yelling indistinctly)

MAN: Get him straight.

Sorry, you can't go back there.

MAN: Take him. Oh.

(Widow Maker snorting)

Come on, almost got you.

Reach up, Walker.

Come on, babe, come on.

Pull him out.

(snorts)

Pull him out!

( dramatic theme playing)

How is he?

MAN: Can't tell yet.

(whispering indistinctly)

(Widow Maker snorts)

(squeaking)

MAN: It's all right, buddy.

Hang on.

How you doing?

(crowd cheering)

It looks like Ranger Walker's okay, folks.

Oh, thank God.

MAN 2: That hand looks bad, Walker.

It'll be okay.

Let's give it another go.

Oh. What is he doing?

Oh, Lord, he's gonna go again.

Walker's getting back on.

Walker, what are you doing?

That's one tough cowboy.

WALKER: Tie it in.

(grunts)

Watch this.

Okay.

(Widow Maker snorts)

( heroic theme playing)

(crowd cheering)

(buzzer sounds)

An amazing ride for Ranger Cordell Walker, folks,

but still too close to call.

Oh, hold onto your hats

while we wait for the official ruling.

(crowd cheering, clapping)

(snorts)

What do you think?

Pretty close on the buzzer.

Oh, my Lord, he did it.

He made it, folks, and with a score of 96,

Cordell Walker is this year's

Champion Rodeo Bull Riding champion.

(all cheering)

How about that for a show, huh?

( upbeat theme playing)

The son of a gun made it.

I never had a doubt.

(country song playing on radio)

ALEX: Now, you promise that you'll never ever

ride another bull again.

Alex, I've been promising you for three hours.

I mean, what on Earth would possess you

to get back on that bull after taking a fall like that?

Well, you know what they say about falling off of a horse,

you have to get right back on?

Yeah.

That goes double for a bull.

Oh, so you got back on the bull

so you wouldn't be afraid to ride bulls again.

Right.

You just promised you never would.

Right.

Promise me again.

Alex, I promise I will never ride a bull again.

Cordell's got his fingers crossed.

Okay, now I believe you.

( upbeat theme playing)

(moos)

( upbeat theme playing)

♪ '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 ♪