Walker (2021) s02e08 Episode Script

1 (JAMES GRUNTS) Trey.
- (GRUNTS) - TREY: Cap! Cap! Cap, can you hear me? - Yeah, yeah.
- Hey, just hang on tight.
I'm coming over to you, - all right? - No, no, you stay where you are.
No, that's not an option.
(GRUNTS) - (GRUNTING) - Come on, Cap.
(CAR ENGINE STARTS) - He get you? - What do you mean, did he get me? You got two holes in you, you're asking about me? (SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE) We need to get you to a hospital, Cap.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that might be a good idea.
TROOPER: How we doing, Captain? Oh, I'm just dandy.
You sure you don't want me to drive? (GRUNTS) Hey, I didn't catch your name.
Trooper Alexis Jackson.
Call me Jack.
TREY: It's good to meet you, Jack.
Do you have a, uh, first aid kit around here somewhere? Uh, try back here.
Oh, you know what, uh, - this is gonna work.
- It's a good thing you showed up early, - huh, Jack? (GRUNTS) - Well, you know, Mom always said, "If you're on time, you're late".
Didn't expect to come in on this, though.
Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, what are you doing, man? Sit back.
This this is Ranger Captain Larry James.
We need a clear path on North Lamar.
Officer down, en route to hospital.
Multiple s shots sustained.
Hey, hey, whoa, Cap.
You're losing a lot of blood, man.
We got to slow the bleeding.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- The shooter Lean back, all right? Just breathe.
Focus on breathing.
Cap.
Cap! - What's our ETA? - Five minutes, maybe.
You better make it two.
Copy that.
What have we got? Mid-40s, GSW to the right outer thigh and upper chest.
Lost consciousness on the way - and his pulse was thready.
- JACK: We got the captain of the Rangers here.
Unknown assailant and motive.
Gonna need to get this place - locked up tight.
- We got it from here.
Tell Walker he needs to-to Look, Dad, I-I'm gonna pull out the timer.
Any day, now.
Okay, there's no time limit on due process.
I mean, you claim it was Mr.
Green in the conservatory with the revolver, but the time and place suggest a crime of passion.
He doesn't fit the bill.
You're seriously making me regret agreeing to amend the game for a more - layered experience.
- (PHONE VIBRATES) Hey, DJ's calling you.
That's random.
(PHONE DINGS) It's still your turn, Dad.
One sec, bud.
Trey.
Hey, what's up? (INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER P.
A.
) Trey.
- Hey.
Is he-is he - Hey.
No.
No, no, no.
I haven't heard anything yet.
I know they just rushed him into surgery, but that's - that's about it.
- Hi-His, uh, - his son called Stella.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
I-I I got his family info from Connie and I reached out.
Are you okay? Yeah Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, no, no, no, I'm-I'm I'm good.
I-I didn't get hit.
- But this whole thing just happened so fast.
I - (STAMMERS) What the hell happened? JACK: Trooper Jackson here.
I responded to the scene and was set to watch over Trey Barnett before the incident.
Yeah.
Uh, HQ updated me.
We have any news? From what little your captain gave us and Mr.
Barnett's account, we're not currently able to discern motive and target.
Didn't get an ID and no one saw the license plates.
(DOOR OPENS) Doc.
Is he okay? The family asked that I update you all.
Thankfully, the bullets bypassed any major organs and arteries.
He'll be out for a few more hours, but I'm positive about his prognosis.
As soon as he's in a room, I'll have someone get you.
- Please have a seat.
- Thank you.
- (DOOR CLOSES) - Yeah.
Uh, thanks.
(EXHALES) Hey, Walker.
Thought you might want this.
(MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY) You look like hell, Cordi.
- Captain.
You're awake.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Great.
I should tell, um No, no, man, no.
Hey, anything from the, uh that car we spotted at the house? The guy that came after me he didn't match the registered owner.
But I don't know still could be connected to Serano.
Anything? - Uh, no, Captain.
- Not yet.
Uh, but everybody's working on this.
We will find this guy.
I know you will.
Which is why I'm gonna tell the D.
A.
that I don't want anybody else running point on this.
Right.
Yeah, uh, which means you're gonna want this back.
I need you running point on this, Cordell.
Buck's gonna stop with you, just like it does with me as captain.
- Larry, I - Listen, you know all the players, you know the local rangers, the D.
A.
, the city.
It's you, man.
You just got to promise me something.
Of course.
Anything.
You know, when one of us gets hit, things can go sideways pretty quickly.
I don't want anybody playing judge, jury or, God forbid, executioner on my behalf.
No matter the intention.
You got to make sure that doesn't happen.
- All right.
Yep, you got it.
- Okay.
Dad.
Oh, my God.
Are you okay? I'm gonna give y'all some time.
Yeah.
Oh, I dream What's up, buddy? It goes to rest I'm good, man.
Paradise, my love All right.
All right.
What do we got? COMMENTATOR: Collins tosses out the dime.
- And holy smokes! - JAMES: And that's my guy.
Got, like, a million interceptions this season.
You're telling me he's not - an elite player please.
- Interceptions are great, but that's not what makes an elite cornerback.
You're out of your mind.
WOMAN: Y'all are both trippin'.
- Just - Well, weigh in on this, Mom.
I don't know why you're entertaining an argument with the man that drafted a quarterback - in the fourth round of our fantasy league.
- (LAUGHS) Oh, yeah, just pick on the injured guy.
It wasn't a head injury.
Oh That's good, Kelly.
Pile it on.
(GRUNTS) - Dad.
- Hey, Larry, you were just shot.
You need rest.
Please, tell me you are not about to work right now.
(KNOCKING) Kelly.
Hey.
(LAUGHS SOFTLY) Good to see you.
Yeah, good to see you, too.
I just, uh, wanted to introduce you to Trey.
He brought Larry in.
Thank you.
Seriously.
Don't know what we would've done if you weren't there.
Uh, yeah, of course, uh, I was just in the right place at the right time.
I'm happy to help.
And I'm glad to see you awake, my man.
Hey.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Well, I'm, uh, I'm gonna let you guys get to it.
- Thanks, Trey.
- Of course.
You look good.
- Aw, thanks.
- The kids, too.
Yeah.
Last time I saw you was Em's funeral.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
(SCOFFS) Okay, will you please tell this man that he doesn't need to be working right now? Uh What's the word, Walker? And here we go again.
- Goodbye.
We are leaving.
Good to see you.
- Goodbye.
- Good to see you.
- KELLY: You too.
- Bye.
- KELLY: Bye.
- What's up? - Good news is that we got a crew ready to work around the clock at HQ.
The not-so-good news: we're still waiting on ballistics.
But, as you know, that still probably won't provide a solid lead.
James, we're on a manhunt - with no idea who the man is.
- Okay.
- North Side Nation? You - Uh, looking into it, yeah.
But everyone there with remaining ties pretty much scattered after Serano was busted.
And the car you called in was a no-go.
- Really? - Yeah.
Hey.
Yeah.
You got this.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know how I like run an op, even though you tend to ignore it.
(CHUCKLES) What's the next call? (GRUNTS SOFTLY) I think I may know a potential informant who had ties to Serano.
All right.
Keep me up on it.
Will do.
All right, Cap.
(LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS) (DOOR CLANGS SHUT) Hello, Cordell.
Stan.
Uh, news travels fast.
I heard about James.
That's, uh, truly terrible.
Please send my regards.
Hey, you know, you can keep your regards to yourself, Stan.
You don't get to feel any way about that.
Not after what you've done.
How's your brother? I heard the Davidsons are back and one of them took his job? Although, technically, I guess it was my job, but Aw forget the election.
It's still a tough break.
I'm not here to talk about Liam.
Well, why are you here, then, Cordell? You were in bed with North Side Nation for years.
I seem to recall, last time we were together, I ended up in a sniper's crosshairs.
You did manage to warn me about Serano, though the tip could've used a little more context.
And here I thought you'd use your investigative skills to figure it all out.
Or maybe you thought I'd go digging down the wrong hole and end up dead.
Well, you're here, aren't you? Guess it all worked out.
Or did it? Wait a minute.
You think Serano came after James? He definitely has the manpower to carry out a hit from the inside.
- Which brought me here.
- No, no.
Come on.
You and I have seen, personally, the way he calls a hit.
It's professional.
And that was just for you.
If it was for a big fish like James, he'd be pulling out all the stops.
No, it-it doesn't make any sense.
And what if he was desperate? I don't know why he would be.
That little stunt that Liam pulled? Word around here is that it could have Serano walking on everything.
Which would make going after James extra stupid.
And Serano's a lot of things, but stupid is definitely not one of them.
But you knew all this.
What do you want? How do I come in? Okay.
Uh, well long shot.
But you know James.
You know the players, the system.
Same as I do.
Hell, m-maybe even better than I do.
Now, yes, you played both sides for all those years, but you promoted James.
You believed in him.
I-I thought you might know You can never really know someone, truly.
There's always gonna be secrets.
Doesn't matter who they are.
I mean, hell, I walked around for a year with the biggest one of all.
You trying to piss me off? You and James - are nothing alike.
- James represents the best of us, you're right about that.
But I Everyone's a hero in their own story and a villain in someone else's, and from a distance, sometimes it's difficult to tell which one you're looking at.
You know, my viewpoint is currently somewhat limited, given my situation.
But, seems to me that if you're looking for the bad guy, you might want to try to start finding him among the good ones.
Right.
Okay.
Well that's all you got to say, um Enjoy rotting in here.
(SLAPS TABLE) Guard.
(LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS) WOMAN (OVER P.
A.
): Cardiotech to the ICU.
Cardiotech to the ICU.
What? You've been in a lot of hospitals.
- Yeah.
- Usually just ER visits, though, you know.
Concussions.
Stitches and staples.
You always had to talk my mom down from coming to check on me.
She was always blowing up my phone, talking about, "Make sure he gets his medicine".
Vapor rub and ginger ale.
- Ginger ale.
- That's it.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- (LAUGHS) All those years, we never once ended up here.
Grateful we got to keep the memories of this place clean as long as we did.
Think they still have the same artwork they had when DJ was born here? Ooh, that day.
(LAUGHS) That kid put me through the wringer.
Big-headed, 11 pounds.
He was a giant.
And you kept trying to say, "Oh, well, he didn't get it from me".
Like you aren't six, three.
With a big head.
(LAUGHS) You were so mad at me that day.
Because you forgot the hospital bag.
- Hey, I - N Uh-uh.
You had one job.
We talked about it for months.
- Okay, in my defense - Oh, no, no, shh, shh, shh.
You had a newborn in one hand, some murder case file in the other and you were looking all goofy, remember, in that "World's Best Grandma" shirt - from the gift shop? - (LAUGHS) I still have that shirt.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Come a long way since then, huh? Look at us now.
I never imagined that we'd end up divorced, - Kelly.
- Larry No, I just This is, like, the first real conversation we've had in what, a year? We're only having it 'cause I'm laid up in a hospital bed again.
How long you gonna keep on like this? I don't know.
I had it all laid out.
I thought I knew exactly who was gonna take my place.
I mean, you know, when the time was right, but now, not so much.
The future's a lot less clear.
Maybe you should start thinking about it.
Yeah.
Look at that already looking better.
(CHUCKLES) Oh, good.
I'm actually, uh, feeling a little worse.
What's up? Well, uh, we've been looking into old cases, trying to put together a canvas of potential suspects.
Uh, ones that don't fall under the umbrella of North Side Nation and Serano.
Just covering our bases.
- All right.
Anything worthwhile yet? - No.
Uh, hope soon.
(SHORT CHUCKLE) James, I know you.
And I know right now you're thinking every second that goes by without finding this guy is one second closer to him getting away.
But that's not gonna happen.
We will find him.
I know you will.
I got to ask this one more time.
Is there anything else you remember from the altercation? - I know it's a long shot, but I-but I have to ask.
And, uh, - Man by the way, we do have one lead.
Or one name we can cross off our ever-growing list.
- Serano.
Yeah.
- Really? Doesn't fit his M.
O.
Even Stan couldn't wrap his mind around that move.
Stan as in Stan Morrison? - Yep.
Okay, listen, I - No, hold up, hold up.
I put you in charge and the first thing you do is go running to Stan? His ties to Serano made him the only access - we could connect with.
- And did you believe a damn word that came out of that man's mouth? Walker, he's on the outs with Serano, he's got eyes all over him.
(CLEARS THROAT) Even if he could help, why would he? I mean, he's it's it'd be a death sentence.
You think I wanted to go see him? It wasn't just about Stan's allegiance to Serano.
It was about his connections.
Look, I know I was only your first choice on a technicality.
No.
Don't do that.
But your first choice ain't here.
When you put me in charge, you were putting me in charge.
Of everything.
No questions asked.
And I'm here now, all right? And I'm doing my best.
I'm fine.
I'm-I'm (MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY) James? Help.
Help! James.
- He-he, uh - Check the line.
O2's dropping into the 70s.
NURSE 2: Get the crash cart.
Damn it.
We need to bag him.
James.
Clear the line.
- NURSE 2: Ambu bag.
- WOMAN: (OVER P.
A.
): Code 313.
Code 313.
- Sir, you need to move.
- Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
NURSE: Pulse is thready.
We're dealing with a secondary infection that has escalated to a point it caused sepsis.
That is what we're treating now.
But he's gonna be okay? It is too soon to know for sure.
We're treating him with the best drugs we have.
It's important he avoids any unnecessary stress.
The next 12 hours will be crucial.
Thank you, Doctor.
Appreciate that.
I just don't understand.
What the hell is sepsis? All right, uh your immune system is like a home security network.
Usually, when you've got an intruder, boom an alarm goes off and security takes care of it for you.
But sometimes, like in sepsis, instead of taking it out security burns the whole damn house down.
Yeah, uh, but that doesn't mean, uh, that doesn't mean anything about James.
He's gonna be all right.
James isn't done.
He ain't done.
Not by a thousand miles.
DJ.
Your daddy he's gonna get through this.
There's no other, uh, outcome that makes any sense.
Meantime, we all just need to be there for each other.
And I will do whatever it takes to make sure whoever is responsible for this is brought to justice.
You have my word.
Hey.
I want to help.
I know you do.
I appreciate that, but you're not an A.
D.
A anymore.
And that's fine, 'cause you can still help, all right? The best way you can help is to be there for them.
Make sure they all know they're not alone.
Okay.
But but what about you? I'm all right.
I got work to do.
Walker.
Hey.
Hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Here in the moment I'm just, uh (CLEARS THROAT) I'm heading to, uh, HQ.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I, um - Just I-I just taking a second, you know.
- Yeah.
To-to to think about uh, everything.
Bring us together I'm out of my league here, Ger.
Mark the passing days Well, you're used to the dark and scary.
You are.
Between Em and Hoyt, the Wests.
I Even Micki.
You thrive in that chaos, you just - you always second-guess yourself.
- Well, but this is different, Ger.
I mean, the-the You know, I'm always used to having somebody by my side, you know, somebody to look to for-for guidance.
And now Micki is-is And Captain James is in there, and-and now I have to go talk to all the rangers all of his rangers a-and tell them what's going on.
And everybody's gonna be looking to me for-for answers and-and I don't have them.
You know, I-I I don't think I can do it.
(CLEARS THROAT, CHUCKLES) Well, you're already doing it.
And you've got more people on your side than you even know.
It just looks a little differently than you're used to.
Yeah.
You ever wonder why it's always me and you - at the end of the world? - Uh Oh, God.
You got this, Cordi.
- Yeah.
- Come here.
Go get 'em, Cordi.
Yeah, of course.
- You got it.
- Yeah.
WALKER: Hey, can I get you guys in the bullpen, please? Thank you.
(QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER) All right.
Excuse me.
We can turn that off.
We can turn Rangers, friends.
Uh, just a moment, please.
So, the further we look into the incident with Captain James, the more it becomes clear that this was likely personal.
A crime of passion.
This wasn't random.
James was the target.
So, please keep trekking down memory lane, because every old case could hold a potential suspect.
All right.
Uh, actually, actually, uh, sorry.
One more thing.
Um James is in a really rough spot.
I can't promise you everything will be okay.
But I did promise him that we would get this job done.
James asked me to call the shots for us, which means now I have this.
Which, uh, doesn't feel like it means a whole hell of a lot, because the star's only as good as the person wearing it, right? And, right now, the person wearing it is a little nervous.
Uh well, scared, frankly.
And I imagine some of y'all might be scared, too.
But that's okay.
We can use it as fuel.
I been asking myself, uh (CHUCKLES) what would James do? Right now, I think he'd be telling us to do - whatever it takes to find this guy, - Ada.
- and find this guy we will.
- I need you to get me a visitor pass.
And when we do find him whoever he is I need you all to ask youselves the same question: what would James do? We can honor him by bringing about justice morally.
(ALL AGREEING) I'll be working from HQ for the next few hours, so I'm here if you need me.
However you need me.
So, take care of yourselves.
We got work to do.
- Will do.
- Okay.
Thank you, sir.
(LOW, INDISTINCT CHATTER) Do you guys ever just wish your dads had a regular job? I used to.
But, um, no, not anymore.
You know, even after everything that's happened, it just kind of makes sense, you know? Plus, can you imagine my dad with a briefcase? - (ALL LAUGH) - Ridiculous.
Yeah.
I mean, I guess I know he's where he's supposed to be, but sometimes I just wish I could press pause.
- Ow.
- Hey, do you guys remember the sleepovers - we used to have as kids? - Yeah.
Yeah, the-the poker nights, right? (LAUGHS) The parents were always so loud.
And you used to get us caught by sneaking down to watch 'em play.
AUGUST: I was just trying to learn.
By blowing our cover.
It was pretty smart.
We didn't learn the rules, - but we came up with our own.
- Oh, my God.
- (LAUGHS): Oh - We even had our own chip system.
So we played with Rainbow Snaps.
I can't press pause for you.
But maybe we could pretend for a little while.
I'll get cards from the gift shop.
(PHONE RINGS) Liam.
Hey.
You hear the news? James is awake.
That's great news.
Where are you? About to leave HQ and head back to the hospital.
What's up? Well, I looked into some of those leads, and it turns out there is a guy recently released who was cozying up to Serano's crew.
Where'd you get all this? I may be a disgraced former A.
D.
A, but I still have some friends there, okay? This guy, Cole Lecher he was booked by James back in his trooper days.
- Okay.
- He was taken to Austin General Hospital a few hours after James.
For a gunshot wound? I mean, how-how did we miss that? Car accident.
Allegedly faulty breaks.
His face got all chopped up with glass.
Look, I'm not a betting man, but I'd be willing to put money on that accident being more than just a coincidence if we checked it out.
On my way.
Hey, Jack? Mind giving me a hand with this? I'm trying to suss out a theory.
You can say no.
I Do I know you? Jack.
Cole Lecher.
36 years old, white male, dirty-blonde hair, blue eyes.
Slim build.
No idea if he's armed, but we know damn well he's dangerous.
We've got tactical teams at the ready if we need them, but Trooper Adams is still on guard.
The Captain should be safe.
I'll pound the alarm.
Good luck.
Thanks.
Does a broken taillight seem worth all this? It can't be.
I was just trying to get home to my kid, man.
Hands in the sky! Get on your knees! Walker.
Walker, stand down.
We're just we're just catching up.
WALKER: Yeah? Just catching up, just two old pals? Cole, what happened to the guard? He'll survive.
I just needed a moment with your captain.
Walker.
Put it down.
Cole, don't worry about him, okay? It's just the two of us here, all right? You said everything was gonna be fine.
You lied.
I I didn't lie.
My supervisor showed up, I had no choice.
Afterwards, I talked to the judge, I asked for leniency, but at that point, I It was out of my hands.
I was in there three months when a guy jumped me.
I fought back.
Got 15 for manslaughter.
Cole, for what it's worth, I'm truly sorry.
What happened to you shouldn't happen.
And it made me realize that I didn't want to do things that way.
And in order to do that, I had to be the one calling the shots.
I had to be the one weighing those decisions.
Just trying to do what's right.
Like how this big Serano case brought a lot of attention onto you.
And that's what gave me an opening.
But then you survived.
That's not right.
WALKER: Don't! - Drop your gun! - No.
Both of you, put your damn guns down! Now! Walker.
You made me a promise, man.
Put your gun down.
Cole.
I'm gonna need you to go first, here, pal.
Cole, listen to me.
No one is gonna die here today.
All right? Your anger's justified, it is.
And I know, right now, it seems Why? I was just doing my job.
DJ: So, I know your job is to take on the thing that goes bump in the night.
Like a Black Batman or something.
But I think that we could all use a little bit of a break from this.
So So, Idaho.
Boys weekend at Boise? I like the sound of that.
(GRUNTS SOFTLY) Come here, dude.
I love you.
I love you too.
- Love you.
- I love you too.
All right.
Well, I will call as soon as I get home.
- JAMES: Yes, you will.
- I promise.
- JAMES: All right.
- All right.
Bye, baby.
JAMES: Be safe.
Let me walk you out.
I thought I had someone who would kind of be by my side through all this.
You know, take over for me.
Someone I trusted.
- You don't mean - No.
No, no, no.
I'm talking about Micki Ramirez.
- She was a Ranger.
Damn good one.
- Mm-hmm.
Felt like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders.
When she arrived, I had her take on some of that burden too.
Who's gonna do that now? I don't know.
That's what I'm saying.
I mean, I don't-I don't think it can be just one or two people.
I'm really trying to change things around here, but I'm gonna need help.
The last time that we really talked, you thought I was leaving because you were married to the job.
Yeah.
My worst fear was that one night you wouldn't come home.
And it came true.
You stopped coming home a long time ago, at least in any way that really mattered.
You were so focused on protecting us and everyone else that you forgot to let people in.
Let me in.
- I mean, everything I - No, no.
It wasn't always like that.
Once you got on that captain track that's when we started to lose you.
Why didn't you say something? I did.
You just couldn't hear me.
- But you can now.
- And that counts for a whole hell of a lot.
Um you know, you still have me as your emergency contact.
You don't have to change it.
But, um, maybe just try calling when the sky isn't falling.
I'll see what I can do.
Okay.
Bye, babe.
(ELEVATOR DINGS) Bye.
As I told the immediate family, after irrigating the laceration and administering vancomyacin, there are no longer signs of infection.
He should be discharged tomorrow.
I'll call Mawline with the news.
You should know, that 68 Whiskey came through.
You saved the man's life.
I appreciate that, Doctor.
Those instincts just don't go away.
Yeah, I guess so.
You know, I haven't seen you since, uh Well, look, I just wanted to apologize.
I let-I let the cat out of the bag - and it wasn't my place.
- Whoa, whoa.
Ah.
Nah.
Look, that's that's not on you.
Garrison was just the tip of the iceberg.
Sometimes love just isn't enough, you know? And this stuff with James it nailed down a lot of things for me.
I'm good in a crisis, yeah.
I mean, that's for damn sure, but that's not the life that I want to live.
I'm on the right path now, even if the universe keeps trying to, I don't know, test it.
(LAUGHS) You know, when I returned home from the service, I God, I felt like I was living a different life.
Then I met Abby.
And I returned to the ranch.
And there's been a lot of ups and a lot of downs since then, but you know, those bad things they're gonna happen.
And for better or for worse, going through 'em tends to bring us together.
And, for that I'm grateful.
Yeah.
You know, the ranch has been a crime scene more times than I can count, but slightly less, recently, than your house.
You'll always have a place to land if you need it.
A home.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yes, sir.
(EXHALES) Ah Just doing my job.
Just following orders.
I mean, I-I you know, I get it.
I've said it.
But time and time again, - those words cause devastation.
- Yeah.
And it's not enough to just be in charge.
Not anymore.
Well, Cap you're doing a great job.
No, I'm not.
I mean, I-I could be.
Been so focused on calling the right shots, but that's just a piece of it.
It also matters who's receiving those orders.
It's got to be someone that can make the right choice, - regardless of protocol.
- Of course.
- About yesterday, I-I - No.
We're not even getting into that.
You made the right call.
You listened to me over protocol, over the instincts that have been drilled into you.
I I don't know, I'm just saying sometimes there are ways to stop violence that don't bring about more violence.
More death.
But it's not just about one or two or a dozen people - understanding that.
- Cap, you For whatever it's worth, you got me.
A-And I'm not the same Ranger I was a year ago.
I mean, hell, I'm-I'm not-I'm not the Ranger I was a day ago.
And as flattering as it was to step into your shoes for a little bit it-it taught me a lot.
All right, give it to me.
All right.
Uh permission to speak freely.
Permission granted.
Number one: those are, uh, some big shoes to fill.
Uh, pardon the pun.
But, two and-and more importantly um I realized that's-that's not what I want.
Look - about before, I'm sorry.
I - No, no, no, no.
Don't do Don't be sor You were right to say that.
You meant it.
And, uh, I-I needed to hear it, you know.
I needed to get that kick in the ass.
But I know now that I don't want to be the one calling the shots.
I can't do what you do.
I want to be the one who answers that call.
Good, 'cause I'm gonna need you.
You got me.
Losing Micki has thrown us both for a loop.
I mean, you even more so.
She was your partner.
But we need more Mickis.
Maybe even a few more Cordells.
You sure you can handle that? - A few more.
A few more.
- (LAUGHS) I mean gonna be hard to find.
(BOTH LAUGHING) - So, what that's it? - No, but it's a start.
Recruit, train, retrain.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
- Sounds like we got work to do.
- Yeah, we do.
And we'll do it.
Together.
All right.
(LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS) Well, I take it this means I stuck my neck out for more than - just a jailhouse rumor.
- Part of the deal, remember? Good Intel, one visit.
Dragging me behind you like I'm your child I wouldn't be here otherwise.
So, what do you want? (GRUNTS SOFTLY) Well I wrote you a letter.
I never heard back.
I wasn't in the market for a pen pal.
But you know there's a whole demographic of people who get their rocks off marrying murderers behind bars.
Yeah, you have changed.
And damned if I don't It's hard not to.
Yeah, I know.
Careful, it's a slippery slope.
I'm here, you know, if you need someone to talk to.
After what you did? It goes beyond the realm of forgiveness.
After today, you'll never see me again.
If you say so.
Heard about what happened in Thalia.
You know, you were right about the Davidsons.
There was always something about Gale that didn't sit right with me.
At first I thought it was just 'cause she was so nasty to Abby.
But then things started to change.
There was so much loss.
This is even before Marv.
Stan, if you're doing this to mess with my head, I You know I represented your family after the fire? You think I'm unfit Not the flashy stuff, but the boring side.
Land disputes and other matters.
It'll hurt like it hurts Carry my grief Esme still looks after my property.
She'll let you in.
There's a desk in the living room.
It has one of those false bottoms.
You'll, uh, find something you might need in those old files there.
And that would be You'll know when you see it.
(GRUNTS) And, listen - (KNOCKS) - (LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS) while you're rummaging around in the past there, just keep in mind you might not always like what you find.
(DOOR CLOSES)