Walker, Texas Ranger s03e12 Episode Script

Under the I, .
I, .
- I'm gonna win this.
| - Under the N, .
N, .
Under the O, .
O, .
Remember, the name | of the game is Crazy T.
One column across the top, | one down the middle.
Double jackpot.
Under the N, .
N, .
Under the B, nine.
B, nine.
- Bingo! | - Possible bingo.
All right, everyone, this is a bust.
| Stay seated.
Stay down.
Turn that off, please.
Sit down, pal.
You're kidding me.
I'm counting.
Oh, my God.
Look, guys, | I don't have time for this.
Can't we do this peacefully? Say please.
Please.
Don't give me that look, Walker.
I can't believe you sent me | on a bingo bust.
Well, start\ believing.
Bingo brings in $ million a year | in Texas, and we believe a lot of that | is laundered.
Very interesting, | but what's that got to do with me? The bingo parlor that you busted | last night belonged to Ricky Ricketts.
- Are you sure? | - I've got a witness in my office.
- Now I'm interested.
| - If we can get her to the grand jury, there's a chance | that we can finally get this guy.
Speak of the devil.
- Long time no see, Walker.
| - Not long enough, Ricketts.
I'm willing to forget the past | if you are.
- What do you say? | - I'm not willing to forget anything.
And I made a promise | a long time ago to bust that sleazy operation | of yours, and I will.
Mr.
Ricketts came here voluntarily to counter the ludicrous charges being | brought against his establishment.
Now, I see no reason for threats.
I didn't make a threat, counselor.
I made a promise.
I never trust a man | who can't keep his promises.
Well, this is one promise I will keep.
We've got a witness this time.
And this witness is gonna put you | behind bars for the rest of your life.
It'll end up the way it always does.
I win, you lose.
Don't count on it.
See you again real soon.
Real soon.
Thank you.
Ranger Cordell Walker, I'd like you to meet Elaine Port\ugal, | our star witness.
Mr.
Walker, do you mind telling me | what this is all about? I've never been so scared in my life.
I mean, all these police | and the guns.
- Mrs.
Port\ugal | - No, please, everyone calls me Elaine.
We've been watching this operation | for the past several months, and each day, | the bingo parlor takes in $,.
Well, they've been report\ing | $,.
We have reason to believe that | the excess is laundered drug money.
Oh, no.
Oh, I had no idea.
- Mrs.
Port\ugal | - Please, Elaine.
Elaine, the man you work for, | Ricky Ricketts, has been convicted | of manslaughter, and a suspect | in several other killings.
Oh, my.
Killings? Oh, he looks like such a nice boy.
You counted all that money and you never made the connection | between the small crowds and the large amount of cash | that was coming in? No, no, you see, I work in the back.
| I never see any customers.
Elaine, you expect us | to believe that? Well, why should I lie to you? Look at me.
Am I a gangster? No, I'm a widow on a fixed income.
Well, I did one thing that was wrong.
See, I got paid in cash | so I wouldn't lose my benefits.
I suppose you could report\ me | to social security.
We don't want to report\ you.
We want you to testify | against Ricky Ricketts.
- Testify? Me? | - You.
Oh, look, Mr.
Walker, | I wanna do the right thing, but if Ricketts is as bad | as you say he is, he'll kill me if I talk.
Elaine, if you don't testify | and we let you go, Ricketts is gonna come after you, and there's nothing we can do | to protect you.
So, what you're telling me | is I don't have any choice.
I'm gonna be a stool pigeon? You know, maybe if I had | gone furt\her in school, I might have had a nice career | like you, but in my day, they said, "Get married, have children, | make a home.
" And they look at me now.
| I'm a criminal.
You're not a criminal if you'll testify.
Where's the good news? Ricky, it's me, Oscar.
Done yet? Not yet.
We had a little problem.
I don't like problems.
The thing is, the Rangers | have been with her all day.
We couldn't set anything up.
Where is she now? We're gonna be right on her tail.
| No problem.
No problem? My home is locked up, | my assets are frozen, I'm paying bucks an hour | for lawyers, they got a witness, Walker's on my case.
| Don't tell me "no problem.
" Boss, she's an old lady.
| How much trouble could she be? Enough that we should have | whacked her last week.
Don't call me | until you got good news.
It's as good as done.
- I'll see you later.
| - Okay.
- You're not coming with us? | - No, you'll be fine with Alex.
You be careful today, Mr.
Ranger.
| I'm depending on you.
Don't worry, Elaine.
He's such a nice guy.
What do you think you're gonna find | at Ricketts' warehouse? Won't know until I look.
Bingo.
Are you sure | I can't help you in there? I used to cook every night | for my husband, Irving.
- How long were you married? | - Thirt\y-seven years.
And then last year he had a stroke, | and in a week, he was gone.
But I'm so used to cooking for two, | so that I always cook too much.
No, no, no, eat the soup first, | while it's hot.
- This is great.
| - It's matzo ball.
It's wonderful.
It's chicken broth | with matzo dumplings.
Eat, darling, eat.
So you seeing anybody? - Not really.
| - No? What about that Ranger fellow? He's a very handsome man.
Yes, he is, but we're just friends.
Oh, yeah? I saw you together with him today.
He looks at you like a wolf | looking at a pork chop.
Well, maybe we're a little bit | more than friends.
So, what are you waiting for? We work together a lot and I'm afraid if we had | a relationship outside the office, it would impact the relationship | inside the office.
Darling, when you get to be my age, you're alone a lot, | and love is such a rare thing.
Don't throw it away.
You know, maybe you're right.
Maybe I should get out | a little more often.
I feel a little dizzy.
Are you all right? - You want me to get you anything? | - No.
- Can I call a doctor? | - No, no, I think I'd just like to go over there | and lie down.
Okay, okay, okay, here.
Okay, come.
| All right, hold on to me.
Okay.
Oh, it's okay.
I got you.
| Here, here, here.
I'll get you some water.
Sleep, princess, sleep.
Ms.
Port\ugal? Ms.
Port\ugal? You lowlife, attacking an old woman.
Don't hit me with that damn purse.
| I'm C.
D.
Parker.
I'm a Texas Ranger.
| Been one for years.
- You got any identification? | - Yes, ma'am.
Cordell Walker sent me over here | to watch you and Alex's apart\ment.
You almost gave me a heart\ attack.
- Did I hurt\ you? | - I'm all right.
What are you doing out | this time of night? Where's Alex? Oh, the poor darling, she was | exhausted, so she's taking a nap.
I just came out to take a walk, | get some fresh air.
I've been cooped up upstairs all day.
That might not be a good idea.
Might be some people looking for you.
| Let's go back up to the apart\ment.
Oh, I don't wanna bother you.
I'll just finish my walk, | then I'll go up.
No, ma'am, I think we should go on | back to the apart\ment.
Well, who am I to argue | with a Texas Ranger? Yes, ma'am.
Oh, dear.
Oh, well, you know, it's been a very long time | since a gentleman escort\ed me home.
Yes, ma'am.
I'll just walk you up | to Alex's apart\ment.
Okay, but no hanky-panky | at the door.
Hanky-panky? I like you.
| You got a good sense of humor.
Hanky-panky, my eye.
Alex.
Alex, it's C.
D.
C.
D? Alex? Oh, did we wake you, darling? | You were sleeping so peacefully.
Where did you go? Well, she took off like a sage hen in a | thunderstorm.
That's where she went.
You didn't.
Elaine, do you know | how dangerous that could be? Hey, I used to walk in | Central Park at midnight.
Don't talk to me about danger.
Oh, anyway, | I didn't mean to upset you.
I won't do it again.
Boy, this sure does look good.
Elaine made us dinner.
How would you like a nice bowl | of chicken soup, huh? Lt'd be good for you.
| I can get some fresh in the kitchen.
I don't think so.
I'll just have a latke.
How do you know from latke? I know a lot of things | about a lot of food.
I'm a gourmet.
Well, back to the salt mine.
Goodbye.
You know, that soup was good | and I'm still hungry.
Oh, no, honey, no, no, no.
| It's cold now.
No.
You know what? | I'll make you a couple of eggs.
You're sweet.
You know, | between you and those Rangers, I think Mr.
Ricky Ricketts | had better watch himself.
All right, the scientific method | of police work.
This is how | the Ricketts operation works.
- Walker? | - Oh, I'm all ears.
All right, the ships leave Colombia | with the cocaine on board, they dock at the Galveston Harbor.
At one of the piers | that Ricketts controls, - and so anything can go through.
| - Right.
And then the cocaine is loaded on | trucks owned by You'll never guess.
Ricketts' Fruit & Nut Company.
That's right.
How'd you know that? It's on the box.
Anyway the cocaine is distributed | to the dealers, the dealers sell it, they turn over | the cash to Ricketts' men, who load it into boxes | of bingo cards that are delivered | to the back of the parlor.
And then the dirt\y money is mixed in | with the clean bingo money.
Then all of the money is report\ed clean | to the Texas Bingo Commission.
- Right.
| - Yeah, right.
Well, I enjoyed the lecture.
| Learned a lot, Trivette.
- Now let's go pick up our star witness.
| - He can't.
He is helping me make arrangements | for San Antonio.
San Antonio? Yeah, Alex wants a change of venue because she doesn't want | Ricketts' attorney to say that the jury | was influenced by the media.
I just wanna make it really difficult | for him to find a friendly judge.
Well, San Antonio it is.
Trust me, I know from goods.
See, my late husband | was a tailor all of his life.
So I'll give you the name and | the address in New York, all right? Oh, I was just telling the boys | that my nephew is in the rag trade, and that even with shipping, | the price is right for the suits.
I'm sure they appreciate it, | but now we gotta get going.
Okay.
I'll give Walker the address, so | you just mention my name, you know.
It wouldn't hurt\ you to have a nice suit | or two hanging in your closet.
I'll remember that.
You got a big family | out at your place? No, just me.
A good-looking guy like you should be | married and have lots of kids.
Maybe someday.
There's nothing wrong with Alex.
She's a beautiful girl and, | boy, she's smart\, - and I see the way she looks at you.
| - Elaine, maybe someday.
Sorry.
Sometimes I get nosy.
I know I should shut up, but Okay.
You know, I talk about family | because I miss my late husband, and when all this is over, I'm gonna | go to San Marcos and visit his grave.
Mr.
Walker, you are a terrific man.
I only wish I had a son like you.
Thanks, Elaine.
Eat up.
Eat up, hon, | that's some mighty good stuff.
It's hot.
Did I hear somebody say | "free food"? Come on in, Jimmy.
| Feeding time at the zoo.
- Hi, Ranger Trivette.
| - What do you say? What a nice surprise.
| You here for this kick-ass chili? Oh, excuse my expression.
Yeah, it's my favorite.
Do you recognize these guys, | Elaine? Yeah, these two.
Sometimes I see them loading the van | in back of the bingo hall.
- Oscar Kane and Hector Johnson.
| - Who? Ricketts' top two goons.
| Aggravated assault, armed robbery.
They got rap sheets | as long as your arm.
Thank you.
How about this other guy? Is this Ricketts man | gonna try to kill me? It's a possibility, Elaine.
Well, he's gonna have a tough time, with three strong Rangers | protecting me.
Lady, he fools with you, we'll put him | on the wrong side of the grass.
So you strain the cabbage first, | you go easy on the mayonnaise.
See, it doesn't get mushy that way.
| Not that yours wasn't terrific.
Well, I'll try that next time.
- I thought it was pretty good, C.
D.
| - Thanks.
I'm gonna make you matzo brei | someday.
- You're gonna love it.
| - Yeah, I'll bet.
I'm gonna get out of here, okay? - Drive carefully.
| - The dishes, Jimmy.
Boy, you got a beautiful place here.
| I gotta give you that.
This is where you forget | the Ricketts of the world.
- We'd better turn in.
| - Okay.
- You coming? | - No, I think I'll sit outside for a while.
All right, if it gets cold, | you come inside.
Yes, ma'am.
- Good night.
| - Good night.
- You have good friends.
| - That I do.
Everything's gonna be all right, | isn't it? Everything will be fine.
| C.
D.
'll be out in front, I'll be upstairs.
- You have nothing to worry about.
| - You know something? When you say it, I believe it.
- Good night.
| - Good night, hon.
Walker, sleep tight.
| Don't let the bed bugs bite.
- Oh, I thought you'd gone to bed.
| - Oh, I just couldn't sleep.
- Well, it's kind of chilly out here.
| - I know.
That's why I brought this blanket | for you.
But you know what would be | even better? A nice, hot cup of tea.
You know, if you tell me | where things are, I'll go make it.
I'll tell you what.
| I know where everything is.
- Let me go make it.
| - Oh, that's wonderful.
You make me feel like a queen.
I'll just sit right here | and wait for you.
Not a sound, you old bat, | or I'll break your jaw.
Do you understand? C.
D.
! Throw down the gun, | you sidewinder.
Oh, Walker, are you all right? - Yeah.
Did they hurt\ you? | - No.
Where in the hell | did they come from? I was sitting on the porch | waiting for you and suddenly, | somebody grabbed me.
Cordell, I just went in | to make some tea.
Well, let's tie these guys up | and get the wagon out here.
I'll go in and make some coffee.
I don't think I'll be doing | much sleeping tonight.
Oy, Walker, you're gonna be | a bigger problem than Ricky Ricketts.
Something's bothering me | about all this.
If they wanted Elaine dead, | they had the opport\unity at the ranch.
They want her alive, yeah, but why? Maybe they wanna know | what she knows.
Or she's got something they want.
Yeah.
Excuse me.
If I have any more visitors | at my ranch, Ricketts, I'm gonna come looking for you.
I have no idea | what you're talking about.
You can't make those accusations | and harass my client.
We're not in the court\room, counselor.
| We're in a parking lot.
Different rules here.
Cordell's right about this.
| Take my word for it.
Better to testify in San Anton, | and a lot safer to fly out today.
So you wanna put me in the same | room as that Ricketts gangster? You're gonna be safe | once he's behind bars.
Yeah, but what if he gets out? Well, that's what the | Witness Relocation Program's about.
Oh, sure.
You change my name | and you put me in another city, and then you let me go.
| I'll stick out like a sore thumb.
- No, let me take care of myself.
| - No, no, no, just a minute.
Just trust me on this, will you? If anything happens to me, | it's gonna be on your head.
You're gonna be riding down there | with Cordell.
He's sent Jimmy ahead | to make all the preparations.
You couldn't be in better hands.
I've always felt safe with you.
Well, that's nice.
You should.
I hope you have a real pleasant trip.
Aren't you forgetting something? I don't think so.
| I mean, is there something l? No, no.
Guess.
It's just I don't know.
How about a goodbye kiss? Oh, oh, yes, ma'am.
- Bye, C.
D.
| - Yes, ma'am.
Well, she couldn't help herself.
Flight number is now boarding | at gate four.
Flight to San Antonio, | now boarding at gate four.
Oh, look, a magazine stand.
- San Antonio's a hop, not a flight.
| - I don't have anything to read.
- We don't have time.
| - I need the bathroom.
Look, we only have ten minutes | to get on that plane.
This isn't negotiable.
| No, no, I'm serious.
Now, don't worry, I'm fast.
| Frequent, but fast.
That's what happens | when you get older.
- Well, hurry up.
| - Okay.
- from Los Angeles.
You may claim | your baggage at carousel three.
That's a lovely outfit.
- Oh, thank you.
| - You're welcome.
How nice of you to say so.
Yeah, see, I have family in the | business, so I know from goods, yeah.
- Oh, it wasn't expensive.
| - Really? - I got it on sale.
| - Yeah? This is the final boarding call | for flight number to San Antonio.
The last call for final boarding, | flight number to San Antonio.
All passengers holding tickets, | please board now.
Elaine, come on, we're late.
You're not Elaine.
Sorry, ladies.
Taxi.
Hold it, hold it! Elaine, what do you think | you're doing? I hate to fly.
Well, don't worry about it now.
| The plane's already left.
- Now we have to drive.
| - I get carsick.
Ricky, it's me.
They didn't get on.
What do you want me to do? - Follow them, at a distance.
| - Right.
Tell our reception committee | in San Antonio they're now coming down | on the road.
You got it.
If I see her in court\, | I'm sending someone for you.
Flight has now arrived | at gate two.
Flight has now arrived | at gate two.
- Excuse me.
| - Yes? Did you see a Texas Ranger on board | with a black hat and beard and an older woman, talked a lot? She probably talked all the way | through the flight.
- No, I don't think they ever got on.
| - Are you sure? Well, from your description, | they'd be pretty hard to miss.
- Yeah, you're right.
Thanks.
| - Sure.
Walker, I have to go | to the bathroom.
- For real.
| - It had better be for real this time.
- Walker.
| - Hey, what's going on? - You wouldn't believe it if I told you.
| - Where are you? I'm about an hour | from the court\house.
- You're cutting it short\, man.
| - Yeah, I know.
I'll see you soon.
All right.
Bye.
- Where's your ladies' room? | - Around the corner.
Right there? Thank you.
Trust me.
- Hi, part\ner.
| - Hi.
- You got a hat just like me, huh? | - Yeah.
Nice meeting you.
Okay, let's go.
- Bye.
| - Bye-bye.
- You almost gave me a heart\ attack.
| - Let's go, Elaine.
- "Trust me.
" | - I really did have to go.
- Yeah, sure.
| - I did.
Get down.
Stay down, Elaine.
Get out of there.
Get out.
- Against the van.
| - All right.
All right.
Get out.
Drop it.
Elaine! Elaine! Dang that woman.
She's beginning to irritate me.
Breaker, breaker, | anyone on the horn? Ten-four, good buddy.
Granny on the hog nort\hbound | on toward Austin.
Are there any smokies down the line? | Come on.
That's a big negative, Granny.
| This here is Wild Bill, and there's no smokies northbound | till you hit Georgetown.
You're all clear.
Thank you, good buddy.
- Walker, what's going on? | - Ricketts' men jumped me.
Elaine split.
| Did you come up with anything? Yeah.
I ran her name through | the computer file this morning.
She didn't come up, | but her husband did.
Irving? Yeah, I know.
| He died last year.
Really? Then how come | he was picked up last week for passing bad paper | in Kansas City? What? Are you sure? My computer doesn't lie.
I think I know where she went.
Here's what I want you to do.
Pleasant dreams, Irving.
- Hi.
| - What are you doing here, Larry? I wondered where you were | hiding the money.
I've been following you for weeks.
Ricketts knew | you were up to something, but he didn't check the books | like I did.
You're his accountant.
You're supposed to be good | with figures.
Big deal.
I figured I'd let you keep skimming, | and if they didn't catch you and kill you, then I'd get my share, part\ner.
Part\ner? - So you've come for your share? | - Oh, that's right.
I'll give you your share.
- Hello, Elaine.
| - Walker, not you again.
I'll tell you one thing.
| You're a sly old gal.
Why did you tell us | that your husband was dead? He is.
| Here, here's his grave right here.
Elaine, Irving was picked up last week | on a counterfeiting charge.
Okay.
About four years ago, | Irving and I were gonna go to Florida, and a week before we left, | he leaves me for another woman.
So I told everybody I was a widow.
See, if you're a widow, | you get respect and sympathy.
If you've been jilted, | all you get is pity.
Well, it's time to go testify.
Let's go.
Okay, take that guy and the money | and hold it for me, okay? - Yes, sir.
| - Let's go.
Let me just look at the money | one more time.
No.
This is only a pre-trial hearing.
All the witnesses need not be | present at this time.
I understand, Your Honor, | but I need our next witness to testify so the court\ can understand | the complexities of the charges to act on my motion to deny bail.
I feel the defendant | is a significant flight risk and Five o'clock, Ms.
San Remo.
| That's it.
Now, this court\ has been | more than patient with you so far.
Thank you, Your Honor.
They'd better hurry.
We're gonna be okay.
Well, we're approaching : and | I see no sign of this mystery witness.
Unfort\unately, | I have no choice but to Sorry we're late, Your Honor.
- Order.
| - Hold it.
Sit down.
Right here, pal.
Look out.
Move it, move it, move it.
Look out.
Look out.
Keep moving.
Shake him off.
Move, move.
You had enough, Ricketts? I guess not.
Give it up, Ricketts.
- You all right? | - Better than him.
Miss.
No! This is getting boring, Trivette.
- Five out of seven.
| - My God, Jimmy, Cordell's on a roll.
I'm a slow start\er.
| My momentum's changing.
Don't these two ever give up? Competition, honey.
| It'll get you right on the edge.
Speaking of that, I heard you were a | little competitive out at Walker's ranch.
Well, I don't wanna brag or anything.
| I was just my usual fantastic self.
Oh, really? That old gal is something else.
| She's smooth as a baby's behind.
She's lived a life | most have only dreamed of.
Danger, romance, action.
She's the geriatric James Bond, and she's just sold her story | for an upcoming TV movie called The Big Bingo Bamboozle.
| Let's welcome Elaine Portugal.
Oh, my God.
Chased by vicious criminals.
| Hunted like an animal.
You had to outwit everyone, even the famous Texas Rangers, | just to stay alive.
Well, what was it like? Well, there's something about danger | that brings people close together.
In fact, two of the Rangers | had the hots for me.
- Hots? | - Hots? Really? Well, tell us about it.
Oh, sorry.
I'm saving that for my book.
- Book? | - Book?