Walker, Texas Ranger s03e19 Episode Script

When he said "away from the office," | he wasn't kidding.
This is where he comes | to clear his head.
These crime hearings | of his are really wearing him down.
Well, he's wearing down | the bad guys faster.
That's all that matters.
There he is.
- Hi, judge.
| - Alex.
I appreciate this.
- I take it you're Walker.
| - Yes, sir.
Heard a lot about you.
| I really need your kind of help.
That's why I'm here, judge.
Alex, you didn't tell anyone | you were coming here? No, just like you asked.
Well, I'm sorry about | all this cloak and dagger, but regrettably, I think it's necessary.
Our committee has come up | with a name that's kind of stunned us.
We think we found | the top of the Texas crime network.
A man cloaked | in absolute respectability.
Watch out! Stay here.
I'm gonna flank him.
I've got a rifle in the house.
Judge, no! Judge! No! I'm just gonna pick up | my work and go home.
I'm not much good after funerals | of people that I love.
You did a great job with the eulogy.
| I know the family really appreciated it.
God bless him.
| He was such a good man.
I have a deposition at :.
| Maybe we can do it afterwards.
All right, I'll meet you there, then.
| Thanks.
You're just in time, man.
I'm heading over to see your friend | Sonny Lyle.
He's not happy looking | at life for killing Judge Radford, so he says he wants to make a deal.
What's he got big enough to deal? Says he can finish | the judge's case for him.
Don't let this come | as a shock to you, Sonny, but Ranger Walker hates having | to make deals with murderers.
So my question to you is what's stopping us | from finishing the judge's cases? You don't know what I know.
You'd be surprised what we know.
| Got the judge's file right here.
He didn't even know what he had, | not till the very end.
That's why I got the order | to take him out.
- Who gave you the order? | - First, what I want.
Look, I'm not just playing for a little | less time here at the Graybar Motel.
- I expect to | - The man asked you for a name.
It can't be that mysterious.
| You're a contract player, right? We know who you work for.
You think you do.
Clayton Dudly, V.
L.
Buckland, | the guys down in South Dallas.
Small fry.
| Man, I can hand you the big shark.
But I want the Witness Protection | Program, with all the trimmings, and after I make your case for you, | I get relocated and live happily ever after, | at the government's expense.
We haven't heard a name.
Well, I haven't heard those | three magic words yet either.
We got a deal.
Well, four.
My patience is wearing real thin.
| You better give us a name.
What, am I gonna trip on the stairs | on the way back to my cell? - Last guy didn't make it that far.
| - No.
Daniel Lamont Dade.
The big D himself.
You weren't ready for that one, | were you? Yeah, everyone thinks | he's just a good old boy, cross between J.
R.
Ewing | and Howdy Doody, but let me tell you, there ain't | a crooked operation in miles he ain't got a piece of, | and I can prove it.
Mr.
Dade, what do you think | of the charges leveled against you? There are no charges yet, except we're charging | temporary insanity in the DA's office.
I mean, how would you feel? They've got this second-rate burglar, or somebody, | who's trying to cut a deal.
Then he puts my name in the hat | of the murder of this fine judge, and I'm supposed to answer to that? Look, here's a man of charity | and of the art\s and Land of Goshen, these people don't | know applesauce from road apples, if this is where they're hunting.
Yeah, it would be funny, | if it weren't so serious.
But for the record, I stand ready to answer anything anyone wants to | ask me about, anything, anytime.
So, what do you say to the point spread | between your team and the Bulls? Well, if you know the answer to that, let's pool our bets together | and retire to Tahiti.
Oh, yeah, baby.
Hey.
Hey, part\ner.
Yo, you wanna bring me in | some longnecks for chasers, huh? Hey, I'll be glad to go out | and bring them in myself.
Well, I see that he's | comfort\ably ensconced, although I can't say much | for the décor.
Yeah, it's his stuff.
| We moved his apart\ment over here.
I'd like to move him, | right out that window.
I hate this.
My stomach's churning | just looking at him.
Tear him up, counselor.
Do these ground rules work for you? Because let's be very clear, | right from the start\.
Hey, I said I'd talk to you.
The life and times of Sonny Lyle, | long as you hold up your end.
And what a luscious | little end it is too.
You are one fine hunk of woman.
You want a drink? Ground rule number one: | Don't bust my chops.
Oh, my, my, my.
You'll be sworn | at the beginning of each session.
Your statements will be transcribed and | presented to you for your signature.
Any errors or omissions | in regards to the facts will be considered a breach of What in the name of? Oh, yeah.
My movie collection.
Get that trash out of here, right now.
Come on, now, | I don't have to put up with this.
No, I don't have to put up with this.
Did you lose your way to church? Out.
Well, hell, you're the one that wanted | to know all about me and D.
Them films go all the way back | to the beginning.
Selling sex? Shoot, me and D, we was producers.
What a business.
| It was never a major thing.
It was sort\ of a sideline for the fringe | benefits, if you know what I mean.
I can't imagine.
Well, you see, | D had a taste for the young stuff.
There was this one girl, | what was her name? Candy Candy Delight.
Boy, I wonder whatever | happened to her.
- She could | - No, I've heard quite enough.
We can get into | all the specific details when we begin | tomorrow morning at , sharp.
Honey, you want this old boy up | and at you at in the morning, you'd better be in a pillow next to me.
I'll see you at .
I give the orders around here.
Hey, I'm about to make you a star.
A little appreciation, if you please.
Ten.
And bring donuts.
I was just a young buck | with no prospects.
D said he could help me out.
| I was supposed to be his protégé.
But D was always the smart\ one, | the one that never got caught.
Soon, he's getting more and more | respectable, I'm getting a rap sheet.
Now, today, oh, you see him at these | big political events and charity events, but behind that smile, he's all teeth.
Well, the Rangers have picked up | some rumors, but you hear rumors | about a lot of people.
Well, believe it about him.
I know, he's an investment banker | and owner of ball clubs.
Where he makes his real money is things like having a lock on | the trucking industry.
Eventually, competition gets | burned out or worse.
Now, his fella for taking care of that | particular chore is Alcee Weems.
He owns a whole string | of strip joints.
Now, you're not gonna find | his name on any deeds.
They're fronts, | for prostitution and gambling.
Nobody move! He's gotten his hooks into more than | one politician that way, let me tell you.
His meatpacking plants | butcher stolen cattle and his investment companies | raid your pension plan.
He's everywhere.
Now, you get in the way of that, well, like your friend the judge, | adiós, amigo.
But you know, | I bet his biggest moneymaker, believe it or not, is pirating films.
See, out in Hollywood, your movie company makes | a picture for millions of dollars, then old D copies it | onto a $ cassette and sells it back to you | for the same price they do.
There are no charges yet, except we're charging | temporary insanity in the DA's office.
How would you feel? I mean, they've got some | second-rate burglar, or somebody, trying to cut a deal.
- Hi, Alex, what do you need? | - A bath.
- Say again? | - How about a cup of coffee? Rough, huh? I don't know if it's | the stink in my clothes from his cigarettes | or just his foul mouth, but I walk away from there | feeling filthy and disgusting.
Well, maybe this will lift your spirits.
| Watch.
- in the roundup today | of alleged crime figures, charges ranging from pandering | to bookmaking to extortion.
You're doing good, counselor.
You know what? Bottom line is | we still don't have a smoking gun.
Dade was a master | at keeping his skirt\s clean.
We'll get him.
| It's just a matter of time.
We don't have him yet.
I don't want snow.
I hate the cold, so don't locate me | in some Siberia, Montana.
U.
S.
Marshals handle | the Witness Protection Program.
They'll tell you where to go.
It says here that Dade hired you | to kill the judge.
That's right.
That meeting was secret.
Yeah, well, I didn't expect to find you | there either, that's for damn sure.
Then how did he know | about the meeting? He knows everything.
I don't know.
Maybe the Carolinas.
Hey, y'all want a drink? It's about that time.
Come on.
Once you go, | I'm just staring at the walls.
Well, how about dinner? I'll have my man here bring us in | some take-out and it'd be just us guys.
Since your lady friend's stuck in court\, | we can look at my films.
Tell you how we used | to audition the talent.
Well, since she ain't coming back, you | wanna send my films in from the hall? Hell's bells.
Our resident film buff.
Well, I got my good bourbon, | I got my good man here, I have no complaints.
Well, they didn't send my films in.
Come on, let's go.
What the hell are you waiting for? Come on, now, | it's time to keep me happy.
I can't believe it, man.
| They got him.
They got him.
- Mr.
Dade? | - Well, here we go again.
From what I understand, the government's witness in | this fiasco died in a fire or explosion.
It was a gas explosion, | but it doesn't make for diddly, because I've already asked the judge to dismiss all charges | pending against Mr.
Dade, - and he's reviewing my petition.
| - Right.
No more questions, please.
| Excuse us.
Well, that was close, Cordell.
How in the hell did they know | where Sonny Lyle was? I have no idea, C.
D.
Walker, how could something like | this have happened? There has to be a leak, Alex.
| We had Sonny under tight security.
Well, I guess you've heard, | Vance is asking for a dismissal of any move to indict, | squawking about harassment.
That's crazy.
We seized records.
| We have statements on that guy.
All the other evidence aside, the case against Dade was hinging | on Sonny's eyewitness testimony.
Trivette.
Yeah.
Alex, it's Judge Campos.
Right on cue.
Yes, judge? Of course.
I'll be right over.
He wants to discuss | dropping the charges against Dade.
It's just a court\esy call.
There's nothing you can do.
| It's over.
Poor Alex.
She thought a hell of a lot | of that judge too.
You know, I don't give a damn | what you fellas think.
It was better when we shot it out | with Bonnie and Clyde and Al Capone.
You've given me an idea, C.
D.
They never got Capone for | murder or bootlegging.
It was an accountant.
Yep, they got him for tax evasion.
You know something | about Dade's taxes, man? They got him for something that was | totally insignificant at the time.
That's how we're gonna take | Dade down, for his porno business.
Pornography's legal.
| They call it adult entert\ainment.
Unless the actress is underage.
| Then they call it child abuse.
"Indecency with a child" | is the legal term.
It's a Class felony with very | heavy penalties, up to years.
Sonny bragged about Dade | liking younger girls, especially this Candy Delight.
He joked about her being sweet .
It didn't seem import\ant at the time | Oh, there she is.
Not much plot, is there? We can do without the sound.
Okay, I have enough.
What a beautiful girl.
What a shame.
Sixteen years old? You can bet she's a runaway.
She was probably abused.
How often do we see this, fellas? Too often, C.
D.
Again, we need eyewitness testimony.
| We need this girl.
Well, maybe she has a rap sheet.
I don't Excuse me, sir.
I don't see why the computer can't flag | a name like Candy Delight.
I'm sure we can come up | with her real name.
It was a long time ago.
The career span of these girls | usually isn't very long.
They don't have happy endings.
I doubt if you're | gonna be able to find her.
What if we do find her? Then we have a case.
Well, that's what I wanted to hear.
And, folks, in addition | to this classic motorcycle, we have this magnificent | polled Hereford bull.
Now, he's a proven winner.
He's sired lots of champions | in his day.
I have an opening bid for $,, | but that's awfully low for this animal.
Let me hear .
One of you | out there, let me hear .
I have .
Do I hear ? | I have .
Do I see ? | Two-seventy-five, thank you, dear.
That's wonderful.
Three.
Now , now .
Three it is.
There's the bid.
Do I see and a quart\er? | Up that bid.
Three.
We need and a quart\er.
| We need and a quart\er.
Where do I see and a quart\er, | ladies and gentlemen? Boys, if you and Gina | will excuse us, please? Wonderful cause.
| It's for the Children's Charity Hospital.
You cannot beat that.
| Dig down deep.
I have $, as the bid.
I have .
| We need and a quart\er.
All right, this is for a very wort\hy | charity, folks, you know that.
You look like a turkey | before Thanksgiving.
You ought to take better care | of yourself.
Does the name Candy Delight | mean anything to you? Oh, that's a name out of the past, | about ten years ago.
Nine and change, unfort\unately.
| Statute of limitations is ten.
What are you talking about? I got a call from my source | this morning.
DA's office is probing some of | your early forays into the film world.
Well, that was ancient history.
I was never really in that business.
| It was insignificant.
Ever anything personal | between you and this Candy person? Well, Sonny'd bring her over | once in a while, you know.
- You know where she is today? | - No, hell, no.
She must be years old.
| That's a little old for me.
You think this is funny.
| This is cancer.
I had nothing to do with those things.
| Sonny handled them.
- It had nothing to do with me.
| - You say.
I say they can follow the paper trail | all the way back to your doorstep.
The law says, if there's a -year-old | girl in one of your films, you did it.
- The Rangers are looking for her now.
| - Then we'll find her first.
If they can waltz into court\ with her, you got the proverbial | snowball's chance.
She'll bring the building down | on your head.
I took care of Sonny, | I'll take care of her.
Do I hear ? I need .
I see , right there.
We have $,.
Do I hear anywhere? Three-fifty once, twice.
I sold the bull for $, | to Mr.
D.
L.
Dade, right there.
Thank you.
Now, I'm donating it back | to help the kids, so you-all start\ all over again, huh? - Waitress? | - Yeah, I'm right here.
- Can I help you? | - Get a couple of longnecks? Oh, okay.
| Do you want something special? - Oh, whatever you got's good.
| - All right.
Hi, sweetie pie.
They said you asked for me.
| I must have made a good impression.
Well, we've never met, actually.
Well, whoever sent you my way, | I owe them.
What can I do for you, honey? Well, we have a mutual friend, Janine, | who works at Las Colinas' canals.
Janine's my friend.
There was a young girl | who was in adult films.
She went by the name | of Candy Delight.
Her real name is Audrey Henson.
I don't know anybody's business | but my own.
I need to find her.
She's involved | in a very serious police case.
- Police? You're a cop? | - Texas Ranger.
Look, she's not in any trouble.
| I just need her to testify.
I gotta get back to work.
I'm up next.
Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.
If you do talk to her, | would you have her give me a call? Ranger Walker.
Janine told me about you.
| You helped her out.
You're not the first one | to ask about Candy.
- Who else? | - A couple of bad-looking guys.
Talked to my boss, Mr.
Meduno.
If you talk to him, leave me out of it.
He's a bad guy.
| You know what I mean? Yeah, okay.
No one's allowed back here.
I'm looking for an old girlfriend of mine, | goes by the name of Candy Delight.
I've never heard of her.
Well, it's been a long time.
| Maybe she goes by another name.
Not me.
Take a look.
I don't know anything about her.
You want that tattooed | on your forehead? How do you know | until you take a look? Throw this bum out of here.
I'm gonna ask you again.
| Do you know this girl? I don't know.
| I told you what I told the other guys.
- What guys? | - They didn't give their names.
If you told them something | you're not telling me, I'll be back.
You kids don't stop, | you're not seeing Power Rangers.
- Oh, you're mean.
| - You just remember that.
Now, go tell them to mind.
Nope, gotta go wash up.
Hello? A Texas Ranger.
Everyone's looking for you.
Hon, we gotta talk.
Okay, I'll meet you.
Okay.
Bye.
- Tanya? | - Candy.
- Hey.
| - Hi.
- God, you look so good.
| - Oh, who are you kidding? You look great.
You can do what I did, | get clean, straighten out.
Come on.
So nobody's heard the name | Candy Delight for ten years.
Why now? Beats me, honey.
All I know, the bad guys are looking | for you and the good guys are too.
Me? I'd rather get found | by the good guys.
Look, I don't wanna get found at all.
Well, Candy, | you gotta land somewhere.
I just wanna be left alone.
- I know, honey, but that just | - Let go! - Where's your boss? | - I don't know.
He don't check with me.
- Where's the dancer, Tanya? | - It's her night off.
- Do you have her address? | - Hey, man, how should I know? You'd better know.
She just said | she had an emergency.
Didn't tell me where she was going | or anything, just packed her bags.
Man, thanks for meeting me.
I gotta get on the road, | but I need this, you know? Yeah, well, you're a good customer.
- Thanks.
| - No problem.
- Squiggy! | - Sorry, babe.
- Man.
| - It's just that they're better customers.
- You hear any more from Walker? | - No.
How's it going? I've been all through | personnel records.
I mean, there's not gonna be a file | with the word "informant" highlighted, so we've got the phones monitored, | and this should cover my office.
I don't know what else to do.
Well, it's gotta be | somebody very close.
What do you think? Your law clerk? Somebody who | answers your telephones? Keep going, you'll get to the person | who cleans my desk at night.
Walker, are you there? Yeah, Maisy.
What's up? We got a very urgent call | wanting to meet with you.
She said you'd know who.
| She said you were looking for her.
- Where? | - Barnsdale Park, by the swings.
She's there now.
Thanks, Maisy.
Let's go on the swings, Mom! Come on with me! Hey, I can go up higher.
| Wanna see? After what you did last night, I figured | the least I could do was talk to you.
Should I call you Audrey? I wish you wouldn't call me anything.
| I don't wanna be called.
It can't be any mystery why.
Yeah, I can understand.
You could not, on your wildest day, | in your wildest dreams, understand.
I know what you want.
You wanna know about | Candy Delight.
You wanna know all about the | old days with Sonny and D.
L.
Dade.
But you won't stop there.
| You'll want me to testify.
Yeah, I do.
My husband's a plumber.
| Just a good, honest guy.
Our friends are normal people.
How could I explain? Mommy, Mommy, watch me.
I am, darling.
| Just be careful on that jungle gym.
You told Tanya | I was part\ of a police case.
Well, I'm telling you I'm not.
You may have had a choice before, | but now they know all about you.
They'll get to you through Tanya.
She left town.
I'll be okay that way.
They won't give up, Audrey.
I'll take my chances, then.
You go catch your bad guy without me.
| That's your job.
My job is to make sure the man | I married knows that I treasure him and that the wife he helps on with | her coat and opens the door for isn't Can you imagine | if he were to see that film? Could he ever touch me again? What images would burn | in his mind? I'm sorry all this happened.
If I were to testify See my life? I'm the luckiest girl in the world now.
If I were to lose my family, | I'd rather be dead.
Okay.
I'll catch Dade another way.
Thanks.
Audrey, you have beautiful children.
Have a happy life.
I already do.
Little Phil, Amy, | come on, you guys.
Let's go.
So you thinking about it? You're a kick in the pants.
Are we supposed to put a "for sale" | sign on the front of the house - and just start\ packing? | - Why not? Your brother's got the shop | in Houston.
You always talked about going | in with him.
Let's do it.
Yeah, we talked about it.
| Maybe down the road.
Look, it makes sense now, before | the kids get too far in school and all.
Well, I guess.
It might be a good time.
I'll get it.
You watch the kids.
Who is it? Flowers for a Mrs.
Forrester.
Oh, they're so beautiful.
Thompson was here when they brought | her in, so I had him call for you.
Somebody really did | a number on her.
Looks like they wanted | some information.
Looks like they got it.
Mr.
Forrester, this is Ranger Walker.
| Could I speak to your wife, please? I was just gonna call the police.
Audrey went to answer the door | and didn't come back.
I've looked all over the neighborhood.
I'll try to find her, Mr.
Forrester.
| Thank you.
- She disappeared.
| - What do you wanna do? Get some answers.
You can't come barging in here | like that.
- Where's Candy Delight? | - Candy who? Candy Delight.
I just came from the morgue.
I saw your work.
Let's see how much you can take | before you talk.
I don't know | what you're talking about.
You'd better know.
- They took her in a van.
| - What kind of van? Florist, Grapevine.
We're looking for a florist's van.
Needle-in-a-haystack time, guys.
| There's miles and miles out here.
Try the landfill.
Hey, hey.
Come on.
No van.
If they're still in the van | and if they're out here.
Take us to the lake.
There's the van.
Take us down.
Hey! Texas Rangers.
I need your boat.
| Come alongside.
Let's go.
Come on.
Here you go.
Let's go.
Freeze.
Come on, get out of there.
Here we go.
Come on, get out.
| On your back.
Hello, hello, Mr.
Dade.
We are gonna have to stop | meeting like this.
Now, I don't know how many times | I can come here and how many ways I can say it.
This is all smoke, people.
This is outrageous.
| Just plain harassment.
Well, now it's our turn.
Now we're filing an action | against the city.
I'm gonna enjoy this.
I've got an answer for that question: | No deals.
Maybe you should | go get the car, honey.
We'll be relocating soon, | start\ing fresh.
That's good.
In a way, I'm relieved.
I mean, I was always afraid.
I know it's gonna be hard, but Well, if I was a betting man, I'd be | willing to bet you're gonna make it.
I told you I was | the luckiest girl in the world.
Thank you.
- Take care, huh? | - Okay.
Come in.
- Miss Cahill, you wanted to see me? | - Yes, Todd.
Please, come in.
I'd like you to watch yourself | on television going through my desk.
Your bank account has | one too many zeros in it, Todd.
My law clerk.
I mean, of all the nerve, | the lack of ethics, the total dishonesty.
- I mean, I just | - Yeah, you're right.
He'd make a great lawyer.