Walker, Texas Ranger s04e15 Episode Script

Time to go.
Coming through.
It is the finding of this court\ that in the matter | of The People v.
Victor LaRue, judicial error denied the defendant's | constitutional right to a fair trial.
The conviction is hereby overt\urned.
Mr.
LaRue shall be released on bond, | pending a new trial.
Oh, Walker, | I can't believe we're here already.
Why not? You made me | pick you up two hours early.
I did no such thing.
Well, at least an hour early.
| Take it easy.
How can I? | It's not every day I give a speech.
It's not like being in court\.
- Will you relax? Take a deep breath.
| - All right.
Did you remember my camera? Yes, I remembered | your dadgum camera.
- Now, sit down.
| - Okay.
Oh, Walker, | I'm so happy you came with me.
I'm a nervous wreck.
What if I forget my speech? Alex, you're going to do fine.
I hope I'm not interrupting.
LaRue.
Oh, how sweet, you remembered.
Keep your hands | where I can see them.
You're very quick.
He scared me.
You scared me, but there's no need | for melodrama, Walker.
Haven't you heard? I'm a free man.
I was just getting | my release documentation.
Nobody in their right mind | would unleash you on society.
Au contraire, counselor.
They're real, Alex.
This is also an opport\unity | to put the past behind us, Alexandra.
How fitting that I could be here today to share in your happiness.
- This isn't happening.
| - Let's find out why.
- Yeah, Trivette.
| - Trivette, Victor LaRue just got released | from prison.
That lunatic? Not a chance.
Well, they did.
| Check and find out why.
I don't believe it.
New trial pending.
What's going on? That's what I'm gonna find out.
- Here you are, ma'am.
| - Thank you.
Does anyone | know what's happening? Then you want me to testify? How could this have happened, | Walker? LaRue was supposed to be | in prison for life.
The conviction was overt\urned | on a technicality.
Trivette said it had something to do | with the impart\iality of the judge.
Why wasn't I notified? | The man nearly killed me.
The system screwed up, Alex.
| So, what else is new? You got that right.
Victor LaRue is the most detestable | excuse for a human being I've ever known.
After what he did, | what he tried to do.
Are you up for this? You're not talking me | out of confronting him.
- I've earned the right.
| - Just tell me you're okay.
- You wanna know the truth? | - Yeah.
No, I'm not.
Counselor, Ranger Walker, | how lovely to see you both again.
Would you care for tea, croissant? Why don't you tell me | about the luncheon? Well, I thought the entrée | was a bit disappointing.
And I suppose you did too.
You could have | saved yourself the trouble.
The dead rat was unnecessary.
Just seeing you was enough | to turn my stomach.
You aren't suggesting | I had anything to do with putting that thing on your plate? I'm not suggesting, | I'm flat out saying it.
But I was as disgusted | as you must have been.
Maybe more so.
You see, I've developed | an aversion to rodents.
We had so many of them | in the cellblock.
I often sat up at night | unable to sleep, listening to them | moving inside the walls.
Sounds like a place | made to order for you.
Careful.
You can't talk to me that way.
| I'm a free man.
- Not for long.
| - Really? Count on it.
I have been proved guilty of nothing.
I'm gonna change that.
And you're going back to the rodents, | where you belong.
You're so big and strong, | you scare me.
You don't know what scared is yet.
Judge Berlinger, isn't he the one | that sentenced LaRue? Yeah, he is.
Wonder what he wants.
Morning, judge.
| Your office said you wanted to see us.
It's the least I could do, since I'm the reason | Victor LaRue's back on the street.
Walker, the warden at Copper Lake | tells me that LaRue seems obsessed with getting revenge | on you and Ms.
Cahill.
Isn't that reason enough | to put him back in jail, judge? Don't I wish.
Unfort\unately, | all we have to go on is hearsay.
We can't do anything about LaRue | until he commits a crime.
What happened | with LaRue's conviction? It was a damned fluke.
| My wife handles our finances.
She moves accounts around, invests for our retirement, | the usual things.
I quit paying attention years ago.
You had no idea | she held shares in Trask Oil when the case came before you? No, I didn't.
And with Trask a hostage, and his company | being extort\ed for ransom, that stock port\folio | constituted reversible error.
That's a hell of a legal stretch, judge.
On the contrary, | the way our court\s work these days, we're lucky LaRue's case | gets sent back for trial, and didn't get thrown out altogether.
Yeah, real lucky.
Okay, thanks for your time, judge.
Walker.
I remember | how LaRue's hostages suffered.
I'd give anything to go back in time | and keep this from happening.
I remember too, judge.
Gotta be some loophole, Walker.
The only loophole | is the one that let LaRue out.
No argument here.
| What's our next move? I want -hour protection for Alex.
And let's get a stakeout on LaRue.
I wanna know his every move.
Hey, Sleeping Beauty, wake up.
| Our boy's on the move.
- What the hell's he doing? | - I don't know.
Good morning, officers.
I can't imagine how miserable | undercover surveillance must be.
Sitting out here all night.
I thought | you might enjoy some donuts.
It also occurred to me | that I could make things easier if I just gave you | my itinerary for the day.
Now, I'll be apart\ment hunting | this morning, then I'm hoping | to spend time sightseeing.
Don't fall behind, now.
We don't want | Ranger Walker getting angry with us.
Ms.
Nemcek, where do you live? Silver Creek Drive, | in Franklin Park.
And what do you do for a living? I teach typing | at Anderson Business College.
Are you acquainted with the defendant, | Mark Steven Lindstrom? I am.
Don't touch me.
- Don't touch me.
| - Relax.
Don't touch me.
You're mine.
I found you.
No! No! Down.
Ms.
Cahill.
We're waiting.
Your Honor, may I have a moment? Please make it brief.
Yes.
What are you doing here, LaRue? I'm just taking a walk | down memory lane.
If you recall, | this is the very court\room where I was wrongfully convicted | those many months ago.
Well, walk somewhere else, | because I don't want you here.
Pardon me? You heard me.
Get out, | before I have the bailiff throw you out.
Excuse me, but I have every right as a free citizen, | to be here, in open court\, and you know it.
Ms.
Cahill? Someone's in the doghouse.
Ms.
Nemcek, | let's return to the scene of the crime.
Yeah, okay, we're waiting on it.
| Call me right back, all right? LaRue's been watching Alex | in court\ all day.
It's driving her nuts.
Her worst nightmare's coming true.
That's why | we're gonna do something about it.
Walker, | do you think this is a good idea? No, it's not a good idea, | but we're gonna do it anyway.
We got no warrant.
I know, but sooner or later | LaRue's gonna stop talking and start\ killing.
Miss, do you have a key | for room ? Thanks.
We got one sick puppy, man.
- That's why I'm worried about Alex.
| - Look at this.
Charles Manson, | Jack the Ripper, Marquis de Sade.
Trivette, come here.
We gotta stop this guy.
Well, isn't this interesting.
I'm assuming | you gentlemen can show me a duly authorized search warrant.
We left it at the office.
Do you mean to tell me | that this is an illegal search? A violation | of my constitutional right to privacy? What is this country coming to? If you bother Alex Cahill | one more time, you're gonna wish | you were back in prison.
You're a little testy today, aren't you? | Please, please hit me.
Come on.
Harassment is one thing.
You might be able | to worm your way out of that, but police brutality, no.
That could cost your badge.
Let's go, Trivette.
What, I don't get a kiss? Okay.
Let's make it look good.
| I want everything I paid for.
City hall takes it very seriously when citizens accuse law-enforcement | officials of mistreatment.
LaRue's no citizen, he's a criminal.
- His conviction was overt\urned.
| - On a technicality.
That's for a judge and jury to work out, | Walker, not you.
Maybe.
The media's wondering | if your history with LaRue made you think you had the right | to beat him senseless last night.
I didn't beat LaRue.
- He says you did.
| - Well, he's lying.
But how do we prove it? Easy.
If I'd beaten him, he wouldn't | be around to file a complaint.
Your illegal search of his motel room sure doesn't do much | to reinforce your position.
What in the world | were you thinking? I was thinking about the time | he tried to rape Alex Cahill.
And now he's stalking her.
And I'm gonna stop him, | one way or another.
I saw the photos of LaRue's injuries.
Somebody really worked him over.
Yeah, he's convincing, | all right, isn't he? The detectives said he slipped | out the back of a restaurant at p.
m.
They didn't see him again till .
Giving him plenty of time | to get in a fight with someone.
We're gonna have to get | some more men on him.
What difference | would it make, C.
D? LaRue would just evade them too.
Hey, come on, Alex.
Walker and I are marionettes, | and Victor LaRue is pulling the strings.
You know, maybe you ought | to think about taking some time off.
Do you know | what my caseload looks like? Take the afternoon off, honey.
Hello? What are you doing, counselor? | Playing hooky? How did you get this number? I'm a persistent man.
You ought to know that by now.
| I always get what I want, eventually.
What I don't understand is, | what do you want with me? You know the answer.
I wanna be your friend.
Friends don't harass each other.
Is that what you think this is, | harassment? I'm just trying to make up | for any bad feelings I may have inadvert\ently caused | between us.
Oh, so it was a misunderstanding | when you tried to rape me? Rape? That is a terrible, | terrible thing to say.
Do you have a problem | with men in general, or is it just me that you hate? I have a problem | with kidnapping and assault, LaRue.
You know, if I didn't know better, I'd swear you were | part of Walker's plot to get me.
I'm not part\ of any plot.
Then why are you rejecting me? All I want is a chance to show you that I'm not the monster | that you think I am.
Sorry, they don't make a drug | strong enough to accomplish that.
How dare you talk to me that way.
I'm a free man, don't you get it? I won, and you and Walker lost, | so nana nana poo-poo.
It's not over yet, LaRue.
Really? What makes you say that? Because I've taped | this phone conversation, and I'm gonna use it | against you in court\.
Well, I cert\ainly hope | that you do, counselor, because then the world will see | once and for all how my heart\felt gesture of friendship | was turned ugly by you.
Alex, I want you to go | into the nearest district court\, and get a restraining order | against this fella.
It's not as easy as it sounds, C.
D.
I don't care, hard or easy, | difficult or whatever.
It's a step in the direction | to send him back to Uncle Bud.
A baby step at best.
He called you at your house.
It's not against the law | to call somebody at their house.
I seriously doubt | a judge would grant my request.
Even if he did, | it wouldn't stop LaRue, would it? Exactly.
Look, Jimmy, let's move on this.
| Let's do something.
Let's run through the files and see if we can find something | to stick LaRue with.
- Hey, humor me, okay? | - Do it.
Counselor.
Hi.
Guess who's moving in next week.
What? I used you as a character reference.
| I hope you don't mind.
"Dear Alexandra, so sorry to hear | of your impending death.
" You gave me this horse | for Christmas two years ago.
I'll get you another one.
That's a painting | my father painted for me, and now he's gone.
It's no use, Walker.
Victor LaRue is everywhere, | even in my own home.
I can't escape him.
I'm getting you out of here.
You're going to my ranch.
Hi, this is Alex.
| I'm not available right now, so leave me a message | and I'll call you back.
Alexandra, where in the world | have you run off to? I'll just have to find you, won't I? Hey.
We better check that out.
LaRue, you all right? Let's go.
You'd never leave without telling folks | how to reach you, would you? This is It's just too easy.
Amigo.
Amigo, get it.
- Good boy.
Yeah, good boy.
| - Walker! Walker, both detectives are dead, | and LaRue has vanished.
Walker, I'm scared.
You're not safe here anymore.
| Go get packed.
Okay.
Alex, hurry up.
Alex, you ready yet What's that? Please, don't hurt\ him.
Hurt\ him? I've got you tied up, and you're worried | about me hurt\ing him? Well, isn't this interesting, Walker? The lady has special feelings for you.
- No! | - Shut up! I didn't hear you getting upset | when Walker was hurt\ing me last year.
Do you remember helping me? I don't remember you helping me.
Where were you then, counselor? Where was your, | "Please don't hurt\ him, Walker"? I didn't hear word one out of you.
This isn't easy for you, is it? Watching, as the man you love | finally gets what he deserves.
You do love him, don't you? I can tell by the hate | that you have for me in your eyes.
I think | that's what I like most about you.
It isn't your beautiful face, | or your sensational body.
What really appeals to me | is that passion inside of you.
I'll tell you a little secret.
When I was in prison, | I used to think about it.
I used to imagine what it would be like | to feel that passion for myself.
You can do better than that, Alexandra, | and you will.
I insist.
Do you like opera? I do.
Well, Italian opera.
I believe the Italians best understand the art\istic power of life, | and death and love.
I hope these bracelets | aren't too tight, and I hope they don't hurt\ you, but I have to make sure | that you won't get away while I'm gone.
- You're gonna leave me here? | - Just for a little while.
I have to kill Walker.
No.
No, no.
Please, please.
That's another thing | that I thought about in prison.
The best way of killing Walker.
| Would you like to hear about it? Well, first, I'm going to take him | deep into the badlands, and Well, I can't tell you everything.
| The rest is a secret, but he will die an unbelievably slow | and painful death.
Then I'll be back.
But the thought | of you lying here, waiting for me, it's almost enough | to keep me from killing Walker.
That's a good one, isn't it? | Not killing Walker.
Sometimes I crack myself up.
Seriously, you do pose a distraction.
But, like they say: | "Good things come to those who wait.
" Walker will be my meal, Alexandra, | and you will be dessert\.
Welcome back, Walker.
You came to just in time.
How you doing? Not so hot, I take it.
I'll take care of you.
Trust me.
Come on, Walker.
Come on, Walker, wake up.
Half the fun of winning is gloating | over your defeated opponent.
No matter.
As you can see, my plan is working extremely well.
I have a little gift for you.
Oh, yes.
See this? Hey, there.
These, my friend, are Centruroides excilicauda.
The deadliest scorpion species | in this country.
All for you.
One day, | in the corner of the prison yard, I noticed something fascinating.
A tiny field mouse was attacked | by a swarm of scorpions.
The mouse never had a chance.
It was steadily stung to death.
And the scorpions must have known | it was a goner, but they just kept attacking over, and over, and over again.
Why, you ask? Because they like it.
You should have seen the way | that little mouse struggled.
It was It was valiant, but it was no use.
And all the time I watched those | scorpions in action, I kept thinking how marvelous it would be to see you struggle | like that little mouse.
Valiantly, but hopelessly.
I'm sorry I have to leave now, | I really am, but I have to take care | of our ladylove.
And you have no idea | how long I've waited for that.
I'll come back in a few hours | to see them finish you off.
Stupid beast.
God, I hate animals.
Amigo, come here.
Amigo, come here, boy.
Amigo.
Come on.
Come here, Amigo.
Thattaboy.
I'm sorry I took so long, darling.
The late Cordell Walker | wasn't known for his wine selection.
Oh, Alexandra, | what a vision you are.
And to think you're all mine.
Hear that? Listen.
Hear it now? Pounding.
Pounding, pounding.
Why, it's your heart\.
Racing with anticipation | at what will happen next.
And what will that be, Alexandra? Will you give yourself to me, over | and over, with unrestrained passion? Or do I simply kill you now? - No, please, please.
| - You can beg all you want.
But someone | has to teach you a lesson.
No.
I strongly suggest | that you cooperate with me.
The better you are, | the longer you'll live.
Walker! Walker? Walker! Oh, Walker.
Oh, Walker.
- Are you okay? | - Yeah.
- What about LaRue? | - He'll never bother you again.
This is Walker, Texas Ranger.
| I need a medevac.
Out at my ranch, right away.
Are you sure you're okay? Walker? - Hi.
| - Hi.
- You all right? | - Yeah, I'm fine.
How about you? I'm fine.
Doctor said one more hour | and you wouldn't have made it.
It was a close one, all right.
| For both of us.
What are we gonna do | about people like LaRue? Well, until the justice system | becomes more concerned about the victims of crimes, all we can do it catch them | and prosecute them.
Let's hope | they keep LaRue in prison this time.
They will | if I have anything to say about it.
There'll be no more legal technicalities | for Victor LaRue, ever.
You sure don't look bad for a man | who's been stung by scorpions.
You look pretty good yourself.