Walker, Texas Ranger s04e17 Episode Script

No, I don't think I can do this.
Hey, hey, hey, | you want me to call lmmigration? I told you how they tort\ure stupid | young girls before locking them up.
You remember that? | Want me to call? - No, no.
| - I'll call if that's what you want.
Okay, okay, I won't call.
Okay, okay, I'm coming.
Hey, now, you were right.
She is one hot tamale.
Wait here.
Five hundred up front.
What if she comes back | a little worse for wear, if you know what I mean? Make it a thousand then.
Hey.
It's all set.
- A hundred bucks for two hours.
| - No.
This is your first gig.
| Don't blow it, all right? I'm sorry.
I don't think I can do this.
- What? Listen to me, bucks.
| - Please.
That'll feed your family in Piedras | or whatever it is for a year, okay? - Piedras Caliente.
| - Whatever.
- Okay, come on.
| - Oh, no.
Let's get busy, all right? I don't have time for this crap.
| Come on.
Come on, let's go.
What's your name? Juanita Ort\iz.
- I never done this before.
| - Yeah, right.
Okay, Conchita, | let's see what you're made of.
Hey.
Hey.
Damn.
You see where she went? Around the corner.
Come on.
Go, go.
You mean, a cocker spaniel bit you? Yeah, cocker spaniels | bite more people than shepherds and Dobies combined.
And how was I supposed to know | there was a dog behind the door? Because I told you | there was one there.
I told him twice.
Yeah, but how about specifics? What specifics? He says dog.
Like how big? Like how mean? Like how many people | has it eaten before? There was nine guys shooting at us, and I told him | there was a dog back there.
Two coffees and a club soda.
- Thank you.
| - Yes.
Thank you.
What happened to your hand, | Mr.
Trivette? Ask Walker.
When's your brother | coming to town, Lupe? Oh, next month, Miss Cahill.
| I can't wait.
I can't, either.
That jug-headed busboy has busted | up every damn glass in the house.
I can't thank you enough | for sponsoring Jorge and for offering him a job.
Well, it's all in self-defense, honey, | I tell you.
Oh, listen, | there's a telephone call for you.
For me? Tell me, you're gonna have | to take a rabies vaccination.
I remember one time when I was | a kid in Mineola, a guy had to take it.
He took the shots, | his eyes rolled back of his head.
Never rolled back right again.
Juanita, you're in America.
I can't talk right now.
Jorge gave me your number | before we left Piedras Caliente, but I couldn't call until now.
He's going to kill me.
Who is going to kill you? Senor Fontemuro.
| I can't call the police.
Aye, can you help me, please? | Please? Where are you? In the middle of the city, | near a fountain.
It has dancing water.
You know, they give those shots | with a square needle.
Mr.
Walker, my friend is in trouble.
| Can you help her? No.
Come here, come here, you bitch.
| Wait, wait.
Come here, come here, yeah, you.
Stupid bitch.
I paid Bates two grand for you.
Now you just lost nine bills | on that trick you blew off, which means I'm out over two grand.
You haven't even been here | two days.
Think this makes me happy? - Hold her.
| - No, please.
I just wanna go home.
Where you're going is back to work.
Hey, Texas Rangers.
Yeah You all right? No, please, don't tort\ure me.
No one's going to tort\ure you.
| Everything's okay.
Honest.
Everything's fine.
Everything's fine.
The mayor wanted a hundred dollars | to let him leave the village.
Aye, Lupe, I hate to tell you this, but your brother's visa | was turned down.
What? Jorge's not coming.
No, that's impossible.
I crossed every T, | I dotted every I, in triplicate.
Well, we'll just reapply.
We'll send another | No, we'll send $ next time.
No, it's too late.
You see, | Jorge was desperate to come.
He wanted to be with you | and Senor C.
D.
, so I told him | to come with Senor Bates.
We came across together.
The coyote beat him up | for trying to defend my honor.
The last time I saw Jorge, he was getting into the truck | with the rest of the men.
Can you find him, Ranger Walker? | Can you find my brother? I'll do what I can, Lupe.
Where the hell you gonna start\? I'm gonna start\ by calling | Jesse Rodriguez in Mexico City.
Congratulations | on your appointment, Jesse.
Thank you, my friend.
Being assistant to the president | gives me a greater opport\unity to, how you say, | handle the crime in my country.
So how are we gonna handle | this situation? People in our rural villages, they are in bad enough shape | without the stronger ones there who are taken to be exploited | by the gringo slavers.
Believe me when I tell you, the president wants this ended, | Walker.
So, what do we do? We know they're taking | a group out of Piedras Caliente.
How would you feel about | going in undercover with me? We could be two poor villagers who are seeking a better life | up nort\h in the United States.
Me, undercover? | That should be interesting.
You speak Spanish | like you were born here, come on.
The only alternative is if the Federales | pick up the labor contractor when he comes to Piedras Caliente.
No, I want the whole operation, Jesse, | not just the front man.
So just exactly how are you gonna | make me look like a local villager? Trust me.
Oh, boy.
Well, you've darkened everything | on my body but my eyes.
What are you gonna do about that, | dye them too? You know, if we take a little bit of that Jesse, I'm only kidding, all right? Okay.
Just tell people | you're from Guadalajara, all right? A lot of Germans settled there.
Okay.
Show time.
Hello.
I'm from Oxtotipac.
This is my friend here, | Gomez from Guadalajara.
My name is Rodriguez, | at your service.
You've come a long way.
A gringo was supposed to come here.
| We heard there were jobs in Texas.
Maybe you heard wrong.
He gave jobs to friends of mine.
| Gave them good jobs in Texas.
They told me they met him here.
| Were they wrong? No, Senor Bates is coming.
But he's only taking from our village | to take to Texas, at least wanna go.
Are you one of them? Yes.
My family crops have failed.
They have no food.
If Senor Bates picks you, | he may not pick me, and I have to get to the nort\h.
I am the only hope | that my family has.
Please, please go away.
He's coming.
Hey.
That must be Bates.
If I had a gun, I would shoot | the bastard where he stands.
But you don't have a gun.
I said, if I had one.
Last week, I promised I'd return | and I have.
As you all know, | the journey to America is dangerous.
There's always the possibility of being | captured by the U.
S.
Immigration, but I assure you, | you will not be captured.
I'm afraid | it's very expensive, though.
Bribes, transport\ation, the cost of El Coyote | taking you across the border.
If you are one of the chosen, | it will cost $.
A thousand dollars? However, I will lend | the chosen the $.
Since most of you will be making | two or $ a month, all I ask is that you pay me out | of the first month's salary in Texas.
First, I need three young women.
You will be hired at a luxury resort\.
Now, you remember Juanita Ort\iz? In one week, she got | a promotion to night manager.
Here, how about you two? Next, I need seven men and women | to work in the governor's mansion.
Now the job pays $ a week, | room and board, full health plan.
How about you? You.
Come on.
Next, I have some exciting jobs | in the booming construction industry.
I need men.
You'll be trained | as heavy equipment operators, masons, machinists, carpenters.
Now, these are the best jobs.
They pay over a thousand dollars | a week.
Yeah, go ahead.
| Nice to see you again.
Great.
Go ahead, yeah.
All right, yeah.
I don't remember you | from last week.
My name is Rodriguez.
| I am from Oxtotipac.
I'm a stone mason.
My ancestors | helped build the pyramids.
Well, then, Rodriguez, I don't see why | you can't build skyscrapers in America.
And you're not | from around here, either.
- No, I'm from Guadalajara.
| - And what can you do? Well, I've been vaquero, a bouncer, I can drive a Cat, | and I've worked in oil fields.
- What's your name? | - Gomez.
Well, Gomez, I think you're gonna | make a lot of money in America.
- Okay, that's it.
| - No, please, I have to go to Texas.
I'm sorry, son, but No, I know | how to drive heavy equipment.
My uncle taught me.
| Remember Saucedo? He went last month.
Oh, yeah, he's driving a dozer | in a big construction company.
I'll work very hard, Senor Bates.
| I'll make you proud, I promise.
I guess there's always room | for one more.
Thank you, Senor Bates.
| You will not regret this.
I'm sorry everybody else.
| See you next time.
Okay, I would suggest you all | get a good night's sleep.
Bus will pick you up | tomorrow at dawn.
Mr.
Bates said that the journey | will be very dangerous.
You could be killed.
| You sure you wanna go? Believe me, senor, it's wort\h a try.
Besides, my best friend | and my fiancée just crossed the border last week.
I'll get to see them | once I get to Dallas.
- You have a girl in Dallas? | - Yes.
Juanita Ort\iz.
We're gonna be married | once we send for our families, and Jorge Veracruz | is gonna be my best man.
Have you heard from them? Well, I'm sure she's written, but the mail is very slow | in getting here.
I can hardly wait to see them.
No, no.
Tell me again | how you met Juanita Ort\iz.
I found her wandering in the streets.
| She was starving.
- She'd be dead if I didn't take her in.
| - No, that's not what she told me.
And who's Senor Bates? All right, I'll bite.
| Who is Senor Bates? Senor Bates is the man | who sold you Juanita Ort\iz.
See, you gotta get smart\, | Fontemuro.
We don't got you in here | on a pandering beef.
We got you dead bang | for trafficking slaves.
And the jury is gonna take | the word of a whore? I don't think so.
You know what I think? I think you're gonna be | laughing out the other end because we got your bail set so high | you couldn't make it if your life depended on it.
You're gonna do big ones, | compadre.
Sorry, Jimmy.
| Mr.
Fontemuro made bail.
You've gotta cut him loose, now.
It's been nice, Ranger, but I think you're just a bit too touchy | about this slavery thing.
- Well, I think that worked, didn't it? | - Yes, it did.
All we gotta do is find out | who stepped up to the bond and follow it to the money.
Hey, over there.
Empty your pockets.
- What? | - What? I want everything of value.
If you hold anything back, | you'll be killed.
We cross the border at midnight.
You're the coyote? That's right, chavo, and if you don't follow my directions | exactly, you'll be left behind.
In the meantime, me and my friends | are gonna have a fiesta.
We got the tequila.
| All we need is a little company.
No, please, please, | we are men of honor.
You must forgive my friend Gomez.
You know, his heart\ makes him | do stupid things, you know.
The young girl, | she's my cousin Gina.
Gomez plans to marry her | when we get to Texas.
He's like a lovesick puppy.
| They were engaged last night.
That's why he's acting stupid.
| Surely, you must forgive him.
Gomez's heart\ could get him killed.
But this time, | maybe I'll make an exception.
Run, quick.
Hide in the brush.
Come on.
Go, go.
Run.
Hide in the brush.
| Run, run, run.
Hurry up.
Lovesick puppy? It worked, didn't it? Besides, would you please try | not to jeopardize our cover? I'll do my best.
Oh, yeah, sure.
Let's move it.
Come on.
Move.
Let's go, come on.
Come on, let's get out of here | before they come back.
Let's go.
We don't have all day.
| Come on, let's move it.
- Let's go.
| - All right.
Watch out for the rock right there.
Freddie Forbes sends his very best.
Oh, the bail bondsman I love to hate.
| Did you get anything? Yeah.
I said, "Freddie, | who fronted Fontemuro's bond?" He says, "Trivette, | I think I got a clean privilege on that.
" I said, "Freddie, you're a wuss.
| I'm gonna hold your feet to the fire.
" And? The bond was guaranteed | by Ross White.
- Ross White? | - Lawyer of the rich and connected.
It's clear.
Come on.
| Let's go.
Keep it moving.
Move, move.
I wouldn't know Mr.
Fontemuro | if he jumped out of my soup.
You didn't pull his name | out of a hat, Ross.
Why did you go his bail? I was acting on behalf of a client.
Does this client have a name? You know better than that.
We're talking about slavery here.
| You don't represent slavers, do you? I can reveal that my client | is extremely wealthy.
Unfort\unately, he's been confined | to a wheelchair for ten years.
He used Mr.
Fontemuro's services | on several occasions.
I tried to talk him out of this, but he insisted | and I arranged for the pimp's bail.
It's a sad story.
How else is an old man in a wheelchair | gonna find gratification? I'm sure you can understand that.
Now if you'll excuse me, | I have a client waiting.
Did he just go after the old man | in the wheelchair bit? - Yes, he did.
| - He did.
Which means our next step | is to investigate his client list.
How are we gonna? Well, wait up.
Go on.
Come on.
Be careful.
Stay quiet.
Down, down.
Down.
Down.
Okay, come on, come on, come on.
| Move, move.
Let's go.
Move it.
Keep moving, keep moving.
We made it.
We're in America.
Shut up.
Just shut up.
Get out of here.
Go on.
- Move, move.
| - Let's go, let's go.
Come on.
You two gophers, move it.
Come on, come on, move it.
Hey, hey, nobody moves.
Everybody stay put.
| Make sure they do.
These people have no idea | what's gonna happen to them.
That's why we're here, Jesse, | to put an end to it.
How'd it go? - I've done easier.
| - How many got across? All .
- You ready for them? | - Yeah, bring them on.
Bates, thanks for bailing me out, man.
I didn't do it for love, sweetheart\.
I want you to grab Juanita Ort\iz | and kill her before she gets a chance | to testify against us.
How? The INS must have her.
Wrong.
My guy at the INS tells me that | she's been released into the custody of a guy who owns a bar | in Fort\ Wort\h.
His name is C.
D.
Parker.
| You get her.
Consider it done.
Your future | is waiting through those trees.
Get out of here.
Move it.
Come on, come on.
Come on, all of you.
| Move it, move it.
Hurry up.
Move it.
Move.
Let's go, come on.
Hurry up.
Move it.
Keep on moving down there.
| Let's go.
We haven't got all day.
| Come on, come on, come on.
Move.
Hey.
Keep going, keep going.
Go on.
Hey.
You're lucky to be alive.
Get out of here.
Come on, let's go.
Welcome to Texas, my friends.
Would you please form a line so I can | introduce you to your new employers? Nice looking stuff, Bates.
| They should clean up nicely.
Try not to lose them this time.
Ladies, it gives me great pleasure | to introduce you to Senor Fontemuro.
He is the owner of the luxury resort\.
I know him to be a kind | and generous man who treats his employees well.
Howdy, ladies.
Welcome to a life | beyond your belief.
I wish there was something | we could do.
Yeah, me too.
Step right in, ladies.
Now, where's my governor's | mansion group? This is Mr.
Hong.
He's the personal | aide to the governor.
He'll be taking you to the mansion.
So go with my heart\-felt wishes | for a bright future.
I bet they're going to a sweat shop.
I wonder where we're going? We're gonna find out real soon.
I've known Paul Croton | for ten years.
Some of the people he start\ed out | in the construction field have gone on | to own their own companies, so you'll be going with him.
Let's go.
Nice knowing you, gentlemen.
Here we go.
Come on, file in.
- How long we gonna be in here? | - Why? No ventilation.
Oh, I don't know.
| Hour, hour and a half.
You'll be all right.
| Don't worry about it.
How many you gonna lose this week? Who cares? It's not my money.
Now, you tell Halifax | we love the turnover.
- You bet.
| - I'll see you next week.
Yep.
My plan got us this far.
I hope you have a plan | for the rest of the way.
We'll do like we've always done.
Okay.
What's that? Play it by the seat of our pants.
How you doing, Fito? I'm fine, Senor Gomez.
| Just keeping my mind on my dreams.
Good job, bring my family back | to America, marry Juanita.
See? I told you it'd be okay.
| We're already there.
I don't think so.
We got a major INS operation | in the valley.
Feds everywhere.
We're dog meat | if we stay with this truck.
Look, just hide it | in the gravel over there.
Halifax's gonna be pissed | if we lose anymore wetbacks.
Yeah, well, the cost of doing business.
| Come on, let's go.
Hey.
- Come back.
| - Help! Come back! Come back! Come back! Let's go.
Hey, come back.
Come back.
Help! Hey! We gotta find a way out of here.
You're right.
The air's getting a little thin.
Okay, everybody on the other side.
| Everybody over.
Come on, get back, get back.
| Cover your ears.
We'll give it a few minutes, | then go back for the truck.
Why bother? | All them beaners are dead by now.
Yeah, well, why waste a perfectly | good piece of machinery? - Good point.
| - Let's go.
I can't get through.
Let me try.
- Okay.
| - Come on, you can do it.
Got you.
There's only one bullet left, | so don't miss.
- Good shot, Fito.
| - Thank you for getting us out.
What the hell happened here? Okay, who's got the gun? I asked a question.
You're getting to be more trouble | than you're wort\h.
But we'll let Halifax decide that.
Okay, let's go.
| Everybody get back in the truck.
- Come on.
| - But you left us here to die.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, there was INS all over the place.
We knew you guys | were gonna survive.
We were planning on coming back.
Now, come on, | we got a long way to go.
Let's go, people, let's go.
| Let's get back in the truck.
Come on.
Here we go.
Let's go, let's go.
Come on, come on, come on.
- How many? | - Sixteen.
- Let's see them.
| - Okay.
Everybody out of the truck.
| Form two lines out here.
Let's go.
This is Camp Halifax.
I'm Halifax.
You're nobody.
You'll work seven days a week, | hours a day.
For this you'll be paid two dollars | an hour.
For those of you who can't add, | that's $ a week.
You'll be charged for your rooms, | food, clothing.
And all items you must purchase | from the company store.
You will not be allowed to leave | until your debt to Mr.
Bates is repaid, and your account with me is settled.
The way I figure, | we'll be free in about five years.
Yeah, if we sleep outside | and don't eat.
Senor Gomez, what happened? Welcome to the promised land, Fito.
Nobody's allowed outside.
The truck leaves | for the fields at a.
m.
Give me any lip | and I'll split your head.
Fito? Fito, | I prayed they wouldn't take you too.
I thought you'd be driving | heavy equipment by now.
They gave me a hoe instead.
| They beat me with it.
We have to get out of here.
Forget it, boy.
Anyone trying to escape | is turned over to lmmigration.
And they shoot them.
Excuse me.
| Do you know Jorge Veracruz? - Do you know where he is? | - No.
Senor Bates came and took him away, | and that was about five days ago.
- I'm gonna take a look around outside.
| - Wait, wait, wait.
Guy said you're not supposed | to go outside.
That's why I'm doing it.
He also said | he would split your head.
I know.
What am I gonna do with him? Hey, what the hell you doing out here? Getting some air.
You're not allowed out here, | so why don't you go back inside? Don't do that.
What?