Walker, Texas Ranger s04e25 Episode Script

Didn't brush long, Cody.
- Long enough.
| - Hey.
You listen to your Ma | about those things, all right? We can't afford no emergency trip | to the dentist.
Okay, Dad.
Here now, | you eat your cereal, okay? Gonna tell me what's on your mind? Kansas.
My sister can get us | into some work up there on the farm.
And what do we use for money | to get there? The Kyle Ganz owes me.
Kyle Ganz was trash | when you grew up with him.
He's nothing but trouble now.
We'll get what we need | some other way.
How? Panhandle? Yeah, right.
Maybe I can get me a sign | says, "Will work for food.
" Life's never a straight line, Harlan.
With a little luck, we're gonna be out | from under real soon.
If it weren't for bad luck, | I'd have no luck at all.
I'm sick of seeing you | and the boy go hungry.
We gotta get him settled, | back in school.
I know.
But I don't want you | anywhere near Kyle Ganz.
I told Ganz I'd meet him | at the pool hall in Middle Creek.
I'm gonna get what's owed me.
| I'll be back.
We'll be on our way.
It'll be all right.
What's the matter, Mama? Nothing, honey.
Golly.
You know, Cordell, I used to come | through this part\ of the woods almost every Saturday night, dating an old gal over here.
She doesn't weigh but pounds.
She was just as pretty | and as sweet as she could be.
Lureen Smith was her name.
- Lureen Smith.
| - Yeah.
I'll tell you, | we burned the barn a time or two.
- I'm hungry.
| - We'll stop and get something to eat.
Good.
I'm hungry as a gutted snake.
Well, now, | just the boy I wanted to see.
What's up, Harlan? Kyle, yeah, | I need that you owe me.
I'm pulling up stakes.
I'm gonna go | where I can get some work.
Might not be necessary, stud.
Matter of fact, I got a sweet deal | working for you right now.
Big payroll's being delivered | to the bank this morning.
Fact, it's the payroll | for that oil company that put you out of a job.
I just need what's owed me, Kyle, | and I'll be on my way.
There you go again being hasty, | Harlan.
It's a rough world out there, son.
Every day is a day of decision and some opport\unities | you just cannot let get away.
Especially when you're living | out of your car.
We got a hot two-door | with clean plates.
Need a wheelman.
There's grand in it for you.
No, no.
You got the wrong guy.
Well, maybe you don't wanna see | that pretty wife and that little boy of yours | ever again.
Is that what you're telling me, Harlan? | Is that what you're saying? Tell me this is the best Tex-Mex | in the country, Cordell.
That right? Boy, I'm as hungry as a woodpecker | in a steel mill.
We're gonna have to hurry.
We have to meet Alex | for that deposition.
You know, I think that new DA | is really putting some heat on her.
- Yeah | - Guess who, darling? Ta-da! Lureen, that's you.
| That's you, ain't it, Lureen? Well, of course it's me, C.
D.
Parker, | you big old hunk of burning love.
Yeah, well, Lureen, | I'd like you to meet a one of my best - This is | - Cordell Walker.
- Cordell Walker.
| - Ranger, huh? A good-looking one at that.
You still packing a badge, | Honey Bear? No, no, I'm retired.
I own my own bar and grill | over in Dallas and I'm just, you know.
- How's Waylon? | - Oh, he passed on.
Oh, my goodness.
| I'm sorry to hear that.
Oh, don't be.
| Hardest work he ever done was a long squint at the sun | and a quick squat in the shade.
- That's true.
| - Oh, and of course there was Duke.
Never knew him.
Well, the damn fool got run over | by his own John Deere.
I buried him just two weeks short\ | of our third anniversary.
- For crying out loud.
| - Then, there's Travis.
- Travis? | - He had a heart\ attack the second quart\er of Super Bowl.
| The Cowboys were down by .
They came back but Travis didn't.
- Shut my mouth.
| - You'd have liked old Trav.
I probably would've liked old Trav, | you're right.
We're gonna have to have We've gotta have some food, | we gotta get out of here pretty quick.
Then, you want the specials.
- Two specials! | - You got it.
- Yeah.
| - I'll be back in two shakes.
Now, don't you go away, | Honey Bear.
Honey Bear? Yeah, that's You know, | it's probably some name that she For the life of me, I can't fathom | why we have to make this trip.
As I explained, | at Cordell Walker's request.
Walker.
I've heard that name more than the governor's | since I've been here.
He's a high-profile Ranger | and one of the best we have.
Rangers do not run the district | attorney's office, Miss Cahill.
They two-step to our tune, | not the other way around.
Mr.
Sutton, | Walker suggested to the feds that this deposition would be safer | on neutral ground, away from publicity, | away from danger.
We're talking | about a key witness in a mob trial.
I know what we're talking about, | Miss Cahill.
We're talking about a trip | into cow country because of Cordell Walker.
- Should be fun.
| - Miss Cahill? Don't get any cute ideas, Harlan.
Just keep it running and stay cool.
After this, you get your payday.
From then on, | we don't know each other.
Okay, let's go.
- Get inside.
| - Hey.
Everybody, get your hands up.
Honey Bear? She's worse | than a heat-seeking missile.
Don't you go sashaying off | without saying good bye.
Oh, I won't, you know.
- Howdy, sheriff.
| - Lureen, good morning.
I want you to meet C.
D.
Parker | and Cordell Walker.
- Real pleasure.
| - Nice to know you.
- How you doing, sheriff? | - Yes, sir.
Does that car look suspicious to you | down there? Well, there ain't no reason | to be wasting gas like that unless somebody's fixing to leave | real fast.
- Let's go check it out.
| - Sure.
I'll see you, honey, before I leave.
Oh, my.
There might be some trouble | at the bank.
Robbery.
County sheriff.
Hold it.
- Get in the car.
| - Hey, where you going? Harlan? I'll get him.
- Get out of the car! Get out of the car! | - Oh, my God.
Hold it.
- Now, come on.
Move, move, move.
| - Oh, my God.
Are you gonna give up | or are you gonna fight? Fight.
Damn that Harlan.
We're gonna hit the cutoff | at West Fork and double back.
First, we're gonna get our money | back from that loser, then we'll kill him.
- Put an APB out on the stolen car.
| - Yes, sir.
Good.
You okay? Did you get the money? I got more than we bargained for.
We gotta get out of here.
Cody! Cody! | Buddy, we gotta get out of here.
What is this? | Where'd this bag come from, Harlan? Cody, come on.
We gotta go.
Hey, buddy, | we gotta get out of here.
God, Harlan, what have you done? Cody! Mama! - Cody! | - Cody? - Cody? | - Cody.
- Cody! | - Cody? - Cody? | - Cody? Cody? - Cody? | - Cody? Cody? Cody! Cody! Some brand of drainpipe, | but there's no telling how deep it is.
- Listen, I gotta go for help.
| - No, you can't.
I'm gonna take the wagon.
| You stay here, all right? Lt'll be okay.
It'll be okay.
Cody? Cody.
Cody.
Cody? Cody! Cody? Cody.
Cody.
Cody! It's Mama, baby.
Can you hear me? Cody? Yeah, Jimmy, | we've got a situation out here.
Yeah, the Middle Creek Bank | has been robbed.
These locals out here | are gonna need some help too.
Yeah, the chopper just came in | from Austin, Big Dog.
- I'll hop it, be on my way.
| - Yeah, and another thing.
Tell Alex that we're gonna be late | for that deposition.
It's too late for that.
| She already left with the new DA.
- What is it? | - I saw a black car.
- Yeah, Jimmy? | - Yeah? - Jimmy, I'll have to call you later.
| - Okay.
He had another car waiting.
| Let's go.
Mr.
McPherson, sir.
- Well, Harlan Bridges.
| - Mr.
McPherson, I need help.
- My little boy's trapped in a drainpipe.
| - Where? Right out on the highway | at the rest stop.
Can you raise Fire and Rescue | on your radio? Middle Creek Rescue shut down | since they run out of funds.
We can try the next town.
Selma, do you read me? - Yes, go ahead.
| - This is Mac.
We got an emergency.
If I may be very frank with you, | Mr.
Sutton, since you took over the office, things have been a bit tense | for everyone.
I mean, our office has the highest | conviction rate in the state for the past four years.
We're all very proud of what we do.
If you have some other expectations, | please let us know.
By the way, my friends call me Alex.
I'm not looking to explain myself | to anyone, Miss Cahill, nor to be your friend.
Let your performance speak for itself | and we'll get along fine.
The Depart\ment of Public Safety | secured the car.
Of course, that driver may be to hell | and back by now.
This is Dispatch.
We've got a report of a young boy | trapped in a drainpipe at the rest stop out on l-.
All emergency vehicles in the area, | please respond.
That's just a few miles up the road, | Cordell.
- Let's go check it out.
| - Let's do it.
Oh, C.
D.
, honey, | I'm so glad you're here.
This is Stacy Miller from WNN-TV.
She heard the call | on the police band radio.
Yeah, that's where we heard it.
Hold up there just a minute.
| There you go.
Ranger Walker.
The son of these folks here | fell down this hole.
He was chasing a soccer ball.
Must have slid all the way down | the pipe.
Ain't that right, Mr.
Bridges? - Yes, sir.
| - How long has he been down there? Maybe minutes.
We've been trying to call to him | but he doesn't answer.
- How old is he, ma'am? | - He's .
- Just .
| - What's his name? Cody.
Cody, can you hear me? Cody? Ain't no telling | how deep this thing is.
Millie Dean | over at the Planning Commission has got all the blueprints | on these county-dug holes.
This one go down, | I'd say , feet.
Fort\y feet? Please, don't let my baby die.
We'll get him out, ma'am.
I'll have my gal at the office | get those plans.
Hal, this is Stacy.
Look, I need a camera | and a truck with a satellite feed.
No, no, no, it's not the bank robbery.
No, this is bigger.
Life or death.
There's a boy trapped in a drainpipe | just outside Middle Creek.
This could be baby Jessica | all over again.
We got here as soon as we could.
Oh, boy.
| See you gentlemen a minute? I've seen other ones like this.
I can tell you from experience | it's dangerous.
Anything underground is dangerous.
We gotta get that boy out and fast.
Well, easier said than done.
That pipe is supposed to be metal-lined | all the way down, but we've seen others fall apart\ | like wastepaper.
The ground is soft, pipe collapses, | anyone in there is You're in the business | of saving lives.
Now, we gotta get somebody | down there in that pipe or that boy's gonna die.
We say nothing about the money.
Harlan, how can you even be thinking | about any money right now? No, honey, you don't understand.
Listen, Ganz told me he would kill you | and Cody if I didn't drive.
What do you mean? It was a bank robbery.
I told you to stay away from Ganz.
You gotta give that money back.
I will.
I will.
I just As soon as my arms are wrapped | around Cody.
Look, Ranger, | what I'm trying to tell you is, we don't know | what the air is like down there, we don't know | what position the kid is in, even if he's right side up.
Or if he has any injuries or even if he's still alive.
I'm going down.
- Whit.
| - Yeah? Got one.
- This is like taking candy from a baby.
| - Yeah, come on.
Be careful now.
Cordell, you let us know | if you get in any trouble.
All right.
All right, | now just take it nice and slow.
Remember what I told you.
The walls are like wastepaper.
| Good luck.
- Easy now.
Careful.
| - Okay.
Ready? You get in trouble down there, | you just haul her out.
Don't take no chances.
Let him down.
That's it.
Keep it coming.
That's good.
Keep it coming.
He's about feet now.
Cordell, I'm on the radio | and I guess you can hear me.
Your man, Walker, | was supposed to be here an hour ago.
I'm sure he has a very good reason | why he hasn't shown up.
And what would that be, | Miss Cahill? We'll know when he gets here.
What is this with your | constant defense of Walker? Is he someone special to you? Yes.
As a matter of fact, he is.
| He's family.
Do you know what family is, | Mr.
Sutton? - Hello? | - Yeah, Alex, it's Jimmy.
Jimmy, where is Walker? He was supposed to be | at this deposition.
There was a bank robbery | in Middle Creek.
I'm supposed to meet him here | though.
You're in Middle Creek? I'm headed to a park on l-, | about miles north.
Walker's trying to save a little boy | who fell into an open drain hole.
Evidently, he's down in the hole | with him now.
- Look, I gotta get, all right? | - No, wait, Jimmy.
How dangerous is it? According to C.
D.
, | about as dangerous as it gets.
Walker's in danger.
Well, wait a minute.
| Wait a minute.
Hold on.
What are you doing? | You just can't leave.
A little boy is trapped | in some kind of drain hole.
Walker went down after him.
| I'm sorry.
You can deal with my absence | any way that you choose.
Miss Cahill.
I'm going with you.
What about your deposition? Our witness is doing life.
| He isn't going anywhere.
That's it.
Not too fast.
That's it.
That's feet.
| He should be about there.
C.
D.
, hold it.
Okay, hold it, hold it.
Cody? Cody, can you hear me? - Cody Bridges? | - Who's there? My name is Cordell Walker, Cody.
| I'm a Texas Ranger.
I'm here to help you.
Are you okay? Got a pain in my leg from falling.
What kind of pain? Same kind I had when I fell off my bike | and broke my arm, but even worse.
Cody.
I can't reach you.
| Can you crawl up to me? Cody, can you stand up, son? Okay, stay right where you are.
I'll get to you.
- C.
D.
, I found the boy.
| - You got him, Cordell? Oh, thank you, Jesus.
Well, I can see him, | but I can't reach him.
How far from him are you? Just a few feet.
| There's an obstruction in the way.
I'm gonna try to dig my way through.
How's he doing down there? I think he's got a broken leg.
There's an incredible drama unfolding | in this tiny, West Texas town.
More than three hours have lapsed | since a rescue effort began to save -year-old Cody Bridges.
God, Jimmy, it's good to see you.
Cordell is down there | and he's with the boy.
Cody, are you okay? - Cody? | - My leg hurt\s.
Okay.
I'll be to you real soon, son.
I want my mommy.
You'll be seeing your mommy soon.
And I'm cold.
I know how it is to be cold.
When I grew up | on the Indian reservation, in the wintert\ime, | I'd get real, real cold myself.
- You're an Indian? | - Half Indian.
Chief White Eagle, a very wise man, told me, when I got cold, | to think warm thoughts.
What kind of thoughts? Like in the summer | when I'd be riding my horse, the sun would be shining down on me | and I'd feel warm all over.
Honey Bear, you want some coffee | or a sandwich? Yeah, bring us all something around, | will you? Who's Honey Bear? I'll tell you later, okay? You had a horse | when you were a boy? I sure did.
| In fact, I have a horse now.
His name is Amigo.
How would you like to ride him | when we get out of here? - Cody? | - When are you gonna get me out? Real soon, son.
Real soon.
I can't breathe very well.
Okay, just relax | and breathe real slow.
C.
D.
, send me down | an oxygen bottle.
Yeah, get that oxygen | and send that down there.
Don't let it down too fast | and hit him in the head with it.
All right, well, give me a hand.
Let them through.
| Would you please let them through? Excuse me.
Excuse me.
You know, | you really didn't have to come with me.
- Jimmy.
| - Hey.
What's happening? All right, | Walker's made contact with the boy.
We heard something about that | on the radio.
- Whose boy is it? | - Those are his parents over there.
Right now, | we're worried about hypothermia.
And then if he's in there overnight, | complications.
- When am I gonna get out? | - Real soon, Cody.
Cody, I know it's going to hurt\, | but can you roll over? I've gotta kick this thing in.
Attaboy.
- Oh, my leg.
| - Way over there.
Get out of the way.
That's it.
Okay.
- Keep your head covered now.
| - Okay.
Attaboy.
Okay.
- Okay, I'm down.
| - Cordell got through to the boy.
Come here, Cody.
Easy, boy.
- Easy.
Attaboy.
| - Oh, my leg.
Put your arms around my neck.
Attaboy.
- C.
D.
, pull us up.
| - Pull them up.
Okay, we're pulling you up.
- C.
D? | - Cordell, can you read me? - Can you hear me? C.
D? | - Cordell? It's collapsed.
Pull them up.
Breathe through your nose.
| Attaboy.
Okay.
What's happening? Radio's dead as a hammer.
Jimmy, what's going on over here? We gotta find another way in there, | Big Dog.
We got some construction people | up here volunteering.
They brought in a rat-holer, | it's used to drill holes for pilings.
We figure we can drill next | to the riverbed parallel to the drain, and then come in at an angle | to the Ranger and the boy, up in here.
What kind of time are we looking at? About feet every minutes.
Mr.
And Mrs.
Bridges, I'm Davis Sutton, | town county district attorney.
If there's anything I can do to help District Attorney Sutton, can we get your comment | on this incredible rescue effort\? I'm not here in an official capacity.
Well, considering the tragedy | that happened in San Antonio with your own son, do you feel a special connection | with the Bridges? They have my deepest sympathies.
| Thank you.
Let's go.
There you go.
| Okay, you'll be all right.
Everything's gonna be all right, | Cody.
I'll tell you what.
| If you hang in there with me, I'll make you an honorary Texas | Ranger when we get out of here.
- You will? | - You bet you I will.
Breathe through the nose.
| Take a deep breath.
Attaboy.
I don't like the dark.
Is that right? Well, I didn't like the dark | when I was your age either.
But Chief White Eagle | told me a story once about a magic wolf | that lived in this cave.
Really? Yeah, and he told me | about a young Indian boy who got lost in this cave.
- He was lost? | - Yeah, he sure was.
You see, sometimes | his mom and dad would argue and that would make him real, | real sad, so he went to that cave to hide.
- Like my family? | - Is that right? My dad lost his job | and they took our house away.
And sometimes, my mom and dad | would fight about it and I'd go and hide.
Did that make you sad? And sometimes, | I wish it was never night, because at night, | we had to sleep in our car.
And if anybody sees us, | they make fun of us.
Keep it working, boys.
- Ready? | - Clear.
- Here.
| - Thank you.
What that report\er asked you I'm sorry, I didn't know.
My son was in the first grade.
I was supposed to pick him up | after school one day.
I was in court\.
I was late.
He stepped into the street to pick up a ball | his friend had dropped.
It was a hit-and-run.
I set myself down after that.
Seeing this, all these people banding together | to save a little boy's life, reaffirms my faith.
You know, | that happened to the Indian boy.
You know, the Indian kids at the village | would make fun of him because he couldn't run | as fast as they could.
- They did? | - Yep.
And that day in the cave | when he was lost, he came across a wolf | that glowed in the dark.
- A magic wolf? | - Yeah, you bet it was.
And that magic wolf saw | how sad the little boy was and he decided to teach him | his magic power.
What kind of power? Well, the power to believe in yourself.
The wolf knew that if the little boy | believed strong enough that everything | would turn out all right, that there was no darkness | that he couldn't overcome.
- Do you believe, Cody? | - Yeah.
Good boy.
Auger's going real good.
We're gonna put metal support\ sleeves | and new holes so it don't cave in.
Everything's gonna be all right.
| All we can do is just wait.
Don't you worry now.
I can't breathe.
Okay, well, we'll just leave this on.
There you go.
There you go.
Okay.
Just rest.
Attaboy.
Come on now.
Where you going, Harlan? Let's go for a little walk, buddy.
Hey, let him go.
What are you gonna do? - Get up.
| - Thanks, Harlan.
- Keep walking.
| - Get on up here, young man.
Hold it, hold it, stop.
Pull it out.
Hey, why you pulling that out? Can't damn well get any closer.
| The drill could cause a cave-in.
We're gonna have to shovel it | from here.
Hey, I'm on it.
What's that noise? They're digging to us, Cody.
It won't be long.
- Walker? Walker, can you hear me? | - Yeah, in here.
Okay.
I broke it through.
I'm through.
- I can hear you.
| - Keep digging.
Throw down a rope.
Come on.
It's caving in on us.
Here.
Take the boy.
- My leg hurt\s.
| - Come here.
Come here.
Come on.
It's caving in.
Get him out of here.
Pull me up.
Pull me up.
| It's caving in.
Hurry up.
That's it.
Come on, baby.
- Come on, baby.
| - Mama? - Mama? | - Come on, Cody.
- Mama? | - Mommy's right here.
My leg hurt\s.
Pull, pull.
| Come on, buddy, come on.
Come on, honey, | Mommy's right here.
Mama? Mama? Watch his leg.
Watch his leg.
- Where's Walker? | - Where's Cordell? - Hey, where's Walker? | - There's been a cave-in.
- Jimmy? | - Jimmy, be careful.
- Okay, careful with his leg.
| - Easy, easy.
Watch it.
We got it.
There.
Easy now.
Jimmy? Walker, it's Trivette.
| Hold on, buddy.
I'm coming.
Hang in there.
Walker, you okay? Walker? - Lower the rope! | - Give me a rope.
All right, here it comes.
Haul it up! Walk, breathe.
Come on, breathe.
Nice and slow.
Come on, pull, pull, pull.
All right, let me get the rope off him.
| Hang on.
Get him up, get him up.
| All right, a little slack.
Oh, my God, he's not breathing.
All right, all right.
Relax, relax.
| Everybody back.
- He's not breathing.
| - All right.
Yeah, give me the BVM.
Come on, Walker.
- Come on.
| - Come on.
Come on, Walker.
Come on, Walker, breathe.
Please.
Come on, Cordell.
You can do it.
Come on, Walker.
Fight for it.
Come on, Walker.
Please, Walker.
- That's it.
There he goes.
| - Get a chopper.
Attaboy.
Come on.
Come on, come on.
| All right, we got him, we got him.
Attaboy.
Fight for it, Walker.
- Come on.
| - He's okay.
It's okay.
There you go.
There you go, big guy.
Look, Mom, I'm a Texas Ranger.
And Ranger Walker said, | when I get out of here, I can ride his horse.
That's right, and a Texas Ranger | never goes back on his word.
Cody would be dead if it wasn't for you, | Ranger Walker.
I think I'd be dead | if it wasn't for Cody's daddy.
Due to the extenuating | circumstances, I'd say that probation | is the most you're gonna get.
I don't know.
You know all | those people who were watching TV while Ranger Walker | was saving you, Cody? They're start\ing to donate money | to you, your mom and your dad.
Now, you get a fresh start\ | on your future.
Oh, man, hey, | I don't want any charity.
All I want is a job.
Well, boy, you got one Monday.
One of those calls offered one | first thing Monday morning.
That's the best news I had | in a long while.
There you are, Honey Bear.
Don't tell me you forgot | we're supposed to get together? No, no, no, you see, we've got | that very import\ant deposition that we're gonna have to do today.
- That's okay.
We'll just wait for later.
| - He just got We'll have a nice, | romantic dinner at my place.
Well, no, this is not only | an import\ant deposition, it's an extremely long deposition.
- Ain't that right, Cordell? | - Yeah, you're right, C.
D.
But I'll tell you what, we'll postpone it.
| You guys go out and have some fun.
Oh, thank you, Cordell.
| I owe you one.
- No, no.
No.
| - Maybe two, Honey Bear? Let's you and me get out of here.
| Steak and oysters at my place.
Nothing I like better | than rekindling an old flame.
- No.
| - Bye, y'all.
I'm really not hungry.
I'm - You are so bad.
| - I know I'm bad.
Lureen.