Last season on Walker...
Whoever was outside of that trailer tried to kill us.
You think it was Serano's people
- that were out for revenge? - Feels like it's a new crew.
You want to think I'm a dirty cop? Fine.
But I'm trying to protect people.
So, what is a paramilitary group doing
trying to silence a Texas Ranger?
This is just the beginning.
My date last night was a recon.
Be right back.
You have done this before, right?
- Captain, you want me to be a Ranger? - I do.
Hustle up, youngsters! I ain't got all day!
Too slow, suckers.
That was good.
Where's Dad?
You know what, Liam, you were right,
your brother's a damn cheater.
Yeah, you know, he's-he's probably gonna do that thing.
Right, that thing where he's waiting,
and then he's just gonna blow past us, right?
Yeah, yeah. He's just, he's messing with us, Stella.
But the winner takes the hat, right?
And you guys are here, so...
Don't even worry about it,
because I'm still gonna win this thing fair and square.
Yeah.
Your dad back yet?
I need help moving that table outside,
and I'm not asking your grandfather.
And please don't tell him I'm not asking him.
He'll make it a thing.
Ugh. Am I losing my mind?
I thought I used to put the vases up here.
I know I unpacked them.
Hey, do you know who all's coming later?
I know it's, like, your party and all, it's all about you...
It's not all about me.
Okay, well, I'm actually really glad
you said that 'cause I am hoping it's a little about me.
Augie...
I think something's wrong.
You know he didn't take a different way home, right?
Of course I know that. I didn't...
didn't want to freak Stella out.
Yeah, well, I think it might be too late for that.
Okay, the shootout the other day,
they put a damn bullet through Cordi's hat.
From what I hear, that was just crossfire.
I don't think they were actually aiming for him.
A damn bullet through his hat?
What I mean is, I don't think he was the target,
- Liam. - Yeah, but you don't know that.
No. I'm not a Ranger,
so I wasn't read in on the official report.
Hey, is this...?
Cordi's watch.
Em gave it to him when he was sworn in.
He never took this off.
I'm calling Captain James.
Hey.
I was just talking to Dan Miller out front.
You think this is the right thing to do?
Giving him some of that land back? I do.
You think he'll know what the hell to do with it?
I can't say, but it's a gesture, Bon.
It's sort of a first step in
putting all that bad blood with the Davidsons behind us.
I don't disagree.
Not much good ever came out of all that fighting.
Except the truth.
Hey, you want me to move that table out there?
I'm waiting for Cordell.
You're waiting on Cordell. What?
I can move the damn table...
Do you remember when the boys were little?
And they'd...
they'd go off to school or camp,
and, at first, there was always this worry.
You know, just a moment where
they weren't sure if they wanted to go.
They say they'd miss us,
and they'd never say they were scared,
but I'd have to remind them
of the invisible string.
How it connected us, and I told them
all they had to do was tug on it,
and I'd know.
I'd just know.
Yeah, he's out.
Keeping him here, sir?
Until we hear otherwise, yup.
Why? You busy?
Just don't know how far we're taking this.
I wasn't read in, and, yeah, I got to pick up Jenny.
Well, sorry, Jenny, but we got to initiate
our new inside guy.
Texas Ranger.
They're gonna pull the whole state in on this.
What do we got? 36 hours till they find us?
Little more if I did my job right.
Don't worry,
won't take long to break him.
So, this is the war hero, huh?
Okay. Come on.
Where am I?
Uh...
Natural light in the windows. I'm above ground.
Concrete floor.
Institutional.
You know why you're alive right now?
Sir, yes, sir.
Because you allow it, sir.
So formal.
Well, um...
You served.
Or I love an army surplus sale.
You really think this whole bandana thing
is gonna make or break your operation here?
I do have other senses.
You know, for, uh, for example,
uh... hearing.
You hear that?
There's a leak
right over there.
Less talking, smart-ass.
Okay, well, well, first, one...
one more example. Uh, smell.
I smell antiseptic.
Recent.
Maybe I'll-I'll call you Neo.
So, tell me, Neo, was it
an accident or a warning?
All right.
Wish I could say it's been nice meeting you, Neo.
- Hey. - Hey.
Cavalry's here. How can we help, huh?
Zhuzh some flowers? Rum some punch?
I can DJ upon request.
She was a motivational dancer at bar mitzvahs, if that helps.
Hey, I never told you that.
Deep background checks, Perez. Very thorough.
You're quiet.
- Gentlemen. - Hey.
What, this-this is how you dress for a party?
Hey, I tried calling you, Cap.
What's up?
There's not gonna be a party,
so can we all just stop pretending like there is?
- Dad's missing. - What?
- We lost him on the trail. - I told you this wasn't over.
That's a leap, Perez. What's going on?
Yeah, I say let's take it.
We busted Fenton, and he was so scared
of whatever we were getting close to, he killed himself.
Then we're shot up, and then Miles is shipped off to WITSEC.
I need to call Miles.
I need us to take this into the other room.
No. Talking about it in private
is only gonna make us all assume the worst,
and we're already used to that.
Captain.
Told them they didn't need to blindfold me.
All right. All right.
Day one.
Graduation day.
I'm sorry.
I know, I-I-I...
I promised... I would be there.
- I'm sorry. - Babe.
Look up.
I know, Em, we're under the same moon,
the same sky, but I promised I-I would be there.
Look up.
Is that a note?
No, they wouldn't give a prisoner a pen.
I-I think it's just, uh...
Something pretty?
Something to weigh the string down.
The string is a note.
There-there are, there are knots.
Uh, seven...
Uh, five... Then nothing.
Seven, five, seven. Or maybe it's a space.
Uh, seven... seven, five,
- zero, zero. - What is that?
I don't know.
- Code for... - Code.
Yes. It's a code.
7-5-0-0. It's a code that, uh,
pilots send to air traffic control
when there's a hijacking, when they're in danger.
7-5-0-0. Are-are they a... pilot?
I mean, we're not at an airport.
Uh, I don't, I don't hear...
They just want you to know they know codes, maybe.
Establish trust.
Establish trust. Yeah.
And... danger.
Uh... they're in danger.
All right, we're heading to HQ, set the BOLOs up statewide.
Cap, I just talked to the mayor's office.
They're putting together a team.
You know what? We're gonna need a unit out here.
Trey.
You in?
As a Ranger?
Yes, sir.
All right. You can't badge up in the next five minutes...
It's gonna be a process...
But what you can do is set up a base camp here
- at the ranch, head up the search. - Yeah.
- I'll be with him on that. - Yes, sir. Perfect.
You know the terrain. Abby.
Oh, I put the word out, and they're still going.
- Okay. - Could you...
Hi.
She's leaving a message for Colton.
They haven't talked since...
Since graduation, yeah.
He's been driving through the mountains, I think, with Geri.
Geri. We got to tell Geri.
They don't have a signal.
I think he's figuring something out
with his mom or grandma, I don't know.
Right. That... that just happened.
Hey, we'll be checking in, all right?
Augie, you got my number. Use it.
Yes, sir.
Hey, Cass.
Look, I know this is a lot,
especially after what happened with Miles,
but we're gonna get through it.
We're gonna find him.
Yeah, no other option.
It does feel horribly familiar.
Just the way he disappeared so suddenly and completely,
and now the not knowing.
Just tell him you're happy to see him when he's back,
all right?
So, just give me a call back, okay?
Hello?
- Hello? - Hey, keep in mind
they sent you a note for a reason.
Knots on a string, no less.
- It's quiet. - Yes, I-I know that.
Well, I'm just saying that if you get caught
you blow it.
Okay, okay, I know. Be quiet.
Let me think, just-just... let me think.
Another prisoner above me, but they chose to put me here.
They could've put me anywhere.
You don't even know what kind of building you're in.
I mean, is this even a building?
- Maybe you're on a boat. - No, no.
- I-I-I'm not on the water. - I didn't say
you were on the water. I said maybe you're on a boat.
Okay, why are we even arguing?
I'm just saying what you're thinking.
- Shh! - Okay, yes, I know.
I need to be quiet, but it helps me to think out loud.
- You know that. - Be quiet.
Hello?
Calling for me?
Oh, hey there.
Neo.
It's good to, uh,
it's good to see you.
Gentlemen.
To what do I owe the, uh...
Oh, okay, yeah.
I'm sorry, you're not my type.
Hey, enough!
You know, Neo, your friends aren't very nice.
Oh, looky there.
That's what it was, huh?
The antiseptic. You're, uh... bullet?
Graze you?
Like you don't know.
Sorry I, uh... Sorry I missed.
You know, I got to admit you, uh, got pretty good reflexes.
Confused, Neo. I got a shot off,
yet here I am, feeling good.
So help me understand that.
You, uh, need a new guy? After Fenton?
Yeah?
Ask about Jenny.
You want me to stop, just let me know.
Ask him. He's got to pick her up.
He's worried about missing it,
enough to bring it up to that other guy.
- She means something. Ask him. - Who's Jenny?
Don't you play dead like a champ?
Who's Jenny?
Daughter? I'm guessing she's your daughter.
Yeah, I got a daughter, too, but you knew that, didn't you?
You know today is graduation day.
You're making this harder than it has to be, you know that?
Yeah, I read the same manual, Neo.
End of the day, you and me,
we're dads.
I bet Jenny worries about you. My daughter's worried about me,
- I could tell you that. - Shut up.
What, are we taking a break?
Get him out of here.
Man.
That is sad, Cordell.
You lost your buddy.
Listen, you can make a lot
of other friends in here if you want.
Just say the word.
No?
Well...
I am really sorry about this, but...
I guess you know what comes next.
Go ahead.
I just talked to Cass. I-I wanted to...
Hey.
Thanks for being here.
Hey, uh, we'll be tracing your steps... I-I get it,
I-I do, but, um...
you got to drink some water.
I don't want you getting dehydrated.
And now...
Now you sound like my mother.
My sister.
Cassie's a cautious person?
More like a, uh, survivalist.
- Hmm. - We were runners up, you know,
for one of those shows.
We had a dance routine.
Uh, and then,
everything happened with Lucas,
and I probably would've stranded Cassie on a rope bridge,
and I would've missed her like hell
when I realized she was gone.
Uh, I-I'm sorry.
Cordell used to do this thing when we were kids
and my mom would leave him in charge.
He'd pretend like something really horrible happened to him.
It was stupid.
He'd act like he was really hurt, or he'd hide,
you know, just anything to scare me.
I knew. I knew every time
that he was messing with me, but...
I always took it seriously
because...
you never know.
Uh, what-what time is it, anyway?
He stopped it.
Cordell stopped his watch.
- Huh. - Maybe when-when they took him, or...
Maybe it's nothing.
Hey. You never know.
Could help with the timeline. Hmm?
Yeah.
Okay, thanks, Liam. Yeah.
You, too, man.
All right, let's get this time stamp,
send it through the traffic cams.
Perez?
What, are you swiping right over there? What's going on?
That date I had the other night, I know you think that I'm...
No, hey, I think you're thinking.
I appreciate all forms of thought right now.
Your call cannot be completed
- as dialed. Please... - It's all right.
-It's all right. We'll get there. -Damn it.
Cap.
I know this place.
That mural, by the warehouses on the way to the airport.
Sean sent this from work.
He told me he sold sheet metal.
Keep the lies honest.
Let's get over there.
Hey, we got something. Let's move.
Cap.
Give me a minute.
- Hey. - Hey.
What do you think it would take
for Cordell to take a desk job?
I've tried. You know that.
I do.
Because I asked you before.
Because I blamed you.
When he left to go undercover, I blamed you.
You never told me that.
Well, I didn't need to.
You were hard enough on yourself.
You were at our house almost every night.
You got Bonham to give you
his Sunday special sauce recipe,
and I-I don't even have that.
Listen, Abby, if this is your way
of asking me for the recipe,
now is not the time.
Larry.
I know you would move heaven and earth for my family.
I saw you do it.
But this time...
if I see you so much as come near my front door,
it sure as hell better be with my son.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm sorry, but, Cap, are you...
Yeah, I'm coming.
I'm coming.
Good people that showed up here to help, doing all this.
- Yeah. - Rangers, cops,
- friends, neighbors. - Yeah.
I heard they found a bullet casing.
Yeah.
It was Cordell's gun, too.
Seems like he got a shot off,
which is good.
I didn't even know he was carrying.
But I guess most Rangers always do.
Ranchers, too.
They found the casing. They found the gun.
They didn't find anything else.
They don't think he's out there, do they?
All they know is that anything that they find,
and I mean anything, could be useful.
- That's the truth. - I guess.
I was thinking that I should keep their morale up, though.
What are you thinking?
A pancake breakfast?
Nah, I don't, I don't know, man.
That was... that was probably stupid.
No, no.
No, it's a good idea.
Pancakes.
You know what? We'll get the family involved.
It's good to keep them busy, keep their morale up.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'll go let them know.
Thank you, Trey. I'll see you in a bit.
- All right. - All right.
Hey.
- Hey. - Hey.
Hey. Hey.
You...
you-you're, uh, you're talking.
Is it safe?
No. No, they'll do a wake-up soon.
- Are we on the same schedule? - I can't tell.
Who are you? What's your name?
Listen, they want you to be the new guy.
Well, who's the old guy?
You know. Fenton.
How do you know?
I'm a reporter.
Is that why they have you?
Yes.
Why are they letting us talk?
They want you to have hope.
They want you to have hope so they can take it away.
Because once they break you,
they're there to pick you up.
Yeah. Well, they could've told you to say that.
You have a brother?
Gentlemen.
Hey, big guy.
- Hey, good morning. - Early morning.
Trying to get a move on.
- Yeah. - So...
Are you ready to be done with this part yet?
Come on. Come on.
Hey, Cap.
Yeah.
Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Look at me. Look at me.
I'm ready to quit when you are, really.
Okay? Say the word.
On me.
Texas Rangers!
Well, it was worth a shot.
I'm sorry, Perez.
I think he left this.
Sean. I think he knew.
I-I told you that date was a recon.
And I-I told him this story.
- About peanuts? - Well, not exactly, no.
About some guy I dated with a nut allergy.
- Perez, there's trash... - Yes, I hear myself,
but I'm telling you, we need to bag this for evidence.
It's not a clue.
Look, you want to dust it for prints, go ahead.
- We got nothing. - I think he knew
we would come here.
He was buying them time.
Don't you see? We're close.
Dust it for prints.
We got to go.
Let's go.
I don't think I can do this again.
It literally doesn't matter where you put your stuff away.
No, I mean...
this.
Everyone whispering, trying to distract us.
Act like it's normal.
What if this is it?
What if this is the case that kills him?
I mean, can we just say it?
You know, when he was gone before...
with the rodeo stuff,
every time uncle Liam left,
I used to think he was going to I.D. Dad's body
or something.
Same.
And the, you know, he'd come back,
and he would look sad or worried,
but he never said anything about Dad,
so I just kind of figured it was okay, and I...
I was trying not to think about it,
but I was always...
I was always kind of thinking about it.
Of course you were.
Uncle Liam was gonna adopt us.
Which is why I have to do something.
I need to. I can...
I can call people. I can drive.
- I can... - Same, yeah. Me, too.
Augie, no.
What do you mean? Stella, we were both just saying
how sick we were of sitting around
while all this stuff is happening.
I mean, you can't do anything.
Don't you get it?
It is my job now to keep you safe.
Your job? Stella, you graduated high school
like five minutes ago, and I'm not a child.
I'm not gonna let you put yourself in danger.
Oh, well, then what are you going to do, exactly?
Stella, you get one helicopter ride from Search and Rescue,
and suddenly you're an expert?
You're acting like Dad, you know?
And I-I don't mean that in a good way.
You're... the selfish hero.
And who was always there to clean up after him?
His little brother.
- Hey. - Colton!
We didn't get service until we got
down the mountain, but as soon as we did...
We turned the car around.
I mean,
I think we broke a few laws racing back here,
so when your dad's back,
definitely gonna have to call in a few favors.
Then I wake up in the middle of the night
just feeling like I missed something.
You know that recurring dream?
You know, I don't know if everyone has it
or if they're just being polite when they nod.
Anyway, I'll keep going.
Anyway, that dream where you're late for class
or you never even took the class,
but you just can't find the building.
And for me,
I'm just running up and down these stairs
because apparently in my dream I went to Hogwarts.
But the stairs move,
class doesn't exist,
and I missed something.
And, of course,
there was no match for any prints in the system.
It's literally peanuts.
Just peanuts compared to everything else.
I shouldn't talk about this with you,
any of it, I know that.
It can be unsettling.
It makes no difference.
I've been unsettled for years.
But were you here for something else?
Yeah. Checking in on Trey before I head back to HQ.
Hey. Hi. Mom, your neighbors got your message,
and they have a trail cam.
They gave me the SD card.
Their camera angle should get part of the road.
Oh, great. Let's take it in, run it.
Yeah. Oh, and, uh...
Thank you for telling your brother about yesterday.
He showed up.
- Yeah, no problem. - Yeah.
- All right, come on. - Let's go. - Cassie.
- Yeah? Be right there. - Okay.
It's not just peanuts.
Don't apologize for being stubborn.
I believe in the art of just knowing.
Get your hands off me!
Code Silver, 10-32!
- Code Silver, 10-32! - They're taking her away.
I guess they got what they wanted:
my hope.
They think they're taking it away.
- Listen. - Code Silver, 10-32!
Code Silver, 10-32!
- Get your hands off of me! - 10-32.
10-32. Gun, gun, gun, uh...
We're in a hospital.
Code Silver means gun in a hospital.
- What can you do with that? - I can, I can,
I can, um, I can start to list off
all the abandoned hospitals within 50 miles of Austin.
But I-I-I don't know...
What are they doing with her?
Are they, are they just moving her?
Or are they, um...
My name is Julia Johnson!
I work for McMillan's!
Julia!
She's gone.
You're pretty good at driving people away.
Don't worry.
We'll find you someone else to keep you company.
No!
Hey, thanks for making these cookies.
I know you're just trying to distract us,
but it's... it's still nice.
Saw right through me, huh?
Yep.
I mean, everybody wants to make us feel better, but...
why, you know?
I get when we were kids and all, but...
Stella and I have seen some stuff. We can handle it.
I know you have.
You two have seen a lot.
I just don't think any of us want to test
how much you can handle.
You know, the smell of these cookies reminds me of...
the best and the worst after...
after Mom.
Did I tell you this was her recipe?
- No. - No.
Probably didn't want to make you sad.
- Yeah. - And look, Augie.
Me being here, making these damn cookies,
this is me coping.
You know?
And I wish to God that you didn't have to find
your own favorite way to deal, but...
I know you do.
Aw, sad cookies.
Thank you.
Of course.
Hey, Colt, are you tired?
- No. - I mean, I can take you back home.
You can get some sleep.
Uh, nah, I think I'm just staying here.
If that's cool.
Y-Yeah. Here.
Yeah. No, no, no. That's cool.
Cool.
Hey. I mean, I'm totally out of my league here.
Th-They're... Is this fine?
- Yeah. I... - I mean, they're-they're technically adults.
- Right? - Yeah, I-I guess. Uh...
- Gosh. - I'm...
You don't have to stay.
I'm fine.
I know.
I know that you're fine.
But I'm not.
I'm just not.
So, if-if it's all the same,
then, um, I think I'm gonna stay, too.
Okay.
I love you.
Love you, too.
You don't even lock your door?
I tried that, but you already have a key.
That's fair.
- Oh. Is that Walker Ranch? - Yeah.
Just tracking the course where they grabbed him
and where we found the watch.
- Mm. - There's nothing new, but I just...
I have a feeling, you know what I mean?
I do.
I mean, all signs point to the connection
to Miles and Fenton.
To the shootout. We know that.
The thing is, they didn't come after you or James.
And they definitely didn't come after me.
They went after Walker.
They knew him. They were watching him.
Right? I mean, come on. How else,
how else are they gonna know about the...
the-the race or the graduation party?
Or the fact that there were trucks
coming in and out of there?
They were targeting him, specifically.
These guys were smart.
And you think I'm crazy.
I absolutely do not.
I think you're gonna be a great Ranger.
Hmm.
Meaning you can't talk to me about the case stuff
- until it's official. - I didn't say that.
Did you hear me say that?
I'm just here for the pad Thai.
Let's get going, then.
- Appreciate it. - All right, how can I help?
Here, take this.
What are you doing?
I think the moment has passed.
What if this is it?
Abeline, I can't believe you just said that.
I-I can't.
I mean, here I am worrying about everyone's morale.
I never thought I'd have to worry about yours.
In all these years,
everything that this family has seen...
And my Lord, it's seen a lot...
You would never, you would never assume the worst.
Or at least never say it out loud.
Is that what you mean?
Well, maybe it's finally too much to hold in.
I think it's been 36 hours.
It's-it's taking longer than you thought. I know.
Yeah, I know. N-No, I know. I know you know.
I'm not broken.
Did you hear that?
No. No.
- No. - Remember...
Wait, wait, wait, wait. I-If...
Don't-don't-don't-don't go.
Don't. Please, don't go. Not now.
Don't.
Just don't...
leave me.
You're not broken.
Cordell.
No.
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