02x15 - Bygones

[bunniefuu]

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

DIANA: Hawk, I came to say thank you

for saving me from that
cult of demonic teens.

Who knew Satan's greatest
weakness was kung fu?

You don't have to thank
me, Diana. It's my job.

Whether it's a cult of demonic teens,

a cyborg serial k*ller

or just a pack of rabid
bears that escape the zoo.

Whenever crime comes a-knockin',

I'll be there to answer the caw-caw!

(LAUGHS)

ANNOUNCER: Next time on Hawk's Shadow.

- What was that?
- Oh. Come on.

Look, it was the ' s. It takes
more episodes to get into it.

- Okay, let's watch one more.
- (SCOFFS) No, no, no, no, no.

Okay, let's not watch any more...

There's enough real-life
drama going on right now. Um...

I-I've been meaning
to check in with you,

ask how you're doing since
Miles, um, see if you're okay.

(SIGHS)

I don't know.

I, uh...

Yeah, I was pretty torn up,

being so wrong about Captain Cole.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

But, two weeks out,

it was cathartic.

Get some closure.

Good.

How 'bout you? You talk to Geri?

No. Not really.

You know, she's out of town right now.

She's on a girls' trip
with Gale and Denise.

And I-I totally get
that-that she-she feels like

she needs to get to know them. You know?

I guess I thought that
if we were gonna give

"us" a go, it was gonna be, um,
you know, all gas, no brakes.

And now I-I feel, uh...

I guess I feel betrayed.

I mean, Geri is my best friend,

and it feels like she chose
them and that family over...

me and-and my family.

And if you can't...

trust your best friend
to stick by ya, then...

You can always trust your partner.

- (BEEPING)
- Oh.

Server's been accessed. Perp
should be coming out any minute.

WALKER: Okay. All right.

- Catch me back up, uh, crypto queen.
- Mm.

Give me the quick seconds.

The server that holds
the firm's crypto wallets

- Right.
- approved unauthorized transactions

- twice in the past month.
- Right.

So the firm thinks that
it's an inside job because...

Okay. Yep. I got it, I
got it. All right, good.

- Oh.
- Could be him.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Excuse me.

Texas Rangers. We'd like to
ask you a couple questions.

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING)

WALKER: Hey! Stop him!

Stop him! Stop!

(GRUNTING)

Walker, wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait!

- What? What are you doing?
- The double "H" logo

- stands for "Harwick Hospitality."
- He's in there!

- It's two brothers who own a ton of nightclubs in Texas.
- Cassie!

I used to go to Sandy's back in Dallas.

Pretty good vibe, but
drinks are super steep.

- Okay...
- But they loved their exits.

You would move to the back,

down a hallway and out a second door.

So you would never see people leaving,

- only more people coming in to party.
- Cassie,

what-what is your point?
Because he's gonna get away.

My point is...

- (EXHALES)
- What?

- Do you trust me?
- Wh... what?

(GRUNTING)

WALKER: Whoa.

- (GASPING)
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Don't move! Don't move! Don't move!

Caw-caw!

OTHERS: Caw-caw!

No, no. That's not even
a-a sound the hawk makes.

(SIGHS)

♪ ♪

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

- And I talked to DJ on the way over here.
- Yeah?

Finally got him to tell
me about chem class.

- Oh... sh**t.
- Oh.

- I was supposed to prep you for that.
- It's okay.

I forgot. Hey, you forgot...

... this.

Didn't exactly have it together
when I left the other night.

Um, you know, DJ floated the
idea of going to the beach

when he's back from
Boise for the summer.

I was thinking we could all go.

Together.

How would you feel about that?

Wow.

That sounds like fun.

- Fun?
- Hell yes. Of course.

I mean, obviously, depends on
work, but, definitely, yeah,

that-that could be a lot of fun.

If we are doing this...

and I am not saying
that we're doing this...

I know, I know, I know.
I need to be more present.

Open line of, uh, communication, right?

Right.

- Right.
- Right.

Listen, I-I have to run. Um...

Thank you for the jacket and...

the coffee.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- I'll see you.
- Yeah.

You suck at girls.

How come everything's painted white?

Look at this! Precious
family time together.

(CHUCKLES) We're looking at ranches.

- Anything promising?
- Mm.

- Pickings are slim.
- Well, cost an arm and a leg to...

get a ranch up and running anyway.

Yeah, maybe it's time to put
this cowboy out to pasture.

WALKER: All right,
Daddy. Uh, Stella Blue.

Good morning to you.

Um, heard anything back from Sauber yet?

Oh, that's that school
from Oregon, right?

WALKER: That's right.
That's her first choice.

See? I-I know things. I listen.

Um, not yet. But last day for
letters is next week, so...

- there's still time.
- Okay. All right, well, I... I wouldn't worry.

- You got this, Blue.
- (PHONE CHIMES, BUZZES)

_

ABELINE: Hey. Stella,

you want to go see some ranches with us?

Um, I was actually thinking
of hanging with Todd

and his brother today, if that's okay.

Of course.

_

- Walker. It is...
- Yeah.

- ... : .
- Uh, yes, sir. : .

Uh... let's go with : . Sure. Sorry.

I-I went to go see a...

a new ranch with the
family. Uh, where we at?

I was catching Perez up on the,
uh, perp you nabbed last night.

Wh-whoa. Excuse me. I
nabbed. I am the nabber.

Okay.

His name's Matthew Ryan.

He worked I.T. for
Drexen Wealth Management.

He confessed to stealing
grand in cryptocurrency.

He was gonna use it to buy a million

in counterfeit cash through a middleman

he found on the dark web.

Did he give up the middleman?

Maybe if we track him down,

we can use him to get
to the counterfeiter.

Yeah, about that.
Walker, there's something

that you specifically should know.

The middleman is Eric Davies.

Er... Eric Davies? Eric-Eric Davies?

- Like... like that... that Eric Davies?
- Eric Davies.

Okay, the loop is over
there and I'm-I'm right here.

So, who is Eric Davies?

I worked undercover on a... on a case

with a g*ng of bank robbers
named the Rodeo Kings

- and...
- Yes, I'm... I'm aware.

- Is Eric a Rodeo King?
- No.

But he was married to one.

- Uh, Twyla.
- Walker ran a sting op,

put her in jail. Few weeks
later, she fed us Intel

on Clint West when he escaped prison.

- Oh.
- WALKER: Hold on a sec.

W... we don't need to question her, Cap.

We-we can handle this and figure it out

- on our own.
- Damn, Walker, you owe her money

- or something?
- No.

It's complicated.

Okay? I-I told her I
would visit her in prison

and I-I haven't really
had the chance yet.

There's been a lot going on,
and I'm going to. But it-it's...

Well, I guess the lesson here is,

- don't be late.
- (DOOR OPENS)

♪ ♪

Twyla Jean.

Should've known my little field
trip this morning would end

with the two of us in a room. Duke.

(SNORTS, LAUGHS SOFTLY)

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I forgot

your undercover name was Duke Culpepper.

Like, what, was Archibald Fakename

- already taken by another Ranger?
- (CHUCKLING)

I like your new partner already.

The Rodeo Kings are
all dead or in prison.

I'm not sure what else you think I know.

This isn't about the Rodeo Kings.

(INHALES DEEPLY) This
is about Eric Davies.

JAMES: We think Eric's involved with
some counterfeiters out of Houston.

Anything you can tell us about him?

Uh, Eric just...

up and left me one day with a
mountain of debt and divorce papers.

Taste in men was never my strong suit.

Last time I helped y'all,

Ranger Walker promised he'd
come visit and never did.

I'm gonna need something a
little more concrete this time.

JAMES: Well, I see that
you're up for parole next year.

Can have that pulled up. The
Rangers can vouch for you.

Works for me.

If Eric's in town, he'll be
at Maple Ridge Country Club.

Okay.

Let's check the club, see
if Eric's been seen there.

Send you in, set an exchange,

try to land a face-to-face
with the counterfeiters.

If that's a no-go, I guess we can, uh,

put a tracker in the crypto
drive, follow it back to the group.

Uh, I hate to break it to you, sugar,

but Eric can read people.

He'll see right through
Walker's charade.

Charade? My charade? Hmm.

Don't you worry. Uh...

we're gonna make sure to
keep Eric on his back foot.

CASSIE: We had this play back in
Dallas called the Magician's Assistant.

You send in some eye
candy as a distraction.

And between Twyla's
connection to Eric and her...

well, everything...

- ... she could be our best sh*t.
- Like that...

episode of Hawk's
Shadow with the art thieves?

Oh, my God, yes.

I was totally lying about Dallas.

That's-that's what I was talking about.

(LAUGHS) Okay, Cap, Cap,
are we sure about this?

Uh, the last time I saw Twyla on
the outside, she double-crossed me

and tried to run off with grand.

Well, a sh*t at freedom
is the best motivator.

What do you say there, Twyla?

You up for it?

I think I can abide it,

assuming Walker can
let bygones be bygones.

Well, uh, if Eric can
read people like you say,

then I think my partner is right.

We need you.

Just, uh, don't forget,
when we're together,

I am going to be
watching you like a ha...

CASSIE: Like-like what?

Sorry, you trailed off there, Walker.

What were you saying? Like a...

I believe you were
going to say an animal?

Maybe of the avian variety?

Like a ha... Like a, like a ha.

- Ho!
- All right, okay.

So she brings up the three
of us going on vacation,

and all I can think to
say is, "Sounds like fun."

Well, did you say it with
that level of enthusiasm?

- 'Cause that wasn't good.
- Like, I've been tripping up around her lately.

It's like I wasn't like
this when we were married.

Well, till we were getting divorced.

- I probably wasn't great then.
- It's understandable.

I just, I don't know, I
guess I've never had to

win her back before.

- You know?
- Yeah.

But you were pretty open with her

when you were in the hospital, right?

Yeah, of course. But, like, over coffee

I can't just talk to her
about everyday little things.

It's like she means everything to me,

so I feel like everything
I say has to be, like...

- I don't know.
- So you want to talk girl problems, Uncle Larry?

Look, Faye broke up with me when
she thought Gramps was a m*rder*r.

And he's innocent now, and
she still won't talk to me.

I've literally tried everything.
I guess women are just...

unknowable.

- Unknowable.
- TREY: No, no, no, no.

Both of you need to
chill out, all right?

Relax. Expressing feelings
is tough for a lot of people.

Especially men. And even more so when

that person means a lot.

- I mean, we tend to bottle things up.
- (GLASS SHATTERS)

- MAN: Whoa, you okay?
- Ooh, oops.

Are you two free this afternoon?

I think I might have an idea
that's gonna help both of you out.

My dad's my boss, so
I can pretty much leave

- whenever I want.
- I got a few hours till my next thing,

so I can probably squeeze it in, yeah.

STELLA: I know you said

you didn't want me to
vent to you anymore,

but I just felt like my
head was gonna explode.

No, it's cool.

I was just mad about our other stuff.

I got into Sauber.

- Oh!
- But out-of-state tuition

is way more than my college fund.

Financial aid, it just seems
like a lot on top of everything.

No, I get it. Dad's been
pushing me towards real estate,

but it just seems like
an absolute snooze fest.

I genuinely forgot your dad had a job.

Oh, yeah. He's a better
Realtor than rancher.

He's trying to take
care of stuff by himself.

Yeah, it took him two whole days

to tear down the fence
between the pastures.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Hey, um, can I ask you something?

Mm-hmm.

So, why are you really here?

'Cause the last time I saw you,

I kind of spilled my guts to you,

and you didn't seem like
you totally hated it.

I didn't.

But...

everything just, it feels
so unknown right now,

you know, with my family.

But also with me.

And Todd's stable.

Wait, that's hemlock.

Okay.

Okay, so hemlock's really poisonous.

Even a little might k*ll a horse.

I thought horses avoid poisonous stuff.

Not the hungry ones.

Me and Gramps cut
this down every spring,

and we should probably rip
these up before it spreads.

I think I saw all this on
our side of the pasture,

- and my dad just...
- Took down the fence.

(BLOWS) (STATIC OVER EARPIECE)

Gotta get a move on. (CLEARS THROAT)

TWYLA: You ever tried to put on a
cocktail dress in the back of a van?

(ENGINE STARTS)

♪ ♪

(CLEARS THROAT)

What?

(CLEARS THROAT, CHUCKLES, MUTTERS)

- There are people...
- Oh, shush.

Shush? Okay, what are
you, what are you doing?

Let me just do this real quick.

- Um, can you hurry?
- (SHUSHES) Okay...

Um...

- Okay, was the belt really necessary?
- Well,

now you look less like a narc.

Thank you.

Your purse, okay? All right, look.

- Burner phone with your old number.
- All right.

Microphone for audio.

- You ready?
- (SIGHS) As I'll ever be.

I know we're kind of throwing
you into the deep end right now.

When I was under with y'all,

I had a mantra I kind
of stuck to; it helped.

Keep the circle small
and the lies honest.

As per usual, Duke,

the only one lying about
who they are today is you.

CASSIE (OVER COMM):
Oh, damn, she got you.

Now, if you two are done yammering,

can you please get the show on the road?

- On our way.
- All right.

I am putting my belt back on.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(ELEGANT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

Ooh.

- Seriously?
- What?

I've been eating prison food for a year.

Got a mark?

In the dining room by the window.

That's him, right?

Yeah.

Okay.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

Excuse me, sir.

Sorry. Uh, you're Eric, right?

Name's Chris Walker. I'm
Matt Ryan's boss at Drexen.

You mind if we have a-a chat? Just us?

I think you're barking
up the wrong tree, dude.

Don't know any Matt.

- Okay.
- Hi, Eric.

Long time.

Twyla.

(HORSE NEIGHING)

Bonham, what's going on?

Stella called me.

You took the fences
down between the pastures

without walking the land for hazards?

My family has kept this ranch
running for over a century.

You haven't been here a month,
and it's already gone to hell.

Okay, how about you get off my ranch

- before I have to call the cops?
- Whoa, Dad, wait. Just...

Tell him, Stella.

Look, I know everything
is screwed up right now,

but I really didn't
know who else to call.

There's hemlock all over the
Davidson side of the pasture.

And Colton told me that
you took down the fence,

and now there's nothing
keeping the horses

from grazing over there.

I'm s-sorry. I didn't even... I
didn't even think about that. Just...

Well, I guess we found
out that big "D" out front

- stands for dumbass.
- Gramps, please.

There are four of us.

If we start now, we can pull
it all up in a few hours.

Can we please just stop
the family stuff until then,

for the horses?

Twyla Jean.

Wow, what's it been,
like, three, four years?

Five, actually.

Well, hmm...

John Boy said you got
arrested for some bank thing.

Mm. Couldn't get the charges to stick.

Got a job working for Mr. Walker.

I was surprised when
he brought up your name.

WALKER: Yeah, so Twyla
here, she handles my, uh...

my discreet accounts.

Well, it's been so long, I hope
we can leave our mess in the past.

You sure look like
you're doing fine now.

She was right. Massive douche.

- Bygones.
- Okay, you know what, Eric?

(LAUGHS)

I'm gonna sh**t you straight.

Uh, so, uh, caught Matt skimming crypto

off of some of our clients,

and he let me know about
your counterfeit deal,

and, uh, I want in.

- Hmm.
- WALKER: Heard the group you work with

is top-notch.

See for yourself.

Watermarks, security ribbons.

You name it, they do it.

Talented guys.

Okay, how about this.

I can get you grand in crypto

for two million in fake cash.

There's a catch.

It'd be my honor to give my compliments

to the chef face-to-face.

(CHUCKLES)

I wouldn't be much of a
middleman if I did that,

but I'll see what the boys say.

Okay.

What coin we talking?

What coin?

- You tell me.
- So, he means cryptocurrency.

- So, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, whatever he wants.
- The Bitcoin?

Ethereum? Tether? Whatever you want.

Uh, you know, after my legal troubles,

no one would hire me.

Walker, he took me in,

gave me a job.

He's good people.

ERIC: Hmm.

Oh, so you two are a thing, huh?

(STAMMERS) What? No. No.

No. Never.

(LAUGHS): No... He's-he's
my boss. I-I wouldn't.

- I wouldn't. Yeah.
- She works for me.

- She... she works for me.
- Yeah.

Well, if you can't be
honest with yourselves,

you sure as hell ain't
gonna be honest with me.

Good to see you, Twyla.

CASSIE: What's the play, Walker?

We gotta take him down.

- Blow our cover.
- No, we'll lose the counterfeiters.

I know Eric. He won't talk.

Whoa, Twyla, what are you doing?

You brought me here to do a job.

Let me do it.

♪ ♪

(CONVERSATION INAUDIBLE)

I am not... I'm not hearing anything.

I'm-I'm hearing, I'm hearing...

What-what am I hearing? I'm hearing...

I'm hearing me.

(EXHALES SHARPLY) Damn it, Twyla.

She left the mic.

I'll see if I can get eyes on them.

Okay, they're talking pretty close.

(PHONE CAMERA CLICKS)

Send.

- You get it?
- (PHONE CHIMES)

Yeah.

This is it.

This is it. This is the double cross.

They could've planned it
while she was in prison.

Easy with the conspiracy theories.

Who are you, me?

- We don't know anything yet.
- ERIC: See you soon.

Wait, here she comes.

WALKER: Uh...

Hey, Twyla, how'd it go?

- He's in.
- Oh...

He'll text me details of the meet later.

All right. Now, rage
rooms are fairly new,

but doctors have been
studying physical release

pretty much since the dawn of therapy.

- (LAUGHS): Oh, my God.
- Yeah.

This is gonna help you
unlock those deeper emotions

that you've been bottling
up on a regular basis.

Coach Trey, say less.

♪ Put the temper tantrum
to the quiet corner ♪

♪ Hush, daylight,
lightning and the thunder ♪

♪ The sun, moon, the
stars and the hunger ♪

♪ Abundance in bundles ♪

♪ Lessons and troubles ♪

♪ Towers and tunnels,
views and valleys ♪

♪ Waves and peaks ♪

♪ What streets you from, son? ♪

♪ Planet Earth, and ain't
scared of no Mars att*ck ♪

♪ What type of bars is that? ♪

♪ Stay off my jack ♪

♪ I'm out they corny riot garments ♪

♪ Top five Dylan-in' on 'em ♪

- Okay.
- ♪ Why you lyin', homey? ♪

♪ You won't play with
my emotions, Smokey ♪

♪ Big Chief, heart rate big b*at... ♪

Okay.

Hey, hey, hey, do you
even know what that is?

Yeah, it's an answering machine.

His generation.

Hey, whoa, whoa. Whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Wait, wait, wait.
- What?

Cap, try something for me.

While you're swinging, just...

yell about your day.

I'm not much of a yeller, bro. Yell...

- Yell what about my day?
- Just trust me, all right?

Anything that comes to mind.
I mean, the tiniest detail.

- What'd you have for breakfast?
- Yogurt.

- Yell!
- I had yogurt for breakfast!

What kind of yogurt?!

I had strawberry yogurt
for breakfast at the office!

- Smash!
- I had strawberry yogurt for breakfast!

- And then what?
- Then I checked my emails.

And then Cassie came in.

I briefed her about a case.

And then Walker came in. He was late!

Questioning decisions I was making.

- Yeah, how'd that make you feel?
- It was annoying.

It was very, very annoying.

Sometimes I feel like
our time as partners...

'cause we were partners, he
doesn't respect me as a boss.

- He doesn't see me...
- Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hey. Whoa.

- Okay, you see?
- Okay.

You see, that's what I'm talking about.

I mean, it took a
little extra testosterone

- to grease the wheels, but...
- (LAUGHS): Yeah.

Sharing those tiny details

leads to the deeper stuff
that you're looking for.

Kelly wants to hear
all of that from you.

- All right?
- Okay.

Augie, I'm sorry about all the
"your dad is annoying" stuff.

No, no, it's fine.

I'm the captain of that ship.

All right, my turn.

Probably blow the rest
of the family's minds

to see us out here working together.

Yeah, I'm just here for the horses.

Well, I'm sorry about
taking down that fence.

I was just trying to impress Denise.

Look, uh, Colt mentioned, uh, uh...

I hope you don't mind me asking,

but how-how are your treatments going?

I'm not sure I need to
get into all that with you.

Yeah, that's fair.

Uh...

Both my folks fought cancer.

Uh, my mom made it through,
but it-it did take my dad

before we had a chance to
work out our differences,

so I'm glad to hear that
yours sounds like the former.

It's never easy to lose a parent.

Especially to something
as wicked as that.

So that's all of it.

Next time, start culling in March.

- It really slows the spread.
- Right.

Oh. Thank you.

Uh...

look, I'm clearly in over my head.

And you know this land more than anyone,

- so maybe...
- (CHUCKLES)

You want me to help work
my family's ranch for you?

A Davidson?

- Not in a million freaking years.
- I'm sorry.

I-I didn't mean any offense by that.

I'm sorry.

Well, since you are an idiot,

I probably should
come back out this week

and spray the fields,
and I noticed there are

a few fence posts that
need to be fixed, and...

Chopper needs to be reshoed,
so I can call the farrier.

All right.

Sounds like a plan.

Do you really expect us to believe

he just changed his mind?

What did you say to him?

I said we should catch
up after the exchange.

- Maybe get reacquainted.
- Ah.

Look, I-I forgot my purse,
but I did what you asked.

Did he say when he might reach out?

No, all he said was
he'd talk to his crew

- and get back to me.
- WALKER: Come on, Twyla.

You told him something. I know you did.

You probably outed us
as Rangers, because...

- Walker!
- What?

Hallway. Now.

- Go.
- Why?

- What?
- Walk.

- What?
- Get in there.

Get... What? Why?
What-what are you doing?

Cass, what?

- Rule ... . Whatever.
- Okay, she's hiding something.

You don't know her the same way I do.

She's flipped on me before.

Okay, are you sure that this isn't just

entirely about Geri?

Ger... What does Geri have
to do with any of this?

Look, last night, you told
me you felt betrayed by Geri.

And now you're saying pretty
much the exact same thing

about a woman who, may I remind you,

- is doing this to earn a sh*t at her own freedom.
- Okay, okay, wait. I get it, but

- she is not Geri.
- No.

I'm not saying you don't have
a right to be cautious here,

but your feelings are
clouding your judgement.

- (PHONE CHIMES)
- What is that?

It's Twyla's burner phone.

" : p.m., dock at Shay Cove.

And one more thing,

counterfeiters don't want crypto.

They want cash.

, real for three million fake."

So a last-minute change
after a mystery meeting

with a known backstabber.
That-that's not fishy at all.

Look, do you trust me or not?

And I mean that for real this time,

not in a showboaty way.

Do you trust me?

Of course.

- (LAUGHS)
- Whoo!

Man...

- Hey.
- Oh, watch out there.

You know, if Faye broke up with me

over something I had no control over,

maybe she just didn't like me for me

in the first place.

That's crazy.

I gotta pee.

- (LAUGHS)
- Good luck.

- Oh!
- Hey, thanks for that, man.

That was... that was much needed.

Oh, no, man, you don't need to thank me.

I mean, dropping knowledge is my thing.

- Apparently.
- Yeah.

Plus it's a good excuse to kick it.

- Yeah, man.
- Yeah.

Hey, look, I know you got
the Sacred Heart thing going.

I think there are some
Rangers that could really use

your magic therapy sauce.

Are you serious?

Would you consider helping out?

Totally around your schedule.
You know, you can kind of

feel it out.

Of course! Yeah!

Yeah, man, I'd love to.

- (PHONE VIBRATING)
- All right.

Well, hold on, would
I... would I get the hat?

(LAUGHS) No.

This face in a Stetson? Come on.

(JAMES LAUGHS)

WALKER: Hey, Cap?

You hearing us out there?

- JAMES: Yeah. Loud and clear.
- Great.

Cass, uh, double-check the
tracker in the bag, please.

CASS: Good to go. Signal's strong.

So, uh, grand.

Same amount as the Rodeo Kings job.

- Interesting.
- (SCOFFS)

What, exactly, is the problem?

You've been riding me all
day, and it's really starting

- to lose its charm.
- Okay, well, help me understand.

Eric's out, and then you
go talk to him in private,

and all of a sudden, he's back in.

Except he wants to change
the terms of the agreement

to grand, last minute.

You know, you double-crossed
me before, Twyla.

Why wouldn't you do it again?

Why do you always think the worst of me?

I don't.

Then how come you
didn't visit me in prison

like you said you would?

I was going to. I wanted to.

This last year has been
difficult on me, on my family.

I needed to be there with them.

And frankly,

seeing you in there the
first time was hard enough,

knowing that I put you there.

Do you ever wonder what
it could've been like

if we met under different circumstances?

CASSIE: Walker, they're here.

Oh. (CLEARS THROAT)

♪ ♪

Howdy, y'all.

WALKER: Howdy.

Who's the new girl?

She is my money manager.

Not really easy to, uh,
come up with an extra

hundred K on short notice,

but this one here is the best.

Name's Archibald.

- Did you bring the money?
- Sure did.

Not you.

Twyla.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

JAMES (OVER COMM):
Walker, what's going on?

Everybody calm down, all right?

Eric, what is this?

Do I need to explain what bending you

over a barrel looks like?

g*ns, please.

Yep, yep.

Okay.

Let's all just...

Let's all take a breath here.

Keep the money. Keep the money.

No harm, no foul. Just let Twyla go.

Twyla?

- Yeah.
- She can speak for herself.

Told you he'd fall for it.

TWYLA: Aw, come on.

I couldn't pass up the opportunity

to steal grand from you, Walker.

Me and Eric are gonna stop
by his counterfeiting buddies,

pick up some more cash and
ride off into the sunset.

ERIC: Oh, honey,

I don't have any buddies.

I'm the counterfeiter.

MAN: Hey, Eric, check this out.

Ooh, boy.

I might have underestimated
you a bit, Mr. Walker.

JAMES (OVER COMM): We're
heading in, seconds out.

Uh, so you found, uh,
the tracking device.

Just a... a little
insurance policy, that's all.

- I think we're done here.
- Okay.

Pleasure doing business.

Now, if you just hit the
deck and count to ...

. Uh...

That sounds familiar. You got it.

No, wait.

Give me the g*n.

Twyla. Twyla.

JAMES: seconds.

Put the g*n down. Twyla, don't do this.

You should've visited me in prison.

- And you shouldn't have left me in debt five years ago!
- (GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING AND GROANING)

Eric, drop the g*n.

Texas Rangers.

You, don't move.

- (SIGHS)
- You good?

Yeah.

I was wrong about the belt.

I was... I was wrong, too.

(SIRENS APPROACHING)

Shall we?

WALKER: Sh... What? No, don't, don't...

- BOTH: Ca-caw!
- No, no, no, no, no.

- I... I'm not doing that.
- Walker, come on. Do it just once.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Hey.
- Hey.

Is everything all right?
Your text sounded urgent.

Oh, oh, uh...

It is, and it isn't. It's just...

Bear with me here. Have a seat.

- I'm trying to be a gentleman.
- (CHUCKLES) Okay.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I was at the grocery store this morning.

Okay.

I was walking down the
cereal aisle, and there was

a tub of sour cream,
just sitting there, right?

Like somebody had called an audible.

- Mm-hmm.
- Instead of taking it back

to the dairy section, where it belonged,

they just left it there.

To most people, this
would not be a big deal.

I was enraged.

This is why I never sent
you to the grocery store.

You joke, but...

- This is what I'm trying to say.
- (SIGHS)

Law enforcement...

isn't just a job for me.

- It's who I am, Kelly.
- Larry,

I know... you know...
you know I know this.

It is part...

It's part of the problem.
I know. Just hear me out.

Hear me out, okay?

Before we split up,

I was trying to keep work
separate from home. Right?

But by doing that, I was
keeping me separate from you.

And like you said, I don't want
to repeat mistakes. I don't.

So yesterday, when you
brought up vacation,

I shouldn't have said,
"Sounds like fun."

I mean, you, me, DJ on
a beach, that's like...

What I should have told you is
that just the thought of that

made me feel whole again.

You know?

So...

what do you say?

You still in?

- Sounds like fun.
- (BOTH LAUGH)

Yes.

Mawline says lunch is ready.

- Okay.
- (PHONE CHIMES)

Looks like you got an email from Sauber.

Oh, it's probably
just spam or something.

You got in, didn't you?

Yeah.

But I haven't told anyone

'cause I don't even
know if I want to go yet.

And there's so much stuff going on,

- it doesn't seem like great timing.
- Hey.

You don't need to hide your wins.

Your daddy would want to know

regardless of what you decide to do.

You know, I've felt a
little adrift recently,

but sometimes you gotta
just latch onto something

and get excited about it.

Like working the ranch again.

(SIGHS)

Well, that situation has
been a little hard to swallow,

but the truth is,

out there working my family's land

just might be the best way to...

to honor their legacy,

whether we live there or not.

So you tell your daddy.

Okay?

You spread the joy and whatnot.

We need a little bit right now.

- (CHUCKLES) Okay.
- Okay.

Hey, by the way, how'd you end
up out at the ranch yesterday?

I thought you were gonna
go hang out with Todd.

I don't know, just
changed my mind, I guess.

Well,

you might want to be
careful of that one.

TWYLA: Thank you for
speaking for me in there.

Felt good to have someone in my corner.

I meant every word.

You earned your parole.

I'm just glad I could be a part of it.

Oh.

I brought you these.

- Some éclairs from the club.
- (GASPS)

Look, I don't mean to sound ungrateful,

but why are you being so sweet to me?

When I came to Austin, I had been

out of the Ranger game for a minute.

Walker gave me a sh*t at a fresh start.

Felt like you deserved one, too.

You know, he can be a
big old dummy sometimes...

... but he means well.

Thank you.

♪ Well, oh, my God the
world is ending... ♪

Well, well, well.

If it isn't, uh, liar
liar pants on fire.

♪ Do you still want to
meet me for dinner? ♪

You know you're the
reason I had to lie, right?

♪ See the lightning... ♪

When Eric made his
play, I knew the only way

to catch the counterfeiters
was to go with him.

Have you follow us back to their shop.

But if I tell you that,

you bench me, thinking
I'm gonna run off for real.

And if he doesn't see me on that dock,

he just drives right on by.

No counterfeiters,

no parole.

No parole.

What I didn't realize was...

Was that Eric was the counterfeiter.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

When they found the tracker,
I knew I had to do something.

I can't tell you how good it felt

smashing him in the face. (LAUGHS)

Twyla, I'm sorry.

I should have trusted you more.

I've been going through something

that's left me a little raw,

and insecurities got the best of me,

and, uh, I'm-I'm sorry.

It really feels like I've been
saying "bygones" an awful lot,

so I'm just gonna say

I forgive you.

♪ Am I awake or am I dreaming? ♪

I never answered your
question on the dock,

when you asked what I
thought it might be like

if we had met under
different circumstances.

And it got me thinking... I guess I...

finally realized that
ever since the day we met,

there's been either lies
or a badge between us.

And I'm not trying to say that
it should have been diff...

- I'm not gonna tell you that it's like...
- (LAUGHS) Relax, sugar.

You've got "hot mess"
written all over you.

- (BOTH LAUGH)
- Okay. Okay.

My point is, um...

Come here. (CLEARS THROAT)

Hi.

Cordell.

Twyla.

Twyla Jean.

♪ I'll stick with you. ♪