Walker

Henry Dobson.

293 Riverview Place, Wichita Falls.

Open up the truck or that's gonna be our next stop.

We know your family's there. Tick-tock.

Merry Christmas, Thomas Serano.

Ow. Ow. Okay. All right, let's go.

Slow down, Augie. Wait for me. Let's set it down.

Come on. It hurts.

Okay.

All right, is it bad that I can't rotate it that way,

or, like, hell, any way, anymore?

Maybe Dad should take you to the doctors.

Smart, Stel. Then he finds out

we were trespassing at the Davidsons.

Not if you come up with an alternate cause of injury.

Yeah, because we're all as fluent

in lying to Dad as you are? Right.

You're right. He always somehow knows with you.

It's just me? Really?

I could use one last night of freedom,

is all, especially after exams.

You sure you'll be okay?

Yeah, yeah, no, I'm sure.

You know, I've got to play piano tonight.

And Faye's gonna be at the Sacred Heart holiday thing,

so, you know...

One text from a girl, and this guy is willing

to risk bodily harm.

Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa. One text from a girl?

All right, I heard that, and who is this girl we speak of?

Augie's new crush. Ooh. Yeah?

Hey, Lothario, you check that thing for sap before

you dragged it in here? Is that a thing?

Send a boy to do a man's job.

All right, Daddy, pop quiz.

You, uh, remember this record?

Yeah?

Someone found their Christmas spirit early.

Well...

Does anyone else hear it skipping?

Please hide that vinyl before.

Mawline has it on repeat until New Years.

What's up with Bah-Humbug Bonham, eh?

Maybe it's the sap, son.

Cordell, could you go in there and see if you can convince

your railroad baron brother if he can go out and rustle up

a proper Douglas fir?

I don't know what the hell that thing is.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm on it, Daddy.

We got this.

Whoa.

All right. I like it. Oh.

Uh, all right.

Real talk. Where is Ebenezer headed this year?

We totally got to get Mom. You know that.

I was thinking over by the pond. No, no, no, no, no.

Hey, where did we hide 'em that year

that we-we stumped her on Christmas Eve?

Oh, yeah. That was, uh... that was the butcher shop, right?

It was '93, same year as the Light War.

The-the Light War?

Right. I think you're right. That-that was the year that

the power went out, right? What a Christmas.

That's what happens when you follow the rules.

You and the rules.

I'm just saying that it was agreed upon and stipulated

by the Davidsons not to use a generator,

especially not for an up-lit Nativity scene. Okay, okay.

But, you know. Okay, may-maybe

we give the Davidsons a-a pass this year.

You know what I mean? I mean, not like

we could use another war right now.

I told you, I can be civil with the neighbors

It's all good. Yeah, that's great.

No, I... Civil, it's all in the past, in the rearview.

Um, and...

and we, uh... You and me... we're good?

Yeah, man, we're-we're good.

Good.

Hmm.

Denise. Hey.

Come in.Nice. Nice.

Uh, yeah. Oh.

Well, this brings me back.

Oh, yeah. We are going all-out this year.

How about y'all?

Uh, no, I don't think it's in the cards for me this year.

I mean, I'd need a whole family of volunteers.

And nobody's available, so...

Besides, the morning I just had,

I don't even think I'm gonna do the holidays at all this year.

So,

just got a flurry of phone calls from North Texas.

An evidence transport vehicle was hijacked

by a group of holly jolly jackasses.

Roughed up the driver, took off with the van.

Tons of evidence from the Serano case was inside.

Only identifier is that the hijackers

were wearing reindeer masks.

Reindeer masks? Yeah.

Where are we talking?

Up in Thalia, my old stomping grounds.

- Thalia? - Yeah.

Okay, so-so you know all the local players.

That's-that's perfect.

I'll get my stuff, we'll go to your place,

grab your stuff, and head out.Uh...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but, um,

Liam should go with you.

Town that small, all the locals just clam up

as soon as they see me.

And Liam knows the contents

of the evidence van, so...

Great. Yeah. We'll get on it.Okay.

You should answer.

If it's Walker, it's probably important.

This is important.

Oh, Mick, I got a big day ahead of me, and I...

And I came home to a big Post-it note last night.

Please let me explain about him, about everything.

I never should have let it get this far,

and I've been up all night trying to figure out

how to explain all this to you.

Garrison was someone who worked with Yvette in Del Rio.

But he also knew the younger me

from before, from San Antonio.

He was my ex.

But we weren't

a couple who went mini golfing.

We were a couple of 18-year-olds

we would knock back 30 racks

before the streetlights came on.

So he was your messy ex.

Everybody has one.

And he paints. Okay, good for him.

But what I can't understand is why you...

I kept it from you? No.

Why you lied and why you kept lying.

He wasn't just my ex.

He was my fiancé.

You were engaged?

Did you know he was in Del Rio when you went down there?

No. No, I-I thought he was dead

until he stepped out of the car with Serano.

And for hours, I...

I had him.

Hey, Mick, please.

You can trust me.

I had him...

and then he slipped.

Right out of my hands.

He just slipped.

You ever have the...

fork-in-the-road moment

where you shake up fate?

I lost Garrison the first time because I couldn't save him.

So I left. And then, losing him again

just forced me to...

reexamine that fork.

I don't even know who I am anymore.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Mick.

Hey, look at me.

Mick,

I'm sorry that you went through that,

and I'm even more sorry that I wasn't there

to help you through that.

You are now, I hope.

That's the truth about... Del Rio.

And that is a lot for 8:00 a.m.

Yeah. A little bit.

But I'm glad that you told me.

Are we okay?

I didn't light this entire thing on fire, did I?

Come on. It's us.

It's tricky.

You remember, huh?

And it's a painting.

Look, I wasn't gonna say nothing, but...

it's not that good. It sucks.

Yeah, it really does.

We are solid, yeah.

I'm so glad.

Because, um,

I'm off duty today,

and I heard there may be a party at Sacred Heart.

You trying to turn up? Huh?

Look at this.

The Brothers Walker take to the field

to find the perfect Christmas tree.

And question a prolific hijacker.

Question a prolific hijacker. Yes, I know that.

Obviously. I'm just saying, though,

Daddy was none too pleased with what the kids brought in.

We could be heroes, you know? We could be holiday heroes.

Okay, well, let's just focus on the task at hand first.

Yeah, yeah. Okay?

Excuse me. You must be Boyd McNeil.

Oh, lookat that.

One of Texas' finest.

What's your business with Boyd?