Walker

Hurry! Now!

Get out of here! Go!

Go, go, go!

I'll get the last one!

Go, go!

Aah!

Keep your eyes closed.

Can I open them now?Yes.

Okay.

What do you think?

I think it's perfect.

Hey, Mama.

Where'd you get off to so early?

come back to my place. Noticed a leak last week

I need to fix, and, uh, some other things.

I don't know why you're

bothering with that. There's plenty of room

for y'all here at the ranch.

Yeah, well, I do still have a mortgage.

Makes me sad to think of you there.

So, uh, why don't you just hurry back?

You know? So you can hug your kids before they go to school.

I will if they let me.

WALKER Ready? Go!

Ooh.

It's Captain James.

Yes, Commander.

For real, it's my boss.

Ranger Ramirez.

Yes, sir.

Right away, sir.

Thank you.Thank you?

What am I supposed to say?

Shirt, shirt, shirt.

Hey, it's Walker. Leave a message.Woo-hoo.

Walker, hey.

Captain James just called me. He's probably calling you, too.

Anyway, uh, see you at Manchester Fields.

Don't be late.

Sharp.

You brought a lot of gear.

Yeah, I got a longer leave this time, and I...

I thought I would spend it with you.

Okay, what are you thinking?I'm thinking

you've never been here more than a couple of nights.

And how do you feel about changing that?

Good? Confused?

I guess I don't know. I've...

never really done this.

I've always been pretty solo.

Is this when you tell me you've been married three times?

I'm only looking to do that just once.

I'm just saying... this is a big deal.

I'm one of the first women, ever,

one of the first women of color, ever.

And I know things have changed,

but you know how long change takes to happen.

I just... I do need to focus on my job.

Okay, so what you're saying is that I'm a distraction?

A little bit.A little bit?

Yeah?Yes.

All right, look here, August.

This is a strap cutter.

Good morning.This is a stitch groover.

See this line here?Honestly, Bonham,

I pit my fruit on that counter.Well, I've been

edged out of the space my shop formerly occupied, so...

There's plenty of space for you

to take up on this ranch.

Hey. What are you doing here so early?

No one nails this smoothie quite like I do.

I brought breakfast.

Eh, you kind of missed the boat on that one.

Stella Blue!

Hey.

Soccer.

Big game tonight.

Yeah. No, yeah.

Uh, yeah. Of course.

Uh, hey, where is my coffee mug?

I've only had the same mug here for 17 years.

ABELINE You know, you make a good point.

This has always been your home, right?

That's why I thought you'd be happy out in the farmhouse.

It's great what you've done,

but it's not our house.

Your children have been here nearly a year.

A little stability. Think about that.I am thinking.

W-What I'm thinking is that we should

ease back into things on our own terms, Mama.

You know, back to normal and all that.

But thank you, of course.Does it even matter to you

where we want to live?

I got to go. Uncle Liam?

I can take you.

Uh,

We kind of hit a groove.

Yeah, she's just like that lately.

She actually goes back to the old house sometimes.

Really?Yeah, uh, to think about stuff, I guess.

But I'm good

wherever you are, Dad.

Great.

Uh, you know, actually, I got to get to school, too.

We're starting that one project, "What Texas Means to Me."

Oh, yes, I remember that project.

You want to grab lunch later?

Yeah, yeah.

Come on, Augie, let's go.

Well...

Back to normal.

You find anything else, you call me. Okay?

Morning.

Quite the circus we find ourselves in, huh?

A ranch hand died from injuries caused by the fire,

longtime employee named Matt Harmon.

Fire's no way to go.

Okay, so targeted fire at a rich guy's estate.

Are we looking for an arsonist?

It seems like. Also, another casualty from the fire

was Texas Nightshade, prize racehorse.

Is that Manchester James is talking to?

Yep.Eh, he was always good at this part.

Reassuring, smoothing things over.

After you messed things up?

Uh, Mr. Manchester,

there's two of my best Rangers,

Ramirez and Walker.

Appreciate y'all coming.

Just makes me sick what happened to Matt.

He grew up on this ranch.

Just pulling things together.How do you mean, sir?

Eh, Matt was just out of prison, but he was...

He was a good man.

He didn't deserve this.

Neither did Texas Nightshade.

Jed here's our jockey,

He'd have taken that title.

You talk to Dan Hutchinson yet?Jed.

I'm sorry, who?A bleeding heart down the road.

He bid on Texas Nightshade at auction and lost.

He always struck me as a bitter man.

All right, we'll be in touch, sir.

Thank you, Rangers.

Thank you.

Always good to see your face.

Be even better if you'd shaved it.

Or worn the white hat.

You're the boss now, James. Aren't we making some changes

around here?It's Captain James,

and reform doesn't mean relax.

And I don't recall

inviting you to join us here this morning.

Oh, I called him, sir.

Well, thank you for being thorough, Ramirez,

but unfortunately, your partner here is not currently a Ranger.

Wait, what are you talking about?

Like you said, we're gonna be making some changes around here,

which means, we are gonna be following the rules to a T.

Which means...

You're past due on your recertification,

Until you pass all the tests, I got to keep you off the field.

Maybe you should've shaved.

Hey, come on, James. You know I'm squared away.

Captain James.Right.

And you seem to be under the impression

that this is a discussion that we're having.

It's my first year as captain.

I'm not gonna make a habit out of letting things slide.

Things are different, man.

Trying to make them different, anyway.

Why you think I'm in this office?

Uh, hell, you got me.

I mean, I thought you'd be in Santorini by now.

But if you want progress

or whatever, that-that's fine, too.

Can you be serious for a second?

Yeah.A Texas Ranger is supposed to be

the last stop.

We're the ones who weed out the bad seeds, right?

That's right.How do you think we've been doing?

We need to do better.

So, I can't cut you any slack on this or on anything.

We got a chance to be on the right side

of history for a change, and I'm not gonna blow it.

So you can either get with me on this

or you can keep pissing me off.

Roger that.

But let me actually put in the work.

You know I'm better off if I'm busy,

Ramirez just started.

Honestly, I think this is for the best.

I think it's good timing.

You want to talk to me about why you went looking

into the footage from the border control beacons again?

Something's not right.

You know, I, uh,

I already talked to Liam about this.

Listen, I didn't exactly give myself time to think on it

when I was closing down the rodeo ring, and now...Listen to me. Listen to me.