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(in
Radio: Well,
folks, its another triple digit day here in
Trivette:
Now,
Trivette:
Real estate's coming back but I'm beginning to feel like I'm six months behind
the curb.
Trivette: No,
I'm serious.
Trivette: You
don't even know what my idea is here.
(at the Lopez's apartment)
Carmen:
Hector, what are you doing here?
Hector: I got
fired, that's what I'm doing.
Carmen:
Fired?
Hector: For
stealing.
Carmen: You didn't.
Hector: Of
course I didn't but
Carmen:
Hector, where are you going?
Hector: To
get my money from
(at the Stranton Auto Body)
Hector:
(flashes back) I got fired.
Carmen:
That's okay, baby. We'll make it.
Hector: No
food, no job, no money...
Carmen: I can
ask my uncle.
Hector: No! I
don't take any handouts; you know that Carmen.
(end of
flashback)
Hector: I
came for my pay, Mr. Dunbar.
Hector: I
never stole anything and you know it.
Hector: I'm
not calling you nothing, all right? I just want what you owe me.
Hector: You
owe me two week's pay. (Dunbar smacks Hector and Hector grabs a bottle and
smashes it into
Hector: You
tell him when he wakes up I took $400 for the two weeks pay.
Man: Dunbar,
(in
Trivette:
Trivette:
Dispatcher:
Attention all units. A 211 reported at Stranton Auto Parts. 25th and Central.
Suspect's heading west on Central in a blue Chevy Malibu.
Trivette:
This is Rangers Walker and Trivette. Suspect sited west on Fraser. (Hector
turns suddenly and narrowly misses a mother and baby crossing the lot. Hector
smashes into a car)
Hector:
(Walker and Trivette run over and check on Hector) Are they...are they all
right?
Trivette:
Take it easy.
Hector: The
lady and the baby...are they all right?
Trivette:
I'll get a paramedic.
(Alex's office)
Alex: Hi!
Alex: I was
just thinking about when I was lying in that hospital bed that I needed to do
something more with my life.
Alex: Like
give something back. I mean, all I do is out people behind bars. What about the
victims? What about all the people that really need help wand have no way of
getting it?
Alex: I want
to open up a non-profit center for the needy with legal aid, day care, job
placement....
Alex: No! I
don't want to quit, I just want to do more.
Receptionist:
Ms. Cahill, Detective Sandoval's here to see you.
Alex: Send
him in. We're in the office, stop it!
Carlos:
(opens the door and knocks) Hi,
Carlos: Alex,
sorry to bother you but....I need a favor.
Alex: What is
it?
Carlos: Can
you check on a Hector Lopez for me? He was picked up this morning.
Carlos: He's
my niece's husband. I just talked to him - he says he worked at Stranton's Auto
Parts for two weeks and when it came time to be paid, the boss accused him of
stealing.
Alex: Well,
did he press charges?
Carlos: No,
see, this boss of his accuses him of stealing and if he raises a ruckus about
it he'll go to the cops. So Hector winds up going back down there, knocks the
guy out and taking what he says he was owed.
Alex: No
problem. I'll see what I can find out. Excuse me.
Carlos: He's
a good kid, Walker. I mean he was too young when he married my niece, but he's
a hardworker and he won't go on welfare and he won't take food stamps; won't
even take help from me.
(at the Lopez's apartment)
Carmen: I
know you were against the whole marriage from the very beginning. You just
don't like him. (pours them all a glass of juice)
Carlos: No,
you two were just so young.
Carmen: Maybe
we were Carlos, but I love him so much. He's never been in trouble in his life,
although he could've been, easy.
Carmen: Just
on account of where he came from. No mother, no father. At least no one around.
Carlos: She's
right,
Carmen: You
see, Hector has this idea of the way things should be. He was going to give our
baby all the things he never had time, love and attention. Whatever Hector did,
he didn't do it for himself, he did it for us. For our family. (goes over to
attend to the crying baby)
(at the station)
Alex: Walker,
Carlos. I talked to the D.A. that took Hector's case. He called it a slam dunk.
Armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
Carlos: What
deadly weapon?
Alex: They
said he had a gun.
Alex: Well,
Hector's boss swears he had a gun and he has two witnesses to back him u. So
unless you come up with something solid on Hector's behalf, he could be looking
at hard time.
Alex: Sure.
(at the jail)
Hector: (sees
them) What do you want?
Hector: I
already told Carlos.
Hector: The
truth? Someone like me takes money from a guy like
Carlos:
Hector, why don't you just tell
Hector: My
buddies told me not to mess with
Hector: Get
me to work and come payday, fires me for stealing. That's his game. I never
stole anything in my life. Before this, anyway.
Hector: No!
Carlos, I swear it! I went to ask for my money; the money he owed me, and I was
cool about it. And what does he do? Knocks me down.
Hector: Yeah.
Mr. Heavyweight sucker punch me so I clocked him with a bottle. He crashed into
a counter and was out like a light. I took what he owed me and booked it.
Carlos: He
said you had a gun.
Hector: What?
No, Carlos! I never mess with guns. You know Carmen would never let me have one
even if I wanted one.
(in the bus and entering prison)
Judge:
(flashback) Although you have no prior criminal record, Mr. Lopez, I am forced
by the letter of the law. I hereby sentence you to one year to
Carmen: (they
kiss and hug) Hector! Hector!
(end of
flashback)
Man: Welcome
to
Kelton:
(Stranton Auto Parts)
(in the prison)
(the
prisoners are milling around a room with tables and Hector is sitting by
himself, looking at a picture with his family)
Eddy: So,
how's that kid of yours?
Hector:
Hangin' in there.
Eddy: Aw,
listen, that uh, Texas Ranger that you were talking about, what's him name?
Hector:
Eddy: Is he
still pushing to get you out of here?
Hector: Yeah.
He's turned out to be a really good friend.
Eddy: Good.
See, what I was thinking was, uh, after you're out, maybe you could tell him
about some of the stuff Kelton and the other guards are pulling. The drugs, the
numbers, the beatings.
Hector: Eddy,
I told you I don't want to know about that stuff.
Eddy: But its
not right, man. Somebody's gotta stop Kelton.
Hector: It
doesn't concern me. I'm going to be out of here real soon and I don't want
Kelton or that other stuff to get in the way. I'm sorry, Eddy, I'm really
sorry. (walks away)
(at the station)
Carlos: You
guys wanted to see me?
Trivette:
Yeah. We busted
Carlos:
Today?
Carlos:
Thanks a lot, guys, thanks a lot. (heads out the door)
(at the prison)
(Eddy's
washing the floor and watching the men talking at the far end of the hall)
Kelton: Hey,
man, you got the money? It was a good week. Looks like we'll retire sooner
rather the later. Hey, keep up the good work, the both of you.
(Eddy bumps
into Kelton accidentally when he walks by and snatches his notebook)
Kelton: Hey!
Hey!
Eddy: Sorry,
boss. Sorry.
Kelton: Pay
attention. You'll get out of here quicker.
Eddy:
(mutters as Kelton leaves) Got your book, Kelton.
(outside a building)
Alex: I'm so
excited,
Alex: You
know, I just want to help our people.
Alex: That's
brilliant! Ah!(kisses him) You're so smart.
Alex: You
have you moments, don't you?
(at the prison)
Eddy:
(approaches Hector who's standing by the gates) Hey, Hector.
Hector: I was
worried I wasn't going to get to say goodbye to you.
Eddy: You're
heading out, huh?
Hector: In
about an hour.
Eddy: Hey,
great! Hey, listen, I got something for you. Sort of a going away present.
Hector: What
is it?
Eddy: Its
Kelton's book. It's the one that he keeps track of all his drug deals in.
Hector: I
don't want any part in that, all right?
Eddy: I know!
That's what makes it so perfect. You're getting out and Kelton can't touch you.
But if you go and give this to you Ranger friend, he can fry Kelton once and
for all. It'll make it a hell of a lot better for us stiffs who've still got
time to do. Here, come on, take this.
Hector: I
don't know.
Eddy: Hey,
come on, lad. I never asked you because I didn't want to risk you getting put
on Kelton's bad side. And I didn't want to blow your chances for a early out,
but now you're getting out and no one needs to know where this came from. You
need to give it to the right people, that's all. Please, come on, take it
,please. You're a good lad, Hector. Who knows? I might even get a chance
someday to see you on the outside. Good luck! (Hector takes the notebook and
Eddy walks away)
Kelton: (him
and a couple of guards rush Eddy and hold him) Come here, Eddy. I want to talk
to you. Eddy, where's my book?
Eddy: (trying
to struggle) What book? I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know!
(Kelton stabs Eddy, then notices Hector's watching by the fence and starts to
fun after him. Hector runs over to a truck and steals it and smashes through a
gate)
Kelton:
Bastard!
(Deserted road)
(the search
begins on a deserted road where the people have gathered and Carlos drives up
with Carmen)
Carlos: You
better stay here until I find out what's going on. Excuse me, do you know where
can I find the warden?
Warden: You
found him. Who are you?
Carlos: Detective
Sandoval, D.P.D. I was just down at the prison to puck up my nephew and they
wouldn't give me any information. They just said to come down here and talk to
you.
Warden:
What's your nephew's name?
Carlos:
Lopez. Hector Lopez.
Warden: hate
to tell you this, detective, but Lopez killed a man this morning in the yard.
Carlos:
Killed a man? What, Hector?
Warden: And
then he escaped, commandeered that truck and ran the gates. We'll catch him. My
chief guard Kelton's never had one get away.
Carlos: This
doesn't make any sense, Warden. Hector's getting out today.
Warden: I
don't know what to tell you, detective. He got away.
Carlos: Let
me go with them Warden. He'll listen to me.
Warden: All
right, son.
Carmen: What
is it?
Carlos:
They're saying Hector escaped.
Carmen: No!
Why?
Carlos: I
don't know but I'll find out. Call
(at a building)
(Trivette and
Walker are busy beating up a bunch of men)
Trivette: One
word for you, Walker.
Trivette:
Emus.
Man: Son of
a---- Ow! (Trivette knocks him out)
Trivette: Emu
ranches. Big bird, tasty birds low in fat. Meat of the future.
Trivette: No,
No, why? (answers ringing cell phone) Trivette. Wait, he's here, okay. Carmen
Lopez, there's a problem. (hands phone to
Trivette:
Yeah, absolutely.
(in the woods)
Hector:
flashback) I love you both so much! (hugs his family)
Jones: Let's
go, let's go! You get it? Get them on that trail!
Man: Warden?
Warden: Just
taking two men with you?
Kelton: Hell,
that's all I need to catch a punk like Lopez.
Warden: Well,
you've got a third now; Detective Sandoval. He'll be riding with you.
Kelton: I
don't want him riding with us, Warden.
Warden: I'm
in charge and I say he's riding with you. He knows Lopez. Maybe he'll talk him
in.
Kelton: Get
him a horse. You can ride a horse, can't you? (Carlos just stares at them)
Hector: (runs
from them)(flashback) Look how big you are! (holds baby)
(end of
flashback)
Jones: (to
dogs) Nose down, track him, track him!
Kelton: What
the hell you doing here anyways? (riding alongside Carlos and they are riding
horses)
Carlos:
That's my business.
Kelton: And
shooting escaped prisoners is mine.
Jones:
Captain, there he is! (they spot Hector running through the trees)
Carlos: (the
men pull out their guns) Hey, hey! Put those guns away! Put it down! There'll
be no shooting here.
Kelton: What
are you talking about?
Carlos: I'm
going to bring back that prisoner alive and that's what we're gonna do.
Kelton: All
right, go talk to him.
Carlos: Put
it down! (guns were still drawn) Come on! Hector! Its me, Carlos! (Carlos goes
chasing after Carlos on his horse through the woods)
Jones: That
kid's gonna spill his guts.
Carlos:
Hector! Hector! Its me, Carlos! Hector! (grabs Hector by the shirt ad falls off
the hose, both tumbling; to the ground)
Hector: They're
gonna kill me! They're gonna kill me!
Carlos: No
one's going to kill you!
Hector:
Kelton is! I saw him stab Eddy! That's why I ran! (someone fires a shot at them
and Carlos goes down to the ground, still)
Hector:
(lying by Carlos) Carlos! Carlos! Carlos!
Carlos:
(rolls over) Ahhh! Move! (they stand up and start running. Carlos's gun is
broken)
Kelton: Yeah.
Doug, find him! Let's go!
(Carlos and
Hector are running)
Carlos: Why
did Kelton kill Eddy?
Hector:
Because of this. (takes out the notebook and hands it to Carlos) Eddy gave it
to me. Kelton, Jackson and Peters are running all sorts of drug deals through
the prison . Eddy says it proves it and they killed him for it. Oh, my God! (the
men catch up with them)
(Deserted road)
(
Carmen:
Ranger
Warden:
Hello,
Warned: I
don't know. I can't even raise my chief guard Kelton on the radio.
Warden: White
Rock
Warden: You
got it!
(In the woods)
(Carlos and
Hector stop running for a minute)
Hector: I
don't hear them anymore.
Carlos:
They're coming, trust me.
(men are
still tracking them)
Jones: They
left the stream here, Captain.
(Carlos and
Hector are still resting)
Carlos: Yeah,
Hector, I know you I've been kind of hard on you these past couple of years.
Hector: Yeah,
maybe I deserved it.
Carlos: Yeah,
but, but, uh, I just wanted you to know I'm really proud of you for trying to
do the right thing.
Hector:
Thanks, Carlos. Thanks a lot! Oh, man, you are right. They are still coming!
(they take off)
(the men are
getting closer)
Jones: We're
close captain!
(Hector falls
down a little hill and as he lays on the ground, a wolf comes up, growling and
bearing his teeth at him)
Hector: Now
I've seen everything.. (gets up as Carlos walks down the hill)
Carlos: Boy,
am I sure glad to see you!
Carlos: Some
of the guards are running a dug ring in prison. They killed an inmate who had
the proof and pinned it on Hector.
Carlos:
(hands him the notebook) Oh, its right here.
Carlos: Yep.
Where are you going? (
Hector: You
see that?
Carlos: Yeah.
(
Hector: What
is that?
Hector: Hey,
I hear them!
Carlos: all
right. (they leave)
(still
searching)
Jones: Come
on, dogs. (they sniff the weed and suddenly stop, wheezing)
Kelton: What
the hell's going on, Jones?
Jones: I
don't know, Kelton. (sniffs the weed and suddenly has a sneezing attack)
Kelton: What
is it?
Jones: Some
kind of pollen. Strong. Like sneezing powder.
Kelton: Can
they track?
Jones: No
way. I have to get them out of here.
(Carlos,
Walker and Hector stop running)
Hector: What
are you guys going to do?
Carlos: Go
on, get out of here.
Carlos: Oh, I
got lucky.
Carlos: What
are you going to use? No, never mind!
(
Carlos: Don't
even think about it! (shoots the man trying to run) (someone shoots at Carlos
and he ducks as
Hector: Watch
out, Carlos! (runs into the man with his horse and the man goes flying to the
ground)
Carlos:
(comes over to Hector) Thanks.
Hector: I
owed you one.
(
Carlos:
Thanks. (hands
Carlos: Thank
God he doesn't.
Hector: I'm
hungry.
Carlos:
(laughs) I hear you!
(at C.D.'s bar)
Alex: Due to
circumstances, Hector, the judge had dropped all the charges.
Hector: I
can't thank you enough for all the help and you believing in me.
Alex: My
pleasure.
C.D. To
celebrate Hector's release, we got you something real special, partner!
Hector: All
right!
Trivette: Emu
burgers.
C.D. Yeah.
Emu burgers. They're lean, tasty and healthy for you.
Trivette: All
you need to think about is investing. This is the meat of the future.
Carlos:
What's an emu? (looking confused and
C.D. It's a
big bird, Carlos. A big bird.
C.D. My
partner and I hear just invested quite a little money in it and e like to think
we're getting in the ground floor.
Alex: Ground
floor? The emu market peaked a couple of years ago. Where have you guys been?
Trivette: You
sure?
C.D. (hits
Trivette with his hat) Dagonit! I swore I'd never listen to you again!
End
7X02 - TRACKDOWN
Original Airdate (CBS): 03-OCT-98
WRITTEN BY WILLIAM CONWAY
DIRECTED BY JEREMY JAMESON