From the neon backyard Where a man who was strong came to stay
Making peace with the earth Finding love on the way
He survived Cause he's a high mountain ranger
Just a man who ties his dreams to the land
And though there's times that are lonely He won't ever go
No life worth living in the city below
Not for a high mountain ranger Whistles that healer by his side
And his world is rich Its beauty is free Reach out as far as you can
And for a high mountain ranger All this is home
What did I tell you?
Yeah, it's not what you told us.
It's not magic or anything.
These people can't move.
I'll be special tomorrow.
In a minute.
Motion sustained.
Of course it's cold.
It's right off the snow path.
Hey, Lisa, the current's pretty strong here.
Maybe we should go further upstream.
It's okay.
I crossed right here last year.
You just take one step at a time.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Why'd you grab a rock?
Oh, my God!
Lisa, I've got to go this way.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
I don't know who you are, but right now you're some beautiful man I've ever seen.
He must be delirious.
I think I'm gonna stop by and say hi.
Wait a minute.
You drive 30 miles to say hi?
Okay, how old is she?
Gee, you know, I never thought to ask.
Hi, Mike.
Hi, Matt.
What brings you up to 6,200 feet?
Matt, I really don't want to do this.
I'll do it, Sheriff.
What's this?
Tom Hunter, District Attorney's Office.
That's an arrest warrant.
Since you people are the top law enforcement agency in the territory, I want you to serve it.
This warrant's got my dad's name on it.
That's correct.
You have 24 hours to serve it, or I'll charge you all with obstruction of justice.
Good day, gentlemen.
Mike, what the hell's going on?
The D.A.'s filed a murder charge against Jesse.
Murder for the killing of T.J. Cousins.
Is this the same T.J. Cousins who was convicted of the cold-blooded murders of six California tourists a few years back?
You're talking about the same T.J. Cousins who escaped from Folsom, split the throats of two more tourists,
killed Merlin Pierce, shot Cutler, and tried to kill the rest of us.
Same guy?
Same guy, yeah.
And if it was up to me, I'd give Jesse a medal, but it's not.
T.J.'s old man initiated a complaint, and the D.A.'s office decided to file it.
I just work here.
Well, why isn't my name on this paper?
I was up there. I pulled the trigger on one of them.
Yeah, what about me? I was also there.
And me, too.
You can put all our names on that damn thing.
Hey, wait a minute. Hold it.
I'm like you guys. I don't make the laws. I enforce them, remember?
I'm sorry, man.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not gonna serve it.
Your old man saved my hide.
Oh, yes, you will.
You take Hart, you go up to the top of that mountain,
and you serve this warrant.
Man, we can't serve that warrant.
Not on you, Dad. He has been so good to us.
Yes, you will.
It's our job. That's what we get paid for. That's what we do.
Hey, just give me a couple minutes, okay?
K-1-4-5-0 to K-1-4-0-5. Come in and talk.
I wish you'd stop cheating.
Cheating? What are you talking about?
You're saving all the dry rounds for yourself and giving me the wet ones.
Cody, that wood came from the same tree for crying out loud.
Well, a woodpecker could split those.
Well, we'll change piles.
No, that's okay. You're old. You need to cheat.
Better check.
Better check. It could be the radio.
K-1-4-5-0 to K-1-4-0-5. Come in, Toad, over.
K-1-4-0-5 to K-1-4-5-0.
This is Atox. Toad doesn't live here anymore.
Come back, big brother.
Listen, Cody, we've got a problem.
You're gonna have to get Dad away from the cabin.
I have a warrant for Dad's arrest.
I need some time to get to the bottom of it.
You gotta get Dad to the East Ridge. Tell him there's a wreck we need to mark.
Over.
Some pods brought a wreckage about 40 miles east of here.
Matt wants us to pack it up and mark it with paint if it's old.
Why don't they use the chopper?
Chopper's down for service.
Why don't they use the sheriff's chopper?
I don't know. Matt asked me to do it, and I said I would.
All right, you get the bedrolls, and I'll settle the horses.
You loaded?
Yeah.
Vaughn can't be more than two weeks old.
Ten days, max.
Hold still, lady. Hold still.
Got her. Great shot, too.
Hello!
Hello!
I love it up here so peaceful right here well it was see you screamed
Cody yeah how much further we going to tell me what's going on what do you
mean then well this wreck thing it started out 40 miles what is it now 50
60 miles maybe he said 65 ah there you go son you blink maybe I got something in
my eye every time you blink tell the lie look out there Cody ground I would a 40
story hotel tower look right out there no way you got a place with it you know
it would I'm out of place a lie between you and me son so what's going on in
Cody you look on the mountain right now you don't okay yeah
Jessie you really should be nicer to your lawyer she seems to know what she's
doing and I know what she's doing she and the other attorneys like her return our
courtrooms into a no man's land of delays technicalities loopholes hell
they don't even speak English in there anymore
that's why I turn to my pants Jackie system stinks maybe but it's all we've
got you know you're more beautiful now that they've begun and you you're more
evasive just so you have got to cooperate with your lawyer
jump through some legal loophole no way they file charges against me that's okay
I'll answer those charges and I'm not gonna hide behind a bunch of legal mumbo
jumbo
it's nice to see that
Some things never change.
I agree.
Things have changed for me.
Sometimes I look at you and I look at the boys and I want a chance to start over.
To do things differently.
Cody, my own son, doesn't know anything about me.
He has questions about you all the time and I answer them.
So what do you say to a boy that his mom has left?
What do you tell him?
You don't tell the boy anything.
You wait. You wait until he asks you and then you tell him the truth.
And I told him that some people can run away for a treat in the mountains and that some people can't.
Jesse, I tried.
I really tried.
Stop. Look, you did what you thought was best for you and Matt.
And you, Jackie, you did something special for me.
You gave me a son to raise. You gave me a purpose in life.
Go through bare meadows, stay on the trails and no shortcuts.
Wait a minute. We can save two hours by going through Antelope Canyon.
No shortcuts.
That's correct. I found T.J. Cousins' rifle approximately 600 yards from his body.
It was found within 12 feet of Bernie Cousins' body.
And the knife? It was found embedded in T.J. Cousins' chest. To whom did it belong?
As near as I can figure was T.J.'s knife, but...
So wouldn't you say that at the time of his death T.J. Cousins was disarmed?
Well, yes I would, but...
No further questions. Your witness?
Sheriff McBride, where did you find Jesse Hawks' rifle?
In the same general area as T.J.'s rifle, 600 yards from the summit.
So I would be correct in assuming that Jesse Hawks was also unarmed.
Yes.
This is it.
Your Honor, this witness is currently under indictment by the federal government on a racketeering charge,
stemming from organized crime activities in the state of Arizona.
He has agreed to give the government testimony in this case,
and has been granted protection under the federal witness protection program.
Our questioning will be limited to subjects pertinent to the case at hand.
Find anything?
No, did you? Let's go over it again.
Yes.
The people I work for provided the snowmobiles...
Sir, would you please speak up and repeat your answer, please?
The people I work for provided the snowmobiles, the clothes, the guns, the whole schmear.
Why?
Well, what do you think?
Donna Cavalli and Joey Fiore asked for it, that's why.
And were very important members of the...
...accompany that I work for.
How much money was provided?
Two hundred fifty big ones.
I delivered it.
I delivered it myself, along with the other equipment.
What did you deliver it in?
It was a blue nylon flight bag.
And how could you be sure they picked it up?
Two hundred and fifty grand, you just don't leave.
Sitting around, unprotected.
We were parked on an overlook about a mile away from the drop.
We watched them through binoculars.
They picked it up alright, you can be sure of that.
No further questions, your witness?
I have no questions, your honor.
Nothing, how about you?
Zero. It's not up there, Cody.
Damn.
Strange.
What?
It could be up there.
Where'd you find this?
Right there on the ground.
Let's go!
What's going on?
Come on!
Your honor, I would like to call Jesse Hawks at this time.
Raise your right hand.
Do you solemnly swear the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
So help you God?
I do.
I do.
Gabe?
Gabe, it's Cody Hawks!
Nobody here, Cody.
Yes, he's here.
Open up, Gabe!
Am I in trouble again?
No, Gabe, you're not in trouble. Get out here!
Oh, Cody.
Please.
No, J.O., please.
I'm not going to jail. Get out here.
Let's go fishing!
Where's your daddy?
I don't have time to fish right now. My dad's in trouble and he needs your help.
What'd you trade for up on the summit?
Food.
Nothing.
Gabe, you left a doll that must mean you found something.
You trade fair and square.
What did you take?
Well...
Stove and lamps and cotton form and all this food and forks and spoons and...
Oh God, it was the greatest trade I ever made.
And all this food and...
It was never the best. It was the best!
How about a blue bag?
Blue bag?
Wait.
The money. Where's the money?
You know I don't trade for money.
Why, that's just trouble. You know that.
Oh my God. Where is it?
Oh, I burned it up.
The money's just trouble. It's nothing but trouble.
But it made a great fire.
The Gabe Monopoli killed T.J. Cousins.
Murdered, you mean? You murdered my sons!
Order!
Sharks, I know you've been over this before, but would you just indulge me here and go over it again?
Step by step, from the moment you caught up with T.J. Cousins on the summit, try not to leave anything out if you don't mind.
All right.
After the shooting, I lost my line of vision on T.J., so I circled upwards until I crossed his tracks.
And then I saw him stop.
There.
You did it again.
Huh?
You paused.
Just as you did the first time you recounted the story.
I mean, you've gained the advantage over this man. You've disarmed him. He's no longer a threat. Is that correct?
No, that isn't correct. T.J. Cousins was always a threat.
It was either he or I.
According to your own recollection, he said to you, you're like all of them, Hawks. You just don't have it in you.
Was that a challenge to your manhood?
Would you have us believe that you did the manly thing?
Now, you stabbed him. Not just stabbed him, mind you, but you thrust the knife in and you twisted it until T.J. Cousins was dead. Is that correct?
Yeah, that's correct.
It was my contention, Mr. Hawks, that you stabbed this man to death to gain sole possession of $250,000.
I never saw any money.
Then why didn't you arrest him? That was your obligation, your duty to do!
Then why didn't you arrest him? That was your obligation, your duty to do!
No further questions.
May I redirect, Your Honor?
You may.
Mr. Hawks, why did you pause?
Tell us why, please.
How to remember.
How to remember.
Remembering what?
I just remembered when I found the blood.
There was blood. There was blood everywhere.
T.J. had killed six people.
The whole family.
This little, this little baby.
This little, innocent baby girl.
He didn't kill the baby.
Hawks, don't kill me.
Don't kill me.
Don't use my life, Hawks.
Don't kill me.
Don't.
Like all the rest, you just don't have it in you, do you?
Kill the baby.
Kill your own.
There was no other way to end it.
T.J. Cousins had no heart, no feeling, no remorse.
The dignity of human life was meaningless to him.
The court couldn't stop him.
The state didn't stop him, but I did.
I did what had to be done.
Mr. Hawks, do you believe that citizens have the right to take the law into their own hands?
Under most conditions, no, I don't believe that.
Explain briefly, please, what conditions would warrant citizens taking the law into their own hands.
Well, if your life's in danger, the lives of your family, or the lives of innocent people.
Well, then I think you have the right. No.
No, I think you have the duty.
Do you consider yourself a vigilante, Mr. Hawks?
No.
No, I don't consider myself a vigilante.
All rise.
Be seated.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's face facts.
In the case of T.J. Cousins, the American system of jurisprudence, a system I love and dearly respect, failed to exact justice.
A system designed to protect the rights of the innocent was subverted to protect the rights of the guilty.
And it's too late to correct this.
For all its faults, our system of justice is still a model for the world.
But there comes a time when men and women have to defend themselves and the rights of others.
It is the judgment of this court that on that particular day, on that particular mountain, Jesse Hawks did just that.
The charges against Mr. Hawks are dismissed and this court is adjourned.
No, no, no!
You okay, boy?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Son?
Yeah.
Cody, I was wondering if maybe you'd like to sit down here and spend some time with me?
Why?
Oh, I don't know. I thought maybe we could try to get to know one another.
Talk? Spend some time together just a little bit?
I don't think so, my old man. We're cutting work.
Come on, keep going.
Your old man couldn't get along without you.
You'll love it. Get the TV set, some junk food. He's an hog heaven.
A toast.
All right.
To the first client I've ever had tell me to shut up in court.
And then proceed to teach me about the truth. To Jesse Hawks.
Dear Mr. Hawks, I'm sorry.
In court. And then proceed to teach me about the truth. To Jesse Hawks.
Hear, hear.
Speech.
I don't make speeches.
Come on, Jesse. Tell them all.
Well, first of all, thank you.
For a lawyer, you're okay.
But just as a lawyer.
For the rest of you, I've got two sons that drive me crazy.
Otherwise they won't live with me.
And I have friends who make me make speeches.
What more could a...