Shortly after this episode begins an undercover cop is killed by a drug dealer known as 'The Bolivian'. Crockett and Tubbs arrange to meet with this Bolivian in their undercover personas but things go wrong and an innocent security guard is killed; to make matters worse, in the confusion, the Bolivian's briefcase with two kilograms of cocaine inside goes missing and he refuses to deal until it is found. It turns out that it was picked up by an old man and he wants a 'finder's fee'. As the investigation continues it turns out that he used to be a cop and not just any cop; a Texas Ranger. Of course cops can turn bad so Crockett and Tubbs can't risk telling him that they are cops.
This was a good story with plenty of action and a poignant ending; as others have said it does have its faults though. There was clearly a change in the planned episode order as Sonny is still driving his black Ferrari and that was blown up several episodes ago! The shootouts are also somewhat unbelievable; heroes can hit a moving bad guy with an old six-shooter but villains toting machineguns can hardly hit anything! Oh well that makes for an exciting scene without having to replace the main cast! Guest star Willie Nelson does a fine job as the aging Texas Ranger and a young Steve Buscemi does well in his relatively small role.
This was a good story with plenty of action and a poignant ending; as others have said it does have its faults though. There was clearly a change in the planned episode order as Sonny is still driving his black Ferrari and that was blown up several episodes ago! The shootouts are also somewhat unbelievable; heroes can hit a moving bad guy with an old six-shooter but villains toting machineguns can hardly hit anything! Oh well that makes for an exciting scene without having to replace the main cast! Guest star Willie Nelson does a fine job as the aging Texas Ranger and a young Steve Buscemi does well in his relatively small role.
