1.15 Four Stones in Hand

Title	Four Stones in Hand
Episode #	Season 1, Episode 15
First aired	June 24th 2021
Directed by	Tessa Blake
Written by	Paula Sabbaga
On IMDB
Outline	Micki’s real mother, Mercedes tries to make amends with Micki. Walker steps in to help and lands in a heap of trouble. Meanwhile, August suffers from PTSD after what happened at the Ranch.
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Synopsis

Walker is sitting at a picnic table, listening to a police scanner and reviewing vendors for the Side Step. Liam comes over and sits with Walker. Liam admits that he is worried about his brother and Walker tells Liam he is worried about him. Liam just wants to make sure that Walker is taking care of himself and that he is serious about taking a break from being a Ranger. Walker tries to tell him that he is listening to a baseball game but Liam sees right through it. Liam gives Walker a rubix cube and tells him that he can focus for one whole day on something else other than a police case then he will apologize. Walker accepts. Walker is at the Side step fumbling around with the cube and Micki walks in and jokes how empty it is. Walker wonders why Micki is there and is seeing if she needs help with a case but all she wants is breakfast. They talk about how Trey is still out of town, as he is visiting his mother and that as much as she misses him navigating mothers is something she does not want to do. They start talking about Micki and her mother Mercedes and how Micki is not ready to forgive her but did reach out to her and left a message. As she is talking, Mercedes shows up and Micki is stunned. They share in an awkward family reunion and Walker suggests that he will make some coffee. Mercedes is apologizing for everything and Micki does not want to here it. Mercedes explains the expression "Four Stones in hand" meaning that you are preparing for an attack even though you are not threatened. Mercedes explains that she was trying to look for her and thought that she found her but it ended up not being her daughter and was scammed. Micki tells Mercedes that she is not the person to help. Micki walks away and tells Walker to not get involved. August and Stella are walking to school. Stella tells August that if he ever wants to talk about it and he tells her not. August and Stella are surrounded by fellow students wanting to know everything. August is called "brave" and he likes that. Walker is throwing out garbage and sees Mercedes in the car crying. Walker tells himself to not get involved but he does anyway. He asks her if she is okay and that he is a "concerned" citizen and would like to know more information. Mercedes and Walker are having coffee as she is telling him about the person that scammed her. They only communicated through letters. This person called themselves "Nina Ruiz". Mercedes was conned out of money and never heard from them again. Mercedes fell off the wagon, burned the letters and didn't tell the cops. Walker decides to take this case as a personal favor(aka quest) and that this what they will tell Micki when she askes. Walker gets the address of this so called person's house in Austin. Walker is scoping the place out and is about to climb the gate, when two officers stop him. Walker recognizes one of them(Randall) but to no avail, Walker is under arrest for trespassing.

Walker is behind bars, fumbling around with the rubix cube and Micki walks in with some wise cracks. Walker explains that he was checking out her mother's story and he felt bad because she was crying. Micki is upset and tells him that he shouldn't of meddled and Walker knew how much she was going to be angry. Micki walks away. August is in the AV club room plugging something in and it sparks and sets him off where he shutters off to the corner covering his ears, he is replaying the events of what happened at the ranch with Clint West. Ruby sees this calls out for him and them walks away as August seems to be okay like nothing happened. Walker is bailed out by Connie. Micki picks up the phone pretending to call security but actually dials Layla from the mayor's office. Walker put in a request to see if anyone has lived at he address, which no one has for 30 years. Micki is not surprised as her mother has obviously lied. Walker knows something else is off about all of this. Connie comes in and says that she found out that a P.O Box was receiving all of these letters. Micki agrees to help on the quest. At the doctors office, Bonham and Abeline are waiting for the doctor, as he comes in, Bonham makes a joke on how younger he is and he is not taking any advice from him. The suggested treatment is radio and hormonal treatment for at least six months. The doctor lists the amount of side effects and Bonham walks out. At the Side Step, Mercedes is talking about what happened. Micki is trying to get a timeline and Mercedes is fuzzy. Walker, using his intellectual brain askes specifically what she did for her one-year anniversary, in which she tells them she watched the Astros game and it was a hig score. Walker then tells Micki that the exact date and year. They find out about an old community center where the NA meetings are still held and that the person maybe there. Micki offers to go with Mercedes to the NA meeting, without Walker. Micki promises justice and maybe even the money back but all Mercedes wants is to let them know that she is real person and that forgiveness from her daughter is all she had left.

Stella and August are in the cafeteria. August is around a group of people talking about what happened, almost like he swopped into action. Ruby walks by to make sure he is okay and August appreciated the sentiment and tells her he is okay. Stella is trying to speak with Isabel(Bel) and she is not into it. Bel askes if she wants to talk about anything and Stella is thrown off with the attitude. Stella tells her that she doesn't want to talk. Bel walks away telling Stella she needs to go off and study. As they are approaching the community center, Micki tells Mercedes to act normal and pretend that she doesn't know her as that will cause suspicion. The group is about to begin. Micki's persona is Michelle, a woman who lost her mother at three, never knew her father and a sister that she pushed away. The story continues that she wants to reach out to tell her about the money that their uncle left but she gets why her sister hasnt returned her calls or letters, its because its hard to trust an addict that has hurt you. At the family ranch, Abeline questions why Bonham took the first step and then left as to say that he is taking the easy way out. Bonham doesn't see it that way and walks away to tend to the animals. Mercedes is now sharing about how she would call up her sister;s and would just listen to the sound of her daughters voice and laughter as this is all she had to be close with her daughter. Joy, the group leader thanks Mercedes for sharing. As the group disperses, Joy Caldwell approaches Michelle and tells her that she should keep coming as she can help with locating her sister and offers at anytime she needs to talk, she will be there.

Micki contacts Walker and tells him that if he wants to help while this quest and break into Joy's house that this would be the time to do it. Walker pretends to be a food delivering person and ends up picking the lock. He is searching high and low in the house for any hiding spots. He notices that the fans are on and the AC is cut off. He opens up the AC unit and find a box with letters in it. Michelle(aka Micki) is talking to Joy drinking coffee while Walker is reading and going through the letters. Joy tells Michelle that she wants to be her temporary sponsor and will personally help track down her sister. Micki is trying to stall Joy for longer but Joy leaves. Micki is calls Walker to tell him that Joy is coming home and to get out of there. Walker has found out that Mercedes was not the only person that was scammed. Walker wants to keep some of the evidence. Walker has an idea and needs a day. Micki tells him that he needs to leave right now and as Joy is opening the front door, Walker is outside down the street holding the same food bags as before.

Characters

• Cordell Walker
• Micki Ramirez
• Stella Walker
• August Walker
• Bonham Walker
• Abeline Walker
• Liam Walker
• Isabel Munoz
• Ruby
• Mercedes Ruiz

Promotion

• Synopsis from Ksite
• Must-see TV: Walker, Texas Ranger reboot, Loki and Conan finale top this week's watch list from Toronto Sun