Sharp is posing as a cheerleading coach specializing in conditioning, and at a Longhorns football game he tackles an opposing team's mascot when the mascot approaches the girls with a gun, later revealed to be a water gun. When they fail to comply, he orders a massive industrial air conditioner, forcing them to dress warmly. He also tells them to "cover up in his presence" (referring to the girls' revealing clothes). Sharp sets some ground rules, including no cell phones. Sharp moves in with the girls and the two young men with him move into the fraternity house across the street, where they end up busting a drug deal. With Swanson in the hospital recovering from her near-fatal wound, Sharp and two additional rangers must now pick the girls up from school and secure their sorority house. FBI Agent Zane is revealed to be working with Cortland, having killed Ball and shot himself in the arm.Ĭortland scolds Zane for letting some "loose ends" escape, and Zane begins searching for Sharp and the cheerleaders he also kills the sniper he hired. John Cortland is exonerated from all charges pressed against him due to a lack of evidence. It is revealed that Sharp is divorced and has a daughter, Emma ( Shannon Marie Woodward) who is in high school and doesn't feel as though her father had ever been around. The information is relayed to him by the Governor of Texas ( Rick Perry). Sharp is given the task of protecting the girls at all times, because their fathers are worried about them. Agent Zane is found shot in the arm next to Ball's body and claims he didn't see the sniper.Īnne ( Christina Milian), Teresa ( Paula Garcés), Evie ( Monica Keena), Heather ( Vanessa Ferlito) and Barb ( Kelli Garner) are taken to the police station, where they all have conflicting descriptions of the shooter. It is revealed the sniper is after Ball, and a group of cheerleaders from the University of Texas at Austin witness his murder.
As they talk, a sniper begins shooting, wounding Swanson and giving Ball a chance to escape (although Swanson is shot in the chest, she survives due to the bullet missing her heart). Instead, Sharp takes the key and forces Ball outside, where FBI agent Eddie Zane ( Brian Van Holt) is waiting. Sharp and Swanson track down Ball to the warehouse, where Ball gives Sharp a key in an attempt to buy him off.
Two lonesome Texas Rangers, Roland Sharp ( Tommy Lee Jones) and Maggie Swanson ( Liz Vassey), question Percy Stevens ( Cedric the Entertainer) about the whereabouts of his former prison roommate, Morgan Ball ( Curtis Armstrong), who they want to testify against organized crime boss John Cortland ( Turner Stephen Bruton). ( July 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.