![]() ![]() Call tries to come to terms with being a father, while McCrae ponders why Clara chose Allen over him. In Austin, the governor re-issues the order to Call and McCrae to rescue Scull, if they can convince cattle ranchers to provide them the 1000-head ransom on credit. Bob Allen, a horse-trader from Nebraska, proposes to her. ![]() Also, in Galveston, Clara Forsythe learns of her parents' death and loss of the store in Austin. Blue Duck falls out with his father, Buffalo Hump, and is exiled, and the camp is devastated by cholera. Scull, having survived the cage, is moved to Ahumado's snake-pit while awaiting ransom. Ranger Bill Coleman suffers from his losses and hangs himself. Learning of this, the Rangers decide to return immediately. Property losses are extensive, most of the men are killed, and women are raped or taken captive if they are young enough. The show opens with a Comanche attack on Austin. ![]() Call and McCrae, now confirmed as captains, are then tasked with retrieving Scull just as the Comanche army departs. Meanwhile, Scull is captured by Ahumado's men and put into a wooden cage. In Austin, having met the governor, McCrae and Forsythe reunite, as do Call and Tilton (who tells Call that she is carrying his child). Buffalo Hump then plans a combined and perhaps final raid to the ocean for all Comanche. Separating from Famous Shoes at a river crossing to the Sierra, Scull then tracks his horse alone towards Yellow Cliffs in northern Mexico, a known slavers den, and finds an injured Kicking Wolf but no horse. The party comes across a burnt out wagon and are able to rescue a traumatized mother and her young daughters from some Comanche before returning to Austin. Scull departs with Famous Shoes to retrieve it, deputizing Call and McCrae to take the party back to Austin. The tables turn on the Rangers as the Captain's horse is stolen by Kicking Wolf. In the nearby mansion, Inez Scull briefly seduces a young ranger, Jake Spoon. Meanwhile, in Austin, Clara Forsythe runs her shop and is visited by Maggie Tilton the two become closer while waiting for the rangers to return. They seek to capture Kicking Wolf, who is hiding in the camp of Buffalo Hump. Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae are among a party of eight men, led by Captain Scull and supported by a Kickapoo scout (Famous Shoes). The opening coda explains that The Texas Rangers "were formed as a volunteer troop to contain the Comanche" and indicates the locale is north-west Texas in 1858. The series starts in The Republic of Texas in the early 19th century with a massacre of Comanche chiefs, observed by a young Buffalo Hump. It first aired on CBS beginning Sunday, January 13, and continuing Tuesday, January 15, and Wednesday, January 16, 2008. In terms of the Lonesome Dove series' storyline, this account serves as a prequel to the Lonesome Dove miniseries, and a sequel to Dead Man's Walk. Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae are in their middle years, serving as Texas Rangers. Comanche Moon is a 2008 American television miniseries, an adaptation of the 1997 novel of the same name. ![]()
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