Tracker (2024) s03e16 Episode Script
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(PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
(GROANING)
(DOOR OPENS)
Please. You don't have to do this.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
Randy.
Yo, got a interesting job for you.
Buffalo, New York.
Talk to me.
His name is Finn Helms.
Electrician. Disappeared last night,
never came home from work.
Hi wife's offering
a $10,000 reward.
- Any other details?
- Yeah.
She's eight months pregnant.
Okay. Buffalo, New York.
Yeah, I can be there in a couple hours.
Great. I'll let her know.
Hey, Randy, um
- Need a favor.
- Yeah, man, what's up?
You remember that neurologist
I was telling you about
the one my dad was working with,
Walt Fleming?
Yeah, yeah. You-you met his son
in Boston, right?
That's the one, yeah, yeah. So
I called Yale and Stanford,
talked to a couple of the, uh,
department heads, tried
to figure out what those two
- were working on.
- Okay.
- Any luck?
- Not much.
They were telling me
that they were working on
something called
the Chrono Stasis Institute.
- What do they do?
- I-I don't know what they do.
That's the thing,
I was hoping maybe you could
poke around a little bit,
- find something out for me.
- Yeah, you know it.
But you know, we're talking analog era.
Patchy records and all.
Yeah, I'll just take
whatever you can get.
- I got you, brother.
- Thanks, buddy.
Hi. Colter Shaw.
Uh, Grace. Thank you for coming.
- Yeah.
- Please, come in.
Thank you.
So your husband's been missing
since last night?
Yeah. Texted that he had to work late.
- Works for the DWP?
- That's right.
I tried to wait up for him,
but I fell asleep.
He never came home.
Now Finn's phone
keeps going to voicemail,
and none of his friends
have seen or heard from him.
And today was my eight-month ultrasound.
We were gonna talk birth plans
with our doctor.
He never would have missed that.
He was way too excited
to meet our little girl.
Look, you can see for yourself.
Sure.
GRACE: Almost everything in our
house is a hand-me-down or used,
except for this room.
He's been putting it together
for months.
He wants the best for our girl.
Doesn't even want me going back
to work after she's born
so I can be there for her.
Okay. And this is his?
- This is Finn's?
- Yeah.
- Do you mind if I go through it?
- No, please.
Okay.
Maybe your husband cut himself
while he was working up here?
No, I would have seen it.
But he's come home from work
with burns and bruises before.
What's that all about?
His supervisor pushes them so hard,
Finn says accidents happen.
So
is it possible maybe something
happened at work last night?
Would they have called you about that?
(SCOFFS) Yeah, no, not this guy.
Okay, I'm gonna start there.
I just need the address of the job site.
As you can see,
we don't have a lot of money,
but everything I've put together,
everything I have, it's yours.
Just please bring Finn home.
I'll do everything I can for you.
COLTER: Excuse me.
Hi. Looking for your supervisor.
Yeah. Kelly's back by the box.
All right. Thank you.
Jesus!
This is what happens
when you bond the wrong leg!
- I saw that.
- That's 7,000 volts!
You touch it, you're a human torch.
- I didn't know.
- And that's what kills people.
Do better or I'll put you back
on scrap detail.
Excuse me.
You from OSHA or the city?
Neither. I'm looking for Finn Helms.
He's missing.
His wife hired me to find him.
Said he was working last night,
no one's heard from him since.
- You said last night?
- Yeah.
Doyle, go grab the conduit
off the truck.
COLTER: Something happen last night?
I wouldn't know.
I haven't seen Finn in months.
Haven't seen him in months?
Two months, to be exact. Fired him.
Well, his wife didn't mention that.
Guess we all got secrets.
Why'd you fire him?
Caught him taking materials
off my job site.
Said he was borrowing it
for another job.
He was moonlighting?
(SIGHS) I don't know.
Didn't ask. Didn't care.
Thief's a thief.
Now, you don't mind,
I got an inspector coming
in two hours. Hope you find him.
Thank you.
Doyle.
Right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
You buddies with Finn?
I noticed you seemed a little
concerned when I brought him up.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah. Look, man, um,
Kelly's already on my ass, okay?
So, I don't want to attract
any more attention.
I really need this job, okay?
Nothing like that. No.
I'm just trying to figure out
what happened to him,
where he might have gone is all.
Now, your boss said that, uh,
he fired him a few months ago
for stealing for another job.
I mean, I wouldn't exactly
call it stealing,
but, uh, yeah, he said
he was gonna borrow some stuff.
He was gonna replace it, though.
Okay. What was that job?
Uh, he was just pulling
cash gigs off PwrUp.
- Off of PwrUp?
- Yeah.
- What's that? What's-what's PwrUp?
- (SCOFFS, CHUCKLES)
PwrUp is, like, an app
some of the guys around here use
just to get extra work and stuff.
Like, upgrade a board, bypass a meter,
- stuff like that.
- Hmm.
Why would he lie to his wife
about something like that?
I don't know.
Maybe 'cause not all the jobs
on there are aboveboard.
Okay. And is he still
doing that kind of work?
Yeah. I mean, sometimes,
he kicks me cash to help out.
- Was-was he working last night?
- Yeah.
He called me, asked if I wanted
to help him on a rewire job,
but I had a date.
Yeah. Okay.
Did-did he mention where that
that job might be?
♪
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You find something on Finn?
COLTER:
Found his van. No sign of him.
This house job he was working on
it looks like they were
tapping into fiber,
probably stealing information.
Okay. Explains why
he didn't want to call his wife.
Something went wrong here, though.
Someone got electrocuted.
On the ladder
there's melted rubber.
- That can't be good.
- Finn?
I don't know.
There's two sets of tools here.
It's definitely not a job
you'd want to do solo.
Okay, so someone else
must have been there
and left in a hurry, yeah?
Listen, there's, uh,
there's a security camera
on the house that I spotted.
It's pointing in this direction.
Can you tap into that thing?
Okay
All right. I'm in.
Sending you the feed now.
Looks like they're carrying a body.
Really hope that's not Finn
in that tarp.
Need to know where that truck's going.
I'm looking.
Okay. Got it on a traffic cam
across town, but then I lose it.
Anything in the area?
A place they could hide
or maybe dump a body?
Yup. Looks like woods,
some undeveloped lots, maybe.
Great, can you send me a pin?
Already did.
All right, I got it. Thanks, Randy.
The liability shield
is a nonnegotiable, Jerry.
The clause stays.
Okay. Well, if you want to contest it,
you can put it in writing.
Great. I look forward to getting it.
Sorry to interrupt.
- No. No worries. What's up?
- You have a visitor.
Oh. I didn't see anything
on the schedule.
Yeah, yeah, I think it's more of,
like, a walk-in type of thing.
UM (WHISPERS): he's cute.
(REGULAR VOLUME): Hey. Come in.
Mark.
Um
Wh-What are you doing here?
I'm in town for work.
I remembered you lived here.
Turns out there's only one
lawyer named Reenie in Denver.
Well
(CHUCKLES)
Wait, aren't you a bartender?
Close.
I'm a brand rep for a mezcal company.
We're launching a new product,
and Denver's one of our test markets.
I'm sorry to drop in like this. I just
see if you were free for dinner.
I'm flattered, really,
but I am just slammed, so
Well, if you do need to come up for air,
I'll be at the Howland downtown.
You can call or
drop by.
No pressure.
I will keep that in mind.
Uh-uh. Not a word.
(SIGHS)
♪
(BIRDSONG)
(SCRAPING IN DISTANCE)
COLTER: Hey!
What do you guys got?
Who the hell are you?
Who the hell is that?
None of your business.
I know you ain't a cop.
Tell you what, why don't you
crawl down into that hole
- and unwrap that tarp?
- Don't move.
This guy don't have the balls.
Crawl down in the hole
and unwrap the tarp.
- (TARP RUSTLING)
- (JAMAR GRUNTING SOFTLY)
Okay, now, hold on. We didn't kill him.
It was an accident.
- Who is he?
- GIBBS: Some tweaker we picked up
to help with a job we were working on.
- Illegally tapping lines.
- That's right.
But this guy must have been
high or something.
He never should have
been up on a ladder.
Then he goes and touches
the transformer and fries himself.
Yeah, we-we told him to watch his ass.
GIBBS: This guy is a screwup.
He will not be missed, you understand?
And what about Finn
he feel the same way?
Finn freaked out after the accident.
Did he call the cops?
Nah, man. Paolo talked him down.
- Who's Paolo?
- The guy who hired us.
Said he was gonna take Finn
for a couple beers.
Well, Finn never made it home.
You know something? There
something you want to tell me?
Where Paolo might have taken Finn?
JAMAR: He-he has a building,
- downtown.
- COLTER: Downtown. Okay.
We're gonna call this in.
All right?
♪
♪
♪
You Paolo?
You got to help me, man.
- (GROANS SOFTLY)
- Finn do this to you?
No.
I was just
gonna scare him into keeping quiet.
(GRUNTING)
I mean, we screwed up.
But calling the cops?
I couldn't let him do that.
(PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
(GROANING)
I drug I drug myself in here.
Man, you got to call somebody
and get help.
Did you see who hit you?
Some crazy chick.
But you didn't know who she was?
No, but Finn sure did.
She got out the car,
she went straight for him.
I think she was his wife.
This woman, was she pregnant?
No, no, not this lady.
Wait, you think Finn
was having an affair?
I don't know, I think it's possible.
You check his socials,
see if he's had contact with anyone?
Not seeing anything sus.
Whoever she is, there was no
obvious digital connect.
Uh, maybe they met at work?
You check his PwrUp account?
PwrUp?
(TONGUE CLICKING)
Oh. This might be something.
What do you got?
Okay, um, woman named Adelle Mucino
hired Finn to install
some lighting a few weeks ago,
and they got some messages
on the app.
- This chat is awfully personal.
- So, what are they saying?
She says, "So crazy
seeing you after all this time.
Felt like fate."
Smiley blushy face, heart, heart.
And then he says,
"Yeah, really good seeing you.
- Later."
- Any idea how they met?
Okay.
Looks like they met on a dating
app about three years ago.
Well, he was seeing his wife
at that time, right?
Yeah. I got the archives
of their chat.
So, it looks like
they met when Finn and Grace
were on a break.
And then they got back together
and he ended things with Adelle and
been no contact since.
Till she hired him for that job.
Okay. So, maybe they rekindled things,
been seeing each other on the DL.
I mean, that would explain
why he didn't check in
with his wife last night.
Eh, maybe. I don't know.
You, uh, gonna tell Grace about this?
No, no, I'm not gonna tell
anyone until I know for sure.
Could use the address
of that Adelle if you have it.
That's why I sent it.
Perfect, got it. Thanks, Randy.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
ADELLE: Hey.
Uh
What happened?
You were shot.
But luckily,
the bullet went right through,
so I was able to patch you up.
And don't worry
no hospitals, no police.
No one knows where you are.
Especially not your wife.
I need to go home
or call or-or something.
Shh.
I don't think that's a good idea.
(GRUNTS)
It's for your safety.
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
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♪
♪
♪
♪
- Reenie, what's up?
- Adelle Mucino
is not at all who she says she is.
She changed her name eight
years ago from Adelle Livers,
and Adelle Livers
was arrested for stalking
and attacking her ex-boyfriend.
I mean, she was eventually
remanded into psychiatric treatment,
but she's been in and out
of facilities ever since.
Yeah. I'm at her place right now.
She seems, uh
unstable, at best.
Oh, no, what'd you find?
Found her journal.
She's got endless love letters to Finn,
she's fantasizing about
a life with him, she-she
she edited her own face
into his wedding photo
and I don't even want to tell you about
this bear that I'm staring at right now.
Wow. Okay, so, she wasn't having
an affair with Finn, then.
No. No, I don't think so.
I think she was stalking him.
I don't know for how long.
But I'm thinking maybe sh
she was following him last night,
she saw him in an altercation,
she intervened?
So, if she didn't
bring him back to her place,
then where are they?
Yeah.
Something here.
It's a luxury home rental
that she manages.
This brochure, maybe she
maybe she took him there.
(PANTING SLOWLY)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTING)
ADELLE: What are you doing?
(FINN EXHALES)
I was just trying to get some water.
I'm really thirsty.
Here.
That is what the restraints are for.
So you don't hurt yourself
any more than you are.
(FINN GRUNTS)
Thank you.
What are we doing here, Adelle?
You remember our first date?
I got that flat tire on the bridge
and you changed it for me in the rain?
I-I remember.
(SHORT CHUCKLE) Almost got hypothermia.
(GIGGLES SOFTLY)
You were so sweet, and so kind.
And I knew right then
that we just had this
special thing, this spark.
I know you felt it, too.
Right?
Uh
Then you went back to Grace anyway.
I've got to admit, I was, um,
I was really heartbroken after that.
I went back to that bridge
numerous times,
just wondering what went wrong.
I even thought about jumping.
But then the universe was
I swear, it was just testing me.
It was telling me
I needed to be patient.
That you would
come back to me, and look
here you are.
I think
I should go home.
But this could be your home, Finn.
Our home.
We have everything here
that we need to be happy.
Doesn't have
any of that garage sale crap
your wife puts in your house.
How do you know what's inside my house?
When Grace posted
her maternity announcement, I had to go.
I had to see for myself if it was true.
Wasn't a coincidence that you hired me
for that job, was it?
Course not.
But I had to find a way
to get us together.
And then I saw you
working on this place,
and it was like we were already building
something so beautiful together.
It was just a wire job, Adelle.
It was a cry for help.
When you confessed to me
that you were fired
and you couldn't even
tell your own wife?
- That is not what I meant.
- You don't have to explain.
You confided in me,
and I am so honored that you did.
I want to help you.
So, you've been following me since
"Following"?
Uh, I don't think "following's"
the right word.
"Looking out for you" is more like it.
A-And I was right there
when you needed me,
when that man tried to kill you.
Everything happens for a reason.
And you are here and you're safe.
We can start over.
Listen, Adelle,
I am so thankful for everything
you've done for me.
Truly.
But I can't just leave
my wife and child. I
But what if they were to go away?
What if Grace had an accident?
Happens all the time.
You're crazy.
(GRUNTING)
You need to let me go.
After everything I've done for you?
And I won't tell
anyone about this, I swear.
Hey. Hey. This could be
our little secret, huh?
Adelle.
Hey.
I, uh, I finished organizing
the affidavits, and everything's
ready for tomorrow's meeting
with Maxine.
Great, thank you.
I think that's everything,
if you want to head home for the night.
You sure?
- 'Cause I-I don't mind.
- Nope, we're all good.
Well, in case you wanted
to go to the dinner?
What?
With your friend?
Uh, yeah, no, I-I can't.
I'm way too swamped.
Right. Yeah.
You've taken on a lot. I get it.
I do the same thing sometimes, actually.
What does that mean?
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
Well
I used to run track in high school.
400-yard dash that was my, uh,
my event.
But after my mom died, I
I kind of threw myself into it.
I was doing it before school
and on the weekends.
I don't know, maybe I thought that
if I pushed myself
hard enough, I could
I could, like, outrun the grief.
And I know that sounds
like barfy Hallmark crap, but
yeah, it's pretty much what I was doing.
And I'm assuming
that didn't work out for you.
You would be correct.
Yeah, I tore my ACL
and ended my running career.
I'm sorry.
It's okay. It's
Well, no, actually, it sucked, but
I did I learned
some things about myself.
- I figured some things out.
- Uh-huh.
And so, what
do you think
I'm pushing myself too hard,
just like you did in high school?
And so does Colter and so does Randy.
- I didn't mean to overstep.
- And I get it,
and I appreciate that,
but this is how I handle things.
Okay? Someone's got to keep working.
My mom, my sister they're feelers.
They feel everything, all the time,
and it hinders them
from getting things done.
I'm like my dad, you know? I'm a doer.
When he got sick, I was
the one that got the groceries
and I was the one that made sure
the bills were paid
and I sat by his bedside
and gave him his shots
when he couldn't do it himself
anymore, like
We had to keep going.
That's me. Someone's got
to keep the ship running.
You know?
Yeah.
Yeah, maybe we're not so different.
Yeah, okay.
I hear you.
And I will take a breath soon.
(MOUTHS)
Well, good.
Now, we can sit here
and we can go through all these
files, but just so you know,
I'm gonna be oversharing
like this all night.
- So, yeah.
- No. Don't do that.
Or
you could go to that dinner.
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(LOCK CLICKS)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(THUMPING CONTINUING)
(GRUNTING)
It's okay, it's okay.
All right. My name's Colter Shaw.
Your wife hired me to find you.
You okay?
Yeah.
Where's Adelle?
She stormed out of the room with a gun.
I think she's going after Grace.
Let's get you out of here. Come on.
(GRUNTING)
(RAPID KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(KNOCKING CONTINUING)
Hi. Can I help you?
Are you Grace? Finn's wife?
Yeah, I am. What's this about?
There's been an accident.
I found your husband
on the side of the road.
- Is he all right?
- I don't know.
Uh, he was asking for you
and he-he told me
to give you this, that you would know
- that it was his.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- Okay, I can take you to him, though.
- Now.
- Okay, yeah, yeah.
♪
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(LINE RINGING)
She's not picking up.
You think Adelle would hurt her?
She's crazy.
Thinks we're meant to be together.
When I said I had to go home,
she-she lost it.
Your house has a-a door camera, right?
Maybe try to access it
from my phone? Got the passcode?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Give it a whirl.
FINN: Tuesday. Okay.
- Oh, my God.
- What do you got?
Adelle's already got Grace.
Okay. All right, if, uh,
if Adelle was gonna stage
an accident, w-where might she take her?
- Can you think of anyplace at all?
- I-I have no idea.
W-Well, just think back. Someplace, uh,
maybe you two spent time together.
Something that has meaning
to her. Anything.
The Honor Bridge.
We-we got stranded there
on our first date.
The Honor Bridge. Is it isolated?
It's been closed for repairs for months.
It's about five miles south of here.
You can-you can make a left.
Okay, yep, that's got to be the place.
- No witnesses, right? Left here?
- Yeah.
Hold on. Here we go.
No, no, no, no! Please, please,
please, I'm begging you!
Please let me go. (CRYING)
If not for me,
then-then do it for our baby.
Step onto the railing.
(GASPS)
- FINN: That's Adelle's car.
- Okay.
(FINN GROANS)
You wait here.
Call the police. All right?
Adelle.
(GRACE EXCLAIMS)
Stay back.
Or I will kill her, I swear.
You don't want to do this.
You don't know what I want.
I know you care about Finn.
I know you don't want to hurt him.
I'm doing this for Finn.
So we can be together.
(GROANING, PANTING)
It doesn't have to happen
this way, Adelle.
I love Grace
more than anything in this world.
If you take them away
you might as well kill me, too.
But what about us?
I'm sorry,
- but there is no us.
- (SIRENS WAILING)
(GRUNTS)
Put the gun down.
Put it down.
No, but we were supposed to be together.
- Now I have
- Adelle.
nothing, I-I have no one.
Oh, God, what have I done?
No. Hey.
Adelle? Ade Hey!
Get back.
- Stay back.
- COLTER: Okay.
Okay.
Let's just talk. Just talk.
Adelle.
Adelle.
I'm so sorry.
(WATER SPLASHES)
(GASPS)
- (GRUNTING)
- (SIRENS APPROACHING)
(GASPS, SHOUTING)
- No!
- I I got you. (GRUNTS)
♪
Hi.
Reenie.
Am I too late?
No, not at all. Come in.
Work cleared up, I guess?
No, actually, not at all.
It can wait.
So, you want to go downstairs,
grab dinner? Or
Or we could do that.
First, I want you to understand
how this is gonna work.
I remember. No strings.
Mm. Actually, I
would like to go to dinner.
- Oh?
- Mm-hmm.
And I would like to learn
all about mezcal.
- Mm-hmm.
- And you.
And do that thing that people do
when they get to know each other.
But first
Look who's here.
- Hey.
- (LAUGHS SOFTLY)
Well, well.
The hero himself.
Are you on your way out of town?
I was, yeah, on my way out of town.
This is great, by the way. Good job.
Wanted to, um, come by
and, uh, give you something.
For the baby.
- FINN: You make this?
- I did.
Yeah. It's a little trait
I picked up from my father.
- Mm. Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
And, uh
thank you for saving our lives.
You hold onto that, okay?
You can use it
for the-the baby's college fund.
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
I'm just glad everyone's okay.
FINN: (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
We are, now that Adelle's in custody.
Well, I'm still groveling for
lying about the work I was doing.
But I thought I was just doing
what was best for our family.
I know now how wrong I was.
No more secrets.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
Randy, what's up? You got a job for me?
This is about that other thing
you asked me to look into.
My dad.
You find any information
on the Chrono Stasis Institute?
Maybe. A name kept popping up.
David Pearson.
That other guy
from your dad's files.
Okay, go on.
Yeah, well, there was a cash purchase
for plane tickets to Alaska
for both him and your dad.
- When?
- Four months before your dad died.
Pearson rented a place
in this small town.
Copper Valley.
They were still working together.
Yeah. And get this:
there were government subcontractors
leasing land up there the same
time under an LLC called TIC.
All the files are either
very redacted or very cryptic.
Now, you want me to keep
looking into things,
I-I'll see if I can
find something else.
No, no, uh
uh, just send me everything you have.
Thanks, Randy.
I know what I have to do.
(PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
(GROANING)
(DOOR OPENS)
Please. You don't have to do this.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
Randy.
Yo, got a interesting job for you.
Buffalo, New York.
Talk to me.
His name is Finn Helms.
Electrician. Disappeared last night,
never came home from work.
Hi wife's offering
a $10,000 reward.
- Any other details?
- Yeah.
She's eight months pregnant.
Okay. Buffalo, New York.
Yeah, I can be there in a couple hours.
Great. I'll let her know.
Hey, Randy, um
- Need a favor.
- Yeah, man, what's up?
You remember that neurologist
I was telling you about
the one my dad was working with,
Walt Fleming?
Yeah, yeah. You-you met his son
in Boston, right?
That's the one, yeah, yeah. So
I called Yale and Stanford,
talked to a couple of the, uh,
department heads, tried
to figure out what those two
- were working on.
- Okay.
- Any luck?
- Not much.
They were telling me
that they were working on
something called
the Chrono Stasis Institute.
- What do they do?
- I-I don't know what they do.
That's the thing,
I was hoping maybe you could
poke around a little bit,
- find something out for me.
- Yeah, you know it.
But you know, we're talking analog era.
Patchy records and all.
Yeah, I'll just take
whatever you can get.
- I got you, brother.
- Thanks, buddy.
Hi. Colter Shaw.
Uh, Grace. Thank you for coming.
- Yeah.
- Please, come in.
Thank you.
So your husband's been missing
since last night?
Yeah. Texted that he had to work late.
- Works for the DWP?
- That's right.
I tried to wait up for him,
but I fell asleep.
He never came home.
Now Finn's phone
keeps going to voicemail,
and none of his friends
have seen or heard from him.
And today was my eight-month ultrasound.
We were gonna talk birth plans
with our doctor.
He never would have missed that.
He was way too excited
to meet our little girl.
Look, you can see for yourself.
Sure.
GRACE: Almost everything in our
house is a hand-me-down or used,
except for this room.
He's been putting it together
for months.
He wants the best for our girl.
Doesn't even want me going back
to work after she's born
so I can be there for her.
Okay. And this is his?
- This is Finn's?
- Yeah.
- Do you mind if I go through it?
- No, please.
Okay.
Maybe your husband cut himself
while he was working up here?
No, I would have seen it.
But he's come home from work
with burns and bruises before.
What's that all about?
His supervisor pushes them so hard,
Finn says accidents happen.
So
is it possible maybe something
happened at work last night?
Would they have called you about that?
(SCOFFS) Yeah, no, not this guy.
Okay, I'm gonna start there.
I just need the address of the job site.
As you can see,
we don't have a lot of money,
but everything I've put together,
everything I have, it's yours.
Just please bring Finn home.
I'll do everything I can for you.
COLTER: Excuse me.
Hi. Looking for your supervisor.
Yeah. Kelly's back by the box.
All right. Thank you.
Jesus!
This is what happens
when you bond the wrong leg!
- I saw that.
- That's 7,000 volts!
You touch it, you're a human torch.
- I didn't know.
- And that's what kills people.
Do better or I'll put you back
on scrap detail.
Excuse me.
You from OSHA or the city?
Neither. I'm looking for Finn Helms.
He's missing.
His wife hired me to find him.
Said he was working last night,
no one's heard from him since.
- You said last night?
- Yeah.
Doyle, go grab the conduit
off the truck.
COLTER: Something happen last night?
I wouldn't know.
I haven't seen Finn in months.
Haven't seen him in months?
Two months, to be exact. Fired him.
Well, his wife didn't mention that.
Guess we all got secrets.
Why'd you fire him?
Caught him taking materials
off my job site.
Said he was borrowing it
for another job.
He was moonlighting?
(SIGHS) I don't know.
Didn't ask. Didn't care.
Thief's a thief.
Now, you don't mind,
I got an inspector coming
in two hours. Hope you find him.
Thank you.
Doyle.
Right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
You buddies with Finn?
I noticed you seemed a little
concerned when I brought him up.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah. Look, man, um,
Kelly's already on my ass, okay?
So, I don't want to attract
any more attention.
I really need this job, okay?
Nothing like that. No.
I'm just trying to figure out
what happened to him,
where he might have gone is all.
Now, your boss said that, uh,
he fired him a few months ago
for stealing for another job.
I mean, I wouldn't exactly
call it stealing,
but, uh, yeah, he said
he was gonna borrow some stuff.
He was gonna replace it, though.
Okay. What was that job?
Uh, he was just pulling
cash gigs off PwrUp.
- Off of PwrUp?
- Yeah.
- What's that? What's-what's PwrUp?
- (SCOFFS, CHUCKLES)
PwrUp is, like, an app
some of the guys around here use
just to get extra work and stuff.
Like, upgrade a board, bypass a meter,
- stuff like that.
- Hmm.
Why would he lie to his wife
about something like that?
I don't know.
Maybe 'cause not all the jobs
on there are aboveboard.
Okay. And is he still
doing that kind of work?
Yeah. I mean, sometimes,
he kicks me cash to help out.
- Was-was he working last night?
- Yeah.
He called me, asked if I wanted
to help him on a rewire job,
but I had a date.
Yeah. Okay.
Did-did he mention where that
that job might be?
♪
♪
You find something on Finn?
COLTER:
Found his van. No sign of him.
This house job he was working on
it looks like they were
tapping into fiber,
probably stealing information.
Okay. Explains why
he didn't want to call his wife.
Something went wrong here, though.
Someone got electrocuted.
On the ladder
there's melted rubber.
- That can't be good.
- Finn?
I don't know.
There's two sets of tools here.
It's definitely not a job
you'd want to do solo.
Okay, so someone else
must have been there
and left in a hurry, yeah?
Listen, there's, uh,
there's a security camera
on the house that I spotted.
It's pointing in this direction.
Can you tap into that thing?
Okay
All right. I'm in.
Sending you the feed now.
Looks like they're carrying a body.
Really hope that's not Finn
in that tarp.
Need to know where that truck's going.
I'm looking.
Okay. Got it on a traffic cam
across town, but then I lose it.
Anything in the area?
A place they could hide
or maybe dump a body?
Yup. Looks like woods,
some undeveloped lots, maybe.
Great, can you send me a pin?
Already did.
All right, I got it. Thanks, Randy.
The liability shield
is a nonnegotiable, Jerry.
The clause stays.
Okay. Well, if you want to contest it,
you can put it in writing.
Great. I look forward to getting it.
Sorry to interrupt.
- No. No worries. What's up?
- You have a visitor.
Oh. I didn't see anything
on the schedule.
Yeah, yeah, I think it's more of,
like, a walk-in type of thing.
UM (WHISPERS): he's cute.
(REGULAR VOLUME): Hey. Come in.
Mark.
Um
Wh-What are you doing here?
I'm in town for work.
I remembered you lived here.
Turns out there's only one
lawyer named Reenie in Denver.
Well
(CHUCKLES)
Wait, aren't you a bartender?
Close.
I'm a brand rep for a mezcal company.
We're launching a new product,
and Denver's one of our test markets.
I'm sorry to drop in like this. I just
see if you were free for dinner.
I'm flattered, really,
but I am just slammed, so
Well, if you do need to come up for air,
I'll be at the Howland downtown.
You can call or
drop by.
No pressure.
I will keep that in mind.
Uh-uh. Not a word.
(SIGHS)
♪
(BIRDSONG)
(SCRAPING IN DISTANCE)
COLTER: Hey!
What do you guys got?
Who the hell are you?
Who the hell is that?
None of your business.
I know you ain't a cop.
Tell you what, why don't you
crawl down into that hole
- and unwrap that tarp?
- Don't move.
This guy don't have the balls.
Crawl down in the hole
and unwrap the tarp.
- (TARP RUSTLING)
- (JAMAR GRUNTING SOFTLY)
Okay, now, hold on. We didn't kill him.
It was an accident.
- Who is he?
- GIBBS: Some tweaker we picked up
to help with a job we were working on.
- Illegally tapping lines.
- That's right.
But this guy must have been
high or something.
He never should have
been up on a ladder.
Then he goes and touches
the transformer and fries himself.
Yeah, we-we told him to watch his ass.
GIBBS: This guy is a screwup.
He will not be missed, you understand?
And what about Finn
he feel the same way?
Finn freaked out after the accident.
Did he call the cops?
Nah, man. Paolo talked him down.
- Who's Paolo?
- The guy who hired us.
Said he was gonna take Finn
for a couple beers.
Well, Finn never made it home.
You know something? There
something you want to tell me?
Where Paolo might have taken Finn?
JAMAR: He-he has a building,
- downtown.
- COLTER: Downtown. Okay.
We're gonna call this in.
All right?
♪
♪
♪
You Paolo?
You got to help me, man.
- (GROANS SOFTLY)
- Finn do this to you?
No.
I was just
gonna scare him into keeping quiet.
(GRUNTING)
I mean, we screwed up.
But calling the cops?
I couldn't let him do that.
(PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
(GROANING)
I drug I drug myself in here.
Man, you got to call somebody
and get help.
Did you see who hit you?
Some crazy chick.
But you didn't know who she was?
No, but Finn sure did.
She got out the car,
she went straight for him.
I think she was his wife.
This woman, was she pregnant?
No, no, not this lady.
Wait, you think Finn
was having an affair?
I don't know, I think it's possible.
You check his socials,
see if he's had contact with anyone?
Not seeing anything sus.
Whoever she is, there was no
obvious digital connect.
Uh, maybe they met at work?
You check his PwrUp account?
PwrUp?
(TONGUE CLICKING)
Oh. This might be something.
What do you got?
Okay, um, woman named Adelle Mucino
hired Finn to install
some lighting a few weeks ago,
and they got some messages
on the app.
- This chat is awfully personal.
- So, what are they saying?
She says, "So crazy
seeing you after all this time.
Felt like fate."
Smiley blushy face, heart, heart.
And then he says,
"Yeah, really good seeing you.
- Later."
- Any idea how they met?
Okay.
Looks like they met on a dating
app about three years ago.
Well, he was seeing his wife
at that time, right?
Yeah. I got the archives
of their chat.
So, it looks like
they met when Finn and Grace
were on a break.
And then they got back together
and he ended things with Adelle and
been no contact since.
Till she hired him for that job.
Okay. So, maybe they rekindled things,
been seeing each other on the DL.
I mean, that would explain
why he didn't check in
with his wife last night.
Eh, maybe. I don't know.
You, uh, gonna tell Grace about this?
No, no, I'm not gonna tell
anyone until I know for sure.
Could use the address
of that Adelle if you have it.
That's why I sent it.
Perfect, got it. Thanks, Randy.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
ADELLE: Hey.
Uh
What happened?
You were shot.
But luckily,
the bullet went right through,
so I was able to patch you up.
And don't worry
no hospitals, no police.
No one knows where you are.
Especially not your wife.
I need to go home
or call or-or something.
Shh.
I don't think that's a good idea.
(GRUNTS)
It's for your safety.
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
- Reenie, what's up?
- Adelle Mucino
is not at all who she says she is.
She changed her name eight
years ago from Adelle Livers,
and Adelle Livers
was arrested for stalking
and attacking her ex-boyfriend.
I mean, she was eventually
remanded into psychiatric treatment,
but she's been in and out
of facilities ever since.
Yeah. I'm at her place right now.
She seems, uh
unstable, at best.
Oh, no, what'd you find?
Found her journal.
She's got endless love letters to Finn,
she's fantasizing about
a life with him, she-she
she edited her own face
into his wedding photo
and I don't even want to tell you about
this bear that I'm staring at right now.
Wow. Okay, so, she wasn't having
an affair with Finn, then.
No. No, I don't think so.
I think she was stalking him.
I don't know for how long.
But I'm thinking maybe sh
she was following him last night,
she saw him in an altercation,
she intervened?
So, if she didn't
bring him back to her place,
then where are they?
Yeah.
Something here.
It's a luxury home rental
that she manages.
This brochure, maybe she
maybe she took him there.
(PANTING SLOWLY)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTING)
ADELLE: What are you doing?
(FINN EXHALES)
I was just trying to get some water.
I'm really thirsty.
Here.
That is what the restraints are for.
So you don't hurt yourself
any more than you are.
(FINN GRUNTS)
Thank you.
What are we doing here, Adelle?
You remember our first date?
I got that flat tire on the bridge
and you changed it for me in the rain?
I-I remember.
(SHORT CHUCKLE) Almost got hypothermia.
(GIGGLES SOFTLY)
You were so sweet, and so kind.
And I knew right then
that we just had this
special thing, this spark.
I know you felt it, too.
Right?
Uh
Then you went back to Grace anyway.
I've got to admit, I was, um,
I was really heartbroken after that.
I went back to that bridge
numerous times,
just wondering what went wrong.
I even thought about jumping.
But then the universe was
I swear, it was just testing me.
It was telling me
I needed to be patient.
That you would
come back to me, and look
here you are.
I think
I should go home.
But this could be your home, Finn.
Our home.
We have everything here
that we need to be happy.
Doesn't have
any of that garage sale crap
your wife puts in your house.
How do you know what's inside my house?
When Grace posted
her maternity announcement, I had to go.
I had to see for myself if it was true.
Wasn't a coincidence that you hired me
for that job, was it?
Course not.
But I had to find a way
to get us together.
And then I saw you
working on this place,
and it was like we were already building
something so beautiful together.
It was just a wire job, Adelle.
It was a cry for help.
When you confessed to me
that you were fired
and you couldn't even
tell your own wife?
- That is not what I meant.
- You don't have to explain.
You confided in me,
and I am so honored that you did.
I want to help you.
So, you've been following me since
"Following"?
Uh, I don't think "following's"
the right word.
"Looking out for you" is more like it.
A-And I was right there
when you needed me,
when that man tried to kill you.
Everything happens for a reason.
And you are here and you're safe.
We can start over.
Listen, Adelle,
I am so thankful for everything
you've done for me.
Truly.
But I can't just leave
my wife and child. I
But what if they were to go away?
What if Grace had an accident?
Happens all the time.
You're crazy.
(GRUNTING)
You need to let me go.
After everything I've done for you?
And I won't tell
anyone about this, I swear.
Hey. Hey. This could be
our little secret, huh?
Adelle.
Hey.
I, uh, I finished organizing
the affidavits, and everything's
ready for tomorrow's meeting
with Maxine.
Great, thank you.
I think that's everything,
if you want to head home for the night.
You sure?
- 'Cause I-I don't mind.
- Nope, we're all good.
Well, in case you wanted
to go to the dinner?
What?
With your friend?
Uh, yeah, no, I-I can't.
I'm way too swamped.
Right. Yeah.
You've taken on a lot. I get it.
I do the same thing sometimes, actually.
What does that mean?
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
Well
I used to run track in high school.
400-yard dash that was my, uh,
my event.
But after my mom died, I
I kind of threw myself into it.
I was doing it before school
and on the weekends.
I don't know, maybe I thought that
if I pushed myself
hard enough, I could
I could, like, outrun the grief.
And I know that sounds
like barfy Hallmark crap, but
yeah, it's pretty much what I was doing.
And I'm assuming
that didn't work out for you.
You would be correct.
Yeah, I tore my ACL
and ended my running career.
I'm sorry.
It's okay. It's
Well, no, actually, it sucked, but
I did I learned
some things about myself.
- I figured some things out.
- Uh-huh.
And so, what
do you think
I'm pushing myself too hard,
just like you did in high school?
And so does Colter and so does Randy.
- I didn't mean to overstep.
- And I get it,
and I appreciate that,
but this is how I handle things.
Okay? Someone's got to keep working.
My mom, my sister they're feelers.
They feel everything, all the time,
and it hinders them
from getting things done.
I'm like my dad, you know? I'm a doer.
When he got sick, I was
the one that got the groceries
and I was the one that made sure
the bills were paid
and I sat by his bedside
and gave him his shots
when he couldn't do it himself
anymore, like
We had to keep going.
That's me. Someone's got
to keep the ship running.
You know?
Yeah.
Yeah, maybe we're not so different.
Yeah, okay.
I hear you.
And I will take a breath soon.
(MOUTHS)
Well, good.
Now, we can sit here
and we can go through all these
files, but just so you know,
I'm gonna be oversharing
like this all night.
- So, yeah.
- No. Don't do that.
Or
you could go to that dinner.
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(LOCK CLICKS)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(THUMPING CONTINUING)
(GRUNTING)
It's okay, it's okay.
All right. My name's Colter Shaw.
Your wife hired me to find you.
You okay?
Yeah.
Where's Adelle?
She stormed out of the room with a gun.
I think she's going after Grace.
Let's get you out of here. Come on.
(GRUNTING)
(RAPID KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(KNOCKING CONTINUING)
Hi. Can I help you?
Are you Grace? Finn's wife?
Yeah, I am. What's this about?
There's been an accident.
I found your husband
on the side of the road.
- Is he all right?
- I don't know.
Uh, he was asking for you
and he-he told me
to give you this, that you would know
- that it was his.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- Okay, I can take you to him, though.
- Now.
- Okay, yeah, yeah.
♪
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(LINE RINGING)
She's not picking up.
You think Adelle would hurt her?
She's crazy.
Thinks we're meant to be together.
When I said I had to go home,
she-she lost it.
Your house has a-a door camera, right?
Maybe try to access it
from my phone? Got the passcode?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Give it a whirl.
FINN: Tuesday. Okay.
- Oh, my God.
- What do you got?
Adelle's already got Grace.
Okay. All right, if, uh,
if Adelle was gonna stage
an accident, w-where might she take her?
- Can you think of anyplace at all?
- I-I have no idea.
W-Well, just think back. Someplace, uh,
maybe you two spent time together.
Something that has meaning
to her. Anything.
The Honor Bridge.
We-we got stranded there
on our first date.
The Honor Bridge. Is it isolated?
It's been closed for repairs for months.
It's about five miles south of here.
You can-you can make a left.
Okay, yep, that's got to be the place.
- No witnesses, right? Left here?
- Yeah.
Hold on. Here we go.
No, no, no, no! Please, please,
please, I'm begging you!
Please let me go. (CRYING)
If not for me,
then-then do it for our baby.
Step onto the railing.
(GASPS)
- FINN: That's Adelle's car.
- Okay.
(FINN GROANS)
You wait here.
Call the police. All right?
Adelle.
(GRACE EXCLAIMS)
Stay back.
Or I will kill her, I swear.
You don't want to do this.
You don't know what I want.
I know you care about Finn.
I know you don't want to hurt him.
I'm doing this for Finn.
So we can be together.
(GROANING, PANTING)
It doesn't have to happen
this way, Adelle.
I love Grace
more than anything in this world.
If you take them away
you might as well kill me, too.
But what about us?
I'm sorry,
- but there is no us.
- (SIRENS WAILING)
(GRUNTS)
Put the gun down.
Put it down.
No, but we were supposed to be together.
- Now I have
- Adelle.
nothing, I-I have no one.
Oh, God, what have I done?
No. Hey.
Adelle? Ade Hey!
Get back.
- Stay back.
- COLTER: Okay.
Okay.
Let's just talk. Just talk.
Adelle.
Adelle.
I'm so sorry.
(WATER SPLASHES)
(GASPS)
- (GRUNTING)
- (SIRENS APPROACHING)
(GASPS, SHOUTING)
- No!
- I I got you. (GRUNTS)
♪
Hi.
Reenie.
Am I too late?
No, not at all. Come in.
Work cleared up, I guess?
No, actually, not at all.
It can wait.
So, you want to go downstairs,
grab dinner? Or
Or we could do that.
First, I want you to understand
how this is gonna work.
I remember. No strings.
Mm. Actually, I
would like to go to dinner.
- Oh?
- Mm-hmm.
And I would like to learn
all about mezcal.
- Mm-hmm.
- And you.
And do that thing that people do
when they get to know each other.
But first
Look who's here.
- Hey.
- (LAUGHS SOFTLY)
Well, well.
The hero himself.
Are you on your way out of town?
I was, yeah, on my way out of town.
This is great, by the way. Good job.
Wanted to, um, come by
and, uh, give you something.
For the baby.
- FINN: You make this?
- I did.
Yeah. It's a little trait
I picked up from my father.
- Mm. Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
And, uh
thank you for saving our lives.
You hold onto that, okay?
You can use it
for the-the baby's college fund.
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
I'm just glad everyone's okay.
FINN: (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
We are, now that Adelle's in custody.
Well, I'm still groveling for
lying about the work I was doing.
But I thought I was just doing
what was best for our family.
I know now how wrong I was.
No more secrets.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
Randy, what's up? You got a job for me?
This is about that other thing
you asked me to look into.
My dad.
You find any information
on the Chrono Stasis Institute?
Maybe. A name kept popping up.
David Pearson.
That other guy
from your dad's files.
Okay, go on.
Yeah, well, there was a cash purchase
for plane tickets to Alaska
for both him and your dad.
- When?
- Four months before your dad died.
Pearson rented a place
in this small town.
Copper Valley.
They were still working together.
Yeah. And get this:
there were government subcontractors
leasing land up there the same
time under an LLC called TIC.
All the files are either
very redacted or very cryptic.
Now, you want me to keep
looking into things,
I-I'll see if I can
find something else.
No, no, uh
uh, just send me everything you have.
Thanks, Randy.
I know what I have to do.