Tracker (2024) s03e18 Episode Script

1
[MOTOR WHIRRING]
[MOTOR TURNS OFF]
[GRUNTING]
It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay.
I don't know if I can do this, Hal.
We should not be out here.
[PANTING]
We don't have a choice.
Now, we'll get through this together.
But I need you to trust me.
[PANTING]: Okay.
[METAL CLANGING]
- [CREAKING]
- [CLICKING NEARBY]
Did you hear that?
♪
[BIRDS SINGING]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
What the hell?
Buck Avery?
Hard man to find.
That's by design.
Colter Shaw.
Oh, I know.
Heard you been asking around about me.
So what's so damn important
you came all the way up here
to talk about?
My father.
Ashton Shaw.
Spent some time up here.
Long time ago.
How well did you know him?
I knew him.
You have your father's eyes.
I know it.
He, uh
he was up here about
four months before he died.
About 20 years ago now.
Sir, I spent a lot of time, uh
trying to figure out
what happened to him.
Came here to
find you, see if you could help me.
Come inside. Let's
let's grab a seat.
Thank you.
- Home brew.
- Yeah?
Uh, spruce buds as opposed to hops.
- But it gets the job done.
- Mm.
- [COUGHS] It's good.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Acquired taste.
Yeah. Little bit.
[COUGHS SOFTLY] Thank you.
I suppose, uh, you'd like to know
what the hell
your father was doing up here.
I'm not sure I can help you, so
So I've been going through all
of his old journals, his notes.
And as far as I can tell,
it looks like he
was working for the government
at some point.
Yeah.
Yeah, go on.
He was a-a professor at Berkeley.
Something happened. He got fired.
And, uh, he moved the entire family
to a compound
in the middle of the forest.
And from then, um
everything changed.
A lot of those academic types up here.
My family rented cabins to 'em.
Mm. I mean, my father
wasn't up here fishing.
[BUCK CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
No, but that's how I got to know him.
Used to guide a little bit.
Good outdoorsman.
I'm guessing he passed that down to you.
He did.
Yeah.
Looking through all of his notes, uh,
he was involved with,
uh, something called
the-the Chrono Stasis Institute.
My family owns half this valley.
The land we leased to the
government contractors had a
a secret lab research facility
right down that road.
Yeah, no, I looked into it.
I-I didn't see anything.
No, you wouldn't.
They made us all sign, um, NDAs.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I probably shouldn't be talking
to you about it now.
I'm just
[SIGHS] too old to give a damn anymore.
Well, anything you can remember,
anything at all,
would be helpful.
Supposedly the whole thing
was DARPA-funded.
- Mm.
- And they were running experiments.
Weather, northern lights,
other weirder stuff.
I remember that they-they
hightailed it after the accident.
After the accident? Wh-What accident?
You'd have to ask Dr. Jukic about that.
Serena Jukic. She was another researcher
who rented a cabin from us.
She mentioned the accident,
but she didn't give any details.
A month later,
they shut the whole thing down.
Poof. Like it never existed.
And my father, he was up here
when that accident happened?
Yeah.
He was.
But doing what,
I-I don't know. I
try to keep my nose out
of other people's business.
Uh, Dr. Jukic wh-what
can you tell me about her?
Just that she's not the type you
just look up on the Internet.
She was deep into whatever mess
they were fooling around with
down at that lab.
Then she was gone.
I'm not sure
that's what you're looking for.
But there it is.
- ♪
♪
- [BIRDS SINGING]
[CLANG IN DISTANCE]
[CLANGING]
COLTER: Hey.
It-It's not what it looks like.
What are you doing?
This is my parents' truck.
I need to get inside and see
if their boat tracker's in there.
Their boat's missing. I'm worried.
I-I just need to find them.
Whoa, whoa. Hold-hold on a second here.
H-Hold on a second. Let me
see if I can make your life
easier here, okay?
[SQUEAKING]
Here we go.
I don't see a boat tracker in here.
Is that blood?
Think so. Yeah.
When was the last time
you talked to your parents?
Yesterday when they were finishing work.
They buy excess fish off
commercial boats and resell it.
So this isn't the first place
you've looked for 'em?
Sorry, man. Who are you?
Colter Shaw. Your name?
- Ian Morrison.
- Ian.
Some kind of rando
Good Samaritan or something?
Not exactly.
No, uh, when people go missing
and there's a reward, I help find 'em.
Well, I don't really have any money.
We could worry about that later.
Why don't you catch me up to speed,
tell me what's going on.
[SIGHS]
They were supposed to pick me up
at the ferry this morning.
Got back from school. They never showed.
I hitched it home,
couldn't find them anywhere.
Called, straight to voicemail.
And now their boat's missing?
Ian, is there anything in
your parents' life that might
help me understand why they
would just disappear like this?
They've been really worried about money.
They-they got scammed
and lost almost everything.
Dad's been desperate to get it back.
So you think your dad might've
done something reckless?
That's what I'm afraid of.
I just want to find them.
I'll help you.
Hey, Randy. I'm looking for a boat.
I just sent you the registration number.
RANDY: Great. I've got it.
You, uh, sticking around Alaska?
Uh, yeah, maybe for a bit.
Okay, okay. How'd it go earlier?
Interesting, to say the least.
I got some information.
But right now, I really
just need to find that boat.
Yeah, man. I got you.
All right, it's registered
to a Hal and Vera Morrison.
- That's the one.
- Wonderful.
Let's see where it is.
All right. I got a signal
off the boat's nav system.
It's stationary. About 15 miles
northeast at a riverhead.
Just sent you a pin.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- Thanks, Randy. Appreciate it.
- You got it.
- [BEEPS]
Yeah, right there.
Looks like a lot of backwater. Right?
Not a lot of access roads. [STAMMERS]
You think it's possible
maybe they got lost,
- they got turned around?
- No, no chance.
M-Mom grew up here.
They know this place
like the back of their hands,
on and off the water.
What goes on there?
Nothing good.
Lot of off-gridders.
I hear some of the guys who
run drugs off the boat live up there.
You think your parents
got involved in that?
I hope not.
I'm-a go find this boat.
Wait.
I can come with you.
I don't want to wait around
doing nothing.
I understand. Why don't you go back
to your parents' place though,
all right?
Maybe they'll show up.
And in the meantime,
make some phone calls to some
fishermen that they work with.
They give you any information,
you give it to me, all right?
If I find anything, I'll let you know.
Okay.
Hey. Here's coffee.
Did the judge reject the motion?
No.
She certified it, actually.
We have officially attached
a wrongful death claim
to the Praiter and Rockwell lawsuit.
But that's-that's great, isn't it?
I just talked to Maxine.
She's informed the families.
They are gonna have to relive
every bit of this
all over again.
Every lie. All the pain.
Their loved ones dying.
I know.
It just hit me, too.
It is very real now.
So we better make it worth it.
Okay.
Let's take the bastards down.
What do we do first?
First, we start
by prepping Kurtis Lauper.
This case hinges on his testimony alone.
Okay? So if Kurtis delivers,
we'll win.
Plain and simple.
♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
♪
♪
[CREAKING]
[CREAKING]
[GROANING IN DISTANCE]
[MUFFLED SPEAKING]
[MAN GROANS]
[GROANING]
- [THUDS]
- [SHOTGUN BLAST]
- [CREAKING]
- [GROANING]
Stay down.
♪
[PANTING] I didn't do this!
I didn't know who you were!
I thought you were gonna kill me!
Tell me what happened.
They shot my friend Leonard.
[PANTING] I think he's dying.
Come on.
Okay.
All right, he's in shock.
Okay. All right. Hey. Come here.
Okay. Yeah.
I need to cauterize the wound.
Hand me that space heater.
Leave it plugged in. Bring it over here.
[PANTING]
Give me your hand. Put pressure on this.
- Okay. [EXHALES]
- Hold it.
[LEONARD GROANING]
Just keep pressure.
- Okay, let me in. Let me in.
- Okay. Okay.
COLTER: Here we go.
- [LEONARD GROANING]
- Hold him down. Hold him down.
[SIZZLING]
- [WHIMPERS]
- [GROANING]
COLTER: All right, we're cauterized.
- [WHIMPERS]
- Keep pressure on it, okay?
Yeah.
[PHONE CLICKS]
- Were they here? They do this?
- No.
They were here, but it was the
other couple who brought the drugs.
Some dude named TJ and this girl Molly.
So how'd it go sideways?
It was bad vibes from the start.
Yo, Robby.
That's a lot of weight.
It's top-shelf.
And we're kind of in a hurry here.
Where'd you get it?
What's it matter?
Want the discount or not?
Why don't you give me a sec.
TJ: Be quick!
We're on a schedule!
LEONARD: Close the door.
Yo, Wyatt. Guess what.
Your product just showed up.
TJ and Molly.
What do you want me to do?
Got it.
What's the holdup?
I don't buy stolen goods.
He called Wyatt. He'll kill me.
We got to go.
Come on. We're leaving.
Wait! We brought you here.
That was the deal!
MOLLY: Plan's changed.
LEONARD: Nobody's going anywhere.
[YELLS]
[BOTH GROANING]
[TJ YELLING]
Car keys! Now!
MOLLY: Give him the car keys!
Please. You don't need us.
- Yes, we do! Move!
- You heard him!
- Come on, come on, come on.
- [WHIMPERING]
[SHOUTING ECHOES]
Who's this Wyatt?
Wyatt Griffin.
Biggest dealer
this side of the mountains.
They were trying to sell his stuff,
so Leonard gave him a call.
- He come here?
- [PANTING] Yeah.
Griffin showed up an hour ago.
Tried to get him to help with Leonard.
He wouldn't.
Real son of a bitch.
He's gonna kill them all.
Okay.
Listen to me.
You got to call the paramedics, okay?
- The police.
- Okay.
Your-your friend's gonna die
if you don't do that.
- You understand? Okay. Okay.
- [SNIFFLES] Yeah.
What kind of car did they leave in?
- A Jeep.
- Okay.
RANDY: Yeah, man.
Jeep's too old for GPS.
- Let me get around that.
- COLTER: All right.
I think they're headed
to the nearest town, Crestwood.
I see it. You're about nine miles out.
There's only one road
leading to that town.
I'm on it right now.
What do you got on a Wyatt Griffin?
Wyatt Griffin.
Let's find out.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
All right. Wyatt Griffin.
Long record of drug distribution.
He was in the Army
back in his younger days.
Squad designated marksman
before a dishonorable discharge.
That's who's after them.
Molly and this guy TJ robbed him.
I need to get to them before he does.
So, you think the Morrisons are working
with this other couple to sell drugs?
I don't think so. I think
they were forced into giving
them a ride on their boat.
TJ's badly injured.
They need the Morrisons
to get 'em out of there.
So they could be collateral damage.
Not if I can help it.
All right, Randy. Thanks.
Keep me posted.
[ENGINE TURNS OFF]
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[WAVES CRASHING]
♪
[CAMERA CLICKS]
Randy, did you get my text?
RANDY: Yep. Used the QR
code to link up to the cameras.
Just got in. Hey, where are you?
I'm on the Morrisons' trail.
Now, they ditched the Jeep.
Think they're on foot.
Got another set of prints
coming in behind 'em.
I think it's this Griffin guy.
Really? Let's see what we got.
Okay.
TJ's making them all walk this path.
Wait, now he's making 'em
walk backwards in the path.
He's ordering Vera
to do something. She
she's scuffing up the ground.
Yeah, they're covering their tracks.
Smart move.
All right, they left the frame.
Keep looking. [GRUNTS]
I have more footage.
Let me scan through.
Oh, wow.
You were right.
I see Griffin.
He's trying to figure out
where they went.
Oh, damn.
Colter, he didn't take the bait.
This guy's good.
All right.
[GRUNTS]
How far ahead are they? [GRUNTS]
Um
from the timestamps, I'd say
they're half an hour ahead or so.
Half-hour lead.
Okay.
Looks like TJ's losing blood.
Slowing 'em down.
I need to make up time.
All right, Randy. Thanks.
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
TROOPER: Hey, fella.
Hunting today?
Most game's out of season.
You got permits?
I don't need a permit.
Let me ask you a question.
What's really important to you?
Is it your wife?
You have kids?
Two boys.
That's what's important.
Not me.
Not your crappy job out here.
Wallet.
All right, Casper Potts on Maple Lane.
You're gonna go on your way and
never tell anyone you saw me.
If you do,
I pay a visit to your wife.
And your boys.
Turn around.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Look at me.
Go.
What are you doing?
Don't stop. Keep going.
We've been following the water
for hours!
[SHOUTS]
Don't play us!
Do you know your way across
or don't you?
Hey. This was your idea.
I told you it didn't make
any sense to get out of the car.
You don't think they would've
found us in the car?
See, she's leading us in circles.
- That's the problem.
- You're losing it, TJ.
- Calm down.
- TJ: Shut your mouth.
You don't know who we're dealing with.
We were sitting ducks out on that road.
No. You're gonna get us all killed.
I told you to shut up!
Now is not the time.
[PANTING]
Don't you even start.
You said this was gonna be easy money.
We were gonna be halfway to California
before he even noticed.
It was going to be a new start.
That's what you said.
Right?
I was wrong.
Okay?
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Do you know how to get
across here or don't you?
I haven't been down
this shoreline in a long time,
but I know where I'm going.
- [GUNFIRE]
- [GASPS]
[SCREAMING]
- [GUNSHOT]
- VERA: Hal!
[PANTING, SCREAMS]
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
Forget it. Leave him!
I am not leaving him!
Leave him now!
[MUTTERING]: Honey, honey?
Come on, you're okay.
- Let's go!
- [CRYING]
Hal!
- [GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
- [PANTING]
Hi. Can I help you?
Uh, don't know. Maybe.
Uh, I want to make sure
I'm in the right place.
Law Offices of Greene and Associates.
- Yeah, that's us.
- You must be Mel Day.
That's me.
Melanie Sue Day.
Sorry I'm gonna need
to see some credentials.
Must have left them in the car.
That's okay.
I'm gonna leave this here.
It's for Reenie Greene.
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Don't worry, it's not a bomb
or anything like that.
Have a nice day.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Ooh, what do you got there?
This guy just came and delivered this.
He was really creepy.
Let me see it?
What is it?
REENIE: Surveillance photos, of me.
It's a threat.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[GROANING NEARBY]
Hal Morrison?
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Your son hired me
to find you and your wife.
Where is she?
- I don't know.
- You don't know?
I hit my head.
I didn't see anything after that.
I hope she's not hurt.
[SOFTLY]: Let me take a look at this.
Bullet grazed my shoulder.
[GRUNTING]
You're all right. You're okay.
- TJ shoot you?
- No.
We were making our way
when, all of a sudden,
bullets came out of nowhere.
It's that Griffin guy, right?
Yeah. They think
that they can outrun him.
He wants his drugs back.
It's more than that. It's personal.
He was Molly's ex way back.
This is some dumb plan of theirs
to get revenge.
Here you go. Revenge for what?
- Little pressure.
- [SHOUTS]
- You're all right.
- I'm not sure.
I got the sense
that he really hurt her and
and now she wants payback.
- [GROANS SOFTLY]
- They headed to Crestwood?
Yeah.
Except TJ's wounded.
I told them this wouldn't work out.
What do they need Vera for?
TJ doesn't know where he's going.
Okay, well, I need to get
to them before Griffin does.
Yeah, listen, hey, I'm coming with you.
[GRUNTS]
Sure that's a good idea?
[PANTING]
I know all of Vera's shortcuts.
I know how she thinks. I can help you.
- I'm good.
- Okay. All right, listen.
There's no point
in calling the authorities.
We're too far in. You call your son.
Let him know you're okay.
No. I don't want to make things worse.
Not with his mom still out there.
The less he knows about this,
the better,
in case things don't turn out all right.
He can handle the truth.
Call your son.
COLTER: So, Molly and TJ.
cThey ambush you at the marina? Yeah.
First they came up to us and
asked if we knew our way around.
They loo seemed lost.
Vera wanted to help them.
She told them she used to be a guide.
You didn't ask them to cut you in?
Ah. Ian tell you we were having
money troubles? It's true.
But no way.
I knew there was something off about TJ.
When I asked him
what was in the duffle bag,
he pulled out a gun,
told us to get on this boat.
I tried to resist until he s
cracked me in the face.
Which way'd they go?
I don't think they went either way.
I think they went right up here.
Well, that's not the way to Crestwood.
If Griffin catches up to them
and they run, they could be anywhere.
All right, listen to me.
Look, TJ's been shot, right?
He's losing a lot of blood,
he's been walking for hours,
he's exhausted.
And Griffin's moving in fast.
I think your wife understands
they need to get shelter.
They'd need someplace, uh,
someplace empty,
someplace abandoned, maybe.
What's this? What's this building here,
along the water?
The old cannery.
Been closed for years.
I go up right here, that take me to it?
- Yeah.
- Okay. The only problem is,
Griffin's he's gonna
get there before we do.
♪
Is there a quicker way?
Yeah, there is, but it's
it's off-trail and it's
an awfully steep incline.
Okay, I can go at it alone
if you don't think
- you can make it.
- No, I can do it.
I can do it.
- I got to get Vera.
- All right.
Show me where this shortcut is.
- You all right?
- I think so.
Here we go.
- [SHOUTING]
- Whoa. All right.
Sit down.
- [EXHALES]
- Sit down.
- Damn it.
- Think that's as far
as you can go, my friend.
I can move quicker without you.
All right, listen.
There's a fire road just ahead.
The cannery's down from there.
Please
save my wife.
Yeah.
♪
I'm sorry about your husband.
You left him to die.
We didn't have a choice.
Griffin would have killed all of us.
You didn't have to drag us
into any of this.
I don't expect you to understand.
I don't.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
What's wrong?
He's here.
- What do we do?
- You got to hide.
Okay. Where are you going?
Don't worry about it.
I'm gonna take care of this.
No, don't. He'll kill you.
Go. I got this.
You need to be smart now.
Let's go. Now.
- [SHUSHES] Quiet.
- Okay.
Look, you know he's not coming back.
We are on our own.
- You are wrong about him.
- Molly,
it is time we do what we need to
to get out of here.
I need you to stop talking.
TJ will be back.
He loves me.
Griffin!
I know you're out there!
It's just me!
GRIFFIN: Drop the gun and we can talk.
Okay.
Okay.
I want to make a deal.
Put an end to this.
Kick it over.
So, what do you got in mind?
I got your stuff.
- All of it.
- Yeah, so?
This is what you want. Right?
Where's Molly?
Don't worry about it.
Check it out.
What's really important to you?
We just want to get out of here, man.
[LAUGHS] Well, it's too late for that.
Let me guess.
- This was her idea.
- What does it matter?
Well, because I know how she is.
I couldn't trust her.
You shouldn't, either.
What is that supposed to mean?
She left me.
She stole from me.
Same thing's gonna happen to you.
You're next man up.
The question now is
would you die for that?
I didn't think so.
She ain't worth it.
Got a spider's heart.
It was never about the drugs.
You took things that were not yours.
But I'll tell you what.
You can have them.
What?
Go on.
They're yours.
You can walk them out of here.
What's the catch?
You tell me where Molly is.
I'm going out there.
No. Don't be stupid.
Something is wrong. [GRUNTS]
[PANTING] TJ
[SCREAMS]
[PANTING]: Wait.
- Where's TJ?
- Gone.
Traded you for a bag of blow.
You're lying.
That's the truth.
He said this whole mess was your idea.
He even told me where you were.
You're gonna pay for what you did.
You are never gonna put
your hands on me ever again.
- No
- Molly!
Get off me! Get off!
- You come back
- No. Get off me!
[YELLS]
[PANTING]
[TJ GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
You running?
Sit down.
Where's Vera?
She's back there.
Don't move.
Put your hands behind you. Come on.
[MOLLY PANTING]
[PANTING]
[WHIMPERING]: No. No.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no. Please, please, please, please.
Please don't do anything. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
[WHIMPERS]
Sure you are.
- [CRUNCHING]
- [GRIFFIN SHOUTING]
[MOANING]
[YELLING]
- [PANTING]
- [GUN CLICKS]
You bitch.
[YELLING]
[YELLING]
[DISTANT SHOUTING]
[VERA PANTING]
[YELLING]
[YELLING]
[STRAINING]
[SHOUTS]
[PANTING]
♪
You're okay.
You're okay. I'm here to help you.
You're safe.
H-Hal?
Your husband's okay.
He's on his way.
Uh, hey, Maxine, it's Reenie.
Uh, I had a really weird
delivery to my office yesterday.
Um, just give me a call back
when you can.
Thanks.
[CAMERA CLICKING]
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
EMPLOYEE: What are you looking for?
I am in need of some protection.
We talking .45?
Revolver? 9mm?
I'm really not sure.
Why don't I show you a couple?
- Hey. Colter.
- Hey.
- How's it going?
- Good, man. Listen,
I saw your parents
back out on the water.
Yeah, I tried to stop Dad
but he wouldn't listen.
- Right back to work.
- Yeah, I kind of figured.
But my parents
wouldn't be here without you.
- Hmm.
- I don't have much money, but
I-I don't know, can we do a
a payment plan or something?
- A payment plan?
- Yeah.
I don't really do payment plans.
Yeah.
Uh, you said you were home
from college, right?
- Yep.
- What are you studying?
Natural resource engineering.
Really? Great.
Well, I'll tell you what, um
Maybe we cross paths
a little down the road
and, uh, you pay me back then.
Or you could pay it forward
to someone else.
- How's that sound?
- Thank you.
- You be good, all right?
- I will.
All right.
[PHONE BEEPING]
AUTOMATED VOICE: The caller
you are trying to reach
- is unavailable.
- [BEEPS]
Hey, Russell.
It's your favorite brother.
Listen, I don't know where in the world
you might be right now, but, uh
I, uh
I found out who Dad
was working with before he died.
This, uh runs pretty deep.
Government cover-up.
I got a name.
Serena Jukic.
I was thinking maybe you might
want to help me track her down.
All right. You call me back.
[PHONE BEEPS]
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