Tracker (2024) s02e07 Episode Script

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[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[DOG BARKING] -MAN: Go on, get out.
[BARKING CONTINUING]
-Get out of here. Come on.
Go on, get out!
[WHIMPERING]
-Hey, buddy.
Is that dog yours?
No, not mine. Heard him barking.
It's a damn stray.
I don't think he's a stray.
He's got a collar and a leash.
CASHIER: Whatever. It's making a mess
I'm gonna have to clean up
or catch hell from my manager.
What are you gonna do
with that broom, though?
I don't know. I'll just
get him to go somewhere else.
Let me do you a favor. Don't do that.
- Don't do that.
- Okay.
Let me have a crack at it here.
Knock yourself out, Beastmaster.
Look, Animal Control's on the way,
so if you don't sort it, they will.
Okay. - [ENTRY BELL RINGS]
Uh
Hey, hey, hey, look at me.
Hey. Okay.
Hey, sit. Sit for me, sit.
Okay, right there.
Perfect. All right.
Hey, look at me.
[WHIMPERING]
Look at me. You all right? What's this?
Does that hurt you?
You hurt? Let me see.
Let me see your paw.
Let me see.
What you got there, huh?
What do you got?
[PANTING]
What you got? Okay, I got it, okay.
[WHIMPERS]
Goat's head thorn.
That can't be too comfortable. [GRUNTS]
Yeah?
That's causing you all that pain? Yeah?
Barkley. You're Barkley, huh?
Yeah.
You're a long way from home, Barkley.
What are you doing all the way out here?
Want to go home?
Yeah? I'll take you home? You trust me?
You feel better? Yeah?
All right, okay.
Okay, here we go, come on.
Let's go. Good boy.
Good boy. Walk with me. Walk with me.
Stay with me.
We got you, come on, this way.
Come on.
You're okay.
Hop on in here, nice and comfortable.
Yeah? You trust me?
There you go.
All right? Right up in here.
I'll be right back, okay?
Do me a favor, please.
Do not chew the upholstery.
I will be right back, okay? I promise.
Lean back, there we go.
Good boy.
[FUSSES]
-[CHUCKLES]
Be right back.
All right. - [ALARM BEEPS QUIETLY]
Hear you talking, bro, you gonna ♪
Do something about it ♪
Hey, hey ♪
It's love, it's drugs ♪
It's the heat of the night ♪
No fear, more beer ♪
Cut the air with a knife ♪
No breathing ♪
Either way it's going down,
they're leav ♪
You can call
you can call off Animal Control.
Awesome, dude.
What did you do?
Made friends.
Ready to blow ♪
Saw an address
on the dog tag, I'm gonna
Where your mouth is ♪
Be good.
Do something about it, go ♪
Go, you say you want to go ♪
Outside ♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
The hell?
COLTER:
Think someone watching me
the entire time
and really wanted that dog.
VELMA: No security footage?
No, Airstream's blocking it.
I thought you were gonna get
a dash cam for your truck.
Well, you've been keeping me
pretty busy recently.
I haven't had time to order one.
- We'll be fixing that for you.
- Still doesn't make any sense to me.
Who'd want to steal this dog?
Yeah, I've been on all the
rescue boards and there are no
missing dog alerts
matching Barkley's description.
Well, I'm gonna head over to the address
that I found on the dog tag.
But you're still
coming by the office, right?
I-I don't think I'm gonna
be able to make it.
Understood.
All right, I'll keep you posted.
♪
[PISTOL COCKS]
[THUMP]
[MUFFLED THUMPING]
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
Okay. It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you.
I'm not gonna hurt you, all right?
You're okay now, all right?
You're okay. You're all right.
- You're okay.
- Oh, my God.
Who are you?
I'm Colter Shaw.
I'm here to help you. Are you hurt?
No. No, just pretty shaken up.
- Okay, okay.
- Ai Aiden, Aiden.
I can't feel my hands.
Yeah? I'll get you untied, okay, buddy?
- Thank you.
- Yep.
- There you go.
- Got it.
There you go. All right.
I'll get your hands free, okay?
Let's get you out of here.
How's that? Feel better?
[BOTH WHIMPERING]
There you go.
You want to tell me what happened?
Last night, I-I got home from work
and-and went up to change
out of my work clothes.
Aiden was
- downstairs, playing video games.
- Okay.
I heard a crash,
pulled my gun from the safe.
Ran downstairs to find
the front door kicked in
and this this guy pointing a gun.
I ran to protect Aiden, but
the guy knocked the gun out of my hands.
He told us we needed
to cooperate, or else.
You get a look at him?
No. He was, um,
he was wearinga mask.
Then he led us in here, tied us up
and said if we screamed he'd kill us.
You have any idea what he wanted?
No.
He took Barkley.
He took your dog?
Okay.
[SIGHS]
He take anything else?
Not that I know of,
but we were tied up in here.
I don't know what happened.
I don't think this was a robbery.
I don't understand.
If it wasn't a robbery,
- what did he want?
- I think he wanted your dog.
I found Barkley about 20 miles away
behind a gas station.
I saw your address on the tags.
I was gonna bring him home to you.
Someone took him out of my truck.
I don't understand what's happening.
I, um
I need to call the police.
Yeah, here. Good idea.
Here, use my phone.
Can I see your hands?
- You feel that?
- Yeah.
You're gonna be all right, okay?
You're gonna be all right.
Is this all about my dog?
Barkley?
I know this is hard to understand.
Let's let's wait
for the police, okay,
see what they have to say?
Yeah?
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
How we holding up?
You know, I had a dog when I was a kid.
What was its name?
Tuffy. He was a mutt.
Shared him with my siblings.
That's a weird name.
It's a terrible name.
My sister named him.
Her first choice was even worse,
so we just went with
- the second choice.
- Was he tough?
No. Not at all, actually.
Unless you were a compost pile.
He'd get in there, root around and eat
a bunch of stuff he wasn't supposed to.
And then our socks, he'd
he'd go after our socks.
He used to get in
so much trouble with my father
for eating up our socks.
Are you a detective or a policeman?
No. No, neither.
Then why do you have a gun?
Well, 'cause my job
can get dangerous sometimes,
so I carry protection.
What's your job?
Well, when things or people go missing,
I get hired to help find 'em.
You find dogs?
No. No, haven't done that yet.
I have $187 from my birthday.
Is that enough?
To find Barkley?
You know what?
That is exactly the amount
of money it is to find Barkley.
I will absolutely
help you find that dog.
Uh, Aiden, can you get me
some water, please?
Thank you.
Uh, Detective Anderson,
this is, uh
- Colter Shaw.
Hey. Um, Mrs. Westin
says that you found them.
Um, do you want to explain to me
how it is you just happened
to be in the area?
I found Barkley earlier
at a gas station
and, uh, home address was
on the dog tag so I came here.
Okay, uh
Where's the dog?
Well, that's the interesting thing.
Someone stole him out of my truck.
ANDERSON:
Okay. Where'd all this
take place?
- About 20 miles from here.
- Mm.
- I can show you if you'd like.
- No.
There's no-there's no need.
Uh, we're doing a
a grid search of the area,
we're asking around if
anyone saw anything,
doing a detailed inventory of the house
to see what's missing.
I don't think you're gonna find
anything missing except the dog.
Mm. Dogs can be valuable.
And we'll look into it.
But right now our priority
is the home invasion.
Of course.
You do, however, have the same dog
that's been taken twice
in a 24-hour period.
I don't think that's a coincidence.
Like I said, we'll look into it.
But if you don't mind,
this is an active crime scene,
so I'm gonna have to ask you
to clear out, okay?
Any idea who would want to take Barkley?
I don't know.
I didn't want to say this
in front of Aiden earlier,
but some guy called yesterday
about buying Barkley from us.
I told him he wasn't for sale.
Where'd you get Barkley?
A local rescue group.
When my husband passed away last year,
I got Barkley to help
Aiden process his grief.
And it worked.
Barkley's his best friend.
Yeah, I can see that.
Why would someone want to take him?
Gonna try to find that out for you.
Your son hired me to help find Barkley.
He did?
Oh, I-I don't have the money
for something like that.
We've worked out the arrangements.
It's fine. I'm gonna help.
Okay. Um, thanks.
- Right.
- Right, you know, it-it
I noticed the game camera.
Uh, yeah.
Was Aiden online at the
time of the break-in?
- He was.
- Okay.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Yo.
Bobby. Got a sec?
I was on my way out.
[SIGHS] But I got you. What's popping?
A video game console with
an HD camera attached to it.
Think you can break into it?
Can and will. Just need an address.
I got 8 Rio View Terrace.
Trying to see if the camera caught a
home invasion
that occurred last night.
Westin residence.
Yeah, the kid's got a gaming account.
Uh
Looks like he recorded himself.
Uh, I'm gonna link you in
so you can check it out, too.
All right, I'm in.
Man. It's a messed-up world we live in.
Wait, hold on, Bobby. Can you go back?
Top where he pushed
the family out of frame.
Not gonna get a face ID.
He's wearing a mask.
You see something I didn't?
Right there.
Check the pocket.
- Looks like a car key with a tag on it.
- Sure does.
Could be from a rental car company.
Ah, nice. Colter for the win.
I got an ID number.
Can you run it with the car company?
See who rented that thing?
Already on it.
Looks like it was rented to a
Max Miller.
You got an address?
Sending it to you now.
All right. Thanks, Bobby.
♪
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[GRUNTING]
Who the hell are you?
Sit down. Give me a name.
No?
I'll go first. Colter Shaw.
Looking for a missing dog,
used to belong to Max Miller.
Your turn. Name.
[SIGHS]
Nate Riggins.
- You serve with Max?
- Yes.
Squad 651.
Now, your buddy Max broke into a house,
held a family hostage at
gunpoint and took their dog.
I just want the dog back.
Yesterday morning, Max called.
Wasn't making a lot of sense, babbling.
Saying he needed to find
his old dog, Barkley.
Why would he call you?
Max was in rehab last year,
so I helped find him
a good rescue program
that would place Barkley in a good home.
You told him where
he could find Barkley?
Yeah, just the rescue group
I gave him to.
But before I could ask him
what he needed Barkley for
I heard gunshots,
phone went dead.
I tried calling back,
his wife didn't answer either,
so I hopped in the car,
drove out here from Topeka.
You mentioned rehab. Drugs?
Mainly alcohol, but I mean,
he-he changed overnight
when he met Chelsea. I mean,
h-he's been living clean ever since.
Any chance your friend Max
snapped, hurt his wife?
I know he loved Chelsea
more than anything.
But it happens when guys have bad PTSD.
Someone broke in here.
Entry light smashed, door kicked in.
And from the looks of things,
something heavy went down here.
And there is no sign of Max's wife.
This is how it was when I got here.
All right? Whatever it is, it's bad.
I can help.
We need to find Max and that dog.
I checked Max Miller
and Chelsea's socials,
no signs of anything unusual.
No strangest on their incoming
and outgoing calls either,
except for the one to Nate Riggins.
Yeah. I just think it's strange
that both Chelsea and Max
left their cell phones
and car keys behind.
well, if Max was planning
a home invasion,
maybe he was smart enough
not to drive his own car.
Still no idea on why he took the dog?
He was Barkley's handler
when they served together.
Has to have something to do
with the past.
Do me a favor, will you?
Rental car companies.
They keep GPS trackers
in their vehicles, right?
Good thinking.
I'll look into it
and I'll hit you back up.
Yeah.
Find anything?
No. But the door to the tool shed was
- wide open.
- Yeah?
Word "Lawson" mean anything to you?
Name? Place?
You know what this is about, don't you?
- Maybe.
- Okay.
We-we were on a
a peacekeeping mission in West Africa.
Max, he got friendly with this civilian,
private contractor named Lawson.
He was I don't know,
all kinds of shady,
always cooking up some kind of scam.
But he said he had access to some
Benin Bronze statues at an
archeological site. Said
they were worth a fortune.
Lawson-- he must have
wanted help stealing 'em.
Max help him?
- Told him not to.
- You think he did anyway?
I mean, he dropped a couple of hints
when we were back stateside,
and then there was
the-the DCI interview
- Department of criminal investigations?
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
They called him in last year, but
I don't know, he said
he couldn't talk about it,
said it was classified,
but he seemed pretty nervous
Who you texting?
Someone who has a DCI contact.
[SIGHS]
If Max stole these statues,
any idea where he stashed 'em?
- Not a clue.
- No?
There's no shovel in here.
Kind of odd, right?
Maybe he buried 'em.
Don't see any holes back here.
If Max did bury these things,
why would he need the dog?
I don't know. Max was spiraling
out at the time. I-I mean,
maybe he was so wasted
he forgot where he put 'em.
I mean, that dog could find anything.
Max used him to hide
contraband all the time.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
What is it?
Max's rental car location.
It's not too far
from where I found Barkley.
Let's go.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY]
Max's rental, right?
- Yeah. That's good, right?
- It depends.
This place look familiar to you?
Yeah.
I think Max brought me here fishing once
when I was trying
to get him to get sober.
- Before he met his wife?
- Yeah.
She kept him on the straight and narrow.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY]
What is it?
Goat's head thorn.
When I found Barkley,
he had these in his paw.
We're definitely in the right spot.
♪
[DOG BARKING]
[GRUNTING]
Would you shut up, Barkley? Damn it.
Max Miller.
Yeah?
Easy.
Riggs?
What's going on, Max?
It's Lawson.
He has my wife.
Who the hell are you?
Colter Shaw.
I'm the one who found Barkley
down at the gas station.
I'm here to help you.
- I don't need any help.
- RIGGINS: Come on, Max.
I know all about Barkley, okay?
I know why you need him.
Why'd he come after you, Max?
What did Lawson want?
I helped him steal
these things back in Africa.
Only, he's the one that got arrested.
Blames me for taking the fall.
- You give him up?
- No.
But that don't matter. He thinks I did.
When he broke into my house
demanding these statues,
I tried to explain to him
that I don't remember
where they are anymore
but he didn't believe that, either.
Max, you mind if we, uh,
we put these away?
No one's gonna stop you
from doing what you need to do.
He's good, Max.
Just want to help you find your wife
and get Barkley home, that's all.
I knew I'd be screwed
if I stole these damn things.
I tried to leave them behind.
I tried to erase what I did.
I buried them to forget them.
- Let us help you.
- You don't get it.
He said that he would
torture and kill my wife
if I didn't find these in 24 hours.
I'm running out of time.
I appreciate you
squeezing me in, Captain.
Well, I owe you for helping out
my brother-in-law.
What can I do for you?
Max Miller.
Served military ops, West Africa,
liaison and security detail
for a private contractor.
You do know that's classified.
Look, Captain, I am not asking you
to compromise any ongoing investigation.
I just have reason to believe
that a case that I'm working on
relates to yours.
I do not like where this is going.
I would never betray your
Yes, you would.
Let me finish.
I would never betray your confidence.
I was taught better than that.
Tell you what.
You lay out your situation
and I'll see what I can do.
Max Miller and his wife Chelsea
have gone missing,
along with Barkley,
their military K-9,
and it's of my opinion
that it's connected
to your investigation.
[DRAWER OPENS]
[PAPER RUSTLES]
You did not see this.
Thank you.
It's the statues?
Rare Benin Bronzes.
And this guy?
David Lawson.
Civilian demolition and mining expert.
He was apprehended by local authorities
for the theft
of sensitive cultural artifacts
and for killing two guards.
He returned some of the artifacts,
but there were more items
missing from the dig.
Max helped him steal 'em.
Max was questioned,
but there was no proof
linking him to the crime.
Their government just
wants them back at this point.
Where's Lawson now?
Bribed his way
out of a prison in Porto-Novo
couple weeks ago.
Lawson's a nasty piece of work.
Wanted stateside on unrelated
smuggling, armed robbery
and murder charges.
And you're just okay
with Lawson being out there?
Not our jurisdiction.
We've alerted the State Department.
Best we can do.
Okay. Thank you.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
-[MAX GRUNTING]
- COLTER: Reenie.
- REENIE [ON PHONE]: Hey, Colter.
- Did you find him?
- I'm with Max now.
I need to warn you about
this accomplice of his,
- David Lawson.
- What about him?
He's not just a thief. He's a killer,
with a history of extreme violence.
Like, numerous bodies left in his wake.
Well, right now, he's got Max's wife,
- so he holds all the cards.
- I'm telling you,
he doesn't strike me as the type
that just wants to get what's his.
[CLANG]
Hey. Yeah.
Situation just got fluid.
- What does that mean?
- Means I got to go.
[GRUNTING]
[EXHALES]
Here we go.
What's the plan now?
Hell you talking about?
What do you think, Lawson's
just gonna hand over your wife?
What do you mean?
Well, I've seen this before.
Situations like this?
It's easier just to walk away
clean. Once the kidnappers
get what they want,
they don't want any witnesses.
- Not like I got a lot of choices.
- You need to listen, Max.
Just like back in the day:
expect, improvise, prevail.
You let us can back you up.
This whole thing goes sideways,
we can make sure Chelsea's safe.
I don't know.
This is personal.
He wants revenge.
Come on, Max.
Let's be smart about this.
You need to think about
what happens next.
[PANTING SOFTLY]
[MUFFLED GRUNTING, CRYING]
Time to go.
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
- Come on.
- [GRUNTS]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERING]
[MUFFLED SPEAKING]
Hey, hey, hey.
You have nothing to be afraid of.
As long as your husband
returns what he stole.
[MUFFLED SCREAMING]
I need you to tell me
exactly what Lawson told you.
Get the statues back or my wife dies.
What if it's not that simple?
[PHONE VIBRATES]
It's him. Lawson.
Answer it.
Answer it. Tell him that you
have what he's looking for,
and just play it out.
Hello?
LAWSON: Do you have them?
Yeah, I got them.
Where's my wife?
There's an abandoned parking lot
at Deerpark and Hayes.
One hour.
[SIGHS]
So, now what?
Now you go meet him.
You said he was gonna
kill Chelsea and Max.
A possibility we have to factor, yeah.
Screw that. This is my wife. I just want
to get her out
of this mess I got her in.
Me too.
And I've got a plan to mitigate
a negative outcome.
Right now we got to get back to my truck
and gear up, okay?
Okay.
Good.
How are you at range?
Tap a forehead at 1,000,
depending on scope and wind, of course.
Perfect.
Good to know. Gentlemen,
let's go.
Riggins, take my truck.
Max, I'm with you.
Let's go over the plan one more time.
MAX: I'll make sure to keep my distance.
I'll-I'll park away from
him if he's there waiting.
All right. Then you're gonna
get out of the car.
You're gonna show him the bag, right?
Remember, Riggins needs time to set up.
- Lawson's not stupid.
- I'm not saying he's stupid.
But I need time.
I need you to buy me time
so that if Chelsea's safe, I can
- go grab her.
- And if she's not?
Right now we just need to focus
on getting your wife home safe.
- Right.
- Okay.
Right. All right, I can do this.
[EXHALES]
It's time.
Here we go.
Come here, pup.
Here we go.
Come on, here we go.
Stay with me,
stay with me, stay with me.
Stay.
Stay.
You got 'em?
Bring them to me.
I need some proof
that Chelsea's okay first.
LAWSON:
You're not in a position
to negotiate.
You want these, I want my wife.
And I want my statues.
Bring me the bag now.
I need proof that Chelsea's okay first.
LAWSON:You're not in a position
to negotiate.
MAX: You know I really can't do that yet.
I'm not playing here.
Bring me the bag now.
You want 'em?
Come and get 'em.
Or shoot me.
Your call.
[GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOT]
Max. Max.
Max, you all right?
[EXHALES] Yeah, he's dead.
Let me see.
You're gonna be all right.
Where's Chelsea?
She wasn't in the truck.
What do you mean, she
wasn't in the truck?
Lawson must have got wind that we
were up to something and moved her.
Hey, it was him or you, Max.
I had to take the shot.
He was our only way of finding her.
What do we do now?
I can start a perimeter search.
Wait, wait, wait. I got an idea.
Listen.
Barkley! Barkley! - [CLAPS HANDS]
Let's go! Come on! Come on! - [BARKING]
Come on! Hey!
Barkley, come here. [SMOOCHING]
Good, good, good boy, good boy, look.
I got, uh
- MAX: What are you thinking?
I've got Chelsea's scarf, right?
Right? That's what he was trained to do?
If I give him a strong enough scent,
he
should be able to take me right to her.
- Yeah. Okay.
- We got her.
[BARKING]
-Come on. Come on!
Come on! Hey!
Yeah? Okay, come on.
Okay. [MUTTERS]
[BARKING]
All right, there you go.
All right, come on, show me.
Show me what you got.
What do you got?
Go, go.
What do you got, what do you got,
- what do you got?
- Go see.
[BARKING]
Here we go.
[BARKING]
[GRUNTING]
[PIPE CLANGS]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERS]
-You're okay. Hey, you're okay.
I'm here to help you.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- Okay.
- Who are you?
I'm Colter Shaw.
Your husband sent me to come get you.
- Where's Max?
- He's fine. He's fine.
- I'll take you to him.
- Okay.
Can you move?
[WHIMPERING]
-Are you hurt?
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Come on, lean on me. I got you.
I got you.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
There we go. Come here.
Hey! Oh
- Come here. Come on.
Thank you so much.
- Remember Barkley?
- Thank you.
Hey, buddy. Hi.
- Hey.
- Hey, buddy.
Let's get home, yeah?
- What happened to your face?
- Oh, honey, things happened.
- Oh, my God.
- All right.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Bye, Barkley.
["BLUE COUPE" BY TWIN PEAKS PLAYING]
[FUSSING]
Barkley! - [BARKING]
Hi, boy.
Hi, Barkley.
Everything you have in front of you ♪
Make every movement,
do it till you do ♪
You will not be happy for long ♪
If you're working ♪
And what would be the point
if you didn't deserve it ♪
That's $187.
$187. Okay, yeah.
You know, I was thinking about that.
And, uh, what if we call it
a favor amongst friends?
You save some of that money,
buy your mom something nice.
Sound good?
Sounds good.
Okay.
We can't thank you enough.
It was my pleasure.
I can see how much
Barkley loves it here.
Oh! Something for you.
For you.
But Barkley already has a dog tag.
Yeah, that one doesn't
have your home address on it.
Just to be safe, all right?
Thank you.
- Can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
Uh, did you have
any idea why they named him Barkley?
Is it 'cause he barks a lot?
Could be. Could be
'cause he barks a lot.
Could be named
after Charles Barkley, though.
Right?
Charles Barkley.
Round mound of rebound?
One of the greatest
basketball players to ever
play the game. You don't know
who Charles Barkley is?
I mean, this is-this is tragic.
Your mom will tell you about him.
Anyway. Be good to each other, okay?
Thank you.
Congrats on the dog.
Charles Barkley, you got to look him up.
Guy was an animal.
You're never givin' up ♪
[KNOCKING]
Wait
Are you expecting someone?
Not that I know of.
Hey.
Surprise.
Well, well, well.
- Wow! Oh, my God!
- Hey, look who decided to show up.
Yeah, better late than never, right?
- Yeah.
- How are you?
- I can't believe it. Look at you.
- What's up?
- Good to see you.
- Oh, my God, I'm so happy to see you.
- Good to see you. You look great.
- Welcome, yeah.
And this place looks amazing.
I love what you've done with it.
I wish that we knew
you were coming still,
'cause we would have got
you something to eat or
- No, don't worry about me, I'm fine.
- All right.
Oh, actually we have something for you,
yeah.
I got to say, next-day delivery
is pretty sweet.
- Yeah.
- Thank you, Amazon Prime.
- You got me a gift?
- Yeah!
- Oh.
- Just you wait.
You got me this box.
[REENIE VOCALIZES A FANFARE]
Uh, it's actually
it's a gift for your truck.
Honestly, I'm surprised you that
didn't already have one already.
- Thought he did, too.
- I thought you were Mr. Prepared.
- Oh. That's so thoughtful.
- Dashcam!
Thank you very much,
it's very thoughtful.
You're very welcome.
- Thank you.
- So who's gonna show me around?
- This is the whole magic.
- Yes, oh, my God. I know!
- Okay? Kitchen.
- I love it.
- I sit there, that's fun.
- Vaulted ceilings, big view.