Tracker (2024) s02e08 Episode Script

1
Previously on Tracker
COLTER: Hello, Whales.
Hey, can you get
the hell out of my house?
Not till we talk about Gina Picket.
Ten years ago today,
she disappears from
the Welltown Mall parking lot.
I ain't got nothing to say to you
or her whack-job sister.
You go see him?
- Yeah.
- And?
I'm gonna prove it was you,
- Whales.
- Good luck.
I'm not gonna stop until I find out
what happened to your sister.
- COLTER: You law enforcement?
- Tacoma PD,
retired. Name's Keaton.
Maybe you could help me out.
Gina Picket.
I've been looking for ten years.
Well, I owe you.
(TYPING ON PHONE)
- (HONKS HORN)
- Whoa!
(HONKS HORN)
(CAR ALARM BLARING)
(FLAMES CRACKLING)
TRUCK DRIVER (ECHOING): Oh, man.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
MAN: Is anybody in there?
Can't see.
MAN 2: Back up, everyone!
Stand back!
MAN: Whoa, whoa, watch out!
It's gonna blow.
Get back. Get back!
(PHONE BUZZING)
- CAMILLE: Dory?
- Yeah.
I haven't heard that name in a while.
Been playing phone tag.
You need to get that?
- Nah, it can wait.
- You sure?
Yeah, more of a conversation
than I care to have right now,
to be honest with you.
Do you remember this place?
Yeah, of course, how could I forget?
I'm surprised you remember this place,
after those, uh, mai tais.
You had like ten mai tais?
- It wasn't ten.
- Well, I don't know what it was.
I stopped counting after five.
Well, I needed the extra
courage for the karaoke.
Oh, yeah, the karaoke. Your rendition
of "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
was absolutely unforgettable.
How many of those would it take
to get you on the stage?
Oh, that number doesn't exist.
- (LAUGHS)
- No, that'll-that'll never happen.
So, what's this really about?
You were passing through town.
- I pass through town all the time.
- Yeah.
And this place
The last time we were here
Was the night Gina vanished.
Yeah.
Do you ever wish
you could go back and remember
what it felt like between us
before that?
Everything changed after that night.
I, um
I think I need to move on.
This thing with my sister,
it's like this
big weight pressing down on me,
everything I do.
I don't go one day, or one hour, even,
without feeling it,
and it's just not
what Gina would have wanted.
I-I want you to know,
I have not stopped looking. I
No, no, Colter.
I need to say it.
Gina's gone.
And whatever we had, I'm pretty sure
that's gone, too. I know you feel it.
Just I can't keep hoping.
I want to stop looking.
No more check-ins.
Okay. Because I can't
I can't see you without seeing her,
and I-I know it didn't
start off that way,
- but
- I get it.
Do you really?
I said, "Okay." I said, "I get it."
I-I, uh, you know
I-I don't know what more
you want me to say.
I did ask someone to look into
Gina's disappearance, an ex-cop.
- Ah.
- Maybe
maybe he sees something that I couldn't.
Maybe there's nothing else to see.
We have to live with that.
You did everything you could've.
It's just
time to move on.
(PHONE BUZZING)
Dory again?
Mm. It's work.
- Should you take that?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I'll be right back.
(PHONE CONTINUES BUZZING)
Hey, Velma.
Hey, Colter. Sorry to bother you.
No, it's okay. Never a bother.
Well, a job just came in.
Another referral.
Graphic designer in San Francisco's
looking for her brother.
15K reward.
Okay.
There is a catch with this one.
Well, there always is.
Her brother isn't missing.
He's dead.
(INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT)
Alicia, we can do this later
if now's not a good time.
No.
No, there is no good time,
sitting there day after day,
waiting. But sometimes
she comes back,
and she's there for a moment,
and then she's gone.
Cancer?
Pancreatic.
I'm not sure how to do this.
Your brother Lucas
died in a car crash
nine months ago, right?
Yes.
Well, that's what I thought.
He rolled a stop sign,
gas truck hit him, car exploded.
By the time the fire department arrived,
there wasn't much left.
It was just one of those freak things,
is what they told me.
What makes you think
your brother's still alive?
Two days ago, I was here with my mom,
and I had to step out for a meeting.
I was only gone for two hours,
but when I came back, my mom told me
she'd seen Lucas.
I-I know what you're gonna say.
It was the morphine,
she was seeing things,
but it's not that.
She told me that Lucas
came to say goodbye.
Told her he loved her and
left this.
I'm gonna need more context. Uh
Whenever we were sad
or hurt or down as kids,
my mother would take us
to the corner store
and buy us a peanut butter cup to share.
She'd tell us how
it was the strongest
medicine in the world.
Sometimes people see
what they want to see.
Yeah. My mother was lucid.
She was sure she saw him.
Anyone else see him?
Yeah, a nurse. Said it was some guy
with a baseball cap
pulled over his face.
She didn't get a good look at him,
but there was someone here.
He signed the guest registry.
Lou Reed.
My mom's favorite musician.
Look.
Here's an old birthday card.
It's the same handwriting.
It is similar.
Is there any reason
why someone would want you
to think your brother was still alive,
or maybe, uh,
take advantage of your mother?
No, not that I can think of.
We're just a boring family.
My brother was an average guy,
working in a computer repair shop,
saving up for grad school.
I mean, it's not impossible
he didn't die in that accident, right?
They identified the body?
Yes.
But there wasn't much left
after they put out the fire.
I know it doesn't make any sense,
but my gut says there's something here.
And I have the money to pay you.
I'll look into it.
Thank you.
Looking for ghosts now, are we?
COLTER: Maybe.
She lost her brother,
she's about ready to lose her mother.
People grieve in different ways.
So, what are we looking for, exactly?
All I know is somebody
visited the hospital.
And she immediately
jumps to dead brother?
Signed in under a fake name.
I took a look at
the handwriting. It is similar.
We've had less to go on, right?
(SCOFFS) You're telling me.
I'll try to give her some answers,
even if it's not what she wants to hear.
Okay, so, was there any video footage
from the security cameras
at the hospital?
Nah, there's no footage of
this visitor coming or going,
and there's no cameras
at the nurses' station.
And we're sure someone was there?
Just look into it, will ya?
See what Lucas was into.
Maybe there's some answers there.
Or maybe he's just dead.
Maybe. Sister said
he was coming from work
at the time of the accident.
Yeah, I'm looking into it now.
The place is called
Big Byte Computer Repair.
Huh.
That's sus.
Oh, you know something
about computer repair stores
that look like a front?
(CHUCKLES) A little bit.
Looks like the place
was broken into two days ago.
The same time Lucas supposedly
visited the hospital.
- I'll look into it.
- Well, good luck, Ghostbuster.
I'll just keep snooping on my end.
You and me light fires ♪
Rolling on an empty night ♪
Moving through the dark ♪
Watching it replace the light ♪
You with the alarm company?
- No.
- Bummer.
Been waiting all day.
Sorry, we're not taking
any more repairs today.
Here about Lucas Jones.
What about him?
He's dead.
Nine months ago.
His sister's not so sure about that.
Judging by the look
on your face, neither are you.
- Am I wrong?
- It's
weird.
What's weird?
Do you play World of Warcraft?
No.
- It's an MMORPG that basically
- I know what that is.
What's it have to do with Lucas?
A few months ago,
this player popped up online,
and they were really good.
We started chatting, and
the more we interacted,
the more I had this
uncanny feeling it was Lucas.
And I should know,
that game was kind of our thing.
- You two dated?
- Yeah.
Casual, and then not so casual,
and then he
The accident.
The player from the game,
did you ask if it was him?
(SCOFFS) No.
'Cause that would be lame.
Like, "Hey, super random,
but any chance
you're my dead boyfriend?"
Hell no.
Got it.
Tell me about the break-in. Did you, uh,
- did you see who it was?
- No.
Cameras went down right before
they smashed the glass.
- What was taken?
- Nothing we could see.
They definitely weren't here
for the furniture.
Right.
Maybe it was something else. (SIGHS)
Where was Lucas's work station?
There.
Now it's creepy Gary's.
- You mind if I?
- Go ahead.
♪
Looks like something
was taped down up there.
You have any idea what that might be?
No.
Could Lucas have turned off
the security cameras?
Yeah, but
You don't think
- You think it was him who broke in?
- I think whoever it was
was definitely hiding something here.
What about this?
Was that there two days ago?
Yeah. Why?
Hmm
Pinhole camera.
You didn't know about it?
Gary kept accusing people
of stealing his snacks.
Didn't realize he went
full surveillance state narc.
I'm assuming you have a card reader.
(INHALES)
That him?
Yeah. That's him.
That's Lucas.
He's alive.
Did you get that pinhole camera footage
I sent you? Yeah, man. Dead man walking.
What'd you find?
Well, something a little weird happened
before he died, or didn't.
He called this woman's number
a crazy amount of times
a week before his accident.
What's her name?
Stephanie Hollis.
Lucas and her went to school together.
She was actually
a pretty well-known YouTuber.
- You say "was"?
- Yeah.
She was killed five days
before his accident.
Robbery gone wrong.
That's a strange coincidence.
Mm, and after she died,
he erased all traces of her
from his cell phone;
no socials, e-mails
He wiped her from the whole system.
So, Stephanie's found dead,
and then five days later,
Lucas fakes his own death.
There's definitely a connection.
I wonder what they got into.
Well, from what I'm seeing,
Lucas doesn't seem suspicious.
Eh. I'll check the accident
report with the police.
We'll start there.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Detective Goodman.
- You Colter Shaw?
- Thanks for meeting with me.
You got five minutes.
I'm on my way to an arraignment.
What's this about?
Lucas Jones.
You were the detective
that investigated the car crash
that supposedly killed him, right?
Supposedly?
He's alive.
What are you talking about?
That's impossible. We ID'd the remains.
This is footage of him breaking into
the computer repair shop
that he used to work at,
and that was taken two days ago.
It's grainy, but it's him.
I'd like to see that.
How about a deal?
A bystander recorded
the car crash, right?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Well, you show me that,
and I'll show you this.
Okay. Deal.
GOODMAN: There you have it.
Nobody could've survived this.
Wait a second. Rewind.
Stop right there. This guy.
Look how calm he is.
Walking away from the scene,
everyone else is walking towards it.
All that commotion around him,
he's not reacting to anything.
So what are you saying?
I think he knew the crash
was gonna happen.
I think Lucas staged it,
and I think
this guy helped him.
Lucas was no Bond villain.
Even if he survived the crash,
there's no way he would've
survived the fire.
Yeah? What if he wasn't in the car?
We found human remains.
The coroner matched dental records.
Yeah. I'm telling you,
this guy knows something.
- It's a good place to start.
- (PHONE CAMERA CLICKS)
One hell of a story, Mr. Shaw.
Why don't you watch this,
and then we'll talk?
I will.
- Let me know if you find anything else.
- Will do.
- Thank you, Detective.
- Mm.
Were you able to ID the guy
from the accident footage?
BOBBY (OVER PHONE):
There were no matches
on the facial recognition software.
Scrubbed it front to back.
So a dead end?
Colter, come on. It's me.
I was able to follow him to his car
using cameras in the area.
Lots of neighbors with security.
License plate?
Ding, ding, ding.
Registered to his business.
He's the owner of
a third-generation bodega
in Chinatown with his wife.
Give me an address?
(DOOR BELLS JINGLE)
Hello?
Hello?
♪
(HINGES CREAK)
♪
♪
(CREAKING)
Who the hell are you?
Colter Shaw.
I'm not a threat.
ID.
Back pocket?
I'm not here to hurt you.
I was hired to find Lucas Jones.
That's your husband out there?
Looks like you, uh,
help people create
new identities, right?
Someone's in trouble, they come to you.
You give them a fresh start.
Did you help Lucas?
He's back.
Paid a visit to his dying mother.
He's been communicating
with his ex-girlfriend online.
I'm guessing this isn't ideal behavior
for any of your clients.
I don't know what the hell
you're talking about.
You disappear people, right?
That's your business?
I find people.
We're two sides of the same coin.
I can help you find who did that.
You think the people
who shot my husband
were looking for Lucas?
Have you had any other breaches?
No.
It could be a coincidence.
I just find in my line of work,
those come few and far between.
I'm Barbie.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
I'm so sorry.
He was a good man.
Someone probably
heard the gunshot that killed him.
Police are probably on their way.
I'm sure you have information here
- that you don't want compromised.
- One minute.
I'll going to kill the people
who did this.
You sure about this?
My husband and I discussed this.
You must burn down the old life
in order to start a new one.
Come on.
Let's get out of here.
Grab your bag, let's go!
(SIREN WAILING)
Thank you.
You want to talk about your husband?
(SIGHS) I grew up in this business.
It's all I ever knew.
But Philip?
I roped him into it.
So what's next?
Start over. Something I'm good at.
And how does it work, exactly?
You, uh
you fake someone's death,
give 'em a new identity?
It's not always death.
There are different package options.
Sometimes a disappearance is enough.
Others want more certainty.
And the bodies?
The human remains found in
Lucas's car after the accident?
Do you have a coroner on payroll?
Trade secret.
Are there others in your network
helping to cover the tracks?
Is there a point to this
line of questioning?
Maybe.
How did Lucas know where to find you?
When people come to us,
they are out of choices.
When you're desperate enough,
you know where to look.
And you've never had anybody
come back like this?
I pre-screen our clients.
I know who's gonna break under pressure.
You didn't think Lucas would?
No.
He was scared. It was life or death.
He was working with a woman
Stephanie Hollis.
She died in a robbery.
Did you disappear her, too?
No. Never heard of her.
Maybe
Maybe Lucas found something.
Something he thought
other people should know about.
Shared it with Stephanie
because she has an audience.
Stephanie gets silenced,
Lucas figures he's next.
Did he tell you
what he was running from?
No. We make it a point not to ask.
Just offer a service.
But he knew the rules.
The risks of resurfacing.
My husband's blood is on Lucas's hands.
I'm going to help you find out
who's responsible
for killing your husband.
I'm very good at what I do.
But I need you to trust me.
As long as you understand what
I'm gonna do when I find them.
We'll deal with that later.
Right now, we have to move quickly.
What was Lucas's new alias?
Isaac Newton.
Are you serious?
Makes it impossible to Google him.
Smart.
And there's no way
your husband gives up that name?
He would never break.
No matter what they did to him.
That's why they had to kill him.
(PHONE BUZZING)
Be one second.
Bobby, what do you got?
Well, looked into
Stephanie's YouTube account.
Found some video of her teasing
some big political scandal.
She was killed before she could post it.
She also mentions some secret source,
but she doesn't mention who.
That's got to be Lucas.
So, maybe maybe he found something
on a laptop he was repairing,
shared it with her?
Yeah, I thought that, too,
but cross-referenced
his appointment logs,
and I don't see anybody
in politics on the books.
I don't think anyone
would bring their laptop in
if they knew there was
incriminating evidence on it.
It's probably a a family
member, maybe an employee?
Okay. Looking into it.
(WOMEN LAUGHING)
Oh, wow. Good call, Colter.
Yeah, I got a credit card receipt here.
Lucas restored the crashed hard drive
for the personal assistant
of Tim Crosby.
Who's that?
Uh, some bigwig real estate developer.
Oh, rumor has it
he's running for mayor, so,
sounds like he fits the bill.
Sure does. All right, so,
an assistant brings
their boss's crashed hard drive
in for service,
doesn't know what's on it.
Lucas finds it,
shares it with Stephanie,
because Stephanie's into politics.
She decides to break it, pokes the bear.
Lucas's digital trail
is pretty easy to follow,
so he would have known he was next.
Yeah.
And Crosby didn't kill Stephanie
on his own. He had help.
Maybe Lucas made a copy
of what he found,
put it on a flash drive
back at the repair shop.
He's trying
to barter his way out of this.
(SCOFFS) Risky.
He's desperate. Do me a favor.
Run an alias for me, will you?
Hit me with it.
Isaac Newton.
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
Un-Googleable. That's smart.
But also pretty noticeable
on a hotel reservation, so,
gonna see if he's checked in anywhere.
Here we go.
An Isaac Newton checked into
a Ridgewood Palace on Wednesday.
Room number's 126.
Nice work, Bobby.
What's the plan?
Uh, working on it.
Keep you posted.
Think I figured out a way
for you to get your retribution.
(PHONE RINGING NEARBY)
COLTER: Detective, thank you for coming.
- You sure about this?
- It's him.
Checked in under his alias.
Guy at the front desk says
he's still upstairs. Come on.
Why go to all this trouble to disappear?
You got any leads on
who he's running from?
No.
All I know is
he needed police protection.
Come on.
(TWO GUNSHOTS)
(THUDDING)
(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)
(HORNS HONKING, TRAFFIC PASSING)
It's Lucas.
He's dead.
(SIREN WHOOPS)
(INDISTINCT RADIO TRANSMISSION)
(ENGINE STARTS)
You went through his pockets.
You find anything?
No. Empty.
Not even a wallet.
Looks like they robbed him
before they killed him.
Thanks for your help, Mr. Shaw.
Police can take it from here.
We'll get some justice for the family.
Justice would be nice.
Yeah.
(SIREN WAILING)
(INDISTINCT RADIO TRANSMISSION)
(LINE RINGING)
MAN: Hello?
It's me.
Lucas is dead.
You sure?
Yeah. Checked the body myself.
This your guys?
Haven't heard from anyone,
but they were on his trail.
'Cause if it was someone else
Sit tight. Let me make some calls.
Jai's. I'll meet you in half an hour.
You get all that?
Sure did.
How'd you know the detective was dirty?
When someone beat me to the bodega,
I figured whoever it was,
we were following the same clue trail.
The detective and I had the same lead.
And then when we found out
that Crosby was involved
Does seem like the type of guy
to have a cop in his pocket.
It was a hunch.
Now we got the proof.
Did you see
what's on Lucas's flash drive?
I thought it was just a sex tape,
but, oof, that turned quick.
Yeah. Some things you can't unsee.
♪
(UNZIPPING)
(EXHALING)
Drugs wearing off?
Uh, I think. Yeah.
(SNIFFLES) Mm-hmm.
My husband is dead because of you.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, I
I never meant for any of that to happen.
I should kill you.
♪
It wasn't my guys.
Someone else killed Lucas.
Who else wanted him dead?
Don't know. Don't care.
Far as I'm concerned, problem solved.
What problem would that be, Mr. Crosby?
Shaw.
So, what's the arrangement
between you two?
You pay her, she covers up your crimes?
I don't know what you're talking about.
COLTER: Oh, I've seen some
very interesting footage on you.
Now, I wouldn't want to describe it,
but I can understand why
you'd kill to keep it hidden.
(EXHALES)
Mr. Crosby is developing
a housing project in the area.
We were meeting to discuss permitting.
COLTER: You sure?
You weren't just discussing
all the bodies
you left in your wake?
I don't know what you're talking about.
I'll show you.
Stop! Police!
- Hand off your weapon!
- (QUIET CLAMORING)
What? Are you gonna shoot me now?
Get on the ground!
Lot of witnesses here, Detective.
I'm reaching with my offhand.
Drop your weapon.
I don't have a weapon.
This is better than a weapon.
This here is the reason
you killed all those people.
Stephanie Hollis, Philip Lee,
- Lucas Jones
- We had nothing to do with Lucas Jones.
COLTER: But the other two.
You had your hand in that, didn't you?
FBI. Drop your weapon.
AGENT 2: Don't move. Hands in the air.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be used
against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford a lawyer,
one will be provided for you.
(HANDCUFFS CLICK)
- Let's go.
- (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Guess we got that justice
after all, didn't we?
Had to see it for yourself?
That's not gonna bring back my husband.
But it does feel good.
Thank you.
("VICIOUS" BY LOU REED PLAYING)
You ever want a job disappearing people,
I've got one for you.
I think I'll stick to finding them.
Vicious ♪
You hit me with a flower ♪
You do it every hour ♪
Oh, baby, you're so vicious ♪
Vicious ♪
You want me to hit you with a stick ♪
(COLTER KNOCKS)
But all I've got's a guitar pick ♪
- He looks pretty good for a dead guy.
- COLTER: Yeah.
He's happy to be home.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
How you holding up?
Glad I can be here.
Spend as much time with her as I can.
I never meant for anyone to get hurt.
You're gonna have
to make peace with that.
The good news is Crosby and
everyone that was helping him,
they're all going to prison.
Kind of person that I want to meet ♪
Oh, babe ♪
Thank you.
Wouldn't be here without you.
Glad I could help.
I know how impossible it seemed
that Lucas could be alive,
but I just had this feeling.
Couldn't give up until I knew for sure.
I know that feeling.
You do?
More than you can imagine.
Take care.
That I even want to meet
'cause you're so vicious ♪
Baby, you're so vicious ♪
(PHONE BUZZING)
Keaton.
You remember that case
you asked me to look into?
Gina Picket.
I got something.
Where are you?
Outside San Francisco.
Well, I'm sending you an address.
Get your ass here as soon as possible.
(PHONE CALL BEEPS OFF)
♪
Tell me what this is all about?
You prepared to take this down the line?
All the way to hell.
Show me.
(DOOR OPENS)
(FOOTSTEPS ECHOING)
Sorry about the smell.
(GRUNTS)
(CUP CLATTERS ON FLOOR)
KEATON: Wakey, wakey.
What are you doing here?
You asked me to look into
Gina Picket. I did.
You're gonna be interested
in what he has to say.
Alex.
This here's my friend I told you about.
Tell him what you told me.
Tell him
or you're gonna get the stick.
Go on now. Start with a name.
Whales.
What do you know about Whales?
I know him from back in the day.
You're gonna have to do
better than that.
We were just kids, man.
Answer the question.
These guys are bad news,
come on (GRUNTS)
(WHIMPERING)
Hey.
Hey.
Whales?
We got into something.
Wasn't our fault.
Heavy stuff.
We didn't have a choice.
Someone make you do something?
Yeah, yeah.
You and Whales?
He had it worse than I did.
Who was it?
(SIGHS)
COLTER: I need a name.
(SIGHS)
Please, I already told you
I don't know his name.
He wanted us to call him Teacher.
Wait. Wait.
Wait.
You got to believe me.
He kept everything tight.
I don't know his real name.
No one did. It was just Teacher.
Ask Whales.
So, this Teacher
made you do things for him,
and he didn't tell you who he was.
He knew things about us.
Bad stuff. Held it over our heads.
Even the others.
You mean, there's others
besides you and Whales?
Yeah, he
he said he kept a long line of
pretty boys to do his bidding.
And what does this have to do
with Gina Picket?
SILVA: He wanted her.
I think he made Whales lure her
to some place he liked.
Where?
SILVA: I never been there,
but he called it the Farm.
Said he planted things there.
(PHONE CLICKS)
That's is Gina Picket.
Is that who you saw?
She alive?