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Previously on tracker... I know you think

I pushed dad off that cliff.

Dad. Russell, what did you do?!

I saw you there.

There was somebody else in those woods that night.

Mom, if there's something that you know about dad...

Colter, for everyone's sake, leave it be.

I got one hour before my next class.

You want to go through this now, or...?

Mom know about it? No.

I can't help but think that there's something

in that box that's connected

to what happened to dad the night he died.

Hello?

Anybody there?

Cut the crap.

I just want to see that he's okay.

The hell?

You made a big mistake, Billy boy.

Please. I just want to...

Hey, Randy,

you get anything on that number that I sent ya?

Yeah. I got it. It's registered to a David Pearson.

You run him down?

He died in 2003.

Death was ruled an apparent suicide.

That's the same year my dad died.

- What else you got? - Well, he's a scientist.

Worked at a research facility in California.

But the weird thing is, couldn't find any public grants

or any documented funding for any of his work.

Anything on his previous work?

Noth much of any digital trail, but what I did find

is that the dude used to live in Hampton, Virginia

before he moved to California. Red flag.

Hampton.

Dude gave me straight-up government vibes, man.

I mean, you know, Hampton is basically Langley,

or whatever other government super-secret organization

that can scramble your eggs good.

Or, look, the guy could've just been a lazy-ass academic,

hanging out in Hampton.

Just wanted to pick up sticks and go to Cali. I don't know.

Where'd you get the number, anyway?

Guy's not missing.

My father.

He had the number hidden in an old journal.

Just a strange thing to hide, you know?

It must have meant something to him.

Yeah. So you want me to keep digging? For now.

Yeah.

I'm headed back home to echo Ridge for a job.

Velma told me.

It's, the owner of little fork restaurant?

You about to get some home cooking?

I don't know about your mama, but when I come home,

my mama throws down.

I don't know. It's not really my mom's speed, you know?

Maybe if I'm lucky, I get some pancakes.

All right, let me know if you find out

anything more on that number, okay?

And please do me a favor. Keep this between us?

Of course, man. You got it.

Sit.

Come on. I made pancakes.

Your father did the same thing.

Standing up, looking out the window.

Pacing. Drove me crazy.

Sorry.

Long drive. Thank you.

Well, I guess the only way to get you to come visit is a job.

I wish dory'd come back and bring the kids,

you know, see where she's from.

Yeah. It's probably hard for her,

given what happened here, you know?

That was a long time ago.

Did the best I could.

You have her number.

You know, you want to talk to her, you could call her.

Have you seen her recently?

Yeah. Actually, I did.

I was driving through Wyoming,

and we saw each other for a few minutes, caught up.

Don't ask me about Russell.

You want to know how he's doing,

I have absolutely no idea what he's up to.

Yeah, nobody does.

Probably for the best.

Just good to have you back.

Actually, I got to

go meet Angela at the restaurant here in a bit. Yeah.

I saw her when I stopped in at little fork.

She was real worried about her brother bill, so I

I gave her your number, told her what you do.

I hope you don't mind. No, don't mind at all.

Gives me a chance to come home, check in on you.

I don't need to be checked in on, but I'll take it.

Do you have any idea what happened to bill?

You know, maybe he started drinking again.

That rumor spread, and the whole town's talking about it.

Yeah. Yeah, I know how this place works.

Well, it's not the same place.

Folks from the city have started moving in.

Echo Ridge is changing.

Change can be good.

Not this kind.

You know, the sheriff busted a meth cookhouse

down by the old Sawyer place last month.

Things used to be.

I don't know... Simpler here.

Sounds like you and I remember this place a little differently.

I told Angela that you'd find him.

Here if you need me,

but you probably know this place better than anybody.

Yeah.

I got to go meet her. Thank you for this.

Hey, I'm doing laundry today,

so leave me whatever you need washed.

Thank you for that, but I'm fine.

I can do my own laundry.

I know you can. Doesn't mean I can't help out.

I don't get to do mom things for you very often.

Just let me have this.

My laundry. Okay, thank you.

I-I appreciate it.

Angela.

Thanks for coming so fast, colter. Yeah.

We've, closed the restaurant since bill's been missing.

Little fork closing.

It's like closing a church around here... never happens.

I know it.

Times are changing, I guess.

Come on in. Yeah.

Place still looks pretty good.

That's nice of you to say.

Truth is, we've tried to keep up,

but everything gets a little older and breaks

a little more often. Coffee?

Black, please. Thank you.

You got rid of the old jukebox.

Yeah, lost that fight.

But bill's always doing what he can to bring in new business.

Hell, we've got an impossible burger on the menu now,

for the new folks in town.

We also took out the old video games in the corner.

I noticed that.

I remember I used to beg my dad for quarters so I could play.

He used to say it was brain rot.

Never stopped your brother Russell.

He used to steal my tips

off the counter to get quarters

and sugar packs to make his coke extra sweet.

Probably still does that.

Tell me what happened the night bill disappeared.

Anything strange, out of the ordinary?

My mother mentioned he might be drinking again.

That's just gossip.

He was still going to meetings

twice a week in the church basement.

Trust me.

I go with him.

No way bill fell off the wagon.

People in this town like to talk.

Whatever you tell me

is just gonna stay between the two of us.

What do you think happened?

Bill was obsessing about this man and a kid

that came through the restaurant about six months ago.

This kid... couldn't have been more than 11 or 12

poor thing looked a mess.

Did you get a name? Chris mccain.

Bill found that out after.

He'd been looking into what happened to him.

Okay. Tell me about that night.

The guy with him... nobody'd seen him before.

Got some real creepy vibes off the way

he was looking around the place, treating that kid.

You'll eat when I'm done.

You think he had the kid here against his will?

He didn't try to run off, but he had this

broken look to him, like he was scared of the guy.

I'm going to the can.

Don't talk to anybody.

You okay, son?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Is that your dad?

You sure everything's okay?

Yes, sir. I'm fine.

That fresh, Pedro?

Right out of the oven.

We make the best peach pie in the whole state.

There.

Look at that.

There you go.

I don't have any money.

Hey, what's that?

No. Come here. Right there.

Look at that.

You had a silver dollar right in your ear.

I know you're a little old for that one,

but the only magic trick I know.

The pie's on the house.

And you keep the silver dollar.

Thank you, sir.

Son, if you're in any kind of trouble,

you just tell me, okay?

I didn't order any pie.

I sure ain't paying for it. No.

No, no charge. That's on me.

So, you live around here?

Mind your own business, old man.

How do you two know each other?

You all right there, Pedro?

Yeah, all good.

Hey, folks, I'm sorry. Is everybody okay?

The guy must have drug Chris out of here fast.

Did you get a name off a credit card, maybe,

or a-a description of the car?

- Paid with cash. - Never saw his car.

Bill looked for 'em in the parking lot, but nothing.

Bill searched chat rooms,

missing children boards, police, everything.

Finally, he learned

that Chris had been taken from outside San Francisco.

"Lured away" was how he put it.

And this is the last place anyone saw him?

Far as we know. Yeah.

Bill blamed himself.

Said he should have done something.

That's why he kept looking.

Did bill find anything?

Said he thought he saw the guy.

Here in echo Ridge? Yeah. About a week ago.

He even started talking about hiring a private investigator.

We don't have the money for that kind of thing.

We had words about it.

And this was two days ago? Yeah.

I have no idea where he went after he left here.

I'm gonna do everything I can to find him.

Yeah.

What's good, c?

Randy clue you in?

He did. Bill Weaver. Go on.

Left his work in his truck a couple of days ago.

Trying to figure out where he might have gone.

What's up, Colt?

He make any text messages

or, phone calls after he left work?

Checking his phone records now.

I don't see anything suspicious.

Can you trace his last location?

Ooh, you know what you should do?

You should reverse-GPS off the cell tower.

If you let me cook...

Okay, I got where he's been up until his phone went offline.

Sending it to you now.

Okay, yeah. I know where this place is.

There's no cell service up there.

Thanks, guys. I got what I needed.

We got company.

No need to do anything stupid.

Too late. You walked up on us, brother.

Catching fed vibes?

You're poaching timber on federal land. I'm

I'm not here about that. I don't care.

I'm out here looking for bill Weaver.

He owns the restaurant, everybody knows him.

Drop it, Fitz. Leave him for me.

I said git!

Colter freaking Shaw.

How long's it been? Been too long.

Good to see you, Joe. Get over here.

What the hell you doing back in echo Ridge?

I'm here on a job, you know?

What's that? Picking a fight with my crew?

I had that handled.

Yeah, sure you did.

Well, you're looking good. Come on.

I'm growing sideways, and we both know it, jackass.

Come on. I got coffee at my tent.

You can tell me about this job.

Sounds good.

Sorry about the boys.

Just got a little jumpy with you walking up on 'em like that.

I get it.

Still poaching, though, I suppose? Don't judge.

I know how it is, I do.

Actually, um, you know, my dad and I used to come up here

and cut firewood when I was a kid.

Yeah? He called it... What did he say?

"Borrowing government resources."

That sounds like him.

Yeah. No, we just take the dead fall.

Ain't nobody gonna miss that. Yeah.

I see your mom from time to time.

She doing okay?

Yeah. You know, she's stubborn,

just doesn't want to leave echo Ridge.

Hell, I'm still here.

I ain't going nowhere, either.

Doesn't matter what kind of riffraff rolls in.

Same thing my mom said.

Yeah, but... But it's more than that.

What do you mean?

Like when you were here, if a neighbor needed help,

they'd be a lineup of people ready to do it.

Now? People just keep to themselves.

Like they're-they're scared of each other or something.

It's like at some point, when we weren't looking,

a darkness seeped in.

Maybe it was always here,

we just weren't paying attention.

Could be.

Anyway, tell me about this job.

Yeah, bill Weaver has gone missing.

And apparently, he was obsessed

with finding this kid who had gone missing,

and his last known location was right here.

Yeah, he was here two days ago.

Got into it with one of my crew. Wouldn't mind talking to him.

Yeah, you bet. Yeah. Yeah?

Hey, Pedro? Yeah, boss.

This is colter Shaw.

His family's living on the south Ridge for a long time.

He's a friend. I heard

you got into it with bill Weaver the other night. That true?

You can trust him.

Yeah, he came up here wanting to talk about something

that happened back when I worked for him.

Was it back when that missing kid showed up at his restaurant?

Yeah, he came up here talking crazy

when I wouldn't return his calls.

So, what did he want from you?

Wanted me to help him.

Got mad when I said I wasn't gonna get involved.

And why didn't you want to help him?

Bill said he saw the guy he was looking for with Ronnie yates.

Okay.

Need a little context here.

Who-who's Ronny yates?

Yates runs muscle

and distribution for a meth operation.

Counties... they cook up the meth,

they need somebody to push it.

That's yates.

I hear he's got ties to the Aryan brotherhood.

He is a heavy dude.

Told bill he was crazy.

I wasn't touching it.

And he, said he'd take care of it and took off.

And that's the last you heard from him?

Yeah. Tried calling him that night.

Straight to voicemail.

So, bill thought the guy he was looking for had ties to yates?

Yeah. Where is yates?

Whoa. No, no, no, no, brother.

Yates is not the kind of guy you just roll up on.

I'll leave your name out of it. It's best to tell me

where he is if you know.

All right.

You know that old pizza place, timberline?

Yates is seeing a girl that works there.

But I'm telling you, if you go in there asking questions,

it is not gonna go well.

Depends on how you ask.

Ronnie yates?

Yeah.

You have no idea what a big mistake you're making.

I'll take my chances.

Just want to talk.

Well, you got the gun.

Bill Weaver.

What about him? He come see you?

Lot of people come to see me. Lot of people disappear

that come see you? Because he's missing.

Well, that's not my problem.

It will be your problem if I find out

you have anything to do with it.

I don't.

There's a guy bill was looking for.

Took this kid right here.

Is that your thing?

Kidnapping children?

Careful. I ain't into that.

Just slinging meth is all?

Yeah. Do what I got to do.

Why don't you just give me a name?

Who was bill looking for?

Stays between you and me.

Murphy. Carl Murphy.

He work for you? Little bit here and there.

But he's not one of my crew.

What's he do for you?

Sometimes we use him

to freelance loads down into Bakersfield.

Drives a long-haul. He's a trucker?

Yeah.

Did you tell him bill was asking around about him?

Yeah. Didn't ask what about.

Just the fact that the old man's running around asking questions.

It's not the sort of heat that I need.

But if Murphy is dealing kids.

I'm gonna find him myself.

I'd appreciate it if you'd just stay out of it.

Or what? Or maybe I come pay you another visit.

Your call.

Hey. Hey.

Just got this. I know it's getting real cold in here, okay?

You are too sweet to me. Thank you. Okay.

But you don't have to take care of me, okay? I'm good.

Are you really? Yes.

I'm just looking into this name colter gave us,

and he is not so good. Well,

colter'll take care of it. He always does.

You have something else you want to say?

Hey, sharf called again, and he's being really persistent.

Are you gonna call him back?

Eventually. I'm just, you know, a little busy

with Elliott recuperating and work stuff, so

I get it. You've been through a lot.

Just know I'm here if you need anything, okay?

I know. Thank you. All right.

Sharf can wait.

I just need some space to think things out.

It's colter.

- Hey. - Hey.

You find anything on this Murphy?

Yeah. I've got his file pulled up right here.

And?

And I checked the vicap criminal database.

He's a registered sex offender.

So he's not working for a big trucking company?

Exactly. He's licensed as an independent commercial driver.

Means he doesn't have to report his routes to dispatch.

This is a perfect setup for someone to kidnap a kid

and then disappear before anyone knows what the hell is going on.

That is so dark.

I looked up some home addresses.

Nothing in echo Ridge.

Any family there?

His father owned property just outside of echo Ridge,

but he's been dead six years.

Send me the address.

Got it.

Hey, c.

Did you get my text?

Yeah. We're looking at them now.

Wish we weren't. Where'd you get these?

Pictures came from Murphy's trailer.

Murphy's the guy bill was looking for.

We need to run a search on these kids, man.

I'm already running it.

Damn.

This is a horror show.

All of them are hitting.

Some kids are coming up as runaways,

but mostly it's just desperate posts of parents

not knowing what happened to their kid.

And they're from all over the country.

This Murphy was involved in some sort

of child trafficking network.

And wasn't working alone.

Any sign of bill at his place?

No. I think he spooked him. He took off.

There were definitely kids here recently.

This is some sort of a... A stash house.

I think he's trying to ditch all the kids he has.

I found pills here,

which leads me to believe he's drugging them to move them.

I need to figure out where.

Okay. How do we find him?

I sent you a photo of a receipt

with a cell phone on it, can you trace it?

Looks like a burner.

Give me some time. I'll find a location.

Thanks, Bobby.

Officer pickens. Long time. Sheriff pickens, now.

Didn't think I'd see you back.

Heard you've been running around chasing rewards.

Back in town to help Angela.

Well, quite the mess you found, Shaw.

I got an apb out on Murphy.

I think bill flushed him out

and that's what got him killed.

Does Angela know yet?

Yeah, I told her. Tough phone call.

I'll make sure to swing by and check in on her.

By the looks of the photos in his trailer,

Murphy was part of a child trafficking ring.

Yeah. I don't think he's working alone.

My fear is that he's trying to off-load these remaining kids,

so we need to move fast. I got some feds coming in.

I'll let you know when we find something.

Thank you, sheriff. Yeah.

Hey, colter.

I found bill. It's not good.

Is he dead?

Yeah.

Yeah, he stumbled onto something pretty dark.

Angela's gonna be crushed.

Name Carl Murphy mean anything to you?

No, doesn't ring a bell. Why?

Found one of dad's carvings in his trailer.

You have any idea how it might've gotten there?

What is this about, colter?

Just trying to make sense of what's going on out here.

These people aren't the... They're not the kind of people

that dad would've associated with.

There was a lot about your father I had no clue about.

I don't want you leaping to conclusions.

Whatever happened to bill has nothing to do with our family.

Yeah.

Were you gonna tell me about this box

you have in the airstream?

Dory was holding on to it and she passed it over to me.

You didn't think to tell me about it?

I would've if there was anything to tell.

Right? You went through it,

there's-there's nothing in there.

It's just a box full of junk.

God, why can't you let this go?

Because there's something more to it.

Or maybe there's nothing.

Sorry, I'm-I'm getting another call, mom. I got to go.

Don't... don't you do this.

It's about the job, mom, I got to go.

All right, go.

But when you get back, we have to have a talk.

Yeah, I know.

Bobby, you got a location?

Got it.

He pulled off at exit 313.

Sending you a location.

Got it.

All right, looks like there's nothing out there

but an old farm.

One way in, one way out.

My guess is I'm gonna encounter some resistance.

Bro, this is not the kind of place

you want to go without backup.

I'll figure something out. Thanks, Bobby.

What'd I tell you about crying?

That's a good boy. We're gonna go soon.

Get you some place safe.

Then you can cry all you want.

Hell, maybe even your new daddy'll like it.

Thanks for coming.

Said you needed help catching a pedo.

Didn't have to ask me twice.

I don't know what we're gonna find.

Murphy's definitely in there somewhere.

He's probably not alone.

Okay.

Come on. I know a back way in.

Holy crap.

Hey.

You didn't learn that in echo Ridge.

Tie him up.

Hey. It's okay.

You're safe now. We're here to help.

You here alone? No, they-they took Paul.

Where did they take Paul?

The barn, I think.

What for?

I don't know.

He's my friend Joe, he's gonna stay with you.

I'm not gonna let anything happen to you, buddy.

Call the police. I'm headed to the barn.

'Kay.

It's gonna be okay. The cops are coming.

Okay.

Shh.

See?

Told I wouldn't let anything happen to you.

I don't want to go.

Shut up. It's gonna be fine.

Shoot that guy!

You okay?

Police are on their way.

Get back to the house.

Where are the rest of the kids you took?

Chris mccain.

Bill was trying to help him, so you killed him for it.

You got a knife?

Yep.

This is my friend Joe.

Every time you don't answer my question,

he's gonna take a finger.

Where is he?

Cut him.

Okay, okay. Stop. Stop.

Stop.

Ennis, Texas.

That's where the kids get sent.

I'll tell you everything. Just let me go.

So, bill was right all along, wasn't he?

The kid, Chris mccain, they found him.

Found six other kids.

Now they're all back

with their families because of bill.

It would've meant a lot to him.

Clear!

On the ground.

All clear!

Found them! They're here.

You're gonna be okay.

You're safe now.

Can I make you something to eat?

One last meal on the house?

I can't.

Got to take care of something.

I'll tell you everything, just let me go.

No, we're not done.

Look at this.

Where'd you get this?

I don't know.

Yeah? Look at that.

You think long and hard. Where'd you get this?

Tell me.

My uncle gave it to me.

Give me a name.

Name!

Ain't no hour to be knocking on a man's door.

I'd be within my rights to shoot you.

Carl Murphy's uncle?

Got nothing to do with him

or any trouble he got himself into.

I'm not here about that.

How about you give me a name?

Colter Shaw.

Ashton's boy?

Yeah... I see it.

Hell.

Come in.

Have a seat.

You got a question?

Go on. Ask.

Found this in your nephew's trailer.

Told me you gave it to him.

My father carved that.

I know.

Did you know him?

I did.

Back in the day.

Your father didn't like people poking around his business.

And he was smart as all get-out.

So there's nothing you could pull over on him.

Well, the county asked me to run power

up that Ridge your family lived on.

Your father didn't want that.

I was just doing my job, so

I gave it right back to him.

I don't know, maybe he respected that.

We got to talking, one thing leads to another,

and I helped him install that wind turbine

so he could have power off the grid.

I don't remember you.

The turbine, yeah.

He taught me how to check the leads for rat damage.

Used to give me a dollar for every one I killed.

Yeah. That was your old man.

He had a lot of ideas, crazy ones.

We got along okay.

I helped keep the county off his back.

And one night we were talking.

I told him I liked these carvings he was making,

and he threw one at me.

'Course, it came with a lecture on wolves...

But that's not why you're here, is it?

No, it's not.

The accident.

I've spent most of my life trying to figure out

what happened that night.

Your father had a lot of enemies.

My brother said there was someone else in the woods

that night my father went over the cliff.

That was you?

It was you in the woods that night, say it.

Say it.

I was.

You throw my dad off that cliff?

I did.

This have something to do with the government?

I found a phone number.

Belonged to a scientist from Langley.

I didn't work for the feds.

I was just a lineman.

Why?

Because she asked for my help.

Who asked for your help?

Your mother.

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