All language subtitles for Tracker 02x19 Rules of the Game [2025-05-04 20-00] uswcbs HQ

previously on tracker i think i found
what you might be looking for on sheldon

grimes good i take it we need delivered
yeah so far i had a good feeling about

her your friend elliot came through with
that recommendation elliot i totally

lost track of time get a big new client
we're figuring about dinner with your

boyfriend the turnicorp we're still in
stealth mode and grimes is a part of

hey dory who would have thought my baby
sister is a physics expert

Seven years. Don't you think if this is
true, it's strange that mom never told

us any of this? Last year when my mom
passed away, there was this file box.

then I realized it belonged to your
father.

Why would she have something like that?

I asked myself the same thing.

You still have that box? Maybe there's
something in there about what he was

doing. I didn't know what to do with it,
so I called Dory and she had me send it

to her.

Dory has it?

Yeah.

You know, you could have stayed at my
house. I have a guest room. Oh, that's

right. It's a quick little trip. That's
where I can leave when I need to.

Mm, right. Yes, your brand.

My brand? I didn't realize I had a
brand, but, no, this place is great.

Look, I got everything I need right
here.

Do you?

You don't like my place.

Um... Okay. I was just driving through,
wanted to see my little sister and get

some insults. Yeah, no, it's stunning.
It's a stunning place.

Just stay for dinner, then, okay?

Sure. Sure.

Great. I got one hour before my next
class.

You want to go through this now, or are
you waiting until I leave?

Kept it safe for you. I was waiting for
your phone call.

Did you go through it?

Yes.

There's a lot of research, notes, but
there's no smoking gun.

Mom know about it? No.

I mean, you can go ahead and tell her,
but I didn't want to do that.

His work on zero -point energy, though,
it's way ahead of the curve. Are you on

to something?

I don't know. It was a long time ago.

Maybe. Colter's dad was a genius, but he
was kind of losing his mind at the end

there. Yeah.

Humberg is always talking about people
trying to steal his ideas.

Maybe that's why he gave the box to
Lizzie's mom. Yeah, that or the affair

were having.

I just want to be clear about that part
of it.

Yes, she was working on material
sciences, so maybe.

Lizzie said that her mother and her dad
got into a fight the night that he

dropped the box off.

Now I'm thinking maybe it's because he
was pressuring her to do something with

it, because he had lost his academic
credibility.

Yeah, that's possible.

I can't help but think that there's
something in that box that's connected

what happened to Dad the night he died.

A while back, Russell and I ran into
this government spook.

We know an awful lot about Dad.

A lot.

But what if Dad wasn't paranoid? What if
his research got him killed?

I mean, I'm sure Dad made a lot of
enemies over the years, yeah.

Yeah. Thanks for bringing it.

If you need help with any of the sciency
stuff, let me know, okay? Thank you.

Let me grab this real quick.

Annie, what's up?

Do you remember Leo Scharf?

Your client?

Yeah.

His assistant, Francie, has gone
missing.

How soon can he get to Seattle?

Seattle? I could be there tonight.

Yeah.

So I have to, uh... Nope, you gotta go.

You got it.

Look, just... do not obsess over this.
Don't pick up where Dad left off.

We know how that ends.

Okay?

Good to see you.

Colter. Hey.

Came as quick as I could. Thanks for
coming. Sheriff will pay your fee.

Tell me about the assistant.

Francie Butler.

She's been missing since at least 7 a
.m. this morning.

From this hotel?

Yeah. Sheriff's new company, Laterna
Corp., is launching tomorrow. We've been

holed up in here working nonstop for 70
hours.

Police? No. You were my first call.
Sheriff doesn't really want to go there

I've got a lot riding on this launch.

Okay. When was the last time anyone saw
or heard from her? I called her at

midnight. Francie said she was making
edits to my keynote speech.

We'd arranged to go over in the morning.
I called nothing, so I knocked, and she

never answered the door. I was with him.

Security let us in.

Okay. This balcony door here, was it
open like this?

The room is exactly how we found it.

And her phone and purse are still here.

Yeah.

Did she go through it?

No.

So she has your cholesterol medication
in the purse.

It's...

Interesting. What exactly does she do
for you? Everything.

Literally. I mean, she's on call 24 -7.
If I need anything, I ask her. And I

managed to look at the hallway
surveillance footage. I made up a story

missing wallet. Said we needed to know
if hotel staff had entered the room.

smart. You see anything? No one came in
or out after midnight.

Okay.

So she went through here, right?

And why the hell would she do that, huh?
Two stories up.

She runs away. She takes the fire escape
down. She leaves her phone, her purse.

Any idea why?

No, no. It doesn't make any sense.

I have to ask, your relationship,
anything more than professional?

No, absolutely not.

I'm a lot of things, but I'm not that
guy.

Arguments recently, anything like that?
Little disagreements here and there, but

nothing unusual.

Colter, I spent a lot of time with him
over the past couple of days.

If she had a problem with Leo, I think I
would have known about it.

Tell me about this company launch.

It's been very stressful, but they
always are.

Yeah, Francie never gets rattled. She
always focuses on the details.

What do you think happened? Someone's
trying to screw up this launch.

So you think maybe a competitor took
her? Francie knows a lot of proprietary

information. She's crucial to the whole
process.

That's an alert Francie sent for
priority emails that I get.

All messages to this email are encrypted
and secure.

There's an attachment.

Open it.

That's Francie.

Listen carefully.

If you do not follow these rules, I will
die.

One, no cops.

Two, do not try to find me.

Three,

you have exactly one hour to transfer $5
million to this account.

No, I said I need it now.

No, no, that doesn't help me.

YDR Bank can't transfer that amount of
money. There's not enough time. They

security measures.

They start asking questions.

Of course.

Are we sure paying the ransom is the
right move?

What choice do I have? Call their bluff?

That timeline's intentional. You know,
they're trying to take away your

Five million cash is not going to be
easy, but let me try something.

Bobby, what do you got? Whoever sent
that email tried masking the IP address

through Tor, but it finally cracked it.

Sending you the address now.

Got it. See, that place is 35 minutes
away from you and you only got 33

left.

Sharp make a transfer? He still needs
more time. We don't have time. Can you

to Francie? I'm working on it, Rainey.
I'll call you back.

I got here before the timer went off.

They were never going to hand over
Francie.

What the hell did that mean?

It means it wouldn't have mattered if
you got the ransom money or not.

I don't understand.

Did they kill Francie?

I got a bullet here.

No tissue, no blood. If it had hit her,
there'd be something on it.

So she's still alive.

What the hell are they doing?

They're trying to scare me and drag this
out so they can bleed me dry with

increased ransom demand. This whole
thing's a setup.

That we need to call the FBI before they
reach out with more demands. If they

find out we brought in the FBI, they'll
kill her and we'll never hear from them

again. This is more than just a simple
corporate kidnapping.

Then what do you think it is?

This is personal.

Do you think of anyone who would want to
do this to you?

Disgraceful employees, enemies, I need a
list. That's a long list.

There's a lot of people who have it out
for me. What if it's Sheldon Grimes?

He was one of the founders of Laterna.

Leo asked him to resign last week.

When was the last time you talked to
him?

Not since I asked him to leave.

I saw a sign.

Ficus Grove Developments. Is he
connected to that in any way?

He was one of the investors.

He's probably trying to destroy the
launch of Laterna Corp. Grimes went

a nasty divorce last year when all
scorched earth on his ex. Needless to

is very vindictive.

He's our guy.

Where does he live?

Downtown.

Alone in a townhouse.

Send me an address.

I'm going to pay him a visit.

Colter, did you find Grimes?

No, he's not here. Looks like he left in
a hurry, though. Cell phone's still

here. He own any other property?

Only the investment in Ficus Grove, but
no other homes.

I need to find a way to keep him,
Francie. I'll talk to you later.

Okay.

Hey, come in.

Something to take the edge off?

No, no, no, I'm good. One of us needs to
keep a clear head.

You sound like Francie.

You need to cancel the launch.

Leo, okay, if people find out about
Francie's kidnapping, it could be

disastrous.

I figured that would be your advice.

Okay, for the record, my advice was to
not confront Grimes when you did.

What's done is done.

I don't even know why you pay me if
you're just going to ignore my opinion.

There was never going to be a good time
to confront Grimes, and you know that.

Okay. Better just to rip the Band -Aid
off. He was beginning to suspect. You

couldn't let him fly to Dusseldorf like
he was supposed to and then drop the

bomb then. It was important for me to do
it in person.

We've known each other a long time. I
owed him that at least. You know what? I

might have that drink.

The most important thing now is to get
Francie back safe.

I couldn't agree more.

If we cancel the launch, we have to give
a reason.

We can't mention Francie.

You have a plan?

Blame the chip manufacturer.

A flaw in the latest batch that you
found. It makes Letourne seem

And that should be the least of your
concerns right now.

Because if word gets out that you just
went ahead with the launch when your

assistant was being held hostage, come
on.

That is a PR nightmare for a brand new
company with skittish investors.

Please.

That's Elliot.

He's here to see me. I gotta go.

Cancel the launch, Leo.

Make the announcement.

Coulter. I'm at Grimes' townhome looking
at a bunch of photos. One of you two

standing in front of a yacht. That ring
a bell?

Yeah, we used to take it out for a
weekend and have brainstorming sessions.

Where's the Keep It Docked?

Westside Marina.

It had a funky name, like the seagull.

No, the pelican.

Why, you think he's there?

I think he might be. Looks like it meant
something to him.

All right, I'm gonna go check it out.

I'm so glad you're here.

Yeah, hey.

It's going to be all right.

What's happening with Francie is partly
my fault.

Why?

Because you dug up dirt on Grimes? Come
on. I mean, you could blame me, too,

since I referred you to Scharf.

You know why he wanted leverage, don't
you?

Scharf asked me to draft up a new
shareholder agreement to remove Grimes'

from the company.

Not the first lawyer to do something
like that. Yeah, but I dug into Grimes'

personal life to get leverage for
Scharf.

Been there, done that.

Elliot, you don't understand.

It was after I asked Sharp for a favor.

I used his helicopter to rescue Coulter.

So you, you owed him?

I mean, I let him hold it over any
objections that I might have had. Hey,

hey, hey.

You know the gig, right?

We're not here to morally judge our
clients.

I know that. It's just that Francis'
life is at stake now.

They ever tell you about Jeremy and the
knife?

No. I never told you about that. It was
an old case I worked on.

Jeremy was the teenage son of this
really big client at our firm, and a

accused him of breaking into her house,
threatening her with a hunting knife.

Now, Jeremy's father, our client, he
said the whole thing was completely

This woman was an alcoholic, and she was
trying to get back at him for rejecting

her advances.

Yeah, okay. I got the case dismissed.

I felt really nice, too, because Jeremy,
Jeremy was the sweetest kid.

So... Two years later, after he moved,
Jeremy was convicted of murdering the

young mother who lived next door.

He stabbed her to death with a hunting
knife.

Elliot, that's a horrible story. It's a
horrible story.

My point is, you cannot predict what's
going to happen.

Yeah, I guess not.

The most important thing right now is
that you protect yourself.

Oh, no, I left a flash drive at the
Laterna office.

It has a copy of the new shareholder
agreement cutting Grimes out.

Confidential, I assume?

Yes, that's why we kept it offline.

We didn't want to risk anyone hacking
in. We thought that Grimes would leave

quietly, but if word gets out that there
was a blowup between the two founders,

it could tank the company.

You would be in breach for not
safeguarding that information. Yes.

I've got to get that flash drive. Okay.
I can't risk anyone else seeing it.

I'm coming with you.

Listen, I'm on the boat.

There's no sign of Francie. Grimes was
definitely here recently. I got his

laptop here.

Can you open it if I tether you in?
Yeah, of course.

Give me a sec.

All right, I'm ready.

Should do it. So Grimes was just hiding
out there?

I think he was on some kind of bender,
probably going over all the dirt that

Shark had Rainey dig up on him.

This guy's got a long history of
mistreating women and getting away with

Sounds like our guy.

He knew she was doing research on him.

Robbie, I got to call Randy.

We'll get in and out.

Okay, and, oh, got it. I feel so much
better now.

Is there anything else we should grab
while we're here?

Actually, Sheriff and I were working in
the conference room. Do you mind

checking if we left any papers in there?
Yeah, where is it? It's just bottom of

the stairs.

Okay. Thank you.

Hey, did you find anything?

No, but I found out where Grimes has
been hiding out. He's not here anymore.

He's got France. He's got her someplace
else. Where are you?

I'm at Laterna with Elliot, just picking
up my file.

I'm pretty sure that if we... Rainey?

Hi,

this is Rainey Green. Please leave a
message.

Hey. Elliot.

Elliot, if you can hear me, hang on,
okay?

Be with me.

When you got here, Grimes wasn't here.
No.

And no sign of Renie Green other than
her phone unpassed. Checked the entire

building.

This is just a good file.

Francie Butler disappeared sometime
after midnight two nights ago.

And Sheldon Grimes has been MIA for the
past week. And you believe Grimes is out

to screw over his old partner, Leo
Scharf? I think it's the only thing that

makes sense, right? He starts with the
ransom, and now this?

He shoots Elliot, he takes Rene, he's
escalating.

So Scharf could be next.

Listen, I noticed the security cameras
around here. Did you check those?

The building's new. They're not
operational yet.

But the keycard system is.

Grimes used his keycard about an hour
before Rene Green arrived.

So he was waiting to ambush her.

It's over here. Look at this. Now, these
right here, these are obvious high heel

prints, right?

Look at this.

That hole right there could be from
Rainey's heel. Looks like she put up a

fight. Yeah, right, she did.

Over here, we got two handprints,
different sizes.

All right, one of them attacked Elliot,
shot him.

The other one took Rainey.

Mr. Sharp is here.

We're asking to record a video statement
urging Grimes to turn himself in and

send his family and friends in case he
checks in. That's really smart.

What if he doesn't check in?

We'll go wide with the media.

Special Agent Moss, thanks for coming.

Mr. Shaw, appreciate all your help, but
the FBI will take you from here.

Rainey's a close friend. She's in
danger. Let me help you. This is a

crime, so I'm going to need you to step
back and not interfere.

If you follow me, we can get started.
Give me a minute, please.

I don't want you to stop looking for
Rene or Francie. I wasn't planning on

Good. Find them.

I don't care what it takes.

Bobby? FBI pulled Rink.

Yeah, well, they tried to.

Listen, if we're going to find Francie
or Rene, we've got to do it on our own.

Let's go.

All right.

I've got some footage off an ATM camera
across the street from Laterna. It

showed a black SUV leaving the parking
lot 20 minutes after Rene arrived.

You have a license plate?

That's too far away. The resolution
sucks.

Check Rainey's phone?

Oh, good thinking. Maybe she's got one
of those smart watches or fitness

trackers linked to it.

Yep, she's got one of those smart rings
to track her sleep.

Got a location?

I'm waiting for it.

Boom, there it is. I just sent you the
location. Got it. Thanks.

You're okay. You're okay. I'm here to
help you. Francie, you're okay. My

Coulter. I'm here to help you.

You're safe.

Easy.

Look at me. Look at me.

Okay.

Can you think of anything that can help
us identify the people who took you?

They were two men.

But they were wearing these camouflage
ski masks, so I didn't see their faces.

Was Renie in the car?

I never saw her.

There was this guy. He was driving me
out to kill me, and then he just left. I

don't know why.

There's a police scanner on the dash. He
would have heard there was an APPE out

of the vehicle and ditched it.

These two men, were they working for
someone?

Yeah, I think so.

They were responding to instructions.

From Sheldon Grimes?

I...

I don't know, but that would make sense.

He's been really angry at Leo.

We were working mate one day last month,
and he came in drunk, and he said that

Leo was going to betray him because
that's what he does.

Meaning he's betrayed others?

There are some people who say that Leo
Sharp isn't really a creator. He's just

ruthless businessman.

They're going to take you to the
hospital.

Get you checked out.

Thank you.

I didn't want to say this in front of
Francie, but Grimes could have traded

Rainey's a more valuable target.

We didn't search for his downfall.

We need to find him before he decides to
hurt her.

Listen, about before.

I was following protocol.

But I can see we have a much better
chance of finding Rainey if we work

together. I agree with that. Did the
team find anything of use?

Grimes' phone records.

In the month before his disappearance,
he made an unusual amount of calls to

people he worked with in the past.

He's looking for an accomplice.

All right, I'll have my guy do some
research, see if we can find someone

finds Sharp as a common enemy.

I got a hit on the SUV.

They tried to remove the VIN, but they
tracked it down to a felon named Jimmy

Pike.

A few years ago, he was part of a
botched murder -for -hire scheme.

He lives in southeast Seattle.

If he's still working with Grimes, he
could have Rini.

Send me an address.

Keep walking.

I can't breathe.

Shut it.

Wait, wait, wait. Who's doing this?

Tell me.

It's Sharf.

He's behind all of this.

No, but that's impossible. He wouldn't
kidnap his own employees.

You don't really know him.

He has a multitude of plans and a reason
for everything.

Hey, look.

Tell me, who do you work for, huh?

Is it Leo Scharf?

Okay, okay, okay.

Okay, please.

You don't have to do this, okay? Please.

Talk to me, Bobby.

Sharp's got a lot of enemies.

Anything pop? One, a programmer Sharp
worked with before he launched his first

company. Got a name?

Cyrus Barzati died by suicide 15 years
ago after Sharp got very rich off an

algorithm Barzati created.

Suicide, so it wasn't him?

No, but here's the thing.

Barzati has a younger sister named
Francesca.

Francie Butler.

Yeah, she changed her last name.

Got a master's degree in game theory at
MIT.

Why is she working as an executive
assistant?

Get close to Scharf. Exactly what I was
thinking.

Been trying to avenge her brother's
death for years and not actually got the

perfect plan.

He knew Grimes was the fall guy.

Yeah, but why take Rini? That doesn't
make any sense.

She knew that Rini was spending time
with Scharf and she would get in the

So she uses her guys to swipe Grimes'
key card, break into Laterna, because

figured Rini would go back to her files.

So it's no coincidence that you found
Francie after I located Renie on her

ring. Francie planned every move
anticipating what we would do.

Damn, that girl played us.

I'd be low -key impressed if she didn't
have Renie. You got a home address for

Francie? Got an apartment, but I got
something better. I do have a commercial

property she rented four months ago.

Sending you the address.

Nice work, Bobby. Thanks.

The FBI told me they found you, that
you're at the hospital. Are you okay?

Don't answer that.

You

still have

no idea what this is about, do you?

Do you even remember Cyrus?

Cyrus?

Who, Barzadi?

I'm his younger sister.

Which he would have known if you had
bothered to check in on my family even

after he died.

I should have, you're right.

I was young and immature. I didn't know
how to deal with that kind of pain. He

killed himself because of what you did
to him.

He trusted you.

My family was destroyed.

The boss says we've got to move the body
now.

I can do this.

I can sign over half my shares of
Leternity. You think this is about

Get on your knees.

Now! Okay, okay.

Francie, don't do something you're going
to regret.

I know you timed this to ruin Laterna.

The FBI will figure that out.

No. They'll think Grimes did it.

You made it so easy.

Triggering his spiral?

He was so upset.

He kidnapped two women, killed you, and
then he killed himself.

This is his gun.

And when they find his body in his car,
it'll make perfect sense.

There has to be something you want.

I want you to admit what you did.

I admit that I cut your brother out of
the company.

And I can tell you why.

Oh, I know why.

It's who you are, Leo.

The lies, the greed.

I made a terrible mistake.

Cyrus should still be here.

In the office next to mine.

I stole his creation.

I took all the credit, the profits,
everything.

I would give up my own life for his.

Okay, Leo.

Prove it.

How? I'll do whatever you want.

I'm going to give you a chance to make
that decision again.

Either you die or Renie die.

Your choice.

Hold up.

Gotta stand by.

Get ready to kill the lawyer.

piss someone off.

Look, whatever you want, I can get it
for you, okay?

I'm a damn good lawyer. I can get you
out of this mess, I swear.

Too late for that.

Why?

Why? What does that mean, too late for
that?

It means you need that hood back on.

Turn around.

I said turn around!

Will you look at me?

Let me see you before I die, okay?

You have the most beautiful eyes.

Rini? Rini?

You okay?

Rini, look at me. Look at me.

You're gonna be okay.

You came just in time. Put you loose.

Elliot's at the hospital.

They're working on him.

You gotta get out of here, okay?

Come on, let's go.

Come on.

Drop the weapon!

Ready? Drop the weapon!

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Hey.

Come in. Am I surprised?

Yeah, thank you.

I was just heading to the hospital to
see Elliot.

I wanted to catch him before you left.
How's he doing?

Not bad, considering he wanted me to
thank you for saving his life.

Well, I didn't save his life. I just
happened to be there. The doctors saved

life.

Thank you for... Saving my life.

You would have done the same thing for
me.

Is this your way of telling me maybe you
wouldn't have done the same thing for

me? Of course I would have.

You okay?

You talked to Scharf?

Yes, I did. And he denies that he ever
took the algorithm from Francie's

brother.

Do you believe him?

I don't know.

The FBI said that he was willing to die
for me before they showed up.

So he says.

You really want to believe that he's a
good guy, don't you?

I believe that he is complicated.

Yeah.

That's one word for him.

I don't condone what Francie did, but I
certainly understand her more than I

understand Sharf.

I guess that she really couldn't get
past what happened to her family.

Right.

Oh, Thelma, I should take this.

I'll head out.

Safe travels? Yeah.

All right.

Say hi to Velma. I will.

Hey, Velma.

Yeah, I'm okay.

Thanks to Coulter.

Yeah, I'm leaving now.

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