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- Previously on tracker... - I know you think

- I pushed dad off that cliff. - 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.

The man you saw

on the cliff the night dad died... his name's Otto.

Mom's the one that sent him up there.

Did you throw my dad off that cliff?

I did.

- Why? - 'Cause your mother asked for my help.

What's so damn important you came all the way up here

- to talk about? - My father. Ashton Shaw.

Lot of those academic types up here.

They hightailed it after the accident.

Hey, Russell, it's your favorite brother.

I found out who dad was working with before he died.

Serena jukic.

Call me back.

Wally?

Wally!

Wally!

Wally?

Help.

Somebody help!

All right.

Hey. I got you.

Just don't move, okay? Hold still.

What do we got?

- I can't move my arm. - Can't move your arm?

Okay, let me take a look.

How's that?

Yeah, that's broken. All right, look at me.

Hey, hey, look at me.

What about anything else?

Anything else around your body?

I don't know, just my arm.

Just your arm. Okay.

All right.

I'm gonna stabilize the... The arm

before I get you out of here, okay?

Not gonna lie to you, it's not gonna feel good,

but it's necessary.

Don't want that fracture to shift.

Put this on you.

Here we go. We're gonna go on... On three. Ready?

One, two, three. Here we go.

You all right? You all right?

Yeah. I'm okay.

Slow, deep breaths, okay?

You control your breathing.

Focus on that, you let me do the rest, okay?

- How long you been riding? - Five years.

Five years. All right.

Well, it doesn't look like your bike's gonna make it

out of here, but the good news is...

You are, all right?

We'll do it together. Here.

Some water.

There you go.

Here's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna hike back up that hill.

All right.

You're gonna make it to your feet here, okay?

Use your legs and your good arm.

- Ready? - Re... Nice.

There we go. There we go.

Catch your breath.

You good?

We got this, right?

Okay. Here we go.

Put your arm around me.

- We're off. - Okay.

Looks like we made it.

Thanks.

I don't know what I would've done.

You're welcome.

Wally.

- Thank you. - He's gonna be okay.

His, arm is broken.

Hey.

There he is. My hero.

What in the world are you doing here? Come here.

I got the meats. Yeah?

Look at this... some lamb kebabs with my special rub.

I figure you could whip up some sides.

Yeah, yeah. You don't call?

- You don't write? Nothing? - What's the fun in that?

I did track you down pretty easy, though.

Well, yeah. Reenie.

Gentleman never reveals his sources.

Okay. If you got some brews...

- Yep. - We can get busy on these kebabs.

I got a little, Cambodian black kampot peppercorn action,

so you're gonna want some beers.

Great.

Yeah.

Let's have it.

- For you. - Thank you.

What are you really doing here?

What, I can't just drop in on my brother and...

You found Dr. Jukic, right?

The details line up.

She... she changed her name,

went offline, probably for good reason.

She was working with dad on that chrono stasis project in Alaska.

I did get some intel on what they were

trying to do, but most of it was redacted.

Yeah, it's pretty out-there stuff.

- So, where is she? - Not too far from here.

- I need to talk to her. - Okay. I'll go with you.

But we need to make a pit stop first: Echo Ridge.

Might be the last time we see the house.

Maybe pick up a few things.

What do you mean?

Mom's selling the place.

I didn't know that.

That's 'cause you two don't talk.

You're right.

Yeah, I need to talk to her, hear her side.

It'd be good to clear the air, you know? We did.

- And look at us now. - That's right.

All right. It smells great, man.

You're gonna love this.

You're not coming?

Nah, it's better if it's just you two.

I'm gonna give one last look around the place.

Hey, colter... Give her a chance, would you?

Yeah.

Colter.

Mom.

Come on. Sit.

Let me put on a pot of coffee.

Hey.

Been a while.

Well, you still got us all out here

trying to figure you out, you son of a bitch.

Yeah, but maybe that's what you wanted.

I don't know.

Keep telling myself it don't matter.

And maybe we're living in some kind of simulation.

But...

But here we are.

No matter where we go, we keep coming back to this place.

Like an echo.

Is that why they call it echo Ridge?

You probably knew that, though, didn't you?

Yeah, thank you.

I...

I know you blame me for what happened to your father.

Russell told me you went to see Otto.

That's right, I did.

I'm sorry that I lied to you.

I'm sorry for all that hurt that it has caused,

but everything I did

was to protect you and Russell and dory.

What can you tell me about dad's time in Alaska?

Alaska.

I know that the research he was doing

- was funded by the government. - It was.

And maybe...

Maybe he was doing work he shouldn't have been doing.

That last summer, when he came back

from his time up there, he-he was changed.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think we all remember that.

Yeah, he was shut down and broken inside.

He'd stopped sleeping.

He... he said the government was out to get him.

- You ever ask him why? - He didn't let me

into that part of his life, and if I asked

too many questions, he'd just...

He'd get angry.

You know, I want you to understand something.

I tried protecting all of you.

But he was spiraling.

He had lost his grip on reality.

I just had to get you kids out of here.

Did he hurt you?

He...

He didn't allow us to leave, and...

I had to do something.

You called Otto.

I didn't know what else to do, but...

I did not tell him to kill your father.

And that's the truth.

I believe you.

You know, for a long time, you let me believe

that Russell was...

responsible for dad's death.

Why did you...

There were forces against your father,

and I was scared

that they would come after you and Russell

if you started looking into the circumstances of his death.

I was your mother, first and foremost.

I just wanted my kids to be safe.

God, this place?

Well, I'm glad you're selling it.

You deserve a fresh start, mom.

Wow.

Yeah. Remember this hunk of junk?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look at this.

Dad said, I could have this once I got my license.

You didn't want something that actually worked?

It worked once, didn't it?

Remember, we took it to the lake, went fishing?

It was a great day.

One of the last great days with him, actually.

Well, didn't it break down on the way home?

You know, it did, didn't it?

Yeah.

Look at this. Remember how crazy he was about his tools?

Yeah. Lot of rules.

How'd it go with mom?

Good. I think good.

Thank you.

- I'll take that. - All right.

We had a deal... Dr. Jukic.

What do you know that I don't?

Got an address.

Northern Nevada.

Pretty remote.

What do you suppose she's doing out there?

Hiding out, considering what it took to find her.

Well, maybe it has something to do with the work

she was doing with dad in Alaska.

- Yeah, could be. Worth a shot. - Yeah.

You sure you want to come with?

Yeah. I got nothing better to do.

Well, you could stick around here,

fix up this hunk of junk.

Ha. Pass.

Nah, what's dead is dead.

Yeah, so...

Thinking it's probably best if you let me do all the talking.

Why? 'Cause you're so good with words?

- And women? - Well...

- Can I at least knock? - Be my guest.

Hi. We're looking for Serena jukic.

We were told she lives here.

You got the wrong place.

You missed the sign.

This place is protected by Smith & Wesson.

Well, you want to see what sig sauer has to say about that?

Whoa, whoa. Before we get into all that,

look, we-we don't want any trouble.

We're looking for Dr. Jukic.

We were told she lived here.

She used to work with our father years back.

We're just looking for information is all.

I already told you.

I don't know her.

Now, get off the property.

It's all right, Paul.

You're Ashton's boys.

You're Dr. Jukic?

Nobody's called me that in years, but yes... I am.

Come in.

Thank you.

Your safety was on, and your fly was down.

You were working at the chrono stasis institute

with our father,

and David Pearson, a behavioral biologist,

and Walt Fleming, a neurologist, right?

Those two gentlemen, they died shortly after

leaving the institute.

You've done your research.

What were you working on?

We know it was dark stuff. We just want to know what.

It's not something I'm prepared to talk about.

Well, you didn't have to let us in, but you did.

Must be something you want to say.

Look, w-we're just trying to fill in the gaps,

figure out what happened to our father

that summer in Alaska.

Your father was a difficult man.

Too smart for his own good and stubborn as hell,

and one of the best mentors I ever had.

Truth is, if I'd listened to him back then,

maybe I'd be able to live with myself now.

What were you researching?

Genetic predisposition as it relates to savant syndrome.

In particular, Ashton's work on the preponderance

of the seven-hertz anomalies in the prefrontal cortex

and their correlation with elevated abilities.

So you were taking geniuses

and you were stretching the limits

- of their capabilities. - Precisely.

But the university where he was teaching

refused funding for his work.

They denied him tenure.

He told me that.

But DARPA wasn't afraid of his research.

Neural augmentation, astral projection,

remote viewing... we were looking into all of it.

So they weaponized your research, didn't they?

Yes.

Yeah, should've known it was psionics.

Psionics?

You know, psychics, paranormal abilities.

Folks at the Pentagon wanting

to keep up with what Russia was doing on that front.

And our father believed in all that?

This wasn't theoretical. We saw it with our own eyes.

Our... our mother said something happened that summer,

that he... snapped.

Ashton was uneasy with the real-world application.

And...

With a high degree of brain plasticity.

You were testing children.

And our... our father was okay with that,

- just, testing children? - No.

He thought a line had been crossed, but...

We went along with it, and...

- Then there was an accident. - What happened?

A child died in Alaska.

We... she wasn't on my team.

We were told that it was due to a heart defect

unrelated to our testing, but...

Your father just lost it.

He tried to have the program shut down.

So they doxed him, tried to discredit him.

- They did. - And what about you?

You continued with the program?

He warned me, but I was young and ambitious,

and I didn't listen.

And back then, I truly believed

that that child's death was an accident.

So they shut the program down in Alaska,

and then what, they just move it?

Yes, and I followed.

And eventually, they turned against me when I tried to

protect one of the test subjects.

This kid named Danny Kellerman.

He was extraordinarily gifted.

He was eight years old when I first met him.

I was told he was an orphan.

You know how that works, Danny?

Just off-the-charts IQ, and he had...

Other unique abilities.

I didn't mean to, but I became very attached to him,

and I tried to protect him.

We were doing a remote viewing session.

What do you see, Danny?

I'm in my old house.

A-And I see my mom...

in the kitchen.

He told me his mom was still alive.

I thought he was making it up, but...

I went to his old house, and I saw his mother.

I looked into his background.

He matched a boy who died in a car accident with his father.

I learned that the program had staged the accident

and killed his father.

They even showed his mother the bodies.

You confront 'em?

They took Danny away.

I never saw him again.

I tried to look for him,

but they revoked my security clearance

and started threatening me.

The same thing they did to our father.

Yes.

I heard rumors that they'd expanded the program

beyond the original six test subjects,

that they found success

in pairing them up to expand their mental abilities.

What were they using them for?

They were forcing them to use their skills

in real-life situations.

DoD applications.

How did you get out?

Wasn't easy.

And then a month after I left, I...

heard that his mom had died

of a mysterious drug overdose.

You think that's the program?

I know it was.

I never had children of my own,

but Danny was a son to me.

Been seven years,

and I worry about him every single day.

But I know what would happen if I go look for him.

Then we'll try to find him.

Well, I'd love to know

how you think you're gonna find this kid...

Who's an adult now, by the way, if he's still alive.

Having second thoughts about going along?

Well, I think I've heard enough to know

a little hesitancy is warranted, you know?

It's not like we can walk in

to one of these places and just take him.

Russell, you heard what she said, right?

This-this guy is like a... He's like a prisoner.

He didn't want this with his life.

They took him. They took a kid.

We got to at least look for him.

It's what dad would want.

I guess I can't let you go get your head blown off.

Thank you, although I've managed so far.

Barely.

Yeah.

So, they seem pretty sure they're being watched.

Let's see what Paul has to say.

Sorry about before, with the gun.

It's understood.

So, how long have you known Dr. Jukic?

We've been together a couple years.

I know about everything she's been through.

It's why we've been on edge lately.

Okay. Did something happen recently?

Got a Van on my security cams.

Started driving by a few weeks ago... no license plate.

That's uncle Sam keeping tabs, letting you know they know.

Which means they're gonna know that we were here.

Do you have someplace safe you can go?

- I can find one. - Well, I'd go there now.

There's gonna be blowback.

Take this.

If you hear anything about Danny...

You'll be the first to know. I promise.

Thank you.

Yep. All right, be safe.

Randy, hey, did you get my message?

Yeah, sure did.

Hey, buddy. Good to hear your voice.

Russ, man. Good to hear from you, too.

Okay, so I looked into Danny Kellerman,

and Dr. Jukic's story checks out.

This article here says that he and his father

were killed in a car crash.

And you're saying that it was staged?

I think so, so they could take Danny.

Okay. Well, he'd be about 23 years old right now.

I ran his photo through this aging app

just to see what he'd look like today.

Sent you the photo.

Other than that, the trail goes pretty cold.

Yeah, what about the security footage of the surveillance Van?

No windows, no plates. I'd say it's government.

I hope you double-gloved on this, digitally speaking.

Yeah, don't want to get rawdogged by uncle Sam.

So, what do you think they were doing there?

I mean, best guess... simple surveillance.

You know, let me try something.

Okay.

Interesting.

Her Wi-Fi signal slows down whenever the Van's near.

The Van would have its own Wi-Fi network, wouldn't it?

Yeah, it's probably sucking up bandwidth

from Dr. Jukic's channel.

Yeppers.

Got an ip routing address,

and it's connected to a Ford e-transit Van.

I'm tracking where that is now.

And I found it.

Just sent you a pin.

All right, got it.

Thanks, Randy. Appreciate you.

I'm gonna try to meet up with an old buddy of mine,

ask him about this little government project.

Not something I can bring a, plus-one to,

so I'll need you to stand by.

- I'll give you a ride. - Great.

Got a tingle on file 6ab.

Two phones just popped up in her radius.

That's interesting.

One of them is ours.

Russell Shaw.

Okay. We need to escalate this.

Just keep driving.

- Who are you? - Don't worry about that.

Who's your boss?

Lot of people.

Who had you watching Dr. Jukic?

I-I don't know what you're talking about.

That's good. Now, pull over right here.

Wait, wait. Jukic.

Right, that's... Let me think.

You try that again, I'll pull the trigger.

You understand me?

Put this thing in park.

Good.

Now who's your boss?

I don't know.

Just get a list of people to watch.

We get our money on time, we don't ask any questions.

See, I think you do know.

You're gonna give me a name.

Shaw.

Felton.

Thanks for meeting me.

Thought you were out.

I am.

Kinda.

You know how these things go.

Yeah, I do.

The only reason I'm here is

'cause of what you did for me in Panama City.

I was just doing my job.

It was more than that.

Yes, it was.

But that's not why I reached out.

Guessing it's not to talk about your feelings.

You know I'm dead inside.

Me, too.

Just so we're clear, after this, we're square, yeah?

It's that bad?

Guys have gotten their names on the "quiet forever" list

for a lot less.

Okay, so this chrono stasis program is still active?

Come on, Shaw.

When have you ever seen a covert DoD program go offline?

Good point.

Of course, it's mutated.

Deep black, usap.

Unacknowledged?

You feeling my caution now?

If they learn that you are poking around,

they will wipe the slate clean and burn anybody else

who has touched it to the ground,

present company not excluded.

I didn't think you were the type to get the yips

and fill up your boots.

I'm old.

I've got people who care for me.

A cat, even.

No need to over share.

Stop asking questions.

Trying to save a kid who's in the program, a Danny Kellerman.

They snatched him 15 years ago.

- You know the name. - Yeah.

I heard he provided key intel for operation red claw in Syria.

Is he still alive?

Can't confirm that.

But even if he were, you know how that goes.

Yeah. Popped, pilled, and then tossed.

If they're lucky.

Most are decommed quietly and forever.

Good luck to me, then.

You're gonna need more than that.

Copy that.

Keep my name out of this.

Lose my number and have a good life.

Hey, felt on.

We'll always have Panama City.

- Randy, what do you got? - Yo.

I got reenie here, too. Had to pull out the big guns.

Hey, this is a hell of a mess you and Russell

- found yourselves in again. - So, the company paying

for surveillance is a shell.

I won't bore you with the how,

but just know they're owned by dorix logistics.

They connected to the DoD?

Well, indirectly.

They're a private military contract company.

Their work is classified, but I did find

that their main focus is advanced weaponry.

They were having Dr. Jukic watched,

so maybe they're running the whole thing.

I mean, that would make sense.

Which means maybe they know what happened to Danny.

Where are they located?

Hq is in Virginia, but they got buildings all over.

Okay, got it. Will you keep digging?

I'm about ready to pick up Russell.

Maybe he's got some information, we can narrow this down.

Okay.

How'd we do?

Well, it's as we suspected.

This chrono stasis program is still active,

but it's a usap now.

What's that?

Unacknowledged special access program.

Basically means that the...

The name, the purpose, the funding is all unknown.

There's really only one reason to do that.

That's to take a theoretical research program

and make it practical.

So Dr. Jukic was correct.

They're using these kids for combat.

Yeah. Remote target acquisitions,

magnetic field alterations.

It's crazy stuff.

- You trust this guy? - No.

I mean, I don't trust anybody.

But as far as contacts go, I'd say he's 98% reliable.

Does he know if Danny's still alive?

No, but... But what?

They treat these kids like assets,

not like human beings.

They do whatever it takes to get results.

So they pump 'em full of drugs, electroshock therapy,

meditative induction.

You think he's dead?

I'm saying I think if he's alive, he's probably broken

or fubar as all get-out.

Yeah.

Lola, draw what you see.

I don't see anything.

Remember what I said about lying?

I know you see it.

I can't. I don't want to.

Lola, let's not be difficult.

Do you remember what happened last time?

- Get her out! - Danny! No, Danny, please!

No! Danny, please!

- Stop. Stop. Let her go! - No, please, please!

Danny!

Danny, sit down.

No!

Sit!

Now, then.

Let's you and I get started.

Starting to wonder if dad ever used us

for any of his experiments.

I mean, not... not this stuff,

but remember those little tests he used to do?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

The "getting over our own fears" kind of thing?

The... studying the stoics.

Your favorite.

Epictetus? Remember that guy?

I mean, you were always good at that stuff. Me, not so much.

What do you suppose he's doing researching psionics anyway?

I mean, all this astral projection

and, precognition stuff...

Brother, you got no idea. I've seen remote viewing.

I can't explain it, but it worked.

- You've seen it firsthand? - I have.

Yeah, when I was back in Yemen.

There was a rumor that the houthis had

some big weapons cache hidden somewhere,

so it was our mission to go find it, right?

Someone from army high command brings in this guy.

He was a little weird.

You know, "dead behind the eyes" kind of a thing.

They put a map in front of him.

He sits down, he closes his eyes,

kind of goes someplace.

Then, boom... Pops open, points to some random spot

in the-the hejaz mountains, and they tell us to go.

Now, obviously, we're thinking this is

some sort of fishing expedition,

it's a waste of our time.

We get to the coordinates, and I kid you not,

there is a cave the size of a warehouse that is filled...

Filled with all kinds of stuff.

How do you explain that?

Some people are really good at pattern recognition, you know?

I would say maybe he's familiar with the geography, right?

He knew what he was looking for:

Something remote, something large,

something that spot heat imaging won't penetrate.

We had all that information.

No, this was something different.

It was... It was freaky, you know?

Besides, it doesn't matter if you believe in it.

Apparently, somebody does.

They're keeping a secret government program running.

Well, that's true.

And they care enough to kill to keep it secret.

Apparently.

So, what's the next move?

Well, I got reenie and Randy chasing down this company

I think might be connected: Dorix logistics.

Dor... d-o-r-i-x?

I know that name.

Yeah, it's a military contractor.

I think maybe they're running the whole thing.

I mean, it makes sense. It's a classic move.

You know, you take it offshore, you Bury it.

The government keeps their hands clean

by subbing it out to a private company,

which is really just a front.

I'm thinking maybe they still have Danny.

I've got Randy digging deeper into it.

Yeah, be my guest, just, take whatever you want.

Make a quick call.

- What's up, colter? - I ain't got nothing yet.

No, man, it's-it's Russell,

the-the smarter, better-looking brother.

I think I've got something for you on dorix.

That's good, 'cause I don't exactly know

what I'm looking for.

Try pharmaceutical orders

related to neurological disorders.

Okay.

All right, I got a large order

for sedatives and antipsychotics.

Yeah, I mean, they're probably using those

to control the subjects.

Is-is that a repeat order, Randy,

going to the same location?

Let's see.

Bingo.

Couple times a year for the last five years

to an address outside of twin falls, Idaho.

And I just sent it to you.

And I'm betting that's where they're keeping the subjects.

- Worth a shot. - Yeah. Nice work.

You checked in late.

Five minutes.

- Shaw made contact? - He did.

He and his brother know more than they should.

Did you tell him what would happen if he didn't stop?

Shaw doesn't exactly grok that concept,

but yeah, I laid it out.

What about his brother colter?

Goes double for him.

Well... That's unfortunate. So...

Now I have two problems.

I told you, I have this handled.

Do you?

Russell Shaw put you in.

You need to find a way out.

That's a lot of security. They're guarding something.

All right, so we wait for them to leave,

we matriculate in there, find Danny...

Bob's your uncle.

I don't think "matriculate" means what you think it means.

It's reenie.

Reenie, hey.

Did you get any information...

Hey, reenie. How you been?

- You need to do this right now? - What, we can't

exchange pleasantries like normal people?

- Hi, Russell. - Reenie, did you get

any information on dorix?

Well, it looks like they bought out the entire town

with some investments and well-placed donations to civic

and law enforcement groups.

That's textbook.

And a journalist who was

investigating dorix went missing last may.

No police investigation.

FBI had a look, but quickly shut it down.

Looks like we're on our own.

Looks like it. Keep me posted.

Yeah, will do. Thanks, reenie.

You want to do this?

Here we go.

Yeah.

I've been trying to reach you.

Just finishing something up here.

We've got another one for you.

Colter and Russell Shaw.

Send me the details.

That's far enough.

Drop the gun.

Or what?

Or I put one through your skull.

Last chance before the bullets start flying, friend.

Don't do anything stupid.

Me?

Never.

Hi, Danny.

Who are you?

My name's colter Shaw.

Dr. Jukic sent me to find you.

Dr. Jukic?

She told me what they're doing to you.

Come with me. Let's get you out of here.

I'm not going anywhere.

I press this button,

and this room gets flooded by a dozen armed guards.

Okay.

Well, how about we don't push the button, Danny?

I understand you're scared.

Look at me. You can trust me.

I will keep you safe.

You don't understand.

I can't leave.

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