Reenie’s key witness, Curtis, senses something’s wrong as CBS’s Tracker season three, episode 19 kicks off. Reenie can’t reach him and Maxine stops by to check on him, spotting his phone and oxygen tank inside his house. Curtis is nowhere to be seen, but fortunately Reenie knows exactly who to call to find him.
(The following is a recap of season three, episode 19 – “Chain of Custody” – and there are spoilers.)
Colter (Justin Hartley) must be super close by because Curtis has only been gone seven-ish hours when he shows up to help. Reenie (Fiona Rene) fills him in as he looks around Curtis’s home; she and Maxine (Kathleen Robertson) are worried since he’s supposed to testify tomorrow. Curtis’s phone is dead, his truck’s missing, and he hasn’t shown up at a hospital. Randy (Chris Lee) can’t locate his truck since it doesn’t have GPS.
Maxine and Reenie believe someone from their Prater and Rockwell case might have kidnapped him. Colter’s shocked to learn they’ve been receiving threats and that Reenie hasn’t called the police to report them. Reenie brushes it off since intimidation is common in these big cases.
Colter spots blood and it’s obvious someone tried to clean up a crime scene. There’s a knife missing from the kitchen, and Colter believes whoever took him hid in the pantry before launching his attack.
Reenie blames herself for getting Curtis involved in the case.
Colter continues looking around and finds a dead body – but it’s not Curtis. The dead man was probably the intruder, and he was stabbed to death. Whoever killed him is trying to cover up the murder, and Colter wonders if there’s someone else involved besides Curtis. This unknown person probably took Curtis in his own truck.
Randy’s not having any luck tracking the truck, but Colter thinks it may have a Ham radio. Colter sends Randy the ham radio’s call sign and Randy gets a ping with the location.
Reenie and Maxine meet with the judge and defense attorney, and Maxine claims the defendant, Prater and Rockwell, kidnapped Curtis. The judge gives Reenie and Maxine 24 hours to find Curtis.
Colter heads to the truck’s location and finds it overturned and empty. It was in neutral when it was totaled, leading Colter to believe it was ditched. Colter asks if Randy can find any nearby stolen vehicles, but nothing’s been reported. Randy looks at the closest motel but can’t pull up any cameras from there.
Colter visits the bar next to the motel, but it’s closed. Fortunately, an employee’s hauling kegs and lets him look at the security footage. It shows Curtis breaking into a car in the bar’s parking lot and driving off. An SUV follows him out of the lot.
Colter lets Randy and Reenie know what he’s discovered. So far, we know Curtis killed someone in self-defense, covered it up, totaled his truck, and stole a car. Yet, he doesn’t have a criminal history. This seems completely out of character.
The dead man at Curtis’ house is a trucking company employee with a violent rap sheet. He doesn’t have a connection to Curtis or to Prater and Rockwell.
Colter heads to the last known location of the stolen car and finds it and the SUV that was following it in the woods. He also finds blood spots not far away and follows the trail.
Curtis has the guy who was tailing him tied to a chair in a cabin. He holds the man at gunpoint and demands to know how he found him. When he doesn’t answer, Curtis hits him in the head with his gun. Curtis needs to suck down some oxygen from his tank after a coughing fit, which gives the man time to free his hands. He picks up a knife and takes a swing at Curtis, causing him to fall. Now he’s got Curtis’s gun, but fortunately Colter shows up and shoots him before he can shoot Curtis.
Colter doesn’t check on the man he shot and instead tends to Curtis’s sprained ankle. Curtis claims all of this has nothing to do with Prater and Rockwell. Reenie calls with news that Curtis’s stepdaughter Jackie is missing. Curtis replies, “I’m going to kill them all.”
“Them” is apparently Lowell Parker of the Dixie Mafia. Curtis used to be one of his muscle men a long time ago before quitting, changing his name, and going into hiding in another town. The lawsuit brought attention to him, which is how he got back on Parker’s radar.
Colter volunteers to help him find Jackie as Curtis explains that Parker’s daughter died on his watch. She was a druggie and Curtis found her dead in a bathtub. Parker blamed Curtis for her death, even though it wasn’t his fault.
Reenie believes that the Prater and Rockwell lawsuit blew Curtis’s cover, although Curtis’s name isn’t mentioned in the lawsuit. There must be a mole.
Lowell Parker calls Reenie and he confirms he kidnapped Jackie. If Reenie follows his instructions, Jackie will be set free. Reenie follows the demands, meets with Colter, and picks up Curtis. She’s supposed to meet at a designated location and hand over Curtis in exchange for Jackie.
Randy discovers the identity of the courier who dropped off photos threatening Reenie. The courier’s background doesn’t show any connection to Prater and Rockwell or to the Dixie Mafia. Mel looks at his employment history and spots something that makes her call Maxine.
Reenie and Curtis pull up at the meeting spot in the dead of night, and Reenie’s forced to remain inside with her hands on the steering wheel. Meanwhile, Colter beat her to the location and is systematically taking out Parker’s backup.
Curtis is forced onto his knees as Jackie’s brought out, hands still tied and gagged. Curtis begs for Jackie to be released and offers his life for hers. Parker’s not satisfied with that since Curtis allowed his daughter to die.
Parker kicks Curtis in the ribs as he pleads for Jackie’s life. Meanwhile, Colter’s still working his way through Parker’s men. He finishes up inside the house and observes Curtis, Parker, and his men from the balcony. Colter sees Curtis’s oxygen tank near a car’s tire and shoots it, just as Parker’s about to execute Jackie.
The resulting explosion draws Parker’s attention to the balcony and automatic gunfire fills the air. Reenie sees a chance to help and takes it, ramming her car into two of Parker’s men. She throws it in reverse and hits another of Parker’s goons.
Parker’s still standing and ready to shoot Jackie when Colter kills him. (Is anyone keeping track of how many people he’s killed this season? It’s shocking that he’s not in jail at this point.)
Jackie’s safe and Curtis is injured but will survive.
Reenie and Maxine confront Devon, one of Prater and Rockwell’s lead attorneys, and force him to acknowledge that he worked for a firm that represents Lowell Parker. The courier who dropped off threatening photos worked for that firm, too. Reenie and Maxine warn Devon that they know he told Parker about Curtis. If Devon agrees to give their clients a favorable settlement, Reenie and Maxine won’t inform the bar association of Devon’s unethical activities.
Devon doesn’t put up a fight and agrees.
Colter takes Reenie out for target practice, and she has terrible aim. She confesses she’s not sure she should have bought a gun. Reenie reveals that she moved around 12 times as a kid, and she was always a stranger. She got into trouble a lot but finally changed her life for the better after realizing no one was going to come save her. She had to do it for herself.
Reenie admits the attack last year turned her into a scared little girl again who had no control over anything. Colter reminds her she’s got a support group that has her back. He also believes she’s strong and doesn’t break easily.
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