CBS’s Tracker season three, episode 12’s missing persons case takes Colter to Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Evelyn Martell, who appears to be either drunk or drugged, pleads that she wants to go home. The man she’s with refuses and insists they need to continue having fun.
Randy’s call about Evelyn’s case interrupts Colter (Justin Hartley) as he looks through his notes on David Pearson and Walt Fleming, still trying to find out more about their connection to his dad. Evelyn’s sister, Janie, wants their help, and it doesn’t seem she’s working with the police.
Colter meets Janie (Luisa d’Oliveira) in the parking lot at St. Patrick’s Hospital where Evelyn works. Security told her this part of the lot doesn’t have surveillance cameras. The police aren’t considering this a priority because there aren’t any signs of foul play. Janie located Evie’s car in the lot and explains she never showed up for her shift today. Evie’s been different and frazzled recently, but she never just disappears.
Evie came home recently after a bad day at work and started drinking and breaking things. She’d never acted like that before. Also, she was really distant after a meeting with Dr. Hooper.
Colter introduces himself to Dr. Hooper (Christopher Shyer) who doesn’t seem surprised that Evie is missing. Dr. Hooper says their meeting was about Evie freezing up during surgery. He had to step in and finish it for her. He also describes her behavior as being off, and he discovered vials of lorazepam were missing. Dr. Hooper didn’t report her and believes she’s dealing with a trauma she refused to discuss.
Although it’s against the rules, Dr. Hooper allows Colter to look at the hospital security footage. Colter searches the video and finds Evie wearing a wig, carrying a large bag, and covering her face so she’s not caught on camera.
Randy (Chris Lee) thinks Evie’s phone is either dead or the SIM card’s been pulled. He searches for possible rides that would have picked her up from the hospital shortly after Colter saw her on video. Colter explains she might be under emotional distress, as Randy discovers a cab picked up a female rider a block away. The records show she was dropped off at a swanky bar downtown.
Colter speaks with a bartender and she confirms Evie was a hot mess last night. She was downing shots and made a connection with Josh, one of the bar’s regular customers. The bartender reports Evie was getting sloppy and Josh offered her a ride home. The bartender’s shocked when Colter explains that Evie never made it home. But even with that new detail, the bartender won’t reveal Josh’s last name. She does remember that it was about 1:45am when Evie left.
After she walks away, Colter grabs the payment terminal and finds Josh Greyland closed his $175 tab at 1:49am. Randy does a quick check and discovers Josh is an accountant at a local firm. He doesn’t have a criminal record.
Colter heads to Josh’s house and breaks in. He finds broken glass on the floor along with Evie’s wig and a bullet casing. Colter scans the room and sees a little blood on the couch. Randy checks Josh’s phone and it’s not pinging. But his BMW pings at a parking garage in town.
Night’s fallen by the time Colter pulls up to the BMW in the garage. The engine’s cold and there’s blood inside the car. Randy’s uncovered more info on Josh. Apparently, he was in Evie’s hospital a month ago after a car accident. Colter suspects a connection between him and the day Evie froze up during surgery.
Colter spots an empty lorazepam vial outside the car. Maybe Evie drugged Josh.
The scene switches to Evie (Karen David) tying up Josh while he swears he’s never seen her before. Evie claims that he and his friends raped her; she even recalls his chest tattoo as being all she could see while she was being assaulted.
Colter reports into Evie’s sister, explaining that something about seeing Josh a month ago in surgery triggered Evie. She kidnapped him, not the other way around. Colter asks if there’s anything from Evie’s past that would explain this, and Janie reveals Evie was assaulted in college. The police didn’t do anything because she had been drinking and couldn’t identify her attacker.
Colter notices blood drops and thinks Evie had a spare car that she took Josh away in. Janie believes Evie could have taken Josh to their uncle’s remote hunting cabin that they inherited.
Evie drugged Josh, stripped him, and now has him taped to a chair, legs spread, with a video set up to record what’s happening. When he comes to, she tells him she survived him and built a good life. She considers Josh showing up in the OR to be a miracle, and now she can make him pay for what he did. Evie holds a scalpel, ready to take away something from him so he can’t attack other women.
He begs for his manhood, asking what she wants. Evie wants him to tell the camera what he did to her 10 years ago. He claims not to remember, and she refreshes his memory, describing a frat house costume party he attended with a friend. They were dressed as cowboys, while she was a witch.
Josh agrees to confess on video.
Colter quietly looks around the cabin, gun drawn. Suddenly, Josh appears and tries to attack him, but Colter easily gets the upper hand. Josh insists Evie tortured him and then left him there after getting what she wanted. He confessed and gave her the name of the other man who raped her that night.
His name is Victor Christophers and Randy’s quick research indicates that he’s also an accountant. Colter and Randy agree that she’s looking for justice since she left Josh alive. However, Evie took a whole month to plan Josh’s abduction. She’s going after Victor without a plan in place.
Evie’s outside Victor’s and sees Victor through a window, but he’s with his wife and two young kids. Still, that doesn’t stop her, and she enters the home after Victor’s family goes to bed. She’s armed with a gun as she comes up behind him in his kitchen. He claims not to know her and offers her money or anything she wants. Victor insists he doesn’t know Josh, and she describes the night he and Josh raped her.
“You got away and I was left with this forever,” says Evie. Victor continues to claim she has the wrong guy.
Victor’s wife comes up behind Evie and knocks her out with a baseball bat. She wants to call the cops, but Victor tells her to leave with the kids, and he’ll take care of it. After his wife leaves, he calls Evie by name and says, “It’s been a long time.”
Colter arrives just as Victor’s wife and kids are leaving, and she confirms he and a woman are inside the house. Colter tells her to call the cops and stay out of the house.
Colter finds the baseball bat with blood on it along with an open door.
Victor repeatedly kicks Evie as she rolls around on the ground outside. Colter follows their trail as Victor wonders if Evie regrets her actions yet. Victor asks if anyone knows she’s there and kicks her again. Evie grabs a rock and rolls over while attempting to strike him in the face. His gun goes off as he falls and Colter races toward the sound.
Evie hits Victor multiple times but he’s too strong for her to hold down. Victor climbs on top of her and begins strangling her just as Colter walks up, ordering him to let her go. When he doesn’t, Colter fires two shots. Evie’s alive and Colter assures her she’ll be okay.
A short while later, Dr. Hooper informs Colter that Evie has broken ribs and a concussion, but she’ll be okay. He didn’t realize what she’d been through and feels terrible that she couldn’t confide in him. Colter believes he did a lot for her, and Evie’s sister is emotional as she thanks him and hands over the reward. Colter hopes the siblings will take care of and be there for each other.
Reenie (Fiona Rene) has decided to take the job with Maxine, even though she’s not sure it’s on the up and up. She insists that Mel (Cassady McClincy Zhang) be brought in to work with her, and Maxine agrees as long as they both sign NDAs.
Reenie’s suffering in silence from PTSD after being kidnapped, and she struggles to hold herself together when Colter calls. She was able to get the DA not to press charges against Evie. Plus, she learned Josh is suspected of multiple assaults and will probably be going to jail for a long time.
Reenie can understand what Evie did. She believes that trauma can really haunt you, and Colter can hear in her voice that something’s wrong. Reenie doesn’t want to talk about it and insists she’s good. Colter assures her that he’s always there for her. He hangs up, but it’s obvious that he’s worried about his friend.