Chase Episode 1.01 Pilot

U.S. Marshals Annie "Boots" Frost and Jimmy Godfrey chase a dope-slinging fugitive through a Fort Worth bar, a cattle ride, and even a rodeo. When the bad guy disappears into one of two tunnels, Annie and Jimmy must split up. Gun drawn, Annie makes her way inside when suddenly the thug tackles her to the ground! After a ferocious battle, Annie uses her belt as a makeshift noose and pins him to the ground. By the time Jimmy hears the commotion and arrives on the scene, Annie's already cuffed the bad guy. An armed, masked man breaks into an affluent family's home in the middle of the night. The intruder gathers the family - a father, mother and young daughter - in the master bedroom before clearing out their home safe and taking the mother's wedding ring. Before the thief leaves, we hear three gunshots.

The next morning, Annie gets a hero's welcome at the Houston Enforcement & Apprehension Task Force (H.E.A.T.) from her colleagues Jimmy Godfrey, Marco Martinez, and Daisy Ogbaa. She nabbed a drug-dealing fugitive who'd been on the run for three years, and garnered great press for the U.S. Marshals in the process. The celebration's cut short, however, when Annie and Jimmy realize they have to train Luke Watson, a new recruit from D.C. Wide-eyed and earnest, Luke is precisely the kind of overachiever Annie and Jimmy don't want tagging along. When they protest to the Chief, he just shrugs, adding, "It's what you get for being the best." Before Annie and Jimmy can begin properly hazing Luke, they get word that a wanted fugitive has just been spotted in Houston.

Annie and her team pull up a link chart on sociopath Mason Boyle, a member of the "bitch list," a collection of the 15 most wanted fugitives. He's invaded a home, robbed the family safe, killed the father, and left the mother and daughter wounded. Mason's first crime was in high school; he severed a woman's finger for her diamond wedding ring. And judging from this latest home invasion, Mason's back to his old tricks. Annie currently has two clues that might lead to Mason's capture: Kayla, the daughter at the scene, noticed a "W" tattoo on Mason's neck. Additionally, Boyle's mother Jan moved to Houston only two months ago. The team decides to pay her a visit, guessing her recent return has got to be more than just a coincidence.

Annie and her team break into Jan's home and threaten to arrest her for marijuana possession unless she gives them a clue to Mason's whereabouts. Jan admits that Mason's come by, and says he's staying with a waitress named Laura. The U.S. Marshals pay Laura a visit. She admits that she's living with her fiance, but his name is Gary and he's a good guy who works in construction. Annie tells Laura the cold, hard truth: her fiance is a wanted fugitive named Mason Boyle, and her engagement ring belongs to a victim of his - a wife and mother who Mason shot in cold blood. Unconvinced, Laura begrudgingly hands Annie her engagement ring.

Annie and her team perform a psychological analysis of Mason. He shot Kayla's parents in the head (though Kayla's mother survived), but shot Kayla in the back. Because of this show of mercy, Annie theorizes that Mason might have a daughter. With this crucial bit of information in mind, Annie meets Kayla in her hospital room. In order to make Kayla feel less alone, Annie reveals that her family life is also in bad condition; she doesn't even know if her father's alive. Feeling she has a friend in Annie, Kayla talks about the home invasion and says she heard Mason singing a song about Dingos cowboy boots. Annie recognizes the lyric and makes a solemn promise to catch Mason.

Back at H.E.A.T., Annie connects the Waylon Jennings tune Mason was singing with the "W" tattoo on his neck. Just then Marco enters, delivering sad news: Mason's killed another couple and pillaged their home safe. How does Mason know who has private home safes? Annie tells Luke to do some research; perhaps a crooked safe insurer is tipping off Mason. That evening, Laura finds Mason at a bar and gives him a hard time about pulling a disappearing act. She tells him the authorities are hot on his tail, saying he's a killer. Mason pretends he's on the run because of tax evasion, not murder. Believing Mason wouldn't hurt anyone, Laura forgives him. Sadly, Laura's naivete will be her end; later that night the crew finds her dead in the trunk of a car.

Annie and Jimmy interview the insurer of Mason's victims' home safes. He explains that he often does business with Cartwell Construction (Mason's sometime employer) and that the same person, Pete Lofgrun, appraised both safes. Paul was also the appraiser of 10 other safes too, meaning that he may have already told Mason about 10 other innocent families! After hearing the U.S. Marshals want to speak to him, Paul calls Annie on his cell and comes clean. He admits to telling Mason about the safes, but only because he thought nobody was going to die. Still on the phone with Annie, Paul gets into his car when Mason suddenly lunges from the backseat and strangles him! Mason picks up Paul's cell phone and chillingly toys with Annie. He hangs up just before Annie's able to trace the call.

Annie and Jimmy guess that Mason's going to take the stolen loot and skip town. Daisy confirms their thesis, saying he's just been spotted in San Antonio. Turns out Mason tried to steal a couple's car, but the boyfriend responded by shooting him in the leg. Only minutes ago, the shaken girlfriend made a frantic 911 call saying that the wounded carjacker ran into the woods. By helicopter, Annie and Jimmy trail the hooded, wounded carjacker as he staggers through the woods. Annie tackles him to the ground only to realize that it's not Mason at all, but his male carjacking victim! Mason stole his car and forced him to flee!

With Mason gone, Annie backtracks and reviews his file. He stole a ring when he was a high school student; who was it for? Who was his first love? Annie and Luke decide to go to Mason's Odessa high school to find out. Once there, Annie and Luke look at photos from his senior yearbook. One girl in particular stares longingly at Mason. What's more - she also has a "W" tattoo. Bingo! Her name's Jessie Lyn, and she might have information on Boyle's whereabouts. Mason surprises his first love, Jessie Lyn, and makes an impassioned plea for her to return to him. Now that he's got a little money and a plan, maybe her father will finally approve. Jessie Lyn considers Mason's request. Is there such a thing as a reformed bad boy?

Annie and Jimmy pretend to be interested homebuyers so they can meet Jessie Lyn at her realty office. They see a picture of her daughter Sissy on her desk, and immediately realize she's Mason's daughter too! Jessie Lynn admits she and Mason are Sissy's parents, but after seeing that he's back to his old tricks, she no longer wants anything to do with him. He came by recently - sporting a newly shaved head - and is staying at a nearby motel. Annie and the gang break into Mason's motel room. The shower's running but Mason's just escaped by breaking through the wall into a neighboring room. It turns out Luke accidentally let him go, thinking he was a motel guest involved in a domestic dispute. Annie and Jimmy glare at the rookie school and convinces her to leave with him. When Annie and her H.E.A.T. colleagues get word of the kidnapping, Annie asserts that they've got to stop Mason from heading to Mexico with his helpless daughter. For reasons Annie doesn't divulge, she says she feels certain that a father like Mason will use his daughter in any way he can. Mason and Sissy drive south towards the U.S.-Mexico border, where he sees the authorities blocking his exit route and searching cars. Realizing he can't escape with Sissy, Mason gives her a wad of cash and runs off, leaving her by the side of the road.

Soon Annie finds Sissy in the abandoned car and asks her which way Mason went. Feeling protective of her father, Sissy tries to lead Annie in the wrong direction. Instead of getting angry with Sissy for lying, Annie sympathizes with her, revealing that she used to cover for her dad too. After disregarding Sissy's incorrect tip, Annie and company search for Mason on a crowded, traffic-jammed bridge near the U.S.-Mexico border. Annie recognizes Mason's face in the crowd, but when she moves in to arrest him, he jumps into a lake. [insert vide highlight skittle] Without hesitating, Annie courageously jumps in after Mason, and after a wet, messy brawl, manages to apprehend him. Jimmy and the authorities show up in the nick of time. Case closed.

Annie visits the hospital to return Kayla's mother's stolen wedding ring, and explain that she kept her promise: she captured Mason and put him behind bars where he belongs. Before leaving, Annie takes one last look at Kayla as she and her mother bond over the returned ring. The nightmare is finally over - at least for them. Later that night, the H.E.A.T. team meets at a bar to celebrate and watch "Hurricane" Daisy let off some steam. Annie's cell phone rings and just like that, she's back to business, ready to lead the hunt for another dangerous fugitive.