This week’s Tracker saw the long-awaited return of Eric Graise’s Bobby Exley after a number of episodes in which Chris Lee’s Randy had replaced him as Colter Shaw’s (Justin Hartley) resident “guy in the chair.” While we couldn’t be happier that Bobby is now back on the show (seemingly for good), now seeing him and Randy on screen together has presented us with an idea that we hadn’t quite pieced together before…
What if Bobby and Randy became official full-time partners on Colter’s team? After “The Mercy Seat,” it may just be a good idea. In the world of television shows, partnerships can make or break the success of a series. For the hit show Tracker, Bobby and Randy have proven time and again that they have the chemistry, skills, and ambition to elevate the series to new heights. But here’s the question: why aren’t they full-time partners already? It’s a no-brainer, right? In this article, we’ll dive into the reasons why Bobby and Randy need to make their partnership official and why it could unlock massive potential for Tracker.
Perhaps a Partnership Would Make the Most Sense For These ‘Tracker’ Characters. While Randy’s charm could never replace the place that Bobby has in all our hearts (case in point, everyone’s outcry over Graise’s absence from the show), it seems that Colter’s original tech guru still has a lot on his mind. We’ll get to some of that in a minute, but the gist is that Bobby needs a boost of some kind to better jump back into Colter’s ever-growing caseload. Considering Bobby’s cold shoulder in “The Mercy Seat,” Randy felt like the breath of fresh air between them. Their time working together here to help find Colter as he’s missing in the mountains of Montana makes it clear that there’s a chemistry between Graise and Lee that we hadn’t had the chance to explore before. Even if Bobby kept mostly to himself, these cousins have a connection that Tracker could benefit from.
No doubt, we’re ecstatic that Bobby Exley has finally returned to the show. The character was long missed and had many of us scared that Eric Graise had left Tracker for good in the same way that Robin Weigert abandoned the show. But now, seeing Bobby and Randy together in Bobby’s tech lair, we finally see what we’ve been missing out on since Season 1’s “Chicago.” Maybe it would benefit the series if Bobby had a consistent scene partner. Season 2 kicked off by uniting Reenie Greene (Fiona Rene) and Velma Bruin (Abby McEnany) in the season premiere, and ever since, the pair have worked together nicely. This may be the direction Tracker should consider, as it would potentially offer Bobby more dynamic material to work with (aside from just talking to Colter over the phone) and would undoubtedly add some additional conflict.
