What if one character in Tracker was never meant to be seen—but still appeared… hidden in plain sight?
Deep within Season 2, fans have started to notice something unsettling. In three different episodes—2×03, 2×06, and 2×10—there’s a background figure watching Colter Shaw from a distance. Never in focus. Never speaking. But always there. A man in a grey hat, always turning away the moment Colter looks.
At first, it seemed like an extra.
But now? Leaked documents suggest this was no accident. According to a confidential call sheet from 2×10, there was a named role listed as “The Counter-Tracker.” No actor credited. No lines. Just one direction: “Always watching.”
Here’s where it gets chilling.
Sources say Tracker was originally planning a Season 2 mid-arc twist: that Colter wasn’t the only one with a unique set of skills. There was another tracker, trained under the same survivalist philosophies, but twisted. Instead of helping people, he hunted those who didn’t want to be found.
They were supposed to meet face to face in 2×11. The scene was even filmed.
Colter tracks a missing teen to a remote mountain cabin. Inside, he finds tracking symbols burned into the wood—symbols he didn’t leave. Then comes the voice from the shadows:
“You’re not the only one who remembers the old rules.”
The villain was called “Sawyer”, a ghost-like figure tied to Colter’s father’s extremist past. But then—without warning—the entire arc was scrapped. CBS pulled the episode, reshot the ending, and the actor playing Sawyer was quietly written out.
Why?
An anonymous insider claims the plot was “too psychologically dangerous.” Sawyer was meant to be Colter’s mirror—same training, same instincts—but one had turned protector, and the other… predator. CBS feared it would make viewers question Colter’s morality too deeply.
But here’s the twist:
In one uncut version of the Season 2 finale, there’s a final wide shot. As Colter drives away, a car follows him from a hilltop—with that same grey hat in the rearview mirror.
That frame never aired.
Even Justin Hartley has hinted at it, saying in an offhand interview:
“There was a character that we introduced but never named. Let’s just say, maybe Colter isn’t the only one keeping secrets.”
So ask yourself:
Did CBS erase Sawyer to protect Colter’s image?
Or… is Sawyer still out there, quietly embedded in the show, waiting to return in Season 3?
And most terrifying of all—
What if he already has?
