Tracker: Jensen Ackles posts thanking show crew, confirms filming is complete
By the time San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) had settled down, fans of CBS’s hit series Tracker Justin Hartley (NBC’s This Is Us) and Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, The Boys) were shocked by the news they’d been waiting for. Hartley confirmed that Ackles’ Russell Shaw – brother of Hartley’s Colter – would be returning for the second episode of the second season, and that Ackles would be joining them this week for filming in Vancouver. Well, guess what? Filming got underway this week, and Ackles was checking social media to thank the crew for inviting him back and wish them all the best… “See you next time.”
“Tracker” EP Elwood Reid talks about season 2. Speaking to TV Insider, Reid offered some insight into how the Colter family mysteries will see Russell and his sister, Dory (Roxburgh), continue to play a role in the expanding storyline — as the three begin to realize that their parents hold more secrets than they realize. “They’ll be appearing and disappearing from the show,” Reid shared. “If we can drop a few bombs into Colter’s life with those characters and then see how he struggles with them, then we’ll have them come back to sort of resolve the issue – because, I mean, the evidence we have in the show right now is that his sister definitely has a view of what he should do, which is forget about it and leave it at that. And then you look at Jensen’s character, Russell; he seems to have put it all in a box in a way and just deal with it. But you’ll know in Episode 2, he has very different memories of something that happened in their past that Colter doesn’t remember at all.”
With the revelation that Russell had nothing to do with his father and Colter’s deaths (“at least not in the way Colter thinks”) and other mysterious family dynamics at play, Reid believes there’s still a lot more to the family story as a whole that hasn’t been told yet – which means there’s more opportunity to bring Ackles and Roxburgh back. “Jensen’s coming back, which is great. Can’t wait to see him. We always had so much fun together. He’s a rebel and he’s also a super talented actor. So we’re very lucky to have him. And I love Melissa as a person. She’s a dear friend, and so I think there’s still a lot more story to tell there, so would love to have her back.”
Based on the best-selling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, the CBS series focuses on Hartley’s Colter, a lone survivor who roams the country as a bounty hunter, using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all sorts of mysteries while struggling with his own broken family. Produced by 20th Television, CBS’ Tracker stars Hartley (Colter Shaw), Fiona Rene (Reenie), Robin Weigert (Teddi), Abby McEnany (Velma) and Eric Graise (Bobby). Hartley, Ken Olin, Elwood Reid and Ben Winters serve as executive producers, with Deaver serving as executive producer.
