Tracker Season 2 Trailer Reveals Justin Hartley’s Colter Shaw Returns After Hiatus
The brand new Tracker season 2 trailer reveals the first look at Justin Hartley’s return as Colter Shaw. Despite a shortened year, CBS was able to successfully launch its latest police procedural based on the book The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver. Marking Hartley’s return to television after his stint as Kevin Pearson on This Is Us, Tracker has become the most-watched series of the 2023-2024 cycle, even ending NCIS’s five-year run at the top. With this, people are interested in learning more about Colter and his life moving forward. Luckily, Tracker’s season 2 premiere on CBS is less than two months away.
The short clip reveals Colter returning to his retributivist ways, helping various people track down missing people and reunite them with their loved ones. Unfortunately, while Jensen Ackles is confirmed to return for season 2, there is no appearance from Russell Shaw.
At the end of Tracker season 1, Colter went into hiding after stumbling upon new information about what really happened the night his father died. For a long time, he thought his brother had killed his father. After reuniting with Ackles’ character, followed by a meeting with their childhood friend, Jennifer Morrison’s Lizzy Hawking, Colter begins to suspect that there is more to the retributivist than meets the eye. Those realizations will have a huge impact on how the retributivist operates moving forward, especially since the tragedy shaped much of his perspective as an adult.
On the flip side, however, it paves the way for Colter and Russell to work together more frequently in the future.
Additionally, learning new information about his father’s death will create a significant change in Colter’s stance on his family in Tracker season 2. It’s clear that his relationship with his mother was strained, but after Russell’s revelation about how she forced him to leave, the younger Shaw brother may be more cautious in dealing with his mother. Likewise, it could create a rift in his relationship with his sister, Dory. On the flip side, however, it paves the way for Colter and Russell to work together more frequently in the future.
Hartley and the rest of the Tracker cast have a lot to work on, given the standard they set in the first year. For that reason, viewers can expect that the second year will deliver at least the same quality of storytelling. Colter discovering new information about the Shaw family tree is a great launching pad for his new story, which could be more engaging and compelling.
