Tracker’s Melissa Roxburgh Talks the Shaw Family’s Future in Season 2
The latest episode of Tracker, “Beyond the Campus Walls,” saw the new CBS hit drama bring in one of its biggest guest stars yet. Manifest’s Melissa Roxburgh made her debut on the show as Dory Shaw, the younger sister of Justin Hartley’s Colter Shaw. We know that the Shaw family has a complicated family history, but Dory has largely distanced herself from the past, allowing her to move forward in a way that Colter hasn’t been able to.
Thanks to a chance encounter with her sister while investigating a case, Colter is forced to confront some big questions from his past. And that time with Dory could lead to time spent with her estranged brother, Russell, who will be played by Jensen Ackles in the penultimate episode of Season 1. Following her debut as Dory, Roxburgh spoke with CinemaBlend about taking on the role in Tracker, as well as how the events of “Beyond the Campus Walls” could further the relationship between the Shaw siblings heading into Season 2. “Absolutely. I mean, I’m not too sure what Russell is doing at this point, but obviously Colter is on the road and he doesn’t have a family or anything like that,” Roxburgh said. “And I think she really wants him to at least be a part of her family. As an audience member, I’m excited to see how that family dynamic plays out.”
In the final scene between Dory and Colter in last week’s episode, it was clear that she felt a little guilty about leaving him in the situation with their mother. Roxburgh hinted that this new perspective on Dory may have changed her desires for her brother.
“There’s a dinner scene where she feels guilty about that because when things happened in the past, she left and chose a safer path in life and I don’t think she regrets that but I think there’s a sense of guilt about where her brother left off and what he chose for his life,” she explained. “And so I think she just wants to make sure that everyone’s okay.”
Thankfully, Tracker has been renewed for a second season by CBS. It’s unclear at this point how big of a role characters like Russell and Dory might play in Season 2, but there will certainly be more opportunities with the full episode lineup.
