Sofia Pernas as Billie and Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Ed Araquel/CBS
Followers of Justin Hartley‘s hit CBS sequence Tracker don’t have to attend too lengthy for a second season.
The procedural, which is predicated on Jeffery Deaver‘s novel The By no means Sport, premiered in February after Tremendous Bowl LVIII and instantly discovered its viewers. Viewers have been settling in each week to see their favourite fictional survivalist a.okay.a Colter (Hartley) journey the nation to assist remedy lacking particular person instances, observe down info on legal instances and a lot extra.
Tracker initially appealed to followers due to the present’s lead and the wide range of mysteries Colter acquired to unravel. Season 1 solely acquired extra intriguing as visitor stars comparable to Hartley’s real-life spouse, Sofia Pernas, Melissa Roxburgh and Jensen Ackles made appearances on display. Hartley even acquired to reunite with not one — however two! — of his former costars from This Is Us: Jon Huertas and Jennifer Morrison.
After the present’s first season finale, viewership numbers confirmed that Tracker was essentially the most watched sequence from the 2023-24 TV season. This didn’t come as a shock for CBS although since they already renewed Tracker for a second season.
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When Is ‘Tracker’ Returning to CBS for Season 2?
The primary season of the present featured 13 episodes and wrapped up by Could 2024. After the finale, the community confirmed Tracker could be again for the 2024-2025 season.
Who Is Coming Again?
Justin Hartley and Melissa Roxburgh Darko Sikman/CBS
Hartley is, after all, anticipated to return as Colter, who has relied on a number of individuals together with Teddi (Robin Weigert), Velma (Abby McEnany), Bobby (Eric Graise) and Reenie (Fiona Rene) to assist remedy his instances. The present’s star — who can also be an govt producer on the challenge — has confirmed that Ackles is coming again as Colter’s brother, Russell, whereas Roxburgh will reprise the position of Colter’s sister, Dory.
The season 1 finale launched Colter’s childhood buddy Lizzy (Morrison), which opened the door for extra appearances from Morrison sooner or later. Viewers can even count on extra flashback scenes centered across the Shaw household since Colter has solely began digging into his late father’s previous.
Justin Hartley‘s CBS sequence Tracker has gained over its viewers due to the intriguing instances — and the spectacular visitor stars. Tracker, which premiered in February 2024, is centered round a survivalist named Colter (Hartley) who travels the nation serving to individuals and legislation enforcement deal with quite a lot of mysteries. Because the sequence unfolds, viewers study […]
How Usually Will Sofia Pernas Seem on the Present?
Pernas left a long-lasting impression after showing in only one episode as Colter’s rival Billie. Fortunately, Hartley has made it clear that Pernas is about to return much more from right here.
“She’s positively coming again. We now have some fairly cool stuff for her to do subsequent 12 months,” Hartley informed Deadline in Could 2024. “She’ll be again a number of instances subsequent 12 months.We constructed this actually nice group of actors [who are] hopefully greater than prepared to come back again, as a result of we’d like to play extra with them. We now have a bunch of tales to inform with all [of them].”
How Did the Season 1 Finale Set Up Colter’s Story From Right here?
As the primary season got here to an finish, there have been a number of relationships: Colter acquired extra details about his dad’s mysterious murderhis buddy Lizzie revealed that her mom had an affair with Colter’s dad and, their dad and mom had a combat earlier than his loss of life and Lizzie later discovered a field her mom hid that was full of labor from Colter’s dad. Lizzie informed Colter she gave the gadgets to his sister, Dory, who by no means talked about something to him.
Hartley weighed in on the place the story goes from right here, telling Deadline in Could 2024, “We now have an entire different season to shoot that now we have to make higher than Season 1. So whereas we wished all these story traces wrapped up, we additionally wished these bows to type of result in different questions — larger, deeper questions — about his previous. So I believe we did that in answering a few of these questions that we had constructed up all 12 months. I believe we did a great job of constructing certain that the solutions to these questions then result in an even bigger thriller, one thing that we are able to unpack in season 2.”
The place Does Colter Stand With His Brother?
Jensen Ackles and Justin Hartley. Michael Courtney/CBS
All through season 1, Colter appeared sure that Russell was guilty for his or her father’s loss of life. Their onscreen reunion, launched some doubt when Russell claimed there was another person within the woods the evening their dad fell to his loss of life off a cliff.
“What Colter does is he finds individuals, and he reads individuals. He reads physique language. He can have a look at individuals. He appears to be like into their eyes, and he understands individuals. He’s a soulful man himself as properly,” Hartley defined to Deadline. “I selected in that second when Jensen [Ackles] was me, and the way in which that he was enjoying it, I selected in that second, simply primarily based on his efficiency, mainly, that I used to be going to actually, actually need to imagine him.”
Colter doesn’t have all of the solutions although, which leaves room for extra questions.
“Does Colter suppose that he pushed him off the cliff now? In all probability not,” he added. “However does he suppose that he had nothing to do with something or doesn’t have any information about his father’s loss of life? And that he’s fully at the hours of darkness similar to Colter is? I don’t suppose that’s the case both.”
How Usually Will Our Favourite Visitor Stars Return?
“In an ideal world, we’d see [Jensen] as a lot as we are able to. He’s a busy man, although. So we’ll see what we are able to do, and the identical factor with Melissa. We don’t want eight or 9 instances, however it will be good to have a couple of with him and some with Sofia,” Hartley informed The Wrap in Could 2024. “I believe we are able to sprinkle Sofia in a bit of extra, simply because there’s that backstory with Billie and Colter and attempting to determine what the hell that was with Jennifer Morrison’s character.”
Can Followers Count on Colter to Proceed to Break the Regulation — and Get Arrested?
Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Michael Courtney/CBS
Tracker rapidly defined that Colter’s success charge together with his instances was partially as a result of he was prepared to cease at nothing to get solutions. That meant many run-ins with the legislation — a few of which ended with Colter behind bars.
“We do have a working joke although, of what number of instances Colter has damaged the legislation. Our grips division put collectively an inventory and it’s ridiculous. My concept was to have, perhaps on the finish of season 2, my wrap present to everybody goes to be a hoodie that lists all the issues that he’s finished,” Hartley joked with The Wrap. “Like assault, breaking and coming into, kidnapping, all that stuff. Nevertheless it’s an extended checklist already. Each episode, he’s doing one thing unlawful, proper?”
What Is Justin Hartley’s Dream State of affairs for a Case?
“A part of me thinks I need to do a water episode, after which I’m like, ‘What the hell is unsuitable with you? You’re not doing a water episode,’” Hartley shared with The Wrap. “These take twice as lengthy, they’re twice as exhausting and also you’re within the water. However I believe now we have to do one, simply because it’s cool. Yeah, I’m up for something.”
Will There Be Extra Delays and Schedule Adjustments?
Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
Though Tracker was breaking information with viewership, followers turned annoyed with the way in which different programming brought about delays or schedule shifts. A pivotal episode in March 2024 — the place Hartley reunited on display with Pernas — was extraordinarily delayed as a result of March Insanity. One month later, the CMT Music Awards brought about comparable points when the community didn’t air a brand new episode.
Tracker was later moved one hour up with a purpose to make house for The one hundredth: Billy Joel at Madison Sq. Backyard. The season 1 finale, which aired in Could 2024, was additionally delayed the evening of as a result of earlier content material working over its allotted time.
Followers have been very outspoken on social media about their frustration so presumably season 2 gained’t face the identical points.
