Spoilers forward for the winter premiere of Tracker, referred to as “The Disciple” and out there streaming now with a Paramount+ subscription.
Tracker is formally again after two months of hiatus and a giant “To Be Continued” to resolve, with Colter heading into “The Disciple” seemingly nearer than ever to discovering out the reality about Gina’s disappearance. Sadly – though not surprisingly, as Justin Hartley beforehand identified – the tip was bittersweet; Gina had been useless for years earlier than Colter caught the unhealthy man and located the reality about her, however now each Colter himself and Camille have some extent of closure. Hartley spoke with CinemaBlend relating to Tracker‘s first episode of the 2025 TV schedule, getting again to that Shaw drama, and what may have gone very incorrect in making “The Disciple.”
Though the information that Gina has been useless for a very long time wasn’t precisely the most effective case state of affairs for Colter and Camille, they will transfer on. For Gina’s sister, which means lastly being free to journey with out worrying about lacking one thing. For Colter, it stays to be seen what his life appears to be like like after resolving a thriller that has overshadowed him for a decade. With regards to Colter’s closure, Justin Hartley shared:
There’s quite a lot of closure, however quite a lot of ache in an fascinating method. He wakes up each morning for the final 10 years searching for this individual in some capability, and haunted by this. And now, rapidly, that is not a part of his life. So it’s kind of Stockholm-y, in a method. It messes with you psychologically. That is bought to be unusual. One thing that you have had for 10 years that haunted you, now rapidly, you simply do not have it. That is bought to be very, very unusual.
Getting any diploma of closure certainly could not have occurred if Colter hadn’t caught the killer in addition to discovered Gina’s destiny, and the reveal was a complete shocker… for any followers who did not know actor Nicholas Lea because the hard-to-kill Krycek from The X-Information and mechanically mistrust him, anyway.
In all seriousness, Lea’s character of Noah Darview appeared fairly insignificant at first, with a tangential tie to The Farm. By the tip, although, the massive reveal got here that Darview was the serial killer referred to as The Trainer, who had been prolific throughout the nation through the years in not solely committing murders, but in addition recruiting folks to do soiled deeds for him.
So, what was it prefer to work with Nicholas Lea as he portrayed not solely the primary unhealthy man of the episode, however the killer behind the homicide that had been driving Colter all through the primary half of Season 2? I requested Hartley that very query, and he shared:
It was nice. That is a troublesome position. That is all the time onerous while you ask an actor to come back in and do one thing like that, as a result of it is so excessive, or it may be, and but on the identical time that is a very easy factor to botch up, and he nailed it. It is also onerous as a result of he is enjoying such a sick man, however on the identical time, you may’t give it away. In any other case, the viewers is sitting there going, ‘Oh yeah, it is apparent.’ You need the alternative. So I assumed he nailed it.
In fact, catching The Trainer and at last closing the case on Gina’s destiny means closure for Camille arguably much more than Colter, and her resolution to journey seemingly implies that she will not be again any time quickly. Was this the tip of A Million Little Issues vet Floriana Lima on Tracker? In keeping with Hartley, followers should not 100% rule it out. He mentioned:
I believe for now. There’s all the time an opportunity to rebuild that. There’s quite a lot of historical past there and quite a lot of ache. I do not understand how you’d rebuild that, however something’s attainable.
With the tip of the Gina thriller, Tracker has wrapped its huge serialized story of the season thus far. There’s nonetheless a full second half of Season 2 nonetheless to go, although, and ending one arc doesn’t suggest that CBS’ hit drama goes to be fully procedural shifting ahead. Justin Hartley previewed:
There’ll all the time be a serialized factor to our present. And we nonetheless have the household points, the dying of the dad, the thriller behind that. Who was accountable? Why did it occur? Was Dad paranoid, or was he actually on to one thing? Is the federal government concerned? That is what’s within the field right here. [laughs] We now have all of these inquiries to reply.
Returning to the Shaw household thriller hopefully means Colter will get some solutions about that Season 1 finale bombshell about his sister, though he was nonetheless dodging Dory’s calls as of the autumn finale. My fingers are crossed to see each Jensen Ackles as Russell and Melissa Roxburgh as Dory again as Colter’s siblings earlier than the ultimate credit roll on Season 2, and the chances appear fairly good on not less than Roxburgh, primarily based on what Hartley has mentioned. For his half, Ackles appeared in an early episode of Season 2.
Regardless of the future holds for the drama of the Shaw household, the subsequent case of the week – which can unfold on Sunday, February 23 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS – needs to be an intense one, primarily based on the promo. Have a look:
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In the event you missed the winter premiere of Tracker or any of the sooner episodes, you will discover them streaming now on Paramount+. I am tempted to revisit the Russell and Dory episodes particularly in mild of what Justin Hartley teased in regards to the ongoing Shaw household drama. And why not the Season 1 finale as effectively? It definitely delivered a enjoyable This Is Us reunion with Jennifer Morrison in addition to the information about Dory again in 2024.