Colter Shaw, Tracker extraordinaire, usually deals in simple disappearances. This week’s case, however, offered a twist: a man who vanished, then reappeared…sort of. Lucas, presumed dead in a fiery car crash, seemingly reached out to his family months later, sending them into a spiral of confusion and suspicion. Naturally, they called Colter (Justin Hartley).
The case quickly spiraled beyond a faked death. Lucas, it turns out, was tangled up with a corrupt mayoral candidate, Tim Crosby, and a dirty detective. Lucas’s friend Stephanie, a political reporter poking around Crosby’s shady dealings, wound up murdered, so Lucas faked his own demise to shield his family. Enter Phillip and Barbie Lee (Freda Foh Shen), a couple specializing in helping people vanish, who aided Lucas in his elaborate disappearing act. Sadly, Phillip’s involvement proved fatal, leading to another murder orchestrated by Crosby and his crooked cop accomplice, Detective Goodman (Jolie Jenkins).
Colter, never one to let sleeping dogs lie (especially corrupt ones), put together a plan to expose Crosby and Goodman, ultimately bringing both to justice. Lucas, now safe, can finally rejoin the land of the living. Case closed, right? Not so fast. Interwoven with this already tangled case is the lingering mystery of Gina, Camille Picket’s sister, a case that has haunted Colter for a decade. Camille, understandably weary, asks Colter to let it go. But Colter, ever the Tracker, just can’t resist a good cold case. He quietly presses on, aided by his new associate, Keaton. Keaton’s methods, however, stray into ethically murky territory, hinting at a potential future conflict with Colter. And the bombshell? Keaton discovers evidence suggesting Gina might still be alive, a victim of her ex-boyfriend’s machinations and a shadowy figure of power.
This episode skillfully balanced a compelling case-of-the-week with a significant development in Colter’s ongoing personal saga. The faked death served as a clever misdirect, leading to a satisfying takedown of political corruption. But the resurrection of Gina’s case is the real game-changer, promising a complicated and potentially game changing arc for Colter.
Tracker airs Sundays at 10/9c on CBS.
