Tracker (American TV series)
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Tracker is an American action drama television series developed by Ben H. Winters and based on the 2019 novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver. The series stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, a skilled survivalist and tracker who earns his living by assisting law enforcement and private citizens in exchange for reward money. Hartley is joined by principal cast members Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise, and Fiona Rene. The series is produced by 20th Television and was given a series order in December 2022, after initially being picked up for a pilot in July 2022. It was filmed in British Columbia, Canada, leveraging the scenic locales of the Vancouver metro area, and in Martini Film Studios. Winters and Hilary Weisman Graham served as showrunners. Tracker premiered on February 11, 2024, following Super Bowl LVIII on CBS. In March 2024, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 13, 2024. In February 2025, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on October 19, 2025. In January 2026, the series was renewed for a fourth season.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 13 | February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11) | May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) | |
| 2 | 20 | October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) | May 11, 2025 (2025-05-11) | |
| 3 | 22 | October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19) | May 24, 2026 (2026-05-24) | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U . viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Klamath Falls" | Ken Olin | Ben H. Winters | February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11) | 1NHU01 | 18 |
| Colter Shaw is a professional "tracker" who lives off reward money for finding missing people. After rescuing a hiker in Nevada, Colter receives a mission from his co-handler Teddi to find 14-year-old Gilbert Brown, believed to be with his non-custodial father Edward. Colter contacts tech expert Bobby and learns Gilbert agreed to meet with his fath | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Missoula" | Ken Olin | Tegan Shohet & David Radcliff | February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18) | 1NHU04 | 6 |
| Colter's mother tells him someone broke into his father's office. In Montana, accountant Jackson Cheong is missing after quitting his job. Colter learns from Bobby that Jackson's girlfriend Rebecca is a con artist. He goes to Rebecca's address and finds live security footage of various people, including Jackson. After being confronted by guards, Co | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Springland" | Ken Olin | Elwood Reid | February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25) | 1NHU02 | 7 |
| Near Cascade, Idaho, Colter sees a man confronting a woman for leaving a poster for her sister, vanlifer Mia Stine, on his car, with Colter getting stabbed when he intervenes. He meets Kira Stine and the sheriff, the latter of whom believes Mia simply left town. Colter finds a trail camera and calls Bobby, but is confronted by the man from before, | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Mt. Shasta" | Doug Aarniokoski | Steve Harper | March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03) | 1NHU03 | 7 |
| Reenie's friend Erika believes her son Noah ran away from his boarding school, so Reenie calls Colter to investigate. Colter interviews the school's headmaster and security chief Ritter, who believes Noah relapsed and fled looking for drugs. Noah's friend tells Colter he saw Noah arguing with school employee Zeke, and security footage shows Noah in | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "St. Louis" | Gonzalo Amat | Travis Donnelly & Graham Thiel | March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17) | 1NHU05 | 7 |
| 16-year-old Stephanie Porter posts a reward to find a witness to testify at her father's second murder trial. Clay Porter was accused of killing his business partner, Avery Ingram after discovering him running an underground poker game. An anonymous comment on Stephanie's fundraiser claimed to witness the murder. Colter enters the poker game, but i | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Lexington" | Marisol Adler | Sharon Lee Watson & Amanda Mortlock | March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24) | 1NHU06 | 7 |
| Colter is tasked to find kidnapped racehorse Argo by its caretaker Hugh Laslow, one of its four owners. The kidnapper also stole documents that allow Argo to race. If the horse were to win an upcoming race, it would secure a spot in the Kentucky Derby. Colter runs into Billie, a rival tracker on the same mission. She previously betrayed him in Miam | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Chicago" | Aprill Winney | Ben H. Winters & Jai Franklin Sarki | March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31) | 1NHU07 | 6 |
| Bobby asks Colter to find his friend, MMA fighter Sun Mai. Her gym's owner, Art Arfabo suspects she was deported, but ICE says they have no record of this. Sun's mother mentions immigration lawyer George Prine, who Teddi and Velma find is actually conman Mark Johnson. Colter confronts Johnson, who says Sun was kidnapped by loan sharks. Colter sneak | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Camden" | Bethany Rooney | Travis Donnelly & Tegan Shohet | April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14) | 1NHU08 | 8 |
| In Maine, Colter is tasked with finding missing dock worker Ethan "Sully" Sullivan, who vanished weeks before his wedding. His fiancée, Daniela, says she overheard him arguing with a co-worker, Ryan Hopkins. The sheriff finds Sully's car and a necklace, but Colter concludes he wasn't inside when it crashed. Colter speaks to Ryan, and Bobby confirms | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Aurora" | Jon Huertas | Sharon Lee Watson | April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21) | 1NHU09 | 7 |
| In Vermont, Jamie, a friend of missing teenager Lana Russo, is found drowned in a suspected suicide pact. Three years later, Lana's father, Gavin, requests Colter's help after seeing Lana in the background of a newspaper photo. Colter visits Harkwood, an abandoned mental hospital connected to a legend about a witch. Toby, an ex-classmate and member | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Into the Wild" | Larry Teng | Elwood Reid | April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28) | 1NHU10 | 7 |
| Reenie visits Colter after a plane belonging to Gus McMillion, her father's friend, disappears in northern Idaho with his children, Maddie and Hank, and a client, Walter Bratton, inside. To find them, Colter skydives to the area where the plane last signaled. He finds the plane and a man dead by gunshot. Teddi tells Reenie that Bratton's car was re | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Beyond the Campus Walls" | Joel Novoa | Travis Donnelly | May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) | 1NHU11 | 7 |
| Wyoming Science University student Blake Baker disappears after an off-campus party. His mother tells Colter her brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was Blake's age. Colter visits his sister Dory, a professor, and gives her files on their father's murder. He speaks to Blake's professor Lyle Hewitt, who says he caught Blake copying rese | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Off the Books" | Clara Aranovich | Elwood Reid & Sharon Lee Watson | May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12) | 1NHU12 | 7 |
| Russell visits Colter at his trailer and tells him he didn't kill their father. He asks for help finding an army friend, Doug Thompson, who ran away while getting gas in Roanoke, Virginia. His wife receives a package with a finger inside, which Bobby finds belongs to a recently deceased man, Len Klavens. The brothers break into the morgue but are a | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Storm" | Ken Olin | Elwood Reid & Sharon Lee Watson | May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) | 1NHU13 | 7 |
| In coastal Oregon, Colter's friend Lizzy Hawking asks him to find her daughter Katie and her boyfriend Dylan Fisher, amateur storm-trackers who vanished after a storm. After speaking to a friend, Colter heads into the water and finds Dylan's body. Sheriff Woods says Dylan drowned, but Colter believes he was murdered. Deputy Kelman mentions the Samp | |||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U . viewers (millions) |
| 14 | 1 | "Out of the Past" | Ken Olin | Elwood Reid | October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) | 2NHU01 | 8 |
| Colter breaks into a house and confronts a man, Frank, whom he suspects is involved in the disappearance of a girl named Gina Picket. It is revealed that Colter has "visited" this man every year for ten years in search of Gina. Later, he investigates the case of a family disappearance in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Initial suspicion was that the family h | |||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Ontological Shock" | Aprill Winney | Sharon Lee Watson & Travis Donnelly | October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20) | 2NHU02 | 7 |
| While tracking a missing man named Scott Palmer, on the hunt to find aliens, Colter goes missing. A worried Reenie calls in Colter's brother, Russell, to find him. Russell saves Colter, and the two team up to find the missing man. They discover the man's disappearance might be part of a government cover-up. In the end, they locate the man and bring | |||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Bloodlines" | Doug Aarniokoski | Sharon Lee Watson & Travis Donnelly | October 27, 2024 (2024-10-27) | 2NHU03 | 8 |
| Colter teams up again with fellow tracker, Billie, in her Nebraska hometown, looking for a young couple. The investigation leads them to a bio-hacking company that buys and sells blood. When police get involved, the original client cancels the job, and Billie decides to bow out of the investigation. As she drives away, a truck plows into her car, a | |||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Noble Rot" | Aprill Winney | Alex Katsnelson & Amanda Mortlock | November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03) | 2NHU04 | 8 |
| Reenie brings Colter to a Napa corporate retreat to search for the female head of a software company who appears to have been kidnapped. While searching the grounds for her, body parts start popping up. | |||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Preternatural" | Jeff T. Thomas | Ryan O'Nan & Annakate Chappell | November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10) | 2NHU05 | 8 |
| Colter is hired to find a missing teenage girl named Emmaline, who recently moved to a mining town with her brother. After interviewing some of the townsfolk, Colter discovers that she is an herbalist and faith healer. It turns out Emmaline wandered onto the territory of the Drell Clan, drug dealers who wanted her to heal their father. Colter finds | |||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Trust Fall" | Jennifer Morrison | Travis Donnelly & Dominique A. Holmes | November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17) | 2NHU06 | 8 |
| Colter is hired to find a group of four friends who disappeared during a camping trip. He finds one of them quickly, and while hiking to a waterfall that the other three were going to, he meets a retired cop named Keaton, who is determined to close a cold case. After Colter helps Keaton with his case, the latter tags along to help Colter finish his | |||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Man's Best Friend" | Ben Hernandez Bray | Alex Katsnelson & Jai Franklin Sarki | November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24) | 2NHU07 | 8 |
| Colter finds a dog at a gas station and is able to lure him into his truck. After he returns from the station, he finds his car window smashed and the dog gone. He decides to check out the address from the dog's tags, and finds the door kicked in, and the owners tied up. They reveal that a masked man broke in, tied them up, and stole their dog. Col | |||||||
| 21 | 8 | "The Night Movers" | Ken Olin | Elwood Reid & Annakate Chappell | December 1, 2024 (2024-12-01) | 2NHU08 | 7 |
| Colter takes on a case trying to find his client's dead brother. He quickly learns that the man is indeed alive and has made several visits to people he was in contact with. Colter follows the track to a woman who provided him with a fake ID and finds that her husband has been murdered. Together, they try to track him down and hit some twists and t | |||||||
| 22 | 9 | "The Disciple" | Bethany Rooney | Sharon Lee Watson & Amanda Mortlock | February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16) | 2NHU09 | 6 |
| Colter meets again with Keaton, who has made some progress in their search for Gina. Together they investigate a guy named Frank who was with Gina the night she disappeared, and he leads them to where he had taken her at the direction of his "Teacher". There they find a body (not Gina) and video tapes - one of Gina with the killer. Slowly, they unc | |||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Nightingale" | Jon Huertas | Ryan O'Nan & Dominique A. Holmes | February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23) | 2NHU10 | 8 |
| A singer/musician named Angie goes missing after leaving a bar where she performed. Colter gets hired to find a missing grandson in the same town, and soon, he learns their paths crossed. He runs up against resistance from the local sheriff and a biker gang who have recently lost two members in a fight. It becomes hard to tell the good guys from th | |||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Shades of Gray" | Darren Grant | Travis Donnelly & Jordan Goodman | March 2, 2025 (2025-03-02) | 2NHU11 | 7 |
| Reenie and Elliott get Colter hired by a woman named Ivy whose son, Matt, is having an affair with a married woman, and has gone missing. Colter finds Matt's girlfriend tied up and she tells him that Matt was kidnapped, and had previously warned her not to call the police if anything happened to him. The trail leads him to see that Ivy is involved | |||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Monster" | Tyne Rafaeli | Alex Katsnelson & Annakate Chappell | March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09) | 2NHU12 | 7 |
| Colter Shaw is enlisted to help locate a missing mother who vanished after tucking in her young son, who was afraid of "monsters." As Colter investigates, he traces her phone and uncovers disturbing clues, eventually leading him to Alice's colleague's body. Inside the house, he finds therapy notes that reveal a chilling motive behind Alice's abduct | |||||||
| 26 | 13 | "Neptune" | Lee Rose | Sharon Lee Watson & Ryan O'Nan | March 16, 2025 (2025-03-16) | 2NHU13 | 8 |
| Tracker is asked to find Clare Dillard, who disappeared from a New York City dressing room. Colter speaks to her husband, Logan, who receives an alert of a burglary at their home. Colter arrives at the publishing company Clare works at, but finds five employees dead, with CEO Eileen Turner the only other one missing. After evading two armed cleaner | |||||||
| 27 | 14 | "Exodus" | Lionel Coleman | Travis Donelly & Dominique A. Holmes | March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23) | 2NHU14 | 7 |
| 28 | 15 | "The Grey Goose" | Ken Olin | Annakate Chappell & Jai Franklin Sarki | March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30) | 2NHU15 | 8 |
| Colter returns to Aurora, Vermont to investigate an escaped prisoner who escaped during a medical transfer. The prisoner injured one guard and kidnapped another, who is also the niece of a detective who investigated the Lana Russo case. Billie goes undercover in the prison to investigate if someone there was involved, while Colter finds evidence th | |||||||
| 29 | 16 | "The Mercy Seat" | David M. Barrett | Elwood Reid & Sharon Lee Watson | April 13, 2025 (2025-04-13) | 2NHU16 | 8 |
| 30 | 17 | "Memories" | Yangzom Brauen | Alex Katnelson & Amanda Morlock | April 20, 2025 (2025-04-20) | 2NHU17 | 7 |
| 31 | 18 | "Collision" | Joel Novoa | Travis Donnelly & Ryan O'Nan | April 27, 2025 (2025-04-27) | 2NHU18 | 7 |
| 32 | 19 | "Rules of the Game" | Nimisha Mukerji | Sharon Lee Watson & Dominique A. Holmes | May 4, 2025 (2025-05-04) | 2NHU19 | 8 |
| 33 | 20 | "Echo Ridge" | Ken Olin | Elwood Reid | May 11, 2025 (2025-05-11) | 2NHU20 | 8 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U . viewers (millions) |
| 34 | 1 | "The Process" | Ken Olin | Elwood Reid | October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19) | 3NHU01 | 8 |
| Randy takes over for Bobby in assisting Colter. After getting into a fight at a bar in Larimer County, Colorado, Colter and Russell team up with a man to investigate the disappearance of his ex-wife and daughter, Lisa and Hailey Rodgers. They find Lisa's conman husband dead in the home. After hearing a report of a carjacking, Colter locates Lisa at | |||||||
| 35 | 2 | "Leverage" | Jeff T. Thomas | Sharon Lee Watson | October 26, 2025 (2025-10-26) | 3NHU02 | 7 |
| The teacher is murdered by a jail guard shortly after Reenie tries to interview him. Colter learns about The Process, where people with secrets are blackmailed into committing crimes or risk their loved ones murdered, a system that has operated for over a decade. After intercepting one victim, who was tasked with killing Russell, the brothers fake | |||||||
| 36 | 3 | "First Fire" | Aprill Winney | Ryan O'Nan & Annakate Chappell | November 2, 2025 (2025-11-02) | 3NHU03 | 8 |
| A man escapes from a psychiatric facility on Halloween. Colter is hired by his parents to track him down, as they believe their son is dangerous and might hurt more people. Colter worries that he might be targeting one of his former victims, a young woman he'd been obsessed with before being committed. His investigation leads him to a connection be | |||||||
| 37 | 4 | "No Man's Land" | Joel Novoa | Alex Katsnelson & Travis Donnelly | November 9, 2025 (2025-11-09) | 3NHU04 | 7 |
| A woman in a small Texas town hires Colter to find a man who disappeared from his hotel room. He quickly discovers that the woman is really the sheriff's wife and that she was having an affair with the missing man. Two deputies kidnap Colter and take him into the desert to kill him. He escapes, but has to make it back to civilization on his own wit | |||||||
| 38 | 5 | "The Old Ways" | Darren Grant | Elwood Reid & Dominque A. Holmes | November 16, 2025 (2025-11-16) | 3NHU05 | 7 |
| Colter is hired to find a group of teenagers who went missing while hiking in the mountains. He follows their trail through the woods, but discovers that the kids' biological father has taken them to live off the grid with him in his survivalist lifestyle. | |||||||
| 39 | 6 | "Angel" | Bethany Rooney | Sharon Lee Watson & Brian McCauley Johnson | November 23, 2025 (2025-11-23) | 3NHU06 | 8 |
| Colter is hired to find a crime scene cleaner named Margo Webster, who is also a true crime buff. He eventually discovers that she was part of an amateur detective group, along with two men named Gunther and Eddie. The three men revisit the site of Margo's most recent job and discover that someone has been hiding in the house. They eventually reali | |||||||
| 40 | 7 | "Eat the Rich" | Rob Seidenglanz | Travis Donnelly & Jai Franklin Sarki | November 30, 2025 (2025-11-30) | 3NHU07 | N/A |
| Colter is hired to find a woman and his search leads him to links to a wealthy and influential Boston Family. | |||||||
| 41 | 8 | "Eurydice" | Joel Novoa | Ryan O'Nan & Amanda Mortlock | December 7, 2025 (2025-12-07) | 3NHU08 | N/A |
| When a young girl goes missing, her mother is suspected of murdering her. A year later, the missing girl's dress appears in her mother's backyard and she hires Colter to find out if her daughter is still alive. While Reenie works to keep the mother out of legal trouble, Colter investigates the girl's disappearance. What at first appears to be a sim | |||||||
| 42 | 9 | "Good Trouble" | Jeff T. Thomas | Elwood Reid & Sharon Lee Watson | December 14, 2025 (2025-12-14) | 3NHU09 | N/A |
| An old friend of Colter's, a retired police chief, requests his help in finding his former partner who has gone missing. The search lead them to tangle with an organized crime family, and in the chase they find the partner dying from a car accident. His last words lead them to the wife of someone murdered years ago. Soon Colter and the retired chi | |||||||
| 43 | 10 | "The Fallout" | Ken Olin | Travis Donnelly & Annakate Chappell | March 1, 2026 (2026-03-01) | 3NHU10 | N/A |
| Colton and the retired chief survive the crash, and while the chief is gravely injured Colton continues his pursuit. Meanwhile he has become the main suspect in the trail of murders that have occurred during the encounters at the hand of a hired gun. | |||||||
| 44 | 11 | "To the Bone" | Jon Huertas | Alex Katsnelson & Jordan Goodman | March 8, 2026 (2026-03-08) | 3NHU11 | N/A |
| When parents contact Colter because their son is missing and they fear he has gotten into trouble, Colter finds he must rescue 2 children instead of one. | |||||||
| 45 | 12 | "Do No Harm" | Aprill Winney | Ryan O'Nan & Brian McCauley Johnson | March 15, 2026 (2026-03-15) | 3NHU12 | N/A |
| Colter investigates when a doctor goes missing. Soon it's found that something from her past is at play. | |||||||
| 46 | 13 | "Breakaway" | David M. Barrett | Travis Donnelly & Dominique A. Holmes | March 22, 2026 (2026-03-22) | 3NHU13 | N/A |
| A stunt man gets frustrated with the movie he is working on and walks off the set. soon he is led into a band of robbers. Rennie continues to battle with her own demons. | |||||||
| 47 | 14 | "The Field Trip" | Melissa Hickey | Elwood Reid & Annakate Chapell | March 29, 2026 (2026-03-29) | 3NHU14 | N/A |
| 48 | 15 | "No Good Deed" | Tori Garrett | Sharon Lee Watson & Thomas Heminger | April 5, 2026 (2026-04-05) | 3NHU15 | N/A |
| 49 | 16 | "Struck" | Ben Hernandez Bray | Alex Katnelson & Amanda Mortlock | April 12, 2026 (2026-04-12) | 3NHU16 | N/A |
| 50 | 17 | "Daughters" | Joel Novoa | Ryan O'Nan & Jai Franklin Sarki | April 19, 2026 (2026-04-19) | 3NHU17 | N/A |
| 51 | 18 | "Alaskan Wild" | David M. Barrett | Travis Donnelly & Dominique A. Holmes | April 26, 2026 (2026-04-26) | 3NHU18 | TBD |
| 52 | 19 | "Chain of Custody" | Nimisha Mukerji | Annakate Chappell & Neda Davarpanah | May 3, 2026 (2026-05-03) | 3NHU19 | TBD |
| 53 | 20 | "Reclamation" | Darren Grant | Alex Katsnelson & Dominique A. Holmes | May 10, 2026 (2026-05-10) | 3NHU20 | TBD |
| 54 | 21 | "Chrono Stasis" | Jeff T. Thomas | Sharon Lee Watson & Amanda Mortlock | May 17, 2026 (2026-05-17) | 3NHU21 | TBD |
| 55 | 22 | "The Best Ones" | Ken Olin | Elwood Reid & Travis Donnelly | May 24, 2026 (2026-05-24) | TBA | TBD |
| Season | Timeslot (ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank | Avg. viewers (millions) | 18–49 rank | Avg. 18–49 rating | ||
| Date | Viewers (millions) | Date | Viewers (millions) | ||||||||
| 1 | Sunday 10:00 p . (1) Sunday 9:00 p . (2–5, 7, 9–13) Sunday 8:00 p . (6, 8) | 13 | February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11) | 18 | May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) | 7 | 2023–24 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Sunday 8:00 p . (1, 4, 7, 9–20) Sunday 8:30 p . (2–3) Sunday 9:00 p . (5–6, 8) | 20 | October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) | 8 | May 11, 2025 (2025-05-11) | 8 | 2024–25 | 1 | 17 | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | Sunday 8:00 p . (1, 4, 6, 8–9) Sunday 8:30 p . (2–3, 5, 7) Sunday 9:00 p . (10–18, 20–22) Sunday 8:59 p . (19) | 22 | October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19) | 8 | TBA | TBD | 2025–26 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |