Tracker (2024)
Tracker is a 2024 drama series created by Ben H. Winters. It stars Justin Hartley, Fiona Rene and Abby McEnany.
Colter Shaw grew up off the grid, trained by a survivalist father to read terrain, track prey, and trust almost no one. Now he drives the country in a battered camper as a reward seeker, claiming bounties on missing persons and cold cases that local police cannot crack. Justin Hartley plays the wandering loner whose gift for finding people keeps colliding with a family history he would rather leave buried. Developed from Jeffery Deaver's novel The Never Game, this American crime drama runs a fresh mystery each week while a longer thread about Shaw's past pulls underneath.
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What is Tracker about?
Colter Shaw grew up off the grid, trained by a survivalist father to read terrain, track prey, and trust almost no one. Now he drives the country in a battered camper as a reward seeker, claiming bounties on missing persons and cold cases that local police cannot crack. Justin Hartley plays the wandering loner whose gift for finding people keeps colliding with a family history he would rather leave buried. Developed from Jeffery Deaver's novel The Never Game, this American crime drama runs a fresh mystery each week while a longer thread about Shaw's past pulls underneath.
When was Tracker released?
Tracker was released on 11 February 2024.
How many episodes does Tracker have?
Tracker has 55 episodes across 3 seasons.
Who made Tracker?
Tracker was created by Ben H. Winters.
Where can I watch Tracker?
Tracker is available on DirecTV On Demand, Hulu, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), Paramount+ (Via Apple TV) and YouTube TV.
Where to watch Tracker
Stream: DirecTV On Demand, Hulu, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), Paramount+ (Via Apple TV), YouTube TV, fuboTV
Watch free: CBS, Pluto TV, Spectrum On Demand
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw
- Fiona Rene as Reenie Greene
- Abby McEnany as Velma Bruin
- Eric Graise as Bob Exley
- Chris Lee as Randy
- Cassady McClincy-Zhang as Melanie 'Mel' Day
- Robin Weigert as Teddi Bruin
- Jensen Ackles as Russell Shaw
- Brent Sexton as John Keaton
- Kathleen Robertson as Maxine
- Sofia Pernas as Billie Matalon
- Wendy Crewson as Mary Dove Shaw
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A few thoughts on Tracker
Shaw's wilderness know-how and lone-wolf code echo Arthur Morgan's long ride through Red Dead Redemption 2, another story of a hard man crossing wide open country. Agatha Christie's Crooked House scratches the standalone-whodunit itch with a closed circle of suspects, and Life Is Strange offers a slower mystery built on reading people, choices, and their consequences.
Reward seekers and detectives who hunt missing people
Colter Shaw earns his living finding the people everyone else gave up on, driving state to state for the reward. These crime dramas share that same engine, a fresh disappearance or cold case each week and an investigator who works cases the local police could not close. Expect dogged legwork, small towns, and someone whose fate hangs on being found.
A lone wanderer running from his own history
Shaw grew up off the grid, raised by a survivalist father whose lessons and secrets still shadow every mile of road. These stories follow the same kind of solitary figure, a drifter or lone operator with a buried past that keeps catching up. The open country becomes its own character, and trust is the rarest thing any of them carry.
Crime dramas driven by secrets and buried motives
Underneath Tracker's case of the week runs a longer thread about family, guilt, and the things Shaw would rather leave buried. These picks lean into that pressure, crimes tangled in old secrets where proving what happened matters as much as the act itself. Some are tight whodunits, others slow character studies, all circling the question of what people hide.