Justin Hartley’s Tracker Season 2 Gets An Exciting Update After Its Record-Breaking Debut Season

Summary Tracker season 2 is confirmed to begin on July 16, 2023.

As set up in Tracker season 1, expect more family dynamics and Colter's father's mystery to progress in season 2.

Tracker season 2 will have an expanded episode count, allowing for more creative weekly cases on top of its overarching story.

Tracker season 2 gets an exciting update after Justin Hartley's show debuted as the most-watched show on TV. Just a couple of years following the end of This Is Us, Hartley returned to the small screen with a very different role playing Colter Shaw, a self-proclaimed rewardist. Based on the 2019 novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, the CBS series takes on a procedural format, with Colter going from one small town to another looking for missing people. Considering Tracker's immediate success after premiering on Super Bowl LVIII, it wasn't surprising when the network greenlit its second season right away.

While CBS has yet to announce its official premiere date, a new listing from Creative BC confirms that Tracker season 2 is slated to begin on July 16. Filming of the Hartley-led series will last until April 22 of next year. No additional information has been included in the listing, but after its shortened debut year, which racked up a whopping 10.8 million weekly viewers, Tracker season 2 is expected to have more episodes as the upcoming 2024-2025 TV season shifts back to its usual schedule.

What To Expect From Tracker Season 2

Colter Shaw Needs To Solve His Father's Murder

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While Jensen Ackles and Melissa Roxbury debuted as Russel and Dory Shaw as part of the Tracker cast, all three siblings haven't shared the screen.

Aside from its weekly episode, Tracker also tackles a bigger narrative that delves deep into the Shaws' family history. In season 1, the mystery of the death of Colter's dad plagued the show's protagonist. Bits and pieces of the tragedy were revealed, with all remaining members of his family offering their own perspectives. The Tracker season 1 finale effectively set up Colter to dig deeper into what really happened to his father. Moving onto season 2, it's very important that this storyline moves forward, even if the show doesn't end up fully resolving it by the end of the year.

One way to do this is to feature Colter's family more often. While he pretty much operates on his own, with Tracker having a different set of supporting characters every week, it would be great to see his siblings get together. While Jensen Ackles and Melissa Roxbury debuted as Russel and Dory Shaw as part of the Tracker cast, all three siblings haven't shared the screen. Seeing all of them unpack what happened to their father can be the highlight of season 2. After all, it seems like Colter doesn't know as much as his siblings do about the matter.

Related New Jensen Ackles Update Douses Hopes For A Colter & Russell Tracker Season 2 Reunion Colter and Russel Shaw were such a great duo, but a reunion in Tracker season 2 is looking impossible after an exciting new Jensen Ackles development.

With an expanded episode count, Tracker season 2 can cover more stories in its sophomore year. This means that it can also be more creative with its weekly cases, which it already did a good job in its first year. Moving forward, Hartley and his team could even try doing multi-episode arcs for bigger and/or more personal cases.

Source: Creative BC