Tracker’s next action-packed episode shows Justin Hartley‘s Colter getting assistance from a surprising — yet familiar — ally.
In Us Weekly‘s exclusive clip from the Sunday, February 23, episode of the hit CBS series, Colter calls Bobby (Eric Graise) for some hacking help but that isn’t who picks up the phone. Instead, viewers are introduced to Bobby’s cousin Randy (Chris Lee).
“I remember you. You helped me with that case where you hacked into the police server,” Colter tells Randy, who adds, “Some of my best work. Bobby is dealing with some family stuff but he wanted to make sure he didn’t leave you hanging.”
Randy assures Colter that he is in good hands. “And for the record, I am the one who showed him how to jailbreak his phone so you are all good,” Randy says before getting distracted by some gummy bears on Bobby’s desk. “That was so good.”
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In response, Colter jokes that “those things will kill you,” to which Randy replies, “Not today and not tomorrow. But in the meantime, bring it on.”
The sneak peek offers some details about Colter’s case, which includes a man who “killed some folks and snatched a girl.” The official synopsis for the episode teased Colter’s search for a missing singer linked to a violent crime, leading him to a stoic survivalist who reminds him a lot of himself.
Lee’s appearance as Randy comes after Floriana Lima‘s season 2 arc wrapped up once Colter solved his white whale case. Viewers also had to say goodbye to Teddi after Robin Weigert didn’t return as a series regular for season 2. Weigert mostly shared the screen with Abby McEnany’s Velma as they helped Hartley’s character solve various missing cases.
Tracker follows survivalist Colter as he travels the country to help find missing people, track down information on criminal cases and more. The procedural aspect of the show has allowed Tracker to introduce some star-studded cameos from actors such as Jensen Ackles, Melissa Roxburgh and even Hartley’s wife, Sofia Pernas.
“We have a whole other season to shoot that we have to make better than season 1. So while we wanted all those story lines wrapped up, we also wanted those bows to sort of lead to other questions — bigger, deeper questions — about his past,” Hartley, 48, shared with Deadline in May 2024 about the season 2 vision. “So I think we did that in answering some of these questions that we had built up all year. I think we did a good job of making sure that the answers to those questions then lead to a bigger mystery, something that we can unpack in season 2.”
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Tracker, which has already been renewed for a third season, also has some familiar faces behind the camera. Sunday’s episode once again reunited Hartley with his This Is Us costar Jon Huertas, who has directed multiple episodes of Tracker.
“There have been some conversations about me coming back to direct for sure. Justin has talked to me about being in front of the camera on the show at some point. But we’ll see,” Huertas, 55, exclusively told Us in April 2024. “I’m going to be directing a lot this year so it’s all about figuring out if I can fit an acting gig in there. We’ll see about the in front of the camera thing but I’ll definitely be back to direct a few episodes this year.”
Huertas was thrilled about spending time with Hartley, adding, “Because Justin and I had this history together, it was like we just fell in lockstep again from when I directed him on This Is Us [and] when we worked together in scenes as stepfather and stepson. We fell into that rhythm so naturally that it was easy. It made it really easy.”
Tracker airs on CBS Sundays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Paramount+.
