By Kayla DeKraker
The Season 3 premiere of Tracker opens unexpectedly, not with a car chase or violent confrontation, but with a six-minute conversation between brothers Colter Shaw, played by the show’s star Justin Hartley, and Russell Shaw, played by Jensen Ackles, inside Colter’s Airstream. According to Hartley, it’s “really heartfelt.”
Hartley said in a statement on the new season, “Our show has a lot of action, which is great and also great television, but I think we earn all of that with the storytelling and the character work that we do.”
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Showrunner Elwood Reid said of the brotherly moment, “I think that was something that we kind of owed from last season. That moment was really interesting because when Colter says it, he’s looking at Russell and reading Russell. And I think, for me, it’s one of the bigger emotional moments of their arc because I do feel like they’ve forgiven each other. Remember, Russell knows that Colter was not brainwashed or poisoned, but he was pissed at Colter for believing that he would be capable of [killing their father].”
He added, “They didn’t overplay it. No one was crying or hugging or touching each other. It was just there. Those guys were very present. We just got out of the way and let the guys do their thing.”
According to Nielsen, Tracker holds the 10th spot for the current most-watched television shows. The show previously held the No. 1 spot for the first two years.
Earlier this year, when asked what he thinks contributed to the show’s success, Justin Hartley told Variety, “Initially, we got really lucky. We have a studio and a network that really believed in us. They gave us all the tools, and they gave us all the opportunity with the advertising and post-Super Bowl [premiere slot]. After that, you just have to prove yourself, because obviously you’re going to have a big audience after the Super Bowl, but then you have to have a really good show.”
He added, “We try to come up with really compelling stories that people haven’t seen before, and we try to put this guy in believable situations that are quite harrowing at the same time.”
Tracker premiered on October 19th at 8 p.m./ET. The following episodes will air on October 26th at 8:30 p.m./ET and on November 2 at 8:30 p.m./ET. Episodes are also available to stream live on Paramount+ Premium.
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