‘Tracker’ Boss and Justin Hartley Tease Household Revelations and Drama in Season 3

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Tracker Season 3 Episode 2 “Leverage.”]

Close to the top of the two-part Tracker Season 3 premiere, Colter (Justin Hartley) is introduced with a pair powerful questions: What would he be prepared to do to avoid wasting his mom and sister, and which one would he save first? That’s all a part of The Course of, the eerie system wherein individuals are blackmailed into doing horrible issues. Colter doesn’t play. However TV Insider needed to ask Hartley what his selections would have been.

“I’d wish to suppose he’d be capable to save each of them. However I imply, you may’t not save your mother, however it’s your sister. You bought to avoid wasting your sister. She’s so younger. I don’t know,” Hartley admitted. “Perhaps he enlists Russell [Jensen Ackles] they usually save him each. I don’t know. Or possibly Colter can do it on his personal. He’s not taking part in the sport.”

Colter and Russell, working collectively, do appear to have put a cease to The Course of, although there’s that comment of a 3rd grad pupil who might have been concerned nonetheless being on the market. It was unclear if she was ever concerned, however she did share an identical perspective as the opposite two relating to their professor’s earlier experiment that led to The Course of.

“That storyline, there are going to be some little Easter eggs planted, and we’ll see them. There have been so much, so much, plenty of discussions — bear in mind, Colter’s father was an instructional,” showrunner Elwood Reid instructed us. “In Episode 7, a chunk of data that Russell offers Colter truly bears some fruit and truly tangentially touches on that world a bit bit. Not the Course of, however the darkish issues that academia has been doing in that world, and his father could have been concerned.” When that comes into play, anticipate to see Melissa Roxburgh return as Colter’s sister, Dory, if all of it works out.

One of many males operating the Course of asks Colter how effectively he is aware of his household, and Colter seems at his mom’s photograph. That’s why he’s not speaking to her. “We see this man who appears to have all the solutions and he’s at all times obtained a plan and he doesn’t know what to do and he doesn’t have any solutions and he doesn’t have a plan, so he’s ready,” mentioned Hartley. “It’s a really uncommon factor for him. That is what I like in regards to the present. … We’ve by no means seen him like this. He’s at a loss.”

This episode additionally reveals, by way of a dialog with Russell, that Reenie’s (Fiona Rene) relationship with Elliot is over. That’s due to the place her storyline goes this season, Reid defined.

“We try to broaden her world a bit bit, broaden that workplace. Additionally, I feel she was traumatized by it, and he wasn’t precisely sincere together with her on a regular basis. I feel she feels a bit betrayed by that. And we’re going to see because the season goes on, the best way that Reenie offers with that, what occurred to her, and does she blame herself? Does she begin performing out a bit bit? Does she begin to come a bit bit unraveled?” he mentioned. “It’s just a bit storyline we’re touching out together with her. It’s going to dovetail again. She could must face the boyfriend once more for some data, so we don’t know.”

As for what Russell’s going to do subsequent — he says he desires to make use of his abilities to do one thing good — that’s nonetheless to be decided. “I don’t suppose he is aware of,” in response to Reid.

Watch the complete video interview above for extra from Justin Hartley about this episode, Colter’s key relationships, and what’s to come back this season.

Tracker, Sundays, 8/7c, CBS