Warning: SPOILERS forward for Tracker season 3, episode 1!Tracker showrunner Elwood Reid has defined season 3’s stunning Jensen Ackles premiere twist, teasing what it means for Russell and Colter transferring ahead. Tracker season 3 sees Russell (Ackles) reunite along with his brother, Colter (Justin Hartley), who reveals to him the reality about their father’s demise that their mom, Mary Dove (Wendy Crewson), had saved hidden this complete time.
Tracker season 2 ended by revealing Otto Waldron had unintentionally killed Ashton (Lee Tergesen) throughout a bodily confrontation, after Mary requested him to determine why her husband was turning into so paranoid. Season 3 started with Colter revealing the reality to Russell, who lastly reconciled along with his brother after blaming him for his or her father’s demise for therefore lengthy.
Talking with TVLine, Reid expanded upon Tracker season 3’s twist involving Ackles’ Russell and his response to studying the reality about what occurred to his father. The showrunner defined how season 3’s focus will likely be on “airing out that poison” the Shaw household has been troubled with since Ashton’s demise. He explains how this reaches into Colter and Russell’s dynamic:
I feel the brief reply isn’t any [Russell and Mary weren’t in contact the whole time] — not likely. Possibly a “Hey, I’m in Canada”-type check-in, however nothing deeper. Russell has a unique understanding of what went on in that household earlier than Ashton’s demise, and that comes out of their dialog. He was the older brother, the protector, and he noticed issues Colter didn’t. However his mother lied to him, too. This season is about airing out that poison — the lies that contaminated the entire household, particularly their relationship with Mary. We’ll finally get a scene with Mother that provides extra context, however proper now, each brothers are nonetheless attempting to determine how a lot of her story they will really consider.
Yeah, completely. He thought he was defending his brother and went together with the straightforward lie Mary supplied, however now he’s seen the harm it’s completed to Colter. Russell’s in all probability spent years wishing Colter would transfer on, however he is aware of that’s not going to occur. Colter’s caught, and Russell’s intuition — as soon as once more — is to succeed in in and assist.
They’re each alpha males who speak round their emotions, however there’s actual guilt there for Russell. He’s the form of man who places the previous up to now and strikes ahead. Colter can’t do this, and that dynamic is what makes their scenes so attention-grabbing.
Colter and Russell are not any stranger to working collectively, however the duo have not all the time seen eye-to-eye due to their historical past. Colter all the time felt a rift between him and his brother due to the blame ascribed to him for his or her father’s demise. However, now that the reality has been revealed, it looks as if that previous wound is lastly beginning to heal.
Primarily based on Reid’s assertion, it appears the solid of Tracker will likely be wrestling with the previous for fairly a while. Russell is about to return in season 3, episode 2, which acts as half 2 of the premiere, and his information that Mary lied to him about Ashton’s demise will probably play a key position in his improvement transferring ahead.
However simply because Colter and Russell are nearer than they’ve ever been does not imply it will be straightforward for them to reckon with the previous. The showrunner explains the way it’s not straightforward for them to speak about their emotions immediately on a regular basis, one thing evident of their relationship throughout the collection. This dynamic might evolve now that Russell is aware of the reality.
Now that Tracker has efficiently moved the story alongside for Colter and Russell, the remainder of season 3 can elevate its Shaw household story by letting all of the ache out in varied methods. Though it is unclear how the household dynamics will shift because the season continues, they will probably contain loads of essential moments between the siblings and their mom.
- Launch Date
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February 11, 2024
- Showrunner
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Elwood Reid
- Writers
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Ben H. Winters, Hilary Weisman Graham