Tracker
Summary
While the storyline surround the mysterious death of Ashton Shaw ( Lee Tergesen ) is central toTrackerseason 1 , little is known about the reward searcher ’s father . The mystery of Ashton ’s death remains unresolved , leaving Colter Shaw ( Justin Hartley ) with big interrogative to answerinTrackerseason 2.Going into the second season , Colter will require to have polar conversations with his mother , Mary Dove Shaw ( Wendy Crewson ) , his brother , Russell Shaw ( Jensen Ackles ) , his babe , Dorian Shaw ( Melissa Roxburgh ) , and his childhood supporter Lizzy Hawking ( Jennifer Morrison ) , to keep to peel back the layers of the mystery .
Trackerseason 1 was well received , score anearly renewal forTrackerseason 2 from CBS.It established who the advantage quester is and how he operates : coulter lives on the open road , traveling from town to town in hunt of missing persons for reward money . When people question what he does or why , the solvent is simple:“Everyone ’s looking for something . “That includes Colter , who will continue to seek answers about his don ’s death with the balance oftheTrackercharactersin season 2.Some theories about who could be behind Ashton ’s death surfacedin the show ’s first season .
explicate the termination of Tracker season 1 is a natural explanation of what will pass to Colter Shaw ( Justin Hartley ) in Tracker season 2 .
5Russell Shaw
Colter’s Brother
When Tracker season 1 began , Colter believe that his brother , Russell Shaw , had killed their father . Colter describes his unconventional childhood to a local cop in time of year 1 , episode 1 , " Klamath Falls . " He describes how , one nighttime while his mother was out , his forefather told him and his siblings that they needed to leave . The three siblings were hesitant to leave alone without their mother , and so Ashton took off into the night by himself . The first broker that found that Russell could have vote down Ashton Shaw is that he was the one who immediately take off to find him .
Colter was left at nursing home to look after their little sister Dory , but when his mother ultimately returned home , Colter also took off to find their father . From there , the story of how Russell killed their Father-God is clear to Colter . When the younger chum in the end witness their forefather , he was lifeless at the bottom of a cliff , and Colter looked to the top of the cliff from where his father had fallen to see his pal Russell standing amid a thunderstorm with a down in the mouth feeling on his face . It happens in a flashback to when the siblings were young .
One of the chief reasons that it ’s easy to believe that Russell wipe out Ashton Shaw ( at least at first ) is thatwhen it shows Russell on the cliff ’s edge , he looks enraged , like he just killed someone . Then , when Colter yells out at his brother , his crony does petty to clear his name . He just stares fiercely at Colter for a abbreviated present moment and then turn to take off into the wood . UntilSupernaturalstar Jensen Acklesappeared as Colter ’s chum in instalment 12 , " Off the Books , " this was all Colter had to go on regarding his pal ’s likely involvement .
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4Mary Dove Shaw
Colter’s Mother
One of the more likely theories about who kill Colter ’s forefather after theTrackerseason 1 finale is Colter ’s mother , Mary Dove Shaw . While his female parent has not yet been outwardly position within the narrative as someone who could have killed her husband , new reveals fromJustin Hartley’sThis Is Uscostar Jennifer Morrisoncould change that steer intoTrackerseason 2 . Morrison portrayed Colter ’s childhood friend , Lizzy Hawking , and she brought Modern entropy to the airfoil in the show ’s finale , and the recent discovery could seriously implicate Colter ’s mom .
Colter ’s female parent does n’t have an excuse for the nighttime that her husband was killed , as where Mary Dove Shaw was on the night her husband was murder is a closed book
The new information gives Colter ’s mother a need for execution : her hubby was having an liaison , and she could have found out about it . Conflict between the parent could have been the reason that Ashton wanted to hide whatever was in the boxwood with Lizzy ’s mother . There could have been information he did n’t want his wife to have . Additionally , Colter ’s female parent does n’t have an exculpation for the night that her husband was killed , as where Mary Dove Shaw was on the night her married man was murdered is a mystery . It ’s just known that after she revert , Colter obtain his father ’s dead torso .
Tracker follows lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw as he navigates the country as a reward seeker. Utilizing his expert tracking skills, he aids private citizens and law enforcement in solving various mysteries while grappling with issues from his fractured family.
Colter ’s female parent is undeniably closelipped . Colter get to natter his female parent in season 1 , episode 2 , " Missoula , " after someone broke into her home base and his father ’s bureau . When her son arrives on the scene , she attempt to background the situation , saying:“I overreact . I should n’t have called you . “However , at that minute , Colter finds a little owl figurine that was left for Colter ’s mother by whomever broke in . She has since put it back , but in the wrong place , which is how Colter observe it . It ’s clear that she knows something , but she ’s hide it from her youngest son .
In theTrackerseason finale , it ’s clear that Colter is beginning to become suspicious of his female parent when he says:“She had me conceive that my comrade was behind my Father of the Church ’s expiry , kept us aside . "
3The United States Government
Ashton Shaw’s Employer
Someone withinthe government could have had a ground to pour down Ashton Shaw . In a papers that Colter intercepted while look into a cult in episode 2 , " Missoula , " it ’s report that his father act upon for the United States Government , hold up various positions for a project that is so secretive that its name has been redacted . The document reports that Ashton Shaw began as a contractile organ for the project in 1985 , becoming the project assistant two years later in 1987 , and then advancing to the head of the labor and hold that position from 1989 to 1992 .
When Colter is describing his backstory to a local cop in episode 1 , " Klamath Falls , " he tells her that he mature up"off the power grid at this cabin . “Then he corrects himself , enounce thathe lived in a chemical compound near the Sierra National Forrest . He does n’t say why they lived in the chemical compound , just that there was an incident with his father ’s Book of Job at Berkeley that led them there . The chemical compound could have been consort with Ashton ’s place with the government , move over someone from his line of work law of proximity to the former prof at the clock time of his expiry .
When describing his father ’s backstory , Colter state that his pappa set about tattle about people who were"out to get him . “Although it could have been that Ashton Shaw ’s paranoia was a mental wellness stipulation onset by focus or drugs , Ashton Shaw ’s oeuvre with the United States political science could have actually given someone cause to be out to get him . It could be that Ashton saw something he was n’t supposed to , or knew too much about a project gone wrong . Whatever the case , it could give someone within the governing a motif for the head of the task ’s murder .
Tracker ’s time of year 1 finale set up the thoroughgoing direction for Fiona Rene ’s Reenie Green to officially join rewardist Colter Shaw ( Justin Hartley ) on his team .
2Someone From Berkeley
Ashton Shaw’s Other Employer
In the first installment of the time of year , Colter establishes his backstory and what his parent did , saying:“They were both professors at Berkeley till there was this incident with my dad . Not something that gets explained to a kid . “It ’s readable from the agency that Colter tells this part of his chronicle that - for someone who can track anyone and find out the answer to almost everything - Colter is in the dark about his own childhood . However , it is also exonerated thatColter ’s father was employed by University of California Berkeley ’s science section .
It could be that Ashton ’s affair with the government , or his run - ins with the legal philosophy , compromise Berkeley , and it was enough for someone to want to hush him .
More information about Colter ’s father ’s part at Berkeley is revealed in the account about his sire that Colter reveal in episode 2 , " Missoula . " The document ’s content are revealed in installment 11 , " Beyond Campus Walls , " when Colter visit his sister . There are university memorandum in the theme that say:“Ashton Shaw dismissed for lawsuit . grounds of irresponsible and dangerous behavior . “He was arrested for break and entering , as well as reject arrest . It could be that Ashton ’s affair with the government , or his run - Hoosier State with the practice of law , compromised Berkeley , and it was enough for someone to need to hush up him .
Ashton Shaw ’s metre at Berkeley correlates with his time working for the government . He was only a reader for University of California Berkeley ’s Science Department from 1979 to 1985 . In 1985 , he was advertize . Ashton ’s promotional material to Professor of Environmental Sciences overlaps with the timeline of his governance intimacy , both starting in 1985 . He is also list as a researcher from 1989 to 1992 - the exact clock time period that Ashton served as Head of Project for the redacted government workplace he was doing . ravel the mysterious connection could head to incisively who would have wanted Ashton Shaw stagnant .
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1Lizzy’s Father
He Could Have Known About It
In the time of year finale , when Colter and his childhood friend Lizzy are catch up after the tracker returns her daughter , Lizzy reveals that the days of her puerility are imbue with complicated memories . While the"rewardist"seems to have good memories of his younger day , some apportion with Lizzy , she describes a more turbulent upbringing . She reminds Colter that while they were grow up together , her parents were going through a divorce . Then she says:“You bang , there was something unearthly lead on with our parent . My mom and your pappa . “She revealstheir parents were having an affair .
A connection between Colter ’s father and Lizzy ’s mum while her parent were going through a divorcement couch Lizzy ’s founder on the map of possible suspect . All Colter had known was that their parent run together , which gives the connection more serious implications , view Ashton ’s work animation was clear a point of contention for many . What ’s more is that , just before he drop dead , Ashton was at Lizzy ’s theater to give her mother a boxful of old research papers and daybook , which she describes as"very personal . “Clearing up the monumental revealneeds to come about after theTrackerfinale .
The files could have triggered Lizzy ’s don to go after Ashton . It ’s hard to say what precisely the filebox contained , but if it led Lizzy ’s Father of the Church to secrets that his wife had been sustain from him , thenhe had a need to obliterate Ashton Shaw . What ’s more is that the files were delivered to Lizzy ’s mommy properly before Ashton ’s demise , and without a more clean timeline than that , it ca n’t be ruled out that Lizzy ’s father was aware of their interaction that Nox and went after Ashton shortly thereafter . Lizzy is " definitely coming back " toTrackerto research the closed book , prognosticate some much - needed answers in season 2 .
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Tracker follows lone - wolf survivalist Colter Shaw as he navigates the country as a reward seeker . Utilizing his expert tracking skills , he assist private citizens and constabulary enforcement in work out various mystery while grappling with issues from his fractured family .
