BREAKING NEWS: What’s Next for Elsbeth Tascioni? Season 2 of ‘Tracker’ Revealed

Fans of Justin Hartley‘s hit CBS series Tracker don’t have to wait too long for a second season.

The procedural, which is based on Jeffery Deaver‘s novel The Never Game, premiered in February after Super Bowl LVIII and immediately found its audience. Viewers were settling in every week to see their favorite fictional survivalist a.k.a Colter (Hartley) travel the country to help solve missing person cases, track down information on criminal cases and so much more.Tracker initially appealed to fans because of the show’s lead and the wide variety of mysteries Colter got to solve. Season 1 only got more intriguing as guest stars such as Hartley’s real-life wife, Sofia PernasMelissa Roxburgh and Jensen Ackles made appearances on screen. Hartley even got to reunite with not one — but two! — of his former costars from This Is Us: Jon Huertas and Jennifer Morrison.After the show’s first season finale, viewership numbers confirmed that Tracker was the most watched series from the 2023-24 TV season. This didn’t come as a surprise for CBS though since they already renewed Tracker for a second season. Keep scrolling for everything to know about season 2 of Tracker:

When Is ‘Tracker’ Returning to CBS for Season 2?

The first season of the show featured 13 episodes and wrapped up by May 2024. After the finale, the network confirmed Tracker would be back for the 2024-2025 season. Season 2, which will have 22 episodes, is scheduled to premiere on October 13, 2024.

Who Is Coming Back?

Hartley is, of course, expected to return as Colter, who has relied on several people including Teddi (Robin Weigert), Velma (Abby McEnany), Bobby (Eric Graise) and Reenie (Fiona Rene) to help solve his cases. Weigert, however, exited the show ahead of the second season. The show’s star — who is also an executive producer on the project — has confirmed that Ackles is coming back as Colter’s brother, Russell, while Roxburgh will reprise the role of Colter’s sister, Dory.The season 1 finale introduced Colter’s childhood friend Lizzy (Morrison), which opened the door for more appearances from Morrison in the future. Viewers can also expect more flashback scenes centered around the Shaw family since Colter has only started digging into his late father’s past.

How Often Will Sofia Pernas Appear on the Show?

Looking Back at Our Favorite Justin Hartley and Sofia Pernas 'Tracker' Scenes Before Season 2 Return

Pernas left a lasting impression after appearing in just one episode as Colter’s rival Billie. Luckily, Hartley has made it clear that Pernas is set to return even more from here.

“She’s definitely coming back. We have some pretty cool stuff for her to do next year,” Hartley told Deadline in May 2024. “She’ll be back several times next year.We built this really great group of actors [who are] hopefully more than willing to come back, because we’d love to play more with them. We have a bunch of stories to tell with all [of them].”

Hartley later discussed his excitement about working with Pernas, telling Us in July 2024, “She’s wonderful. I mean, if I had my choice, I’d spend every minute with her. … She elevates scenes, and so it makes my job easier, actually. But yeah, it’s just wonderful to work with her.”

The actor also weighed in on the dynamic between Colter and Billie. “There’s a little bit of bad blood, but it’s also like, ‘Are they gonna mend things? Are they not? You know, can you trust her? I don’t know if you can,’” Hartley continued. “I mean, she hasn’t proven that you can trust her, that Colter can trust her. So we’ll see how that evolves. It’s just a lot of, you know, a lot of room to work with that relationship.”

That same month, Hartley told The Hollywood Reporter that his favorite episode from season 1 was the one featuring Pernas. The season 2 trailer briefly showed Colter and Billie’s reunion — but another scene showed Colter seemingly kissing another woman.

How Did the Season 1 Finale Set Up Colter’s Story From Here?

As the first season came to an end, there were several relationships: Colter got more information about his dad’s mysterious murderhis friend Lizzie revealed that her mother had an affair with Colter’s dad and, their parents had a fight before his death and Lizzie later found a box her mother hid that was full of work from Colter’s dad. Lizzie told Colter she gave the items to his sister, Dory, who never mentioned anything to him.

Hartley weighed in on where the story goes from here, telling Deadline in May 2024, “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. 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.”

The actor confirmed at San Diego Comic Con that season 2 will have a time jump of several months.

Where Does Colter Stand With His Brother?

 
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