Justin Hartley’s New TV Series Is the Perfect Show to Watch While You Wait for Reacher Season 3
It may be a long time before Reacher fans get to see season 3, but Justin Hartley’s new action-thriller series on CBS is the perfect substitute to binge in the meantime. Based on the novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, Tracker stars Hartley as a renegade survivor who makes a living using his extensive tracking skills to help law enforcement and citizens find missing people. The series was created by Ben H. Winters, who co-executive produced the show with Hilary Weisman Graham.
Tracker premiered on February 11, right after the Super Bowl, and received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Hartley’s star power and the series’ traditional weekly-episode structure. Prime Video is working on a third season of Reacher, this time adapted from the Persuader novels, but it may be a while. Season 2 came out nearly two years after season 1. Tracker is the perfect Reacher replacement to fill the void left by the endless wait for season 3.
CBS’s new show Tracker is the perfect Reacher replacement
Tracker is the perfect show for fans impatiently awaiting season 3 of Reacher. Hartley gives a compelling performance as the titular rogue survivor Colter Shaw, who roams the country in search of a bounty. The action sequences are exciting, the mystery plot keeps viewers guessing, and the supporting cast is full of quirky, colorful characters that make for a show worth watching again.
The show’s case-of-the-week format means that each episode shakes up the formula with a fresh plot twist. Each episode takes Colter to a new location, with a new investigation to solve. Since the “Peak TV” era made serialized programming the norm, the art of episodic television has quickly become a thing of the past. But shows like Tracker, Reacher, and The Mandalorian are keeping the spirit of episodic television alive.
How Justin Hartley’s Colter Shaw Compares to Jack Reacher
Colter Shaw, Hartley’s protagonist in Tracker, shares a lot of similarities with Jack Reacher. While Reacher comes from a background in the US military police, Colter comes from a background in the art of survival. But despite their different stories and skills, Colter and Reacher share a similar free-spirited lifestyle. They’re lone wolves who travel from town to town, solving mysteries. Like Reacher, Tracker is based on the work of one of the world’s most respected thriller novelists. Tracker is the perfect program to replace Reacher during downtime.
