Tracker

Colter Shaw is a drifter who makes a living by finding what others have lost. He travels from town to town, using uncanny tracking instincts and a mix of intuition and practical tradecraft to help families, private clients, and sometimes law enforcement locate missing people or uncover hidden truths. Each episode presents a new case that tests his methods, while fragments of his past and a tense family situation surface over time. The show balances standalone mysteries with an undercurrent of personal history, keeping the focus on how a solitary, skilled operative handles complicated moral choices without revealing major twists or outcomes.

Tracker premiered in 2024, created by Ben H. Winters and Jeffery Deaver. Justin Hartley leads as Colter Shaw, with Fiona Rene co-starring as Reenie Greene. The production mixes procedural structure with serialized character beats to build momentum across its first season.

As of its initial release, the series had not received major industry awards or high-profile nominations. It has been discussed in awards circles by some critics, but no prominent wins were reported during the first cycle.

The show sparked conversation online about its take on the lone-wolf investigator and the ethics of private justice. Fans have debated Shaw's methods and motives, and Hartley's casting renewed interest in characters who operate outside traditional policing. Iconic moments tend to be quiet, character-driven scenes rather than spectacle, and those moments have fueled fan theories and social media discussion.

Critics and viewers have generally reacted positively, reflected in a solid audience score of 7.538/10 from 235 votes. Reviewers often single out Hartley's performance and the series' craft in staging search sequences, while noting that the episodic formula sometimes repeats familiar beats. Major themes include isolation, responsibility to family, and the gray area between helping people and exploiting their pain for a living.