Tonight’s episode of Tracker, “Eat the Rich,” delivers one of the most intense installments of the series so far, beginning with a disquieting opening in which a woman alone in her home investigates a noise outside, reassures herself it was only a tree branch, and then is violently attacked when an intruder crashes through her window. The abrupt shift from calm to danger sets the tone for an episode steeped in fear, secrecy, and buried corruption.
Colter arrives in Boston pursuing new information about his father’s past, meeting Andy Fleming at a firing range. Andy is the son of Walt Fleming, Colter’s father’s friend. Andy provides another piece of the puzzle surrounding Walt, David Pearson, and Ashton Shaw, recalling strange “think talks” held in his family’s garage and a videotape showing a man hooked up to a machine. These small details continue to expand the larger mystery, adding to the sense that whatever Walt, Ashton and Pearson were involved in went far beyond ordinary research.
Colter’s direction changes when Dale who is exhausted, grieving, and terrified for his missing daughter Noelle, approaches him at the range. The police have written off the case due to drugs staged in her apartment, but Dale insists she never used and is certain something is wrong. His plea is raw and sincere, and the episode uses that vulnerability to anchor the emotional weight of the case. Colter’s decision to help feels immediate and instinctive, consistent with the steady compassion that drives him week after week.
“Eat the Rich” – TRACKER, Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Darko Sikman/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.The investigation leads Colter to “Boston Blaze,” where Noelle had been doing delivery work. He arrives just as the volatile manager, Vince Unger, is being beaten by two men. After intervening, he presses Vince for information, learning that Noelle had changed her usual delivery route on the night she vanished. Vince’s reluctance, coupled with his criminal history, raises obvious suspicions, but Colter pushes forward, soon finding Noelle’s e-bike outside an office building. Inside, her signature in the visitor log leads him to attorney Lyle Voss’s office, and a short search reveals Voss dead in a bathroom stall. Though it is staged as a natural death, the unlocked door and open window signal a hasty escape. A voicemail later uncovered by Randy, in which Noelle frantically begs Voss for help, confirms she was running from someone and that Voss may have been protecting her.
Randy’s broader search into Voss’s recent activity reveals a consistent pattern connecting him to the Benning family, an influential Boston dynasty known for philanthropy and political clout, and for cultivating a spotless public image. Their reputation is clearly maintained through meticulous, behind-the-scenes damage control, especially when it comes to their black sheep, Graham Benning. Graham has a long history of instability, rehabs, weapon charges, and reckless behaviour. The episode establishes clearly that he is the family’s biggest problem, one they clean up after repeatedly, and one they can no longer afford to let spiral.
As Colter presses deeper into the case, the danger becomes personal when someone cuts the brake lines on his truck. Reenie’s storyline parallels this escalation with its own unsettling tone. She lies to Colter about being in New York with her mother when she is actually in a hotel room with a man she met the night before. The scene is intentionally jarring, showing behaviour that is deeply out of character for her- waking up next to a stranger, brushing him off, and continuing to avoid telling Colter the truth about where she is or what she is doing. Her recklessness and dishonesty underscore that something is unraveling beneath the surface, and her continued attempts to bury it only heighten the concern.
“Eat the Rich” – TRACKER, Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Darko Sikman/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reenie’s meeting with Enzo further exposes the dark influence of the Bennings. Enzo warns her not to get involved and describes the family’s unwavering commitment to protecting its name, led historically by Gene Benning and now, more tenuously, by Graham. But the most chilling figure tied to the family is MC, their crisis manager, whose job is to make all of their problems disappear, quietly and permanently.
Colter infiltrates the Benning estate under the guise of catering staff and discovers a carefully staged scene in Graham’s bathroom: Graham dead in the tub, positioned as a suicide, and a message on his phone redirecting blame onto him for Noelle’s disappearance. A photo on the device shows Noelle tied up and drugged, confirming that she was being held on the property. Randy traces the origin of the message to a secure room on the estate, and Colter reaches it in time to confront Milo, who has been working under MC’s direction. The fight is tense and dangerous, ending only after Colter stops Milo and attempts to revive Noelle. MC arrives, composed and calm, providing Narcan and informing him that the police are on their way. A gesture that is precise, calculated, and devoid of emotion.
“Eat the Rich” – TRACKER, Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw and Italia Ricci as MC. Photo: Darko Sikman/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.The final exchange between Colter and MC is one of the episode’s strongest moments. Colter confronts her directly, stating plainly that Graham did not kill himself and that she orchestrated his death as a way to seal off every loose end connected to the waiter’s murder and Noelle’s attempted silencing. Her refusal to deny anything, paired with her unwavering composure, solidifies her as an opponent unlike any Colter has faced. When he tells her that people like her eventually slip up and that he hopes to be there when it happens, her stillness communicates both confidence and caution. It is clear she understands the threat he poses and equally clear that she believes she remains one step ahead.
“Eat the Rich” is an exceptionally strong episode for the series, weaving together emotional character work, a genuinely suspenseful missing-person storyline, and meaningful advancement of the season’s central mystery. The introduction of MC offers Tracker a compelling, formidable antagonist, and the hour’s somber tone and deliberate pacing make it a standout. The consequences of what happened at the Benning estate, for Noelle, for Reenie, and for Colter himself, feel far from over, suggesting that this case will echo through the season in ways Colter has yet to uncover.
