Season 3 of Justin Hartley‘s hit series Tracker is coming to an end.
Based on Jeffery Deaver‘s novel The Never Game, Tracker centers around Colter (Hartley), who travels the country helping to find missing people (or sometimes dogs) and solving cases others couldn’t or wouldn’t. Hartley, 49, also serves as an executive producer and has hinted at how far the show will push his character.
Three seasons in, the CBS series has found success with a mix of intense cases, familiar guest stars and Hartley at the center of it all. Tracker has also gone through a series of cast changes, with Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany and Eric Graise exiting the show.
“I do think it’s evolving. If I can’t evolve those characters — Randy or Reenie or Bobby — they’re not just people that just pick up the phone and go, ‘OK, here is the answer.’ That’s when the show is phoning it in,” executive producer Elwood Reid exclusively told Us Weekly in May 2025. “The challenge is when you got to learn about them, which I thought was interesting. That’s the challenge of the show is not having it fall into a formula.”
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More recently, Reid weighed in on the onscreen changes. “What we’re realizing is there are characters that come on that if it worked, we’d bring them back,” he told Us in December 2025. “I do think the show can’t always do that. But when it does do that, it makes the world feel a little bit more connected.”
Reid noted there was only one constant on the show: Hartley’s fan-favorite character.
“The audience leans in because they’ve seen that character before. But I think they’re still thinking the central DNA of the show is Colter. With this guy, what makes him appealing is he is a mystery to himself,” he added. “He’s a mystery to the audience. We see him and his off time putting together some pieces of his past.”
He concluded, “I don’t know if we’ll ever put it all together, but he’s going to struggle to continue to do that. That’s just as far as we have thought. The biggest improvement we made this year — in my opinion — was getting people in the same room. Just that connectivity, I do think the audience is enjoying seeing their characters in the same place physically.”
Fiona Rene is the only OG — outside of Hartley — who has remained along with series regular Chris Lee. During season 3, Colter had to balance finding missing people while dealing with the revelation that his mother was responsible for his father’s death.
Colter has yet to confront his mother, which is expected to be addressed heading into season 4. Keep scrolling for everything to know about the season 3 finale of Tracker:
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When Does the ‘Tracker’ Season 3 Finale Air?
The season 3 finale airs Sunday, May 24, at 9 p.m. ET
What Is the ‘Tracker’ Season 3 Finale About?
According to the synopsis, the finale follows Colter and Russell (Jensen Ackles) as they search for a victim of a nefarious research project.
Has ‘Tracker’ Been Renewed for Season 4?
CBS ordered another season of Tracker before the season 3 finale of the hit show.
