Why watch?

Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw actually cares about the people he finds — he's a reward-seeking tracker, but he gets pulled into their actual problems instead of just collecting the bounty and leaving. Every episode is basically its own standalone story about someone missing, but he keeps coming back to what really happened to them. If you like procedural crime dramas where the main character actually gives a damn, that's what this is — solid mysteries wrapped around one guy who can't help getting involved.

Who is it for?

Good for an evening when you want solid drama in the background — the kind of crime procedural that doesn't demand total focus scene to scene. If you liked Manifest or Profiler, you'll find the same investigative puzzle vibe here. It's for adult viewers, but nothing gratuitous or excessively violent.

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Tracker

2024 · 3 seasons7.5TV-14
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Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

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Colter Shaw drives around America in a beat-up RV, showing up in towns where people have gone missing or cops are stuck on cases, and he just... solves them. Justin Hartley plays him as this quiet, methodical guy who's unnervingly good at reading crime scenes and people. It's part mystery procedural, part character study — every episode is a different case, but Shaw himself is the real draw, this drifter with secrets of his own. If you liked The Fugitive or Mare of Easttown, this has that same grounded detective energy but with a restless guy who never stays in one place.

Why watch?

Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw actually cares about the people he finds — he's a reward-seeking tracker, but he gets pulled into their actual problems instead of just collecting the…

Who is it for?

Good for an evening when you want solid drama in the background — the kind of crime procedural that doesn't demand total focus scene to scene. If you liked Manifest or Profiler, yo…

Similar titles

If you liked Tracker for how it mixes detective work with the main character's personal journey, check out Judges and Lawmen — the show also builds on field work, banter between pa…

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