Editor’s notice: The beneath recap incorporates spoilers for Tracker Season 2 Episode 10.

There could also be a grandmother, a cabin within the woods, and an enormous unhealthy wolf on this week’s episode of Tracker, however discovering a lacking woman and the survivalist she disappeared with is not any fairy story for Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley). This week’s case matches Colter with a kindred spirit and employs his abilities in some anticipated methods — and some sudden methods, too. Does a lupine biker gang in Wolf Creek depend as Tracker‘s “werewolf” episode, after earlier episodes have touched on aliens, witches, and vampires? Possibly!

Colter Searches for a Fellow Survivalist on ‘Tracker’ Season 2 Episode 10

The episode opens with a younger singer-songwriter named Angie (Sydney Scotia) ending her set at a bar in Wolf Creek, Minnesota with a canopy of the Zach Bryan tune “Oklahoma Smokeshow” at a sleepy biker bar. There is a creepy man, Ben (Jim Parrack), watching her from a darkish nook. She does not appear bothered as she leaves; nevertheless, the subsequent morning Angie is lacking. Colter Shaw will get a name, to not discover Angie, however to search out Ben — the suspect in her disappearance and the dying of two bikers and a cop who had been additionally on the bar that evening.

Ben’s wealthy grandmother (Deborah Strang) needs Colter to search out him earlier than the cops do. She tells our tracker that Ben was raised by his brutal father to be a survivalist. If somebody equally savvy does not get to him first, extra cops would possibly find yourself lifeless. So Colter begins poking round city, the place each the cops and the biker gang are usually not pleasant. As a result of Colter is monitoring somebody so just like himself, the staff doesn’t have a lot to do. Reenie (Fiona Rene) doesn’t seem on this episode in any respect, which is a bummer. Nonetheless, we do hear from Velma (Abby McEnany) that Reenie is increasing her workplace and will even have employed her full-time. We additionally meet Bobby’s cousin Randy (Chris Lee), who takes over for Bobby (Eric Graise) whereas he is OOO on a household difficulty and helps Colter study extra about Ben’s legal historical past and whether or not or not he is linked to Angie. Randy is simply as charming as Bobby, perhaps extra so. It might be nice to see the 2 of them bicker collectively. It might be nice to see Bobby work together with anybody in addition to Colter and on the cellphone, to be sincere.

Whereas there was much less from the staff, we did, nevertheless, get a short point out of Colter’s father on this episode. Colter and Ben bond over having dads who push them to be ready for something. Colter says some imprecise issues about how he does not know what darkish future his dad was so nervous about. And on the finish of the episode, Ben’s grandmother says that whoever raised Colter should have completed one thing proper. Does that imply that Tracker goes to choose up that unfastened thread subsequent, now that the Gina Pickett case is closed?

A Wolf Pack Places Colter in a Tight Spot on ‘Tracker’ Season 2 Episode 10

As soon as Colter finds the place Ben and Angie are hiding out in a cabin within the woods, he learns the reality. The evening earlier than, Angie unintentionally witnessed two members of the biker gang killing a police officer after calling him a snitch. Ben broke up the struggle and left them knocked out, then left with Angie to maintain them each secure from the bikers and/or the cops. Colter convinces him to clear his title as an alternative of combating off and doubtlessly killing anybody. In contrast to some earlier episodes through which Colter groups up with somebody who shares his very particular set of abilities, Colter will get to be the mentor. Regardless that they’re nonetheless working outdoors the legislation, he pushes Ben to be much less of a loner — as Colter has discovered to be through his chosen occupation. Cops arrive on the cabin and Colter, Angie, and Ben sneak out and drive away within the singer-songwriter’s van. (It is her automobile and he or she results in the again seat! Males are the worst, even once they’re saving your life!) Colter asks Vic, a neighborhood who helped him out earlier within the episode, to drive Angie to security whereas he and Ben get some video proof of the within job.

Nonetheless, whereas Colter and Ben efficiently maintain up the sheriff’s workplace with out anybody getting damage and get what they want, the bikers catch as much as Vic and Angie. They maintain them hostage on the bar and shoot Vic earlier than Colter and Ben catch up. Ben makes use of his survivalist instruments (a “dying whistle” that seems like one thing out of Yellowjackets) to lure a few of the bikers away whereas Colter goes into the bar the place Angie is ready. Issues take a darkish flip when Ricky (Aaron Stanford) manages to seize Ben. However then Colter efficiently will get Ricky on his aspect by revealing that his fellow wolf (Nick Gomez) was answerable for the violence the earlier evening. Angie is secure, Ben heads out on tour along with her as her bodyguard and roadie, and Colter collects a hefty $50,000 reward.

The Sheriff Pleasantly Surprises Colter on ‘Tracker’ Season 2 Episode 10

It is commonplace for native legislation enforcement to conflict with Colter Shaw throughout his for-hire investigations on Tracker. Of their thoughts, he is attempting to do their job for them and doubtlessly tampering with their crime scenes. In the beginning of “Nightingale,” the Sheriff (Jacqueline Obradors) in Wolf Creek looks like no exception. She needs Colter to go away. She even goes as far as to impound his automobile and drop him off on the aspect of the street in order that he does not have a head begin discovering Ben.

Nonetheless, we study in a while within the episode that she’s been independently gathering details about the biker gang’s legal exercise and soiled cops in her group who had been working with them. In different phrases, she had a superb motive to need Colter in the dead of night and off of this case after which finish issues on good phrases. It is good that, every now and then, the cops are proper to not desire a random man sniffing round their case and monitoring their suspects.

New episodes of Tracker Season 2 premiere Sundays on CBS.