Subreddit for Tracker on CBS. Tracker features Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who 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. Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise and Fiona Rene also star. The series is based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver.
Tracker | S1E9 "Aurora" | Episode Discussion
Episode Discussion
Season 1, Episode 9: Aurora
Airdate: April 21, 2024
Synopsis: When a widower offers a reward to find his only daughter who disappeared three years ago and is presumed dead, Colter agrees to help track her down.
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Interesting episode. No Reenie again and no Bobby (the tech guy) this week either.
Also why did the lady who kidnapped the girl let Colter into her home?
Foreshadowing was strong this episode in regard to Colter’s family storyline and with only four episodes left this season that should be a main storyline for at least one of the episodes.
yeah I was afraid they would totally forget about the file with his family information in it. the lady probably let him into her home so as to not look suspicious. like if she declined an interview it would have looked weird like she was hiding something. that's also why she put on this fake christian persona to seem innocent
Right? She was about to not let him in when she thought he was a reporter, but when he said no I’m an investigator looking for the girl you have trapped in your basement she said oh ok come in and I’ll go make some tea and stand in the other room watching it until it boils. There’s some stuff I like about this show, mainly that it’s always pretty well shot in the kinda of locations I like to travel to, kind of an action take on the whole vibe of RV life, and the lead’s charisma carries it pretty well. But I am unfortunately reminded regularly that this is a CBS show.
Anyone else find Lana's fairly normal mental state at the end incredibly hard to believe? It almost seems like she's a happier person than before she was kidnapped somehow? 🙈
If anyone who is from Vancouver can please answer this. Was the abandoned hospital a real place or a set? If the building is real, what was it before and where is it located? Not thinking of going there as I live in PA so not to worry. I'm just fascinated by the filming locations.
Real place! I believe it's Riverview Hospital, an old abandoned hospital + mental asylum that EVERYTHING films at
Thank you for letting me know. What else has been filmed there if you don't mind me asking?
The X-Files: I Want To Believe (2nd movie from 2008) was filmed there. It’s the hospital Scully works at while practicing medicine.
i liked this episode a lot; it gave me fall and halloween vibes :)
I totally agree should’ve saved for Halloween
What was the anagram that the sister used? Vic something.
Vic Pereema for Maeve Price
Thanks!
Someone tell me how the one boy got his gut wound randomly in hospital, I feel like I missed explanation
I don't think Tobias ended up in the hospital did he? he said he was cut or bit by something in the hospital. they figured it was the Hardwood Witch but it was actually Maeve Price stalking the kids and hurt him (scratched his stomach or something and this made him fall and drop the camera). this was a way for the story to connect Maeve Price being there and finding the girls and by introducing the homeless character living in the hospital as a false lead and witness to seeing Maeve there
I thought this was an excellent episode, one of the best of the series so far. This was a more complex case, and I think the minimal involvement of Colter's team helped, since Colter had to do the work himself. His team finding the answers for him seems like a bit of a cheat. And Reenie just dropping in out of the blue usually seems forced, like a product placement ad. I don't dislike any of the secondary characters, but season two might be better if it's mostly Colter with a little Teddi and Velma.
Yes, I think this episode was really good, and I do like it better without the other characters in there. I do agree with you about the "cheating" lol.
A lot of dramatic license. Worst was Lana's picture being taken in a crowd of people after escaping from Mauve's van. She got grabbed and dragged away from in front of a crowded blood drive tent without anybody noticing. 'Oh hey that's the girl whose poster has been all over town for THREE YEARS!' ? The city is coming by to inspect Mauve's house? For what? When does that ever happen?
Less bad, Mauve lets Colter into her house and then even has a kettle on which goes off just in time for Colter to go snooping around the house. Then there was the anagram name that made Colter suspicious, straight out of Harry Potter. What would be the point of Mauve having a box with an anagram of her name on it.
I think Grave Encounters was filmed there ? Looks familiar.
Did anyone notice the yellow ribbon together with the 'missing' notice? I think they where trying to refer to the hostages in Gaza. Coming from Israel, I find it truly heartwarming. Thank you for that.
The practice of wearing a yellow ribbon dates back to other wars. They are traditional to wear or display to signal that someone is missing from home. There is a song that also popularized this custom called "Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree". I think the yellow ribbon on the tree was almost certainly just a symbol that the man used for his missing daughter. Given the current use of the yellow ribbon for Israeli hostages it's possible it is a reference to that as well.
I have two questions I hope someone can help me with. The first is: how did Colter stumble upon the name "Vic Pereema"? I agreed with his choice to talk to Maeve Price, but I got lost in any foreshadowing leading up to him realizing she was the kidnapper. I heard when he questioned Maeve's brother in jail about the name, but where did Colter hear that name before that point?
Secondly, where is Aurora VT? I looked everywhere for it on the map but couldn't find it. There was a pan of the town that looked like it may have been Montpelier given the gold-domed capitol building.