The final finally Answers the Big Question & Ends on an Excitory Cliffhanger that will you SHake up season 3

Warning: This Article Contains Spoilers for Tracker Season 2, Episode 20

Tracker Has had something of an inconsistent second season – but the season 2 finals, “Echo Ridge”, Knocks it out of the park. It left with incredibly excited for season 3. Not only only did the final end on an epic cliffhanger, but is setting up season 3 to be best yet, which is impressive, that at points 2, I was worked the show haad. Howver, Episode 20 Ticks Every Box When It Comes to What Makes Tracker Work.

The Episode Takes Place in (No Surprise, Gioven the Title) Echo Ridge, which is where color shaw (Justin Hartley) was living as a child after his family off-grill. He’s been calmed in for a case, as usual, but because this is in his chilldhood home, we get to see him reconnect with People he knew. It ‘s Surpringly lovely. At the Same Time, Things Get Incredibly Dark as he uncover a child Trafficking Operation, so is not an episode of sweetness and light – it’s an excellent balance.

The case itelf isn’t the focus, and neither is color reunification with friends in the woods. It ‘s dynamic between Him and his mother, who really, really doesn’t wanting to keep following on his father’s Death. Initially, this is nothing new, and the assumption is that she dosesn’t wanting to bessessed. Howver, The Episode Ends on the Most Intense Cliffhanger of the Series – and It”s One Thats Changes Everything for Colter Shaw.

Echo Ridge is something entirely new for tracker (& it works)

If this is what’s on season 3, i’m on board

Tracker Deviattes from the standard formula in multiple ways in this episode, Making it a standard for the show. Some of the Changes Are Smaller, Like the Decision to have Colter Find His Target … but not unly after they have been masonred. It was actually something something shock to realie that color was going to be too to be to be on the day, nor this has previously been saved for COLDER CASES.

It works Because the case doesn’t end there. COLTER CONTINES TO HUNT DOWN CARL MURPHY, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN CHILD TRAFICINGING, AND EVENTUALLY GETS THE FBI ON SAVE AN ENTIR GROUP OF KIDNAPPED CHILDREN. This lets Tracker have a happy ending, and color contingent to be a hero, but it still creates space for a dinner episode where he dasa the day entirely.

It is not the only way that “echo ridge” gets dinner, eather. Colter isn’t Pulling punches in this one, as he shoots to kill, not to wound, with one exception. When Chasing Down Carl Murphy, he Very Calmly and intentionally shoots in the legs to stop him running, and then threatens to off their fingers to make Him Talk. I’ve previously complained about color being a little tooaaky clean this season, so i was surpassed, but thrilled to see give in to his dark a little bit.

Finally, this is one of the Very Few Episodes Where Are Two Two Plotins and They Directly Connect. Previous episodes this seen has seen lackluster caes where (usually reenie and leo) is gioven equal screentime, but “echo ridge” works the two full interconnected. We’ve seen this in the past with “ontological shock”, but never to this extent. Bringing say together so Completely work perfectly, meaning that the case of the weeks has room to breathe, and the story isn’t jumping the two fulls awkwardly.

We Need to Talk About Tracker’s Cliffhanger

Otto’s Big Reveal Changes Everything for the Show

Obiviously, The Biggest Moment of the Episode is the Very End, when Colter Tracks Down Otto Waldron (Alex Fernandez), The Trafficker’s Uncle, and Their Conversation Ends with A Gun Pointed at Otto, A Single Tear, and the Reveal that Colter’s Moter Who Is Being Is Being Is Being Is Being His Is Being His. Death. If you had had told me before watching that the episode would reveal who actually pushhed asher off the cliff and Who were working for, i would have been furious, Because it sounds like that is a sloppy conclusion to a two-season long mytery. And I WOUT HAVE BEEN WRONG.

The Reveal Adds Complexity to a full that was the otherwise have ben at risk of devolving into a straitforward government cover-up. Now that Mary Dove Shaw (Wendy Crewson) is involved, it raises a whole host of new Questions. Is Mary Working With The Government? This is a positionbility, but doesn’t explain why she would a friend to kill. Was Mary Attempting to Protect the family? ALSO POSSIble, butn Why Wauld She Allow Colter to Believe Russell (Jensen Ackles) was a killer? Every Possible Answer Leads to More Questions, which is the which point, and it is incredibly well.

There’s Also the Question of the IF Colter Will Shoot Otto, as the episode ends with the two of them on opposite ends of a gun. This is COULD Go EATHER WAY, AND THE DIRECTION IT FALLS HAS THE Potential to Change. Colter, as a character, ha an edge, but has predominantly fit the good guy Mold. He Saves Kids and Dogs and Always Does The Right Thing. In this situation, though, if he chooses to shoot otto point blank, it befun marks a dark turn for the character (and not necessarily a bad one, as we love a morally hero!).

What’s Next for Tracker-Season 3 Set-up

Where will Next Season Find Velma, Reenie, and the Rest of Team Tracker?

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Tracker Season 3 has haen confirmed, althouough no text date has been announed. It May Return in the Fall, But That is Purely Based on the Release Schedule for Season 2. Wen it does return, though, there are a whole lot of full lines to be picked up.

Obiviously, The Biggest Question is Going to Be Whether Colter Shoots Otto, and if he confronts his mother immediately. The Third Season Could Choose to Pick Up Exactly Where SEASON 2 Leaves off, or It Could Jump and Reveal These Answers Over Time, Buter This Final, It Has to Focus on What Happened to Asher.

At this point, i woulcome a season that focuses primarily on this quesion, this is a departure from the most procedural format, but the show shouldn’t continue to drip-made this investigation over. This Just Wauldn’t Make Sense, As Colter Now Has Multiple Lines of Investigation to Pursue and Has Been Shown to be dedicated to that Until He Hits Dead Ends.

Beyond Colter’s Story, There Are Some Big Questions Around the Fate of the Rest of Team Tracker. Bobby and randy are the only two who Feel settled, and Will Presumably Both return for more bickering in season 3. Howver, Reenie (Fiona rene) appears in the final to be. SEEMS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN The LAST OF HIM.

The Biggest Question Mark, Though, Hangs Over Velma’s (Abby Mcenany) Head. This Season has neglect Colter’s Handler Almost Completely. She Barely Appeared in Most Episodes, and was missing from others entirely. In season 3, velma needs a solid full of line of her own, otherwise she just stops sensse.

Where Season 3 Goes, The Best News is that Tracker Season 2 has ended with a serial bang and the best episode of the season – Exactly what a final should be.