Well, folks, for those waiting patiently for Tracker to juggle every one of its plotlines and characters in a single episode this season, “Struck” is here to seal the deal. As Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) tackles a new case involving a missing husband, he also takes some important steps forward in the investigation into his father, Ashton Shaw (Lee Tergesen), and the strange work he did before his death. Meanwhile, Reenie Greene (Fiona Rene) continues to wrestle with her PTSD, deciding that the best way to move on is with someone else by her side — and it’s not who you think.
“Struck” Begins With Colter Shaw Investigating Two Fathers — His and One Gone Missing
In Buffalo, New York, “Struck” begins with a wounded man, later identified as a local electrician named Finn Helms (Chad Michael Collins), running from an unknown gunman. Falling to the ground, he begs for mercy as he stares down the barrel of a gun. The next day, Colter gets a call from Randy (Chris Lee), who informs him about the job, which was posted almost instantly by Finn’s wife, Grace (Natalie Jane). Only a few hours out, he takes the job then and there, but not before he asks Randy for a favor. After calling around and diving deeper into this “David Pearson” character, Colter learned that his father and Pearson were working for an organization called the Chronos Stasis Institute. He hopes that Randy can track down some intel about the organization — and considering that the show could easily just be called Tracker in reference to Randy’s digital sleuthing, he’s on the case. Upon arriving in Buffalo, Colter meets with Grace, who is eight months pregnant with their baby girl. She insists that Finn would never just leave them and that he was so excited about the baby. After looking around in the nursery, Colter finds a bloody rag in her husband’s jacket pocket.
Deciding that the best move is to visit Finn’s job site, Colter speaks with the supervisor, Kelly (Paul du Toit), who is in the middle of dealing with a younger electrician named Doyle (Sean Savoy). But according to Kelly, he fired Finn two months back for stealing equipment on the job — though Doyle later insists that Finn wasn’t a thief, that he was only borrowing the equipment. It turns out that after he was let go, Finn began taking jobs on an app called Power Up, though that method of employment can be a bit sketchy. Doyle reveals that he heard from Finn the night before when he asked him to help out with a job, but he was too busy and didn’t end up going. He hasn’t heard from Finn since. Tracking Finn’s work van to the job site, he finds two pairs of tools and other equipment left behind. Calling Randy, Colter believes that they were cutting into the fiber to steal information before someone was electrocuted. This is confirmed when Randy hacks into a neighboring security camera to find two guys carrying a body. Randy tracks the truck to another side of the city.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, at Reenie’s Denver-based law office,
Tracker‘s resident legal counsel receives a visit from Mark (Cesare Scarpone). Now, if you don’t remember Mark but feel like you’re supposed to, that’s because he was introduced earlier this season as Reenie’s random one-night stand in
“Eat the Rich.” It’s kind of strange that the show is bringing him back after all this time (especially since he gave Reenie his number way back when), but he explains that he found himself in town, remembered she was from here, and looked her up. When asked if she’s free for dinner, Reenie appears to accept. Back in New York, Colter finds the truck in question in the woods. Hearing something in the distance, he happens upon two men throwing a body into a hole. Confronting them at gunpoint, they reveal thatthe man they’re burying is
not Finn, but rather some
<tweaker who got too high on the job.. Apparently, Finn was hired by their boss,
Paolo (Robert Daprocida), but after the man in question was electrocuted,
he freaked out. Paolo left with Finn to talk him down,
but as Colter notes,
he never made it home.
‘Tracker’ Puts Colter Up Against One of His Most Unbalanced Threats Yet
Colter heads downtown to a building owned by Paolo and finds stains of blood outside and the door ajar. Upon entering the warehouse,
he finds Paolo,
wounded and propped up against some pallets.
The ringleader admits to trying to scare Finn before he fought back.
He was the one who shot Finn,
but Finn wasn’t responsible for his injuries.
Just before Paolo was to pull the trigger on Finn,
he was hit by a car driven by a woman who he thought was his wife.
The problem was that this woman wasn’t pregnant,
leading Colter to suspect that Finn may have been having an affair.
As Randy looks into it,he discovers that Finn was hired by a woman named Adelle Mucino(Lyndon Smith) for a job on
the Power Up app a few weeks back.
Upon some further digging,
they learn that Finn had previously met Adelle on
a dating app a few years back while he and Grace were on a break.
However,
once Finn and Grace got back together,
he immediately ended things,
only for her to take an interest in his life after all this time.
Although this goes far beyond a casual interest.
Elsewhere,
Finn wakes up to Adelle,
who has cuffed him to her bed
and is holding him captive,
believing that they can be together after all.
The next day,
Colter stops by
the Helms household on his way out of town,
this time bringing gifts.
Following in his father’s footsteps,
he gives them a wood-carved owl for
the baby,
but ultimately refuses to take their money.
“I’m just glad everyone’s okay,” he says.
Leaving their home,Randy calls Colter with more information about
the Chronos Stasis Institute..
According to his research,
about four months before Ashton Shaw was murdered,
he and David Pearson were going up to Alaska on some work-related trip.
At the same time,
the government was using
a subcontractor named TIC
to lease a large plot of land up in
the Great North.
“Thanks,
Randy,
I know what I have to do,” Colter says as this week’s
Tracker comes to a close.
Tracker airs Sundays on CBS and is available
the next day for streaming on Paramount+.
