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Alright, I’m just going to say this – this was my favorite episode of Tracker thus far!

Like my goodness!

Tracker was firing on all cylinders this episode. The storyline was compelling! The plot was so well done! The Detective was absolutely a wonderful highlight! The place.

Everything was so well done! I think for sure, they need to keep this formula in mind when writing compelling episodes.

There was so much done right here in so many ways.

Colter and the father interacting was amazing. Because I can totally see how people wrote him off. I can see why the Detective struggles. I can see why he thinks what he thinks.

There’s so much happening there.

But it’s been three years.

Three years is a long time.

Colter tempers expectations, but also understands the resolve this man has.

He’s spent three years looking for his daughter. She was never pulled out of the river. The police – unfortunately – can’t keep looking forever. It’s never closed, but it falls further and further behind in the wake of new cases.

But clearly, the Detective has never forgotten.

It’s even revealed how this affected her home life and her marriage. She has a child. This is personal to her too. It’s one of those cases that got under her skin.

I love that Colter can delicately balance tempering expectations with managing hope. Because he clearly didn’t want to crush the guy’s hopes, but he also knew that without a body – he would never have closure.

And I love that he set out to find it.

It didn’t matter what was on the end of the line. He was going to follow everything he could to find the answers.

I even love how it’s all framed.

It’s easy to see how these could fall through the cracks for the Detective. She did the best with what she had.

She didn’t know the guy was in the haunted house.

She never got the kid to hand over the videos.

She didn’t know about his witness statement.

Leading to the people committing these awful crimes.

There was a lot that had to go right at the right time.

And honestly, it was cemented by the picture the father found in the newspaper. It confirmed that she was alive. She was still here. Somewhere.

Now, it’s a search for a missing person.

Not a recovery of a dead body somewhere. Who knows where.

A living breathing human being changes everything.

I love the Detective for her complete lack of ego. She handed everything over to Colter and offered to help as much as she could. She wanted to be wrong. She wanted to close the case and if he could do it, it didn’t matter to her that she doesn’t get the win.

Everyone could have closure.

And I love how this show handles men and women.

A lot of the cops and detectives we’ve seen before suffer from ego issues. Even the female officer we meet in the pilot episode who thinks little of Colter. But Colter balances the egos of all of them well.

But here he didn’t have to.

She had enough experience to admit to missing things or feeling like there was more to it than she could find. And it didn’t matter who solved it. As long as it was solved.

I loved her teasing. Calling him homeschool. Offering an apology to the father even though I don’t think it was warranted.

Her marriage crumbled over the case because she followed the father’s wild goose chases. Like, you did all you could.

Colter offered a fresh set of eyes without having to focus on anything else.

People are messy, like life.

I feel like that show captures it well.

Especially through Colter who tends to walk into these situations cold and have to figure things out from the beginning. He walks in without judgement or accusations. He’s just here to help. Plain and simple.

And it’s most interesting how he interacts with people.

For example, at the end when he found Lana.

Whose name I remember because it was pointed out to me, that it’s a former Oliver Queen searching for someone named Lana. Like Lana Lang on Smallville. Of which Justin Hartley was on. It tickled me a little, is all.

I loved that he didn’t rush up to her.

That moment is always intense and it does freak me out that people rush up and grab the person being rescued. I can’t help but feel like they need a minute to process the situation before someone touches them.

So for me, that moment when he pokes his head in, introducing himself, and clarifying who he is and who she is, as well as explaining she’s being saved was important.

He allowed her to breath. To have a moment to let it soak in.

She was going to go home.

And the moment with her father hugging each other – so wonderful.

It was also nice to see Tobey at the end to show up and say hello. I loved that little tidbit.

Especially, when Colter went outside and cut the ribbon and took down the sign.

Those were there in honor of someone who was missing and presumed dead. But she’s found and home and safe now.

Wonderful book end to the episode.

Lastly, I enjoyed the villains.

They were truly sick individuals and deserve to be in jail for the rest of their lives. And I like how we don’t really get an understanding of them either. It’s just decided that they’re sick and need to be locked up for the safety of everyone.

Done.

I like that we didn’t offer redeeming qualities because of their terrible childhood. Sometimes a villain is just a villain. And that’s a good story too.

Not everyone is redeemable.

My favorite episode of the series thus far! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

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