Tracker
What It Feels Like
Colter Shaw travels America finding missing persons. He's a "rewardist"—he works for rewards, not altruism. Justin Hartley is Colter: loner, survivalist, damaged. CBS procedural based on Jeffrey Deaver's novel: The A-Team meets The Fugitive, weekly.
The 7-Dimension Analysis
Characters & Acting (7/10)
Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw: rugged, competent, emotionally guarded. The supporting cast provides the case assistance. The performances are CBS procedural solid—reliable, watchable.
World Building (6/10)
America's highways and small towns: each episode a new location, a new missing person. The world is procedural canvas—different setting each week. The format provides variety.
Cinematography (6/10)
CBS production: the locations rendered with variety, the action staged with competency. The style is network procedural—functional, designed for syndication.
Visual Spectacle (5/10)
The spectacle is action: chases, rescues, confrontations. The missing person cases provide the stakes; the resolution provides the action. Network action spectacle.
Conceptual Density (5/10)
Rewards as motivation, the loner lifestyle, family trauma (Colter's past), the choice between money and altruism. The themes are present in Colter's backstory but secondary to cases.
Narrative Drive (7/10)
Case of the week: missing person, investigation, rescue. The structure is reliable CBS procedural. The serialized element is Colter's family mystery—what happened to his father?
Narrative Path & Resolution (4/10)
Ongoing. New series with network intentions—designed for long run. The family mystery provides serialized hook; the cases provide procedural reliability. No endpoint.
Where to Watch
US: Paramount+, CBS
UK: Disney+