Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers for Tracker Season 2, Episode 3, “Bloodlines.”
After appearing in a season 1 episode, Sofia Pernas returns as Billie Matalon in Tracker Season 2, Episode 3 to reteam with Justin Hartley’s Colter Shaw and show why the two characters don’t work as a couple. Pernas makes her debut as Billie, a rival tracker of Colter, in Season 1, Episode 6. Billie is Colter’s ex-partner who betrayed him by taking the reward money from a case for himself and fleeing town. However, in Season 1, the two trackers team up to find a missing racehorse and reunite on another case. Tracker season 2 story.
Colter has had his fair share of love interests throughout Trackerbut Billie is undoubtedly one of the most prominent. Alongside Reenie Greene and Camille Picket, Billie is among Colter’s most notable romantic prospects. Colter and Billie definitely have chemistry (after all, the actors are married in real life). However, just because two characters share romantic chemistry doesn’t mean they have to act on that romance. For example, On paper, Colter and Billie were supposed to work as a couple. However, Tracker Season 2 Episode 3 proved that they are better off as rivals/friends than as a couple.
Billie recruits Colter for a job in Tracker Season 2
Sofia Pernas reprises her role in episode 3
At the beginning of Tracker Season 2, Episode 3, ‘Bloodlines’ Billie calls Colter for help with a job. A high school baseball pitcher, Eric Dobbs, has disappeared in his hometown of Nebraska (which is news to Colter, who thought Billie was from Miami). As Billie had already left town without getting along with its people, she convinces Colter to act as a buffer between her and them as they try to find Eric. Therefore, Sofia Pernas’ character this time has good intentions. As a result, Billie has a different dynamic with Colter in Tracker Season 2, Episode 3.
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Tracker Season 2 Cast |
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Justin Hartley |
Colter Shaw |
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Abby McEnany |
Velma Bruin |
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Eric Graise |
Bobby Exley |
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Fiona Rene |
Reenie Greene |
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Jensen Ackles |
Russell Shaw |
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Floriana Lima |
Camilo Piquete |
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Sofia Pernas |
Billie Matalon |
Former partners and current rivals work together to locate Eric. The baffling case takes a few twists and turns over the course of an hour, until Colter and Billie track it to a biohacking group that uses young blood as an anti-aging agent. When the man who posted the reward for finding Eric, Shane Nile, quits, Billie quits too. As she leaves town without having found Eric or the reward money, Shane kidnaps her and takes her to where Eric is being held. Ultimately, Colter saves them both, and Billie opens up to him about her past in Tracker Season 2, Episode 3.
Tracker Season 2 Episode 3 Reveals Billie and Colter’s Different Principles
Billie works for the money
Even though Billie gets a little vulnerable with Colter at the end of Tracker Season 2, Episode 3, the hour further proves why they shouldn’t be a couple. Colter and Billie have completely different sets of values and principles when it comes to their work. While Billie is mostly in it for the money, Colter thrives when he helps people. She quits in episode 3 after the reward money is no longer available, but Colter stays and commits to finding Eric. None of them are right or wrong, but the Tracker the characters’ methods and morals will never align.
So if Colter and Billie started dating, it would end in disaster. They are who they are as people and trackers, and that will never change.
If they became a couple, Colter and Billie’s personal and professional lives would consistently conflict. Honestly, your personal and professional lives are interchangeable as they are essentially one and the same. So if Colter and Billie started dating, it would end in disaster. They are who they are as people and trackers, and that will never change. Maybe CBS’s first Tracker the spinoff may revolve around Billie’s adventures, but a world where Billie is who Colter ends up in isn’t realistic.
Will Billie return to Tracker in season 2 after episode 3?
Sofia Pernas will return
Although “Bloodlines” exposes all the reasons why Billie is the wrong woman for Colter, Sofia Pernas is expected to return in future episodes. Put US Weekly, Justin Hartley confirmed that his wife, Pernas, would reprise her role as Billie after the end of Tracker season 2, episode 3. While appearing at Max’s Who is talking to Chris Wallace?Hartley said:
“[Sofia Pernas will] will be next week [Tracker season 2, episode 3]. She comes back a few times. That is great. It’s great to have her. She’s a light, and we have the biggest guest stars on our show.”
It’s unclear which episodes will feature Legs as Billie. However, Tracker the second season will have 22 episodes, which means there will be plenty of opportunities for the actress to return to the CBS action drama. In addition to Legs, Jensen Ackles is also expected to return as Russell Shaw in Tracker Season 2 following her appearance in episode 2, and Hartley is hopeful that Melissa Roxburgh will reprise her role as Dory Shaw before the season ends.
Source: US Weekly