Warning! Spoilers ahead for Tracker season 2, episode 2.A new character introduced in Tracker Season 2, episode 2, has significant consequences for Russell Shaw’s vindication plot. In the latest episode of Tracker Season 1, Jensen Ackles debuted as the older Shaw brother. When Russell appeared in carrier, Little was known about the character other than Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) believed that Russell killed their father. However, when Ackles offered Russell’s side of the story. What Russell tells Colter in Tracker Season 1 began to clear his name for the murder of his father, and season 2 continues the trend.
Russell was a good theory option for who killed Colter’s father TrackerSince Colder found him standing on the top of the cliff with Ashton dead at the bottom. That said, Russell tells Colter that there was someone else in the woods the night their father died. While Colter never officially confirmed his changing mind, he seems to believe his brother’s side of the story. Ackles finally returned as Russell in Tracker Season 2, and the brothers discover a connection that can prove that Russell was just in the wrong place at the wrong time the night their father died.
Tracker Season 2, Episode 2 establishes Ashton Shaw’s DOD connection
Russell returns in Tracker Season 2, Episode 2, “Ontological Shock”
In season 2, episode 2, Tracker Established a liaison between Lee Tergesen’s Ashton Shaw and the Department of Defense. Colter investigates a top-secret government site While searching for a missing person looking for evidence of aliens and UAPs. When Colter is at the mysterious DOD site, his phone loses connection and starts flashing strange patterns, and suddenly, a loud ringing knocks him unconscious. Colter’s team thinks he’s missing when he doesn’t return their calls and recruits Russell to find his younger brother. Thankfully, Russell quickly finds Colter due to his military connections.
After he finds the trespassing rewarded, an unnamed man keeps Colter at the DOD site in a concrete room. It is unclear when Colter would be able to leave. This is when Russell arrives at the perfect time. Russell frees Colter, who escapes with his brother and the missing person he is looking for. Although the DOD site has a weird extraterrestrial connection, it’s even weirder that the DOD agent knows Colter’s father, and mentions it to Russell in a brief interaction. This implies that Ashton has DOD connections, correlating with Colter’s intel that his father worked for the government.
Ashton’s DOD connection can help clear Russell’s name in Tracker Season 2
Russell now has a way to prove his innocence
Ashton’s connection to the Department of Defense says he was involved in top secret relationships, possibly giving others the motive to kill him. This theory is especially likely after the DOD agent’s comment, in which he said These shoes have a history of “Get in the government’s way.” The quip suggests the government feels contempt for Ashton. how so Tracker Season 2 introduces a group of people with more motive to take Ashton out than his son, who likely just got caught up in the events of that night in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Ashton [Shaw] Gradually rose to the head of a redacted government project as he advanced in his professorship at Berkeley.
Whatever information the unnamed person has about the patriarch of the Shaw family could help clear Russell’s name, to justify the character of his father’s murder. This development aligns with Ashton’s claims around the time of his death that someone was out to get him. While Colter always understood his father’s reaction as paranoia, it could be that Ashton was irrationally worried because someone from the government was trying to take him out And stop him from sharing what he knew.
What Ashton’s DOD Connection Could Mean for Tracker Season 2’s Story
Russell and Colter can now track down their father’s killer
Ashton’s DOD connection could begin to unravel what’s in the box of files that Lizzy Hawking (Jennifer Morrison) gave Colter in the Tracker Season 1 finale. Colter mentions the files when Russell talks about Ashton’s DOD connection. He reveals to Ackles’ character that Lizzie has the files on Dory (Melissa Roxburgh). Russell suggests that the box of files might be old junk, but Colter has another piece of evidence that it isn’t. The unnamed man in Tracker Season 2, episode 2, demonstrates that Ashton’s government connections are legitimate And that he was once a problem for the government.
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Colter learned that his father worked for the U.S. Army. Tracker Season 1. The document Colter nabbed from Seth says that Ashton gradually rose to the head of a redacted government project As he advanced in his professorship at Berkeley. Jensen Ackles will be back as Russell Shaw Tracker Season 2, so the brothers might be able to track down who wanted Ashton dead. Russell can pull some strings again to find out exactly what his father was up to before he died.