Feeling overwhelmed? Fantasizing about vanishing into the forest? You might need Colter Shaw—and this show.
Let’s admit something we’ve all thought but rarely say out loud:
Sometimes you want to disappear.
Not forever.
Not dramatically.
Just… temporarily.
No group chats. No spreadsheets. No HOA meetings. Just you, the wind, and maybe a mountain lion named Steve.
Well, lucky for you, Tracker exists.
And watching it is like scratching that deeply buried itch to run away from your life and become a lone wolf problem-solver with great hair and intense emotional damage.
Here’s why Tracker is the ultimate comfort show for those of us who secretly dream of ghosting society and solving mysteries instead.
🚙 1. Colter Shaw Lives the Disappearance Fantasy Daily
This man has no address. No landlord. No kitchen sink full of dishes.
His life is this:
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Get a call about someone missing.
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Grab a duffel bag, a snack, and a compass.
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Disappear into the forest for six days.
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Reappear dramatically in a diner with answers no one asked for.
It’s like if therapy, camping, and vigilante justice had a baby, and named it Colter.
While we’re stuck answering emails, Colter’s solving family drama and hiking into places with zero Wi-Fi—on purpose.
🏕 2. Every Episode Is a Mini Escape From Reality
Each week, Colter arrives in a new town like a sad cowboy with a moral compass. And every town has:
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A secret.
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A missing person.
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A bad guy who is weirdly chill until Colter shows up and ruins his life.
You watch him drive across the country, stare meaningfully at nature, and somehow uncover deeply buried truths using a gum wrapper and trauma radar.
It’s not just TV.
It’s emotional wanderlust with crime-solving on the side.
🎒 3. No Ties. No Baggage. Just a Backpack and Backstory
Let’s talk about the bag.
That glorious, worn-down, emotionally significant backpack.
It holds:
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First aid.
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Survival tools.
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A single notebook full of his father’s cryptic teachings.
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And probably a pack of gum he’s had since 2007.
He doesn’t need much. He doesn’t want much.
He’s not running from the law.
He’s running from feelings.
🧠 4. He Helps Others So He Doesn’t Have to Help Himself
Colter is like that friend who gives perfect advice but is one bad memory away from falling apart at a gas station.
He walks into strangers’ lives, heals them, reunites them with long-lost siblings, exposes their deepest truths…
Then drives away without ever mentioning his own pain.
Which, ironically, is what makes him so relatable.
😶 5. He Doesn’t Do Small Talk—And It’s Glorious
Colter doesn’t care about the weather. Or fantasy football.
He’ll walk up to you and say:
“Where was your mother when you vanished?”
Or:
“Do you regret marrying him?”
And somehow, within five minutes, you’re crying and revealing your deepest secret in a public park.
This man skips the surface and dives straight into your soul.
We envy it. We fear it.
We crave it.
🌲 6. He’s Not Lonely—He’s Free
There’s something profoundly poetic about Colter’s lifestyle.
He’s alone… but not lonely.
He’s distant… but never disconnected.
He lives off-grid, off-script, and off-menu.
Yet, somehow, every town he enters becomes a place of healing—for everyone except him.
It’s like watching the emotional equivalent of Bear Grylls meets Eat Pray Love, but with tracking skills and unresolved family trauma.
✨ 7. Watching Him Is Cheaper Than Therapy (But Just As Cathartic)
Let’s face it.
Watching Colter process someone else’s grief while refusing to face his own is… deeply therapeutic.
We yell, “Just talk about your past, Colter!”
But deep down, we know: we’re him.
Avoiding hard conversations.
Fixing others while silently unraveling inside.
It’s relatable. It’s tragic. It’s addictive television.
Final Thought: Maybe You Don’t Want to Disappear. Maybe You Want Tracker
You don’t actually want to flee your life.
(Okay, maybe just a little.)
But what you really want is the freedom to feel things, to fix what’s broken, and to live with purpose, peace, and a very cool truck.
That’s what Tracker offers every Sunday.
Not just a case of the week.
But a reminder that disappearing doesn’t always mean running away—
Sometimes, it means finding yourself where no one thought to look.
📺 Catch Tracker on CBS every Sunday or stream it on Paramount+. Just don’t be surprised if you start packing a duffel bag and googling “how to live in a truck without going broke.”
