Tracker Season 2’s Most Potential Character Is Season 1’s Forgotten Villain
The unnamed villain from Tracker’s first season will be the show’s biggest returning character in the show’s second season. The Colter Show’s Justin Hartley, a self-proclaimed “prize” who lives on the open road and solves missing persons cases, has a lot of bad blood in Tracker season 1. While the show’s first villain, Russell Shaw (Jensen Ackles), turns out to be a nice guy, most of the people Colter meets are not.
That includes Seth Ryan Robbins from Tracker season 1, episode 2. Seth was introduced in the show’s second season, helping to establish who Colter Shaw is and how he operates. Colter’s activities in Missoula demonstrate how far he’s willing to push traditional boundaries—and how much risk he’s willing to take for his job. The second episode of the series also introduces a villain who helps uncover the secret of who killed Colter’s father. The Tracker. This character will return in the second season and shed more light on the situation.
Who is Seth (Ryan Robbins) in the first season of Tracker
Seth appears in Tracker Season 1, Episode 2, “Missoula”.
IN Tracker Season 1, Ryan Robbins joins Tracker as Seth, the leader of a strange cult called Positive Light. Colter’s investigation into a missing person leads him to a cult that Seth runs with a woman named Rebecca Pendergast. Concerned parents Mark and Eden Cheong hire Colter to find their 27-year-old son Jackson, who has been recruited and brainwashed by Seth and Rebecca. As Colter begins investigating the cult, he finds Seth and Rebecca waiting for him. Seth has important information about Colter’s past that the rewarder was previously unaware of.
Stream Tracker Season 1 Episode 2 “Missoula” on Paramount+.
When Colter tracks Jackson’s location, he can talk to him at the Positive Light compound, but he needs to talk to Seth first. Seth learns secrets about Colter’s father from the Positive Light files compiled on Ashton Shaw. It becomes increasingly clear that Positive Light uses blackmail to get people to join their cult, and Seth tries to blackmail Colter with information about his father. Colter eventually finds the files and the recordings Seth made when he raided the Positive Light offices.
Seth may play a key role in helping Colter learn more about his father’s death in Tracker Season 2
Seth has more information about Colter’s family than anyone else
Seth is the missing link between what Colter thinks about his father’s death and the truth. Seth’s file on Ashton Shaw includes his known professional activities and various contracts with the U.S. government and the University of California, Berkeley. While some of the information on Ashton Shaw is redacted, Seth’s information is better than anything Colter has found on his father in over a decade. Needless to say, Robbins’ character could be the key to Colter uncovering the events surrounding his father’s death.
Although Seth is an aggressive and manipulative cult leader, he values the truth. He provides Colter with information on his puzzles, and Seth is the one most willing to talk to Colter about what happened to his father. While Colter’s mother (Wendy Crewson) and sister (Melissa Roxburgh) constantly advise Colter to move on, Seth is just as interested in his father’s past as he is in his own. If he returns to Tracker in Season 2, he could prove useful to Colter’s long-term investigation.
How Tracker Season 2 Could Bring Seth Back
Colter and Reenie could negotiate with Seth for more information.
IN Tracker in Season 2, Colter will be able to find Seth for more information. At the end of “Missoula,” Colter discovers information that will convince Jackson Cheong to leave the cult, and simply putting Seth and Rebecca behind bars is enough. The next stop for the Positive Light leaders after leaving the office in handcuffs is prison, and Rini assures Colter that there’s enough evidence to lock them up. So Colter knows exactly where to find Seth. And Seth will likely talk to Colter again, even though the prize giver has him in jail.
[Colter] had to consult with Seth to demonstrate that he took the investigation as seriously as he did the findings on a weekly basis.
