Tracker‘s latest episode, “First Fire,” saw Colter searching for a missing patient from a psychiatric detention facility. In a Tracker first, Colter refuses payment for the job because he failed. In the past, Colter had donated his payment or suggested a different use for the money, but it was never because he was unsuccessful.
Tracker’s Latest Episode Marks the First Time Colter Failed a Job
Tracker continues to shake things up in its latest episode. During a storm on Halloween night, patient Heston Koontz vanished from the Wyndham Psychiatric Detention Center. Before his arrest, Koontz was obsessed with a young woman named Emily Collins. He received a life sentence for burning her family to death and was imprisoned at a maximum security psychiatric institute. Ten years into his sentence, he was transferred to a minimum security facility for good behavior.
Koontz’s parents hire Colter to find their escaped son before he hurts anyone else. The Koontzes believe their son cannot be rehabilitated and is too dangerous to be on the loose. They didn’t trust the police because they had reached out to the authorities with their concerns before Heston killed anyone, but the cops didn’t take the threat seriously. Colter takes the job and works with a local detective to track down Heston Koontz.
Colter and Dundee save Emily, but they don’t get there in time to save Heston Koontz. Koontz broke his restraints and attacked Sister Carlotta, and one of the other Fideles members shot Heston multiple times. Since the first episode of Tracker, Colter has stated clearly that he only collects in success. With Heston dead, Colter considers the job a failure. When Koontz’s parents tried to pay Colter, he said, “I collect only in success. I wasn’t able to bring your son back.” The rewardist suggests giving the money to Emily as she’ll put it to good use.
‘First Fire’ Isn’t the First Time Colter Refused Payment
While “First Fire” is the first time Colter failed a job, ending his two-season-long run of successes, it’s not the first time he refused payment. In the Season 2 episode “Man’s Best Friend,” Colter finds a lost dog. He sees an address on the dog’s collar and decides to bring the dog home.
However, while he is inside a convenience store grabbing a few items, someone breaks into his truck and steals the dog. Colter goes to check out the address on the collar and finds a woman and her young son tied up. He frees them, and the kid asks Colter to find his dog, offering Colter all of his savings: a grand total of $187. After recovering the dog, the kid goes to pay Colter, and the rewardist tells the boy to buy something nice for his mom instead.
A few episodes later, in “Exodus,” Colter goes to New Orleans to track down a missing teenage boy. Colter was hired by the boy’s father, and he worked with a local detective, Veach. He had heard about Colter from a previous job he had in the area, and suggested Anton’s father hire Colter since the police couldn’t officially investigate yet. It turned out Anton was being targeted by people who wanted to use him as a human sacrifice.
