CBS’s hit crime drama, Tracker, heads back to television on Feb. 16, and the second half of Season 2 will feature a new recurring guest star. Deadline reports that Chris Lee, who played Kaleb Hawkins on the CW supernatural-fantasy series Legacies, will have a substantial recurring part in the Justin Hartley-led series when it makes its winter return.
In Tracker, Lee, will play Randy, the charming and charismatic cousin of Bobby Exley (Eric Graise). Randy arrives in town to give his cousin a hand. Tracker is based on Jeffery Deaver’s best-selling novel The Never Game, and stars Hartley, who is known for his role as Kevin Pearson in This Is Us, as Colter Shaw, a survivalist who uses his instincts to find those who are missing and collect awards. Graise co-stars as tech expert Bobby Exley while Colter Shaw is supported by attorney Reenie Green (Fiona Rene) and Velma Bruin, his business handler (Abby McEnany).
Kaleb Hawkins playing football in LegaciesImage via CW
Lee is best known for being a series regular on Legacies, which was a spinoff of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, and recently starred in Alicia Keys’ Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Hell’s Kitchen. Lee is also set to reprise his role as Hannibal in the seventh season of The Chi on Showtime.
Although shorter-lived than its predecessors, Legacies still has four seasons to its name that go through its highs and lows, making fans new and old.
Season 2 Begins with “The Disciple”
The logline of the Season 2 midseason return episode, titled “The Disciple,” reads: “A new lead in Colter’s white whale case, the disappearance of Gina Picket, brings him and retired cop Keaton (guest star Bret Sexton) back together to track down a serial killer.”
Another Fantasy Series Actor Has Also Guested on Tracker
Lee isn’t the first alumni of a CW fantasy series to guest star on Tracker. Jensen Ackles has guested in two episodes of the series, playing Colter’s brother, Russell Shaw. Ackles, known for playing Dean Winchester on the long-running Supernatural, made his debut in episode 12 of the first season of Tracker and reprised his role in the Season 2 episode, “Ontological Shock.”
Supernatural fans may have noticed an Easter egg during Ackles guest appearance, as his Tracker character drives a 1967 Chevrolet Impala, similar to the one that his Supernatural character drove during the series’ 15-season run.
Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester and Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester in a Supernatural season one promo
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Expect a Longer Second Season from Tracker
The second half of Season 2 of Tracker will include 14 episodes, bringing its total to 22, while Season 1 had just 13 total episodes. The series boasts an 89% Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score and a 7.1/10 IMDb score.
Tracker was a hit for CBS in its debut season and was the most-watched show on television for the 2023-24 season. By the middle of May 2024, Tracker was drawing 10.8 million weekly viewers. The one-hour procedural drama features a new case every week, which seems to have hit home with CBS’s television audience. The series is produced by 20th Television. Ken Olin, who directed 32 episodes of Hartley’s This Is Us, Hartley, and Elwood Reid are executive producers.
Tracker will return on Feb. 16 on CBS.
