Tracker Billie’s Return in Season 2 Proves Why She’s Bad for Colter
Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers from Tracker Season 2, Episode 3, “Bloodlines.”
After appearing in one episode of the first season, Sofia Pernas returned as Billie Matalon in Tracker Season 2, Episode 3 to reunite with Justin Hartley’s Colter Shaw and show why the two characters don’t work together as a couple. Pernas debuted as Colter’s rival Billie in Season 1, Episode 6. Billy was Colter’s former partner who betrayed him by taking a reward for a case and leaving town. However, in the first season, the two trackers teamed up to find a missing racehorse and reunited on another case in Tracker Season 2.
Colter has had his fair share of love interests throughout the series. Tracker, but Billie is definitely one of the standouts. Along with Reenie Greene and Camilla Pickett, Billy is one of Colter’s most notable romantic prospects. Colter and Billy definitely have chemistry (the actors are married in real life, after all). However, just because two characters have romantic chemistry doesn’t mean they have to act on that romance. For example, on paper, Colter and Billy should work as a couple. However, Tracker Season 2, Episode 3 proved that they’re better as rivals/friends than as a couple.
Billy hires Colter in Tracker’s second season
Sofia Pernas reprises her role in the third episode
At the beginning of Tracker Season 2, Episode 3, “Bloodlines,” Billy calls Colter for help with his work. High school baseball pitcher Eric Dobbs has gone missing in his hometown in Nebraska (which is news to Colter, who thinks Billy is from Miami). Since Billie previously left town on bad terms with its residents, she convinces Colter to act as a buffer between her and them while they try to find Eric. So Sofia Pernas has good intentions this time around. As a result, Billy has a different motivation from Colter. Tracker Season 2, Episode 3.
The former partner and current rival team up to find Eric. The mystery takes many unexpected turns over the course of the hour until Colter and Billy are on the trail of a group of biohackers who are using young blood as an anti-aging agent. When the bounty hunter for Eric’s recovery, Shane Niall, backs down, so does Billy. While she leaves town without finding Eric or the reward, Shane kidnaps her and takes her to where Eric is being held. Colter eventually saves them both and Billy tells him about his past in Tracker Season 2 Episode 3.
Tracker Season 3 Episode 2 Reveals Billy and Colter’s Different Principles
Billy Works for Money
Although Billie is left a little hurt by Colter in the end, Tracker Season 2 Episode 3 still proves why they shouldn’t have been a couple. Colter and Billy have completely different values and principles when it comes to work. Bye Billy works primarily for money, Colter thrives on helping people. She quits in the third episode after the bounty runs out, but Colter stays and goes looking for Eric on his own. Neither of them are right or wrong, but Tracker The characters’ methods and morals will never match.
So if Colter and Billy start dating, it will end in disaster. They are who they are, as people and as rangers, and that will never change.
If they were a couple, Colter and Billy’s personal and professional lives would often clash. Honestly, their personal and professional lives are interchangeable because they are fundamentally the same. So if Colter and Billy started dating, it would end in disaster. They are who they are, as people and as rangers, and that will never change. It’s possible that the first CBS Tracker spinoff could revolve around Billy’s adventures, but a world where Billy turns out to be the person Colter turns out to be is unrealistic.
Will Billy return to Tracker Season 2 after Episode 3?
Sofia Pernas Will Return
Despite all the reasons why Billie was the wrong woman for Colter, Sofia Pernas will still be back in future episodes. Per US Weekly, Justin Hartley confirmed that his wife, Pernas, will reprise her role as Billy. after Tracker season 2, episode 3. During an appearance on Max’s Channel Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? Hartley said:
“[Sofia Pernas will be] next week [Tracker season 2, episode 3]. She’s back multiple times. It’s great. It’s great that she exists. She’s a light and we have the best guest stars on our show.”
It’s unclear which episodes Pernas will play Billy in. However, Tracker is reportedly set to have 22 episodes in the second season, which means the actress will have plenty of opportunities to return to the CBS action series. In addition to Pernas, Jensen Ackles is also expected to return as Russell Shaw in the series. Tracker Season 2 follows his appearance in Episode 2, and Hartley hopes Melissa Roxburgh will reprise her role as Dorie Shaw before the season ends.
Tracker follows lone survivor Colter Shaw as he travels across the country in search of a bounty. Using his expert surveillance skills, he helps individuals and law enforcement solve various mysteries while also dealing with the problems of his own broken family.
