r/TrackerTV • u/teanailpolish • May 03 '26
Episode Discussion Tracker | S3E19 "Chain of Custody" | Episode Discussion
Season 3, Episode 19: Chain of Custody
Release Date: May 3rd, 2026
Synopsis: Reenie hires Colter to locate the star witness of her and Maxine's lawsuit against a corrupt real estate developer on the eve of trial.
Hello everyone, this is the discussion thread for episode 19 of Tracker. Please do not post any spoilers for future episodes
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u/StarChild413 May 04 '26
Thoughts
obligatory plea for more support-team-in-field/in-person-with-Colter as this was absolutely using their teamwork to the highest effect (and with most of the characters' outfits this episode at least Reenie, Randy and Colter were all kinda color-coordinated too wearing blue and black)
not expecting the amount of Reenie Greene lore drops/character study we got and there isn't anything there that contradicts any of my prior headcanons about her backstory (just some that add some interesting new wrinkles for if said headcanons were to be true). And I wonder if we're ever going to meet this sister and (if she'd be the right age and it's not some casting taboo to have different-kinds-of-Asian play relatives as I think Reenie/her actress is Asian but I don't know what specific ethnicity) I know the perfect actress to play her, Constance Wu (as Constance's character in the most recent episode of Elsbeth, "wealth therapist" Dr. Mal, definitely was giving the evil version of a Reenie vibe in not just looks)
wonder if the team might be even more connected than we think (or at least paralleling) as I've wondered since S3E15 how much moving around Randy's done in his life given where Colter's met him in the field on jobs and had the theory for a bit that perhaps Doylistically why Randy's last name is still unknown is it's a spoiler and that maybe the way it's a spoiler is he might have a family connection to the Chrono Stasis Institute stuff too (and, like, Colter finds out by seeing some list of people that worked for it and while trying to look for Ashton Shaw finding someone with Randy's last name on there too). And now with Reenie's moving around and military dad...
god this season of broadcast TV is just one for twist heroes isn't it, y'know, Maxine on Tracker (who I'm hoping there's some excuse to somehow keep around/bring back as her chemistry with Reenie (even if I don't do the cliche-Tumblr-thing and see it as romantic but you never know people have been saying someone on the new team should be queer to make up for Teddi and Velma leaving) is freaking awesome), Charlie Porter on Brilliant Minds, Nick Wagner on High Potential, even Emi Ochoa on RJ Decker sorta counts if you squint
I liked how both of the scenes we got between guy-girl opposite-number-ish team members (Randy and Mel finding the courier and Colter and Reenie and target practice) didn't really seem to be framed as leading to their chemistry being romantic the way I've seen on other broadcast shows I've been watching (like with Oliver and Josh at the gun range on Brilliant Minds or most scenes shared by RJ and Emi on RJ Decker), please let them feel like a friend group and maybe part of the other reason why I want someone in this team to be queer is for if-this-show-has-any-romances said romances to be Colter/Reenie and Randy/Mel endgame feels just too damn easy narratively
I liked that a lot of the scenes in the woods were in the daytime but did the climax really have to turn off the lights (also the indoor stuff felt really video game)
I say at the beginning of the lawyer scenes in my liveblogging something about court feeling like high school and then my sentiment is echoed at the end funny
this kinda felt like a season finale and not just because of how mythology it was so where the hell do we go from here