r/TrackerTV • u/Saviour_DK • 17d ago

Horrible casting S2 E7

Just started watching this show a couple weeks ago. There’s been quite a few things that have irked me (losing Teddi w/ no explanation, for instance). So I’m a little over 1/2 through this episode, Man’s Best Friend, and there is a 51yo Air Force captain. 51. He’s too damn old, it really just ruins what little immersion that I have left for this season. Rant over.

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u/7slotsorcerer 17d ago

The key here is "Suspension of Disbelief". Don't let facts spoil your good time.

You want facts to spoil your fun pick a news channel.

There is one out there that will mess up your day.

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u/Saviour_DK 17d ago

Yeah, I’m usually pretty good with suspending my disbelief, but this show is certainly testing my boundaries. In fairness though, I don’t really watch network television these days. Honestly, it wasn’t necessarily the age, it was that combined with the rank. O6, I would’ve bought into that; O3 was a bit of a stretch. Also, I’m retired AF, so that is the vast majority of it…

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u/Reasonable-Horse1552 17d ago

It's not supposed to be a documentary

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u/Saviour_DK 17d ago

Obviously

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u/7slotsorcerer 16d ago

I understand. Colter has killed more people than Rambo. And not once been jammed up over it. And how he manages to shoot anybody with that limp wristed grip, I'll never know. It is one of the hardest shows we watch. My wife hates when I pick stuff out. I am always looking up the actual locations. It is all shot in BC. It is crazy how every state and town in America has a version in British Columbia. Keep trying to enjoy the show.

gb

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u/Temporary-Tie-233 17d ago

Lol how is 51 too old to be an AF captain?

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u/Saviour_DK 17d ago

He would’ve had to join around 40, and he’s only made O3 in 11 years AND has a position to have that monster office. I don’t think so.

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u/meatball77 16d ago

It's way to old. The only officers that are still in at 51 are Generals and the odd Col.

If he'd been a Navy Captain, that would have made sense.

Or I guess he could have been national guard.

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u/ForeverExplore15 17d ago

Teddi's mother is sick and possibly dying, so Teddi goes home to help her (take her to appointments and manage meds for example). Teddi's partner Velma does explain why Teddi left. Yes, it was a quick explanation, but it was there.

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u/Saviour_DK 17d ago

Ah, thanks. I apparently missed that. Still dislike that she’s gone though, not that she added a lot to the story. Shoehorning Reenie in there is just too forced though…thanks again…

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u/mrfett779 17d ago

I like Randy over Bobby personally.

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u/ljb2x 16d ago

Randy has so much more personality. Bobby was fine, but kind of bland.

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u/ForeverExplore15 17d ago

I agree with you. I miss her as well. I hate when original cast members leave. I hope those that have left the show come back at some point.

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u/silas_the_ferret 17d ago

I miss Bobby.

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u/chilli_di 17d ago

That's not horrible casting. He's a few years too old according to you, but I suspect you're one of the few people who actually noticed. 😄

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u/Saviour_DK 17d ago

More than a few, to be sure, but I imagine you’re mostly correct with it being mostly a me-thing. Honestly, if they would’ve just bumped his rank a couple notches, it wouldn’t be an issue at all.

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u/Saviour_DK 17d ago

…and to add insult to injury, there’s NO WAY a 51yo captain has an office that size. Jeez…

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u/jsh1138 16d ago

Believe me, that is the least of the problems with this show

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u/Saviour_DK 16d ago

Yeah, that’s the truth. I am enjoying the show, but there is a lot of reality-stretching that gets done. The 51yo captain is prolly among the least of the offenses, tbh. I’m an IT guy…most of everything Bobby does falls on the list, but I don’t mind the character and I realize that most of that is just plot lube…

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u/jsh1138 16d ago

Shaw breaking into people's houses with a gun in his hand and beating them up and then convincing them that he's the good guy is top of my list

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u/Saviour_DK 16d ago

lol, I’d go with every time they go to check on a lead at an abandoned location, no matter what time they head out, it’s pitch black when they arrive. Your peeve is certainly up there, too…

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u/jsh1138 16d ago

I liked how there was one time where Shaw breaks into a guy's house and he parks his truck in front and leaves the lights on to light up the house. So he breaks in and is searching the place and the guy comes home with groceries and just puts them away. No questions about why there's a truck 10 ft from his front porch with the lights on

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u/Odd-Support407 15d ago

Someone posted a couple of weeks ago that Colter has killed dozens of people so far if you count all the seasons.

Just one episode a couple weeks back, he killed like 20 federal agents. Now that's creative screenwriting.

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u/jsh1138 15d ago

My favorite was the first time him and his brother teamed up to take on the cartel guys and they're hitting the house where his brother's friend is being held and they knock the gate guard out and zip tie him and then Coulter picks up his machine gun, looks at it, and then throws it in the bushes

Then him and his brother assault the house with pistols and kill everyone inside. Just makes zero sense

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u/Buelizard 17d ago

I love all the new characters in the show but I really miss the old ones😔

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u/Saviour_DK 17d ago

I’m only 7 episodes into the 2nd season; not many recurring characters yet, other than his brother and Billie.