Chris Lee‘s character Randy made an enormous transfer on Justin Hartley‘s hit sequence Tracker within the aftermath of a number of solid exits.
Through the Sunday, November 16, episode of the CBS sequence, Randy (Lee) informed Reenie (Fiona Rene) that he was staying in Denver for the foreseeable future.
“Excellent news, my brief time period rental become a long run rental,” he shared. “I form of dig it — a little bit.”
Reenie was excited that Randy was sticking round. She identified although that Colorado is normally for individuals who get pleasure from “the open doorways” after Randy expressed pleasure at a comic book guide retailer close to his new dwelling.
“I received a recent pair of mountain climbing boots,” he added. “I’m prepared.”
Randy’s transfer comes amid a surprising solid reconfiguration, which led to Lee, 31, and Rene, 37, being the one recurring actors nonetheless left on the present alongside Hartley, 48. Viewers have been tuning in week after week to look at survivalist Colter (Hartley) journey the nation to assist remedy varied lacking individuals instances.
The ensemble solid has grown since its February 2024 debut with handlers Teddi (Robin Weigert) and Velma (Abby McEnany), hacker Bobby (Bobby Graise) and legal professional Reenie. Weigert exited the present forward of season 2 earlier than Graise was noticeably absent from six episodes. His cousin Randy was introduced in to assist Colter earlier than Bobby returned, which induced backlash from viewers who grew used to seeing Graise on their display.
“Randy got here in and likewise gave one thing to the present that was completely different. There was an actual heat and enjoyable when he got here in. It was one thing that I feel we have been lacking a little bit bit too in some episodes. He simply was instantly enjoyable when he got here in,” Reid completely informed Us Weekly in Could. “With these dynamics — and in taking part in with this workforce dynamics — that’s all stuff we’re going to proceed to play with in season 3 because the present evolves.”
He continued: “We’re going to convey again some characters from seasons 1 and a couple of — we’re going to see them increasingly. There’s been some enjoyable characters that I feel are enjoyable to see in Colter’s world [season to season].”
On the time, Reid weighed in on Bobby being gone for a handful of episodes.
“It’s a type of issues the place actor availability is at all times a difficulty. There have been reveals the place individuals don’t even discover [if a character is missing],” he informed Us, explaining how Tracker doesn’t function like most reveals with an ensemble solid. “You don’t [always] see Reenie. He talks to Velma for 2 seconds. He might speak to Bobby for one telephone name. The present works since you are over Justin [Hartley]’s shoulder. One of many challenges in season 3 goes to be reconfiguring the workforce and determining what that workforce seems like.”
Earlier than the present returned for season 3, Reid elaborated on the plan for the long run.
“Reenie takes lots of the guilt [from her season 2 case] on and she or he’s introduced Randy up there to repair it. You get to see them within the workplace. That kinds bond between these two. Then we’re going to usher in one other character as she tries to increase her legislation workplace a little bit bit. That will likely be attention-grabbing,” he shared in October. “It’s simply constructing out these story traces. The problem we arrange for ourselves this season was to construct out these individuals’s world a little bit bit.”
Reid concluded: “It’s about making an attempt to get a little bit little bit of lightness [into the show] as a result of typically Colter is performing some actually darkish and heavy stuff. It’s life or loss of life.”
Tracker airs on CBS Sundays at 8 p.m. ET earlier than streaming the subsequent day on Paramount+.
