CBS dropped a large finale preview for its 2025-26 season, however one reveal stood out above the remainder for followers of one in every of its highest-rated collection, Tracker. A beloved character’s long-awaited return now has an official episode and airdate, setting the stage for a brotherly reunion.
Tracker Season 3 to deliver again Jensen Ackles’ Russell Shaw
Jensen Ackles will reprise his position as Russell Shaw in the Tracker Season 3 finale, CBS has confirmed (through TVLine). The episode, titled “The Best Ones,” follows Colter and Russell as they observe down a sufferer of a sinister analysis challenge. The Season 3 finale airs on May 24.
Elwood Reid and Travis Donnelly penned the finale, with Ken Olin serving as director. Ackles made his debut as Russell Shaw in Tracker Season 1, Episode 12, “Off the Books.” That episode helped Colter understand his brother had no involvement in their father’s loss of life, ending their estrangement.
Ackles returned for the primary two episodes of Season 3, final showing on October 26, 2025, in “Leverage.” That episode had Russell and Colter uncover the secrets and techniques behind a system known as The Process. The operation blackmailed folks into committing crimes by threatening their family members. By the tip of Episode 2, the brothers efficiently destroyed the algorithm powering the scheme.
Justin Hartley leads the CBS hit collection as skilled tracker Colter Shaw. The present relies on Jeffery Deaver’s 2019 novel The Never Game. Tracker premiered on CBS on February 11, 2024, and has expanded considerably since its debut. Season 1 consists of 13 episodes, Season 2 grew to twenty, and Season 3 stretches additional. The finale marks the twenty second episode of the present season.
Ackles additionally stars as Soldier Boy in the fifth and closing season of Prime Video’s The Boys. CBS renewed Tracker for Season 4 on January 22, retaining one in every of broadcast tv’s most-watched collection on the air. The Shaw brothers’ finale reunion might set the stage for future storylines.
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