Chris Lee‘s character Randy made a big move on Justin Hartley‘s hit series Tracker in the aftermath of multiple cast exits.
During the Sunday, November 16, episode of the CBS series, Randy (Lee) told Reenie (Fiona Rene) that he was staying in Denver for the foreseeable future.
“Good news, my short term rental turned into a long term rental,” he shared. “I kind of dig it — a little.”
Reenie was excited that Randy was sticking around. She pointed out though that Colorado is usually for people who enjoy “the open doors” after Randy expressed excitement at a comic book store near his new home.
“I got a fresh pair of hiking boots,” he added. “I am ready.”
Randy’s move comes amid a shocking cast reconfiguration, which led to Lee, 31, and Rene, 37, being the only recurring actors still left on the show alongside Hartley, 48. Viewers have been tuning in week after week to watch survivalist Colter (Hartley) travel the country to help solve various missing persons cases.
The ensemble cast has grown since its February 2024 debut with handlers Teddi (Robin Weigert) and Velma (Abby McEnany), hacker Bobby (Bobby Graise) and attorney Reenie. Weigert exited the show ahead of season 2 before Graise was noticeably absent from six episodes. His cousin Randy was brought in to help Colter before Bobby returned, which caused backlash from viewers who grew used to seeing Graise on their screen.
“Randy came in and also gave something to the show that was different. There was a real warmth and fun when he came in. It was something that I think we were missing a little bit too in some episodes. He just was immediately fun when he came in,” Reid exclusively told Us Weekly in May. “With those dynamics — and in playing with this team dynamics — that’s all stuff we’re going to continue to play with in season 3 as the show evolves.”
He continued: “We’re going to bring back some characters from seasons 1 and 2 — we’re going to see them more and more. There’s been some fun characters that I think are fun to see in Colter’s world [season to season].”
At the time, Reid weighed in on Bobby being gone for a handful of episodes.
“It’s one of those things where actor availability is always an issue. There have been shows where people don’t even notice [if a character is missing],” he told Us, explaining how Tracker doesn’t operate like most shows with an ensemble cast. “You don’t [always] see Reenie. He talks to Velma for two seconds. He may talk to Bobby for one phone call. The show works because you are over Justin [Hartley]’s shoulder. One of the challenges in season 3 is going to be reconfiguring the team and figuring out what that team looks like.”
Before the show returned for season 3, Reid elaborated on the plan for the future.
“Reenie takes a lot of the guilt [from her season 2 case] on and she’s brought Randy up there to fix it. You get to see them in the office. That forms a good bond between those two. Then we’re going to bring in another character as she tries to expand her law office a little bit. That will be interesting,” he shared in October. “It’s just building out those story lines. The challenge we set up for ourselves this season was to build out those people’s world a little bit.”
Reid concluded: “It’s about trying to get a little bit of lightness [into the show] because sometimes Colter is doing some really dark and heavy stuff. It’s life or death.”
Tracker airs on CBS Sundays at 8 p.m. ET before streaming the next day on Paramount+.
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