CBS’s Tracker season two episode 10 takes the action to Wolf Creek, Minnesota, and finds Colter dealing with a biker gang. And in episode 10, Colter teams up with someone who has a similar unconventional background, leading to a comparable special skill set.
Spoilers ahead – you’ve been warned!
Episode 10 opens with Angie (Sydney Scotia) finishing her set and collecting her pay from a bar’s manager, Ramona. Ramona warns her to watch out because her #1 fan is lurking nearby, but Angie thinks her pepper spray will keep her safe. She leaves the bar, and the man follows close behind.
The following day, Velma (Abby McEnany) calls Colter (Justin Hartley) with details on Angie’s kidnapping. A $50,000 reward’s been offered on the case. Four men heard her scream after she exited the bar, and three of them wound up dead. Two of the dead were members of a biker gang, and the third was an off-duty cop. The survivor ID’ed the killer as Benjamin Kinderson.
The suspect’s grandmother, Ava, put up the reward so Colter makes her home his first stop. Ava’s on edge because bikers have been threatening to kill her grandson. She’s certain Ben didn’t kill anyone and didn’t kidnap Angie. Ava believes her grandson’s a gentleman; violence isn’t in his DNA. Ben works as a security guard at the oil fields and only stops by Wolf Creek to clear his head. If the cops find him before Colter, Ava’s concerned Ben will kill the cops. Ben’s mother died young, and his father raised him in the woods. He was taught survival skills and to fight anyone who threatened them. (Sounds just like Colter’s childhood!) When his dad died, Ben joined the military and served two tours in Afghanistan. He’s been trained to defend himself. However, if he did kill three men and take Angie, Ava wants him brought to justice.
Colter takes the case and heads to the Wolf Creek bar. Ramona didn’t see what happened once Angie stepped outside the bar, but she believes Ben took Angie. Colter asks about the security video and learns the sheriff beat him to it. The biker gang shows up while Colter’s still there, and their sergeant-in-arms, Ricky, isn’t happy to hear Colter is working for Ben’s grandmother. Colter tries to leave and Ricky reacts by pushing him. Colter takes the gang on, but the fight comes to an end when the club’s president, Cropper, steps in and breaks it up. Cropper apologizes for Ricky and claims they want to find Ben, too.
Ricky walks Colter through what happened last night, and his explanation doesn’t match the evidence. Ricky admits he got knocked out and didn’t see everything. Colter steps into the taped-off crime scene and determines the fight happened out back, not where Ricky said it started. The sheriff arrives as Colter’s in the restricted area, and she boots the biker club to speak privately with Colter. She asks him to leave, but Colter points out her officers are looking in the woods – in the opposite direction Ben went. There are blood spots and boot prints that indicate Ben was probably carrying Angie away from the fight.
If Ben left on foot and either he or Angie was injured, they couldn’t have gone more than 15 miles. That is unless they had a car somewhere. The sheriff asks Colter to ride with her so they can continue talking, and Colter explains he believes the bikers lied about where the fight took place. He also believes the bikers picked a fight with Ben and weren’t prepared for Ben to fight back so hard. The cop stepped in and was killed. But he doesn’t know why Ben would take Angie.
The sheriff was serious about not wanting Colter to be involved in the case. She drops him off a fair distance from the bar and informs him she had his truck towed. He’ll have to hike 12 miles to retrieve it.
The sheriff claims there are things about the case Colter can’t be looped in on. She’ll solve this without his help. (We’ve heard that before, right?)
Colter’s still walking when night falls. He encounters a man with car problems and offers to help in exchange for a ride to the tow yard. Vic says the impound yard’s closed, so Colter asks for a ride back to the bar instead. Vic warns Colter to leave the case alone. The sheriff and the bikers are in cahoots, so getting involved is dangerous. Colter’s not leaving, and Vic says if he needs something, to call him.
Colter calls Randy, who’s taking over for Bobby, while Bobby deals with family stuff. Bobby filled him in on the case, and Colter asks what he discovered about Ben and Angie. Kinderson doesn’t have much of a criminal history and was a loner. Angie was traveling the country alone. Randy can’t find any prior connection between Ben and Angie.
Colter heads into the woods outside the bar, tracking Ben’s steps. He finds booby traps and a trip wire, and weird carvings hanging from trees. Suddenly, he hears strange noises and a woman’s scream and follows it to Angie. Before Angie says anything, Ben hits him from behind.
