“Good Trouble” is one of Tracker’s most ambitious and unsettling episodes to date, delivering a sprawling, high-stakes story that steadily peels back layers of corruption while pushing Colter into increasingly dangerous territory. It’s an episode that asks viewers to keep up, rewards close attention, and ends with a genuinely shocking cliffhanger that reframes everything that came before it. It also brought back a familiar face, retired detective Keaton, who helped Colter solve the deeply personal Gina Picket case.
The hour opens ominously in Tacoma, Washington, as a dairy farmer steps onto his porch late at night, notices his cattle are agitated, and goes to investigate. Moments later, he’s shot and killed on his own property. The scene is brief but effective, immediately establishing that whatever this story becomes, it will be violent, deliberate, and far-reaching.
The case comes to Colter through Keaton, who asks for Colter’s help finding his old partner, Nate Dobbs, who has vanished without warning. At first, Keaton suspects something mundane due to Dobb's history with the ladies, a relationship gone wrong, but his unease suggests he knows this disappearance is different. That instinct proves correct almost immediately.
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| “Good Trouble” – TRACKER, Pictured: Brent Sexton as Keaton and Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Sergei Bachlakov/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
At Nate’s property, Colter discovers a newspaper clipping about the murdered dairy farmer in Nate’s trash, a detail that feels small at first but quickly becomes central. When Randy traces Nate’s last phone location to the farmer’s land, Colter and Keaton uncover a horrifying truth: the property is a burial ground containing numerous bodies, some dating back months. The implication is chilling. The farmer wasn’t just a victim; he was part of a much larger operation. If Nate was investigating this site independently, it explains why he may have become a target.
The episode cuts between this discovery and scenes of Nate himself, bound and tortured in a dark basement by an unknown assailant demanding answers Nate clearly doesn’t have. These moments are disturbing without being gratuitous and reinforce how far beyond his depth Nate has fallen.
As the investigation widens, Colter, Reenie, and Randy piece together a complex criminal network tied to Zhan Menassian, an Armenian crime boss who appears to have been paying the farmer through a shell company to dispose of bodies. The theory is that the farmer threatened to talk and was eliminated, but the situation escalates when Colter tracks down Menassian’s nephew and is led straight to Menassian’s home, only to find him dead as well.
The episode cuts between this discovery and scenes of Nate himself, bound and tortured in a dark basement by an unknown assailant demanding answers Nate clearly doesn’t have. These moments are disturbing without being gratuitous and reinforce how far beyond his depth Nate has fallen.
As the investigation widens, Colter, Reenie, and Randy piece together a complex criminal network tied to Zhan Menassian, an Armenian crime boss who appears to have been paying the farmer through a shell company to dispose of bodies. The theory is that the farmer threatened to talk and was eliminated, but the situation escalates when Colter tracks down Menassian’s nephew and is led straight to Menassian’s home, only to find him dead as well.
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| “Good Trouble” – TRACKER, Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Darko Sikman/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
The story takes a sharp turn when security footage reveals that Nate shot Menassian. The revelation is deeply unsettling and immediately raises more questions than answers. Why would Nate kill him? Was he acting under duress? Was he involved all along? The mystery deepens when Colter notices a reflection in the footage identifying the real orchestrator: Emile Lang, a contract killer believed to be dead after murdering a police officer years earlier.
From there, “Good Trouble” becomes a tense cat-and-mouse chase. Lang moves efficiently and ruthlessly, killing again while searching for someone named Cassie Lindstrom, a name that later connects directly to the officer he killed years earlier. Meanwhile, Colter presses Keaton about Nate’s past, sensing there are secrets Keaton hasn’t been ready to face.
The truth begins to surface too late. Nate is found alive but gravely injured and confesses that Lang killed the farmer and manipulated events. Before he can explain further, Nate dies, leaving behind Menassian’s phone and a trail of unanswered questions. Shortly afterward, Reenie uncovers a devastating detail: Nate had been receiving payments from Menassian for years, implicating him in the very organization he appeared to be investigating.
From there, “Good Trouble” becomes a tense cat-and-mouse chase. Lang moves efficiently and ruthlessly, killing again while searching for someone named Cassie Lindstrom, a name that later connects directly to the officer he killed years earlier. Meanwhile, Colter presses Keaton about Nate’s past, sensing there are secrets Keaton hasn’t been ready to face.
The truth begins to surface too late. Nate is found alive but gravely injured and confesses that Lang killed the farmer and manipulated events. Before he can explain further, Nate dies, leaving behind Menassian’s phone and a trail of unanswered questions. Shortly afterward, Reenie uncovers a devastating detail: Nate had been receiving payments from Menassian for years, implicating him in the very organization he appeared to be investigating.
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| “Good Trouble” – TRACKER, Pictured: Brent Sexton as Keaton and Dean McKenzie as Nate Dobbs. Photo: Sergei Bachlakov/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
The episode’s final act is relentless. Lang murders an accountant tied to the shell companies, Keaton is shot, and Colter desperately tries to get him to a hospital. As Keaton admits the significance of Cassie Lindstrom’s name, Lang strikes one last time, firing on Colter’s car and sending it crashing off a cliff.
“Good Trouble” ends not with resolution, but with collapse, literally and narratively. It’s a bold choice that leaves viewers with lingering questions about loyalty, corruption, and how deeply compromised Nate truly was. Why was he on Menassian’s payroll? Was he trying to expose the operation or profit from it? And why is Lang hunting Cassie Lindstrom now?
While the episode’s complexity may feel overwhelming at times, its ambition is undeniable. “Good Trouble” challenges the audience to sit with uncertainty and moral ambiguity, delivering a high-stakes story that refuses easy answers. It’s a gripping cliffhanger that ensures one thing: when Tracker returns in March, the fallout will be impossible to ignore.
“Good Trouble” ends not with resolution, but with collapse, literally and narratively. It’s a bold choice that leaves viewers with lingering questions about loyalty, corruption, and how deeply compromised Nate truly was. Why was he on Menassian’s payroll? Was he trying to expose the operation or profit from it? And why is Lang hunting Cassie Lindstrom now?
While the episode’s complexity may feel overwhelming at times, its ambition is undeniable. “Good Trouble” challenges the audience to sit with uncertainty and moral ambiguity, delivering a high-stakes story that refuses easy answers. It’s a gripping cliffhanger that ensures one thing: when Tracker returns in March, the fallout will be impossible to ignore.
