Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback

What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback

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Colter races to find two missing hikers on Tracker Season 4 Episode 2, “Switchback.”

His search for the missing hikers, a mother and daughter who had been hiking the Pacific Divide Trail, becomes that much more urgent when he learns that they were being stalked. 

Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw on Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 – “Switch Back” — Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

As Reenie says in the promo video for the episode, they’re lucky it’s Colter who’s out there searching for them. 

Here’s everything you need to know about Tracker Season 4 Episode 2, including the air date, cast, promo video, and how to watch.


Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 Details

  • Title: “Switchback”
  • Air Date: Sunday, October 11th
  • Time: 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT
  • Network: CBS
  • Writers: Travis Donnelly & Ryan O’Nan
  • Director: Jeff T. Thomas
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How to Watch Tracker Season 4 Episode 2

  • Live: CBS at 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT
  • Streaming: Streams live and on-demand for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs.
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
“Switch Back” — Pictured (L-R): Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw and Erica Hernandez as Becca. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 Description

When a mother and daughter vanish while hiking the Pacific Divide Trail, Colter races to find them after discovering they were being stalked.


Guest Stars & Returning Characters

  • Main Cast: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, Fiona Rene as Reenie Greene, Chris Lee as Randy
  • Guest Stars: Cassady McClincy Zhang as Mel, Erica Hernandez as Becca, Sarah Jane Morris as Leanne

More Photos from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2:

Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, searching for a victim on Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
“Switch Back” — Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
“Switch Back” — Pictured (L-R): Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw and Erica Hernandez as Becca. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
“Switch Back” — Pictured (L-R): Erica Hernandez as Becca and Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 – “Switch Back” — Pictured: Chris Lee as Randy. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
“Switch Back” — Pictured (L-R): Chris Lee as Randy and Cassady McClincy Zhang as Mel. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 - Switchback What to Expect from Tracker Season 4 Episode 2: Switchback
Tracker Season 4 Episode 2 – “Switch Back” — Pictured: Fiona Rene as Reenie Greene. Photo: Mike Taing/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Promo video:

Youtube video


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Tracker airs Sundays on CBS.

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Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider.

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Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

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