Tracker Summary: Jensen Ackles returns with more supernatural Easter eggs

Tracker returned Jensen Ackles' character, Russell, in Season 2 – and the Supernatural Easter eggs followed.

During the latest episode, which aired on Sunday, October 20, Justin HartleyColter, the Marvel character, disappeared while searching for a professor involved in UFO research. Colter was subsequently rescued by his older brother Russell as they attempted to solve the case.

Colter and Russell eventually found the missing man at a military base. Both Shaw brothers were in different trailers on the property when they heard something happening outside that they couldn't quite explain.

“I heard it, I felt it and I saw the light,” Russell told Colter. “It could have been a transporter from another planet that landed 50 meters away from us.”

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The conversation – and Russell's belief in the unknown – served as a nice nod to Ackles' role as Dean on The CW's hit series Supernatural. Before Ackles was cast as Russell, he played the lead role Jared Padalecki on Supernatural from 2005 to 2020. The former co-stars played brothers who were always hunting monsters.

Through SupernaturalDuring the long run on The CW, there was an episode that hinted at aliens. Although they ultimately turned out to be fairies, tracker Bringing the theme back to Ackles' roots gave some fans the nostalgia he expected upon his return to the show.

Later in the episode, Colter got into Russell's car, which looked like Dean's iconic Impala. (Some viewers may remember that Russell appeared during his debut in ” tracker in season 1.)

“This is a great ride, I wouldn't mind getting behind the wheel of this thing,” Colter said to Russell, who replied, “That's never going to happen.”

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Russell reiterated his love for his car when Colter asked to be driven into the woods. “This baby doesn’t ride on gravel,” Russell replied. This reflected Dean's behavior Supernatural as he affectionately called his vehicle “Baby” on the show.

After Supernatural was coming to an end, 46-year-old Ackles decided to take the car with him.

“As far as the final day goes, I'm definitely going to go with something that I've had my eye on since day one of Supernatural,” he said Digital spy in September 2020. “But it’s okay, I won’t steal it. I got permission. I've begged and begged and pleaded for years, but this year I finally did it. They let me drive the Impala home.”

Ackles also revealed that he had included a clause about the Impala in his contract. “I've been talking about it for two years now, and last season they finally put it in my contract,” he said a month later on Michael Rosenbaum's “Inside of You” podcast about how the 42-year-old Padalecki was offered the cars double to go.

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While the tracker After the episode ended with Colter and Russell going their separate ways, fans can rejoice as Hartley, 47, previously confirmed that Ackles will be “coming back” for several episodes of season two.

“When it came time to cast Russell Shaw, I thought, 'We've built this whole thing.' It's important that we get someone in there who is just a juggernaut. “Someone who you would believe because he's going to compete with Colter, for better or for worse, and who you would also believe is his brother,” the actor told Collider in May. “And I just thought Jensen Ackles would be perfect for it.”

tracker airs Sundays at 8:30 p.m. ET on CBS. New episodes stream the next day on Paramount+.