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Tracker Season 3 Episode 9: Good Trouble

Aired Dec 14, 2025 40 min CBS
Colter and Keaton uncover a trail of bodies and a deep conspiracy while finding Keaton's former partner. Colter and Keaton uncover a trail of bodies and a deep conspiracy while finding Keaton's former partner.

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The following Tracker Season 3 episode 9 recap contains plot details. "Good Trouble" reunites Colter with Keaton, the retired cop played by Brent Sexton. Keaton asks for help finding his former partner, and the investigation uncovers a trail of bodies and a conspiracy that runs deeper than they imagined. The episode advances the white whale case's aftermath while delivering a tense serialized mystery. The Colter–Keaton partnership is one of the show's strongest dynamics, and the episode uses the missing-partner premise to deepen it.

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Tracker Season 3 Episode 9, "Good Trouble," aired December 14, 2025 on CBS. When Colter's old friend Keaton asks for help finding his former partner, they uncover a trail of bodies and a conspiracy that runs deeper than they imagined.

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Episode
Season 3, Episode 9 of 22
Title
Good Trouble
Air Date
Dec 14, 2025
Runtime
40 min
Director
Jeff T. Thomas
Writers
Elwood Reid, Sharon Lee Watson

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Colter and Keaton uncover a trail of bodies and a deep conspiracy while finding Keaton's former partner.

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Tracker Season 3 Episode 9 Recap

The following Tracker Season 3 episode 9 recap contains plot details.

"Good Trouble" reunites Colter with Keaton, the retired cop played by Brent Sexton. Keaton asks for help finding his former partner, and the investigation uncovers a trail of bodies and a conspiracy that runs deeper than they imagined. The episode advances the white whale case's aftermath while delivering a tense serialized mystery.

The Colter–Keaton partnership is one of the show's strongest dynamics, and the episode uses the missing-partner premise to deepen it. The trail of bodies raises the stakes, and the conspiracy exposes the reach of the forces they are pursuing. As the winter finale, the episode ends on a major cliffhanger: the consequences of the case put Keaton's life on the line and leave Colter in extreme danger, a life-or-death cliffhanger that hangs over the season's midseason break.

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Key Moments

Keaton asks Colter for help

the partnership is restored.

Keaton's former partner is missing

the procedural frame is set.

A trail of bodies is uncovered

the stakes escalate.

A deep conspiracy is exposed

the case's reach is revealed.

Winter finale cliffhanger

Keaton's life is on the line and Colter is in extreme danger.

Analysis

Character Development

Keaton reconnects with Colter, asking for help finding his former partner. This request restores their partnership and sets the procedural investigation in motion. As the case unfolds, Keaton becomes personally invested, and by the episode's end, his life is on the line in a winter finale cliffhanger.

Colter agrees to help his old friend Keaton. What begins as a search for a missing former partner pulls him into a deepening conspiracy. By the episode's end, he is in extreme danger, facing stakes that escalate well beyond a routine missing-person case.

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Tracker Season 3 Episode 9 Ending Explained

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The Tracker Season 3 episode 9 ending explained: Keaton's former partner is found, and the deep conspiracy is partially exposed — but as the winter finale, the episode ends on a major cliffhanger. The consequences of the case put Keaton's life on the line and leave Colter in extreme danger, a life-or-death cliffhanger that hangs over the season's midseason break. The episode's title — "Good Trouble" — is realized in the righteous risk Colter and Keaton take to pursue the truth.

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When did Tracker Season 3 Episode 9 air?

"Good Trouble" aired December 14, 2025 on CBS.

What is Good Trouble about?

Colter and Keaton search for Keaton's former partner and uncover a trail of bodies and a deep conspiracy.

Does Keaton return in Tracker Season 3?

Yes — Brent Sexton reprises his role as Keaton, partnering with Colter in Episode 9.

Is Good Trouble the winter finale?

Yes — as the winter finale, the episode ends on a major cliffhanger with Keaton's life on the line and Colter in extreme danger.

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