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By the end of Sunday’s “Tracker,” the hunter becomes the hunted. But before the hit CBS drama leaves audiences dangling on a cliffhanger, it reunites Justin Hartley with his on-screen brother Jensen Ackles \u2014 who returns for not one but two<\/em> episodes.<\/p>\n After Russell makes an epic entrance during a good ol’-fashioned bar brawl, he and Colter retreat to the Airstream, where Colter fills his previously estranged sibling in on what he \u2014 and viewers \u2014 learned about their parents at the end of Season 2<\/a>: Twenty-two years ago, Mary Dove sought to leave her increasingly paranoid husband, Ashton, and take Russell, Colter and Dory with her. She turned to a local lineman, Otto Waldron, for help; he confronted Ashton that fateful night, and things got physical, leading to Ashton’s fatal fall.<\/p>\n The premiere also confirmed TVLine’s exclusive reporting<\/a> \u2014 that Velma (Abby McEnany) had reunited (off screen) with Teddy, while Bobby (Eric Graise) was now working (off screen) as an encryption specialist at a new tech startup. Ergo, neither still works for Colter<\/a>. In their place, Bobby’s cousin Randy (returning guest star Chris Lee) will now recur, first alongside Reenie (Fiona Rene) as he helps improve security at her law office.<\/p>\n But the real crux of the Season 3 opener was Colter and Russell’s emotional reunion, which afforded our lone wolf the chance to apologize to his brother for ever believing their mother’s lies about his involvement in their father’s death.<\/p>\n Below, “Tracker” showrunner Elwood Reid weighs in on that deep conversation \u2014 and what it does (and does not) reveal about the Shaw family matriarch.<\/p>\n Read more: Survivor’s Best And Worst Winners, Ranked<\/a><\/p>\nIn Conversation With Elwood Reid…<\/h2>\n