Bobby asks for help when one of his friends, an up and coming MMA fighter, goes missing.

Having Colter, Bobby and Reenie in one place gives the show a very different tone. Colter has come a long way from the lone wolf he tells himself he still is and Bobby and Reenie are very much equal parts of the team here. Fiona Rene is enormous fun as Reenie and one of the best moments here sees her talk to the mother of Sun, the missing fighter. There’s a very sensitively, honestly handled moment where the two Asian women from wildly different backgrounds work out how to get on the same page that’s delicately handled and well written and acted. Eric Graise too gets his best material of the season so far and proves Bobby is much more than an exposition machine. He’s penitent, a man who fell down a hole Colter got him out of and is eager to pay that forward. The three of them have a slightly off-kilter family dynamic that’s sweet and honest and clearly terrifies Colter because it’s the one thing he wants but doesn’t think he should have. Also did we know Bobby’s an amputee before now? Because if not, the way that’s presented (as part of who he is not all he is) is especially great.

As is increasingly the case with Tracker, the supporting cast are excellent too. Dianne Doan as Sun and Elyse Dinh as her mother Apple do excellent work, dropping us into the middle of a complex family dynamic and taking us out the other side. Sun and Bobby also have a gentle, understated chemistry that means I’d welcome Sun making a return. Danny Wattley also impresses as Sun’s coach and Stephen Adekolu as Dake, one of Sun’s fellow fighters. Time and again, this show excels at showing supporting characters as actual people and this episode is particularly good for that.

The one minor fault here is the depiction of MMA itself. Despite the sport’s increasing ubiquity, TV shows are still often weirdly coy about showing fights, especially female matches. This episode is no exception and the one niggle here is we only ever get glimpses of how good Sun is, despite that being a key buy in for the plot.

Verdict: That aside, there’s a lot to enjoy here. It’s yet another strong episode of a show that started slow and has only ever improved. 8/10

Alasdair Stuart