Tracker Season 3 Episode 3 Leaves Fans Reeling With a Bittersweet Twist

Tracker goes a little spooky this week. Right after Halloween, Season 3, Episode 3 dips into demon talk and ritual fires while still doing the grounded manhunt thing the show usually does. It builds to a harsh, melancholy finish.

The setup

A nasty storm knocks out the power at the Wyndham Psychiatric Detention Center, and in the chaos, arsonist Heston Koontz slips away. His family, genuinely scared about his mental state and what he might do, reaches out to Reenie. She bumps it to Colter, who links up with Detective Dundee, the official lead on bringing Heston back in.

The trail of clues

• In Heston’s stuff: a key card and a Bible from Sacred Fire Church.
• The card belongs to Bill, a church member. Not long after, Bill turns up dead, which points to someone killing him, swiping his access, and making it look like Bill was mixed up in the escape.
• With Randy’s help, Colter and Dundee track down Bill’s missing van.
• The van points them to Emily — the first person whose home Heston burned during a parasomnia episode — and they worry he may have taken her.

The left turn

Here’s where things get weird. Reenie digs up that Sister Carlotta, a nun at Sacred Fire Church, has been visiting Heston a lot, convinced he’s struggling with something spiritual. Colter searches her room and finds a detailed map of Wyndham, which pretty much screams premeditated abduction. Then there’s her journal, where she fixates on one ominous line:

"First Fire"

Colter reads that as a direct reference to Emily, the very first person caught in Heston’s history of fires. That sends Colter and Dundee to Emily’s old house, where they walk into a full-on ritual scene. Sister Carlotta believes Heston is possessed, and she plans to save his soul the old-fashioned way: by burning him alongside Emily.

The raid, and the fallout

Heston manages to get free and fights to stop it. A church member opens fire on him. Colter and Dundee arrive mid-chaos and shoot the attacker to neutralize the threat. Even injured, Heston launches himself toward Sister Carlotta to protect Emily. Colter and Dundee pull Emily out as the house goes up. Inside, the flames take both Heston and Sister Carlotta.

The vibe check

It’s a sharp tonal detour for Tracker — less procedural, more fever dream — but it stays grounded in the end. The demon angle comes from human zeal, not the supernatural, and the final beat lands bittersweet: Emily lives, thanks in part to a man who caused her first nightmare; Heston dies trying to do one right thing; and Sister Carlotta’s certainty proves lethal. Not subtle, but it hits.