Jensen Ackles' FirstTrackerEpisode of the Season Features Another Key Nod toSupernatural

Mar. 15, 2025

Jensen Ackles and Justin Hartley on Tracker.Photo:Sergei Bachlakov/CBS

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Jensen Ackles' firstTrackerepisode of the season is sure to getSupernaturalfans pretty revved up.

When Ackles first appeared as Russell, the brother of Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) in season 1 of the hit CBS series, he was spotted patting a 1967 Chevrolet Impala before getting into Colton’s truck. And in the new season, Ackles, 46, drives a similar car throughout the second episode.

Jensen Ackles on Tracker.Sergei Bachlakov/CBS

In the Sunday, Oct. 20 episode, Russell helps to get Colter, who was looking for a man who went missing while seeking answers about aliens, out of a strange government black site.

Towards the end of the episode, Colter asks about driving the car one day, and Russell responds, “That’s never going to happen.”

Moments later, when Russell drops Colter off to go find his own vehicle, Colter seems miffed that Russell won’t keep driving off the paved road.

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WhenSupernaturalended in 2020, Ackles famously kept the iconic car. In fact, he has said it was written into his contract for season 15 of the show.

“As far as taking something on the final day, I will definitely be taking something that I’ve had my eye on since day one ofSupernatural,” he toldDigital Spyof the car in 2020. “But it’s okay, I’m not stealing it. I got permission. I begged and begged and pleaded for years, but I finally got it this year. They’re going to let me drive home the Impala.”

Justin Hartley getting into the car on Tracker.Sergei Bachlakov/CBS

Hartley has always been excited about working with Ackles on the show.

“We got him,he’s coming back,” Hartley, 47, said San Diego Comic-Con this summer. “We’re having fun with that. It’s a great story.”

Earlier this month, HartleytoldPEOPLE, “Jensen and I have known each other for a long time, we just never had a chance to work together. Jensen is the perfect guy to play Russell. It’s such a well fleshed-out character in the book and even more so with what we’ve done on the show. And then Jensen just brings it to the next level.”

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Trackerairs Sundays at 8 p.m. on CBS.

source: people.com