‘Tracker’ review: ‘This is Us’ alum Justin Hartley stars as a survivalist who who uses his tracking skills to solve mysteries

Few things are as reassuring as competency. That trait is at the center of the new CBS case-of-week series “Tracker,” about a survivalist and professional problem-solver named Colter Shaw, played by “This Is Us” alum Justin Hartley. As a kid, his dad taught him how to track animals and people, “which is how I found you, by the way,” he tells an injured hiker early in the first episode. Dad also taught him the basics of staying alive in an emergency: Make quick, smart decisions and remain calm.

Listen, if Justin Hartley were leaning over my mangled body and saying these words