Jeffrey Deaver's acclaimed 2019 novel The Never Game, the first in a series of books featuring skilled tracker and survivalist Colter Shaw, provides the inspiration for an eight-part action thriller starring Justin Hartley in the title role. Colter travels the country, helping law enforcement find missing people and solve tricky cases for monetary reward. Teddi Bruin (Robin Weigert) and her wife Velma (Abby McEnany) manage Colter's cases from their home in Florida while computer scientist Bob Exley (Eric Graise) provides high-tech support on demand. A missing teenage boy in rural Oregon provides one potential source of income, presuming Colter can locate the target alive. When the gung-ho hero occasionally falls foul of the law, hotshot lawyer Reenie Greene (Fiona Rene) springs into action to bail him out of trouble