Spoilers forward for Episode 1 of Will Trent Season 3, known as “I am a Visitor Right here.”
The lengthy look ahead to Will Trent to return to primetime lastly ended within the 2025 TV schedule, with the Season 3 premiere on January 7. The present had a giant cliffhanger to repay on, after the Season 2 finale ended with Will leaving city with nothing however Betty and a bag after arresting Angie. (The Season 2 finale is accessible streaming with a Hulu subscription.) He considerably unwillingly returned to assist the GBI within the Season 3 premiere when a suspect demanded to talk with him, and the plot actually thickened from that time ahead.
It wasn’t the case that jogged my memory why I would missed this forged of characters a lot, although; it was the distinctive type of humor that tends to be lacking from different procedurals. And I watch a LOT of procedurals.
That is to not say that Will Trent is, has ever been, or will ever be a slapstick comedy, however the present finds the humor in very reasonable conditions. The laughs do not come within the type of characters cracking jokes each couple of minutes. The laughs within the premiere got here from Ormewood nagging Religion to eat her crackers, from Will’s new life in Tennessee, from Will and his outdated good friend chilling out together with his grandma with armed cops exterior, and even from the strongest relationship of the present being the one between Will and Betty.
I even love Religion giving Will the chilly shoulder for the way he left… principally as a result of I am assured sufficient of their friendship that they’re going to get again to normal-ish as soon as Will returns to the GBI. In any case, the crime procedural known as Will Trent cannot precisely proceed with Will Trent spending his days taking racy photographs for a dwelling in the midst of nowhere, Tennessee. Plus, Gina Rodriguez’s new character received a enjoyable introduction.
And look, I like my Legislation & Orders. I like my FBI motion and my One Chicago exploits and even Legal Minds: Evolution regardless of its much less procedural standing on streaming these days. I’ve watched extra SVU marathons on cable than I care to rely. However dang it, Will Trent is enjoyable in a method that units it aside from others within the crime/procedural drama, and I am so glad that it is again now.
Plus, there’s loads extra to look ahead to, and never simply because Scandal alum Scott Foley did not debut his new character within the first episode again. The Season 3 premiere appears to have been half of a two-parter, and the promo for the following episode signifies that Will could possibly be harm by the tip… and I do not simply imply harm emotionally by all of the feedback on his scruff. Have a look:
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Nicely, it is a good factor that he was seemingly sporting a vest within the promo for the following episode, after he refused to take action on Religion’s orders within the premiere! See what’s subsequent with new episodes of Will Trent on ABC’s Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET, forward of Excessive Potential Season 1 at 9 p.m. ET and The Rookie Season 7 at 10 p.m. ET. If you wish to revisit earlier episodes of any of those three Tuesday exhibits, you are able to do so by subscribing to Hulu.