[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for the Will Trent Season 3 Episode 1, “I’m a Guest Here.”]
Will Trent returned with a bang for its Season 3 premiere Tuesday (January 7) evening. The episode begins with what looks like an idyllic household day on the pool for Michael Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) and his fellow police buddies however turns lethal when two of the officers are all of the sudden shot within the suburban avenue out entrance, with one’s wounds proving to be deadly.
Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn) places Religion Mitchell (Iantha Richardson) answerable for the investigation, however the lead suspect within the case, gang boss Rafael Wexler (Antwayn Hopper), insists he’ll take care of nobody else however Will Trent (Ramón Rodríguez). Amanda then tracks Will right down to his cozy hiding spot in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, the place he’s been working as a non-public investigator for rent, and that’s when the throwing begins. Sure, all through the episode, each certainly one of Will’s reintroductions to the folks he’s left behind on the finish of Season 2 is met with a varied merchandise being tossed at him in retribution. Notably, this doesn’t embody Angie (Erika Christensen), who’s been relegated to neighborhood watch responsibility throughout her suspension. This features a few swings from Rafael, who, it seems, is somebody Will grew up with whereas within the system.
Will is shortly satisfied by Rafael that he’s being arrange by the rival chief of the Grove Park Boys and units out to analyze. First, he finds out the officer who died had a gathering on his schedule and decides to go to it. There, he meets the brilliant new Assistant District Legal professional Marion Alba (Gina Rodriguez). He instantly vents to her about his dedication to the information, even on the expense of the love of his personal life, and he or she then reciprocates by revealing that she’s been investigating the gang and that the cop she was assembly with wished immunity for his cooperation. All of this makes Rafael’s sudden confession to his homicide much more eyebrow-raising… till Will learns that Rafael’s daughter has been kidnapped and is being held hostage. Dun dun dun….
TV Insider caught up with Ramón Rodríguez to speak in regards to the Season 3 starter and get a way of what could be forward for Will and his new companion in crime-fighting and what’s going to occur throughout the eventual reunion with Angie.
So why does everybody throw issues at Will when he comes again to GBI for the Wexler case?
Ramón Rodríguez: We bought a kick out of that. Liz [Heldens] and Dan [Thompson, the show’s co-creators,] had the thought. They mentioned, “Hey, what if each time any individual that Will left and is upset with him, they throw issues at him?” So there’s Religion with the stapler, Amanda with the rag, Nico [Cora Lu Tran] with, I feel it was baloney or one thing; it’s simply, everybody’s upset at him. Everybody’s pissed at him. He left with out saying something to anybody, and he form of deserted some friendships and deep relationships, and they also’re pissed. So we thought that’s an effective way to actually physicalize it and present how they really feel about him and the way upset they’re with him.
And Will has his causes… Whoever noticed that finish of Season 2 is aware of that’s a very onerous determination to make, however ethically, morally, Will has his code. And I feel he additionally felt that is one thing that was going to come back out, about Angie and what occurred with Crystal, and if it was going to be somebody that arrested her, I feel he was like, “I’ll do it.” This was going to come back out. This was gonna turn out to be a giant factor. And so we do get to speak about — that’s the great factor is a few of this will get talked about all through the sooner episodes. We’ve scenes the place they get to actually hash out, “What occurred? Why did you do it? And now what?”
On this episode, we get to study a bit of bit extra about his historical past with Rafael Wexford. How rather more are we going to find out about their relationship and Will’s previous on the whole this season?
So Rafael Wexford is somebody that Will goes method again with. That is form of an period after the foster care and after being by means of the system, he’s out, and we discovered that he finally ends up being taken in by Rafael and his grandma. That first scene the place Will confronts Rafael within the first episode, we form of discovered shortly that they’ve this historical past. We’re gonna get into what precisely occurs. Rafael is simply concerned in numerous legal exercise that continues to get in the way in which of Will in varied methods and in varied circumstances, however we are going to discover what precisely occurred as a result of one thing massive did occur of their childhood, the place Rafael constantly holds this over Will’s head. And he’s like, “You owe me.” So we’ll get to discover what that’s and what this debt is that Will owes to him. As a result of I feel in any other case issues may need gone in another way if that is any individual that in all probability wasn’t in Will’s previous.
We meet Gina Rodriguez as ADA. What does her character carry to the investigation and likewise the present on the whole? And will there be possibly a possible romance there?
So yeah, when Marion and Will meet, it’s attention-grabbing as a result of they’re not [supposed to meet] — he’s there for a case. She’s not even conscious that she’s there to fulfill him, basically. And they also get to know one another. Will finally ends up vomiting a bunch of his feelings of what he’s been by means of to her, which is so humorous as a result of he doesn’t even know this girl. However I feel the factor that resonates for each of them — and no less than I do know from Will ’trigger he’s very upset — he’s similar to, “Doesn’t anyone care about fact and information? Does that not matter?” And for Will, that’s a really deep code. That’s one thing that is sort of a pillar for him. And I feel that does resonate for Marion. It’s one thing that she responds to, and that’s one thing that possibly she additionally abides by. And they also find yourself connecting on that form of degree of like, “There’s a approach to do issues, the correct factor. Fact and information do matter.” And she or he finally ends up turning into any individual that I feel Will unexpectedly sees.
She’s a brand new individual for him in so some ways. The way in which she treats him, the way in which she seems to be at him, she doesn’t decide him. It’s not poisonous. It’s like the other of what Angie was in his life, in some ways. [Angie] was fantastic in sure facets, however but that they had such trauma, and they might set off one another. [Will and Marion] do find yourself having a deeper connection exterior of simply professionally, and it’s a very stunning factor to look at them form of be there for one another by means of numerous onerous issues all through the season. I feel for Will, it’s actually refreshing to be in one thing wholesome. I imply, we’ve solely had Angie. We had Cricket for one episode that had numerous potential, however that ended up blowing up, actually.
After which we’ve got Marion, which I feel exhibits numerous hope and potential of what one thing wholesome may appear like. And I feel for Will, that’s a very thrilling factor as a result of he’s grasped onto this idea of household since he’s by no means had it. And that’s what that eating desk represented. So the query is, “Can that also occur for him?” That’s a giant query.
Will Trent, Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC