The Season 2 finale flipped all the pieces on its head on Will Trent, but it surely’s nearly time for Season 3 to return and reply our most burning questions in regards to the ABC crime drama.
Although particulars are nonetheless considerably slim about how the story will proceed after such a heartbreaking sequence of occasions within the abbreviated second season, we do have just a few morsels of stories to share already.
When will Will Trent Season 3 premiere?
ABC introduced that Will Trent Season 3 will premiere on Tuesday, January 7 at 8/7c. It will likely be the lead-in for the midseason return of Excessive Potential and the Season 7 premiere for The Rookie.
What number of episodes shall be in Will Trent Season 3?
Co-creators Liz Heldens and Daniel T. Thomsen instructed TV Insider that the sequence will characteristic nearly twice as many episodes because the strike-affected Season 2.
Thomson defined, “Effectively I feel that what’s going to be completely different on a really floor degree is we’ve 18 episodes this season as an alternative of 10 in Season 2. And so what I’m trying ahead to is that’s going to allow us to type of play on an even bigger chessboard subsequent season. The entire concept for Season 2 was to make these actually tightly plotted arcs, weaving collectively what our principal characters have been doing. And I feel it’s enjoyable to type of do some mini-arcs and take time with issues.”
What’s going to Will Trent Season 3 be about?
In the event you haven’t seen the Season 2 finale of Will Trent, “Have You See the Imaginative and prescient?” skip forward to the subsequent subsection as a result of spoilers forward!
Within the Season 2 finale, Will Trent (Ramón Rodríguez) found that it was not Angie (Erika Christensen) who killed Lenny, however she as an alternative lined up for Crystal, who went on to turn into a serial killer. Her lies meant extra individuals died (regardless that they have been all decidedly horrible little one molesters) and she or he broke the legislation. Because of this, he put Angie beneath arrest on the tail finish of the episode, upending the entire progress the 2 had made as a pair all through the season and as greatest buddies all through their entire lives. So what’s subsequent?
“It’s type of good to kind of throw all of the items within the air and determine the place they’re gonna land,” Heldens mentioned of this devastating improvement. “We’re excited to type of determine what it appears like for her in addition to he’s compelled to ponder a chapter of his life with out Angie,” Thomsen added.
Who has been forged in Will Trent Season 3?
Gina Rodriguez has joined the forged as a sequence common, Deadline stories. Her character, Marion Alba, is described as “a charismatic, assured Assistant District Legal professional new to Atlanta” who could have an encounter with Will and turn into “shocked” that they should work collectively to research gang-related crimes. (Might this be a brand new romance for Will after the Angie shocker?!)
Additionally, Ariana Madix will seem in a visitor function, as Selection revealed. She is going to star as herself, visiting Atlanta for work and hiring Ormewood to offer safety for a good friend’s intervention.
What else can we sit up for in Will Trent Season 3?
Whereas Season 3 is clearly nonetheless very a lot within the early improvement levels, the forged has weighed in on a number of the issues they could wish to see subsequent season.
Sonja Sohn, for instance, instructed TV Insider, “I’d wish to see Amanda’s private relationships explored extra. I’d wish to see probably who was Amanda’s ex — Evelyn’s brother — and who would possibly she be fascinated with sooner or later. I really feel proper now everybody has a romantic relationship besides Amanda, so I’d wish to see some romantic curiosity develop for her and to see how that impacts her, her powerful veneer. I feel when anybody has consideration paid to them or their emotions if they’ve love of their lives, they’re completely different. And I’d wish to see what occurs to Amanda in a circumstance like that.”
In the meantime, Jake McLaughlin added that he hopes to see extra motion set items for his character Michael Ormewood, explaining, “I just like the motion stuff. That’s what I like. I had a great struggle scene that simply aired final week that I had a variety of enjoyable doing within the choreography. It’s a variety of enjoyable. So these are all the time— that’s extra ticket for me. I like doing the motion stuff, simply ramping up the depth of all of it. I like preserving it shifting.”
Will Trent, Season 3 premiere, January 7, 8/7c, ABC