Angie Polaski is under arrest… and she chose to use a phone call to conduct an autopsy on Will Trent’s Season 2 finale with TVLine.
The game-changing moment revealed that Crystal was a serial killer targeting sex offenders across Georgia. When Angie connected the dots and confronted her, the troubled teen ran away, tripped, hit her head on a rock, and died. Angie later told Will and Faith about her connection to Crystal, but didn’t reveal that Crystal killed Lenny Broussard. Will figured it out on his own, then got confirmation from Crystal’s mother.
Agent Trent then took the elevator down to APD to arrest the love of his life for tampering with evidence and making false statements in violation of his oath of office. But before those elevator doors open, Will imagines what life would be like if he hadn’t caught Angie — married, having kids, growing old together. Alas, his moral compass points him in the opposite direction of “happily ever after.”
So, what happens next? After getting co-showrunners Liz Heldens and Daniel Thomsen to work on the finale, TVLine invited Erika Christensen to hear from her about Angie’s current situation and where she’s going next.
It’s been a few days since I watched the finale, and the line that stuck with me is your line, “I think you could choose me.” It’s really profound.
I think it’s just the most perfectly written line. It says so much. It’s incredibly heartbreaking, but it’s interesting [to think about] what it implies. She knows that Will is smart enough that he’ll figure it out eventually. But it’s a choice, right? “I think you could choose me…” I cried when I read that. I thought it was beautiful.
Your voice breaks in the middle of that line. Was that a choice you made in your performance to emphasize that Angie’s heart was breaking? Or was it Erika’s heart breaking for Angie when you said those words out loud?
It’s not both. But if I had to choose one, it would be the former. I don’t tend to be as present as I am, and I don’t tend to manipulate Angie. Liz and I played with a lot of different tones and what Angie might be feeling. The obvious one is betrayal and heartbreak, but maybe there’s [a question of] how much resignation comes in? And how much “F—k you” comes in? As heartbreaking as it is, we really enjoyed exploring that moment. It’s funny, because we were just like, “Let’s go one more time. Let’s see what else is going on,” you know? “Let’s keep putting her in this situation and keep seeing what happens.” I don’t know which scene was which, but it was fascinating. It made me want to do some kind of art film where we could jump between different scenes and identify all the colors that were going on in this person’s heart and soul at this moment.
