Will Trent EP on [Spoiler] Death, Shocking Arrest, and Whereabouts of Will in Season 3
There’s No Going Back. ABC’s Will Trent threw a grenade into Will and Angie’s relationship in Tuesday’s Season 2 finale, when Will arrested Angie for tampering with evidence and making false statements in violation of her oath of office in the case involving the death of Lenny Broussard.
The game-changing moment revealed that Crystal was a serial killer targeting sex offenders across Georgia. After Angie connected the dots and confronted Crystal, the troubled teen ran away, tripped, fell headfirst on a rock, and died. Angie then told Will and Faith about her connection to Crystal, but didn’t reveal that Crystal killed Lenny. Will found out the truth on his own, then got confirmation from Crystal’s mother.
Before he catches Angie, Will imagines an alternate timeline where he and Angie get married and start a life together. What follows is a montage of all the major life milestones Will gave up after he caught the love of his life. Heartbroken, Will returns home, packs his bags, and leaves town with Betty. By the time Amanda arrives at his house, he’s gone, leaving Nico with enough money to cover his utilities while he’s gone.
Below, co-showrunners Liz Heldens and Daniel Thomsen break down the Season 2 ending and offer early insight into Will Trent Season 3, which will consist of 18 episodes—the longest season ever!—and air consecutively when it returns to ABC in early 2025. Have you always wanted the Lenny Broussard cover-up to blow up in front of Angie?
Kath Lingenfelter, who co-wrote this episode with me, came up with this idea at the end of last season. She said it, and it was one of those things that just made the room go silent. But the more we thought about it, the more it was so great because you really get to see what everyone was thinking. You get to see that Angie really thought she was doing the best she could in a terrible situation when she took the blame for Crystal killing Lenny and tried to stop that girl’s life from being ruined. This season, she’s developed a beautiful relationship with Crystal, and to understand that she’s the architect, whether she meant for this to happen or not, this girl turning into a monster, just seemed like a really great piece of television that puts Angie and Will on opposite sides.
Does Will’s decision to capture Angie really seal their fate as a couple? Is this relationship over forever?
I mean, I’ve never arrested a sex partner before, but it seems like it’s hard to go back. [Laughs] Before Angie puts the pieces together and realizes that Crystal is the killer, she talks to Franklin about how her relationship with Will finally gave her a reason to stay sober. Should we be worried about Angie maintaining her sobriety after she’s lost Will?
You should definitely be worried. Ever since the first episode, when we were flirting with the idea of Angie having to wear a fentanyl patch as part of the case, and whether that would make her give up, we spent a lot of time [in the writers’ room] debating when and if she should fall. We decided that we didn’t want to just use it as a cheap plot twist. We didn’t want to do the expected thing. We always challenge ourselves to come up with a bigger, better, more horrifying reason for her to fall, and I think this ending is going to be a pretty big one.
What about Angie’s future as a cop? Assuming she doesn’t go to jail, is accepting Amanda’s offer to come work at the GBI still a possibility? Can she even go back to APD? Or will she have to find another job, maybe as a private investigator?
We’ve talked about that, and we’ve talked about a way back. Everything is on the table now. We have to look at the ecosystem of the show. But we’re huge, huge, huge fans of Erika Christensen here. I love watching her, and I personally will follow [Angie] wherever she goes.
