‘WILL TRENT’: FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE HEAVILY PROMOTED ABC DRAMA
A midseason 2023 TV show from ABC, Will Trent is one of the few I decided to give a chance from the lineup. A crime drama that tries to be a little different, let’s see if it is.
Will Trent (2023) ABC TV Pilot Review
Hated by police but an exceptional talent reading crime scenes with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Will Trent (Ramón Rodríguez) has few connections in his life. Growing up in the foster system, the memories haunt him, but he lives a lifestyle that he lets few break. Despite bringing down a group of corrupt cops and hated for it, he’s brought in on one of the police’s newest cases where a teenage girl is murdered, and her mother (Jennifer Morrison) has murdered the perpetrator.
Will’s assessment of the scene finds inconsistencies and picks up things that the entire team of investigators don’t see. Paired reluctantly with a detective named Faith (Iantha Richardson), Will discovers that there’s more to this case than first glance implies.
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With potential to be a solid new addition to the lineup, we’ll see where Will Trent goes. So far it’s something with the possibility of deeper emotions. It also ends on a cliffhanger which makes me question whether the season will follow one story or take a break from this introductory case and revisit it later. I prefer the one and done slot scenario, however I’m doubtful about that. Time will tell, either way, the pilot is good enough to make us curious.
You can find Will Trent, at publication, with Hulu
Content: There’s a bloody scene kicking this all off. We see a young girls dead body and the struggle through a slanted viewpoint; a woman struggles with an attacker holding a knife (they tumble down a flight of stairs and them a person chokes another out in self-defense, there are bloody prints and blood everywhere). There’s a scene of two people making out and removing clothing (she straddles him) and implications of an extra marital affair. There’s implications that someone has a serious drug problem and perhaps other “vices.” The pilot rates TV-14.
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