WILL TRENT 3.1

Name: WILL TRENT 3.1
Item: WILL TRENT 3.1
Author: Review

"Will Trent Returns"

Family Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.

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Season 3, Episode 1 of WILL TRENT picks up six months after the shocking events of Season 2. Will has started a new life in Tennessee but soon answers the call to return to Atlanta when an old friend-turned-gang member asks him to help prove his innocence in a police shooting. As he investigates, Will uncovers a plot that might lead back to members of the Atlanta Police Department.

Overall, WILL TRENT’s Season 3 premiere has a moral worldview. The show’s characters are concerned with bringing the police officers’ shooters to justice and proving that the prime suspect is innocent. However, there are some instances of strong language, brief violent scenes, and a gay character, so Movieguide® advises caution for younger viewers.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Moral worldview, as the show’s characters are focused on bringing criminals to justice and proving a man’s innocence;

Foul Language:

Seven obscenities, as well as a humorous scene with multiple mentions of dog poop;

Violence:

Two cops are shot, but it is not shown onscreen; however, viewers see them on the ground and bleeding heavily. There is also a scene involving a fistfight between Will and Wexford, but ends with no real injury to either one;

Sex:

One scene shows a couple Will is surveilling engaging in an extramarital affair, Wexford says he is gay;

Nudity:

No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

Characters are shown holding beer cans/bottles at a barbecue, but no one is drinking to excess;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

None; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Will’s friends and coworkers, specifically Faith and Nico, are angry at him for leaving the way he did and speak harshly to him when he returns.

More Detail:

The Season 3 premiere of WILL TRENT sees the titular character reluctantly reentering his life with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after getting a call from an old friend who’s in trouble with the law.

Season 3, Episode 1 of WILL TRENT, opens a few months after the shocking events of the Season 2 finale. Will has left his job with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after turning in police officer and romantic partner Angie for covering up a murder.

Meanwhile, in Atlanta, two off-duty cops are shot while leaving a police barbecue. Rafael Wexford, a gang leader, is accused of ordering the hit, as the surviving injured cop said their shooters were wearing gang colors. Wexford refuses to leave his house and only negotiates with Will.

Will reluctantly goes back to Atlanta. Wexford, a childhood friend, tells him he’s being set up and asks Will to find the true perpetrator. He also shares that a rival gang had wanted to partner with him, but he refused. Will says he will stay in town until the case is solved. He and his old teammates at the GBI begin investigating and discover that the getaway car driven by the shooters is the same make and model as many cars that have been stolen in the area recently.

They also discover that the police officer who died, Chester Flynn, arranged to speak to Assistant District Attorney Marion Alba. Will meets with her, and while Marion doesn’t know what Chester is going to talk to her about, she shares her suspicions that Chester is a “whistleblower” and that dirty cops might have been the ones to kill him.

The investigation takes a turn when Wexford confesses to the shootings. Wexford won’t answer when Will asks why but insinuates it’s because someone is watching them. Will and his team search Wexford’s home for clues that explain why Wexford would confess, and Will realizes that Wexford has a young daughter. They break into his computer and see he sent a photograph of his daughter, Sunny, bound and gagged in the trunk of a car. Marion agrees to keep the case open for as long as she can to give them time to exonerate Wexford and find the real killer.

Season 3 Episode 1 of WILL TRENT drops the viewer into the action, launching its third season quickly and concisely. The central mystery is compelling, and its open ending will leave viewers eager for the next episode. The show’s cast balances the show’s crime plotlines with more emotional scenes that explore their feelings surrounding Will’s abrupt departure.

WILL TRENT’s Season 3 premiere episode has a moral worldview, as its characters focus on bringing the right people to justice and proving that the police framed an innocent man. However, there is some strong language, brief violent scenes, and a gay character. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for younger viewers.

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Quality:

- Content: -2