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Will Trent book series by Karin Slaughter |
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Music by | Joe Wong |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 17 |
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Running time | 43–44 minutes |
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Network | ABC |
Release | January 3, 2023 present | –
Will Trent is an American police procedural crime drama television series based on Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series of novels. [1] The series premiered on January 3, 2023, on ABC. [2] In April 2023, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on February 20, 2024. [3] [4]
Will Trent was found abandoned as a child, and had to grow up in the Atlanta foster care system, which has had a lasting effect on him. Despite being dyslexic, he has become a Special Agent in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Trent is highly observant, solving the highest proportion of cases in the GBI, which causes some envy.
Trent had been assigned a corruption case involving the Atlanta Police Department, which shares an office building with the GBI. Solving it resulted in the arrest of several APD officers. His boss at the GBI, Amanda Wagner, assigns Faith Mitchell, the disgruntled daughter of an arrested APD officer, temporary GBI status as Trent's partner.
He is in an on-again off-again relationship with his childhood friend from the foster care system, APD Detective Angie Polaski, who is partnered with APD Detective Michael Ormewood. Trent and Polaski's cases sometimes overlap, bringing the two and their partners into ongoing contact.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Avg. viewership (in millions) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 13 | January 3, 2023 | May 2, 2023 | TBA | TBA | |
2 | 10 [6] | February 20, 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Paul McGuigan | Liz Heldens & Daniel Thomsen | January 3, 2023 | 1LGF01 | 3.61 [7] |
2 | 2 | "I'm a Pretty Observant Guy" | Howard Deutch | Liz Heldens | January 10, 2023 | 1LGF02 | 2.95 [8] |
3 | 3 | "Don't Let It Happen Again" | Howard Deutch | Inda Craig-Galván | January 17, 2023 | 1LGF04 | 3.32 [9] |
4 | 4 | "My Stupid Detective Brain" | Sheree Folkson | Kath Lingenfelter | January 24, 2023 | 1LGF05 | 3.04 [10] |
5 | 5 | "The Look Out" | Charles Randolph-Wright | Daniel Thomsen | January 31, 2023 | 1LGF03 | 3.22 [11] |
6 | 6 | "Should I Go Get My Tin Foil Hat?" | Lea Thompson | Britta Lundin | February 14, 2023 | 1LGF06 | 2.89 [12] |
7 | 7 | "Unable to Locate" | Patricia Cardoso | Henry "Hank" Jones | February 21, 2023 | 1LGF07 | 2.63 [13] |
8 | 8 | "Two Hundred Dollars and a Bus Pass" | Geary McLeod | Karine Rosenthal | February 28, 2023 | 1LGF08 | 2.71 [14] |
9 | 9 | "Manhunt" | Eric Dean Seaton | Adam Toltzis | March 21, 2023 | 1LGF09 | 3.24 [15] |
10 | 10 | "Pterodactyls Can Fly" | Bille Woodruff | Britta Lundin & Inda Craig-Galván | March 28, 2023 | 1LGF10 | 3.58 [16] |
11 | 11 | "Bill Black" | Howard Deutch | Daniel Thomsen & Henry "Hank" Jones | April 18, 2023 | 1LGF11 | 2.61 [17] |
12 | 12 | "Nothing Changed Except for Everything" | Oliver Bokelberg | Karine Rosenthal & Adam Toltzis | April 25, 2023 | 1LGF12 | 2.64 [18] |
13 | 13 | "A Bad Temper and a Hard Heart" | Holly Dale | Liz Heldens & Kath Lingenfelter | May 2, 2023 | 1LGF13 | 3.32 [19] |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title [20] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [20] |
Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "Me Llamo Will Trent" | Howard Deutch | Liz Heldens & Britta Lundin | February 20, 2024 | 2LGF01 | 4.77 [21] |
15 | 2 | "It's the Work I Signed Up For" | Eric Dean Seaton | Daniel Thomsen & Inda Craig-Galván | February 27, 2024 | 2LGF02 | 3.97 [22] |
16 | 3 | "You Don't Have to Understand" | Jason Ensler | Karine Rosenthal | March 5, 2024 | 2LGF03 | 4.83 [23] |
17 | 4 | "It's Easier to Handcuff a Human Being" | Patricia Cardoso | Henry "Hank" Jones & Adam Toltzis | March 26, 2024 | 2LGF04 | 4.41 [24] |
18 | 5 | "Capt. Duke Wagner's Daughter" | TBA | TBA | April 2, 2024 | TBA | TBD |
19 | 6 | "We Are Family" | TBA | TBA | April 9, 2024 | TBA | TBD |
In February 2022, ABC ordered a pilot for Will Trent, based on Karin Slaughter's Will Trent novel series, with Liz Heldens and Daniel Thomsen set to write and executive produce, and Slaughter also to executive produce, with 20th Television as the studio. [25] In August 2022, ABC ordered the series for 2022–23 mid-season. [26] [27] On April 18, 2023, ABC renewed the series for a second season. [3]
Ramón Rodríguez was cast in the lead role in April 2022, with Erika Christensen cast as Angie Polaski. [28] [29] In May 2022, Iantha Richardson was cast as Faith, Jake McLaughlin as Michael, and Sonja Sohn as Amanda. [30] [31]
Production for the first season of Will Trent started in Atlanta on October 10, 2022, and concluded on February 20, 2023. [32]
Will Trent premiered on January 3, 2023, on ABC. [2] The second season premiered on February 20, 2024. [4]
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The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 89% approval rating with an average rating of 7/10, based on 9 critic reviews. [33] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 71 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [34]
Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter, wrote that it "quickly emerges as an above-average broadcast TV procedural". [35] Reviewing the series for The A.V. Club, Max Gao gave a B− and stated, "It will welcome viewers who have never read the source material, but it risks alienating longtime fans of Slaughter's books." [1]
Season | Timeslot ( ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | ||
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Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | ||||
1 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 13 | January 3, 2023 | 3.61 [7] | May 2, 2023 | 3.32 [19] | 2022–23 |
2 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. [20] | TBA | February 20, 2024 | 4.77 [21] | TBA | TBD | 2023–24 |
No. | Title | Air date |
Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | " Pilot" | January 3, 2023 | 0.4 | 3.61 [7] | 0.3 | 2.96 | 0.6 | 6.57 [36] |
2 | " I'm a Pretty Observant Guy" | January 10, 2023 | 0.3 | 2.95 [8] | 0.3 | 2.89 | 0.6 | 5.85 [8] |
3 | " Don't Let It Happen Again" | January 17, 2023 | 0.4 | 3.32 [9] | 0.3 | 3.19 | 0.7 | 6.51 [37] |
4 | " My Stupid Detective Brain" | January 24, 2023 | 0.3 | 3.04 [10] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
5 | " The Look Out" | January 31, 2023 | 0.3 | 3.22 [11] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
6 | " Should I Go Get My Tin Foil Hat?" | February 14, 2023 | 0.3 | 2.89 [12] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
7 | " Unable to Locate" | February 21, 2023 | 0.3 | 2.63 [13] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
8 | " Two Hundred Dollars and a Bus Pass" | February 28, 2023 | 0.3 | 2.71 [14] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
9 | " Manhunt" | March 21, 2023 | 0.3 | 3.24 [15] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
10 | " Pterodactyls Can Fly" | March 28, 2023 | 0.3 | 3.58 [16] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
11 | " Bill Black" | April 18, 2023 | 0.3 | 2.61 [17] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
12 | " Nothing Changed Except for Everything"" | April 25, 2023 | 0.2 | 2.64 [18] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
13 | " A Bad Temper and a Hard Heart" | May 2, 2023 | 0.3 | 3.32 [19] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
No. | Title | Air date |
Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
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1 | " Me Llamo Will Trent" | February 20, 2024 | 0.3 | 4.77 [21] |
2 | " It's the Work I Signed Up For" | February 27, 2024 | 0.4 | 3.97 [22] |
3 | " You Don't Have to Understand" | March 5, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.83 [23] |
4 | " It's Easier to Handcuff a Human Being" | March 26, 2024 | 0.3 | 4.41 [24] |