It is the episode we have all been ready for — Amanda Wagner’s character-centric.
On the finish of Will Trent Season 2 Episode 4, Amanda obtained a threatening telephone name, had a nail in her tire, and located one other message within the elevator.
Spoilers for Will Trent Season 2 Episode 5 point out that the assaults in opposition to Amanda are private. Earlier than the GBI can slender the suspects down a lot, Amanda is discovered hovering over a lifeless physique.
This individual would not simply need Amanda to undergo; they need her framed for homicide. The race is on to clear Amanda’s identify and study who has a long-time grudge in opposition to her.
This might be a enjoyable, deep dive into Amanda’s previous. In the event that they delve into any of Amanda’s outdated circumstances, we’ll in all probability see the youthful Amanda (Sydney Park).
Amanda Wagner is a fierce feminine. She’s needed to work laborious to show that she was greater than her father’s daughter and he or she deserved to be a cop.
Along with her dangerous mood and laborious coronary heart, she made plenty of enemies through the years. She was a tricky outdated hen who had been harm, did not belief many individuals, and had excessive expectations of others.
It is not laborious to think about that she had a complete field of hate mail or that a few of it contained letters from present and former staff.
So typically, Amanda seems sturdy since that was how she was raised, and he or she’s placed on a plausible entrance in entrance of Will and Religion. Within the promo, they sound nearly as harm as they do fearful that she did not speak in confidence to them earlier.
It might be a battle of curiosity for Will and Religion to dig into Amanda’s previous as soon as they discovered her with a lifeless physique, which we’ve got so many questions on.
Amanda is imply and hard, however as regulation enforcement, she would by no means kill somebody except they attacked her first. It might be too simple for that to be her stalker, so he needs to be collateral harm in his quest to harm Amanda.
These nails should have one other that means, too, like he is nearly actually making an attempt to drive a nail in her coffin. I am nearly constructive it is linked to an outdated case.
Possibly she despatched a assassin to jail, and now he is been launched 30 years later and desires revenge.
The primary drawback is that Amanda could not know who to belief anymore because the APD took over the case, and Will and Religion will in all probability battle Angie and Michael for management. It would really feel demeaning to Amanda to rely on her “surrogate” kids to rescue her.
However in actuality, she’ll have to reveal the reality to Will so he will help her. Their relationship is so fragile proper now that she’s in all probability not sure if Will can deal with studying any extra truths about her previous with out damaging their relationship additional.
This Amanda-centric will enable the collection to flesh out her character extra as we study extra about her time as a detective within the Nineteen Eighties and what choices have haunted her for years.
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see how the current intertwined with the previous, like with the Will Trent Season 1 finale, and if the GBI will help Amanda transfer on from this.
Whereas delving into Amanda’s previous is the episode’s central focus, Det. Ormewood additionally will get some consideration as he struggles with being a single dad. Connotations like these give single dads a foul identify.
Fathers can care for his or her children and work simply in addition to moms, but when they’ll present Michael struggling to get his children off to high school, put together lunches, or maintain the home organized for a number of days, it seems to be dangerous.
It provides credence to Gina that she felt overworked and undervalued for working and working a family. Possibly he’ll admire Gina extra after he sees how a lot she does, balancing each a profession and a family.
Now that Gina has left him, I am afraid Michael will revert to kind and turn into indignant and argumentative. That might have an effect on his relationships along with his kids and his job.
Erika Christensen teased in an earlier interview that the APD and the GBI mix forces to unravel a case round Episode 5, they usually do not cooperate properly collectively.
That may match with this case as a result of even when Amanda drives Will and Religion loopy generally, she’s household to them, and the 2 of them would do something to show her innocence and decide who is actually after Amanda.
Then again, Michael enjoys sticking it to Will. Whereas the lads have managed to drag an uneasy truce, his marital points may have him on edge and make him snap.
This might trigger Angie to referee the 2 males as she needed to in Will Trent Season 1 Episode 4, they usually’ve all matured since then.
Over to you, Will Trent Fanatics. What do you hope to see in “Capt. Duke Wagner’s Daughter?” Who do you suppose has been focusing on Amanda? Has Michael turned to the darkish aspect once more?
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Will Trent airs at 8/7c on Tuesdays on ABC and streams on Hulu the following day.
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