Will Trent


Will Trent is an American police procedural television series developed by Liz Heldens and Daniel T. Thomsen based on the series of novels by Karin Slaughter. The series, starring Ramón Rodríguez in the titular role, premiered on January 3, 2023, on ABC. In April 2024, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on January 7, 2025. In April 2025, the series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on January 6, 2026.

Premise

Abandoned as a child, Will Trent grew up in the Atlanta foster care system. This had a lasting effect on him and, despite being dyslexic, he became a Special Agent in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Will is highly observant, solving the highest proportion of cases in the GBI, which causes some envy.
Will 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. Amanda Wagner, his boss at the GBI, assigns Faith Mitchell, the disgruntled daughter of an arrested APD officer, temporary GBI status as Will's partner.
He is in an on-again off-again relationship with APD Detective Angie Polaski, his childhood friend from the foster care system. Angie is partnered with APD Detective Michael Ormewood. Will and Angie's cases sometimes overlap, bringing the two and their partners into ongoing contact.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guests

Episodes

Series overview


Production

Development

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. In August 2022, ABC ordered the series for 2022–23 mid-season. On April 18, 2023, ABC renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on February 20, 2024. On April 3, 2024, ABC renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on January 7, 2025. On April 3, 2025, ABC renewed the series for a fourth season.

Casting

Ramón Rodríguez was cast in the lead role in April 2022, with Erika Christensen cast as Angie Polaski. In May 2022, Iantha Richardson was cast as Faith, Jake McLaughlin as Michael, and Sonja Sohn as Amanda. In August 2024, Gina Rodriguez joined the cast as a new series regular for the third season. In August 2025, Kevin Daniels was promoted as a series regular for the fourth season.

Filming

Production for the first season of Will Trent started in Atlanta on October 10, 2022, and concluded on February 20, 2023.

Broadcast

Will Trent premiered on January 3, 2023, on ABC. The second season premiered on February 20, 2024. The third season premiered on January 7, 2025. The fourth season premiered on January 6, 2026.

Reception

Critical response

For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 89% approval rating based on 9 critics' reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 71 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter, wrote that it "quickly emerges as an above-average broadcast TV procedural". 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."