Will Trent
Will Trent is an American police procedural crime drama television series based on Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series of novels. The series premiered on January 3, 2023, on ABC. In April 2023, the series was renewed for a second season. Premise 
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 Homicide Detective Angie Polaski, who is partnered with Detective Michael Ormewood. Trent and Polaski's cases sometimes overlap, bringing the two and their partners into ongoing contact. Cast

Main
 Ramón Rodríguez as Wilbur “Will” Trent
 Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski
 Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell 
 Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood
 Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner

Recurring
 Jennifer Morrison as Abigail Bentley Campano
 Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Paul Campano
 Greg Germann as James Ulster
 LisaGay Hamilton as Evelyn Mitchell
 Cora Lu Tran as Nico

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. The series premiered on January 3, 2023, on ABC. On April 18, 2023, ABC renewed the series for a second 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. Filming
Production for the first season of Will Trent started in Atlanta on October 10, 2022, and concluded on February 20, 2023. Episodes

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 89% approval rating with an average rating of 7/10, based on 9 critic reviews. 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." Ratings

References

External links

 Will Trent at ABC
 

2023 American television series debuts
2020s American crime drama television series
2020s American mystery television series
2020s American police procedural television series
American Broadcasting Company original programming
Dyslexia in fiction
English-language television shows
Fictional portrayals of the Atlanta Police Department
Television series based on American novels
Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Television series by 3 Arts Entertainment
Television shows filmed in Atlanta
Television shows set in Atlanta