We have not gotten over Amanda’s death. It still guts us.
However, our grief is nothing compared to what the team has gone through.
Thankfully, Will Trent has finally moved on from James Ulster. However, Will was still traumatized from everything, especially losing Amanda, and it affected how he processed and analyzed the crime scene.
Many fans have longed for Will to use his quirky antics and solve cases again. While he faltered initially on Will Trent Season 4 Episode 17, our favorite special agent used his skills to land himself in danger, have an emotional reunion, and solve the case.
While the case was interesting, it didn’t matter much except that it led to the moments we needed between Will and Amanda.
I wish they weren’t all in this head, but I’m relieved he started to feel closure.
Will’s Spidey Senses Weren’t Up to Speed
Will can almost always read a scene, but he couldn’t tell if Ethan or Christa had been the main target and strangled first.
It frustrated him that the only clues he could gather were that the killer was impulsive and used the aquarium tubing, so they knew Ethan’s habits.
But Amanda’s death kept replaying in his head, and Will could not function with people buzzing around him.
The unthinkable happened — Will Trent walked out on a crime scene.
He needed to be alone with the few notes he recorded about Ethan, his scientific experiments, and his formulas, but when he went to inspect the bodies in the morgue, he passed out, or so we thought.
Everyone else assumed Will needed some time to grieve, so no one noticed anything was wrong until much later.
Will’s Regrets Held Him Back, But Gifted Us Some Emotional Scenes
Thankfully, “Where’d You Come From, Little Angel,” combined tears and laughter. Initially, it looked like Will passed out from stress, but then it seemed he traveled back in time in his mind.
Parts of that were hilarious, like seeing the APD in 2005 and meeting a pre-teen Faith. You’ll need to ignore timelines because in reality, she should have been an older teenager with Jeremy by then.
Moving on. Faith had such an attitude back then, but the look on Will’s face was priceless as he realized why he was there.
Seeing a 19-year-old Will deal with the aftermath of losing Rafael Wexford was an important arc we haven’t visited yet, and how Amanda had no sympathy but saw how Will could use those skills to read people.
Will has experienced so many regrets from losing people he loved, and that was part of the reason he was stuck in this loop.
He had no other way to communicate with Amanda, and he had so many questions about why she was tough on him and why they never shared their personal lives.
Technically, Amanda was way tougher on him in the books, and she showed some glimpses of warmth on the ABC series.
But she grew up with tough parents and didn’t know any other way to show love or respect, so this was the perfect way to open the floodgates.
Sydney Park Excelled in Layered Scenes as Younger Amanda With Multiple Wills
This was likely one of the last episodes in which Sydney Park will appear, since Amanda is now dead. However, the actress brought her A-game acting to multiple timelines with Will.
It was nostalgic to see her with baby Will again. That was likely footage from Will Trent Season 1 Episode 13, but longer scenes, and Amanda was such a natural with him.
We only saw her for a few scenes with the 19-year-old Will, since most of this was from the adult Will’s perspective, but we loved seeing their first meeting from both perspectives.
It tied into the speeches everyone gave at her memorial about how she climbed the ranks, changing lives along the way.
So many of us have wanted Amanda and Will to let down their guard around each other. The Will Trent EPs even commented on their inability to show genuine affection for each other despite their bond.
It took until Will’s regret and vision of Amanda for them to communicate how much they meant to each other.
We always knew that part of the reason Amanda brought Will with her to the GBI was that she believed in him, but she also wanted to make amends for putting him into the system.
She wanted another chance with him. It may not have been the warmest relationship at times, but she’d protect him until the end of the earth.
I wish we’d seen these scenes with Ramon Rodriguez and Sonja Sohn, but it made sense that Sydney Park portrayed Amanda, since a younger Amanda recruited Will, and he thought that if she hadn’t, she’d still be alive.
Amanda and Will’s final scenes were the ones we always wanted, but they made me cry. He thanked her for everything, and they finally shared a hug.
While Will did not want to let go of Amanda, he looked more at peace after their talk, knowing she loved him and was proud of him.
These were the types of character arcs in procedurals we beg for.
Love, Faith, and Teamwork Solved This Twisty Case
This was one of the weirdest murder cases. Ethan was a scientific genius who developed a new formula to prolong your life.
Ormewood and Franklin suspected his old boss, Dr. Falcon, who fired Ethan, but they learned he wanted Ethan back with the works to get his hands on that formula.
That put him on the suspect list until Angie learned that Ethan’s girlfriend, Christa, was a fraud. She loved flirting with older men at the gym and stealing their credit cards.
Instead of her old game, Dr. Falcon paid her to get close to Ethan and steal that formula.
The young fraud got caught, which explained why her murder looked more violent.
No one would have guessed that Ethan staged his murder, except Will, who remembers that multiple people in his vision told him about worm neuro toxin that slowed down death.
He and Amanda (Sydney Park) realize that the couple assaulted each other from all the marks on their bodies, but Ethan faked his death.
Will Trent excels at fight scenes, and when Ethan attacked Will and Amanda, it was thrilling and emotional. Will had no strength, but he couldn’t bear to lose another version of his “mother.”
Her love for him helped to solve this case because she begged him to trust her and get into the morgue drawer so his friends could find him.
Angie always finds Will, but I appreciated that the entire team was there and the poetic justice when Faith and Ormewood arrested Ethan for Will’s attempted murder.Will lived another day. He’s not done fighting.
Amanda Will Always Be Remembered
Amanda left her mark on the team, and I’m relieved it was not business as usual.
Hopefully, the series will let the five main characters run the office without a main leader. It looked like Faith was in charge, but it wasn’t official.
That would be a great way to honor Amanda’s legacy.
While I wish things weren’t as awkward between Will and Faith, it will take time for both of them, and at least she was mature enough to realize he needed space and to bring him what Amanda left him.
While Amanda could be tough on Will, she loved him from the moment she laid eyes on him, as evidenced by the fact that she kept his baby photos and his blue blanket.
That’s something only a mother does.
I also loved the napkin spelling out “Special Agent Will Trent.” While he still struggled to read it, he believed he fulfilled his promise to help others and honor Amanda’s legacy.
Other Will Trent Thoughts
I really thought Angie would deliver her baby since the episode was titled, “Where’d You Come From, Little Angel?”
Angie’s pregnancy is now rivaling Laura Ingalls Wilder’s from Little House on the Prairie for the longest one since both women became pregnant at the end of one season and were pregnant most of the following one.
I loved how Ormewood and Franklin spoke for the audience, teasing Angie about how long she had been pregnant.
Hopefully, Angie will have her daughter in the finale.
We don’t know much about it because, for the first time, the last two episodes weren’t connected.
I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of case they’ll go out on, and if anything will change within the team.
Over to you, Will Trent Fanatics. Did you get emotional with those Will and Amanda scenes? Were you surprised that Angie hadn’t given birth yet?
