Will finds himself in great danger. Ultimately, though, that’s a good thing because it highlights the strength of his relationships with some of the women in his life. Will Trent Season 1 Episode 7, “Untraceable,” looks at Will and Angie’s dark past to offer hope for a brighter future—we’re just not sure if it’s together or apart.
The episode starts off nicely with Amanda and Faith invading Will’s space, his home. This sets up a metaphor for how they’ve come into his life.
Whether he wants them there or not, they’re now important pieces of his life. They care about him. He cares about them.
Their reactions also reflect their personalities and relationships with Will. Faith takes command and takes down the bad guys of the week. This highlights that Faith is very good at her job.
Her talent is even on par with Will’s detective skills.
Amanda goes all out to find Will. However, once he is safe, she hides her feelings. She pretends that having to save him is a costly burden.
However, as Will points out, this reaction to his disappearance shows how much she cares for him. With Will gone, Angie reflects on her relationship with him. She also wonders about their future as potential parents.
Will mirrors her reflection by exploring a time in their past when Amanda was pregnant before. This shows the strength and resilience of their relationship.
Additionally, it shows that they are both personally traumatized. As young adults, they were so abused and traumatized that the conversation about sexual assault and physical violence comes easily.
It’s a sad reality that makes their characters all the more compelling.
Plus, it makes you wonder how they went from fearing and distrusting law enforcement to the police themselves. That’s a topic for another Will Trent episode.
Will and Angie’s personal struggles and their relationship make “Unable to Locate” so compelling. The cases of the week, however, are less important.
The outcomes of those cases are almost irrelevant, because they’re all ways to explore Will and Angie’s emotional struggles.
The entire episode really works to set up some of the show’s main characters’ internal struggles. We see this with Michael, too.
Of all the Will Trent characters, he’s the one we see glimpses of in his life but never get the full picture. This episode gives him more layers.
Despite being the only character with a picture-perfect family to go by, his trauma is as common as the rest. In fact, he may even be worse than the others.
He has a family but still suffers from rage. His infidelity and secrecy threaten to destroy his life.
Angie and Will remain an anomaly in Will Trent. The relationship has a rich and fascinating history, but what does that mean in the big picture?
They’re definitely soul mates of sorts, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a happily ever after or even a solid relationship. Codependency works for now, but in the long run, it will likely hurt their growth.
Their wounds bind them together, but perhaps it is time to form connections outside of their cycle. They need to experience life without each other to see if they really want to be together forever.
