Pilot

*This article or section reveals details from the first season of* **Will Trent** *Read at your own discretion...*

## *Episode Guide*

"**Pilot**" is the first episode of the first season of ***Will Trent***, and the first episode of the series overall. It serves as the series premiere, and it premiered on January 3, 2023 on ABC to 3.61 million viewers.

## Premise

When a murder investigation reveals there’s more to the story than meets the eye, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation relies on his keen instincts and unique experience to uncover the truth. Along the way, he also reunites with a part of his past that helped shape him into the agent he is now.

## Plot

**SPOILERS AHEAD**

In Ansley Park, Georgia, Abigail Campano is sitting in the driveway of her house, inside of her car after tennis practice on the phone with her husband, Paul. Abigail is scolding Paul because he had sex with their personal trainer and that she thinks he enjoyed it, despite his protests. Paul, who works at Campano Motors, is trying to calm his wife down but she tells him that she "wants out," and that he shouldn't come home tonight. Paul asks Abigail what she was going to tell their daughter, Emma, to which she responds saying that she would tell Emma that her father couldn't keep it in his pants. Paul gets riled up, telling Abigail that she wasn't going to use their daughter as an weapon and not to test him because it would get ugly. Upon walking up to the door, Abigail sees a window by the front door broken, prompting her to tell Paul to shut up and informs him that someone broke into their home. Paul tells her not to go in, but to go back to the car and that he would call the police, but despite his protests, she enters anyway.

As she enters the house, she drops her AirPods and tennis bag, but clutches her tennis racket tightly in her right hand. She moves slowly toward the stairs, calling out for Emma. As she gets closer to the stairs, she spots a bloody footprint on a singular stair, causing her to drop her racket and rush up the stairs calling her daughters name. Once she makes it to the top of the stairs, she spots a dead body in the doorway of Emma's room. As she approaches her daughter's dead body, a bloody young man holding a knife lunges toward her. Abigail tries to push him off, but as they go down the stairs, she leaves a bloody hand print smeared onto the wall. The pair struggle back and forth down the first flight of stairs, until they reach a window and Abigail is pushed against it. Fearing for her life, she turns around and pushes the man and both of them roll down the stairs. She lands on top of him and tries to strangle him, but he fights back. He turns and reaches for the knife, pulling Abigail's attention from his neck and to her nearby tennis racket. She grabs it and in a fit of rage or fright, places the handle onto his neck, holding it down firmly until he stops moving. She starts to sob uncontrollably and falls back onto the bottom stair, as she hears faint sirens signaling her safety.

In a pet shelter, Special Agent Will Trent holds a dog as the receptionist asks for his name. He tells her, adding the "special agent," and another receptionist mocks him saying she wouldn't have guessed such a fancy name. The younger receptionist hands him a form to fill out, and he asks her why he needs to since his neighbor, the dogs owner, had passed three days earlier and his dog was tied up in the backyard, so he wanted to drop her off. The receptionists try to make him feel bad, asking if he's dropping the dog like a bag of clothes. He senses what they're doing and asks them if they work with animals because they don't get along with people. He tells them that he rescued a dog, which is universally accepted as a good deed. The older receptionist says he wants a parade, and he rebuffs telling her he doesn't want a parade, just to get on with his day. He tells them that their job is to rehome animals and places the dog onto the form and slides it toward the two ladies.

The younger receptionist points out the dogs tag says "Betty," and asks if Will thinks she's named after Betty White. He says he has no idea and walks away, but the receptionists call him back for his signature on the release of Betty. When he gets back to the desk, the older receptionist asks Will to just take Betty because he seemed nice, and he tells her that he is tolerant, which is not the same thing as nice. He asks where to sign and is pointed to the line, as the younger receptionist tells him that there's a lot of articles about him on "Webbio.net," pointing out the headline where he brought down a bunch of corrupt cops and says he's hot for doing it. Will tells her that it's not hot and asks if he's good to leave, but the older receptionist asks for his initials while asking if his wife could look after Betty. He says he's not married, so she asks about a girlfriend or a boyfriend. He tells her that it's just him and that he's done his duty and while leaving asks if it's a "no-kill shelter," and the younger receptionist tells him that it mostly is, so he turns around and heads toward the desk and takes Betty. Together, they ride down the street in Will's vandalized 2011 Porsche Targa reading: "Rat. Snitch. Traitor," and heads home.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Ramón Rodríguez as Special Agent Will Trent
* Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski
* Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell
* Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood
* Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner

### Special Guest Cast

* Jennifer Morrison as Abigail Campano
* Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Paul Campano

### Recurring Cast

* Danny Burstein as a to-be-confirmed character.
* Kevin Daniels as a to-be-confirmed character.
* Brandon Stanley as a to-be-confirmed character.
* Justin Kucsulain as a to-be-confirmed character.
* Kate Kovach as a to-be-confirmed character.

## Gallery

See also: Category:Images from Pilot
* Promotional images
* Behind the scenes
* Videos

## References

1. ↑ WILL TRENT
2. ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 1.3.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
3. ↑ WILL TRENT - “PILOT”

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