Two Hundred Dollars and a Bus Pass

**"Two Hundred Dollars and a Bus Pass"** is an episode of *Will Trent* that first aired on February 28, 2023. In some listings, the title is given as "$200 and a Bus Pass". Directed by Geary McLeod. Written by Karine Rosenthal.

Title drop: In one of the imagined conversations, the dead woman asks Trent if he remembers what orphans get when they turn eighteen. "Two hundred dollars and a bus pass," Trent replies, then admits to shoplifting after using that money up.

## *TV Guide* blurb

Will finds out there's more to a case that touches close to home than initially appears. Similarly, Angie and Ormewood discover several further tricks under a dead magician's sleeve throughout their investigation.

## Dramatis personae

### Main cast

* Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski, detective in the Atlanta Police Department (APD)
* Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood, detective in the APD
* Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, special agent at the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI)
* Ramón Rodríguez as Will Trent, special agent at the GBI
* Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner, deputy director at the GBI

### Recurring

* Todd Allen Durkin as Captain Heller
* Cora Lu Tran as Nico
* Kurt Yue as Pete Chin, a medical examiner

### Guest stars

* Naddya Alicea as a college student
* Jee An as Vera Kuo, chancellor at the university
* Sharon Blackwood as Linda, a nursing home resident
* Nick Clark as Milo Braham, a college student
* Fern Cozine as Darla Wall, a college student
* Elijah Deabreu as a college student
* Kayvon Esmaili as Farhad Pournazeri, a doctor
* Blaque Fowler as Barry
* Miguel A. Gaetan as a security officer
* Tyler Giles as Dwayne Gilbert
* Larry Herring as Steve Susperio, a magician
* Ebony Jenae as a tech
* Kristina Jin as a college student
* Vanessa Martinez as Nancy Hernandez, administrator at a nursing home
* Michael James Thomas as Jason Howell, a college student
* Grace Junot as Marie Tilda, the principal researcher on a clinical drug trial
* Chris Ruiz as Ernesto
* Dorothy Sanders as Milly
* Tony J. Scott as Gus
* Ivory Shields as Leigh
* Jennifer Van Horn as Sheila
* Kadianne Whyte as Alison Schooner, a college student

## Plot

Mitchell and Trent investigate the death of Alison Schooner, a college student, at a golf course. Everyone else is willing to write this off as a suicide, but both Mitchell and Trent notice clues that this wasn't a suicide. For one thing, the suicide note was too short. And perhaps more importantly, Alison was stabbed in the neck.

Later, Mitchell and Trent find a creepy guy, Milo Braham, sneaking around outside Alison's apartment. They chase after him and Trent overreacts and Milo has a seizure.

At the hospital, Dr. Farhad Pournazeri says he believes both Alison and Milo were in a clinical trial for a new drug. It just so happens that Alison's ex-boyfriend, Jason Howell, is the lead student researcher on the project.

The ex quickly comes under suspicion. Jason says maybe Alison felt she wasn't worthy of being loved. "Maybe she just wasn't that into you," Trent retorts. However, Jason does have an alibi: he was in the lab all night with Darla Wall, another student researcher.

However, Darla reveals that isn't completely true. Darla did take a break to go to the gym, then came back and took a quick nap on Dr. Marie Tilda's couch.

Mitchell and Trent interview Dr. Tilda, the principal researcher on the clinical trial. Mitchell and Trent ask her some very pointed questions. But their interrogation is interrupted when Darla is stabbed. Jason must have stabbed her to shut her up. Mitchell and Trent track Jason down to the basement, where they find that he has conveniently killed himself.

It's not quite adding up: Darla's stab wound was not fatal, she will recover quickly. At the hospital, Trent commiserates with Darla over everything that has happened so far. Then he lets her hear that Milo has come out of his coma.

A short while later, Darla sneaks into Milo's hospital room, about to inject Milo with something that probably won't help him heal. Darla removes the blanket but instead of Milo finds an extra pillow. Trent was sitting in the corner, waiting for her to show up.

Meanwhile, Ormewood and Polaski investigate the death of Steve Susperio, a magician who entertained nursing home residents, killed with a dagger from his act. Ormewood and Polaski figure out that the magician had been cooperating with Nancy Hernandez, the nursing home administrator, to scam the residents.

At his house, Trent prepares a spicy dinner for Nico and Polaski. Not for Betty, though, the little dog can't really handle spice. Polaski and Trent say a few words in memory of Alison.