WILL TRENT: Season 4, Episode 1: Speaking of Sharks Plot Synopsis, Director, & Air Date [ABC]

Will Trent Season 4 Episode 1: “Speaking of Sharks”

ABC‘s Will Trent: Season 4, Episode 1: Speaking of Sharks plot synopsis, director, and air date have been released.

Season 4 Cast and Crew

Will Trent stars Ramón Rodríguez, Kevin Daniels, Sonja Sohn, Jake McLaughlin, Iantha Richardson, and Erika Christensen.

Developed for television by Liz Heldens and Daniel T. Thomsen, Will Trent‘s executive producers “are Liz Heldens, Daniel Thomsen, Karine Rosenthal, Karin Slaughter, Oly Obst, Jason Ensler, Ellen Marie Blum and Ramón Rodríguez. Heldens, Thomsen and Rosenthal also serve as showrunners. The series is produced by 20th Television.”

Episode Credits

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Plot Synopsis, Director, and Air Date (ABC)

“… Speaking of Sharks” (401) – Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:00 p.m. on ABC, Streaming Next Day on Hulu

Five months after the attack on the GBI, a figure from Will’s past escapes prison, forcing him to defy orders and launch a search that rips open old wounds and threatens to destroy everything he’s fought to rebuild. This episode is directed by Ramón Rodríguez. Greg Germann, Scott Foley, Yul Vazquez and Margaret Cho guest star.

About This Episode

Episode titles and numbering for Will Trent correspond to their season and broadcast order. Each episode listing includes the official air date, broadcast time, and/or director credit as provided by ABC, ensuring consistency across network schedules and streaming platforms.

Series Plot Synopsis

Will Trent‘s series plot synopsis: based on the crime novels by Karin Slaughter, “Will Trent, having been abandoned by his parents as a child, has had to grow up in the Atlanta foster care system, which has had a lasting effect on him. Despite being dyslexic, he has grown up to become a Special Agent in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).

Trent has an eye for observational detail, and this has enabled him to become the GBI agent with the highest case clearance rate. This has engendered animosity in some of his peers, and also from Atlanta Police Department (APD) officers – complicated by APD and GBI sharing an office building – because Trent had been assigned a police corruption case and solving it resulted in the arrest of several APD officers.

His boss at the GBI is Amanda Wagner, who assigns one of those disgruntled APD officers, Faith Mitchell, 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 works with Detective Michael Ormewood. The Trent and Polaski’s cases sometimes overlap, bringing the two and their partners into ongoing contact.”

On ABC

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network and the flagship television property of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. ABC airs a wide range of scripted dramas, comedies, and unscripted programming. Episodes of Will Trent are available to stream the day after broadcast on Hulu, expanding access for viewers beyond the linear television premiere.

How to Watch

New episodes of Will Trent air on ABC as part of the network’s primetime lineup. Viewers can also stream episodes on Hulu beginning the day after their original broadcast. Availability may vary by region and subscription plan, and episodes remain accessible through the ABC app and authorized digital platforms.

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